The impetus for this letter to the editor was after I read 3 of articles in August 2021 edition Nurse Leader, first with intense interest, then a realization cognitive dissonance as nursing leader. am writing trepidation assuming that some my leadership colleagues will be uncomfortable intentional action allowing behaviors past, would have resulted timely stronger discussion expected improvemen...

After a person chooses between two items, preference for the chosen item will increase and preference for the unchosen item will decrease because of the choice made. In other words, we tend to justify or rationalize our past behavior by changing our attitude. This phenomenon of choice-induced preference change has been traditionally explained by cognitive dissonance theory. Choosing something t...

Playing video games is one of the common leisure activities among youths in Malaysia. They treat gaming not only as entertainment but also as a means of socializing with their friends. However, when too much time is devoted into gaming and causes disruption in their daily lives, they might become pathological gamers. The paper proposes the development of a web intervention, Smart Gamers, to inf...

THE importance of the choice situation is reflected in the considerable amount of theory and research on conflict. Conflict theory has generally dealt, however, with the phenomena that lead up to the choice. What happens after the choice has received little attention. The present paper is concerned with some of the consequences of making a choice. Previous consideration of the consequences of c...

The paper challenges the view that MNC dictates a subsidiary’s business strategy and operations in accordance with the integration-responsiveness (IR) framework. The paper integrates the IR framework with contingency theory to argue that a subsidiary needs discretion to craft its own effective business strategy in light of the environmental exigencies facing the subsidiary in the host country. ...