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J Organ Behav ; 38(3): 372-390, 2017 Mar.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28344386

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Music as an environmental aspect of professional workplaces has been closely studied with respect to consumer behavior while sparse attention has been given to its relevance for employee behavior. In this article, we focus on the influence of music upon cooperative behavior within decision-making groups. Based on results from two extended 20-round public goods experiments, we find that happy music significantly and positively influences cooperative behavior. We also find a significant positive association between mood and cooperative behavior. Consequently, while our studies provide partial support for the relevance of affect in relation to cooperation within groups, we also show an independently important function of happy music that fits with a theory of synchronous and rhythmic activity as a social lubricant. More generally, our findings indicate that music and perhaps other atmospheric variables that are designed to prime consumer behavior might have comparably important effects for employees and consequently warrant closer investigation.

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Public Health Nutr ; 18(1): 8-14, 2015 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25083948

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OBJECTIVE: The current study examines the impact of a nutrition rating system on consumers' food purchases in supermarkets. DESIGN: Aggregate sales data for 102 categories of food (over 60 000 brands) on a weekly basis for 2005-2007 from a supermarket chain of over 150 stores are analysed. Change in weekly sales of nutritious and less nutritious foods, after the introduction of a nutrition rating system on store shelves, is calculated, controlling for seasonality and time trends in sales. SETTING: One hundred and sixty-eight supermarket stores in the north-east USA, from January 2005 to December 2007. SUBJECTS: Consumers purchasing goods at the supermarket chain during the study period. RESULTS: After the introduction of the nutrition ratings, overall weekly food sales declined by an average of 3637 units per category (95 % CI -5961, -1313; P<0·01). Sales of less nutritious foods fell by 8·31 % (95 % CI -13·50, -2·80 %; P=0·004), while sales of nutritious foods did not change significantly (P=0·21); as a result, the percentage of food purchases rated as nutritious rose by 1·39 % (95 % CI 0·58, 2·20 %; P<0·01). The decrease in sales of less nutritious foods was greatest in the categories of canned meat and fish, soda pop, bakery and canned vegetables. CONCLUSIONS: The introduction of the nutrition ratings led shoppers to buy a more nutritious mix of products. Interestingly, it did so by reducing purchases of less nutritious foods rather than by increasing purchases of nutritious foods. In evaluating nutrition information systems, researchers should focus on the entire market basket, not just sales of nutritious foods.


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Beverages/classification , Consumer Behavior , Food Labeling , Food/classification , Nutrition Policy , Beverages/adverse effects , Beverages/analysis , Beverages/economics , Choice Behavior , Food/adverse effects , Food/economics , Food Analysis , Humans , New England , New York , Nutritive Value
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In. Jones, Barclay G., ed; Tomazevic, Miha, ed. Social and economic aspects of earthquakes. Ljubljana, Yugoslavia. Institute for Testing and Research in Materials and Structures;U.S. Cornell University. Program in Urban and Regional Studies, 1982. p.187-204, graf.
Monography in En | Desastres -Disasters- | ID: des-13408
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