Boston College

About: Boston College is a education organization based out in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Poison control. The organization has 9749 authors who have published 25406 publications receiving 1105145 citations. The organization is also known as: BC.

Differential Relationships Between Intergroup Contact and Affective and Cognitive Dimensions of Prejudice

Abstract: Research on affective dimensions of intergroup relationships suggests that positive effects of intergroup contact can generalize through establishing affective ties with outgroup members. However, research on cognitive dimensions emphasizes that it is often difficult to generalize positive contact outcomes. In this research, the authors examine whether affective and cognitive dimensions of prejudice bear different relationships to intergroup contact. Using data from a larger meta-analysis of contact effects, Study 1 demonstrates that affective indicators of prejudice typically yield stronger, inverse contact-prejudice relationships than such cognitive indicators as stereotypes. Study 2 replicates these trends in a survey study using multiple indicators of affective and cognitive dimensions of prejudice. Study 2 also shows significant, inverse relationships between contact and affective prejudice when contact is assessed either as number of outgroup friends or intergroup closeness. Together, these results ...

Managing Intractable Identity Conflicts

Abstract: Identity is often at the heart of ongoing intergroup conflicts in organizations. Drawing from theories of conflict management, social identity, and organizational identification, we develop the intractable identity conflict resolution model, which delineates a multiphase process by which the conflicting parties’ identities shift in order to permit eventual intergroup harmony.

Economic Consequences of Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation: An Analysis of Investor Perceptions and Corporate Lobbing Behavior

Abstract: This study investigates the economic consequences of the FASB's 1993 Exposure Draft requiring the expensing of employee stock options. We examine (i) a sample of firms in industries that are intensive users of employee stock options; (ii) a sample of firms in an emerging 'high-tech' industry (biotechnology); and (iii) a sample of firms submitting comment letters to the FASB opposing the expensing of employee stock options. Our results indicate that investors do not share corporate America's concerns that expensing employee stock options would have negative economic consequences. Additional tests show that corporate America's opposition to expensing is concentrated in firms that use options extensively for top executives rather than in firms with high overall levels of option usage.

Women’s Resources and Use of Strategies as Risk and Protective Factors for Reabuse Over Time:

Abstract: Using a longitudinal and ecological approach, we investigated the relationships between women's material and emotional resources and strategies and their ability to stay safe over time in a sample of 406 help-seeking African American women The multivariate analysis demonstrated that social support served as a protective factor and resistance strategies as risk factors for reabuse during a 1-year period It also showed an interaction between social support and history of violence such that for participants who had experienced the most severe violence, social support did not serve as a protective factor; however, for the other participants, those with the least amount of social support had a 65% predicted probability of reabuse during the next year, compared to a 20% predicted probability for women reporting the highest level of social support Policy and programmatic implications of these findings are discussed

Photocatalysis: From Fundamental Principles to Materials and Applications

Abstract: Photocatalysis represents a unique class of chemical transformations. It utilizes the energy delivered by light and drives reactions that are difficult, sometimes even impossible, to carry out in dark. When used for thermodynamically uphill reactions such as photosynthesis, photocatalysis promises a sustainable solution to large scale solar energy storage. Despite the longstanding interest in this process and research efforts, existing photocatalysis demonstrations are limited to academic laboratory settings. Chief among the reasons for the slow progress is the lack of suitable photocatalyst materials for large scale applications. For the purpose of effective light absorption, charge separation, and charge transfer, a large number of photocatalytic materials, including conventional semiconductors and emerging photoelectronic materials such as nanoscale plasmonic metal particles, quantum dots, and 2D materials, have been studied. This Review is written to summarize these recent efforts from a broad materia...