ABSTRACT The Canadian Accounting Hall of Fame (CAHF) has inducted 31 members during its first three years of operation, with the stated intent of establishing a critical mass of inductees “who have made significant contributions to the development of the Canadian accounting profession” and of creating “a curated biographical history of accounting in ...
Alan J. Richardson
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Rational Sabotage in Cooperative Production with Heterogeneous Agents [PDF]
We present a model of cooperative production in which rational agents might carry out sabotage activities that decrease output. We provide necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a Nash equilibrium without sabotage.
Carmen Beviá, Luis C. Corchón
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Lady Anne Kerr: From the Rise of International Conference Interpreting to the Whitlam Dismissal
Before Anne Robson (née Taggart) became the second Lady Kerr upon marrying governor‐general John Kerr in 1975, she had an international career of some 30 years working as a French to English interpreter and consultant at over 30 national and international conferences and became the first Australian elected to the International Association of Conference
Alexis Bergantz
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Quand l’excellence rencontre l’égalité des chances : quelques découvertes en analyse de discours
Scientific excellence and equal opportunities have been on the agenda for more than a decade now, raising serious doubts on the functioning of meritocracy as the major principle of assigning merit within academia. Our discourse analytical study of twelve
Julia Nentwich +2 more
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Spectators versus stakeholders with or without veil of ignorance: the difference it makes for justice and chosen distribution criteria [PDF]
We document with a randomized experiment that being spectators and, to a lesser extent, stakeholders with veil of ignorance on relative payoffs, induces subjects who can choose distribution criteria to prefer rewarding talent (vis à vis effort, chance or
Giacomo Degli Antoni +3 more
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Along the Spectrum of Transparency, What is the Optimal Level in Sharing Performance Management Assessments with Employees? [PDF]
The world of performance management (PM) is undoubtedly undergoing significant reform. Deloitte’s recent survey shows that approximately 50% of organizations are unsatisfied with their PM system’s ability to drive business value, encourage development ...
Kovack, Kasey
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A Confucian Perspective on Public Health Ethics
ABSTRACT Debates in public health ethics have been dominated by the assumptions of Western liberalism: a priority given to liberty and autonomy over other values, an individualistic view of social ontology, a focus on personal responsibility, a minimal set of obligations (only created through consent), and a marginalization of social, cultural, and ...
Kathryn Muyskens, Angus Dawson
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What concepts do people use to construct narratives about how to get ahead in contemporary society? To what extent do these narratives reflect distinctive constellations of beliefs?
Michael Sauder, Yongren Shi, Freda Lynn
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Meritocracy and inequality in the climate debate in Edinburgh, Scotland
This paper underscores the role that structural barriers play in climate change research in Edinburgh, Scotland. By employing an intersectional gender analysis we stress how unequal power relations underly our understanding of climate change, influence ...
Nia Hunjan, Miriam Gay-Antaki
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Voice or Public Sector Management? An Empirical Investigation of Determinants of Public Sector Performance based on a Survey of Public Officials [PDF]
Drawing on an in-depth governance micro-survey of public officials within a country, we address empirically the question of the relative importance of the various determinants of governance.
Daniel Kaufmann +2 more
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