The use of the virtual team is increasing among organizations seeking the efficiencies associated with overcoming barriers of time, place and distance. However, conflict is emerging as a significant barrier to team performance with studies suggesting that conflict may be unmanageable in distributed groups. This study explores the nature and influence of conflict using the responses of actual vi...

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This paper provides new evidences about the determinants of institutional quality. Prior to implementing our empirical research, we discuss the criteria that should be used to judge the quality of institutions. Then, we identify the factors that, according to these criteria, determine institutional quality. The results obtained in the estimated model enable to draw some interesting conclusions....

This article discusses the prediction of cohesiveness a group people in images. The is an essential indicator emotional state, structure, and success group. We study factors that influence perception group-level cohesion propose methods for estimating human-perceived on scale. To identify visual cues (attributes) cohesion, we conducted user survey. Image analysis performed at via multi-task con...

We use economic theory to examine the possible outcomes facing a culturally diverse population. We ask which cultures emerge and persist and what happens to social cohesion. We find three possible outcomes for a community: assimilation, where the community integrates and one group conforms to the culture of another; segregation, where groups socially segregate and retain their own culture; and ...

regarding the spatial dimension of ego/alter relations, the fact whether egos and alters live within the same neighbourhood and the consequences thereof are heavily debated. some authors argue that a network consisting mostly of people who live in the same urban area may result in lower socio-economic opportunities. another strand of research emphasizes the importance of strong ties on the loca...