Focusing on the role of causality in human development, this book explores the acquisition of handedness and hemispheric specialization in early life, linking these to cognitive, language, and emotional growth. It introduces a 25-step Neo-Eriksonian model of development, grounded in earlier Neo-Piagetian concepts, providing a comprehensive framework for understanding cognitive and socio-emotional development throughout the lifespan. The author identifies potential psychological issues at each developmental stage and offers science-based treatment options, enhancing the understanding of psychological pathology.
Jürgen Weber is known for his behavioral perspective on controlling and has made a lasting impact in German speaking countries during the past three decades. This anniversary volume compiles some of his outstanding publications from that period and presents them for the first time in English. In addition, it contains a current publication index of Jürgen Weber’s entire body of work.
The idea for this scales handbook originated from Klaus Brockhoff, who highlighted the importance of establishing intersubjective comparability in research questions at the Vallendarer Controlling-Tagung 2002. He emphasized that inconsistent definitions of latent constructs hinder comparative research and cumulative discovery. Scales handbooks provide a valuable resource by offering a concise overview of relevant constructs and their applications in prior studies. While such handbooks have been common in marketing and other fields, controlling researchers have typically been reluctant to engage in rigorous empirical research and connect with the international management accounting community. Consequently, a comprehensive handbook for management accounting and control-related constructs is lacking. This collection builds upon a smaller compilation by Jürgen Weber, Bianca Willauer, and myself from 2003. The aim is to foster empirical research in controlling by providing researchers with a quick overview of relevant constructs and their prior usage. Although many constructs are based on data collected in Germany and remain untranslated into English, all construct names, descriptions, and goodness-of-fit measures are presented in English for accessibility.
