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The role of perceived costs and perceived benefits in the relationship between personality and risk-related choices

Soane, Emma; Dewberry, Chris; Narendran, Sunitha - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010

This paper considers how perceptions of costs and benefits can influence the association between personality and risky choice behaviour. We assessed perceptions and behaviours in six domains (ethical; investment; gambling; health and safety; recreational; social) using the DOSPERT and measured...

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Measuring the parental, service and cost impacts of children with autistic spectrum disorder: a pilot study

Järbrink, Krister; Fombonne, Eric; Knapp, Martin - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003

collect cost information for individuals with autistic spectrum disorder. There is very little cost information on children or … adults with autism or autism-related disorder, and no study appears to have carried out a specific cost collection in this … area. Although some global cost estimates can be made, little is known about the cost implications of parental burden. By …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071201

Regulators as agents: modelling personality and power as evidence is brokered to support decisions on environmental risk

Davies, G.J.; Kendall, G.; Soane, E.; Li, J.; Rocks, S.A.; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

personality and power relationships that influence the confidence that recipients may place in the sufficiency of evidence and … quality of regulatory decision making by understanding the role of personality and power. …

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The power of the interviewer: a qualitative perspective on African survey data collection

Randall, Sara; Coast, Ernestina; Compaore, Natacha; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

BACKGROUND African censuses and surveys remain dependent on interviewers for data collection. Data quality is assured through training and supervision. Many survey concepts are difficult to translate into African languages and some, such as “household”, may have multiple criteria which are...

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Exploring the Foucauldian interpretation of power and subject in organizations

Välikangas, Anita; Seeck, Hannele - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

This paper assesses the recent contribution of Michel Foucault to the study of power and subject in organizations …

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