An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses several topics within the issue including developing an interest in materiality for the organizational research, workshops on materiality, and linking of materiality with the strategy practice agenda.

This paper provides a brief review of the literature related to time. First, the paper discusses ways that individuals represent time. Then the quantitative and the qualitative perspectives of time are discussed. Temporal dimensions in organizations, such as time orientation, polychronicity, and...

PierreBourdieu, French ethnologistand sociologist (1930-2002), is oneof the major thinkersof the twentieth century. The novelty of his approach and the diversity of empirical objects of his research have attracted a large number of studies and research that introduce and discuss its contribution...

The authors dedicate this paper in honor of the memory of their deceased co-author, Erin Anderson. In dyadic business relationships, parties can be incorrect in reading their counterparts' relational closeness. For example, they can overestimate or underestimate the counterpart's commitment to...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a critical review of the contributions of multiple theories to accounting and organizational research, which is often referred to as “theoretical triangulation” or “theoretical pluralism”, with a particular focus on the manner in which...

Background: Surveys of community-based programs are difficult to conduct when there is virtually no information about the number or locations of the programs of interest. This article describes the methodology used by the Helping Young Smokers Quit (HYSQ) initiative to identify and profile...

Das ifo Institut befragte 702 Unternehmen, davon 539 in West- und 163 in Ostdeutschland, ob bei Mitarbeitern und Geschäftspartnern Werthaltungen wie Fleiß, Gemeinsinn und Gesetzestreue in der Vergangenheit eher zugenommen, abgenommen oder gleichgeblieben sind. So haben sich nach Einschätzung...

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