Alfred W Clark
Biographic Data
| ID | 4930568 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alfred W Clark |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alfred W |
| FAMILY NAME | Clark |
| SIGNATURE | CLARK A W |
| AFFILIATIONS | La Trobe University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 20 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1961 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Experimenting with Organizational Life
Social Darwinism
A quota sample of 679 people completed a questionnaire about their view of the world, their preferred nuclear defense policy, and their political activity. Results showed that people with a low adherence to a social Darwinist world view favored nuclear disarmament and a nonbelligerent defense policy, whereas people with a high adherence favored nuclear arms and a belligerent defense policy. The results also showed that, irrespective of a benign o…
Using Group Decision to Reduce Adolescent Girls' Smoking
A group discussion and decision technique was used to change adolescent girls' smoking behaviour. Girls in experimental groups exposed to discussion reduced the number of cigarettes they smoked per day whereas girls in a control group did not. The former also shifted their attitudes, becoming more negative toward smoking and more aware of their susceptibility to tobacco-related illness than girls in the control group. The findings demonstrate the…
Changing Drivers' Attitudes Through Peer Group Decision
A peer group discussion and decision method was used to change young drivers' attitudes toward road safety. An experimental group exposed to this experience shifted their attitudes, becoming more favorable toward the road law, the rights of other road-users, and less inclined to take risks induced by peers, than a control group not exposed to the experience. No shifts occurred, however, in drinking patterns
Personal and Social Resources as Correlates of Coping Behaviour among the Aged
A questionnaire was administered to a national sample of 1,841 people over 60 years of age in Great Britain. Coping behaviour was influenced by the availability of personal and social resources, the correlations being .52 and .25, respectively
Correlates of Adaptation among Unemployed and Employed Young Men
Social support, past success, and present feelings of competence were correlated with adaptation among 126 unemployed and 59 employed young men. Unemployed respondents reported less social support from their families than the employed respondents. There was no difference in perceived social support from friends and the community. The unemployed group reported no different feelings about past success or present competence than the employed group. …
Information Use
A sample of 100 psychologists and 30 sociologists completed a questionnaire about the pressure on them to use information, the strategies they use in response to this pressure, and their role effectiveness. It was found that (1) high pressure to use the literature was associated with high use of information. Service types were found not only to be exposed to less pressure but also to be lower users of information than nonservice types; (2) high u…
Experimenting with Organizational Life
Experimenting with Organizational Life
Sanction
A Path Analysis of Variables Influencing Labour Turnover
A brief questionnaire was devised to study the determinants of length of service for a sample of 57 former telephone advertisement sales girls. Path analysis was used to explore the hypothesized complex pattern of interrelationships among the variables. It was found that optimal challenge and social integration had direct effects on length of service. Job evaluation, pressure and higher order needs affected length of service indirectly through th…
Managers' Conflict
Dr. Robert N. Rapoport
The Effects of Subordinates' Behaviour on Managerial Style
A manager faced with variations in subordinates' behaviour will accommodate his behaviour to fit the interpersonal circumstances. This will happen even if it means reversing a stated preference for a particular managerial style. This hypothesis was tested in a laboratory experiment. Subjects acted as managers working with subordinates to devise an itinerary for a visiting head office executive. In a 2 x 2 design, democratic and autocratic manager…
The Personality and Social Network Adjustment Scale
Conditions influencing patient response to treatment in a therapeutic community
The Combined Use of Linkage and Path Analysis in the Development of Causal Models
Patient Particiation and Improvement in a Therapeutic Community
Relation of Age and Education to Attitudes toward Mental Illness
Using the Custodial Mental Illness Ideology Scale as a measuring instrument with 56 Ss, it was found that low age and high education were related to a liberal attitude toward mental illness
Contradictory Demands in Family Relations and Adjustment to School and Home
The Personality and Social Network Adjustment Scale
The Combined Use of Linkage and Path Analysis in the Development of Causal Models
Patient Particiation and Improvement in a Therapeutic Community
Contradictory Demands in Family Relations and Adjustment to School and Home
Social Darwinism
A quota sample of 679 people completed a questionnaire about their view of the world, their preferred nuclear defense policy, and their political activity. Results showed that people with a low adherence to a social Darwinist world view favored nuclear disarmament and a nonbelligerent defense policy, whereas people with a high adherence favored nuclear arms and a belligerent defense policy. The results also showed that, irrespective of a benign o…
Changing Drivers' Attitudes Through Peer Group Decision
A peer group discussion and decision method was used to change young drivers' attitudes toward road safety. An experimental group exposed to this experience shifted their attitudes, becoming more favorable toward the road law, the rights of other road-users, and less inclined to take risks induced by peers, than a control group not exposed to the experience. No shifts occurred, however, in drinking patterns
The Effects of Subordinates' Behaviour on Managerial Style
A manager faced with variations in subordinates' behaviour will accommodate his behaviour to fit the interpersonal circumstances. This will happen even if it means reversing a stated preference for a particular managerial style. This hypothesis was tested in a laboratory experiment. Subjects acted as managers working with subordinates to devise an itinerary for a visiting head office executive. In a 2 x 2 design, democratic and autocratic manager…
Information Use
A sample of 100 psychologists and 30 sociologists completed a questionnaire about the pressure on them to use information, the strategies they use in response to this pressure, and their role effectiveness. It was found that (1) high pressure to use the literature was associated with high use of information. Service types were found not only to be exposed to less pressure but also to be lower users of information than nonservice types; (2) high u…
A Path Analysis of Variables Influencing Labour Turnover
A brief questionnaire was devised to study the determinants of length of service for a sample of 57 former telephone advertisement sales girls. Path analysis was used to explore the hypothesized complex pattern of interrelationships among the variables. It was found that optimal challenge and social integration had direct effects on length of service. Job evaluation, pressure and higher order needs affected length of service indirectly through th…
Conditions influencing patient response to treatment in a therapeutic community
Contradictory Demands in Family Relations and Adjustment to School and Home
Relation of Age and Education to Attitudes toward Mental Illness
Using the Custodial Mental Illness Ideology Scale as a measuring instrument with 56 Ss, it was found that low age and high education were related to a liberal attitude toward mental illness
Conditions influencing patient response to treatment in a therapeutic community
The Combined Use of Linkage and Path Analysis in the Development of Causal Models
Patient Particiation and Improvement in a Therapeutic Community
The Personality and Social Network Adjustment Scale
The Effects of Subordinates' Behaviour on Managerial Style
A manager faced with variations in subordinates' behaviour will accommodate his behaviour to fit the interpersonal circumstances. This will happen even if it means reversing a stated preference for a particular managerial style. This hypothesis was tested in a laboratory experiment. Subjects acted as managers working with subordinates to devise an itinerary for a visiting head office executive. In a 2 x 2 design, democratic and autocratic manager…
Managers' Conflict
Dr. Robert N. Rapoport
A Path Analysis of Variables Influencing Labour Turnover
A brief questionnaire was devised to study the determinants of length of service for a sample of 57 former telephone advertisement sales girls. Path analysis was used to explore the hypothesized complex pattern of interrelationships among the variables. It was found that optimal challenge and social integration had direct effects on length of service. Job evaluation, pressure and higher order needs affected length of service indirectly through th…
Experimenting with Organizational Life
Sanction
Experimenting with Organizational Life
Information Use
A sample of 100 psychologists and 30 sociologists completed a questionnaire about the pressure on them to use information, the strategies they use in response to this pressure, and their role effectiveness. It was found that (1) high pressure to use the literature was associated with high use of information. Service types were found not only to be exposed to less pressure but also to be lower users of information than nonservice types; (2) high u…
Personal and Social Resources as Correlates of Coping Behaviour among the Aged
A questionnaire was administered to a national sample of 1,841 people over 60 years of age in Great Britain. Coping behaviour was influenced by the availability of personal and social resources, the correlations being .52 and .25, respectively
Correlates of Adaptation among Unemployed and Employed Young Men
Social support, past success, and present feelings of competence were correlated with adaptation among 126 unemployed and 59 employed young men. Unemployed respondents reported less social support from their families than the employed respondents. There was no difference in perceived social support from friends and the community. The unemployed group reported no different feelings about past success or present competence than the employed group. …
Changing Drivers' Attitudes Through Peer Group Decision
A peer group discussion and decision method was used to change young drivers' attitudes toward road safety. An experimental group exposed to this experience shifted their attitudes, becoming more favorable toward the road law, the rights of other road-users, and less inclined to take risks induced by peers, than a control group not exposed to the experience. No shifts occurred, however, in drinking patterns
Using Group Decision to Reduce Adolescent Girls' Smoking
A group discussion and decision technique was used to change adolescent girls' smoking behaviour. Girls in experimental groups exposed to discussion reduced the number of cigarettes they smoked per day whereas girls in a control group did not. The former also shifted their attitudes, becoming more negative toward smoking and more aware of their susceptibility to tobacco-related illness than girls in the control group. The findings demonstrate the…
Social Darwinism
A quota sample of 679 people completed a questionnaire about their view of the world, their preferred nuclear defense policy, and their political activity. Results showed that people with a low adherence to a social Darwinist world view favored nuclear disarmament and a nonbelligerent defense policy, whereas people with a high adherence favored nuclear arms and a belligerent defense policy. The results also showed that, irrespective of a benign o…
Experimenting with Organizational Life
Psychology (19 works) · Social Psychology (11 works) · Social Psychology (11 works) · Political science (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works)