Background: One of the most important issues in empowering and developing managers is paying attention to spiritual intelligence and its effect on organizational commitment and productivity of projects in the organization. So the purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of spiritual quotient (SQ) training on organizational commitment and productivity in project managers. Meth...

This paper discusses the influence of time inconsistency problem on technology-leading firms' choice between in-house production and technology transfer. Because of incredibility of innovator's commitment of not exporting after licensing, she may not be able to extract rent from licensing as much as when she could commit credibly. Facing this distortion, she chooses in-house production when the...

Throughout human affairs and even in mathematics, science, and engineering, there are two logics that are dual to one another (series-parallel duality). Albert Hirschman investigates the two logics as the parallel-oriented logic of exit and the series-oriented logic of commitment, loyalty, and voice. Economics focuses almost exclusively on the logic of exit so that all questions of institutiona...

the study elucidates that the malaysian retail sector has experienced dramatic changes in the last few decades with the emergence of new retail formats such as hypermarkets, large scale supermarkets, and convenience stores. as a result, it has affected the way employees work and their commitment to their organization. thus, it is important for the retailers know the reasons for employee   motiv...

This study explored the influence of commitment and job insecurity as predictors of openness to organizational change. Using a cross-section survey design, 205 employees from aviation industries in Nigeria participated in the study (58% males and 42% females; mean age = 34.21 years, SD = 7.57). Majority of the participants (87%) had at least Bachelor degree or Higher Diploma. Data were collecte...

The relevance of emotional intelligence and organizational commitment is tested among 142 employees of small and medium enterprise (SME) in private sector in Iran. The results indicate that there is a significant relationship between emotional intelligence as an overall construct and organizational commitment. Strong and positive influence of self management and social awareness as two competen...