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an agent and his principle. The normative theory of agency and the positive theory of agency represent theory sphere of … the contractual relation and the incentive and performance mechanisms. This theory sphere will be confronted by a …
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encourage this intrinsic motivation by an adequately designed contract. Although equally productive, assuming that agents from …
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This paper attempts to re-examine the notion of equality, going beyond the classic opposition in France between affirmative action and meritocratic equality. Hence, we propose shifting the French debate about equality of opportunities in education to the question of how to raise equality of...
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implementation of environmental public policies, we argue that not only middle managers' agency is crucial to strategy-making but … also that of employees. We also propose a complementary understanding of strategic agency as regulated and organized by the …
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. Experimental evidence shows that leadership works more through reciprocity than through signaling. In leading-by-sacrifice, the …
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Does immigration reduce natives' support for the welfare state? Evidence from the European Social Survey (2002/2003) suggests a more qualified relation. For Europe as a whole, there is only weak evidence of a negative association between the perceived presence of immigrants and natives' support...
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The degree to which workers identify with their firms, and how hard they are willing to work for them, would seem to be key variables for the understanding of both firm productivity and individual labour-market outcomes. This paper uses repeated cross-section ISSP data from 1997 and 2005 to...
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theoretical model rationalizes the idea that reciprocity can generate better repayment performances. Based on a unique hand … reciprocity in the credit market. …
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Social relations are predominantly influenced by an exchange paradigm whereby the logic of reciprocity shapes behaviour … economic-based exchanges, but the general outcome remains the same - the obligation of reciprocity between actors. In this … individuals the expectations of reciprocity are neither sought nor established. Generosity that is expressed in both tangible and …
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We consider corruption behavior in a three-players game : Principal, Agent, Corrupter. When the Principal chooses a fair wage, the Agent faces con°icting interests to reciprocate. This delegation effect is expected to lower the level of corruption as compared to what arises in two-players...
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