Management fashions promise solutions for allegedly urgent problems. Pay-for-Performance appears to be such a fashion. It seems to guarantee a more effective monitoring of the management considering the failure of the board of directors. We show theoretically and empirically that...

Helping and sharing behaviors - the essence of team work and organizational success - are to a great part intrinsically motivated. How can organizations influence intrinsic motivation in a predictable way? Different research approaches give different answers: The situationist approach suggests...

Director compensation has become a fashionable topic: Cross-nationally, the earnings of executives and non-executive directors have risen significantly in recent years. Academic literature offers two hypotheses for this trend, a "fat cat" and an "optimal-contract" explanation. Proponents of the...