This study aimed to investigate the integrated relationship of responsible leadership, knowledge sharing, and sustainable performance, drawing from social exchange theory. Data 264 employees manufacturing firms in China were collected using online survey forms, exhibiting a response rate 52.80 percent. Subsequently, partial least square-structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) was applied examin...

Background and aim: Grounded theory has taken some different theoretical perspectives since its creation in 1967 by Barney Glaser. Considering that applying grounded theory partly depends on an awareness of its philosophical perspectives, gaining knowledge about these various perspectives is required for health care professionals who are interested in studying the social processes. This review ...

Why did punishment and the use of reputation evolve in humans? According to one family of theories, they evolved to support the maintenance of cooperative group norms; according to another, they evolved to enhance personal gains from cooperation. Current behavioral data are consistent with both hypotheses (and both selection pressures could have shaped human cooperative psychology). However, th...

Using the logic of rational choice and extending the models of exchange introduced by Taylor and Ž . w Coleman 1979 Taylor, D.G., Coleman, J.S., 1979. Equilibrating process in social networks: a model for Ž . conceptualization and analysis. In: Holland, P.W., Leinhardt, S. Eds. , Perspectives on Social Network x Ž . w Research. Academic Press, New York, pp. 257–300. and Yamaguchi 1996 Yamaguchi...

Despite the prevalent use of blog for various personal reasons, there is a paucity of research examining the commercialization of blog. Even though it is possible to forge strong buyer-seller relationships among blogger and readers in a blog social network through collective social interaction, a fundamental prerequisite towards blog commercialization is the blogger’s willingness to engage in c...