When Do Infections Become Disasters?

When Do Employees Become Entrepreneurs?

Entrepreneurs often get their ideas from working as employees in established firms. However, employees with ideas can also become intrapreneurs, or even managers of corporate spin-offs. This paper shows how innovation and entrepreneurship are influenced by company policies. Using a multi-task incentives model, we identify a trade-off between focussing employees on their assigned tasks, versus e...

When Do Instructional Features Become a Distraction?

Would adding instructional elements to minimalist-based instruction increase the rate and retention of learning? Logically, it might be expected that providing learners with additional instructional aids would result in increased learning. Conversely, I found that the additional instructional features actually distracted the learner from the critical instruction, but not significantly. Furtherm...

When Agents Become Principals:

This paper argues that the publishing of academic research by and large belongs to the public sector domain, and that the scientific knowledge stemming from the public sectors is important for innovation. In 2004 the Norwegian Association of Higher Education Institutions (UHR) introduced an incentive based system in which academic institutions receive economic compensation as a function or thei...

When does conscientiousness become perfectionism ?

Gordon L. Flett, PhD Canada Research Chair in Personality and Health York University Toronto Mr. C is a 50-year-old professional writer who recently made a serious suicide attempt. At his initial session, Mr. C was hesitant to discuss his situation and reason for attending. He did, however, bring a copy of his résumé so the therapist could “get to know him quickly.” He said he had been depresse...

When Does Influence Become Undue?