this paper studies the effect of gender differences in mate preference in one of the major iranian online dating services. to best of our knowledge, there are only few similar studies conducted with this objective focusing on iran. a quantitative approach is used in this paper which is inferred from a database of approximately 84 thousands of users from various geographical locations inside ira...

ahmad moharram is one of the contemporary poets who felt poverty and deprivation along his life. since his view toward life is a realistic one, so his literature is a realistic one that can be a whole mirror of his contemporary society. since nationalism and patriotism is one of the prominent indices of realistic literature, so this essay tries to analyze national morale of this poet. poem and ...

The ability of 3- to 5-year-old children to reason about trust in relation to the honest behavior of others was examined across five studies (total N=496). Results showed that although 4-year-olds differentiated between honest and dishonest sources in their trust judgments, only 5-year-olds demonstrated a clear capacity to differentiate between honesty and a trust-irrelevant dimension (i.e., cl...

We present a simple theory of the quality (competence and honesty) of elected officials. Our theory offers three main insights. Low-quality citizens have a ‘comparative advantage’ in pursuing elective office, because their market wages are lower than those of high-quality citizens (competence), and/or because they reap higher returns from holding office (honesty). Hence, voters may find themsel...

Using the canonical principal-agent setting with adverse selection, we study the implications of honesty when it requires pre-commitment. Within a two-period hidden information problem, an agent learns his match with the assigned task in period 2 and, if honest, reveals it to the principal if he has committed to it. The principal may offer a menu of contracts to screen ethics. Both honest and d...

It is acknowledged that chronic job demands may be depleting workers' stamina resulting in burnout conditions and ultimately causing further health problems. This relation, known as health impairment process, has recently been considered as a possible explanation for the emergence of counterproductive work behavior (CWB). The present work aims to examine the role of two personality traits (i.e....