While an increasing number of trust studies examine technological artifacts as trust recipients, we still lack a basic understanding of how technology trust “fits” into the broader nomological net espoused by trust theories. This paper adopts a measure of technology trust comprised of IT-specific dimensions. We then articulate a research model that separates technology trust from interpersonal ...

The social identity approach makes a distinction between behavior motivated by intergroup versus interpersonal identities, which may be relevant to victim blaming in the case of rape. Using a mock jury paradigm, we examined the impact of defining rape as an act of interpersonal violence (personal assault) versus intergroup violence (a "hate crime"), crossed with a manipulation describing the at...

Outcome Measure: Online interpersonal victimization (ie, unwanted sexual solicitation or harassment). Results: Aggressive behavior in the form of making rude or nasty comments (adjusted odds ratio [AOR], 2.3; P .001) or frequently embarrassing others (AOR, 4.6; P=.003), meeting people in multiple ways (AOR, 3.4; P .001), and talking about sex online with unknown people (AOR, 2.0; P=.02) were si...

It is the first study which tries to explore the influence of interpersonal competition on subordinate job status in the workplace. Interpersonal competition is defined as rent-seeking behavior (RSB) in this research. We also examine the influence of interpersonal relationships, known as Guanxi in Chinese society, on subordinate job status in the workplace. Finally, this study combines RSB with...

The mentoring relationship between a scholar and their primary mentor is a core feature of research training. Anecdotal evidence suggests this relationship is adversely affected when scholar and mentor expectations are not aligned. We examined three questions: (1) What is the value in assuring that the expectations of scholars and mentors are mutually identified and aligned? (2) What types of p...

Individuals’ willingness to act in socially desirable ways, such as sharing resources with others and abiding by norms of ethical conduct, is a necessary condition of social life. The current research reconciles two seemingly contradicting sets of findings on the role of cognitive control in socially desirable behaviors. One set of findings suggests that people are tempted by self-serving impul...

Interpersonaland self-relatedness problems are strongly correlated on a global level. However, few studies have examined associations between distinct forms of interpersonal problems and specific types of problems in self-relatedness. We hypothesized that patients with domineering interpersonal problems would exhibit a more positive self-image than patients with submissive interpersonal feature...

Although fairness is a key moral trait, limited research focuses on participants' observed behavior because traits are generally measured through self-report. This experiment focused day-to-day interpersonal rather than impersonal justice, and was assessed as behavior. The investigated whether self-reported trait would moderate situational influence behavior, such that individuals with stronger...