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Selected Works

2012

Resilience

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Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences

Towards A Resilient Sydney: Research Into The Role Of Emergency Management In Climate Change Adaptation (Research Summary), Neil Dufty, Tim Morrison Nov 2012

Towards A Resilient Sydney: Research Into The Role Of Emergency Management In Climate Change Adaptation (Research Summary), Neil Dufty, Tim Morrison

Neil Dufty

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Community Flood Education And Awareness In Fairfield City (Report), Neil Dufty Nov 2012

Community Flood Education And Awareness In Fairfield City (Report), Neil Dufty

Neil Dufty

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Sea No Evil, Hear No Evil - Community Engagement On Adaptation To Sea Level Change, Neil Dufty, Heather Stevens, Stuart Waters, Greg Giles Oct 2012

Sea No Evil, Hear No Evil - Community Engagement On Adaptation To Sea Level Change, Neil Dufty, Heather Stevens, Stuart Waters, Greg Giles

Neil Dufty

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Sense Of Humor, Personality, And Happiness, Richard Hicks, Alice Saver Oct 2012

Sense Of Humor, Personality, And Happiness, Richard Hicks, Alice Saver

Richard Hicks

We are all interested in humor and happiness. We want to be happy and to have fun and to laugh. We know that life is more bearable if we can laugh, often at ourselves, and we can be more resilient with humor. But humor is a complex construct. We know that humor, happiness and personality attributes are some of the characteristics that are associated with resilience. But what is humor and how can it be defined? In the first section of this chapter, we define what sense of humor is and how it can be measured. The relationships between humor …

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Dealing With Uncertainty In Life Commitment: Deciding On A Career, Victoria Alexander, Richard Hicks, Dee Bartrum Oct 2012

Dealing With Uncertainty In Life Commitment: Deciding On A Career, Victoria Alexander, Richard Hicks, Dee Bartrum

Richard Hicks

Resilience and resourcefulness are needed in dealing with major life issues. One such issue faced by all young people is that of career choice, because the effects are life-long in terms of satisfaction, wellbeing and lifestyle choice. This chapter looks at how resilient young people feel (degree of career certainty or uncertainty , or indecision), and what internal resources there are that help or hinder them in those choices. Resourcefulness is thought to be related to optimism and emotional intelligence, and to emotional wellbeing and stability. The situation which young people face represents challenges for them, as they are often …

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Negotiator Resilience.Docx, Brianna B. Caza, Mara Olekalns Aug 2012

Negotiator Resilience.Docx, Brianna B. Caza, Mara Olekalns

Mara Olekalns

Negotiator resilience is an important but understudied concept in the negotiations literature. We integrate the negotiations and resilience literature to demonstrate that adversity in negotiations can lead to a variety of responses ranging from counterproductive to constructive and resilient. Further, we propose that negotiation efficacy (NE), defined as a general confidence in one’s negotiation abilities, is an important resource that promotes constructive, resilient responses to negotiation adversity. Using an experimental design with a sample of MBA students we test these predictions. Our findings indicate that NE is an important resource that influences constructive responses to negotiation adversity.  We discuss the …

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The Politics Of Natural Disasters (Pre-Print), Daniel P. Aldrich May 2012

The Politics Of Natural Disasters (Pre-Print), Daniel P. Aldrich

Daniel P Aldrich

Political scientists, sociologists, geographers, anthropologists, economists, and historians have studied disaster recovery, best practices in disaster response, the role of the government in rebuilding, and so forth. This annotated bibliography illuminates representative examples of the interdisciplinary work in this vast academic subfield.

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Learning For Disaster Resilience, Neil Dufty Mar 2012

Learning For Disaster Resilience, Neil Dufty

Neil Dufty

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Why Are People So Unkind? Unravelling Community Responses To Floodplain And Emergency Management (Powerpoint), Neil Dufty, Mel Taylor, Garry Stevens Jan 2012

Why Are People So Unkind? Unravelling Community Responses To Floodplain And Emergency Management (Powerpoint), Neil Dufty, Mel Taylor, Garry Stevens

Neil Dufty

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Using Social Media To Build Community Disaster Resilience, Neil Dufty Dec 2011

Using Social Media To Build Community Disaster Resilience, Neil Dufty

Neil Dufty

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