The big questions of personality psychology: Defining common pursuits of the discipline

Big questions of personality are those that are simple, important, and often have been asked repeatedly over time, such as “Who am I?” “What is human nature?” and “How does personality work?” This article identifies 20 big questions relevant to personality psychology. The historical background of each question is briefly described, and the questions are arranged into a model of big questions about personality. The questions, it is argued, both reflect and help to clarify the intrinsic interest in studying personality psychology. They offer insight into the cohesive nature of the field of personality by helping to define its common pursuits

Asking the Big Questions

In their teaching and research, Illinois Wesleyan professors grapple with some of our most challenging concerns

Asking the Big Questions

[Excerpt] This issue of the Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly is the first to be published by Sage Publications. As Gary Thompson notes elsewhere in this issue, this change will truly be a great benefit for the Cornell Quarterly and its readers. As excited as we here at the Cornell Quarterly are about this procedural change, I anticipate that it will be the content of this issue that will excite our readers. This issue has allowed researchers and practitioners to ask tough questions on a sensitive topic. The question I have for you, the reader, is, do you allow yourself to be excited by the opportunity to ask tough questions

SLIDES: The Big Questions

Presenter: Doug Kenney, Natural Resources Law Center, University of Colorado Law School 7 slide

Asking the Big Questions

Information is provided on the discussion titled Open House in the Ivory Tower: Public Programming at an Academic Library” at Briggs Library at the University of Minnesota, Morris (UMM) in Morris, Minnesota. Topics, including library outreach to college students, collaboration with organizations and diversity of library users, are discussed

SLIDES: The Big Questions

Presenter: Doug Kenney, Natural Resources Law Center, University of Colorado Law School 7 slide

Transnational Bribery: The Big Questions

During the past few years, I have written extensively on the subject of transnational bribery. My articles have examined several aspects of this serious problem,\u27 including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ( FCPA ), 2 re-cent multilateral global conventions to fight bribery,3 and the comparative costs and benefits of legislative versus systemic or institutional forms of change.4 This body of work also has addressed some of the problems that can accompany aggressive legal remedies, such as potential cultural imperialism5 and global discord.6 This examination has been rewarding, and it has spurred a rich exchange with a number of very talented scholars, as the late 1990s has seen a renewed interest in legal research on the subjects of bribery and corruption. Yet detailed legal scholarship, like all highly specialized academic work, can leave us eager for more of the big picture. This Perspective reflects my own desire to take a step back from the issues I have addressed to date, and ask a basic question that may help frame some legal scholarship on bribery and corruption in the future: what are the big questions that we should be addressing in regard to these challenges as we enter the 21st century

Transnational Bribery: The Big Questions

During the past few years, I have written extensively on the subject of transnational bribery. My articles have examined several aspects of this serious problem,\u27 including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ( FCPA ), 2 re-cent multilateral global conventions to fight bribery,3 and the comparative costs and benefits of legislative versus systemic or institutional forms of change.4 This body of work also has addressed some of the problems that can accompany aggressive legal remedies, such as potential cultural imperialism5 and global discord.6 This examination has been rewarding, and it has spurred a rich exchange with a number of very talented scholars, as the late 1990s has seen a renewed interest in legal research on the subjects of bribery and corruption. Yet detailed legal scholarship, like all highly specialized academic work, can leave us eager for more of the big picture. This Perspective reflects my own desire to take a step back from the issues I have addressed to date, and ask a basic question that may help frame some legal scholarship on bribery and corruption in the future: what are the big questions that we should be addressing in regard to these challenges as we enter the 21st century

Big Data\u27s Other Privacy Problem

Big Data has not one privacy problem, but two. We are accustomed to talking about surveillance of data subjects. But Big Data also enables disconcertingly close surveillance of its users. The questions we ask of Big Data can be intensely revealing, but, paradoxically, protecting subjects\u27 privacy can require spying on users. Big Data is an ideology of technology, used to justify the centralization of information and power in data barons, pushing both subjects and users into a kind of feudal subordination. This short and polemical essay uses the Bloomberg Terminal scandal as a window to illuminate Big Data\u27s other privacy problem