Personal Relations and their Effect on Behavior in an Organizational Setting: An Experimental Study

We study how personal relations affect performance in organizations. In the experimental game we use a manager has to assign different degrees of decision power to two employees. These two employees then have to make distributive decisions which affect themselves and the manager. Our focus is on the effects on managers' assignment of decision power and on employees' distributive decisions of one of the employees and the manager knowing each other personally. Our evidence shows that managers tend to favor employees that they personally know and that these employees tend, more than other employees, to favor the manager in their distributive decisions. However, this behavior does not affect the performance of the employees that do not know the manager. All these effects are independent of whether the employees that know the manager are more or less productive than those who do not know the manager. The results shed light on discrimination and nepotism and its consequences for the performance of family firms and other organizations.Family firms, nepotism, corporate governance, procedural fairness, experiments

Primera citació d’Opsilia malachitica (Lucas, 1849) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) per a Catalunya i altres citacions d’interès

S'aporten noves dades sobre la distribució ibèrica d'Opsilia malachitica (Lucas, 1849), es dóna la primera citació per a Catalunya i es confirma l'associació de l'espècie a la planta hoste Cynoglossum cheirifolium L. (Boraginaceae). 1 ex. {, dia 1-IV-2.000; Aspa, UTM: 31TCF962087; C. Solà leg. Altres citacions d'interès: Tholagnus flavolineatus (Fabricius, 1798) 1 {, 23-VI-2001; Aspa, UTM: 31TCF962087; C. Solà leg. // Lasiocampa quercus (Linnaeus, 1758) 1 }, 24-VIII-1998; Lleida, UTM: 31TCG110043; C. Solà leg. // Aromia moschata ssp. ambrosiaca (Linnaeus, 1758): (1 }, 21-VIII-1998), (1 {, 25-VI-1999), (1 {, 22-V-2001); Lleida, UTM: 31TCG110043; C. Solà leg. // Inachis io (Linnaeus, 1758) (1 {, 24-XI-1997) (1 {, 26-V-98) Altorricón, UTM: 31TBG298830; C. Solà leg. // Inachis io (Linnaeus, 1758), (1 }, 12-VI-1999), Lleida, UTM:31TCG090005; C. Solà leg. // Ergates faber (Linnaeus, 1767) (1 }, 5-VII-1999), Lleida, UTM: 31TCG090005; C. Solà leg. // Charaxes jasius (Linnaeus, 1758) (3 { i 2 }, 19-VIII-2001) (2 {, 25-VIII-2001), Seròs, UTM: 31TBF828854; C. Solà leg.New data are contributed on the Iberian distribution of Opsilia malachitica (Lucas, 1849), being the first appointment for Catalunya and the association of the species to the plant is confirmed Cynoglossum cheirifolium L. (Boraginaceae) host. 1 ex. {, day 1-IV-2.000; Aspa, UTM: 31TCF962087; C. Solà leg. Other appointments of interest: Tholagnus flavolineatus (Fabricius, 1798) 1 {, 23-VI-2001; Aspa, UTM: 31TCF962087; C. Solà leg. // Lasiocampa quercus (Linnaeus, 1758) 1 }, 24-VIII-1998; Lleida, UTM: 31TCG110043; C. Solà leg. // Aromia moschata ssp. ambrosiaca (Linnaeus, 1758) (1 }, 21-VIII- 1998), (1 {, 25-VI-1999), (1 {, 22-V-2001); Lleida, UTM: 31TCG110043; C. Solà leg. // Inachis io (Linnaeus, 1758) (1 {, 24-XI-1997) (1 {, 26-V-98) Altorricón, UTM: 31TBG298830; C. Solà leg. // Inachis io (Linnaeus, 1758), (1 }, 12-VI-1999), Lleida, UTM:31TCG090005; C. Solà leg. // Ergates faber (Linnaeus, 1767) (1 }, 5-VII-1999), Lleida, UTM: 31TCG090005; C. Solà leg. // Charaxes jasius (Linnaeus, 1758) (3 { i 2 }, 19-VIII-2001) (2 {, 25-VIII-2001), Seròs, UTM: 31TBF828854; C. Solà leg