The Role of Ethical Standards in the Relationship Between Religious Social Norms and M&A Announcement Returns

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leon Zolotoy ◽  
Don O’Sullivan ◽  
Keke Song
Keyword(s):  
Social Norms ◽  
Ethical Standards ◽  
Announcement Returns ◽  
The Relationship

The role of social norms in the relationship between anti-smoking advertising campaigns and smoking cessation: a scoping review

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 179-194
Author(s):  
Joanne Dono ◽  
Caroline Miller ◽  
Kerry Ettridge ◽  
Carlene Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Social Norms ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Social Norm ◽  
Significant Heterogeneity ◽  
Mass Media Campaign ◽  
Media Campaign ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract A systematic scoping review of anti-smoking mass media campaign literature provided opportunity to explore how social normative theories and constructs are used to influence smoking cessation. Synthesis of findings was constrained by significant heterogeneity. Nevertheless, the results indicate that a broader conceptualization of social norm is worthy of further exploration. Perceptions of what others think and do contributed in multiple ways to the relationship between anti-smoking messaging and quitting outcomes. Furthermore, integrating research on social norms, social identity and communication may improve understanding of why quitting intentions are enhanced in some circumstances but reactance and counter-arguing responses corresponding to lower quitting intentions occur in others. Integrating a broader theoretical understanding of normative influences into campaign development and evaluation may prove useful in demonstrating the effectiveness of this approach in behaviour change campaigns.

scholarly journals The Logic and Normative Force of Dual-Character Generics: Towards a Theoretical Model for the Study of Normatively Shifted Predications

2020 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-126
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Kowalewska-Buraczewska
Keyword(s):  
Social Norms ◽  
Noun Phrases ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Social Constructs ◽  
Normative Force ◽  
Social Kinds ◽  
Dual Character ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThis paper investigates the relationship between generic statements and the expression, transmission and persistence of social norms. The author presents the concept of normativity and its importance in the decision-making process in the context of social reality and social norms that comprise it (Bicchieri, 2006, 2016; Bicchieri et al., 2018). The paper analyses the idea of “what is normal” (Haslanger, 2014) to show how social norms are triggered by particular generic constructions relating to “social kinds”, represented by noun phrases denoting “dual character concepts” (Knobe et al., 2013; Prasada et al., 2013; Leslie, 2015). DCCs are shown as effectively serving their persuasive and explanatory function due to their polysemous nature (Leslie, 2015) rather than to different pragmatics (Leslie, forthcoming). Special focus is placed on gender terms as particularly salient social kinds; this salience can be explained by a culturally pivotal role of social constructs of manhood and womanhood and by linguistic potential of generics in the development of social beliefs and legitimizing norm-driven behaviours.

scholarly journals Who Cares If You Vote? Partisan Pressure and Social Norms of Voting

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Fieldhouse ◽  
David Cutts ◽  
Jack Bailey
Keyword(s):  
Social Norms ◽  
Voter Turnout ◽  
Party Identification ◽  
Social Pressure ◽  
Injunctive Norms ◽  
Civic Duty ◽  
Normative Pressure ◽  
Partisan Identification ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractSocial norms are important in explaining why people vote, but where do those norms come from and is social pressure motivated by partisanship? In this article, we use political discussion network data to examine the role of party identification in shaping the relationship between injunctive norms, civic duty and voter turnout. More specifically, we examine the extent to which both the application of injunctive norms and their impact on turnout is affected by shared partisan identification. We find that citizens are more likely to perceive normative pressure to vote from fellow partisans, a phenomenon we refer to as “partisan pressure”. However we do not find consistent evidence for the hypothesis that turnout is more closely related to the approval or disapproval of discussants who share a partisanship. By separating the role of social pressure from that of normative beliefs we also demonstrate that injunctive norms affect voter turnout both directly and indirectly by increasing civic duty.

scholarly journals Entrepreneurial Intention of Engineering Students: The Role of Social Norms and Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (16) ◽  
pp. 4314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grigorios Asimakopoulos ◽  
Virginia Hernández ◽  
Javier Peña Miguel
Keyword(s):  
Social Norms ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Entrepreneurial Education ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This paper examines the impact of entrepreneurial education on intention to undertake entrepreneurial activity in the future. The study is based on a sample of 208 engineering students. Specifically, we explore the contingent effect of social norms on the relationship between entrepreneurial education and intention to undertake entrepreneurial activity, as well as the role of social norms on the association between entrepreneurial self-efficacy and entrepreneurial intention. We utilize a comprehensive questionnaire distributed among engineering students. Our findings indicate that entrepreneurial education is positively associated with the intention to undertake entrepreneurial activity, in addition to demonstrating a positive moderation effect role of social norms on the relationship between entrepreneurial self-efficacy and entrepreneurial intention. The study provides empirical support to devise new educational initiatives that can further support students and young entrepreneurs in their current or future entrepreneurial projects

scholarly journals Perceived Social Norms and Agripreneurial Intention among Youths in Eastern DRC

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 3442
Author(s):  
Akilimali Ndatabaye Ephrem ◽  
Paul Martin Dontsop Nguezet ◽  
McEdward Murimbika ◽  
Zoumana Bamba ◽  
Victor Manyong
Keyword(s):  
Social Norms ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Psychological Capital ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
Republic Of The Congo ◽  
Perceived Social Norms ◽  
Productivity Potential ◽  
The Relationship

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a country with a high agricultural productivity potential; however, the agribusiness sector remains unattractive to youths. This study examined the extent to which perceived social norms and psychological capital affect youths’ intentions to pursue agribusiness opportunities in the Eastern DRC. Data was collected on a sample of 600 youths. We applied Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS−SEM) in order to examine the relationship between the variables. The findings indicated that most of the youths did not select agribusiness as their top career choice. The intention to engage in agribusiness activities was significantly higher among the youths who perceived that agribusiness was socially valued and supported. Psychological capital significantly and positively affects youths’ agripreneurial intention. The findings contribute to the underlying Theory of Planned Behavior by supporting a positive mediation role of psychological capital—and the moderating roles of educational level, gender, access to land, and location—on the relationship between perceived social norms and agripreneurial intention. The paper concludes that the provision of funds is not enough to promote youth agripreneurship in an environment in which agricultural-related social norms, youths’ psychological capital, gender, access to land, educational level, and location (rural versus urban) are not thoroughly considered.

scholarly journals Enforcing Your Own Human Rights? The Role of Social Norms in Compliance with Human Rights Treaties

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 184-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Violet Benneker ◽  
Klarita Gërxhani ◽  
Stephanie Steinmetz
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Norms ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Important Process ◽  
Qualitative Evidence ◽  
Human Rights Treaties ◽  
Quantitative Results ◽  
The Relationship

Although scholars are increasingly able to explain why states (do not) comply with human rights treaties, the role of social norms in compliance has been neglected. This is remarkable because human rights often directly address social norms. Our study aims to contribute to the existing literature by providing quantitative and qualitative evidence on the relationship between citizens’ social norms and compliance with human rights treaties. The quantitative results provide strong support for such a relationship. The findings from the additional qualitative analysis suggest that bargaining over (and thus changing) social norms is an important process through which compliance with human rights can be influenced.

scholarly journals The role of social norms for the relationship between private ownership and the performance of banking sectors in transition countries: the cases of Bulgaria and Hungary as examples

2008 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 68-86
Author(s):  
Ingrid Groessl ◽  
Nadine Levratto
Keyword(s):  
Social Norms ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
Legal Order ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
Private Ownership ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Theoretical Reflection

We start with a theoretical reflection on the merits of private ownership in banking sectors concluding that the merits of private ownership in a market economy crucially depend on the overall compliance with principles of good governance. We show that it is pivotal in this respect that the underlying legal order is in action and not just on the books. Whether this is the case depends on accepted social norms which in their turn derive from cultural value orientations. We use these insights to compare the development and performance of banking sectors in Bulgaria and Hungary with the attempt to establish relationships of found differences between the countries to different basic value orientations

Fiduciary Law and Social Norms

2019 ◽  
pp. 796-811
Author(s):  
Matthew Harding
Keyword(s):  
Social Norms ◽  
Social Roles ◽  
Contract Law ◽  
Social Expectations ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Universal Morality

This chapter examines the relationship between fiduciary law and social norms—norms that guide conduct with reference to social expectations as opposed to universal morality, for example. It first considers a number of questions about the relation of law and social norms in general; for instance, whether law’s coercion suppresses or interrupts social norms that might flourish in its absence, or under what circumstances should law enable and bolster social norms and why. It then discusses the ways in which fiduciary law interacts with three types of social norms: norms of trust and trustworthiness, norms of loyalty, and norms of altruism. In particular, it explores those aspects of fiduciary law that suggest a balance between trust and detachment, along with fiduciary law’s link to contract law. Finally, it describes how social roles, such as the role of trustee or company director, interact with both social norms and fiduciary law.

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