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Concise introduction to workplace commitments
Meyer, John P. - 2025
"Our Elgar Concise Introductions are inspiring and considered. They explain the key principles in business and are expertly written by some of the world's leading scholars. The aims of the series are two-fold: to pinpoint essential concepts of business and management, and to offer insights that...
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Employees and entrepreneurship : co-ordination and spontaneity in non-hierarchical business organizations
Pongracic, Ivan - 2009
Over the last few decades, there has been a great deal of management literature recommending the removal of firms' hierarchies and the empowerment of employees. Ivan Pongracic, Jr. examines these themes through the lense of the economic theory of the firm. Balancing the tendency for management...
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The entrepreneur as business leader : cognitive leadership in the firm
Scheer, Silke - 2009
An entrepreneur who decides to found a firm and to hire employees has to tackle two central problems: their employees' coordination and motivation. Drawing on findings from cognitive, social and organizational psychology, this book sheds new light on the relevance of bounded rationality and...
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A research agenda for workplace innovation : the challenge of disruptive transitions
Oeij, Peter R. A. (ed.); Dhondt, Steven (ed.);  … - 2023
"Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. This cutting-edge Research Agenda takes a hard look at...
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Quiet quitting and the leadership challenge
Caldwell, Cam; Anderson, Verl; Jamali, Dima - 2025
"'Cam Caldwell and colleagues have produced a timely book that is relevant for every organization I know. Quiet Quitters exist in all teams and organizations, and the insights and prescriptions Cam, Verl and Dima provide in this book will be helpful in organizations ranging from government and...
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Trust and economic learning
Lazaric, Nathalie (ed.); Lorenz, Edward H. (ed.) - 1998
trust and a variety of related concepts, including reputation, implicit contracts and confidence is examined. The links …The 1990s have witnessed a vast growth of research on the topics of trust and learning. This can be explained by the … profound technological and organizational changes that have made both inter-and intra-firm trust indispensable for sustaining …
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Transformational CEOs : leadership and management success in Japan
Kase, Kimio - 2005
Transformational CEOs questions why some Japanese firms succeeded in the 1990s despite an economy that failed--regardless of the burst of the "bubble" economy, a number of Japanese companies have maintained or extended their international leadership in particular sectors. The authors argue that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850703
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Handbook of employee commitment
Meyer, John P. (contributor) - 2016
managers and management consultants with its wealth of suggestions to guide evidence-based practice …
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Contracts and trust in alliances : discovering, creating and appropriating value
Vlaar, Paul W. L. - 2008
trust play a crucial role in such relationships, prior studies on both governance solutions are generally confined to single … • trust and contracts as co-evolving and self-reinforcing phenomena • contractual functions other than coordination and … these topics, the book offers novel perspectives on the role of trust in interorganizational relationships, shifting our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850599
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Trust and entrepreneurship : a West-East perspective
Welter, Friederike (contributor);  … - 2005
In this innovative book, international scholars investigate trust and its role in relation to the entrepreneurial … multi-disciplinary approach in researching trust and its importance in entrepreneurship …pt. 1. Concepts, evolution, measurements -- pt. 2. Trust and entrepreneurial behaviour in transition environments -- pt …
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