Steve Lovett

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluate guanxi from an ethical perspective, and then attempt to shed light on the sources of its economic advantages and disadvantages through the use of a simple mathematical model, pointing out how eastern and western business practices may already converge toward systems based on more complete models of trust to deal with the conditions of progress coupled with uncertainty that form our new economic reality.

TL;DR: Findings suggest that self-reported expectations of voice are higher than the estimated value function reference point, indicating increasing marginal returns as the magnitude of voice shifted from its penultimate level to its maximum possible level.

TL;DR: In this article, a survey of line workers at two factories in Mexico found that intrinsic job characteristics were more closely associated with overall job satisfaction and that job commitment was a relatively more important issue than in the high-tech factory.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose a model for examining and managing one of the most important of those consequences: the increased risk of losing customers as a result of the loss of a boundary spanner who dealt with that customer.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the history of their use and similarities and differences between the two forms of stock-based compensation and argue that both are often overused, and conclude with a contextual approach to guide boards of directors in making choices among the forms of CEO compensation, stock options, restricted stock, salary, and bonus.