A CLASH OF CULTURES

A Productive Clash of Cultures: Injecting Economics into Leadership Research

Research on leadership in economics has developed in parallel to the literature in management and psychology and links between the fields have been sparse. Whereas modern leadership scholars mostly focus on transformational and related leadership styles, economists have mainly emphasized the role of contracts, control rights, and incentives. We argue that both fields could profit from enriching...

Immigration, integration and terrorism: is there a clash of cultures?

We test whether immigrants are more prone to support terror than natives because of lower opportunity costs, using the international World Values Survey data. We show that, in general, economically, politically and socially non-integrated persons are more likely to accept using violence for achieving political goals, consistent with the economic model of crime. We also find evidence for the des...

The academic-industrial complex: a clash of two cultures?

Clash of cultures: nephrologists meet the market economy.

of referrals to a dialysis center, there is anecdotal Introduction evidence that such practices exist. The medical director’s duties for which he/she is compensated in many Over the past decade, the delivery of medical care has units are unclear. undergone dramatic changes and the practice of nephrologists in their care of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients has been transformed. In the US,...

Clash of Cultures: Muslims and Christians in the Ethnosizing Process

Clash of Cultures: Muslims and Christians in the Ethnosizing Process The paper explores the evolution of ethnic identities of two important and distinct immigrant religious groups. Using data from Germany, a large European country with many immigrants, we study the adaptation processes of Muslims and Christians. Individual data on language, culture, societal interactions, history of migration a...