This paper investigates the effect of executive leadership behaviors on the organizational commitment (OC) of subordinate managers and the influence of the latter on measures of company performance. Based on pertinent research and the main leadership dimensions identified in the GLOBE project,...

Rund jeder tausendste Krankenhauspatient stirbt aufgrund vermeidbarer unerwuenschter Ereignisse. Empirische Studien zeigen Zusammenhaenge zwischen der Sicherheitskultur in Krankenhaeusern und der Fehlerhaeufigkeit. Die bisherige Forschung weist allerdings Theoriedefizite auf. Unter Heranziehung...

This paper examines cultural and leadership variables associated with corporate social responsibility values that managers apply to their decision-making. In this longitudinal study, we analyze data from 561 firms located in 15 countries on five continents to illustrate how the cultural...

Participating successfully in the Single European Market as in any other competitive business situation depends on an adequate supply of managerial and specialist skills. Together with the issue of recognising, employing and integrating women experts and executives as a highly qualified...

This work explores personal characteristics and mobile Internet (MI) use behaviors of consumers equipped with four distinct types of advanced handsets for accessing the Internet via cellular radio infrastructures of mobile network operators (MNO). Furthermore, it investigates the extent to which...

The introduction of Mobile Payment Systems (MPS) has gained increasing attention from telecommunications and financial service firms. However, to date, end customer use of MPS has not developed extensively. Thus, the present investigation aims to explore the drivers of MPS acceptance among...