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Gift-Giving, Quasi-Credit and Reciprocity [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2002 The fluctuations in incomes inherent in rural communities can be attenuated by reciprocal assistance. A model of reciprocal assistance based upon rational action and voluntary participation is presented. Individuals provide assistance only if the costs of so doing are outweighed by the benefits from expected future reciprocation. A distinction is made
Jonathan P. Thomas, Tim Worrall
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Business gift giving etiquette [PDF]
, 2013 Try sending gifts at times other than major holidays. These occasions could include a promotion, a new baby, a birthday, a new business referral. When you are citing the document, use the following link http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789 ...
Karpenko, S. +2 more
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Gift Giving and Corruption [PDF]
International Journal of Public Administration, 2016 ABSTRACTWhen individuals exchange gifts, social bonds are strengthened and reciprocity is created. If the gift and the reciprocation both come from private resources, it is clearly a gift. If what is reciprocated after a gift is given comes from an organization, or is a government resource rather than from “one’s own pocket” then it is most likely a ...
Graycar, Adam, Jancsics, David
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Corruption and Culture: Revisiting the Claim of its Relationship [PDF]
SHS Web of Conferences, 2020 The researcher has long discussed ideas on how culture related to corruption. The buzzword “corrupt culture” was introduced to describe a group of people who act corrupt behavior.
Srirejeki Kiky
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Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2022 Gift giving is a prevalent social custom, particularly in Chinese society. Since people do not act independently of social norms, they are also motivated by the views of others when giving gifts. However, there is no existing literature on this important
Tao Zhang
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Gifts as Economic Signals and Social Symbols [PDF]
, 1988 Gift-giving has often puzzled economists, especially because efficient gifts-like cash or giving exactly what a person asks for-seem crass or inappropriate.
Camerer, Colin
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Kaffet, blomman och det tända ljuset
Kulturella Perspektiv, 2007 What is gift-giving? This article presents a brief theoretical overview concerning the concept of gift-giving in the modern society. The concept of gift is an old social and cultural phenomenon.
Jörgen Lundälv, Per-Olof Larsson
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Personal values and gift giving act: a proposed connection
Estudios Gerenciales, 2020 The consumption of gifts is relevant and many commerce sales are carried out during traditional times of gift-giving, such as Christmas.
Sérgio Cruz Passos +2 more
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The term bridewealth – A contribution to the terminology of matrimonial gift giving
Etnoantropološki Problemi, 2006 This essay attempts to bring more order to terminology of matrimonial gift giving – the ever more complicated area in the past couple of decades. Furthermore, it reaffirms the idea of the evolution of matrimonial gift giving, and after many decades in ...
Vojislav Stanimirović
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Semiotic rhetoric of gift giving in ancient China
Language and Semiotic Studies, 2023 This paper examines the signifying mechanism of gift-giving in ancient China from the perspective of semiotic rhetoric, aiming to answer the question of what can be regarded as li (roughly meaning ceremony, rite, courtesy, or gift) or, in other words ...
Zhao Xingzhi, Xue Chen
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