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Janssens, Madeleine (contributor) - 2009

This book focuses on cities, their relationships with each other and the disparities between them. Analysing cities as the places where diversity is especially apparent, where cultural richness is experienced and where conflicts often erupt, it illustrates how cultures and cultural diversity...

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Handbook of trust research

Zaheer, Akbar (contributor); Bachmann, Reinhard (contributor) - 2006

'This Handbook helps scholars account for more nuances and complications of the phenomenon of trust. But it is also a firm, intelligent reminder not to mutilate the phenomenon while crafting those accounts.' - Karl E. Weick, Academy of Management Review 'Given the number of special issues and...

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Innovation in technology alliance networks

Lemmens, Charmianne E. A. V. - 2004

This book studies the dynamics of alliance group formation in technology-based networks. The author attempts to develop the concept of alliance blocks from a social network perspective, and explores the relationship between alliance block membership and innovative performance in a changing...

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The economics of non-selfish behaviour : decisions to contribute money to public goods

Meier, Stephan - 2006

In standard economic theory human beings are portrayed as selfish money-maximizing actors. This book investigates the conditions under which people deviate from this prediction and when they are prepared to contribute to the common good in a more altruistic fashion. Based on field experiments...

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Managing emotions in mergers and acquisitions

Kusstatscher, Verena - 2005

and affect their readiness to contribute to a successful post-merger integration. It combines emotion theories from other …

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Research companion to emotion in organizations

Cooper, Cary L. (contributor); … - 2008

, and the organization as a whole. Chapters tackle structure and measurement of emotion, antecedents and consequences of … regulation of emotion and the propagation of mood and emotion in groups are also dealt with. The Companion explores contemporary …pt. 1. Emotion and affect as a within-person phenomena -- pt. 2. Emotion as an individual difference variable -- pt. 3 …

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