Drawing on the previous literature, we identify the personal drives as well as resources and background factors that increase the likelihood of engagement and external environments that increase/reduce the likelihood of engaging in entrepreneurship.
Previous research supports that engagement in one risk behaviour is often associated with an increased likelihood of engaging in other risk behaviours.
The purpose of the symposium was simple: to investigate whether genes can influence our likelihood of engaging in criminal or anti-social behaviour.
This article discusses the personal characteristics and situational factors that influence an individual's likelihood of engaging another party in a negotiation, making a request, and optimizing that request.
We found that the likelihood of engaging in unethical behavior during negotiation is related strongly to gender: men are more likely to act deceptively than women are.
The authors list a variety of other possible mechanisms: Less exposure to distracting noise, for instance, or more likelihood of engaging in outdoor exercise.
Paternal care is associated with a reduced likelihood of engaging in competitive or mating behavior and an increased likelihood of providing protection when necessary.
After viewing sexually arousing (or control) stimuli, subjects read a hypothetical "date" scenario, and then estimated their likelihood of engaging in several sexually coercive tactics.
We are currently expanding on these results, testing other types of conversations to see what factors affect people's likelihood of engaging in conversation.
Psychologist Peter Gollwitzer and his colleagues have found that beyond setting goals, setting what he calls implementation intentions maximizes the likelihood of engaging in goal-directed behavior.
The physicians rated the seriousness of the health issue presented in each vignette and their likelihood of engaging in specific treatments.
