Decision Making

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Foreign language knowledge can influence native language performance in exclusively native contexts.

In three experiments, we studied the influence of foreign language knowledge on native language performance in an exclusively native language context. Trilinguals with Dutch as their native and dominant language (L1), English as their second language ...
Janet G Van Hell, Ton Dijkstra (Psychon Bull Rev, 200212)
foreign-language-knowledge-influence-native-language-performance.asp

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Medigap premiums and Medicare HMO enrollment.

OBJECTIVE: Markets for Medicare HMOs (health maintenance organizations) and supplemental Medicare coverage are often treated separately in existing literature. Yet because managed care plans and Medigap plans both cover services not covered by basic ...
Catherine G McLaughlin, Michael Chernew, Erin Fries Taylor (Health Serv Res, 200212)
medigap-premiums-medicare-hmo-enrollment.asp

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Using the theory of reasoned action to predict organizational misbehavior.

A review of literature on organizational behavior and management on predicting work behavior indicated that most reported studies emphasize positive work outcomes, e.g., attachment, performance, and satisfaction, while job related misbehaviors have ...
Yoav Vardi, Ely Weitz (Psychol Rep, 200212)
theory-reasoned-action-predict-organizational-misbehavior.asp

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Desire for children and subsequent abortions in Matlab, Bangladesh.

This study investigated the relationship between desire for children and subsequent abortions in the treatment and comparison areas of Matlab, where ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research has been maintaining a Demographic Surveillance System ...
Abdur Razzaque, Kapil Ahmed, Nurul Alam, Jeroen van Ginneken (J Health Popul Nutr, 200212)
desire-children-subsequent-abortions-matlab-bangladesh.asp

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The relationship between early recruitment-related activities and the application decisions of new labor-market entrants: a brand equity approach to recruitment.

Theory and research from the marketing literature on customer-based brand equity were used to predict how positive exposure to 4 early recruitment-related activities-publicity, sponsorships, word-of-mouth endorsements, and advertising-may affect the ...
Christopher J Collins, Cynthia Kay Stevens (J Appl Psychol, 200212)
relationship-early-recruitment-related-activities-application.asp

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Procedural justice and status: status salience as antecedent of procedural fairness effects.

The current article explores status as an antecedent of procedural fairness effects (the findings that perceived procedural fairness affects peoples reactions, e.g., their relational judgments). On the basis of the literature, the authors proposed that ...
Jan-Willem van Prooijen, Kees van den Bos, Henk A M Wilke (J Pers Soc Psychol, 200212)
procedural-justice-status-status-salience-antecedent-procedural.asp

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Factors influencing treatment decisions of hazardous waste generators: a study of factories in the Bangkok region.

While the developed countries are engaged in developing new technology for waste avoidance, recycling and reuse, developing countries are still wrestling to decide on the best option to treat and dispose of wastes. This is particularly so in the case of ...
Soparatana Jarusombat, A T M Nurul Amin (Waste Manag Res, 200212)
factors-influencing-treatment-decisions-hazardous-waste-generators.asp

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Usual source of care in preventive service use: a regular doctor versus a regular site.

OBJECTIVE: To compare the effects of having a regular doctor and having a regular site on five preventive services, controlling for the endogeneity of having a usual source of care. DATA SOURCE: The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey 1996 conducted by the ...
K Tom Xu (Health Serv Res, 200212)
usual-source-care-preventive-service-regular-doctor-versus-regular.asp

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Comparing supervised and unsupervised category learning.

Two unsupervised learning modes (incidental and intentional unsupervised learning) and their relation to supervised classification learning are examined. The approach allows for direct comparisons of unsupervised learning data with the Shepard, Hovland, ...
Bradley C Love (Psychon Bull Rev, 200212)
comparing-supervised-unsupervised-category-learning.asp

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The work of district nurses: first assessment visits.

BACKGROUND: District nurses are the largest group of community nurses in the United Kingdom and overall responsibility for assessing and planning how patients and families needs are met remains an essential element of their role. AIM: To explore the ...
Catriona M Kennedy (J Adv Nurs, 200212)
work-district-nurses-first-assessment-visits.asp