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The pulse-like nature of decisions in rational choice theory 理性选择理论中决策的脉冲性质

IF 1 4区社会学

Rationality and Society Pub Date : 2020-10-06 DOI: 10.1177/1043463120961578

Enzo Lenine

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引用次数: 1

Peasant youth experiences of CEOs, risk aversion and corporate performance CEO的农民青年经历、风险规避与企业绩效

IF 1 4区社会学

Rationality and Society Pub Date : 2020-08-01 DOI: 10.1177/1043463120945636

Kebin Deng, Z. Ding, Yalu Wang

引用次数: 0

To leave or not to leave? Understanding the support for the United Kingdom membership in the European Union: Identity, attitudes towards the political system and socio-economic status 走还是不走?了解对联合王国欧盟成员资格的支持:身份、对政治制度和社会经济地位的态度

IF 1 4区社会学

Rationality and Society Pub Date : 2020-07-25 DOI: 10.1177/1043463120945268

Nicola Pensiero

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引用次数: 2

Do Koreans like being nudged? Survey evidence for the contextuality of behavioral public policy 韩国人喜欢被人轻推吗?行为公共政策情境性的调查证据

IF 1 4区社会学

Rationality and Society Pub Date : 2020-07-01 DOI: 10.1177/1043463120937832

D. Kasdan

引用次数: 6

Selective tolerance and the radical right 选择性宽容和激进右翼

IF 1 4区社会学

Rationality and Society Pub Date : 2020-05-01 DOI: 10.1177/1043463120920416

C. Jennings, Elizabeth Ralph-Morrow

引用次数: 8

You are who your friends are? 你就是你的朋友吗？

IF 1 4区社会学

Rationality and Society Pub Date : 2020-05-01 DOI: 10.1177/1043463120919380

Fabian Winter, M. Kataria

引用次数: 0

A theory of norm collapse 规范崩溃理论

IF 1 4区社会学

Rationality and Society Pub Date : 2020-05-01 DOI: 10.1177/1043463120921255

Chien-hang Liu

引用次数: 2

Social hierarchies in democracies and authoritarianism: The balance between power asymmetries and principal-agent chains 民主与威权的社会等级制度:权力不对称与委托-代理链之间的平衡

IF 1 4区社会学

Rationality and Society Pub Date : 2020-03-13 DOI: 10.1177/1043463120904051

Björn Toelstede

引用次数: 5

Along which identity lines does 21st-century Britain divide? Evidence from Big Brother 21世纪的英国有哪些身份划分？来自老大哥的证据

IF 1 4区社会学

Rationality and Society Pub Date : 2020-02-10 DOI: 10.1177/1043463120904049

Tom Lane

引用次数: 1

Testing structural and relational embeddedness in collaboration risk 测试协作风险中的结构和关系嵌入性

IF 1 4区社会学

Rationality and Society Pub Date : 2020-01-31 DOI: 10.1177/1043463120902279

Minsun Song, Kyujin Jung, Namhoon Ki, R. Feiock

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引用次数: 12