Overestimating Chernobyl’s Consequences: Motives and Tools

A Note on Motives, Consequences and Value

The intuitive notion is that a motive can be identified with an estimated consequence of an action that an agent places an especially high value on. For example, in writing an essay, a student may recognize that there are a number of likely consequences of his action, but of this set the consequence that he values most highly (e.g., getting a high mark) may be said to constitute his "motive." L...

Social Influence on consumer decisions: Motives, modes, and consequences

Research on consumer decision making has long recognized the influence of others. In this comment on Simpson, Griskevicius, and Rothman (this issue), we agree with them that consumer decisions are best understood in the social contexts in which these decisions are made. We explain how research on consumer social influence incorporates social motives, and we trace the effects of these motives on...

Spinoff Entry in High-tech Industries: Motives and Consequences

Overestimating Fish Counts by Non-Instantaneous Visual Censuses: Consequences for Population and Community Descriptions

BACKGROUND Increasingly, underwater visual censuses (UVC) are used to assess fish populations. Several studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of protected areas for increasing fish abundance or provided insight into the natural abundance and structure of reef fish communities in remote areas. Recently, high apex predator densities (>100,000 individuals x km(-2)) and biomasses (>4 tonnes x ...

Unhealthy and present: motives and consequences of the act of presenteeism among Taiwanese employees.

The aim of this study was twofold: first, to delineate the underlying motives of the act of presenteeism and develop suitable measures for both the motives and the behavioral manifestation of the act; second, to systematically examine work and health consequences of the act of presenteeism in a Chinese work context. Using structured questionnaires, we employed a 2-wave panel study design in whi...