<title>Abstract</title> This paper develops the concept of driver boredom by utilising a cluster analysis to describe different types of driver. A two-step cluster analysis of a 49-item questionnaire measuring driver boredom attitudes and perceptions was performed on 1563 UK drivers, yielding four groups,...

Although there are several interpretations of it, heroism is generally viewed in terms of distinguished bravery or courage. However, little has been done to investigate how people perceive heroic acts and the hero's reasons for them. There would appear to be a risky response prompted by a...

With the planned expansion of high speed rail (HSR) in the UK, demand for longer-distance travel is expected to increase significantly over the coming decades. This paper presents a study into attitudes and perceptions of long distance travel in the UK, particularly in relation to HSR. A...

The concept of risk propensity has been the subject of both theoretical and empirical investigation, but with little consensus about its definition and measurement. To address this need, a new scale assessing overall risk propensity in terms of reported frequency of risk behaviours in six...

It is argued that organizational designs and management processes mediate between the givens of human nature and environmental forces, and that different resolutions have varying consequences for the quality of human experience in organizations. Some of these are plainly bad for people and bad...

Through an empirical study of the heads of the UK's top independent companies, comparing them with sample norms and a management control group, the paper re-examines the question of whether there is an entrepreneurial leadership personality profile. Several distinctive features are reported and...

The study compares the views of two kinds of UK business leaders of the top teams in which they play a role: 72 CFOs from the UK's largest and most successful companies, and 44 CEOs of Britain's most successful independent companies, all of which are small- to medium-sized. Results suggest that...