Consensus analysis on insurance beliefs in Singapore by Gan, Jia Jia, Khoo, Clarissa Wan Leng, Tan, Zann Yi Tong

“…We conducted a three-study project to assess patterns of beliefs amongst Singaporeans about insurance and explored these in conjunction with American beliefs in order to provide a basis of comparison. …”
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Are there advantages to believing in fate? the belief in negotiating with fate when faced with constraints by Au, Evelyn W. M., Savani, Krishna

“…As one test of this idea, we explored whether the applicability and benefits of a lay belief that originated from Chinese collective wisdom extends beyond cultural boundaries: negotiating with fate. …”
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Is this food healthy? The impact of lay beliefs and contextual cues on food healthiness perception and consumption by Chan, Elaine, Zhang, Shirley Lijun

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Culture as common sense : perceived consensus versus personal beliefs as mechanisms of cultural influence by Zou, Xi, Tam, Kim-Pong, Morris, Michael W., Lee, Sau-Lai, Lau, Ivy Yee-Man, Chiu, Chi-yue

“…Whereas past research has examined whether cultural differences in social judgment are mediated by differences in individuals’ personal values and beliefs, we investigate whether they are mediated by differences in individuals’ perceptions of the views of people around them. …”
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Negotiable fate : social ecological foundation and psychological functions by Au, E. W. M., Mallorie, L., Chaturvedi, A., Viswanathan, M., Savani, K., Chiu, Chi-yue, Zhang, Zhixue

“…Individuals can negotiate with fate for control through exercising personal agency within the limits that fate has determined, a belief that is referred to as negotiable fate. The current study examined: (a) the social ecological factors that contribute to the prevalence of this belief in negotiable fate and; (b) the psychological functions it serves. …”
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Leveraging Mindsets to Promote Academic Achievement by Rattan, Aneeta, Savani, Krishna, Chugh, Dolly, Dweck, Carol S.

“…The first, a growth mindset, refers to the belief that intelligence can be developed over time. …”
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The impact of localisation of advertising on purchase intentions. by He, Dacheng., Mandhela, Eufratia., Yolanda, Anastasya.

“…In this study, the authors are examining four elements of advertising strategies (general attitude towards advertising, perception of country of origin, belief in advertisement claims and components of the advertisement) and whether the degree of product involvement moderates the impact of an effective advertisement. …”
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A study on the effectiveness of the share option scheme in Singapore by Kee, Chye Hock, Ong, Lay Khim, Loh, Teck Hui

“…Thirdly, contrary to popular belief. when key financial ratios are studied, the performance of companies with the SOS are found to be less satisfactory as compared to the industry.…”
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A study on the effects of sexual images in print advertisements of luxury and non-luxury brands on brand attitudes and purchase intentions. by Leong, Stephanie Soh Kuan., Mok, Vanessa Shi Wen., Tan, Meixin.

“…There has been increasing use of sexual images in advertising due to belief that it will capture greater attention and subsequently lead to more positive attitudes and higher purchase intentions. …”
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Does friendship help in personal selling? The contingent effect of outcome favorability by Ho, Hillbun Dixon

“…Although widespread belief holds that salespeople can leverage their personal relationships with prospective customers to gain business, previous research has not investigated the implications of friendships between salespeople and customers for customers’ postpurchase satisfaction and fairness judgment. …”
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The importance of engagement and user content on the marketing effectiveness in Facebook by Neo, Li Zhen, Thien, Fang Qi, Toh, Kwee Gek

“…Current studies have shown that social media marketing is highly dependent on marketers’ engagement, and the value of user content. It is a common belief among marketers that high engagement levels may be able to reduce any negative effect caused by unfavourable user content. …”
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The disposal of COVID-19 dead bodies: impact of Sri Lanka's response on fundamental rights by Marsoof, Althaf

“…As such, the Sri Lankan Government's decision to adopt a cremation-only policy interfered with the right of all Sri Lankan Muslims to manifest their religion or belief as guaranteed by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. …”
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Follow your heart or your mind: the effect of consumption frequency on consumers' reliance on feelings by Cheng, Yimin, Zhang, Kuangjie, Zhuang, Xuhong

“…Thus, this effect is further moderated by consumers’ lay belief that reliance on reasons (vs. reliance on feelings) is the norm. …”
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Agency and facial emotion judgment in context by Ito, Kenichi, Mausda, Takahiko, Li, Liman Man Wai

“…Past research showed that East Asians’ belief in holism was expressed as their tendencies to include background facial emotions into the evaluation of target faces more than North Americans. …”
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Cross-Domain Effects of Guilt on Desire for Self-Improvement Products by Allard, Thomas, White, Katherine

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How you look is who you are: the appearance reveals character lay theory increases support for facial profiling by Madan, Shilpa, Savani, Krishna, Johar, Gita Venkataramani

“…The appearance reveals character lay theory is a stronger predictor of support for profiling than analogous beliefs in other domains, such as the belief that Facebook likes reveal personality (Study 6). …”
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Impact of customers' digital banking adoption on hidden defection : a combined analytical–empirical approach by Son, Yoonseock, Kwon, Eric Hyeokkoo, Tayi, Giri K., Oh, Wonseok

“…The implementation of digital channels as avenues for economic transactions (e.g., online and mobile banking/FinTech) has shifted the paradigm of customer–bank interactions, providing unprecedented opportunities for both parties. The prevailing belief is that digital banking has several advantages, such as lower costs and higher information transferability for customers. …”
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Blue chip stocks are better, myth or fact? : the performance of blue chip indices (June 1979 - June 1994) by Chang, Kok Boon, Chua, Roger Yeong Kwang, Ng, Raymond Boon Huat

“…We propose the research on the performance ofblue chip indices because we feel that the project would help investors in deciding which stocks to invest and to confirm the belief that blue chip stocks are superior in performance. …”
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A machine learning model of cultural change: role of prosociality, political attitudes, and Protestant work ethic by Sheetal, Abhishek, Savani, Krishna

“…What attitudes, values, and beliefs serve as key markers of cultural change? To answer this question, we examined 221,485 respondents from the World Values Survey, a multiwave cross-country survey of people's attitudes, values, and beliefs. …”
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Business study mission to Mexico culture and market entry strategies by Hasegawa, Kinya, Tun Mra Gyaw, Lai, Derrick Kun Lim

“…At times, outsiders may view the Mexican, his beliefs, expectations and code of social and personal conduct as different from those of other countries. …”
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