Do emotions affect the decision between change and the status quo? We exploit exogenous variation in emotions caused by rain and analyze data on more than 400 ballot propositions in Switzerland for the years 1958 to 2014 to address this question. The empirical tests are based on administrative...

Do emotions affect the decision between change and the status quo? We exploit exogenous variation in emotions caused by rain and analyze data on more than 870,000 municipal vote outcomes in Switzerland to address this question. The empirical tests are based on administrative ballot outcomes and...

In der vorliegenden Dissertation wird ein Managementtrend untersucht, der die Abschaffung autoritativer Hierarchien in Unternehmen propagiert. Der Fokus der Arbeit liegt auf Paradoxien, Leidenschaft und Macht in dezentralen Organisationen. Es wird aufgezeigt, wie Diskurse und Alltagspraktiken in...