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Sacred pain
Published in Jennifer Corns, The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Pain, 2017
Interestingly, Rob Nelisson (2012) has taken signaling theory a step further, arguing that pain can signal remorse for some antisocial conduct (however hidden). This is a solid step in linking self-harm and guilt, not just as a prosocial mechanism but as a psychologically satisfying event, perhaps because it triggers the anticipation of social approval by those to whom one is signaling in the act of self-hurting. The approval is for the demonstration of remorse, which is a socially integrative emotion.
The effect of healthcare policy signals on patients’ perceived value, trust and intention to use services offered by a healthcare provider
Published in Hospital Practice, 2022
There are two reasons for adopting signaling theory in this study. First, we use it to depict the research context, namely, the financial structure of Taiwan’s National Health Insurance (NHI) system. The system consists of three major actors: the single payer (NHIA, National Health Insurance Agency), which regulates service items and reimburses medical expenditures; customers (Taiwan’s citizens); and providers (healthcare institutions or physicians), representing the supply side of healthcare services. Second, signaling theory is useful for describing the behaviors of patients and healthcare service providers, both of which are granted the right to access different information [11]. We summarize five elements of signaling theory, including two primary actors – the signaler and receiver – as well as the signal itself, and the feedback to the signaler in the healthcare context in Table 1.
Examining the synergetic impact of ability-motivation-opportunity-enhancing high performance work practices
Published in Human Performance, 2021
Social exchange requires trust between the two parties (Cropanzano & Mitchell, 2005), and forms an essential part of the organizational climate (Macky & Boxall, 2007). Trust has, therefore, been examined as a mediator in the relationship between HR practices and employee attitudes and behaviors (Gürlek & Uygur, 2020; Kloutsiniotis & Mihail, 2018; Wang et al., 2019). However, based on employees’ trust in management, employees may perceive HR practices as empowering or exploiting them. Thus, trust has also been examined as a moderator (Farndale et al., 2011; Innocenti et al., 2011; Wang et al., 2019). We argue that trust creates contingencies in which the same signal from HR practices (Bowen & Ostroff, 2004), in our case, the AMO bundles may be perceived positively or negatively by different employees. This relates to the signaling environment, a key concept in signaling theory, which suggests that the same signal may be interpreted in different ways because of environmental factors (Connelly et al., 2011). Therefore, it is hypothesized that: H8: Trust will moderate the relationship between AMO bundle and their interactions, and job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and organizational performance, such that the positive relationships are stronger when trust is high, while the negative relationships are weaker when trust is high.
A text-net analysis of mission statements in the healthcare industry: Evidence from public and private hospitals’ websites
Published in International Journal of Healthcare Management, 2023
Saffet Ocak, Mehmet Ali Köseoglu, John A. Parnell, Hasan Evrim Arici
Contributions to signaling theory were also limited. Signaling theory emphasizes clues that an institution gives to stakeholders, especially financiers, investors, and shareholders. However, clear signals in the mission statements for financiers and investors were not identified. Concerning stakeholder theory, components and words related to meeting and balancing the expectations of insurance institutions, suppliers, shareholders, and other stakeholders were not encountered.