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Interpersonal Dimensions (interpersonal + dimension)

Distribution by Scientific Domains
Business, Economics, Finance and Accounting42%
Psychology28%

Selected Abstracts

Beyond Transactions: On the Interpersonal Dimension of Economic Reality

ANNALS OF PUBLIC AND COOPERATIVE ECONOMICS, Issue 2 2000
Benedetto Gui
The paper investigates the interpersonal dimension of economic reality,i.e. the reciprocal influences between interpersonal phenomena of a communicative\affective nature and usual economic phenomena. A face-to-face interaction, or ,encounter', is depicted as a special productive process in which agents,besides exchanging ordinary goods or delivering services,create and simultaneously consume ,relational goods'. Inputs include ,relational assets',;e.g. relation-specific information, or the social climate of a workshop,;which in turn are affected by encounters. Consideration of relational goods and assets broadens the economists' perspective in several directions. [source]

Exploring the association between board and organizational performance in nonprofit organizations

NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP, Issue 3 2005
William A. Brown
Note: This study investigated six dimensions of effective board performance, as suggested by Chait, Holland, and Taylor (1991), in relation to three theoretical explanations (agency theory, resource dependency theory, and group/decision process theory) of how board governance activities potentially influence organizational performance. Survey research findings revealed that strategic contributions from the board are more robust in organizations with higher financial performance. In addition, organizations that are judged to be higher performing also reported having high-performing boards across all dimensions. In particular, the interpersonal dimension provided a unique explanation of judgments of organizational performance. [source]

Beyond Transactions: On the Interpersonal Dimension of Economic Reality

ANNALS OF PUBLIC AND COOPERATIVE ECONOMICS, Issue 2 2000
Benedetto Gui
The paper investigates the interpersonal dimension of economic reality,i.e. the reciprocal influences between interpersonal phenomena of a communicative\affective nature and usual economic phenomena. A face-to-face interaction, or ,encounter', is depicted as a special productive process in which agents,besides exchanging ordinary goods or delivering services,create and simultaneously consume ,relational goods'. Inputs include ,relational assets',;e.g. relation-specific information, or the social climate of a workshop,;which in turn are affected by encounters. Consideration of relational goods and assets broadens the economists' perspective in several directions. [source]

THE CONFLICT BETWEEN INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS AND ABSTRACT SYSTEMS IN EDUCATION

EDUCATIONAL THEORY, Issue 2 2007
Benjamin Endres
Endres uses Anthony Giddens's account of "abstract systems" and "pure" relations to suggest that the tension that teachers face is not only the result of opposing ideologies or philosophies of teaching, but it is the product of conflicting undercurrents in modern social and economic life. Although there is no simple solution to the ambiguous and contested status of teaching, Endres points to two examples of how the interpersonal dimensions of teaching may gain recognition and support by the institutional system of schooling: research on the effects of class size and legal guarantees for individualized educational plans in the area of special education. He concludes by emphasizing the particular challenge of cultivating interpersonal relations for the most disadvantaged students. [source]

Personality, self-esteem, and self-construal as correlates of forgivingness

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY, Issue 1 2004
Félix Neto
The relationship between forgivingness (enduring resentment, sensitivity to circumstances, and overall propensity to forgive) and a number of personality dimensions relevant to forgivingness was examined. These dimensions were self-esteem, shyness and embarrassment, on one hand, and self-construal and perceived loneliness, on the other hand. The main relationships between forgivingness and personality concerned the interpersonal dimensions of personality: shyness, embarrassment, independence from others, and interdependence with others. However, the intra-personal, strictly self-referential concomitants of these dimensions (self-esteem and loneliness) were not much linked to forgivingness. Furthermore, each personality factor had a distinct link with forgivingness: independence made the resentment still more enduring, shyness and social embarrassment exacerbated the sensitivity to circumstances, and interdependence increased the willingness to forgive. These findings throw light on the double aspect of forgiveness as intra- and inter-individual and on the relative independence of these aspects. The observed pattern of relationships varied notably (and significantly) as a function of the participants' genders. It could be therefore important, in future studies, to compute systematically correlation coefficients or assess main effects separately for women and men. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]

Perfectionism, Coping, and Quality of Intimate Relationships

JOURNAL OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY, Issue 1 2003
Michelle Haring
The present study examined the associations among perfectionism, marital coping, and marital functioning in a community sample of 76 couples. A theoretical model was tested in which maladaptive coping mediates the relationship between trait perfectionism and poorer marital functioning. As predicted, one of the interpersonal dimensions of perfectionism, socially prescribed perfectionism, was associated with maladaptive marital coping and poorer marital adjustment for both the self and the partner, even after controlling for depression and neuroticism. Finally, the use of negative coping strategies mediated the relationship between socially prescribed perfectionism and poorer marital functioning for both the self and the partner. Overall, this study highlights the importance of spouse-specific forms of perfectionism in marital adjustment. [source]

Gender and personality differences in conceptions of love: An interpersonal theory analysis

PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS, Issue 2 2001
BEVERLEY FEHR
Three studies tested predictions derived from interpersonal theory regarding the relations among gender, personality, and conceptions of love. It was predicted that women would conceptualize love in terms of its nurturant varieties, namely companionate kinds of love, whereas men would conceptualize love in terms of non-nurturant varieties, namely passionate kinds of love. Only the latter prediction received consistent support. Both women and men held a companionate conception of love, with the exception that women assigned higher ratings to friendship love and sisterly love. Regarding personality, it was predicted that high-nurturance traits (e.g., warm-agreeable) would be associated with a companionate conception of love whereas low-nurturance traits (e.g., cold-hearted) would be associated with a passionate conception of love. Results supported predictions. It was concluded that women's and men's conceptions of love are more similar than has been assumed and that the two robust interpersonal dimensions of dominance and nurturance hold considerable promise for integrating the literature on personality and gender differences in love. [source]