University of Mannheim

About: University of Mannheim is a education organization based out in Mannheim, Germany. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Context (language use) & Politics. The organization has 4448 authors who have published 12918 publications receiving 446557 citations. The organization is also known as: Uni Mannheim & UMA.

How to Deal With Reverse Causality Using Panel Data? Recommendations for Researchers Based on a Simulation Study

Abstract: Does X affect Y? Answering this question is particularly difficult if reverse causality is looming. Many social scientists turn to panel data to address such questions of causal ordering. Yet even ...

Under Positive Pressure: How Stakeholder Pressure Affects Corporate Social Responsibility Implementation

Abstract: This study tests a model that links stakeholder pressure to the implementation of corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities and market performance. Stakeholder groups and competitors might exert pressure on companies to implement CSR, which could lead to positive effects on market performance. Using structural equation modeling (SEM), the authors find that stakeholders and competitors exert pressure differently. The effect of CSR implementation on market performance is moderated by market dynamism: It affects market performance more in dynamic environments. The authors discuss implications for both companies and stakeholders.

Mood and the reliance on the ease of retrieval heuristic

Abstract: Four studies investigate the relationship between individuals´ affective states and their reliance on the ease of retrieval heuristic. Based on prior research, we created conditions that allowed to disentangle whether individuals based their judgments on the ease with which the retrieved information came to mind or on the activated content per se. The results consistently show that happy participants were more likely to rely on the ease of retrieval heuristic, whereas sad participants were more likely to rely on the activated content. Additional analyses indicate that this pattern is not due to a differential recall of happy versus sad participants (Experiment 2), and that happy participants no longer relied on the ease of retrieval when the diagnosticity of this information was called into question (Experiment 3). Experiment 4 shows that relying on the ease of retrieval heuristic resulted in faster judgments than relying on content, with the former but not the latter being a function of the amount of activated information. The results are in line with recent models on affect and cognition suggesting that happy mood increases the reliance on heuristics and general knowledge structures.

A road map to vocational education and training in industrialized countries

Abstract: Young people have been among those most affected by the recent financial crisis. Vocational education and training (VET) is often viewed as the silver bullet for the youth joblessness problem. In t...

Mood and the reliance on the ease of retrieval heuristic.

Abstract: Four studies investigate the relationship between individuals' mood and their reliance on the ease retrieval heuristic. Happy participants were consistently more likely to rely on the ease of retrieval heuristic, whereas sad participants were more likely to rely on the activated content. Additional analyses indicate that this pattern is not due to a differential recall (Experiment 2) and that happy participants ceased to rely on the ease of retrieval when the diagnosticity of this information was called into question (Experiment 3). Experiment 4 shows that reliance on the ease of retrieval heuristic resulted in faster judgments than reliance on content, with the former but not the latter being a function of the amount of activated information.