Social Relations and Relational Incentives

This paper studies how social relationships between managers and employees affect relational incentive contracts. To this end we develop a simple dynamic principal-agent model where both players may have feelings of altruism or spite toward each other. The contract may contain two types of incentives for the agent to work hard: a bonus and a threat of dismissal. We find that good social relationships undermine the credibility of a threat of dismissal but strengthen the credibility of a bonus. Among others, these two mechanisms imply that better social relationships sometimes lead to higher bonuses, while worse social relationships may increase productivity and players' utility in equilibrium

Nurses' perceptions of aids and obstacles to the provision of optimal end of life care in ICU

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The Ceramic Bridge : New Expressions from an Old Tradition

A catalogue of ceramic works combined with functional place settings produced by 27 Canadian artists in response to a specific dinner menu

Chicago : Biographies of an Interactive Life-Style

Falk introduces the Chicago Community, four artists working in video and computer art production. Includes a survey of information videos, electronic visualization events, interactive installations and performances. Biographical notes

The Theme of the Event (Part I/Part II) = Le thème de l'événement (Partie I/Partie II)

Falk links Whittome's "Creativity; Fertility" to an exploration of identity and underscores the ethical dimension in Rousseau's installations. Biographical notes

On Earth and in Heaven

Falk suggests both an apocalyptic and utopian presence in sculptural works by four Toronto artists. Biographical notes. 14 bibl. ref

Berliner Aufzeichnungen (Berlin Notes) : Ricarda Fischer, Michael Morris, Joachim Peeck, Vincent Trasov, Yana Yo

In this pamphlet, Falk presents exhibition works intended to reflect the cultural mosaic of Berlin. Includes a list of works by five artists residing in the city, a video sampler and a catalogue of Rainer Verlag publications. 48 bibl. ref

Laurie Walker

Falk dovetails Foucaultian, semiotic and post-feminist theory to come up with an interpretation of Walker's multi-media sculpture based on identifiable relationships (perception and representation, nature/culture) and the subject as an active agent in the world. Biographical notes. 5 bibl. ref

Robert Wiens

Beginning with an analogy which points to the system of Donatello, Falk enumerates those issues in Wiens's work having to do with history, art history, language and annihilation. Biographical notes. 12 bibl. ref