The present paper studies the financial performance of Islamic and conventional indexes for three major regions: Europe, the USA and the World. The study covers the period 2000-2011, enabling us to capture the impact of the recent global financial crisis. To this end, we computed different...

Information systems play an important role in the management of organizations. They are considered as social objects interacting with users and the context of their implementation. The purpose of our research is to identify the key factors influencing the users’ behavior toward a decision...

The aim of this paper is to analyze factors influencing workers’ behaviors toward corporate social networks (CSN). Using the integrated model of technology acceptance and users’ satisfaction (Wixom and Todd 2005), the proposed research model explains the usage of a CSN by its perceived...

Shared leadership has emerged as an important determinant of team performance. However, the efficacy of such leadership in facilitating effective performance in distributed contexts is little understood. We extend theory by examining how shared leadership influences performance in distributed...

The aim of this paper is to analyze factors influencing workers’ behaviors toward corporate social networks (CSN). Using the integrated model of technology acceptance and users’ satisfaction (Wixom and Todd 2005), the proposed research model explains the usage of a CSN by its perceived...

Recent research on virtual teams highlights the importance of high quality relationships to achieve high team performance. For research and development (R&D) virtual project teams, relationships characterized by cooperation and trust are expected to enhance creativity and innovation among team...

This paper analyses the effects of communication behaviors on trust in virtual teams. Communications behaviors of virtual team members are evaluated through the characteristics of their exchanges (frequency, rhythm, nature and style). Our purpose is to identify communication factors that enable...