Australian Journal of Management back issues from December 2002:
Corporate governance, or where does ownership lie? (Editorial).(Editorial)
Dec 01, 2002; ... Corporate collapses over the past twelve months or so, in Australia and overseas, have raised the issue of deterring unethical behaviour among executives. Re-regulation or strengthening of existing regulation (either industry-specific, or more broadly based) may not be effective when the ...
Bayesian cross hedging: an example from the soybean market.
Dec 01, 2002; ... Abstract: Following Lence and Hayes (1994a), we study the problem faced by an Iowa farmer who wishes to hedge a soybean harvest using Chicago futures contracts. A time-series model for spot and futures prices is postulated, and numerical Bayesian procedures are used to calculate ...
Gold prices, exchange rates, gold stocks and the gold premium.
Dec 01, 2002; ... Abstract: This paper studies the exposure of the stock prices of Australian gold-mining firms to changes in gold prices and the valuation effects of gold price exposure. Gold-mining firms have significant gold price exposure; the price of the average gold-mining stock moves ...
Organisational learning, transformational leadership and implementation of continuous quality improvement in Canadian hospitals.
Dec 01, 2002; ... Abstract: Implementing continuous quality improvement (CQI) in acute care general hospitals was investigated as an occurrence of a paradigm shift and organisational learning. Presented within a contextual framework, two case studies are reported, and are complemented by a survey ...
Estimating and evaluating proxies for the marginal tax rate.
Dec 01, 2002; ... Abstract: Graham (1996b) tested proxies for the marginal tax rate and derived a number of important results. This paper re-examines two factors raised by Graham's work: the impact of tax regulations on proxy performance, and the presence of bias in proxy construction. Simulation ...
Organisational behaviour in Australia and New Zealand: introduction to the special issue. (Editorial).
Dec 01, 2002; ... Origins of the Special Issue In an increasingly globalised world of academic knowledge-sharing, one might well ask, `why have a special issue on organisational behaviour in Australia and New Zealand?' Surely, special issues should be focused on topic or theme, rather than where ...
Real time affect at work: a neglected phenomenon in organisational behaviour.
Dec 01, 2002; ... Abstract: This paper describes a program of research on real time affect while working. Three sets of hypotheses were tested in a data set comprising fifty reports of momentary affect from each of 120 respondents. Between and within-person analyses were used to explore the ...
Studies of cognition and emotion in organisations: attribution, affective events, emotional intelligence and perception of emotion.
Dec 01, 2002; ... Abstract: This article details the author's attempts to improve understanding of organisational behaviour through investigation of the cognitive and affective processes that underlie attitudes and behaviour. To this end, the paper describes the author's earlier work on the ...
Developing effective electronic information seekers.
Dec 01, 2002; ... Abstract: As electronic sources of information expand and build depth, there is an increasing reliance on information seeking to support work activities and decision-making. Despite the growing importance of these information sources, little is known about the process of ...
Time-related issues in training and career development.
Dec 01, 2002; ... Abstract: Several ideas are outlined that help place a focus on time and the way in which it affects many issues relevant to HRM. The concept of time-discounting is introduced, and its relevance to a range of organisational decisions outlined. A brief summary is provided of a ...
Negotiation as social interaction.(negotiation research )
Dec 01, 2002; ... Abstract: Why negotiators fail to find and implement mutually beneficial solutions is a central question in negotiation research. In answering this question, researchers have often focused on how situational and cognitive factors shape negotiators' outcomes. The relationship ...
Do differences matter? Understanding demography-related effects in organisations.
Dec 01, 2002; ... Abstract: This paper reviews a stream of research that examines the processes underlying effects related to demography and demographic differences. Three broad areas of research are discussed: (i) research examining whether differences in functional experience have an effect on ...
`You didn't hear it from us but ...': towards an understanding of rumour and gossip in organisations.
Dec 01, 2002; ... Abstract: This paper investigates an important topic in organisational behaviour that hitherto, has not received enough attention--informal communications, including grapevine activity, rumour and gossip. We show how this topic can illuminate potential new insights in a range of ...
Safety climate and safety behaviour.(overview of a research program examining the antecedents and consequences of safety climate and safety behavior)
Dec 01, 2002; ... Abstract: This paper provides an overview of a research program examining the antecedents and consequences of safety climate and safety behaviour. A model is presented identifying the linkages between safety climate, safety knowledge, safety motivation, and safety behaviour ....
Intellectual capital: more than the interaction of competence x commitment.
Dec 01, 2002; ... Abstract: Ulrich (1998) has suggested that intellectual capital is a product of competence and commitment. This broad proposition, though intuitively appealing, does not identify theoretical links between these variables, and has little empirical foundation. This paper draws on ...
Espoused values of organisations.(study examines values espoused by organisations in their public documents)
Dec 01, 2002; ... Abstract: We review a series of studies whose focus is the measurement and comparison of values espoused by organisations in their public documents, in particular their annual reports. We begin by considering the construct of organizational values and the advantages and ...
Organisational strategies for sustainable development: developing a research agenda for the new millennium.
Dec 01, 2002; ... Abstract: Environmental issues have been on the agendas of industry and academia for nearly thirty years. While the bulk of this research has focused on environmental sustainability, the late 1990s saw a broadening of the scope of this field of inquiry to include social, ...
Value attunement: toward a theory of socially responsible executive decision-making.
Dec 01, 2002; ... Abstract: In this paper we extend Swanson's (1999) model of attunement and her proposition that executives' receptivity to values is key to aligning corporate behaviour with broad-based expectations of responsible conduct. Our extension of her model is threefold. One, we ...
Receptivity to careers in international work--abroad and at home.
Dec 01, 2002; ... Abstract: More employees now have careers in international work (i.e. across countries) than before, some abroad but increasingly more in domestic jobs with international responsibilities (DJIRs). Theory has not caught up with these trends. This paper uses constructs from social ...
Unemployment, underemployment, occupational stress and psychological well-being.
Dec 01, 2002; ... Abstract: Research on unemployment, underemployment and organisational stress have become major social issues over the past 20 years and have attracted considerable research interest on the part of organisational psychologists both in Australia and overseas. Globalisation has ...
Workplace relations: past, present and future.
Dec 01, 2002; ... Abstract: This paper briefly describes and explains a research trajectory that spans 25 years and provides some pointers f or future research. Three sets of studies are addressed and organised thematically. The theme of the first research program is industrial conflict and ...