'This Handbook helps scholars account for more nuances and complications of the phenomenon of trust. But it is also a firm, intelligent reminder not to mutilate the phenomenon while crafting those accounts.' - Karl E. Weick, Academy of Management Review 'Given the number of special issues and...

The Handbook of Advances in Trust Research presents new and important developments in trust research. The contributors are all prominent and highly respected experts in the field. Firstly, they provide a contemporary overview of the most crucial issues in current trust research including...

1. Mergers and acquisitions in practice : a state-of-art and future directions / Shlomo Y. Tarba. [et al.] -- 2. Motives for European mergers and acquisitions : analysis of pre-merger press announcements and post-merger interviews / Agyenim Boateng, George Lordofos, and Keith W. Glaister -- 3....

The practice-based approach to the study of work and organizing has been widely adopted in recent years, yet its theoretical and methodological systematization has only just begun. Silvia Gherardi expertly provides an overview on the topics and issues addressed by practice-based studies. By...

The idea, or rather ideas, of the learning organisation have for several decades been considered as an ideal. This Handbook aims to provide an overview of what the learning organisation is (and is not), how it may be utilised and studied, its strengths and weaknesses, and the universality and...

This handbook presents and discusses leading ideas in the management of projects, drawing on the insights of over 40 scholars to chart the development of the subject over the last 50 years as an area of increasing practical and academic interest.