Organizations introduce virtual assistants (VAs) to support employees with work-related tasks. VAs can increase the success of teamwork and thus become an integral part of the daily work life. However, the effect of VAs on virtual teams remains unclear. While social identity theory describes the...

Previous research has extensively investigated the relationships that consumers create and maintain with their possessions. However, little is known about why material objects (compared to immaterial ones) may be particularly relevant for consumers' self‐definition. In this research, we argue...

Résumé : l’attachement au lieu a fait l’objet de nombreuses recherches dans des disciplines variées comme la psychologie environnementale ou la sociologie, en décrivant les relations émotionnelles et identitaires entre les individu et leur environnement physique. Ces travaux n’ont...

Abstract: Place attachment has been widely studied in various research fields such as environmental psychology or sociology, through the description of the emotional and identity bonds linking the individuals and their physical environment. However, whereas scholars emphasize the importance of...

Many approaches seek to facilitate information and knowledge management (IKM) practices within business contexts. These approaches identify organizational factors (e.g. culture or IT) or to suggest management processes (e.g. HRM) that are conducive to IKM. Existing work has tended to ignore the...