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Targeted Recruiting for Diversity: Strategy, Impression Management, Realistic Expectations, and Diversity Climate
Stephen B. Knouse |
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Targeted Recruiting for Diversity: Strategy, Impression Management, Realistic Expectations, and Diversity Climate
Stephen B. Knouse
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
A review of the literature by Avery and McKay (2006) shows that targeted diversity recruiting is effective when diversity pictorial displays occur, ad messages emphasize valuing diversity, and recruiters are diverse. Moreover, impression management techniques, such as ingratiation (project image of likeability and inclusion) and promotion (project image of competence), can enhance targeted diversity recruiting. This article argues that unrealistically high expectations can occur in this type of situation, producing low job satisfaction when confronting diversity climate on the job, and ultimately turnover. This article presents an expanded model of targeted recruiting combining strategy, impression management, realistic expectations, and diversity climate. Several recommendations for implementing the model follow.
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Effects of Information Technology Usage on Student Learning: An Empirical Study in the United States
Mo B Khan |
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Effects of Information Technology Usage on Student Learning: An Empirical Study in the United States
Mo B Khan
California State University Long Beach
The purpose of this research was to investigate if computer use increases active engagement in the learning process, as perceived by students. Two aspects of learning were examined: active engagement of students in the learning process, and student interaction with fellow students and/or instructors. In a survey of 640 community college students in the United States, 75 % either agreed or strongly agreed that use of IT helped them to be more actively engaged in learning, whilst 72 % agreed or strongly agreed that computers made it easier for them to understand materials that they did not understand initially. Tests of significance showed that use of computers helped students in being more actively engaged in learning, and that the use of computers increased student interactions with fellow students and/or instructors. The implications of the results for effective teaching practice are discussed in the paper.
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Impact of E-commerce on Travel and Tourism: An Historical Analysis
Farrokh Mamaghani |
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Impact of E-commerce on Travel and Tourism: An Historical Analysis
Farrokh Mamaghani
St John Fisher College
E-commerce is bringing new business opportunities to the global travel and tourism industry. Tourism-related institutions and Internet companies are joining to tap the potential market created by e-commerce. This paper is an historical analysis of penetration of e-commerce in the travel and tourism industry. The analysis identifies a number of consistent customer experience across different channels, among airlines, and involving both international and domestic travel in emerging economies with limited internet access. It is argued, from this analysis, that there area number of emerging new technologies such as mobile devices and global positioning systems which need to be taken into account and effects systematically assessed. The paper concludes that a major challenge facing the industry is to assess the impact of these technologies on different aspects of the travel industry and to find out how much value-added services they actually provide to consumers.
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Application of an Automated Information System in a Logistics Company in Thailand: A Case Study
Athakorn Kengpol, Markku Tuominen |
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Application of an Automated Information System in a Logistics Company in Thailand: A Case Study
Athakorn Kengpol
King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok, Thailand
Markku Tuominen
Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland
This research describes an innovative automated information system for sharing precise information between Business to Business (B2B) users in the fashion retail business. It then applies this system (AIS) to improve the quality of information in the case study company. The case study company is a medium-sized logistics enterprise that transports several categories of fashion products domestically and internationally. A Cost-Benefit analysis was conducted on the quantity and quality of shared B2B information in the case study company, using the Analytic Network Process (ANP) model. The results support the usefulness of this automated information system as a method for sharing information. Recommendations for making most effective use of the method are presented as well as several of its limitations.
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Work Conditions of Women in Present-day Turkey: An Interview Study
Carolyn E. Predmore, Frederick D. Greene, Ahmed Goma, Alfred R. Manduley, Faraj Abdulahad |
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Work Conditions of Women in Present-day Turkey: An Interview Study
Carolyn E. Predmore
Manhattan College
Frederick D. Greene
Manhattan College
Ahmed Goma
Manhattan College
Alfred R. Manduley
Manhattan College
Faraj Abdulahad
Manhattan College
Turkey has a history of Western thought, philosophy, religion, and political leaning for centuries before the 1400’s. The first president of Turkey, Ataturk, decided to follow a more Westernized set of social policies for the new republic in the 1930’s. With this history, it seems very reasonable that Turkey would want to be a part of the European Union and has been trying to join that union since 1987. As part of the preliminary political and social changes that needed to be examined as preparation, women’s rights, education and working conditions needed to be addressed. This paper used a stakeholder alliance approach in is analysis of the external and internal influences on women’s conditions. This study used in-depth email interviews with 16 Turkish women living in Turkey. They expressed their determination to work in beginning to middle level managerial positions even after marriage and a desire to see the government/school ban on headscarves removed to allow more conservative religious women educational and job opportunities. This paper suggests that analysis of the dynamic relationships between the stakeholders would help to clarify the intricacies inherent in this attempt to become more acceptable to the Western European countries.
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Price Returns from Equity Carve-out and Divesture Initial Public Offerings: A Longitudinal Study
Darshan Sachdeva, Neil Shah |
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Price Returns from Equity Carve-out and Divesture Initial Public Offerings: A Longitudinal Study
Darshan Sachdeva
California State University Long Beach
Neil Shah
California State University Long Beach
This study investigated the price returns from 35 equity carve-out and 11 divesture initial public offerings (IPOs) over a 13 month period The findings based on this investigation suggest that the carve-out IPOs were found to be under-priced. This study also demonstrated that abnormal returns did occur for carve-outs and divesture initial public offerings. Also, it was found that the standard deviation on the returns increased for long term investors, suggesting a greater variability in returns and increased risk level for such investments.
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Effects of Cutbacks in the United States Oil and Gas Industry on Employee Attitudes: An Empirical Study
Russell Andersson, Sudhir Chawla, Zafar Khan |
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Effects of Cutbacks in the United States Oil and Gas Industry on Employee Attitudes: An Empirical Study
Russell Andersson
Angelo State University
Sudhir Chawla
Angelo State University
Zafar Khan
Eastern Michigan University
This study investigated general trends impacting the Oil and Gas industry and employee satisfaction. A survey was administered to 300 employees of Oil and Gas companies in the southwest USA, home to hundreds of large and small oil and gas businesses. Responses received were mostly from employees who had worked in the industry for a long time, putting them in a good position to comment on industry trends. The study first investigated how the subjects felt about 11 different aspects of these trends before measuring the levels of job security motivation and job satisfaction of employees—in the sample--from large and small firms in the industry. It was the effects of trends as perceived by the subjects that formed the independent variable. The trends loaded on two specific factors: domestic, and legal and overseas. Employees of both small and large oil companies consider the domestic factor to be equally important, but employees of large companies consider the legal and overseas factor to be more important than small companies do. Perhaps, smaller companies because of their flexibility are better able to counteract the adverse effects of cutback, job security, job satisfaction, and general motivation levels among employees of small oil companies were significantly higher then employees of large companies.
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Causes and Consequences of Choosing Different Assurance Providers: An International Study of Sustainability Reporting
Paulo Perego |
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Causes and Consequences of Choosing Different Assurance Providers: An International Study of Sustainability Reporting
Paulo Perego
Rotterdam School of Management, Netherlands
An increasing number of companies voluntary disclose information about their social and environment performance in sustainability reports. This study investigates the causes and consequences of choosing different assurance providers for companies seeking independent verification of their sustainability reports. We employ a logistical regression analysis from an international sample of 136 companies to document that companies domiciled in countries with a weaker governance system are more likely to choose a big-4 accounting firm as assurance provider. We additionally examine the association between the type of assurance provider and the quality of a sustainability assurance statement. Using a content analysis based on an existing framework (O’Dwyer and Owen, 2005), we provide evidence that big-4 accounting firms positively affect assurance quality in terms of reporting format and assurance procedures. In contrast, the quality of the recommendations and opinions in a sustainability assurance statement is positively associated with non-accounting assurance providers.
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The Effect of Personality Traits on the Perceived Effectiveness of Summer Study Abroad Programs: An Empirical Study in the United States
J.M. Moghaddam, Ali Peyvandi, Jia Wang |
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The Effect of Personality Traits on the Perceived Effectiveness of Summer Study Abroad Programs: An Empirical Study in the United States
Moghaddam, J. M.
California State University, Fresno
Peyvandi, Ali
California State University, Fresno
Wang, Jia
California State University, Fresno
Abroad courses are becoming a part of many higher education programs. Such courses can introduce students to the global perspective of business discipline and provide them with valuable international experience. Student’s personality traits, however, may have an influence on how they perceive the effectiveness of the abroad courses. Accordingly, this study investigated the relationships between students’ personality traits (risk-taking propensity, goal orientation, and openness to experience) and their perception of the effectiveness of summer abroad courses. A total of 121 students (twenty graduate students and 101 undergraduate students) who participated in a summer abroad program constituted the survey group. The findings of this study suggest that students are fairly satisfied with various components of the summer abroad courses while they see a need for improvement in extracurricular activities, such as company visits and plant tours. Furthermore, goal oriented students, particularly those with a higher level of learning goal orientation, find the in-class lectures (both in the U.S. and at abroad colleges/universities), guest lecturers, and outside class activities to be more effective.
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Employees' Relations with their Organization: The Multidimensionality of the Equity Sensitivity Construct
Mark N. Bing, H. Kristl Davison, Bart L. Garner, Anthony P. Ammeter, Milorad M. Novicevic |
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Employees' Relations with their Organization: The Multidimensionality of the Equity Sensitivity Construct
Mark N. Bing
University of Mississippi
H. Kristl Davison
University of Mississippi
Bart L. Garner
University of Mississippi
Anthony P. Ammeter
Universityof Mississippi
Milorad M. Novicevic
University of Mississippi
Whether or not employees feel fairly or equitably treated by their work organizations has been found to be an important determinant of work outcomes, such as organizational citizenship behaviors (Konovsky and Organ, 1996) and job performance (Bing and Burroughs, 2001). However, not all employees react in the same manner to inequitable treatment, due to a construct known as equity sensitivity. To capture individual differences in equity sensitivity, Huseman, Hatfield, and Miles (1985) developed the Equity Sensitivity Instrument (ESI), which utilized a forced-distribution format to allocate points between benevolent and entitlement statements, subsequently forcing the resulting scores to be unidimensional. Recently, Davison and Bing (2008) demonstrated that equity sensitivity may be a multidimensional construct, and that using a single-stimulus format of the ESI reveals this multidimensionality. The current study replicates Davison and Bing’s (2008) study, and again demonstrates the multidimensional nature of equity sensitivity. We discuss the theoretical implications of using the original versus the single-stimulus format of the ESI, and address implications of these formats for research in organizations.
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The Involvement of Firms in Industrial Clusters: A Conceptual Analysis
Keui-Hsien Niu |
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The Involvement of Firms in Industrial Clusters: A Conceptual Analysis
Keui-Hsien Niu
California State University, Sacramento
An industrial cluster is defined as a geographical and sectoral concentration and combination of firms. The worldwide emergence of industrial clusters has increasingly attracted attentions in research fields such as strategic management and international business. It is argued that the development of regional industrial clusters promotes tighter inter-firm coordination and frequent collaboration which help participating firms in pursuing competitive positions in global market. As such, a number of firms may quickly rise to global prominence due to the benefits of their involvement in an industrial cluster. Industrial cluster related research, however, are limited to qualitative studies due to the lack of the attempts of measuring and operationalizing a firm’s involvement in an industrial cluster. This study attempts to incorporate several related theories and categorizes a firm’s involvement in an industrial cluster into two measurable components: traded interdependences, which are more transactional based factors, and non-traded interdependences, which are more socio-cultural based factors, in hope of facilitating researchers to conduct quantitative research in the future.
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Effective Management in the Tissue Banking and Organ Procurement Industry: An Analysis
Mary Terrazas, Brian Kleiner |
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Effective Management in the Tissue Banking and Organ Procurement Industry: An Analysis
Mary Terrazas
California State University, Fullerton
Brian Kleiner
California State University, Fullerton
This paper is the product of a comprehensive review of four computerized data bases – CINAHL, MEDLINE, PROQUEST and EBSCO. It emphasizes the critical importance of collaboration between hospitals and the tissue and organ industry and how this can be achieved in an ethical manner. Building upon research related to total quality management and Mintzberg’s behavioral approach, specific actions managers can do to be effective in the industry that will be emphasized include defining and prioritizing long term objectives, developing strategies for implementation, establishing standards of performance, determining the means to be used in measuring performance, evaluating performance and providing feedback.
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Exports to Arab-speaking Countries: Determinants of the Performance of Malaysian Companies
Osman Mohamad, Abdel Hafiez Ali, T. Ramayah |
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Exports to Arab-speaking Countries: Determinants of the Performance of Malaysian Companies
Osman Mohamad
Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Abdel Hafiez Ali
Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
T. Ramayah
Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
This study examined the impact of relational variables (adaptation, cooperation, communication, trust and commitment) on the performance of Malaysian firms that have tried to export to Arab-speaking nations. The sample consisted of 106 companies exporting to at least one Arab-speaking country at the time of the study. The data was collected via a postal survey using a specially-developed questionnaire completed by a senior manager at each of these companies. After controlling the influence of the organization variables (firm size, export experience, export mode and export destination) the findings show that trust and commitment have significant impact on export performance. The results indicate that advancement in penetrating a particular export market must be based on harmonious working relationship between exporter and importer.
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Relations between Dimensions of Corporate Governance and Corporate Performance: An Empirical Study among Banks in the Lebanon
Michel Soto Chalhoub |
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Relations between Dimensions of Corporate Governance and Corporate Performance: An Empirical Study among Banks in the Lebanon
Michel Soto Chalhoub
Lebanese American University, Lebanon
Corporate governance is a driver of investor confidence and managerial decisions. Bank managers entrusted with executing corporate strategy are increasingly expected to exceed internalize shareholders’ and board of directors’ (Board) expectations. First, we propose a framework translating corporate governance into a checks-and-balances mechanism of collaboration among shareholders, senior managers, and the Board. Second, we propose a framework comprising eight dimensions to analyze the relationships between governance and bank performance. Third, we test the framework using eight dimensions, comprising governance as daily practice, governance literacy, code of ethics, governance training, transparency, shareholder input, shareholders participation in governance, and accountability. Linear regression was performed on primary data collected from 54 Lebanese banks using as the dependent variable an index representing growth, profitability, and customer satisfaction. Each of the dimensions above were significantly correlated with bank performance, with the exception of governance training, information dissemination, and shareholder input in decisions.
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