Sentences with phrase «over the behavior of»

Alice Hoffman's novel Turtle Moon has a character named Lucy, a young divorced mother distressed over the behavior of her teen - age son.

In the past, each medium used to act like a watchdog over the behavior of its competing media.

Looking at the calendar (not at the weather, because clearly Mother Nature is VERY upset with us over the behavior of the human race lately), Spring is here.

Feeders can also exercise control over the behavior of feral cats, by gradually moving their feeding stations into less - trafficked areas.

Not exact matches

Over the course of only a few seconds her behavior immediately cast a pallor onto my mood and threatened to ruin my afternoon.

In fact, it can account for up to 85 percent of the reason people buy one product over another, according to the Color Marketing Group, a professional organization for color designers in Alexandria, Va.Color's influence on consumer behavior isn't confined to just merchandise.

GUPTA: We were very interested in where we could take the intersection of machine learning and human behavior, which over the years evolved into emotional AI.

Web logs are also the only data - capture mechanism that captures and stores the visits and behavior of robots (software applications that run automated tasks over the internet), which are sent from search engines.

«The personality of your spouse could influence a lot of your behaviors and these behaviors can then spill over into your work life,» says Joshua Jackson, assistant professor of psychology at Washington University in St. Louis.

«We suspect that «misalignment» between the timing of our internal clock and the timing of our behaviors could be detrimental over the long run,» claim the scientists.

Advertising giant WPP is investigating its CEO, Martin Sorrell, over allegations of «improper personal behavior» and the misuse of company assets.

It also prompted some of the worst behavior on the part of investment bankers and stock analysts, who chose profits over ethics as the market expanded.

But maintaining the behaviors that send those signals, such as answering questions without hesitation, gets increasingly hard as cognitive fatigue creeps in over the course of a shift; to excel, workers need something stronger than a cup of coffee.

As Fain points out, «The ability to more fully describe and understand a consumer's behavior is more complete than ever before, and that kind of data will make AI marketing tools even more effective over the next few years.»

Because observational studies look at groups of people and their behavior over time, it's hard to say for sure that other conflicting factors aren't influencing the outcomes they examine.

Over the course of our work together, he'd been diligent about trying new behaviors, taking risks and forging new relationships.

When the rubber meets the road, these are five of the most common toxic management behaviors I've encountered over the years.

Taken together, the winners» work is also a kind of composite view of the behavior of markets and assets over time, experts say.

While we do not have control over the scripts of any television show, we exclude programs that we consider to be offensive, or in bad taste, or which could stimulate anti-social behavior through viewer imitation.

After observing dozens of board meetings over the last fifteen years and interviewing hundreds of directors, the dialogue and behavior changes with women in boardrooms.

A breakthrough study of over 2,600 leaders found the No. 1 behavior that transforms ordinary people into world class leaders.

One of today's most prominent activists working to raise awareness about tech's influence over our attention, behavior and overall well - being is Tristan Harris.

Uber has fired 20 employees over harassment, discrimination and inappropriate behavior, as the ride - hailing company tries to contain the fallout from a series of toxic revelations about its workplace.

Those penalties were on top of existing U.S. sanctions over Russia's actions in Ukraine, which have damaged Russia's economy but had only limited impact on Putin's behavior.

I'm learning that leadership develops over time through experiences and conditioning of your behavior to make it automatic.

It's not the best metric of whether you've done something or not, but it shows people patterns and their behavior over time.

Fundamental changes in behavior don't happen over the course of a meeting.

Universal had heard all the stories of Hopper's erratic behavior over the years, first as an up - and - coming actor who had small parts in the James Dean movies «Rebel Without a Cause» and «Giant» (he admired Dean immensely), then as a bit player on a slew of TV shows, where he got little respect and gave even less back.

What's become known as the «Group of 46» letter to Stanford Provost John Etchemendy was filed in the Phills suit, and accuses the dean of presiding over «reprimands, censures, curtailing of responsibilities, demotions, retribution for expressing concerns or raising issues, offensive behavior and decisions that have led directly to tangible employment actions such as dismissals, undesirable reassignments, forced resignations, and inequitable access to promotion opportunities.»

Perhaps he proposed both initiatives because he was appalled by the behavior of D.C. politicians in the summer scuffle over the debt ceiling and because he believes the public sector right now is incapable of microfinancing in the service of jobs creation.

They hope to be able to amass enough data about women's menstrual cycles, sexual behavior, mood, and diet that they can help any woman know exactly when to conceive, warn her about early problems like potential endometriosis, and over time, promote better health care for women in general by collecting large amounts of information that hasn't been collected before.

In a study done last month in the journal Environment and Behavior, researchers at Cornell University manipulated the gaze of the cartoon rabbit on Trix cereal boxes and found that adult subjects were more likely to choose Trix over competing brands if the rabbit was looking at them rather than away.

Reality is over here (points to opposite corner of the room) running around in circles, and you're too busy falling in love with this fictitious notion of what you think your customer behavior is.

The result is that Facebook can't use the rollout of access as a way to entrench its dominance in social networking and mobile messaging, its operator partners can't use free Facebook to gain an advantage over their rivals, and the same kind of behavior is off - limits to everyone else too.

You certainly can't control anyone's behavior but you can exercise influence over your own mind — and it is often our own misguided thoughts and reactions that account for most of the problems we face.

Business interests argue they are being subjected to claims over the bad behavior of foreign regimes, which are shielded from lawsuits under U.S. law.

The resulting «bro culture» tends to prioritize young men over all other employees, creating an environment that's ripe for toxic behaviors like excessive partying and systemic harassment of colleagues.

Over the past three years, by focusing on promoting a culture of open communication, trust and accountability - and rewarding these behaviors - the company has seen measurable growth and the financial returns to prove it.

The «Today» show cohost Savannah Guthrie was visibly shaken on Wednesday's show when she reported that NBC had fired Lauer over allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior.

To many people over the age of 30, text messaging can seem like one of those strange, complicated behaviors only teenagers understand.

On this edition of Grow My Revenue, you'll also hear how consumer behavior has radically changed over the years with advances in technology, yet the reasons why customers buy remain the same.

Rockefeller expects state and local tax revenues to fluctuate over the coming quarters as a result of the tax bill, as high - income taxpayers look for new loopholes in the law and adjust their behavior accordingly.

But mostly if you raise $ 15 — 20 million and so do 4 — 5 of your competitors there is that much more incentive for «bad behavior,» which is where the «winner - take - all» mentality forces growth over margins.

The company acknowledged on Tuesday it had fired over 20 employees as a result of the investigation into sexual harassment and other bad behavior at the company.

Paying a significant portion of variable compensation to our senior employees in the form of equity - based compensation that delivers over time and is subject to forfeiture or recapture encourages a long - term, firmwide focus because its value is realized through long - term responsible behavior and the financial performance of our firm.

We also find that expectations inform behavior in other contexts: for instance, workers who express a higher perceived chance of losing their current job over the next twelve months also search harder for a new job and exhibit a drop in spending plans relative to the present over the same time horizon.

We've talked to 8,000 consumers over that period of time and examined their shopping behaviors at physical stores large and small across four retail segments — mass merchants, including department stores, grocery, apparel and health and beauty.

Historically - reliable valuation measures are remarkably useful in projecting long - term and full - cycle market outcomes, but the behavior of the market over shorter segments of the market cycle is driven by the psychological inclination of investors toward speculation or risk - aversion.

Meanwhile, extreme valuations imply the likelihood of steep market losses over the complete cycle, and also for poor S&P 500 total returns on a 10 - 12 year horizon, but valuations often have little effect on near - term market behavior.

Instead, the behavior of the market over shorter segments of the cycle is driven not only by valuations but also by the preference of investors toward risk - seeking or risk - aversion.