The purpose of this paper is to provide a theoretical and empirical review of the literature on top management composition. This research is theoretically inspired by the old tradition of group dynamics research and later insights into the effects managers have in shaping the course and fates of...

Adding to empirically based critique in the last 15 years, this paper offers a critical conceptual analysis of the three-component model of organizational commitment in order to arrive at a unequivocal grounding of the concept in standard attitudinal theory. Using the attitude-behavior model by...

In this paper, we contribute to the extant Industrial Relations literature, which is almost completely confined to estimating the effects of worker participation within a single country, by conducting a comparative multi-country study using unique data from the European Company Survey 2009. We...

In an explorative study, the value of four personality constructs in predicting success in the labour market entry has been analysed with a sample of graduates in economics from Maastricht University. The research question is: do personality characteristics predict labour market entry success...

In an explorative study, the value of four personality constructs in predicting success in the labour market entry has been analysed with a sample of graduates in economics from Maastricht University. The research question is: do personality characteristics predict labour market entry success...

We examine the effects of a local content requirement (LCR) in the context of potential vertical cooperation between a host country''s upstream and downstream producers and foreign direct investment (FDI) in upstream manufacturing by a foreign multinational. The relationship- specific investment...

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After reviewing the stylised facts concerning Japan''s low level of inward investment and the explanations for these facts put forward in the literature, this paper examines the licensing and investment behaviour of Dutch multinational enterprises in Japan. It is shown that aggregate data on...