Purpose – In this empirical study, the aim is to examine the relative effect of various rewards on performance of knowledge workers. It is predicted that non‐monetary rewards are associated with enhanced intrinsic motivation, which in turn is related to better performance and innovation....

This article presents a practical approach to estimate the substitution probabilities between products at a retail store by using the store's point of sale data and prospect theory based structural restrictions on the consumer choice behavior. The prospect theory-based reference dependent...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effect of goal-setting theory in remediating workplace demographic representation inequality. Design/methodology/approach This study evaluates the effect of goal-setting theory in Fortune 100 companies’ corporate social reporting (CSR) on...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to research factors like task-orientation and collectivism and to examine the relationship between them and goal-setting as research construct. This research investigates the phenomena of team goal-setting in a selected sports organisation. Therefore 49...

Purpose As competitive pressures persist and global economic influences continue to present new challenges, businesses need to be able to respond to emerging circumstances. Goal-setting and planning are key mechanisms contributing to organizational competitive success, yet organizations...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to investigate the technical, marketing, and cultural differences between virtual communities in an industrially developing country, i.e. Bangladesh, and an industrially developed country, i.e. the USA. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 33...

Purpose – To explore, through a case study approach, relationship and community development in online consumer communities. Design/methodology/approach – A case study‐based analysis of three organizations that are supporting online community creation and development is used as the basis...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe a virtualisation model of RFID enabled infrastructure incorporating non‐standard radio frequency identification (RFID) components. The model is implemented as a software service that draws upon other sources of internet services....

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to provide a better understanding of the virtual communities' phenomenon. Design/methodology/approach – This paper reports a case study. It explains one of the most successful online strategies developed by a global brand, Coca‐Cola, in Spain....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the interactions that are engaged in when specialist organizations collaborate in business networks organized around global value chains. Interaction costs are defined as including transaction costs plus the costs for exchanging information and...