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Explicit and latent authority in hierarchical organizations
Brink, René van den; Gilles, Robert Paul - 2003
decisionmakers into a general structure of formal authority relations. Within such an authority structure, each decision maker acts … under which conditions decision makers decide to exercise their own authority and to accept their superiors' authority ….We distinguish two types of behavior within such an authority situation. First, we investigate a non-cooperative equilibrium concept …
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Monitoring your friends, not your foes : strategic ignorance and the delegation of real authority
Dominguez-Martinez, Silvia; Siemens, Ferdinand von; … - 2012
In this laboratory experiment we study the use of strategic ignorance to delegate real authority within a firm. A …
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Confidence management : on interpersonal comparisons in teams
Crutzen, Benoît; Swank, Otto H.; Visser, Bauke - 2007
Organization differ in the degree to which they differentiate employees by ability. We analyse how the effect of differentiation on employee morale may explain this variation. By comparing employees using ordinary talk, a manager boosts the self-image of some, but hurts that of others. Whether...
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Why are residents reluctant to consult attending physicians?
Swank, Otto H. - 2009
A physician performs two tasks: making diagnoses and determining treatments. To reduce medical error, residents are supposed to consult their supervisors when they face uncommon circumstances. However, recent research shows that residents are reluctant to do so. This paper presents a model that...
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Positional power in hierarchies
Brink, René van den; Steffen, Frank - 2007
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Monitoring your friends, not your foes : strategic ignorance and the delegation of real authority
Dominguez-Martinez, Silvia; Sloof, Randolph; Siemens, … - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008670037
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Enhancing efficiency of water provision
Dalhuisen, Jasper M.; Nijkamp, Peter - 2002
basin authority for an efficient co-ordination of policy measures in the relevant area, (3) developing a coherent policy …
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Explicit and latent authority in hierarchical organizations
Brink, René van den; Gilles, Robert Paul - 2003
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Trade between China and the Netherlands : a case study of globalization
Butter, Frank A. G. den; Hayat, Raphie - 2008 - Version 12 February 2008
During the last decades, the growth of trade between China and the Netherlands has been larger than the increase in bilateral trade flows between China and most other countries. Using a time series based gravity model, this paper investigates the main determinants of this increase. The empirical...
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The impact of workplace conditions on firm performance
Buhai, Sebastian; Cottini, Elena; Westergård-Nielsen, … - 2008 - This version: June 23rd, 2008
This paper estimates the impact of work environment health and safety practice on firm performance, and examines which firm-characteristic factors are associated with good work conditions. We use Danish longitudinal register matched employer-employee data, merged with firm business accounts and...
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