When you can quote a specific number like a fifth of the patients were able to quit, that's compelling.

Loosely managed teams can become hotbeds of distraction—employees routinely complain that they can't get their work done because they are forced to spend too much time in meetings or compelled to work in noisy offices.

In mixed schools boys feel compelled to act like men before they understand themselves well enough to know what that means, " the study reported.

Recent reports found that lodging with a student of a different race may decrease prejudice and compel students to engage in more ethnically diverse friendships.

The demand for energy resources may compel renegotiation of Antarctica's treaties before their expiration.

Other studies have shown that saddling employees with unrealistic goals can compel them to lie, cheat or steal.