The evolution of the U.S. public service and the concept of merit -- Personnel is power : controlling government by controlling the civil service -- Disabling the Merit Systems Protection Board -- Trump's executive orders on federal labor relations -- The effort to dismantle OPM -- The creation...

Purpose: This study aims to examine the consequences when audit committees have different economic incentives (i.e. incentive-based compensation) to switch auditors. Design/methodology/approach: The author focuses on companies experiencing an auditor switching event (client-initiated...

Ever since the Kyoto Protocol entered into force, the issues of climate change and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have drawn more and more attention globally. However, the major concern of the Kyoto Protocol to reduce the overall GHG emissions might be inaccessible for most developing countries,...