This chapter is an overview of research on emotion in negotiation that integrates cognitive, affective, and cultural aspects of the field. We address the following issues: (1) the effects of mood and emotion on negotiator cognition and performance and the potential of emotion as a negotiation strategy; (2) individual differences in emotional expression and individual traits, such as self-monito...

In understanding strategic organisational transformation, in an effort to secure long-term competitive advantage, this paper explains the necessity of ! the role of learning, in ensuring an organisation’s ability to successfully transform itself into a learning organisation; focussing on ! the importance of an effective leadership style, enabling business to strategically align with the ability...

In his twenty-seven year reign (1978-2005), Pope John Paul II created not only more saints than any other pope in history, but also more saints than all the other popes put together since Pope Urban VIII centralised control of saint-making in 1634. This article argues that the elevation of ‘celebrity saints’, such as Padre Pio and Mother Theresa, can be seen as an attempt on the part of the Cat...

This study examines the types of strategies and operating cultures of organizations in terms of their effectiveness at the individual, work-unit, and organizational levels of analysis. The framework focuses first on the relationship between the type of strategy adopted by organizations and their operating cultures, based on contingency or “fit” theories proposing that different cultures are app...

background: quality management is one of the most effective strategies for improving the health systems performance in developed and developing countries. the main goal of this study was identifying the most important aspects of quality management and preparing an appropriate model for health system. method: this research was a comparative study on quality management models in the health system...

This article introduces supervised machine learning to the study of German strategic culture, analyzing both how culture has changed and impact on Germany's military engagement between 1990 2017. In contrast with previous qualitative research can yield measurable empirical insights into its effects at any given point in time over a very long period, based reproduction human coding extensive set...