The purpose of our research is to determine the relationship approach that clients (buyers)
prefer to have with their financial auditors (sellers). The relationship between clients and …

The strategic activities of venture capitalists are regarded as their major contributions to their
portfolio companies' performance. However, apart from a general consensus as to the …

Previous research reported inconclusive and even contradictory findings on the relationship
between locus of control and cooperative behaviour. In the present paper we argue that this …

We investigate whether cooperative behavior in social dilemmas is conditional on
information about a partner's personality traits. Using a repeated one-shot continuous …

Trust is a social capital with burgeoning research interests from diverse disciplines in the
social sciences, behavioral sciences and health fields. Despite these abundant literatures …

Objective: Previous neuroscientific research explored how both moral values and economic
scenarios can influence individuals' brain activity. This study investigated the relationship …

In a laboratory ultimatum bargaining experiment, responder behavior is more consistent with
game-theoretic predictions when responders indicate a binding minimum acceptable offer …

Explaining cooperation between non-relatives is a puzzle for both evolutionary biology and
the social sciences. In humans, cooperation is often studied in a laboratory setting using …

An influential evolutionary model proposed that social anxiety biases people to treat social
interactions as competitive struggles with the primary goal of avoiding status loss. Among …

Cooperation and competition are vital for human survival and for social progress. In this
study we examine the impact of external (environmental) and internal (individual …