In this paper, we experimentally approach the question of which aspects of a voting procedure are able to restrict elected candidates’ willingness to use their power in an opportunistic way. For this purpose, we rule out re-election concerns and analyze whether the presence of a vote by itself matters for the exercise of power. We compare two kinds of electoral campaigns: self-descriptions of p...

More than in any other sub-fields of European studies, the study of law-andpolitics in the European Union owes a great deal to U.S. scholarship. Given the differences in structure of the academic fields on both sides of the Atlantic, and the early development of socio-legal studies in the United States (which still has no equivalent in Europe), American scholars have been the first to challenge...

To extend previous cognition-based illegal downloading research, this project postulates that anticipated guilt, general emotions, attitudes, and norms collectively determine intentions to download digital files illegally. Our findings indicate that college students were more likely to download if they had more favorable attitudes, perceived greater social approval, and perceived more control o...

Information Technology represents a substantial investment for many corporations and constitutes a significant aspect of organizational work. However, its value is realized only when information systems are utilized by their intended users in a manner that contributes to the strategic and operational goals of the firm. Although there has been a plethora of studies done on the centrality of beli...

We model the endogenous emergence of social perceptions about occupations and their impact on occupational choice. In particular, an individual’s social approval increases with his community’s perception of his skill in his chosen career. These perceptions vary across communities because individuals better assess the skill of those in occupations similar to their own. Such imperfect assessment ...

This report discusses the issues involved in evaluating a software bidding model. We found it difficult to assess the appropriateness of any model evaluation activities without a baseline or standard against which to assess them. This paper describes our attempt to construct such a baseline. We reviewed evaluation criteria used to assess cost models and an evaluation framework that was intended...

This paper presents a case study on the use of an alternative method of computer support to that normally used, one that uses voting as a tool for social rather than rational choice. This voting before discussion (VBD) method is indicated in cases where agreement is an important group output, or where interpersonal conflict is creating problems in meetings. Given that participants are warned to...

The rapid growth of online social media networks like Facebook and Twitter is strongly influencing news media to engage with such networks for generating newsworthy content, accessing mass audiences for news consumption and using the platforms for news distribution. While both media’s complement each other as sources of news and information, they also compete against each other as news reposito...

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Interpersonal theories of self-esteem that tie self-esteem to perceptions of one s acceptability to other people suggest that self-evaluations should predict global self-esteem to the degree to which an individual believes that a particular attribute is important for social approval. In the present study, participants completed a measure of global self-esteem, rated themselves in five domains, ...