International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior: Volume 8 Issue 3

Responding to A natural disaster: how japanese government’s responses to the great hanshin-awaji earthquake were mirrored in the eye of the media

Nobuyuki Ainoya, Robert C. Myrtle

When a natural disaster occurs, the media directs the public’s attention to the key elements of disaster management and provides accounts of how effective the government is in…

Science versus humankind: the yin and yang of motivation theory

Kenneth S. Rhee, Tracey Honeycutt Sigler

Motivation theory in the 20^th century has evolved to meet the changing social, political, and economic environment. The purpose of this paper is to examine the developmental path…

Municipal service bundling: the case of san antonio’s neighborhood sweep program

Jerrell D. Coggburn, Arturo Vega

Local governments play important roles in creating public value for their residents. Recognizing this, they have made improving local quality of life a high priority. Such…

The effects of urgency to reach agreement on the process and outcome of multi-party natural resource negotiations

Berton Lee Lamb, Jonathan G. Taylor, Nina Burkardt, Shana C. Gillette

We studied seven hydropower license consultations to examine the role of a sense of urgency to reach agreement. Hydropower licensing consultations were studied because the…

Examining barriers to negotiated environmental agreements

Catherine A. Ramus, Alfred A. Marcus

We bring together disparate negotiation theory research in order to identify a composite set of potential barriers to reaching agreement in environmental negotiations. This…