Balancing cooperation and competition in human groups: the role of emotional algorithms and evolution
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The role of emotional algorithms in promoting co-operation and competition in organizations is examined. It is concluded that co-operation emerges when the emotional algorithms promoting a collective identity ('we') prevails, while competition results when the emotional algorithms promoting an individual identity ('me') dominates.
Publication Name: Managerial & Decision Economics
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0143-6570
Year: 2006
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Envy and positional bias in the evolutionary psychology of management
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Evolutionary origins of two common emotions in organizational life, namely, positional bias and envy are discussed. The advantages of evolutionary psychology over micro economics, in deriving and confirming specific assumptions about sex differences in behavior are also examined.
Publication Name: Managerial & Decision Economics
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0143-6570
Year: 2006
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The intermediation theory of the firm: integrating economic and management approaches to strategy
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The integration of economic and management perspectives to work out a management strategy based on transaction costs and the intermediation theory of the firm is studied. This strategy emphasizes the firm's organizational abilities and resources.
Publication Name: Managerial & Decision Economics
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0143-6570
Year: 2003
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