Search Results - subject:"Expectancy theory"

Credibility of anonymous online product reviews : a language expectancy perspective

Jensen, Matthew L.; Averbeck, Joshua M.; Zhang, Zhu; … - In: Journal of management information systems : JMIS 30 (2013/14) 1, pp. 293-323

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Executive motivation : an emprical study in selected five-star hotels of Dehli

Singhal, Surabhi - In: Global journal of business management : GJBM 8 (2014) 1, pp. 47-53

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Understanding the role of prior product knowledge to information search : An application of process theory to the Indian market

Awasthy, Dheeraj; Banerjee, Arindam; Banerjee, Bibek - In: Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics 24 (2012) 2, pp. 257-287

until the benefits from information search exceed search costs. The purpose of this paper is to develop an expectancy theory …

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Expectancy theory and nascent entrepreneurship

Renko, Maija; Kroeck, K.; Bullough, Amanda - In: Small Business Economics 39 (2012) 3, pp. 667-684

>) expectancy theory, we predict that startup-specific instrumentality, valence and expectancy are key components of entrepreneurial … expectancy theory holds promise for research on nascent entrepreneurs’ motivation. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, LLC …

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Utility maximization? An expectancy view of entrepreneurial persistence

Holland, Daniel V. - In: Management Research Review 34 (2011) 3, pp. 337-352

insights into why and how entrepreneurs choose to persist and contributes to the literature on expectancy theory. …

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Corporate greening through prosocial extrarole behaviours - a conceptual framework for employee motivation

Killmer, A.B.C. - In: Human Resource Management International Digest 16 (2008) 3

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The impact of information technology on the financial performance of third‐party logistics firms in China

Wang, Qiang; Lai, Fujun; Zhao, Xiande - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 13 (2008) 2, pp. 138-150

Purpose – The paper aims to examine the impact of information technology (IT) on the financial performance of third‐party logistics (3PL) firms in China. Design/methodology/approach – A questionnaire‐based mail survey was conducted in mainland China. Path analysis and spline regressions...

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Performance Measurement, Expectancy and Agency Theory: An Experimental Study

Praag, Mirjam van; Sloof, Randolph - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

noise in the performance measure. In contrast, expectancy theory as developed by psychologists predicts lower effort levels …

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The formation of conventional expectations under strong uncertainty: a comment

Dequech, David - In: International Journal of Social Economics 32 (2005) December, pp. 1063-1068

Purpose – This paper comments on Theodore Koutsobinas's recent contribution to the debate on the formation of expectations in situations of strong uncertainty. Design/methodology/approach – The set of comments focuses not on doctrinal-historical issues, but on Koutsobinas's theoretical...

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The formation of conventional expectations under strong uncertainty: a comment

Dequech, David - In: International Journal of Social Economics 32 (2005) 12, pp. 1063-1068

Purpose – This paper comments on Theodore Koutsobinas's recent contribution to the debate on the formation of expectations in situations of strong uncertainty. Design/methodology/approach – The set of comments focuses not on doctrinal‐historical issues, but on Koutsobinas's theoretical...

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