This article analyzes individual perceptions of the linkage between corruption and trust in political institutions in 16 African democracies. Using perceived corruption and experienced corruption as indicators, it tests the functionalist theories that portray corruption as a way to increase...

Companies are sometimes reluctant to implement telework in their teams because managers may lose control over their teleworking employees. The question we try to answer in this paper is: Does telework have an impact on the manager-employee relationship and, if so, what sort of impact is it? We...

Après avoir relevé les divers défis affectant la régulation des industries de réseau et discuté de la pertinence des modèles disséminés par les institutions financières des pays en voie de développement, l'ouvrage met en lumière les inquiétudes des acteurs de l'industrie et les...

Purpose – This paper focuses on the decision by firms to commit and to invest unilaterally. It is concerned with the intriguing question as to whether unilateral commitments are mechanisms that help a firm manage risks in alliance relationships in a proactive manner....

This paper proposes an alternative approach to corporate social disclosure analysis. A survey of the literature dealing with description and explanation of corporate social disclosure practices underlines the inconsistency of the findings. We discuss the relevance of the instrument. In order to...

The development of new forms of management control in three public networks allows to question the concept of innovation in the field of organizational control. It leads also to identify the factors which permit the rising of innovation and the real changes that it involves.