Expectations about how long one will live are essential for making informed choices about many important personal decisions. We propose that beliefs (expectations) about longevity are a response constructed at the time of judgment, subject to irrelevant task and context factors, and leading to...

Emotional reactions are an important element in the motivation to help others. Our research examined the role of affective vs. deliberative information processing in the genesis and use of emotional reactions in decisions to provide financial aid to people in distress. In two studies, we...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to discuss the challenges inherent in planning and responding to disaster events in a multi-agency context where numerous governmental and non-governmental actors and agencies are involved in the planning and response phases. In particular, the authors...

Rapid change has been the keynote to survival and business success in the 1990s. Even highly successful organisations have had to communicate bad news at times. This paper is based on the premise that change will be smoother if the ‘bad news’ elements are properly communicated — both...