The human side of economic organization
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The assumptions of material self-interest, bounded rationality, and negative opportunism that underlie organizational economics are deficient for many managerial purposes because they underrepresent the importance of interpersonal and other nonmarket resources in human motivation. This paper adds an aspiration-level assumption called betterment that extends transaction cost analysis to include exchanges involving interpersonal resources. Implications are discussed for the efficient design of organizational boundaries, organizational subunits, and employment relations, and special attention is given to cooperation as an organizational asset. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Academy of Management Review
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0363-7425
Year: 1990
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Reconceptualizing the nature and consequences of part-time work
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This article presents a theoretical framework for understanding the impact of part-time work on employees' attitudes and behaviors. A series of hypotheses also are presented to explain the varying consequences that different types of part-time employment arrangements, work-context factors, and demographic variables have on the experiences of part-time workers. Future issues for theory development and research methodology are discussed as well. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Academy of Management Review
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0363-7425
Year: 1990
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