Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the roles of social networks and intermediares in recruitment and as instruments to control the workforce in lower end urban labour markets in developing countries. The existing literature favours explanations where networks and middlemen are...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the roles of social networks and intermediares in recruitment and as instruments to control the workforce in lower end urban labour markets in developing countries. The existing literature favours explanations where networks and middlemen are...

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationships among social needs, social influence, convenience, product features, brand name, dependency on smartphone, and purchase behaviour. A sample of 259 university students is used to test the hypotheses by using structural equation...