scholarly journals Guest editorial: The bright side and the dark side of digital health

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 1993-1999
Author(s):  
Zhijun Yan ◽  
Roberta Bernardi ◽  
Nina Huang ◽  
Younghoon Chang
Keyword(s):  
Guest Editorial ◽  
Digital Health ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
Bright Side

Witch-hunting, Cultural Revolution and the bright side of kinship

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feng Deng
Keyword(s):  
Social Structure ◽  
Cultural Revolution ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
Chinese History ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Bright Side ◽  
The Cultural Revolution

Purpose Many studies on witch killings in Africa suggest that “witchcraft is the dark side of kinship.” But in Chinese history, where patriarchal clan system has been emphasized as the foundation of the society, there have been few occurrences of witch-hunting except a large-scale one in the Cultural Revolution in 1966. The purpose of this paper is to explain the above two paradoxes. Design/methodology/approach Theoretical analysis based on preference falsification problem with regard to the effect of social structure on witch-hunting is carried out. Findings There is a “bright side of kinship” due to two factors: first, it would be more difficult to pick out a person as qualitatively different in Chinese culture; second, the hierarchical trust structure embedded in the Chinese culture can help mitigate the preference falsification problem, which acts as the leverage for witch-hunting. In this sense, an important factor for the Cultural Revolution is the decline of traditional social institutions and social values after 1949. Originality/value This paper is the first to advance the two paradoxes and offer an explanation from the perspective of social structure.

When abusive supervision leads to good performance: an exploration of the bright side of abusive supervision

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Filza Hameed ◽  
Sadia Shaheen ◽  
Bashir Ahmad ◽  
Muhammad Mudassar Anwar ◽  
Muhammad Ahmad-ur-Rehman
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Abusive Supervision ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Causal Inferences ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Bright Side

PurposeThe successful performance of organizations depends on the smooth working relations between their leaders and employees. Considering the importance of the behaviors of leaders/supervisors, this study intends to explore the bright side of abusive supervision on the performance of trainees in different police colleges in Pakistan.Design/methodology/approachThe data for this study were collected from police colleges and supervisors in Pakistan, and the sample comprised police trainees and their instructors (N = 254 responses from 50 instructors and 254 police trainees). The data were analyzed using structural equation modeling via Amos to test the hypothesized relationships.FindingsResults reveal a positive connection between abusive supervision and the performance of trainees. Moreover, the moderating role of passion for a cause in the relationship between abusive supervision and trainee performance is supported.Research limitations/implicationsDespite its relevance, this study has certain limitations. First, this study was conducted in a specific occupational and cultural context. A comprehensive understanding of the diverse occupational and cultural context considerations can increase this study's value. Second, this study used cross-sectional data for analysis, which hindered us from making causal inferences. For a clear and improved understanding, longitudinal studies can help facilitate the process.Originality/valueThis study intends to explore the bright side of abusive supervision on the performance of trainees in different police colleges in Pakistan. The literature demonstrated the “dark side” of abusive supervision on work-related attitudes and behaviors. However, few studies investigated or explored the “bright side” of abusive supervision.

Chemistry in the Movies

ReAction! ◽  
2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark A. Griep ◽  
Marjorie L. Mikasen
Keyword(s):  
Mass Murder ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
Underrepresented Groups ◽  
Chemical Company ◽  
Bright Side ◽  
Ranking Exercise ◽  
Chemical Companies ◽  
Reign Of Terror

The authors’ common reaction to chemistry in the movies is encapsulated in the archetype movies. These are, first and foremost, great movies that present certain facets of chemistry especially well. They were selected from a much larger group of movies by ranking according to four criteria: (1) contemporary (meaning released after 1970), (2) available on VHS or DVD, (3) included women or other underrepresented groups in significant roles, or (4) was especially favored by one or both of the authors. It became clear from the ranking exercise that older films overcame the criterion of not being recent when they were favored by both authors. We felt they represented the archetype for that chapter and merited special attention. The oldest archetype movie is the 1931 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, making it the book’s de facto archetype and reiterating its importance as the book’s overarching theme. Considered as a whole, the five chapters on the “dark side” show chemists, sociopaths, chemical companies, and pleasure seekers making one-sided decisions that ultimately harm themselves and society. After Jekyll becomes addicted to his Hyde formula, he commits acts of personal terrorism and then murder. Griffin works alone to isolate his invisibility formula because he seeks fame, wealth, and power. Once he knows those things are within his grasp, it drives him mad to the point that he commits mass murder. Dr. Mabuse isn’t a chemist, but he is already insane when he commands his army of thugs to engage in acts of chemical sabotage. He wants to begin a “reign of terror.” Reporter Jason Brady learns that a president knows his chemical company produces a toxin that kills his workers and the children living near the plant. He won’t stop production because it would deprive the community of employment. Finally, television director Paul Groves takes his first LSD trip to get in touch with his feelings. While under the influence, he flees the apartment of a guide who was there to ensure he had a good experience. “Bright side” chemists usually work in teams and rely on other people for critical input—they are engaged with society.

The Dark Side of Cultural Intelligence: Exploring Its Impact on Opportunism, Ethical Relativism, and Customer Relationship Performance

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 552-590
Author(s):  
Melanie P. Lorenz ◽  
Jase R. Ramsey ◽  
James “Mick” Andzulis ◽  
George R. Franke
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Intelligence ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Customer Relationship ◽  
Work Outcomes ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
Ethical Relativism ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Bright Side ◽  
Relationship Performance ◽  
Opposing Effects

ABSTRACTEmployees who possess cross-cultural capabilities are increasingly sought after due to unparalleled numbers of cross-cultural interactions. Previous research has primarily focused on the bright side of these capabilities, including important individual and work outcomes. In contrast, the purpose of this study is to demonstrate that the cross-cultural capability of cultural intelligence (CQ) can lead to both positive and negative outcomes. Applying the general theory of confluence, we propose that expatriates high in CQ excel in customer relationship performance, while simultaneously behaving opportunistically. We also suggest that ethical relativism moderates these relationships. Using mixed methods, four separate studies generally support our predictions while also deepening our understanding of various forms of opportunism and the mechanism behind two seemingly opposing effects. Conceptual and managerial implications of CQ for opportunism, customer relationship performance, and ethics are discussed.

scholarly journals Tamna i svijetla strana tamne brojke kriminala: o izazovima istraživanja nepoznanica i blagoslovu neznanja

2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (5) ◽  
pp. 637-673
Author(s):  
Anna-Maria Getoš Kalac ◽  
◽  
Dalia Pribisalić ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Positive Function ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
Preventive Effect ◽  
Methodological Challenges ◽  
Bright Side ◽  
The One ◽  
Dark Figure

In the paper at hand the authors critically analyse the state of the art in the research into the dark figure of crime, as well as the conceptual and methodological challenges that are inherent to this kind of research. They do so based on current international, foreign and domestic studies, with the goal of highlighting not only the commonly stressed ‘dark side’ of the dark figure of crime, but also in order to raise awareness of its almost completely disregarded ‘bright side’. In this regard the bright side of the dark figure of crime relates to the thesis of the so-called preventive effect of ignorance (germ. Präventivwirkung des Nichtwissens) and presents a phenomenon with a vastly important positive function which has thus far been completely neglected in the domestic criminological and criminal law discourse. This function basically ensures that the criminal justice response to criminal behaviour is perceived as comprehensive and effective. Without such perception the general preventive effect, as envisaged by criminal law, would be unsubstantial. By highlighting the dark figure’s bright side, the authors on the one hand aspire to make a scientific contribution to the comprehensiveness of the discourse about the dark figure of crime in Croatia, while on the other hand they illustrate the unsolvable conceptual and almost unavoidable methodological challenges which are inherent to the attempts of shedding light upon the dark figure of crime. The authors’ intention is neither to devalorize dark figure research in general, nor to bring about resignation with regard to enterprises seeking to reveal the dark figure of certain types of crime by means of victimisation or self-report studies. It is rather the intention of the authors to comprehensively and critically examine the dark figure phenomenon in all its complexity, vividness and mutual interwovenness with the criminal justice actors, and while doing so to neither underestimate the dark figure’s negative cognitive effects, nor to ignore its overly positive function in the service of norm stabilisation and sustaining the repressive system, as well as society as a whole.

scholarly journals Goa, India 2005

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siraj Syed
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
Film Festival ◽  
Technical Problems ◽  
Period Style ◽  
Bright Side ◽  
Digital Sound

INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF INDIA, GOA 2005 At the inaugural function of International Film Festival of India 2005, on 24 November, there were some more high points and some lessons to be learnt. On the dark side were the disappointing audio-visual, the technical problems with digital sound, wrong cues and the length of the show itself. Sound played havoc for nearly half an hour, crackling and going silent in turns. Choice of the items and costumes ranged from the kathak dance, Mughal period style, to Bollywood item numbers of the 21st century, to a rap-kathak fusion! On the bright side, octogenarian actor-director-producer Dev Anand, known for his now jaded romantic on-screen escapades with actresses one-fourth his age, gave a compact speech, without the stylised diction he is known for. It was not easy getting a seat at the screenings held at the INOX multiplex cinemas, especially built at the...

scholarly journals The pupillary light response reflects exogenous attention and inhibition of return

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastiaan Mathôt ◽  
Edwin S. Dalmaijer ◽  
Jonathan Grainger ◽  
Stefan Van der Stigchel
Keyword(s):  
Eye Movement ◽  
Behavioral Inhibition ◽  
Inhibition Of Return ◽  
Light Response ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
Exogenous Attention ◽  
Pupillary Light ◽  
Bright Side ◽  
Exogenous Cue ◽  
Behavioral Phenomenon

Here we show that the pupillary light response reflects exogenous (involuntary) shifts of attention and inhibition of return. Participants fixated in the center of a display that was divided into a bright and a dark half. An exogenous cue attracted attention to the bright or dark side of the display. Initially, the pupil constricted when the bright, as compared to the dark side of the display was cued, reflecting a shift of attention towards the exogenous cue. Crucially, this pattern reversed about one second after cue presentation. This later-occurring, relative dilation (when the bright side was cued) reflected disengagement from the previously attended location, analogous to the behavioral phenomenon of inhibition of return. Indeed, we observed a strong correlation between 'pupillary inhibition' and behavioral inhibition of return. We conclude that the pupillary light response is a complex eye movement that reflects how we selectively parse and interpret visual input.

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