We employ a large-scale field experiment to investigate the impact of patients' socio-economic status on access to care. We request an appointment at more than 1,200 physicians in Austria varying the educational level of the patient. Our results show that overall patients with a university...

The paper at hand is the first that explores the notion of attachment orientations, i.e. attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance, influencing individual attachment towards an organization, i.e. employees' affective, normative and continuance commitment. Findings of a questionnaire survey...

Micro-enterprises play a decisive role in Europe's economy. In Germany, almost 90% of all businesses - i.e., 3.2 million from a total of 3.6 million - are classified as this type of enterprise with a maximum of nine employees. Although SME research has generally increased during the last years,...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of attachment anxiety, attachment avoidance and gender on different forms of organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). Design/methodology/approach – A total of 132 employees with different occupational backgrounds were surveyed...

In German companies, it is often said of older employees that they are not able to keep pace with their younger colleagues with respect to knowledge and work operations. This trend will intensify in the coming years and is the reason why an increasing number of companies have risen to the...