When and why we comply with requests from other people

Why and when do people hide knowledge?

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine why and when employees hide knowledge. Individuals may tend to hide knowledge when they have strong psychological ownership feelings over knowledge. Therefore, this research builds and tests a theoretical model linking knowledge-based psychological ownership with knowledge hiding via territoriality. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collec...

Application of qualitative research in management (why, when and how)

Application of qualitative research in management (why, when and how) Qualitative research has been increasingly used in all sciences. In this paper we will discuss about the applications of qualitative research methods in management sciences. The differences between quantitative and qualitative researches will be clarified and the statistical methods which are suitable for such researches will...

Why do healthy elderly people fail to comply with influenza vaccination?

OBJECTIVE to assess motivating factors of healthy elderly people to comply with influenza vaccination. DESIGN survey of healthy elderly people invited by mail by their general practitioner to come for influenza vaccination. Compliance and the personal characteristics of gender, age and medical insurance were recorded by the general practitioner. A postal questionnaire assessing socio-psycholo...

Complementary Strategies : Why we use our hands when we think

Why do surgeons not comply with "best practice"?

geons with new protocols for diagnosis and treatment through expanding knowledge of pathophysiology and clinical outcomes. Information accessibility has reached such levels that, with minimal expertise or help, a surgeon can learn recent developments in the management of any clinical condition. Therefore, it might appear that few obstacles should prevent surgeons from converting new knowledge i...