Love Leads to Action: Short‐Term Mating Mindset Mitigates the Status‐Quo Bias by Enhancing Promotion Focus

AbstractThis article aims to throw a light on the problems relating to the proposed enlargement of the composition of the UN Security Council at present by studying the creation of four non-permanent seats in the Security Council in 1963 from the British and the French perspectives. The examination is based on the author's research of original documents in the archives of the British and French foreign ministries and upon information provided to the author by British, French and Finnish diplomats. The author concludes that, as between 1946 and 1963, British and French short term interests are still best served by maintaining the status quo in the Security Council. However, in a long term perspective it is not clear where the interests of these two States lie.

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The status quo bias and the uptake of open access

First Monday ◽

10.5210/fm.v24i7.10089 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Melissa H. Cantrell ◽

Lauren B. Collister

Keyword(s):

Open Access ◽

Qualitative Methods ◽

Cognitive Load ◽

Reliable Method ◽

Status Quo ◽

Open Access Publishing ◽

Status Quo Bias ◽

The Status ◽

Quantitative And Qualitative Methods

In this paper we argue that the framing of open access through language adopted by a variety of stakeholders serves to inhibit the uptake of open access publishing through the mechanisms of complexity and cognitive load. Using both quantitative and qualitative methods, we analyze both the language and tiers of decisions that confront authors seeking information online about open access. We conclude that this information is for the most part prohibitively complex and introduces contradictory interpretations and executions of open access that act to motivate a phenomenon known as the status quo bias. The only reliable method of counteracting this status quo bias in order to bolster the uptake of open access is to re-frame the language that is commonly employed in association with open access and to minimize the tiers of decisions expected of authors, which create a barrier rather than a gateway to open access engagement.

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Switching from cash to mobile payment: what's the hold-up?

Internet Research ◽

10.1108/intr-04-2020-0175 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Xiu-Ming Loh ◽

Voon-Hsien Lee ◽

Garry Wei-Han Tan ◽

Keng-Boon Ooi ◽

Yogesh K. Dwivedi

Keyword(s):

Conceptual Model ◽

Design Methodology ◽

Status Quo ◽

Security And Privacy ◽

Mobile Payment ◽

Status Quo Bias ◽

Content Type ◽

Perceived Security ◽

The Status ◽

Push Factor

PurposeThis paper explores the reasons behind the slow uptake of mobile payment (m-payment) from a switching intention (SI) perspective. The antecedents of SI from cash to m-payment were explored using an integrated conceptual model of the push-pull-mooring (PPM) framework and the status quo bias (SQB) perspective.Design/methodology/approachA self-administered survey was used to collect data, which are empirically tested using SmartPLS 3.0.FindingsThe push factor was found to have an insignificant effect on SI to m-payment whereas the pull factor was significant. Furthermore, the results revealed that the two mooring variables have contrasting results as trust is not a significant determinant of SI to m-payment while perceived security and privacy (PSP) is. Additionally, all SQB-related relationships were found to be statistically significantOriginality/valueThis study determined the factors that play vital roles in the consumers' decision-making to transition from cash to m-payment. This was done via a uniquely developed conceptual model that incorporated the PPM framework with the SQB perspective.

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