News tagged with social management
Google chief betting big on social and mobile
Google co-founder Larry Page said his first year back at the company's helm has been marked by big bets on social networking and mobile gadgets.
Apr 06, 2012 |
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A georeferenced digital 'comic' to improve emergency management
Spanish researchers at the Universidad Carlos III of Madrid have developed a computer application that allows georeferenced images that have been uploaded to social networks on the Internet to be recovered, ...
Mar 12, 2012 |
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Chimpanzees have policemen, too: study
Conflict management is crucial for social group cohesion, and while humans may still be working out some of the details, new research shows that some chimpanzees engage in impartial, third-party "policing" ...
Mar 07, 2012 |
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UK court OKs legal claim to be served via Facebook
(AP) -- Status update: You're sued. Legal authorities said Tuesday that a High Court judge in England has approved the use of Facebook to serve legal claims.
Feb 21, 2012 |
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In times of scandal, corporations are likely to use others' misconduct to justify their behavior
Among corporations involved in the 2006 stock-option backdating scandal, those implicated earlier were more likely to dismiss their top executives than those that surfaced later on, according to new research from Rice University ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Feb 01, 2012 |
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Investors clamor for Facebook's IPO
Wall Street is about to get Facebook fever. The social networking giant with nearly 1 billion users is expected to file papers any day now to sell stock to the public. The timing stems partly from federal rules that would ...
Jan 27, 2012 |
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Women are 'socially' networked, study shows
(PhysOrg.com) -- Bloggers and other social network users are more likely to share knowledge online where the qualities of trust, strong social ties and reciprocity are present, according to a study forthcoming in the Journal of ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 11, 2012 |
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How Twitter fought the floods
Social media is revolutionising disaster management and community building during emergencies, a study into social networking during last year’s Queensland floods has found.
Jan 11, 2012 |
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Study suggests flexible workplaces promote better health behavior and well-being
A flexible workplace initiative improved employees' health behavior and well-being, including a rise in the amount and quality of sleep and better health management, according to a new study by University of Minnesota sociology ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 06, 2011 |
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Role of gender in workplace negotiations
A study conducted by Columbia Business School Professor Michael Morris, Chavkin-Chang Professor of Leadership, and Emily Amanatullah, now an Assistant Professor of Management at McCombs School of Business of the University ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 26, 2011 |
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Palin emails let old media test new media methods
(AP) -- The analysis of Sarah Palin's emails over the past few days may end up teaching us more about the future of journalism than about the former Alaska governor's past.
Jun 13, 2011 |
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Handling emergencies online
Online social networking sites could solve many problems plaguing information dissemination and communications when disaster strikes, according to a report from US researchers in a recent issue of the International Journal of ...
Feb 09, 2010 |
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New Web-based relief tools emerging to help Haiti
(AP) -- Hundreds of tech volunteers spurred to action by Haiti's killer quake are adding a new dimension to disaster relief, developing new tools and services for first responders and the public in an unprecedented ...
Jan 19, 2010 |
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Professor: Fear, Shame Keep Homeowners From Defaulting
(PhysOrg.com) -- Brent T. White, a University of Arizona associate professor of law, said policymakers must consider ways that emotions drive financial decisions.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Monitoring social networking sites could prevent suicide
(PhysOrg.com) -- Analysing posts on social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook could help to prevent suicide, according to two Victoria University researchers.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 14, 2009 |
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