Influence Of Mindset Research Articles

Abstract Mind-Sets and Social Comparison

When evaluating personal performance, there is a propensity for people to rely more heavily on social comparison information from individuals than from aggregates, which is often more diagnostic—referred to as the Local Dominance Effect. The present research explored the possibility that under certain conditions, a global dominance effect may emerge; that is, in some circumstances people might rely more on average comparison information. Two studies investigated the influence of abstract mind-sets on the use of social comparison information. In Study 1, self-evaluations of participants who were given comparison information from both individual and aggregate sources while in an abstract mind-set were affected more by aggregate than individual comparison information—demonstrating a global dominance effect. Study 2 investigated how construal level influences the use of social comparison information and results indicated that when thinking abstractly, people shifted their attention to average comparison information.

An Even Bigger Win: Understanding the Neural Systems Underlying Motivational Influences on Ambiguous Social Perception

FRONTIERS COMMENTARY article Front. Neurosci., 28 September 2012 https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2012.00141

Some empirical evidence on IS Strategy Alignment in banking

Recent research amongst North-American and European IS managers shows that for both groups the alignment of IS strategy and corporate strategy is a top priority. IS alignment approaches do, however, exist, describing a generic process, independent of the characteristics of any particular industry or company. Here, an attempt is made to apply IS Strategy Alignment to banking, with the aim to identify major issues and to attempt to determine the relationships between these issues, based on a research project in a number of European banks. This work suggests that the main problem in generating improved IS Strategy Alignment is a lack of overall sector knowledge (not skills) amongst banking managers. Awareness of IS issues (even the softer ones) does not cause problems, but the application of these issues in the banking world does. The influence of mind sets on IS Strategy Alignment awareness proved to be important. Based on an experience with the analytical methods used and the results obtained, other methods of empirical investigation are suggested, including new issues in IS Strategy Alignment.