In recent years we have witnessed a great increase in the interest in Trust Management (TM) techniques both from the industrial and the academic sectors. The booming research has also determined a duality in the very definition of TM system which can lead to confusion. In one of the two categories of TM systems a great deal of work has yet to be done in advancing the inherently adaptive nature ...

Software development by formal methods involves an overwhelming amount of technical and managerial detail. Systematic organisation of this information in a method's support environment is an important engineering concern. In this paper, we introduce a model for object organisation in software environments for formal methods, with particular emphasis on easy construction, modiication, review and...

We develop a general equilibrium model to show how the distribution of matches of heterogeneous quality between …rms and managers, asymmetric information stemming from moral hazard, and monopolistic competition in the product market interact to a¤ect the distributions of …rms and managerial compensation. We exploit the properties of the unique, stationary general equilibrium of the model to der...

This study addresses an apparent disconnect between two views of strategic action: the “economic view,” which contends that industry structure is the primary influence on strategic action, and the “cognitive view,” which suggests that managerial cognition drives strategic action. We argue that this disconnect has created artificial boundaries between the two perspectives and has limited our abi...

The editorial is commendable and I agree with many of the points raised. Management is an important aspect of health system strengthening which is often overlooked. In order to build the capacity of management, we need to consider other factors such as, the environment within which managers work, their numbers, support systems and distribution. Effective leadership is an issue which cannot be o...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to analyze the associations between occupational stress, burnout and turnover intention and explore their associated factors among managerial staff in Guangzhou, China. METHODS This cross-sectional study recruited 288 managerial employees from a Sino-Japanese joint venture automobile manufacturing enterprise in Guangzhou. The questionnaire included question...