There has been increasing interest in firms in which workers strongly identify with their firm's success. It would seem apparent that such identification by workers should be considered as an integral element of the firm's control systems. However, much of the literature on the myriad forms of...

Portuguese Abstract: O objetivo deste trabalho é apresentar o processo de concepção de um sistema de Gestão de Competências alinhado ao Planejamento Estratégico da UNIAGUSTINIANA, utilizando a metodologia descrita por David McClelland em três fases, de base, o desenvolvimento de...

For sustaining businesses in a VUCA World, or a world with Vulnerability, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity, it is important to address the primary cause of VUCA. The culprit is the rapidly changing technology, more significantly the Information Technology. Though the primary driver of...

This paper introduces a unique multi-disciplinary approach called “Behavioral IT®” which addresses the IT-Disruptions related woes of both businesses and business professionals like CXOs, Top Managers and Management StudentsBusinesses experience problems of huge losses due to over 70% IT...

In this paper we present some preliminary evidence in support of an emergent base-line structural intellectual capital model. This is based on interviews with the chief executive officers of Irish software companies. The overall Irish software and telecommunications sector has established itself...

This study investigates whether paying higher wages motivates employees to provide higher effort and whether firm profit moderates this relation. Consistent with gift exchange (Akerlof 1982) and reciprocity (Rabin 1993) models, my experimental results show that workers provided more effort when...

In this paper, I extend the organizational design literature by examining how the delegation choice is affected by the ability to resolve the incentive problem caused by this delegation. Based on the seminal papers by Grossman and Hart (1986) and Holmstrom and Milgrom (1994), I argue that the...

This study explores whether shocks to climate-related uncertainty induce increased managerial short-termism. Theory suggests that when individuals face long-run uncertainty, they often resort to short-termism to realize more immediate and certain benefits. Consistent with this, we expect that...

Research QuestionThis study investigates how and to what extent country‐level institutional characteristics, firm‐ and independent director‐level risk and responsibilities are related to independent director compensation, in terms of amount and design.Research findings/InsightsUsing an...

We explore the tweeting behavior of S&P 1500 firms’ executives (CEOs and CFOs) and its market consequences during the period of 2011 to 2018. We document that executives tweet financial information related to their firms and time these tweets to firms’ major events, and that investors...