This paper describes how a work group and a newcomer mutually adapt. We study two types of simulated groups that need an extra worker, one group because a former employee had left the group and one group because of its workload. For both groups, we test three conditions, newcomers being...

In work groups, task rotation may decrease the negative consequences of boredom and lead to a better task performance. In this paper we use multi agent simulation to study several organisation types in which task rotation may or may not emerge. By looking at the development of expertise and...

This paper presents a model that explains why and when buyers and suppliers may differ in the ways they perceive certain relationship attributes. Understanding when buyers and suppliers will share perceptions, and when not, can help future researchers in deciding how to measure these attributes....

The uncertainty and anxiety experienced by cancer patients and their ways of coping with uncertainty and anxiety were studied on the basis of a questionnaire completed by 418 patients. The study shows that 28.2% of the patients had a low and 33.5% had a high uncertainty score, while 50% had a...