Person-situation navigation mechanisms at work

Personality Signatures in Person Perception: Beyond the Person–Situation Dichotomy

Three studies investigated conditions in which perceivers view dispositions and situations as interactive, rather than independent, causal forces when making judgments about another’s personality. Study 1 showed that perceivers associated 5 common trait terms (e.g., friendly and shy) with characteristic if . . . then . . . (if situation a, then the person does x, but if situation b, then the pe...

Work Stress, Sleepiness and Predicting Work Situation Awareness among Workers

Objective: An important factor in the prevention of industrial accidents is the employees’ ability to maintain their awareness of the work situation, understand the information it holds, and predict the development of the situations. In this study, we examined the role of work stress and sleepiness in predicting work situation awareness among workers.  Methods: The present study was a cross-...

Persons, Situations, and Person-Situation Interactions

Translational mechanisms at work in the cohesinopathies

Chromosome cohesion, mediated by the cohesin complex, is essential for the process of chromosome segregation. Mutations in cohesin and its regulators are associated with a group of human diseases known as the cohesinopathies. These diseases are characterized by defects in head, face, limb, and heart development, mental retardation, and poor growth. The developmental features of the diseases are...

work stress, sleepiness and predicting work situation awareness among workers

objective: an important factor in the prevention of industrial accidents is the employees’ ability to maintain their awareness of the work situation, understand the information it holds, and predict the development of the situations. in this study, we examined the role of work stress and sleepiness in predicting work situation awareness among workers.  methods: the present study was a cross-sec...