Recently added articles from Journal of Education for Business:

Technologies used in accounting education: a study of frequency of use among faculty.

Jan 01, 2008; Ahadiat, Nas ... ABSTRACT. Given the wide range of technologies available for use in education, the author tried to determine which technologies have widespread applications for accounting educators. This information can provide a basis on which faculty can determine which media are more appropriate or ...

Teaching the art of negotiation: improving students' negotiating confidence and perceptions of effectiveness.

Jan 01, 2008; Taylor, Kimberly A. ... ABSTRACT. Negotiation classes are one way in which many of today's managers try to develop negotiation skills. Despite the popularity of such courses, relatively little research has assessed their effectiveness in improving trainee self-confidence and posttraining transfer. The results of ...

Capstone business course assessment: exploring student readiness perspectives.

Jan 01, 2008; Payne, Stephen L. ... ABSTRACT. In addition to assessment of student-learning outcomes in capstone business courses, an assessment concern is student readiness for these typical capstone experiences. A review of both (a) the literature on learning retention or application and student dispositions for ...

Investigation of higher education: the real costs and quality of online programs.

Jan 01, 2008; Smith, David E. ... ABSTRACT. In this article, the authors describe an analytical inquiry into the cost and quality issues of online pedagogy in university education. Using economic theory, pedagogical insight, survey findings, experiments, and other studies that researchers have reported in the literature, ...

Relationship between use of online support materials and student performance in an introductory finance course.(Statistical table)(Report)

Jan 01, 2008; Biktimirov, Ernest N. ... ABSTRACT. The authors examined the relationship between student online activity, including access to specific course materials, and performance in a traditional face-to-face introductory finance course that a class Web site supported. The authors used 6 measures: (a) total hits, (b) hit ...

A structural equation model for predicting business student performance.(Report)

Jan 01, 2008; Pomykalski, James J. ... ABSTRACT. In this study, the authors developed a structural equation model that accounted for 79% of the variability of a student's final grade point average by using a sample size of 147 students. The model is based on student grades in 4 foundational business courses: introduction to ...

Negotiating on the Internet: insights from a cross-cultural exercise.

Jan 01, 2008; Volkema, Roger ... ABSTRACT. In this article, the authors describe a classroom exercise in which students from the United States negotiated with students from Australia, using only e-mail as the communicating medium. The authors discuss the results of those negotiations and lessons learned by students and ...

AACSB standards and accounting faculty's intellectual contributions.(VIEWPOINT)(Report)

Jan 01, 2008; Lee, B. Brian ... ABSTRACT. The authors performed a content analysis of intellectual contribution portfolios of accounting faculty at various business schools that Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International recently accredited. The results showed a significant divergence in faculty ...

Hersey, Paul, Blanchard, Kenneth H., & Johnson, Dewey E.: Management of Organizational Behavior.(Book review)

Jan 01, 2008; Morrison, James L. ... Hersey, Paul, Blanchard, Kenneth H., & Johnson, Dewey E. Management of Organizational Behavior (9th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/ Prentice Hall. 2008. 368 pp. ISBN: 978-0-13-144139-2. $132. In Management of Organizational Behavior (9th ed.), Hersey, Blanchard, and ...