Young people are at a stage in life where they desire and need to demonstrate independence from parental and societal authority, and take risks and satisfy their curiosity about new experiences while often being exposed to negative peer pressure. UN-2 However, the institutional capacity to impleme...
This applies equally whether the ‘transient’ population consists of short-term migrants or of other groups.Footnote 20 Little empirical research has been conducted into the relationship between length of residence and social cohesion in the Netherlands. Tolsma and his colleagues are amongst the few ...
you have to spend time on it. It takes commitment, you need to learn how to do it. And that can’t be done on top of all the other things
In Proposition Three, we expected that there would be significant differences between the rate of increase in the proportion of women on the TMT versus BoD in each time period and, in particular, in Period Three, when the intensity of the pressure to include women was the most intense. Table...
Specifically, we expect a greater pressure stemming from pro-equality sentiment on the CEOs that would otherwise receive: i) more excessive pay (Core et al., 2008); or ii) a larger-than-justified CEO pay slice (CPS), defined as the fraction of the aggregate executive pay captured by the...
When the Soviet system began to collapse, it was the symbols of its power that first came under pressure. When people stopped fearing the border guard, they slowly stopped fearing the system behind it. The same will be true in this age. When people stop trusting the information that runs ...
Marine pollution impacts coastal nations around the world, and more so: (a) in confined maritime areas with significant marine traffic, (b) where exploitation of natural and mineral resources is taking place, or (c) in regions witnessing pressure fr
Understanding from existing studies is fragmented to the extent that it lacks the coherent long-term monitoring needed to address questions at the scales essential to understand climate change and improve geo-hazard early warning. Data sets from the deep sea are particularly rare with long-term ...
This assumes medium or high greenhouse gas concentration scenarios, but these increases could even occur in the situation of drastic near-term emission cuts because of a lock-in effect through past emissions and heat stored in the oceans [5, p. viii]. ...
Time Under Pressure Post author By Christine Post date April 2, 2012 In my most recent post I wrote a bit about what happens when I leave my office. At events I meet a lot of new people, and when out on the road I encounter objects that aren't familiar to me. It can be enlig...