An Organizational Model of Choice: A Theoretical Analysis Differentiating...

Genetic, Social, and General Psychology Monographs;  November 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT. Individuals experience choice when they select one option from...and some degree of indeterminacy. Choice has been found to influence important...outcomes. After differentiating among choice, personal control, and self-determination...

INDIVIDUAL CHOICE

Post-Tribune (IN);  February 2, 1988 ;     259 words ......based on individuality and the freedom of choice. I don't feel it's the government's decision...is about freedom, the freedom to make choices. If a woman chooses to have an abortion...win situation, but it is the mother's choice. When children grow up in adopted families...

Comment: Wars of Survival and Choice - Supporting the Individual

RUSI Journal;  February 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......as a matter of political choice; in my opinion, it was the right choice, even if the declared reason...to be justified. Wars of choice - as opposed to wars of...readiness that relates to the individuals who go to make up the national...force ready for a war of choice when the national ...

An individual's choice

Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;  September 4, 2006 ;     143 words ......our troops can't function? We have no choice. We cannot undo what has been done. So...not for me to say. It's an individual's choice and I should like to think that everyone would make that choice after careful, deliberate consideration...

COLUMN: Abstinence is an individual's choice, not the government's

University Wire;  November 8, 2006 ;     700+ words ......often is, the best choice, but only when it is allowed to be a choice. When you think...solution, providing individuals with accurate information...abstinence is the best choice, it is a choice...it should be your choice. Whether that is...importantly teaching individuals to ...

Leading UK Tour Operator, First Choice, Enhances Customer Service with...

M2 Presswire;  July 31, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Systems: Leading UK Tour Operator, First Choice, Enhances Customer Service with Verint...Impact 360 Software; Solution Helps First Choice Optimise Performance of Customer Service...and security, today announcedthat First Choice - one of the UK's leading travel tour...

Smoking -- the choice of individuals or governments?

The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL;  December 6, 2003 ;     433 words ......said Shirley Kuntz, an employee at Smoker's Choice in Bloomington. Smoker's Choice would almost surely go out of business if cigarettes...it for health reasons, but it's an individual's choice to smoke at home or in the car. Personally, I...

Pairing food and wine a matter of individual taste and choice

Oakland Tribune;  May 4, 2005 ;     700+ words ......While the specifics of recipe and wine choices are best left to folks like Goldstein...with tomato dishes. Zinfandel is my first choice for red sauces and for barbecued meats...responded "Syrah." When I questioned that choice, they admitted they would probably drink...

Center for Individual Freedom Applauds Georgia House Passage of 'The...

U.S. Newswire;  March 21, 2007 ;     450 words ......night overwhelmingly passed The Consumer Choice for Television Act. In response, the Center...this important legislation. The Consumer Choice for Television Act will empower Georgia consumers with their strongest weapon: choice. Consumer choice and free competition...

Leading Article: It is wrong to use the state health system to obstruct...

The Independent - London;  February 9, 2002 ;     595 words ......philosophical prejudice, which is the denial of choice. The evidence suggests that the combined...state health system to obstruct their choice. It is simply no use politicians and the...choose for themselves even if they make choices that seem unwise, they would not have...

Smoking should be an individual choice

Sun, The: Lisle (IL);  October 21, 2005 ;     531 words ......is a scheme that totally ignores the rights of individuals, in this instance specifically the rights of those...repercussions imposed on these affected local business owners. Individuals have the right to patronize restaurants that either do or do not permit smoking. Individuals have the right to work at ...

Rep. Bachmann Introduces Health Care Freedom of Choice Act

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 8, 2007 ;     700+ words ......improve health care choice by providing for...medical expenses by individuals." The bill, introduced...improve health care choice by providing for...medical expenses by individuals. Be it enacted...putting the medical choices made by individuals on an equal footing with the medical ...

rational‐choice theory

Dictionary of the Social Sciences;      700+ words ......individual strategic choices, generally predicated on treating individuals as rational maximizers...Rational‐choice theory treats individuals as the basic unit...rational‐choice theorists assume that individuals consistently behave...

Comparing small-group and individual behavior in lottery-choice...

Southern Economic Journal;  October 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......measured by the lottery choices of three-person groups and individuals in an environment where...preferences in a lottery-choice experiment. Individuals were assigned to anonymous...of differences in the choices of individuals and three-pers

Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Offers Individuals More Choice With New...

PR Newswire;  July 1, 2003 ;     242 words ......offers another health insurance option to individuals, regardless of their health history...prescription drug and preventive care benefits. Individuals can choose between two annual deductible...another option to help meet the needs of individuals who purchase insurance directly from...