In recent years, many social scientists have claimed that trust plays an important role in economic and social transactions. Despite its proposed importance, the measurement and the definition of trust seem to be not fully settled, and the identification of the exact role of trust in economic...

In recent decades, many firms offered more discretion to their employees, often increasing the productivity of effort but also leaving more opportunities for shirking. These "high-performance work systems" are difficult to understand in terms of standard moral hazard models. We show...

This paper discusses recent neuroeconomic evidence related to other-regarding behaviors and the decision to trust in other people's other-regarding behavior. This evidence supports the view that people derive nonpecuniary utility (i) from mutual cooperation in social dilemma (SD) games and (ii)...

Trust affects almost all human relationships - in families, organizations, markets and politics. However, identifying the conditions under which trust, defined as people's beliefs in the trustworthiness of others, has a causal effect on the efficiency of human interactions has proven to be...

Part 1. Entrepreneurship -- Chapter 1. Why Immigrant Entrepreneurs are More Prone to Exit Than Non-immigrant Entrepreneurs? -- Chapter 2. Hawkers’ Attitude on Environmentally-friendly Food Packaging Practices in Night Market -- Part 2. Human Resources Management & Education -- Chapter 3....

This volume of Eurasian Studies in Business and Economics presents selected theoretical and empirical papers from the 25th Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES) Conference, held in Berlin, Germany, in May 2018. Covering diverse areas of business and management from different geographic...

Employer brand and hospitality services – theoretical overview -- Motivating employees in times of industry 4.0 the suitability of classical motivation theories within the framework of industry 4.0 -- Dynamic capabilities trends a brief review of the state of the art -- Workplace bullying:...

Part 1: Human Resources -- Brain Drain – A Threat or an Opportunity -- Personal Innovativeness and Employability - How Personal Traits Affect Employer Attractiveness -- Part 2: Management -- Telecommuting Versus Traditional Work Environment: Determinants of Job Satisfaction as Perceived by...