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[SECTION: Purpose] Organizations of various sectors are not giving proper attention toward the importance of social context in highly challenging working environment for employees. The social context in highly challenging work settings plays a vital role in shaping employees' proficiencies and behaviors. Social context... | The purpose of this paper is to explore how the relationship between job scope and in-role performance is contingent upon the level of social support (i.e. supervisor support) received in the workplace. |
[SECTION: Method] Organizations of various sectors are not giving proper attention toward the importance of social context in highly challenging working environment for employees. The social context in highly challenging work settings plays a vital role in shaping employees' proficiencies and behaviors. Social context ... | A total of 640 questionnaires were distributed to employees of Pakistani companies, yielding 328 useable responses for analysis. Regression analysis was used to test for both hypotheses. |
[SECTION: Findings] Organizations of various sectors are not giving proper attention toward the importance of social context in highly challenging working environment for employees. The social context in highly challenging work settings plays a vital role in shaping employees' proficiencies and behaviors. Social contex... | The results support the role of supervisor support as a moderator in the relationship between in-role performance, a dimension of job performance and job scope. The findings show that a higher job scope would facilitate higher job performance from employees who receive high levels of supervisor support. |
[SECTION: Value] Organizations of various sectors are not giving proper attention toward the importance of social context in highly challenging working environment for employees. The social context in highly challenging work settings plays a vital role in shaping employees' proficiencies and behaviors. Social context a... | This paper makes three key contributions to the literature on job design. First, this inquiry shows that a strong link does exist between job scope and job performance; previous studies have failed to find a strong relationship. Second, it highlights how social context, especially in highly challenging work settings, c... |
[SECTION: Purpose] Family businesses are the most dominant among publically traded firms across the world (Shleifer and Vishny, 1986; Burkart et al., 2003; Anderson and Reeb, 2003; La Porta et al., 1999). In Continental Europe, about 44 per cent of publicly held firms are family-controlled (Faccio and Lang, 2002). In t... | Given the prevalence of family-run businesses in India, this paper aims to empirically investigate the impact of family firms on the relationship between firm performance and board characteristics. The effectiveness of board characteristics such as independent directors, chairman independence, role duality, non-executi... |
[SECTION: Method] Family businesses are the most dominant among publically traded firms across the world (Shleifer and Vishny, 1986; Burkart et al., 2003; Anderson and Reeb, 2003; La Porta et al., 1999). In Continental Europe, about 44 per cent of publicly held firms are family-controlled (Faccio and Lang, 2002). In th... | The sample consists of top-listed firms in India for the period 2002 to 2012. Board index was constructed to capture the governance quality of the firm. The authors also study the relationship between board structure and firm performance by segregating the sample based on family management, family ownership and family ... |
[SECTION: Findings] Family businesses are the most dominant among publically traded firms across the world (Shleifer and Vishny, 1986; Burkart et al., 2003; Anderson and Reeb, 2003; La Porta et al., 1999). In Continental Europe, about 44 per cent of publicly held firms are family-controlled (Faccio and Lang, 2002). In ... | The authors find a negative effect of board structure on firm performance in family firms compared to non-family firms. Contrary to the most Western literature, family management was not found to significantly affect firm performance as compared to that of professionally managed firms. In the subset analysis of family ... |
[SECTION: Value] Family businesses are the most dominant among publically traded firms across the world (Shleifer and Vishny, 1986; Burkart et al., 2003; Anderson and Reeb, 2003; La Porta et al., 1999). In Continental Europe, about 44 per cent of publicly held firms are family-controlled (Faccio and Lang, 2002). In the... | The study uses a self-defined corporate governance index to measure the governance parameters, specifically the board characteristics. The results documented in this study adds to the debate on the generalizability of the findings in Western governance studies in emerging markets like India with unique institutional de... |
[SECTION: Purpose] Unstable and dynamic societal and business environments are making it more imperative than ever that organisations have the ability to operate its learning processes in order to optimise competence development, performance and innovation (Brinkerhoff, 2006). Research-based knowledge on the subject ha... | The purpose of this paper is to explore how enterprises are to arrange its learning processes in order to optimise the integration and creation of sustainable organisational learning. The paper describes a lite learning evaluation technology that makes processual real-time evaluation of implementation of new knowledge ... |
[SECTION: Method] Unstable and dynamic societal and business environments are making it more imperative than ever that organisations have the ability to operate its learning processes in order to optimise competence development, performance and innovation (Brinkerhoff, 2006). Research-based knowledge on the subject has... | The research is based on a case study that is designed and planned as a mixed method inquiry. The empirical case study is based on data from a large Danish enterprise from the telecommunication industry conducting a leadership and sales training programme. Case study analysis uses data drawn from the implemented pulse ... |
[SECTION: Findings] Unstable and dynamic societal and business environments are making it more imperative than ever that organisations have the ability to operate its learning processes in order to optimise competence development, performance and innovation (Brinkerhoff, 2006). Research-based knowledge on the subject h... | The authors show results on two levels. On the individual level, processual real-time lite learning evaluation tools create transparency and adaptability. On the organisational level, tool shapes the organisational capacity to improve routines and practices for how to work with organisational learning and learning data... |
[SECTION: Value] Unstable and dynamic societal and business environments are making it more imperative than ever that organisations have the ability to operate its learning processes in order to optimise competence development, performance and innovation (Brinkerhoff, 2006). Research-based knowledge on the subject has ... | The paper prompts insights that call for enterprises to enhance focus and dialogue on how to work in new and smart ways with learning at a multi-stakeholder level in organisations. The design and deployment of a real-time lite evaluation tool in organisations are key to bolster learning and competence development, so t... |
[SECTION: Purpose] The Irish wine market has experienced unprecedented growth in the last from 15 to 20 years. From 1990 to 2007, total wine sales in Ireland have more than quadrupled, increasing from 1.7 to 7.6 million cases. In the 13 years between 1994 and 2007, wine's proportion of the Irish alcohol market more tha... | - The Irish wine market has experienced unprecedented growth in the last 15 years; drivers of growth include increased affordability and accessibility of wine and improved branding. The purpose of this paper is to examine how the Irish wine market may be meaningfully segmented for successful brand positioning. |
[SECTION: Method] The Irish wine market has experienced unprecedented growth in the last from 15 to 20 years. From 1990 to 2007, total wine sales in Ireland have more than quadrupled, increasing from 1.7 to 7.6 million cases. In the 13 years between 1994 and 2007, wine's proportion of the Irish alcohol market more than... | - This research adopts a lifestyle segmentation approach by linking lifestyle values, product attributes and buying and consumption patterns. The primary research is descriptive in design, employing a self-administered questionnaire to collect quantitative data on wine consumer behaviour. Efforts made to ensure a highl... |
[SECTION: Findings] The Irish wine market has experienced unprecedented growth in the last from 15 to 20 years. From 1990 to 2007, total wine sales in Ireland have more than quadrupled, increasing from 1.7 to 7.6 million cases. In the 13 years between 1994 and 2007, wine's proportion of the Irish alcohol market more th... | - The research identifies three clusters of wine consumers: casual wine buyer, value seeking wine buyer, and wine traditionalist. Together, the clusters provide an insight into consumers' behaviour. The high correlation of statistics from this research with those of The Wine Development Board suggests the data findings... |
[SECTION: Value] The Irish wine market has experienced unprecedented growth in the last from 15 to 20 years. From 1990 to 2007, total wine sales in Ireland have more than quadrupled, increasing from 1.7 to 7.6 million cases. In the 13 years between 1994 and 2007, wine's proportion of the Irish alcohol market more than ... | - This research adopts a lifestyle segmentation approach by linking lifestyle values, product attributes and buying and consumption patterns. The primary research is descriptive in design, employing a self-administered questionnaire to collect quantitative data on wine consumer behaviour. Efforts made to ensure a highl... |
[SECTION: Purpose] There is ample empirical evidence in support of the important role that reference prices (both internal and external) play in determining consumers' evaluations of posted prices (for comprehensive reviews of the many operationalizations of reference price, see Briesch et al., 1997; Mazumdar et al., 2... | - The purpose of this article is to investigate whether involved consumers utilize the same set of reference prices to evaluate an offer as compared to those who are less involved. Additionally, this study aims to investigate whether the processes employed in the two groups are different. |
[SECTION: Method] There is ample empirical evidence in support of the important role that reference prices (both internal and external) play in determining consumers' evaluations of posted prices (for comprehensive reviews of the many operationalizations of reference price, see Briesch et al., 1997; Mazumdar et al., 20... | - A total of 200 students were enrolled to participate in a realistic shopping experience over a two-week period. In the course of the study, subjects were asked to provide information on their reference prices. They were also asked to evaluate an advertised offer for a pair of jeans. The data were analyzed using a str... |
[SECTION: Findings] There is ample empirical evidence in support of the important role that reference prices (both internal and external) play in determining consumers' evaluations of posted prices (for comprehensive reviews of the many operationalizations of reference price, see Briesch et al., 1997; Mazumdar et al., ... | - Under high involvement, consumers utilize perceived normal price, an external market-based reference price, to adjust their internal standards, which in turn is used to evaluate retail price. In contrast, low-involvement consumers do not use their internal standards. Rather, they evaluate retail prices directly again... |
[SECTION: Value] There is ample empirical evidence in support of the important role that reference prices (both internal and external) play in determining consumers' evaluations of posted prices (for comprehensive reviews of the many operationalizations of reference price, see Briesch et al., 1997; Mazumdar et al., 200... | - Despite decades of research on the role of reference prices, the moderating role of involvement on reference price utilization has not been researched adequately. The findings reported here add to existing knowledge in the field and shed additional light on the process by which consumers evaluate posted prices. The f... |
[SECTION: Purpose] In South Korea, restrictions on political speech surrounding elections are more stringent than in many other countries. The Public Official Election Act (hereinafter POEA, enacted in March 1994 as a result of integration of four different election laws corresponding to different layers of public admi... | - South Korea imposes more stringent restrictions on political speeches during elections than many other democratic countries. The purpose of this paper is to examine the long-standing conflict between citizens and institutions in the Korean electoral environment and the effects of the internet on this conflict. |
[SECTION: Method] In South Korea, restrictions on political speech surrounding elections are more stringent than in many other countries. The Public Official Election Act (hereinafter POEA, enacted in March 1994 as a result of integration of four different election laws corresponding to different layers of public admin... | - The paper provides a case study of the 2007 presidential election in Korea. During the campaign period, two video clips (one on YouTube and the other on Daum, a major domestic web portal) emerged and implicated the then-leading candidate in a financial scandal. The paper investigates how these video clips were shared... |
[SECTION: Findings] In South Korea, restrictions on political speech surrounding elections are more stringent than in many other countries. The Public Official Election Act (hereinafter POEA, enacted in March 1994 as a result of integration of four different election laws corresponding to different layers of public adm... | - YouTube served as a medium for Korean voters to circumvent local electoral regulations, thus implying the neologism "cyber-exile". However, unlike Daum, YouTube failed to facilitate discussions on the posted video clip. The discussion through its comment feature was often derailed by irrelevant comments from seemingl... |
[SECTION: Value] In South Korea, restrictions on political speech surrounding elections are more stringent than in many other countries. The Public Official Election Act (hereinafter POEA, enacted in March 1994 as a result of integration of four different election laws corresponding to different layers of public admini... | - This paper highlights how pre-internet institutions shape its members' political activity on the internet. In addition, the results clearly demonstrate that an innovative effort to circumvent barriers on the part of internet users is not enough to harness the potential of online discussions for a measured and sustain... |
[SECTION: Purpose] In this study, I present the findings from a qualitative investigation that explored the other side of the issue of integration of migrants; that is, the views and perceptions of information intermediaries working with migrants in Israel about the integration process. The notion of integration has be... | The purpose of this paper is to explore a different perspective about the role that information plays in the integration process of migrant workers by exploring the views and opinions of individuals and organizations that work with these communities on a daily basis. The study proposes a new perspective of Ager and Str... |
[SECTION: Method] In this study, I present the findings from a qualitative investigation that explored the other side of the issue of integration of migrants; that is, the views and perceptions of information intermediaries working with migrants in Israel about the integration process. The notion of integration has bee... | Ten intermediaries working with migrants were interviewed using semi-structure interviews. They were analyzed using an integrative approach of deductive and inductive content analysis and rendered categories drawn from the theoretical frameworks and categories that emerged from the data. |
[SECTION: Findings] In this study, I present the findings from a qualitative investigation that explored the other side of the issue of integration of migrants; that is, the views and perceptions of information intermediaries working with migrants in Israel about the integration process. The notion of integration has b... | The content analysis of the data revealed that information marginalization is characterized by the lack of cultural knowledge and lack of language proficiency that impact the migrants abilities to fulfill their everyday needs, experience a safe and stable environment. Information marginalization results in migrants exp... |
[SECTION: Value] In this study, I present the findings from a qualitative investigation that explored the other side of the issue of integration of migrants; that is, the views and perceptions of information intermediaries working with migrants in Israel about the integration process. The notion of integration has been... | The study presents a different perspective of the role of information in the integration process of migrants by examining the views and opinions of intermediaries working with these populations. Also, the study reframes existing notions of information marginalization and resistance by addressing both sides of the cultu... |
[SECTION: Purpose] I see they've been killing cats again [...] "Better bring mine in, then. Sighs, clear tea-cups after social, go home.This case study explores older people's experience of ageing in deprived neighbourhoods. Most cannot afford to move and may not wish to: "This is my home - it's where my heart is - it'... | - Ageing populations are national and global phenomena. These older residents are likely to be among the most disadvantaged nationally and in comparison with younger neighbours. The benefits of active ageing are attracting attention from policy makers globally, as it is increasingly recognised that age-friendly cities ... |
[SECTION: Method] I see they've been killing cats again [...] "Better bring mine in, then. Sighs, clear tea-cups after social, go home.This case study explores older people's experience of ageing in deprived neighbourhoods. Most cannot afford to move and may not wish to: "This is my home - it's where my heart is - it's... | - Between 2002-2007, over 600 older Liverpool people, key informants and policy makers in five of Liverpool's poorest electoral wards were consulted via semi-structured questionnaires, key informant interviews and focus groups about their needs and aspirations. |
[SECTION: Findings] I see they've been killing cats again [...] "Better bring mine in, then. Sighs, clear tea-cups after social, go home.This case study explores older people's experience of ageing in deprived neighbourhoods. Most cannot afford to move and may not wish to: "This is my home - it's where my heart is - it... | - Barriers to active ageing arose primarily from participants' poverty, ill-health and deprivation, poor neighbourhoods, ageism, and insecure, gendered, racialised and sectarian space. |
[SECTION: Value] I see they've been killing cats again [...] "Better bring mine in, then. Sighs, clear tea-cups after social, go home.This case study explores older people's experience of ageing in deprived neighbourhoods. Most cannot afford to move and may not wish to: "This is my home - it's where my heart is - it's ... | - This in-depth investigation into active ageing consulted over 600 older people in some of Liverpool's poorest neighbourhoods. In disseminating knowledge of Liverpool's situation, the paper adds significantly to knowledge around the severe challenges to active ageing in localities characterised by multiple deprivation... |
[SECTION: Purpose] Childhood obesity is a growing global health concern, with physical, emotional and social consequences frequently persisting into adulthood (Daniels et al., 2005; Must and Strauss, 1999; Doak et al., 2006; Reilly et al., 2003). Wang and Lobstein (2006) report that the obesity epidemic seems particula... | - The aim of this paper is to qualitatively examine the ways in which primary school children, aged between 7 and 12, perceive various facets of obesity as defined by the common sense model of illness representation (CCM). |
[SECTION: Method] Childhood obesity is a growing global health concern, with physical, emotional and social consequences frequently persisting into adulthood (Daniels et al., 2005; Must and Strauss, 1999; Doak et al., 2006; Reilly et al., 2003). Wang and Lobstein (2006) report that the obesity epidemic seems particular... | - The study was qualitative in nature. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 33 children on all dimensions of the CSM. Twenty four children were normal weight and nine were overweight. A drawing task formed the methodology for the "identity" section of the interview. |
[SECTION: Findings] Childhood obesity is a growing global health concern, with physical, emotional and social consequences frequently persisting into adulthood (Daniels et al., 2005; Must and Strauss, 1999; Doak et al., 2006; Reilly et al., 2003). Wang and Lobstein (2006) report that the obesity epidemic seems particul... | - Although children identified food intake as a main cause of obesity, almost half did not name sedentary behaviours as a cause of obesity. Duration (timeline) of obesity was regarded by most children as reliant on a person's undertaking of positive health behaviours. Normal weight children were found to list more seve... |
[SECTION: Value] Childhood obesity is a growing global health concern, with physical, emotional and social consequences frequently persisting into adulthood (Daniels et al., 2005; Must and Strauss, 1999; Doak et al., 2006; Reilly et al., 2003). Wang and Lobstein (2006) report that the obesity epidemic seems particularl... | - To the authors' knowledge, no previous study has examined children's perceptions of obesity beyond perceived causes. |
[SECTION: Purpose] Despite the ongoing increase of women in the top positions of hierarchy, they continue to be underrepresented in politics occupying 19.5 percent of seats worldwide, 22.8 percent in Europe, 22.6 percent in the Americas and 42.0 percent in Nordic countries (Inter-Parliamentary Union, 2017). In 2017, It... | Despite the ongoing increase of women in the top positions, they are still underrepresented in politics. The studies that primarily focus on women's underrepresentation in politics neglect the role of gender as a category that structures and makes sense of social practices. The purpose of this paper is to investigate t... |
[SECTION: Method] Despite the ongoing increase of women in the top positions of hierarchy, they continue to be underrepresented in politics occupying 19.5 percent of seats worldwide, 22.8 percent in Europe, 22.6 percent in the Americas and 42.0 percent in Nordic countries (Inter-Parliamentary Union, 2017). In 2017, Ita... | The study is based on 30 biographical interviews with Italian politicians and focuses on the account of their political experiences and on the meanings attributed to these. |
[SECTION: Findings] Despite the ongoing increase of women in the top positions of hierarchy, they continue to be underrepresented in politics occupying 19.5 percent of seats worldwide, 22.8 percent in Europe, 22.6 percent in the Americas and 42.0 percent in Nordic countries (Inter-Parliamentary Union, 2017). In 2017, I... | The results of this paper underline the tendency to either absolve or blame women for gender inequality in politics through different interpretative repertoires: "Women's disinterest toward politics," "Politics as masculine context" and "Politics-family unbalance." The analysis allowed to unravel the way in which the d... |
[SECTION: Value] Despite the ongoing increase of women in the top positions of hierarchy, they continue to be underrepresented in politics occupying 19.5 percent of seats worldwide, 22.8 percent in Europe, 22.6 percent in the Americas and 42.0 percent in Nordic countries (Inter-Parliamentary Union, 2017). In 2017, Ital... | The paper contributes to an understanding of women's underrepresentation in politics and offers causes for reflection on a phenomenon that has profound implications for our society. |
[SECTION: Purpose] As the popularity of strategic alliances is increasing and such alliances are becoming an integral component in business development, attention in the research community has moved towards an exploration of their role in firm performance and innovation. Formal and informal interactions with external a... | The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of alliance experience in firm innovation; it argues that, while cumulative alliance experience has a marginally diminishing contribution to likelihood of firm innovation over time, frequent engagement in alliances and an expanding alliance portfolio inhabit an enhancing... |
[SECTION: Method] As the popularity of strategic alliances is increasing and such alliances are becoming an integral component in business development, attention in the research community has moved towards an exploration of their role in firm performance and innovation. Formal and informal interactions with external ac... | The paper estimates a range of models identifying the relationship between alliance experience and firm innovation. The panel data sample captures the full range of firms active in the UK bio-pharmaceuticals sector during the early stages of its development observing them from 1991 to 2001. An exploratory case study an... |
[SECTION: Findings] As the popularity of strategic alliances is increasing and such alliances are becoming an integral component in business development, attention in the research community has moved towards an exploration of their role in firm performance and innovation. Formal and informal interactions with external ... | The paper shows that cumulative alliance experience has a marginally diminishing contribution to likelihood of firm innovation over time, while frequent engagement in alliances and the ensuing expansion of alliance portfolios enhance firm innovation. The exploratory case analysis demonstrates a link between frequent en... |
[SECTION: Value] As the popularity of strategic alliances is increasing and such alliances are becoming an integral component in business development, attention in the research community has moved towards an exploration of their role in firm performance and innovation. Formal and informal interactions with external act... | Contribution derives from a longitudinal analysis of an original panel data set that maps the UK bio-pharmaceuticals sector over the initial period of its development. The paper sheds light on factors that can compel firms to form alliance capabilities, and extends a currently thin body of work on the foundations and a... |
[SECTION: Purpose] "Omnichannel" has become a buzzword in retail for good reason. New technologies, such as mobile devices and social media, combined with better data, bring the long-time dream of a unified cross-channel shopping experience within reach. In practice, however, most retailers still fall short of achievin... | The purpose of this study is to explore the potential of m-commerce (mobile commerce) combined with social media for the wine industry in order to reach distinctive customer segments Differences about access to information and shopping habits on the Internet seem to exist according to the cohorts users belong to. |
[SECTION: Method] "Omnichannel" has become a buzzword in retail for good reason. New technologies, such as mobile devices and social media, combined with better data, bring the long-time dream of a unified cross-channel shopping experience within reach. In practice, however, most retailers still fall short of achieving... | Based on a study of 190 respondents, this paper describes the consumer behavior of the Y generation regarding several variables: level of Internet sophistication and orientation, brand loyalty, risk aversion, involvement, shopping behavior and perception of authenticity. |
[SECTION: Findings] "Omnichannel" has become a buzzword in retail for good reason. New technologies, such as mobile devices and social media, combined with better data, bring the long-time dream of a unified cross-channel shopping experience within reach. In practice, however, most retailers still fall short of achievi... | Results of the study show that m-commerce and e-commerce applications using social media platforms may prove greatly efficient in the foreseeable future for wine growers. Different ways of selling and disseminating information about their products are observed. |
[SECTION: Value] "Omnichannel" has become a buzzword in retail for good reason. New technologies, such as mobile devices and social media, combined with better data, bring the long-time dream of a unified cross-channel shopping experience within reach. In practice, however, most retailers still fall short of achieving ... | Y-Gens are occasional drinkers and therefore, to link those occasional drinkers with wine, it is important to use social media as a communication tool and maybe a distribution channel to better reach this potential target. |
[SECTION: Purpose] Music seeking and consumption are no longer confined by the boundaries of country, region or culture today (Lee et al., 2013). Music, as a cultural object, may be perceived differently by people from different cultural backgrounds, imposing a challenge on music digital libraries (MDL) in meeting the ... | The purpose of this paper is to compare music mood perceptions of people with diverse cultural backgrounds when they interact with Chinese music. It also discusses how the results can inform the design of global music digital libraries (MDL). |
[SECTION: Method] Music seeking and consumption are no longer confined by the boundaries of country, region or culture today (Lee et al., 2013). Music, as a cultural object, may be perceived differently by people from different cultural backgrounds, imposing a challenge on music digital libraries (MDL) in meeting the n... | An online survey was designed based on the Music Information Retrieval Evaluation eXchange (MIREX) five-cluster mood model, to solicit mood perceptions of listeners in Hong Kong and the USA on a diverse set of Chinese music. Statistical analysis was applied to compare responses from the two user groups, with considerat... |
[SECTION: Findings] Music seeking and consumption are no longer confined by the boundaries of country, region or culture today (Lee et al., 2013). Music, as a cultural object, may be perceived differently by people from different cultural backgrounds, imposing a challenge on music digital libraries (MDL) in meeting the... | Listeners from the two cultural groups made different mood judgments on all but one type of Chinese music. Hong Kong listeners reached higher levels of agreement on mood judgments than their US counterparts. Gender, age and familiarity with the songs were related to listeners' mood judgment to some extent. |
[SECTION: Value] Music seeking and consumption are no longer confined by the boundaries of country, region or culture today (Lee et al., 2013). Music, as a cultural object, may be perceived differently by people from different cultural backgrounds, imposing a challenge on music digital libraries (MDL) in meeting the ne... | It is the first study on cross-cultural access to Chinese music in MDL. Methods and the refined mood model can be applied to cross-cultural access to other music types and information objects. |
[SECTION: Purpose] Today schools operate in dynamic environment, each struggling to gain a competitive edge (Orr and Orphanos, 2011). This environment reinforces the understanding that schools should strive to employ teachers who are willing to go the extra mile, namely to engage in organizational citizenship behavior ... | The purpose of this paper is to use a model to broaden the understanding of the organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) phenomenon in educational teams and examines team OCB's mediating role in the relation of the contextual variables of team justice climate (distributive justice, procedural justice, interpersonal ju... |
[SECTION: Method] Today schools operate in dynamic environment, each struggling to gain a competitive edge (Orr and Orphanos, 2011). This environment reinforces the understanding that schools should strive to employ teachers who are willing to go the extra mile, namely to engage in organizational citizenship behavior (... | Data were collected through a survey consisting of validated scales. The sample covered 78 disciplinary teams, 78 coordinators and 13 school principals at 13 junior-high schools. |
[SECTION: Findings] Today schools operate in dynamic environment, each struggling to gain a competitive edge (Orr and Orphanos, 2011). This environment reinforces the understanding that schools should strive to employ teachers who are willing to go the extra mile, namely to engage in organizational citizenship behavior... | The PROCESS test confirmed the mediating role of team OCB, showing positive relations between team procedural justice and team PsyCap and team OCB, and also between team OCB and team innovation. |
[SECTION: Value] Today schools operate in dynamic environment, each struggling to gain a competitive edge (Orr and Orphanos, 2011). This environment reinforces the understanding that schools should strive to employ teachers who are willing to go the extra mile, namely to engage in organizational citizenship behavior (O... | The present study explored team OCB by from a context perspective. This is important because to date most studies on OCB in schools have focused on teacher OCB as an individual phenomenon, disregarding its contextual nature. |
[SECTION: Purpose] Recent trends in the evolution of marketing have delivered return on investment (ROI)-driven brand managers to an important crossroads. Should they choose event marketing or consumer sampling? Can it ever be both? If so, under what circumstances? Just a few years ago in 2004, the leading brands spent... | - The purpose of this paper is to examine commonly relied upon product sampling strategies, direct-to-consumer sampling and event sampling, to determine which method can deliver the greatest return on investment in a variety of situations. |
[SECTION: Method] Recent trends in the evolution of marketing have delivered return on investment (ROI)-driven brand managers to an important crossroads. Should they choose event marketing or consumer sampling? Can it ever be both? If so, under what circumstances? Just a few years ago in 2004, the leading brands spent ... | - The paper explores information and data collected via case studies in actual programs presented to brands. The trial, sample, and purchase numbers were actual averages from sampling effectiveness studies for these types of programs. |
[SECTION: Findings] Recent trends in the evolution of marketing have delivered return on investment (ROI)-driven brand managers to an important crossroads. Should they choose event marketing or consumer sampling? Can it ever be both? If so, under what circumstances? Just a few years ago in 2004, the leading brands spen... | - The paper identifies and segments different types of products and the method by which the products are most effectively implemented into trial and sampling programs. ICOM reveals hard statistics on the return on investment of programs utilizing multiple methods of sampling including point-of-use, direct mail and even... |
[SECTION: Value] Recent trends in the evolution of marketing have delivered return on investment (ROI)-driven brand managers to an important crossroads. Should they choose event marketing or consumer sampling? Can it ever be both? If so, under what circumstances? Just a few years ago in 2004, the leading brands spent c... | - The paper reveals reasons for a growing shift in corporate budgeted marketing dollars from event marketing to direct consumer product sampling. While event sampling is not always an ineffective or inferior marketing method,the reader can discover methods for a pre-event return on investment analysis that will reveal ... |
[SECTION: Purpose] An executive summary for managers and executive readers can be found at the end of this article. The objective of this research article is to shed light on the evolution of brand management into a crucial strategic tool for international business operations. On basis of the literature available in th... | - The primary purpose of this study is to identify if and how international terrorism has altered the rank and value of brands, and whether the increasing uncertainty of globalizing risks need an adaptation of international brand management. |
[SECTION: Method] An executive summary for managers and executive readers can be found at the end of this article. The objective of this research article is to shed light on the evolution of brand management into a crucial strategic tool for international business operations. On basis of the literature available in thi... | - The methodology for this study was exploratory and quantitative at the same time, and utilized longitudinal brand ranking and a cross-sector and cross-industry data in a comparative research design. Both descriptive and relational statistics are used to analyze the data. |
[SECTION: Findings] An executive summary for managers and executive readers can be found at the end of this article. The objective of this research article is to shed light on the evolution of brand management into a crucial strategic tool for international business operations. On basis of the literature available in t... | - The key findings reveal that, in the five consecutive years after 9/11/2001, brands have experienced significant moderation in rank and value. A significant gap in the evolution of US and non-US brands was found in this period of time. The evidence calls for brand management that reflects the risks that globalized at... |
[SECTION: Value] An executive summary for managers and executive readers can be found at the end of this article. The objective of this research article is to shed light on the evolution of brand management into a crucial strategic tool for international business operations. On basis of the literature available in this... | - The primary purpose of this study is to identify if and how international terrorism has altered the rank and value of brands, and whether the increasing uncertainty of globalizing risks need an adaptation of international brand management. |
[SECTION: Purpose] Within the past few years, the phenomenon of social networking web sites (SNWs) on the internet has exploded into the mainstream. Further, this online information has begun to be used for purposes beyond its intended use. Owing to the vast amount of personal information on these web sites, employers ... | - The use of social networking web sites (SNWs), like Facebook and MySpace, has become extremely popular, particularly with today's emerging workforce. Employers, aware of this phenomenon, have begun to use the personal information available on SNWs to make hiring decisions. The purpose of this paper is to examine the ... |
[SECTION: Method] Within the past few years, the phenomenon of social networking web sites (SNWs) on the internet has exploded into the mainstream. Further, this online information has begun to be used for purposes beyond its intended use. Owing to the vast amount of personal information on these web sites, employers h... | - A total of 378 judge ratings (63 ratersx6 subjects) are evaluated to determine if raters can reliably and accurately determine the big-five personality traits, intelligence, and performance based only on information available on SNWs. Interrater reliability is assessed to determine rater consistency, followed by an a... |
[SECTION: Findings] Within the past few years, the phenomenon of social networking web sites (SNWs) on the internet has exploded into the mainstream. Further, this online information has begun to be used for purposes beyond its intended use. Owing to the vast amount of personal information on these web sites, employers... | - Based solely on viewing social networking profiles, judges are consistent in their ratings across subjects and typically able to accurately distinguish high from low performers. In addition, raters who are more intelligent and emotionally stable outperformed their counterparts. |
[SECTION: Value] Within the past few years, the phenomenon of social networking web sites (SNWs) on the internet has exploded into the mainstream. Further, this online information has begun to be used for purposes beyond its intended use. Owing to the vast amount of personal information on these web sites, employers ha... | - This paper is the first, as far as the authors are concerned, to address the use of SNWs in employment selection, despite their current utilization by HR practitioners. |
[SECTION: Purpose] Stringent labour market constraints are expected to pose serious obstacles to firm performance and economic growth. A wide range of literature finds that rigid labour regulations would induce lower labour force participation and higher unemployment rates (e.g. Botero et al., 2004; Besley and Burgess,... | Labour market constraints constitute prominent obstacles to firm development and economic growth of countries located in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The purpose of this paper is to examine the implications of firm characteristics, national locations, and sectoral associations for the perceptions of ... |
[SECTION: Method] Stringent labour market constraints are expected to pose serious obstacles to firm performance and economic growth. A wide range of literature finds that rigid labour regulations would induce lower labour force participation and higher unemployment rates (e.g. Botero et al., 2004; Besley and Burgess, ... | The empirical analysis is carried out using firm-level data set sourced from the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys database. A bivariate probit estimator is used to account for potential correlations between the errors in the two labour market constraints' equations. The authors implement overall estimations and comparat... |
[SECTION: Findings] Stringent labour market constraints are expected to pose serious obstacles to firm performance and economic growth. A wide range of literature finds that rigid labour regulations would induce lower labour force participation and higher unemployment rates (e.g. Botero et al., 2004; Besley and Burgess... | The empirical results reveal some important implications of firm characteristics (e.g. firm size, labour compositions) for firm perceptions of labour regulations and labour skill shortages. They also delineate important cross-country and cross-sector variations. The authors also find significant heterogeneity in the fa... |
[SECTION: Value] Stringent labour market constraints are expected to pose serious obstacles to firm performance and economic growth. A wide range of literature finds that rigid labour regulations would induce lower labour force participation and higher unemployment rates (e.g. Botero et al., 2004; Besley and Burgess, 2... | Reforms in labour regulations and investment in human capital are important governmental policy interventions for promoting firm development and economic growth in the MENA region. This paper contributes to the empirical literature by analysing the factors influencing the perceptions of firms located in the MENA region... |
[SECTION: Purpose] A brand can be seen as a strategic asset that helps a company to be more competitive. In the same way that companies invest in brands, countries can also be seen as such (Anholt, 2005; Huang and Tsai, 2013; Kotler et al., 2006). In considering the role that the image of a country can play in a buyer'... | The purpose of this paper is to investigate if shared brands provide sustainable competitive advantage according to an adapted valuable, rare, imitability/replaceability and organization (VRIO) model to the Brazilian wine sector in the opinion of the government agencies, associations and managers of the wineries. |
[SECTION: Method] A brand can be seen as a strategic asset that helps a company to be more competitive. In the same way that companies invest in brands, countries can also be seen as such (Anholt, 2005; Huang and Tsai, 2013; Kotler et al., 2006). In considering the role that the image of a country can play in a buyer's... | This study was based on a qualitative and exploratory research, based on in-depth interviews. Fine wines that have geographical indications and are located in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul were analyzed and content analysis was used to explore data. |
[SECTION: Findings] A brand can be seen as a strategic asset that helps a company to be more competitive. In the same way that companies invest in brands, countries can also be seen as such (Anholt, 2005; Huang and Tsai, 2013; Kotler et al., 2006). In considering the role that the image of a country can play in a buyer... | It was concluded that shared brands in the Brazilian wine sector can be considered a source of sustainable competitive advantage according to the resource-based view. |
[SECTION: Value] A brand can be seen as a strategic asset that helps a company to be more competitive. In the same way that companies invest in brands, countries can also be seen as such (Anholt, 2005; Huang and Tsai, 2013; Kotler et al., 2006). In considering the role that the image of a country can play in a buyer's ... | This work contributes to the understanding of the shared brand's concept, including geographical indications, collective brands and the sector brands. The proposition that shared brands provide sustainable competitive advantage, according to an adapted VRIO model was confirmed. Barney's VRIO framework (Barney, 1991, 19... |
[SECTION: Purpose] The People's Action Party (PAP) won the May 30, 1959 general election and assumed office and attained self-government from Britain on 3 June 1959. Singapore was a different place then because it was a poor third world country, afflicted with a serious housing shortage (half the population was living ... | - The purpose of this paper is to attribute Singapore's good governance to the effective policies implemented by the People's Action Party (PAP) government and contend that it will be difficult to transfer Singapore's experience to other countries because of Singapore's unique circumstances and favourable policy contex... |
[SECTION: Method] The People's Action Party (PAP) won the May 30, 1959 general election and assumed office and attained self-government from Britain on 3 June 1959. Singapore was a different place then because it was a poor third world country, afflicted with a serious housing shortage (half the population was living i... | - The paper analyses four policies initiated by the PAP government: comprehensive reform of the Singapore Civil Service; anti-corruption measures; decentralization of the Public Service Commission; and payment of competitive salaries to attract and retain the best candidates to the government. The effectiveness of thes... |
[SECTION: Findings] The People's Action Party (PAP) won the May 30, 1959 general election and assumed office and attained self-government from Britain on 3 June 1959. Singapore was a different place then because it was a poor third world country, afflicted with a serious housing shortage (half the population was living... | - The four policies are effective, as reflected in Singapore's superior rankings and scores on eight indicators: Global Competitiveness Report's (GCR's) competence of public officials; World Bank's indicator on government effectiveness; Political Economic Risk Consultancy's (PERC's) survey on bureaucratic effectiveness... |
[SECTION: Value] The People's Action Party (PAP) won the May 30, 1959 general election and assumed office and attained self-government from Britain on 3 June 1959. Singapore was a different place then because it was a poor third world country, afflicted with a serious housing shortage (half the population was living in... | - This paper will be useful to those interested in learning how Singapore succeeded in promoting good governance. |
[SECTION: Purpose] A precept of the marketing concept contends that business achieves success by determining and satisfying the needs, wants, and aspirations of target markets. Few would argue that this determination and satisfaction of target market wants and needs is critical for firm success. These concepts, traditi... | - The purpose of this paper is to examine marketing in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), its role as a driver of competitive advantage, and, therefore, its importance to the firm. |
[SECTION: Method] A precept of the marketing concept contends that business achieves success by determining and satisfying the needs, wants, and aspirations of target markets. Few would argue that this determination and satisfaction of target market wants and needs is critical for firm success. These concepts, traditio... | - The study is conducted with 100 SMEs located in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States. |
[SECTION: Findings] A precept of the marketing concept contends that business achieves success by determining and satisfying the needs, wants, and aspirations of target markets. Few would argue that this determination and satisfaction of target market wants and needs is critical for firm success. These concepts, tradit... | - The marketing function is not as well developed or influential in SMEs as it is in large corporations. Two environmental factors, type of market (consumer) and firm orientation (hierarchal), facilitate marketing's influence within a firm. |
[SECTION: Value] A precept of the marketing concept contends that business achieves success by determining and satisfying the needs, wants, and aspirations of target markets. Few would argue that this determination and satisfaction of target market wants and needs is critical for firm success. These concepts, tradition... | - This research fills a gap in the literature relating to the influence of marketing in SMEs. More importantly, the findings differ from conclusions raised by a similar study conducted for larger firms. |
[SECTION: Purpose] A single "extreme" observation can make an inequality index estimator uninformative, i.e., meaningless. Frequently, survey data are used to calculate inequality within an economy; we expect that survey data will contain both outliers and so-called contamination points. The main purpose of this resear... | The data employed to measure income inequality usually come from household surveys, which commonly suffer from atypical observations such as outliers and contamination points. This is of importance since a single atypical observation can make classical inequality indices totally uninformative. To deal with this problem... |
[SECTION: Method] A single "extreme" observation can make an inequality index estimator uninformative, i.e., meaningless. Frequently, survey data are used to calculate inequality within an economy; we expect that survey data will contain both outliers and so-called contamination points. The main purpose of this researc... | The author propose two robust procedures to estimate inequality indices that can use all the information from a data set, and neither of them rely on a parametric distributional assumption. The methodology performs well irrespectively of the size and quality of the data set. |
[SECTION: Findings] A single "extreme" observation can make an inequality index estimator uninformative, i.e., meaningless. Frequently, survey data are used to calculate inequality within an economy; we expect that survey data will contain both outliers and so-called contamination points. The main purpose of this resea... | Applying these methods to household data for UK (1979) and Mexico (2006 and 2011), the author find that for UK data the Gini, Coefficient of Variation and Theil Inequality Indices are over estimated by between 0.02 and 0.04, while in the case of Mexico the same indices are over estimated more deeply, between 0.1 and al... |
[SECTION: Value] A single "extreme" observation can make an inequality index estimator uninformative, i.e., meaningless. Frequently, survey data are used to calculate inequality within an economy; we expect that survey data will contain both outliers and so-called contamination points. The main purpose of this research... | To the knowledge, in the inequality literature this is the first methodology that is able to identify outliers and contamination points in more than one direction. That is, not only at the tails of the distribution, but on the whole marginal distribution of income. This is possible via the use of other variables relate... |
[SECTION: Purpose] Looking across Swedish higher education, the last few years have seen an increase in the number of environmental courses being offered at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. According to a survey conducted by the National Agency for Higher Education (2001), 3 of 37 universities and university ... | - To present results from a research project on postgraduate and undergraduate students' learning about environmental issues in education. |
[SECTION: Method] Looking across Swedish higher education, the last few years have seen an increase in the number of environmental courses being offered at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. According to a survey conducted by the National Agency for Higher Education (2001), 3 of 37 universities and university c... | - Three cases were carried out with civil engineering students, biology students and postgraduate students. Discussions in classroom were tape-recorded, as well as discussions while working with assignments, and interviews were carried out. |
[SECTION: Findings] Looking across Swedish higher education, the last few years have seen an increase in the number of environmental courses being offered at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. According to a survey conducted by the National Agency for Higher Education (2001), 3 of 37 universities and university... | - Shows how differently environmental issues can be interpreted, i.e. scientifically, existentially and politically, and the way values and emotions become an aspect of the learning process and reveal the students' difficulties in differentiating between values and descriptions of phenomena. This is analysed and explai... |
[SECTION: Value] Looking across Swedish higher education, the last few years have seen an increase in the number of environmental courses being offered at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. According to a survey conducted by the National Agency for Higher Education (2001), 3 of 37 universities and university co... | - Shows how differently environmental issues can be interpreted, i.e. scientifically, existentially and politically, and the way values and emotions become an aspect of the learning process and reveal the students' difficulties in differentiating between values and descriptions of phenomena. This is analysed and explai... |
[SECTION: Purpose] Service firms are searching for ways to deliver higher levels of information technology (IT) service as well as demanding more from their information systems (IS) groups, expecting quick responses to new business opportunities, to support critical processes efficiently and to satisfy their customers ... | - Although various practices to facilitate organizational change are proposed in the literature, very little is known about how these practices impact on ITIL adoptions. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to address this gap in the literature by offering insights on how change management practices impact on levels... |
[SECTION: Method] Service firms are searching for ways to deliver higher levels of information technology (IT) service as well as demanding more from their information systems (IS) groups, expecting quick responses to new business opportunities, to support critical processes efficiently and to satisfy their customers a... | - This exploratory research reports on four case studies of completed implementations of IT service management using the process - based ITILv2 framework. The firms studied are from the Peruvian financial sector. Data were gained primarily through semi-structured in-depth interviews with managers involved in the implem... |
[SECTION: Findings] Service firms are searching for ways to deliver higher levels of information technology (IT) service as well as demanding more from their information systems (IS) groups, expecting quick responses to new business opportunities, to support critical processes efficiently and to satisfy their customers... | - This study finds that not all of the case firms took full advantage of change management practices while implementing the ITIL framework. The results show that the firms with a higher use of change management practices achieved higher levels of ITIL compliance. Additionally, change practices related to change prepara... |
[SECTION: Value] Service firms are searching for ways to deliver higher levels of information technology (IT) service as well as demanding more from their information systems (IS) groups, expecting quick responses to new business opportunities, to support critical processes efficiently and to satisfy their customers an... | - Few studies have examined change management practices in the context of ITIL implementation projects. This study also uses the levels of ITIL compliance as an outcome measure. |
[SECTION: Purpose] Rapid changes and unpredictable events occur in the business environment. These changes are, in part, the result of market growth or technology development, and they create turbulence that can destroy the existing competencies of an organization (Tushman and Anderson, 1986). In such a changing enviro... | - Organizational learning and unlearning is a popular and important topic in business as well as academia. Even though there is a plethora of studies on organizational learning, surprisingly little is known about the conceptualization and operationalization of organizational unlearning. The purpose of this paper is to ... |
[SECTION: Method] Rapid changes and unpredictable events occur in the business environment. These changes are, in part, the result of market growth or technology development, and they create turbulence that can destroy the existing competencies of an organization (Tushman and Anderson, 1986). In such a changing environ... | - It is argued that unlearning is conceptualized as organizational memory eliminating, and is operationalized as changing beliefs and routines covariates in organizations. This is followed with a discussion of unlearning types, specifically, reinventive, formative, operative and adjustive, which are contingent on the e... |
[SECTION: Findings] Rapid changes and unpredictable events occur in the business environment. These changes are, in part, the result of market growth or technology development, and they create turbulence that can destroy the existing competencies of an organization (Tushman and Anderson, 1986). In such a changing envir... | - Shows that organizations first need to unlearn established beliefs and methods which have created rules and competency traps, in order to be receptive to new market and technology information. |
[SECTION: Value] Rapid changes and unpredictable events occur in the business environment. These changes are, in part, the result of market growth or technology development, and they create turbulence that can destroy the existing competencies of an organization (Tushman and Anderson, 1986). In such a changing environm... | - This paper is of value in shedding light on the unlearning concept based on the organizational memory and change literature. |
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