Dr Rory Ridley-Duff is Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management and Organisation Behaviour at Sheffield Hallam University. After winning a Hallam PhD Studentship, he undertook research into the impact of gender on corporate governance practices. His second book, Emotion Seduction and Intimacy, publishes his most important findings in a readable, accessible writing style. His next book is Understanding Social Enterprise: Theory and Practice for Sage Publications.
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In this article, Dr Rory Ridley-Duff considers the impact of emotion on truth-telling and decision-making. Using examples drawn from scientific studies, popular drama and well-known court cases, he argues against the popular belief that emotion distorts perception in favour of a view that each person´s capacity to process complex emotions affects their capacity to determine the truth.
Words: 1974 Downloads: 0 Category: Psychology By: roryridleyduffIn this article, Dr Rory Ridley-Duff considers differences between the rhetoric and reality of ´real men´. Using academic studies and popular culture, he unravels a disturbing tendency: the more violence is done by men (and to men) in defence of women, the greater a man´s attractiveness to a female audience. Who, then, is really the violent sex?
Words: 2058 Downloads: 0 Category: Society By: roryridleyduffIn this ground-breaking article, Dr Rory Ridley-Duff considers the impact of 200 two-sex studies into relationship violence. In contrast to the commonly held stereotype that men are responsible for violence, a picture emerges that men and women plan violence together, or socialise each other to take on particular roles when violence is likely.
Words: 1748 Downloads: 0 Category: Psychology By: roryridleyduffIn recent years, a new term - social enterprise - has been promoted throughout the world. In this article, Rory Ridley-Duff, Mike Bull and Pam Seanor explore the problems surrounding its meaning by reviewing the contexts in which the term is now achieving recognition.
Words: 1892 Downloads: 0 Category: Management By: roryridleyduffDo leaders emerge from the pack because of their personal qualities? In this article, Dr Rory Ridley-Duff examines the way that groups of people screen newcomers for potential leadership qualities and induce them to accept responsibility. Ironically, subtle processes of hazing and harassment are identified as a characteristic of ´followers´.
Words: 1999 Downloads: 1 Category: Psychology By: roryridleyduffIn an international study conducted in 2004, only 2% of respondents felt that policy based approaches to sexual conflict made a positive contribution to the workplace. In this article, Dr Rory Ridley-Duff examines an alternative way to approach dispute resolution at work.
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