Meaning-making, mattering, and thriving in community psychology: From co-optation to amelioration and transformation

Designing a model of antecedents and consequences of thriving at work in employees of National Iranian Drilling Company‎

The aim of this study was designing a model of some antecedents and consequences of thriving at work for the employees of National Iranian Drilling Company(NIDC). In terms of objective, the research method was applied, in terms of data collection has been consumed a survey and in terms of data analysis was a descriptive study. Among employees of NIDC, 211 employees participated in the study. Da...

Does War Give Meaning to Human Life? Investigating the Endlessness of Human Wars from a Social Cognition Viewpoint

According to history, humans have never stopped fighting with each other and this endlessness and permanence of wars cannot have only external causes (threats) rather, it also has internal and psychological causes and identifying these causes is essential to reducing wars. The present study aimed to identify one of the psychological causes of the endlessness of human wars and assumed that war g...

Comparison of Object Relations, Personality Organization, and Personal and Relational Meaning of Life in Psychology Graduates vs. other Students in Lahijan Azad University

Aim: We conducted the present study to compare Object relations, personality organization, personal meaning of life, and Relational meaning in life among Islamic Azad University, Lahijans branch's students.  Method: The research design was post-event (causal-comparative). The sample included 200 (100 psychology students and 100 students from other majors) selected based on convenience sampling...

Title: Adaptation, co-optation, variation: Emotions in evolutionary context Biographical Note: Colin Holbrook is an Assistant Professor of Cognitive and Information

The co-optation of managerialism: Professionals’ responses to accountability pressures

The struggle between bureaucracy and professionalism has been described repeatedly during the last 50 years. Their opposing logics are at the heart of this struggle. Bureaucracy focuses on administrative hierarchies of formal authority, subordination and control, while professionalism focuses on professional autonomy. Since professionals joined organizations, their professional autonomy has dec...