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Entrepreneurial Diversity and Economic Growth

Verheul, Ingrid; van Stel, André - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2007

homogeneous group. This study investigates the impact of entrepreneurial diversity on national economic growth. Using data for 36 …-demographic diversity in entrepreneurship (in terms of age, education and gender). We find that in less developed countries older and higher …

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Bridging Faultlines by Valuing Diversity: Diversity Beliefs, Information Elaboration, and Performance in Diverse Work Groups

Homan, Homan, A.C.; van Knippenberg, van Knippenberg, D.L. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2006

Although there are numerous potential benefits to diversity in work groups, converging dimensions of diversity often … disruptive effects of diversity faultlines can be overcome by convincing groups of the value in diversity. Groups were either … persuaded of the value of diversity or of the value of similarity for group performance, and they were provided with either …

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Interacting Dimensions of Diversity: Cross-Categorization and the Functioning of Diverse Work Groups

Homan, Homan, A.C.; van Knippenberg, van Knippenberg, D.L. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2006

We conducted an experiment to show how the interplay between informational diversity and other dimensions of diversity … can account for some of the inconsistent effects of informational diversity in previous research. 70 four-person groups … cross-cut the other dimensions of diversity. Results showed that informational diversity enhanced group functioning when it …

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Unity through Diversity: Value-in-Diversity Beliefs, Work Group Diversity, and Group Identification

van Knippenberg, van Knippenberg, D.L.; Haslam, Haslam, S.A. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2007

Research on work group diversity has more or less neglected the possibility that reactions to diversity may be informed … by individuals' beliefs about the value of diversity (vs. homogeneity) for their work group. We studied the role of such … diversity beliefs as a moderator of the relationship between work group diversity and individuals' identification with the work …

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Corporate Social Responsibility in Large Family and Founder Firms

Block, Joern H.; Wagner, Wagner, M. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2010

Based on arguments about long-term orientation and corporate reputation, we argue that family and founder firms differ from other firms with regard to corporate social responsibility. Using Bayesian analysis, we then show that family and founder ownership are associated with a lower level of...

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The Clean Development Mechanism: Institutionalizing New Power Relations

Wittneben, Wittneben, B.B.F. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2007

The differences in the way climate change mitigation projects are facilitated under the Kyoto Protocol as compared to the financial mechanism of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) demonstrate institutional change processes that evolved from global climate change...

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Can the Office Environment Stimulate a Manager’s Creativity?

Dul, Jan; Ceylan, Ceylan, C.; Aytac, Aytac, S. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2008

This paper explores whether the manager’s physical office work environment can stimulate the manager’s creativity. A total of 60 managers from a large manufacturing company participated in the study. They rated the creativity potential and physical elements of office environments shown in 25...

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Projected Destination Images on African Websites: Upgrading Branding Opportunities in the Global Tourism Value Chain

van Wijk, van Wijk, J.C.A.C.; Go, Go, F.M.; Govers, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2008

This paper explores whether websites that offer a global audience virtual access to watering holes in game parks afford African nations opportunities to diminish their international isolation as tourism destinations. The present analysis examines a sample of almost 450 tourism websites...

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The Influence of Employee Communication on Strategic Business Alignment

van Riel, van Riel, C.B.M.; Berens, Berens, G.A.J.M.; … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2005

Over the last years, it has become increasingly important for companies to create strategic business alignment (SBA), i.e., the degree to which employees understand, support, and are able to execute the companies’ strategic initiatives. This study provides insights into the way companies can...

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That which Doesn’t Break Us: Identity Work in the Face of Unwanted Development

Whiteman, Whiteman, G.M.; Bruijn, Bruijn, E. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2008

Studies on identity work have focused primarily on internal organizational relations, and have yet to examine if, and how, identity work occurs amongst stakeholder groups. Our paper addresses this gap in the literature through an ethnographic study of one Indigenous group – the Machiguenga, a...

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