Two studies tested whether action control by implementation intentions is sensitive to the activation and strength of participants' underlying goal intentions. In Study 1, participants formed implementation intentions (or did not) and their goal intentions were measured. Findings revealed a significant interaction between implementation intentions and the strength of respective goal intentions....

in this study, we addressed the relationship between corporate reputation and customer behavioral intentions in the eghtesad novin bank. for this purpose, we considered the components: trust, identification and commitment as mediator variables that led to formulating 8 hypothesis .the research population was the customers of eghtesad novin bank in tehran branches who had at least one active acc...

The main aim of the study is to compare share repurchase and dividend payout trends listed non-financial non-resource companies in Poland South Africa over period 2005–2015. Although a developing country with dualistic economy, characterized by sophisticated stock exchange which comparable that most advanced economies, while was reclassified from emerging market developed status, effective as 2...

the scholars of the principles of the islamic jurisprudence are divided the intentions of god in islamic figh to universal intentions and particular intentions. and the universal intentions are divided to necessaries and needs and goods. the necessaries are observation of religion and spirit and intellect and tradition and property. the author tries to manifest the decreases of this theses by a...

This paper introduces a new measure of management overconfidence, overconfident tone, and shows its association with excess investments, larger share repurchases, and higher stock portions in CEO compensations. Overconfident tone is composed of abnormal positivity and abnormal certainty. They are calculated by dividing conference call transcripts into management parts and analyst parts, and sep...

This paper investigates the determinants of dividend policy for Australian DCs and MCs. In considering dividend payout ratios we adopt two definitions – cash dividends and total dividends. The cash dividend payout ratios consists of cash dividends to net earnings while total dividend payout ratios consists of both cash dividends and share repurchases to net earnings. The determinants of foreign...

We examine whether and how payout policy affects credit risk using evidence from the default swap (CDS) market. CDS spreads increase substantially in response to announcements of dividend cuts, especially during recessions among firms experiencing financial distress. also react more strongly permanent less anticipated cuts. The size reaction is pronounced for firms, which are inherently opaque....

To what extent do people care about the intentions behind an action? What if the intentions can be deceptive? We conducted two experiments to complement previous evidence about the roles of outcomes and intentions in economic games. The results of Experiment 1 indicate that both outcomes and intentions affect players’ responses. Moreover, unkind intentions are punished but kind intentions are h...