With the coming of age of business‐to‐business (B2B) marketing in the last three decades,
the influence of culture on cross-cultural B2B relationships has received considerable …

This chapter focuses on human resource management (HRM) in Jordan, a relatively secular
Middle Eastern country with high political stability. Given that Jordan suffers limited natural …

Informal networking can be seen as a positive activity with beneficial outcomes for
individuals, firms, and society as a whole, but informal networking can also lead to collusion …

How do civilians decide when to leave their homes during conflict? Existing research
emphasizes the role of violence in driving civilian migration decisions. Yet, migration timing …

There have been repeated claims that informal institutions play an important or even crucial
role in economic development. Yet measuring informal institutions entails serious …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to suggest that informal practices and institutions of
post-Soviet countries differ from informality in other post-socialist regions and, therefore …

With a population in excess of 370 million, the Arab nations constitute a significant and
growing region of the world. In an attempt to broaden our understanding of the business …

This study aims to examine the drivers and impact of et-moone on relational governance
within B2B relationships in the Arab Asian region. Building on commitment and trust theory …

The practice of wasta dominates all aspects of Arabs' lives; it is a parallel inegalitarian
system that categorizes people according to their connections. One of the epicenters of …

This article offers a synthesis of understandings of wasta, seen as a form of social network
prevalent in the Arab Middle East. Whilst there has been increasing interest in this practice …