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with recent standard economics' explanation of social identity in terms of conformity. Sen's concept of commitment is …This paper develops a conception of personal identity for Amartya Sen's capability framework that emphasizes his self …-scrutinizing aspect of the self and related concept of commitment, and compares this conception to the co1lective intentionality-based one …
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Due to incomplete contracts, efficiency of an organization depends on willingness of individuals to take non-selfish actions, e.g., cooperate when there is no incentive to do so, or punish inefficient actions by others. Organizations also constitute a social boundary, or group. We investigate...
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This work offers an overview of recent formalizations of organizational capabilities and learning. We first present the … formal analysis of the development and change of firm's dynamic capabilities by improving our understanding of processes of …
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We often use delegation as a commitment device if a government faces problems of timeinconsistency. McCallum (1995, AER … P&P) challenged this practice, claiming that delegation merely relocates the commitment problem but does not solve it …. In a model where delegation and specific policies are subject to the same commitment technology it is shown that McCallum …
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We explore the role of firms in insuring non-verifiable output. As a device that allows workers to commit to thedelivery of their output, the firm arises endogenously as an alternative to the market if workers are sufficiently riskaverse and the firm can base its incentive payments on good...
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It is often touted that decisiveness is one of the most important qualities to be possessed by leaders, broadly defined. To see how and why decisiveness can be a valuable asset in organizations, we construct a model of strategic information transmission where: (i) a decision maker solicits...
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-specific budgets depends on the combination of a demand for commitment and the demand for flexibility resulting from uncertainty about … with minimum-savings rules (another widely-studied form of commitment), and how budgeting depends on the intensity of self …
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continuance commitment. Findings of a questionnaire survey reveal positive correlations of attachment anxiety with affective …, normative and continuance commitment. Attachment avoidance in contrast was found to contribute only to the prediction of … affective commitment. Reconsidered, our results imply low affective, normative and continuance commitment for secure employees …
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This article extends literature of Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) in the context of corporate sustainability. The author presents the concept of Organizational Citizenship Behavior towards Sustainability (OCBS) as a variant, contending it's appropriateness for today's much needed...
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This paper investigates the job satisfaction in relation to managerial attitudes towards employees and firm size using the linked employer-employee survey results in Britain. We first investigate the management-employee relationships and the firm size using maximum likelihood probit estimation....
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