This study contributes to the understanding of how individuals access recorded music, and how they attach meanings to the social exchanges they use to access music. Theoretically we frame the analysis in social exchange theories in order to develop a contextual theory of exchanging music, a...

Although we found a general trend favouring the omnivorousness thesis, as soon as we adjusted it to a set of structural factors and consumers’ tastes it was clear that this was caused by elitist inclusive omnivores who had increased the scope of their tastes. In general, younger cohorts were...

The problem of CEO succession is critically important yet unique and distinct from that of turnover at other levels. Research in management agrees with the findings in family business research regarding the preference for an insider as successor, more specifically a family insider. Successful...

Nowadays, there is an increased concern about what leisure is and how people spend their leisure time. When we are talking about leisure, all of us have "images" in our minds; different from person to person. These are images of freedom out of constrains and obligations. The purpose of the...

Hasta la fecha, muchas investigaciones se han realizado indicando que cada vez más vivimos en un mundo complejo y más propenso al desastre (Burton et al. 1978; Richardson 1994; Faulkner 2001). Los cambios que ocurren en nuestro alrededor en la mayoría de los casos no son bruscos e imprevistos, sino...