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The Role Of Resident Perceptions In Achieving Effective Community-Based Tourism For Least Developed Countries, Sotear Ellis, Lynnaire Sheridan
The Role Of Resident Perceptions In Achieving Effective Community-Based Tourism For Least Developed Countries, Sotear Ellis, Lynnaire Sheridan
Faculty of Business - Papers (Archive)
Community-based tourism (CBT) can be a tool for sustainable development in least developed countries; however, careful selection of participating communities is vital to achieving development outcomes. This article presents resident perceptions of self and the community (and its tourism organizers) as potential indicators for future CBT success both contributing to theoretical concepts but pragmatically potentially also assists practitioners to identify communities that theoretically should produce better development outcomes before embarking on projects.
Role Of Non-Executive Directors In Implementing Non-Regulatory Codes On Corporate Governance In Smes Listed In The Alternative Investment Market In The Uk: A Content Analysis, Palli Mulla K A Chandrakumara, Gunetilleke Walter
Role Of Non-Executive Directors In Implementing Non-Regulatory Codes On Corporate Governance In Smes Listed In The Alternative Investment Market In The Uk: A Content Analysis, Palli Mulla K A Chandrakumara, Gunetilleke Walter
Faculty of Business - Papers (Archive)
This study explores roles of NEDs of SMEs listed in the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in the London Stock Exchange. It extends the literature on NEDs’ roles relevant to a context where the adherence to the principles of non-regularity corporate governance is not compulsory. We adopted a content analysis approach as a novel method for exploring roles of NEDs using details of 1220 NEDs recorded in 75 annual reports. It revealed that NEDs meet the expectations of several stakeholders simultaneously by playing multiple roles. A conceptual model depicting testable relationship between cognitive tasks and key roles of NEDs is also …
Fitting The Mould: The Role Of Employer Perceptions In Immigrant Recruitment Decision-Making, Shamika Almeida, Mario Fernando, Zeenobiyah Nadiyah Hannif, Shyamali Dharmage
Fitting The Mould: The Role Of Employer Perceptions In Immigrant Recruitment Decision-Making, Shamika Almeida, Mario Fernando, Zeenobiyah Nadiyah Hannif, Shyamali Dharmage
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Human capital theory presumes that skill-accredited immigrant professionals can access positions in the labour market to match their skills and qualifications. It implies that employers have little power to influence the labour market outcomes of immigrant professionals. Using social identity theory, we examine the influence of similarity effect in recruitment decision-making involving immigrant information technology (IT) professionals in New South Wales, Australia. We assess how decision makers (N = 331) hiring IT professionals need to associate and identify with people that resemble themselves in some way more than those that do not, can influence their perception of the immigrant candidate's …