Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship back issues from April 2007:
Message from the Editor
Apr 01, 2007; ... It is my pleasure to welcome you to the April 2007 issue of JAME. The articles in this issue look at a variety of interesting topics including intellectual capital, knowledge workers, e-harassment, auditor risk assessment and new product commercialization. We begin with an article by ...
Accounting for Intellectual Capital: The Relationship between Profitability and Disclosure
Apr 01, 2007; ... Executive Summary One hundred fifty high-technology companies were examined to determine if management's disclosure level of intangible assets was influenced by firm performance. Our research supported a statistically significant inverse relationship between the level of intellectual ...
A Twenty-First Century Incongruity: Perceptions Regarding Knowledge Worker Didactics
Apr 01, 2007; ... Executive Summary This study examines twenty-first century didactics associated with knowledge worker (KW) assertions and assesses their ranking precedence among four demographically segmented populations. The assertions were typed into three question groups: (1) postulates, (2) ...
E-Harassment: Employee Perceptions of E-Technology as a Source of Harassment
Apr 01, 2007; ... Executive Summary Organizations that provide Internet and Email capabilities to employees are subject to liabilities concerning employee misuse of these services. E-harassment is evolving into one of the most prevalent types of harassment in the workplace. Lawsuits are changing not only ...
A Cross Cultural Study of Auditor Risk Assessment in Emerging Capital Markets
Apr 01, 2007; ... Executive Summary This study examines whether the differences in the cultural values of Chinese auditors are likely to result in differences in the risks they assess. Two countries- Taiwan and Singapore were compared in relation to three of Hofstede's cultural dimensions: uncertainty ...
New Product Commercialization: Needs and Strategies
Apr 01, 2007; ... Executive Summary In this paper the authors examine estimates of the high rate of new product failure and the role of management in such failures. Because of the apparent importance of ego involvement in new product failure, the authors suggest that there is a need for unbiased ...
We Love our Cows: A Conversation with Jeff Kleinpeter of Kleinpeter Farms Dairy
Apr 01, 2007; ... Executive Summary The story of Kleinpeter Farms Dairy begins with a simple fact and a resultant need. Cows must be milked every day and dairy farmers need a reliable partner to process that milk. In 1913, Sebastian Kleinpeter and his son, Léon Richard Kleinpeter, opened Kleinpeter Farms ...
The Invisible Employee: Realizing the Hidden Potential in Everyone
Apr 01, 2007; ... The Invisible Employee: Realizing the Hidden Potential in Everyone Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton John Wiley and Sons, Inc. (2006) 140 pages, Hardcover, $19.95 Losing your high impact performers is detrimental for organizations that are trying to compete within the ever changing global ...
Integrity: The Courage to Meet the Demands of Reality
Apr 01, 2007; ... Integrity: The Courage to Meet the Demands of Reality Henry Cloud HarperCollins, (2006) 292 pages, Hardcover, $24.95 There are few books that provide a pragmatic documentation and exposition of potential flaws and fixes to an important and necessary trait required for successful life ...
Workplace Spirituality: A Complete Guide for Business Leaders
Apr 01, 2007; ... Workplace Spirituality: A Complete Guide for Business Leaders Nancy R. Smith Axial Age Publishing, (2006) 237 pages, Softcover, $21.95 Workplace spirituality has risen to the forefront since the late 1990's, due in part to the enormous cost to society of corporate leaders' disdain of ...
Built to Change: How to Achieve Sustained Organizational Effectiveness
Apr 01, 2007; ... Built to Change: How to Achieve Sustained Organizational Effectiveness Edward E. III Lawler and Chris Worley; Jerry Porras (Foreword) John Wiley and Sons, (2006) 311 pages, Hardcover, $18.87 In 2001, Neff and Citrin wrote Lessons from the Top: The Fifty Most Successful Business Leaders ...
The Art of Connecting: How to Overcome Differences, Build Rapport, and Communicate Effectively with Anyone
Apr 01, 2007; ... The Art of Connecting: How to Overcome Differences, Build Rapport, and Communicate Effectively with Anyone Claire Raines and Lara Ewing AMACOM, New York, (2006) 230 pages, Hardcover, $16.97 Communicating effectively is an essential element of success in today's world where the multiple ...