Viewing Manners Through a Wider Lens

I take up reflections on my book, On Manners, by Professors Van Norden, Cline, and Olberding. In response to Professor Van Norden, I further explain and defend my employment of Kant, arguing that Kantianism offers distinctive and valuable resources for thinking about manners. I suggest similarities between Kant and Xunzi 荀子. In response to Professor Cline, I take up the question of the developmental function of manners and explore in further detail the ways in which our social roles both give us standing to perform certain ritual actions and also make demands on us about whether and how we perform them. In response to Professor Olberding, I revisit one of the themes from the book, virtuous hospitality. I argue that we may have moral reason to adapt ourselves and our practices to certain aesthetic standards for domestic activities, rather than adjust the standards to suit our individual tastes.     

Looking at Work Motivation from a Wider Angle

Work motivation tends to have been studied from the narrow perspective of the work organisation, and of the individual viewed as a member of the organisation, and to have ignored the social world outside. There is however a growing body of research demonstrating the interaction between work and other aspects of individual psychological and social life. The implications of such research for practice and research on work motivation are explored.     

Neuronenmetaphern, die kurative Beziehung und die Behandlungstechnik

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Caring for the Carers: A Note on Counseling for the Wider Impact of AIDS

AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Symdrome) affects the psychological functioning not only of people with AIDS but also of those who care for them. In this article we describe the provision of counseling for voluntary curers, using personal construct counseling. Some of the problems in providing such counseling are considered.     

Wider still and wider. Broadening the readership of the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

Responding to my paper on how JOOP might widen its appeal to practitioners, Toby Wall, Gillian Symon and Gerard Hodgkinson broaden the debate, and offer further perspectives and suggestions. In reply, I argue that JOOP should continue to pursue this goal, and I counter Hodgkinson's view that JOOP's target readership should be limited to highly‐trained specialists.     

Zuschriften an die herausgeber

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Zuschriften an die Herausgeber

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