This paper adjusts UTAUT2 to study user acceptance of an early stage technology by using the example of 3D printing for home users. The authors’ findings show that UTAUT2 is capable of measuring user acceptance and that social influence and effort expectancy are good predictors for ‘intention to use’ for early stage technologies. Nevertheless, there seem to be significant differences in the ant...

Gurus of the Classical Management School (like Taylor, Fayol and Ford) had an opinion that work must be delegated to the individual and the individual has to be instructed, his work assessed and paid based on individual performance. The theories of the Human Relations School have changed this mentality regarding the concept of groups. They came to the conclusion that the influence of groups gre...

This article provides a historical perspective on the famous Chekhovian story that has been previously viewed only as of love with main focus characters’ psychology. The new approach refers to climate in Russian end 19 century when religion lost its primary value. conflict between characters is interpreted religious and secular mentality. Chekhov talks about tendency changing values society, na...