Numerous studies address the ability of the computer-mediated communication (CMC) medium to carry social cues, e.g., social presence. This paper proposes to expand the study of social cues to include interpersonality measures directed toward messages within the CMC medium. Interpersonality is conceptualized as the joint measure of anticipated feedback and message coherence, factors that disting...

Article history: Received 23 May 2008 Received in revised form 13 January 2009 Accepted 15 January 2009 This paper applies a social exchange perspective to understand the internal contingencies of the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and performance. It focuses on two aspects of social interactions among functional managers (procedural justice and trust), as well as on thei...

In an organization, the acquisition and conversion of knowledge presents a network structure of knowledge flow. This network is nested in the specific network of organizational relationships. Using the Social Network Analysis, from the ‘self-centered social network’ and ‘whole social network’ viewpoints respectively, this paper makes a discriminatory analysis about the nodes, the intensity and ...

This study examined the potenfial contribufion of self-compassion to perceived competence and mental health in master's of social work students (N=65). It was hypothesized that the components of self-compassion (i.e., mindfulness, common humanity, self-kindness, overidentification, isolation, and selfjudgment) would impact perceived competence (sense of coherence), which in turn would mediate m...

Complementing existing work on firm organizational structure and productivity, this paper examines the impact of organizational change on workers. We find evidence that employers do appear to compensate at least some of their workers for engaging in high performance workplace practices. We also find a significant association between high performance workplace practices and increased wage inequa...

social capital is a concept that has been proposed in various fields. the importance of social capital is that people and successful community provide activities. emotional intelligence has a major role in the workplace. due to, that social capital depends on the relationships between people and the undeniable effects of emotional intelligence on the formation of interpersonal relationships, th...

A study of 389 Taiwanese expatriates working in Mainland China was conducted to investigate the relationship between Hollingshead’s 2-Factor Index of Social Position and organizational commitment. The methods of data analysis used in this study consisted of exploratory factor analysis (EFA), internal consistency reliability, and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) with post hoc comparison test...

concurrently, organizations must respond effectively to social expectations and moral law and to achieve success in all areas and by respecting professional ethics adopt an appropriate procedure to achieve these expectations align with organizational goals to facilitates promotion of social accountability and realization of higher goals. in this study, we have formulated a framework by reviewin...

In recent years, IT scholars have adopted from historians of technology a social constructivist approach to study IT and organizational change. Actor-network theory has also shown to be a promising tool to analyze the complexity of the intricate relationships between technical and nontechnical aspects of change, and thus to serve as a framework for studies on IT and organizational change. In th...