Recently added articles from International Journal of Management:
The Political Context of Employee Appraisal: Effects of Organizational Goals on Performance Ratings
Dec 01, 2008; ... The current study investigated the impact of the political context of performance appraisal by examining the effects of organizational goals on performance ratings. A second purpose of the study was to investigate whether it is possible to reduce the effects of political influences by providing ...
The Impact of Environmental Information Disclosures on Shareholder Returns in a Company: An Empirical Study
Dec 01, 2008; ... The Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (1986) has mandated Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) disclosures in the United States. This Act requires all manufacturing companies (SIC code 20-39) who employ more than 10 people to provide an annual report about the release of more than 300 ...
Changes in Academic Dishonesty among Business Students in the United States, 1999-2006
Dec 01, 2008; ... While the popular press in the United States has often claimed that the level of student academic dishonesty is increasing, the results of the research on the subject have been mixed. This has been attributed to various methodological problems, including measuring different behaviors, using ...
The Effects of Idolatry and Personality Traits on Impulse Buying: An Empirical Study
Dec 01, 2008; ... Marketers have long recognized the significance of impulse buying, but most studies focus on adult consumers. Idolatry means the extent to which people have and are influenced by idols in their behavior. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between idolatry and impulsive ...
Importance of Job Characteristics among Future Businesspersons: A Comparative Study of Russian and Polish Students
Dec 01, 2008; ... As the European Union and eastern European economies continue to expand, there is a need for a body of research that focuses on job expectations of the potential employee pools in countries. In the present study, university students from Poland and Russia were surveyed. They responded to the 25 ...
Relationship between Corporate Governance and Financial Distress: An Empirical Study of Distressed Companies in China
Dec 01, 2008; ... Because of the effects of the internal and external environment on companies, it is argued that the way in which a company governs itself should make a difference to its susceptibility to financial distress. It is argued that companies with appropriate corporate governance should be less likely ...
Travel Motivations and Destination Activities of Young Travelers of Different Ages: An Empirical Study in the United States
Dec 01, 2008; ... Several studies have investigated the differences in tourism and destination activities of different age groups of the travelers in the United States. Previous research studies suggest different segments of American travelers exist based upon generational groupings. The findings of the study, ...
The Impact of Undesired Self-Image Congruence on Consumption-Related Attitudes and Intentions
Dec 01, 2008; ... In understanding the symbolic value of consumption, negative associations held by consumers have largely been neglected. Accordingly, to explore the incremental contribution of undesired stereotypical images, we conducted a questionnaire-based study among 107 participants in a Web-based consumer ...
Building Relational Wealth in the New Economy: How can Firms Leverage the Value of Organizational Social Capital
Dec 01, 2008; ... The new economy with industries like telecommunications, e commerce, and various computer based technologies leading the way is supposed to change the way that every business operates. However, it is also the case that there are fundamental principles of organizing that are just as relevant for ...
Effects of Career Mentoring Experience and Perceived Organizational Support on Employee Commitment and Intentions to Leave: A Study among Hotel Workers in Malaysia
Dec 01, 2008; ... This study examined the effects of received career mentoring (CM) and perceived organizational support (POS) on hotel workers' organizational commitment (OC) and intention to leave. It was found that, consistent with past research, CM and POS are highly interrelated and yet have different ...
Does High External Financing Cause High Liability? A Deposit Insurer's Perspective
Dec 01, 2008; ... When an insured bank's repayments from earning-asset portfolio are insufficient to cover its payments to depositors, the depository authority will usually pay the difference. This paper examines the relationship between bank external financing and "state contingent" deposit insurance programs ....
Effects of Size on Operating Results of Audit Firms with Strategic Alliances: An Empirical Study
Dec 01, 2008; ... Over the past ten years an increasing number of audit firms have entered the management service industry typically through strategic alliances with consulting firms. This study assesses audit firms of different sizes which have formed such alliances in terms of their operating performances, ...
The Effects of Economic Value Added and Intellectual Capital on the Market Value of Firms: An Empirical Study
Dec 01, 2008; ... Roos et al. (1998) maintain that firm value is composed of financial capital and intellectual capital. According to current Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), however, intellectual capital is seldom capitalized in financial reports, and the cost of equity capital has been neglected ...
Key Factors Used by Manufacturers to Analyse Supply-Chain Operational Models: An Empirical Study among Notebook Computer Firms
Dec 01, 2008; ... Operational models of global supply chains consist primarily of the business model (OEM/ODM) and the process model (BTF/BTO/CTO). This study aims to understand the specific characteristics within different operational models used by to firm to achieve operational targets. An empirical study was ...
Relations between Team Work and Innovation in Organizations and the Job Satisfaction of Employees: A Factor Analytic Study
Dec 01, 2008; ... This paper examines the relationship between organizational culture and employee job satisfaction in wire and cable manufacturing companies. The subjects of the study were 339 employees, working in a variety of jobs, for 10 cable and wire companies quoted on the Taiwan stock exchange. The key ...
Relationship between Trainee Attitudes and Dimensions of Training Satisfaction: An Empirical Study with Training Institute Employees
Dec 01, 2008; ... The way in which attitudes to learning affects employee training satisfaction makes a difference to employee innovation and development in organizations. The present research investigates the relationship n between such attitudes and trainee satisfaction among 401 employees of a Training ...
Evaluating the Efficiency of Business Integrative Strategies among Companies in the Telecommunications Network Industry using Data Envelopment Analysis
Dec 01, 2008; ... This research investigates the efficiency of different ways in which companies can join and integrate with each other in the telecommunications industry in Taiwan, using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). We compared four different forms of joining and integration between companies in the industry ...
The Effect of Eco-designing on the Development of New Products in High-tech Firms: An Empirical Study
Sep 01, 2008; ... This research studies the impact of executive involvement in eco-design activities and executive implementation of eco-design activities on the effectiveness of new product development. The effects of industry affiliation and size on these impacts are also examined. The research is guided by a ...
Relationship between Consumer Information Exposure, Product Knowledge, and Impulse Purchasing Behaviour: An Empirical Analysis
Sep 01, 2008; ... Using consumer information exposure as independent variable, product knowledge as intervening variable and impulse purchasing behaviour as dependent variable. We also add in four control variables (price consciousness, deal proneness, sex and age), so that we could purify the relationship ...
Using the Six Sigma System Approach to Reduce Core Process Times at a Manufacturing Plant
Sep 01, 2008; ... When facing severe global competition, firms need to improve the quality of their products or services and to reduce their overall costs and expenses if they are to compete effectively. Motorola and General Electric are two firms that used the Six Sigma approach to achieve this goal and to ...