Recently added articles from Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences:

Editorial/Éditorial

Dec 01, 2007; Hackett, Rick D ... This issue concludes the second year of my three-year term as Editor-in-Chief. The time has gone quickly for me. I am so privileged to have such a strong team of Division Editors, conscientious and capable reviewers, a supportive ASAC executive, a first-rate world-class publisher in ...

New Division Profile: Critical Management Studies/Présentation d'une nouvelle rubrique: Études critiques en gestion

Dec 01, 2007; Anonymous ... We define a critical approach [to management] as one that takes as its starting point a concern to address those aspects of organizational arrangements that have a negative impact on people, for example, low self-esteem, discrimination, pay inequities, stress and anguish, and so forth. In ...

Keynote address as presented by Thomas d'Aquino at the 2007 ASAC conference in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - The Essentials of Leadership/Discours principal prononcé par Thomas d'Aquino au Congrès de l'ASAC tenu à Ottawa, Ontario, Canada en 2007 - Les attributs essentiels du leadership

Dec 01, 2007; Anonymous ... During the past twenty-five years, I have had the privilege of leading an organization composed of the chief executives of Canada's largest and most successful companies and working closely wkh many of our country's most gifted entrepreneurs. Along the way, I have observed much and learned from ...

Canadian Takeover Announcements and the Job Security of Top Managers

Dec 01, 2007; Tannous, George F; Cheng, Bin ... Abstract This study measures the turnover rate of top managers (Chief Executive Officers or Presidents) in acquisition targets following the public announcements of takeovers in Canada. Turnover rates following the announcements of completed and unsuccessful takeover attempts did not ...

The Contingent Influence of Organizational Capabilities on Proactive Environmental Strategy in the Service Sector: An Analysis of North American and European Ski Resorts

Dec 01, 2007; Sharma, Sanjay; Aragón-Correa, J Alberto; Rueda-Manzanares, Antonio ... Abstract Our study of 134 North American and European ski resorts examines the influence of externally focused organizational capabilities on the generation of proactive environmental strategies under contingent effects of uncertainty in the general business environment. We find that the ...

The Value of Household Life Cycle Variables in Consumer Expenditure Research: An Empirical Examination

Dec 01, 2007; Putler, Daniel S; Li, Tieshan; Liu, Yong ... Abstract We examine why studies reach contradictory conclusions concerning the value of the household life cycle model as a predictive tool in consumer expenditure research. Using a database of roughly 14,000 Canadian households, we find that household life cycle variables do not ...

It all Depends on your Point of View: An Historical Account of an Ethical Conundrum in Grain Handling, ca. 1931

Dec 01, 2007; Earl, Paul D ... Abstract In 1931, charges against Manitoba Pool Elevators of cheating their members on weights and grades in order to conceal losses on their grain elevators - and of concealing these activities - were proven accurate by a provincial Royal Commission. This was ironic given that these ...

The Investment Nature of Income Trusts and their Role in Diversified Portfolios

Dec 01, 2007; Cleary, Sean; MacKinnon, Greg ... Abstract We examine the investment characteristics of income trusts to explore their role within a portfolio as well as to clarify the on-going political debate surrounding income trusts. Results show that income trusts exhibited risk-adjusted performance that far outperformed equities ...

Leading the Sales Force

Dec 01, 2007; Bates, Paul K ... Leading the Sales Force Rene Y. Darmon (2007). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 399 pp. ISBN-13: 987-0-521-84834-2 Following my private sector career in sales, sales management, and senior management, I enjoyed reading Dr. Darmon's book. Indeed, it reflects many of the key ...