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Nominative Determinism
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Nominative determinism is the hypothesis that people tend to gravitate towards areas of work that fit their names. The term was first used in the magazine New Scientist in 1994, after the magazine's humorous "Feedback" column noted several studies carried out by researchers with remarkably fitting surnames. These included a book on polar explorations by Daniel Snowman and an article on urology by researchers named Splatt and Weedon. These and other examples led to light-hearted speculation that some sort of psychological effect was at work.
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Everyone must have thought there was something fishy about his appointment to CEO.
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German Institute for Economic Research-researcher Virginia Sondergeld (Virginia Specialmoney) explains girlboss clichees
(lemmy.dbzer0.com)
Reference (German language): https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/managerinnen-fuehrungspositionen-frauen-100.html
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cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/5994583
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The chance, to regulate the marketing of the alcohol industry and therewith save human lives, seems permanently foregone.
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From Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter that a cookie company have gotten lots of complaints. And look at the name of the CEO - Kakland which translates into English as Cookieland.
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21948138
(Not that it requires a justification either way. It's a personal choice.)
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