Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 613
Cover Image
Backward Induction and Model Deterioration
Squintani, Francesco - In: The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics 4 (2004) 1
The issue of how players' model of a game may evolves over time is largely unexplored. We formalize this issue for games with perfect information, and show that small-probability model deterioration may upset the complete-model backward induction solution, possibly yielding a Pareto-improving...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014588992
Cover Image
Best Agendas in Multi-Issue Bargaining
Flamini, Francesca - In: The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics 7 (2007) 1
We study the agenda selection problem faced by a multi-issue committee when there can be (small) delays between the negotiations of different issues. We show that the presence of these delays affects the interplay of the forces in the bargaining game and solves the indeterminacy of equilibria....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014589138
Cover Image
Are Personal Budgets a Financially Sound Reform Option for the German Long-Term Care Insurance?
Arntz, Melanie; Thomsen, Stephan L. - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 230 (2010) 4, pp. 378-402
Summary In a long-run social experiment, personal budgets have been tested as an alternative home care program of the German long-term care insurance (LTCI). By granting the monetary value of in kind services in cash, personal budgets are considered to enable customized home care arrangements,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014609292
Cover Image
Can managers coach their teams too much?
Buljac-Samardzic, Martina; van Woerkom, Marianne - In: Journal of Managerial Psychology 30 (2015) 3, pp. 280-296
Purpose – The relationship between managerial coaching and team performance may be mediated by team reflection because coaching is often thought to lead to reflection, which has been found to lead to improved performance. In contrast, this relationship might be moderated by team reflection,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014889237
Cover Image
The contribution of working conditions and care recipient characteristics to work-related abuse and exploitation of migrant home care workers
Green, Ohad; Ayalon, Liat - In: Employee Relations 39 (2017) 7, pp. 1001-1014
Purpose Migrant home care workers constitute a vulnerable group in society, which is often exposed to work-related abuse. The purpose of this paper is to explore which characteristics are linked with their abuse. Design/methodology/approach Overall, 187 Filipino home care workers who work in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014732371
Cover Image
Ethnicity at work: the case of British minority workers in the long-term care sector
Hussein, Shereen; Manthorpe, Jill; Ismail, Mohamed - In: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal 33 (2014) 2, pp. 177-192
Purpose – The aim of this paper is to explore the effect of ethnicity and separate this from the other dynamics associated with migration among members of the long-term care workforce in England focusing on the nature and structure of their jobs. The analysis examines interactions between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014720151
Cover Image
The Price is Wrong: Causes and Consequences of Ethical Restraint of Trade
Leonard, Thomas C. - In: Journal des �conomistes et des �tudes Humaines 14 (2004) 2
that such trade wrongly coerces, morally corrupts, and crowds out altruism. This essay takes issues with each of these … altruism and exchange.Ceux qui critiquent la marchandisation sont contre la vente mais pas contre le don de certains biens …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014612506
Cover Image
Development and test of new dimensions of altruistic buying behavior
Hopkins, Raymond A.; Powers, Thomas L. - In: Journal of Consumer Marketing 26 (2009) 3, pp. 185-199
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is show how altruism provides a basis for understanding motivations that consumers … research that examines traditional measures of altruism to determine whether there are differing or additional dimensions of … altruism. Design/methodology/approach – The research is based on a survey of 212 consumers and their responses to previously …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014848725
Cover Image
Male‐female giving differentials: are women more altruistic?
Simmons, Walter O.; Emanuele, Rosemarie - In: Journal of Economic Studies 34 (2007) 6, pp. 534-550
characteristics such as, wage, age and experience. Practical implications – While the issue of whether altruism is innate or the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014863159
Cover Image
Ethical decision-making and organisational evaluation of in-kind versus funding-based corporate social responsibility initiatives; COVID-19 context study of organizational egoism
Bhattacharyya, Som Sekhar; Mehta, Nikhil Kewalkrishna; … - In: International Journal of Ethics and Systems 37 (2021) 4, pp. 599-617
with personal cultural characteristics of independence, interdependence and altruism. The results of the first model … reputational egoism (ORE). Similarly, there was a significant positive relationship between altruism, DT and ORE. The mediation … associating individual personal cultural characteristics of independence, interdependence and altruism with UT and DT and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014789273