A motivating employment environment benefi ts the satisfaction, productivity and welfare of employees, and it is the key to the success of an organization. We experimentally examine the effects of employees' promises on boosting the wage and effort level in the workplace. Employees make a...

It is well documented in the literature that women frequently react less favorably to competition than men. In this paper, we test for the effects of social norms on willingness to compete (WTC). Subjects compete in two-person teams. In the treatment, one team member is randomly assigned the...

This book consists of a series of articles that present novel trends in horticulture marketing and some of the key supply chain management issues for the horticulture industry across a wide range of geographical regions.