Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal

With recent advances in technology, multimedia computers have become a common feature in the home. The entertainment and immersive qualities characteristic of computer games can be addictive for those who play them. With the advancement of the Internet,...

Audience response systems (ARS) are a tool used to create interactive and effective instruction in classrooms (Caldwell, 2007). ARS allow students to respond to a question by pressing a button on an individual response keypad, known as a clicker. Answers...

Job satisfaction is an attitude developed by an individual towards the job and job conditions (Luthans, 1994). It is also a personal evaluation of job conditions (e.g., the job itself, attitude of the administrator) or the results (e.g., pay, job security)...

Lacking control is often associated with fear, depression, or withdrawal behavior. It is natural for individuals to attempt to reestablish control when their sense of control fades (Brehm, 1966). When an individual experiences this state, that individual...

As industries and firms face greater competition, increased attention is being focused on customer satisfaction. One of the important issues in customer satisfaction is the comparison of customer satisfaction across different economic entities (Johnson...

Since Erikson (1950) presented identity formation as a psychosocial developmental task in adolescence, a remarkable number of identity studies have been conducted. The context of family relationships has a great deal of influence on identity formation...

Knowledge sharing (KS) to sharpen organizational competitive advantage is largely encouraged in many organizations (Kearns & Lederer, 2003), and has received considerable attention in the academic field. One of the most pivotal issues that concern...

The word virtue comes from the Latin virtus and the Greek concept [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII.] arete, both of which mean moral excellence. Virtue is a quality of character by which individuals habitually recognize and do the right thing, and,...