Consumer Behavior in Energy-Efficient Homes: The Limited Merits of Energy Performance Ratings as Benchmarks
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2018.04.039
Abstract: In Germany, policy-induced energy efficiency improvements typically aim at reducing primary energy consumption. Private households, on the contrary, pursue the maximization of wellbeing, or in microeconomics jargon, the maximization of utility of the occupants. There… read more here.
Keywords: consumer behavior; energy consumption; energy; performance ratings ... See more keywords
Dark personality, job performance ratings, and the role of political skill: An indication of why toxic people may get ahead at work
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DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2017.11.030
Abstract: Abstract While toxic employees are generally not superior performers, some receive higher salaries and advance into leadership positions. In this study, an indirect effect chain model was tested which proposes that dark employees receive good… read more here.
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Does Diversity-Valuing Behavior Result in Diminished Performance Ratings for Non-White and Female Leaders?
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DOI: 10.5465/amj.2014.0538
Abstract: We seek to help solve the puzzle of why top-level leaders are disproportionately White men. We suggest that this race- and sex-based status and power gap persists, in part, because ethnic minority ... read more here.
Keywords: diversity valuing; valuing behavior; behavior result; diminished performance ... See more keywords