Purpose – This study aims to compare alternative search behaviors managers enact with regard to firm aspirations … leads to search for ways to raise performance over aspirations. Most researchers have assumed search leads to risk‐taking or … innovation. However, firms might search for ways to raise performance without incurring additional risk, such as reducing …

income domain relative to reference groups and aspirations, but not with respect to previous levels of income. Further, the … inability to exceed income aspirations increases the probability of subjective poverty regardless of the individual's position …

satisfaction on this continent; the approach aims at isolating the influence of aspirations on satisfaction and identify the … satisfaction provides a sound assessment of job adequacy with individual aspirations and allows to measure the fit between … expectations and the effective insertion of individuals on the labour market. Controlling for aspirations, job satisfaction is …