flexibility as an ability to respond to changing circumstances is one of the vital characteristics of the natural and built environment. during the contemporary era, diversity of methods relating the architectural flexibility execution are suggested. but along with contemporary conceptual approaches toward pluralism and uncertainty, it seems that the multiplicity of approaches toward flexibilit...

Studies of human decision making have demonstrated that stress exacerbates risk taking. Since all decisions involve some element of risk, stress has critical impact on decision quality. Decisions are found to improve with stress up to an optimal threshold beyond which deterioration is observed. However, few studies have examined the psychological experiences underlying risk-taking behavior in c...

Organizations develop crisis readiness to avoid and mitigate crises. This study investigates several factors that influence readiness, including market dynamism, perceived likelihood of a (PLC), firm size. It also evaluates the impact on performance. Results from PLS-SEM assessment 301 managers in United States suggest dynamism drives performance while heightening both PLC readiness. When compa...

Swing is a musical performance technique, whose magnitude is indicated by the swing ratio. This study examines the effects of swing on music-listening appreciation. In Experiment 1, 21 participants were presented with synthesized performances with three swing ratios, and were asked to rate their impressions using the semantic differential method. The results show that there exists a certain rel...

Past studies on the effects of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) scores firm performance have found mixed support. To further unpack these findings, we focus industry-level dynamism predictability ESG sales investor expectations prospects growth. Dynamism (predictability) is based standard error (R-squared) industry ratings regressed sales. Taking an investor’s perspective, a forward-...