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Journal of Business & Leadership: Research, Practice, and Teaching (2005-2012)
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Listing Criteria For The Multiple Listing Of Equity Options, Rebecca Abraham, Charles Harrington
Listing Criteria For The Multiple Listing Of Equity Options, Rebecca Abraham, Charles Harrington
Journal of Business & Leadership: Research, Practice, and Teaching (2005-2012)
Equity options are listed on the American Stock Exchange Board Options Exchange, Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Pacific Stock Exchange, International Securities Exchange, and Boston Stock Exchange. This study identified the criteria for selection of options for listing over tile August-September 1999, 2000-2002, and 2003-2005 periods. Trading volume and size were the primary selection criteria for all three periods. Volatility was a selection criterion during the preperiod (1 997- 1998) only. No clearly defined selection criteria emerged for listings on the third exchange in 2000-2002 or on two or three exchanging in 2003-2005.
Self-Efficacy Beliefs, Faculty Expectations, And Institutional Climate As Determinants Of Academic Achievement In Business Students, Carlos Rodriguez
Self-Efficacy Beliefs, Faculty Expectations, And Institutional Climate As Determinants Of Academic Achievement In Business Students, Carlos Rodriguez
Journal of Business & Leadership: Research, Practice, and Teaching (2005-2012)
This article models the influence of students’ generalized self-efficacy, faculty expectations, and institutional climate on students’ academic self-efficacy beliefs and outcome expectations conductive to academic achievement in undergraduate business education. Theoretical foundations were drawn from psychological contract and social cognitive theories. Results indicated that several sources of expectations exist: individual or self, faculty, and educational institution. Generalized self-efficacy and faculty expectations influence students’ academic self-efficacy while institutional climate only effects outcome expectations beliefs. Academic self-efficacy is a stronger predictor of academic achievement climate outcomes expectations alone. Psychological contracts must nurture student's self-efficacy, explicit faculty expectations as motivational drivers, and align …
Mythic Vision, Rhetorical Determinacy And Organizational Culture In The Selective Service System, Lewis Hershey
Mythic Vision, Rhetorical Determinacy And Organizational Culture In The Selective Service System, Lewis Hershey
Journal of Business & Leadership: Research, Practice, and Teaching (2005-2012)
Drawing upon the theories of rhetorical criticism used to study leadership in organizations, this essay develops two new concepts: mythic vision and rhetorical determinacy. Mythic vision is the idiosyncratic schema of the founder, demonstrating a distinctly rhetorical dimension for the creation of organizational culture. The concept of rhetorical determinacy is shown to limit the ability of management to respond to environmental changes inconsistent with the mythic vision. These terms are used to explain the organizational culture the Selective Service System. The paper concludes with a discussion of the implications of mythic vision and rhetorical determinacy for management theory and research.
Dimensions Leader-Member Exchange: An Examination Of Outcomes, Brent Goertzen Ph.D.
Dimensions Leader-Member Exchange: An Examination Of Outcomes, Brent Goertzen Ph.D.
Journal of Business & Leadership: Research, Practice, and Teaching (2005-2012)
This study investigates the relationship of managers’ and direct reports’ perceptions of leader-member exchange (LMX) on organizational citizenship behaviors (OCB). LMX was conceptualized as a multi-dimensional construct (Liden & Maslyn, 1998). Multiple regression analysis of data from 107 manager-direct report dyads of human resource development professionals indicated several relationships between LMX and OCB. Analysis indicated direct reports’ engagement in altruism OCB was related to managers’ perceptions of contribution dimension of LMX which accounted for a significant amount of variance above and beyond the control variables (position, organizational and dyad tenure). Additionally, managers’ perception of professional respect dimension of LMX was …
Conductor Is Just Another Musician: Partnership As Leader-Member Interaction, Chen Chung, Jensen Chung
Conductor Is Just Another Musician: Partnership As Leader-Member Interaction, Chen Chung, Jensen Chung
Journal of Business & Leadership: Research, Practice, and Teaching (2005-2012)
This paper focuses on intra-organizational partnership, which is viewed as a communication process between leadership and followership. It uses the analogy of a symphony orchestra to illustrate the process of dynamic interactions and suggests that all organizational members are partners. Each of the members simultaneously plays the roles of both leader and follower. Research in listening communication supports the contention that a CEO is just another organizational member, just as a conductor is simply another musician in a symphony orchestra. The partnership from the multi-leader perspective is supported by the leadership communication with regard to gender studies.
Revisiting Measuring Performance In Not-For-Profit Organizations, Michael Brown
Revisiting Measuring Performance In Not-For-Profit Organizations, Michael Brown
Journal of Business & Leadership: Research, Practice, and Teaching (2005-2012)
Measuring performance is important both in the private sector and in the not-for-profit sector. Private sector performance has been measured by the changes in variables such as earnings per share, stock price, or income tax liability. Performance in the not-for-profit sector is more difficult to measure. A model that combines data envelopment analysis and regression analysis will be used to measure management performance. Data envelopment analysis will measure the organization’s efficiency, the dependent variable, and regression analysis will determine the predictability of not-for-profit financial ratios. In this paper, the Texas arts community is sampled and data is taken from the …
An Empirical Test Of Stewardship Theory, James Davis, Steven Frankforter, David Vollrath, Vanessa Hill
An Empirical Test Of Stewardship Theory, James Davis, Steven Frankforter, David Vollrath, Vanessa Hill
Journal of Business & Leadership: Research, Practice, and Teaching (2005-2012)
This study tests the model of Davis, Schoorman, and Donaldson (1997) that proposed determinants of a company’s governance structure. In particular, we focus on the stewardship theory aspects of the model and its ability to predict the presence of a stewardship-orientation CEO at publicly listed U.S. companies. Using survey based data obtained from CEOs and directors of 100 companies in a match-pair design, we identified three variables that predicted the occurrence of stewardship-oriented behaviors by the company’s CEO. These results lend support for the model’s ability to predict the conditions under which stewardship-oriented individuals become CEOs.
Rubrics, Writing Improvement, And Assessment: Gaining Leverage For Business Programs, Anthony Tocco, Craig Sasse, Tumer White
Rubrics, Writing Improvement, And Assessment: Gaining Leverage For Business Programs, Anthony Tocco, Craig Sasse, Tumer White
Journal of Business & Leadership: Research, Practice, and Teaching (2005-2012)
With business schools receiving pressure to demonstrate assurance of student learning in critical skills like communication, it becomes imperative for programs to gain leverage from course activities that can both provide formative feedback and aid in assessment. The focus of this paper is on the grading rubric; first, developing a conceptual model of how it might be used for course embedded assessment to achieve both writing improvement and assessment. Additionally, this paper will share a case study, including some tentative conclusions, of adopting a common rubric of its use in a particular course.
An Alternative Instructional Method For Business Ethics: Examining The Role And Rationalization Of What Is "Right", Beth Richardson
An Alternative Instructional Method For Business Ethics: Examining The Role And Rationalization Of What Is "Right", Beth Richardson
Journal of Business & Leadership: Research, Practice, and Teaching (2005-2012)
This paper introduces a teaching methodology for business ethics based, in part on the institute for Global Ethics’ Ethical Fitness model which utilizes “right versus right” paradigms to identify and analyze ethical dilemmas. Whereas the Ethical Fitness model finds clarity in the identification of what is “right”, this paper suggests that students will encounter and observe numerous situations in business where there is little clarity available for such a determination. Therefore, this discussion suggests that students probe cognitive dissonance: the tension between two ideas or beliefs that creates the tendency human beings have to justify their actions and decisions, and …
Getting The Job Done: Moderating Conflict In Culturally Diverse Teams, Dennis Rittle
Getting The Job Done: Moderating Conflict In Culturally Diverse Teams, Dennis Rittle
Journal of Business & Leadership: Research, Practice, and Teaching (2005-2012)
Conflict literature reveals that team diversity influences team member satisfaction mediated through affective conflict. This research proposal argues that the team diversity and affective conflict reduction (TDACR) model can moderate the negative influence of affective conflict by introducing a moderating variable, team ontology, which measures team functionality and member role comprehension. This proposal recommends collecting data from a culturally diverse airplane manufacturing plant, which utilizing teams that perform routine and non—routine tasks to test the hypotheses. The leadership implications of the TDACR model suggest increasing team ontology or decreasing team diversity to maintain positive levels of team member satisfaction.
Unearthing A Global Mindset: The Process Of International Adjustment, Rachel Clapp-Smith, Larry Hughes
Unearthing A Global Mindset: The Process Of International Adjustment, Rachel Clapp-Smith, Larry Hughes
Journal of Business & Leadership: Research, Practice, and Teaching (2005-2012)
Using a grounded theory approach, the authors sought to understand the effects of international adjustment after short-term business trips on the process of developing a global mindset. Categories that emerged were personal characteristics, cognitive shifts and relationship building, to name a few. A process model identifies cognitive shifts as the core phenomenon with an outcome of global mindset. Global mindset is a reciprocal variable that accelerates adjustment. Implications and future directions are discussed.
The Role Of Cio's In Strategic Decision Making And It Usage: An Empirical Examination, Jennifer Leonard, Robert Dooley
The Role Of Cio's In Strategic Decision Making And It Usage: An Empirical Examination, Jennifer Leonard, Robert Dooley
Journal of Business & Leadership: Research, Practice, and Teaching (2005-2012)
In this study, we examine the relationship between CIO involvement in strategy formulation and how IT is perceived within the organization. We use the top management team literature to theorize that the higher the level of CIO strategic involvement the more likely the firm is to view IT as strategically important and we support these results with a sample of Fortune 500 firms. These findings have significant implications as many see the CIO’s role in the organization by many as a key factor in the ability of a firm to benefit strategically from IT.
Engaged Model Of Board Orientation, Santo Marabella
Engaged Model Of Board Orientation, Santo Marabella
Journal of Business & Leadership: Research, Practice, and Teaching (2005-2012)
At the core of a successful not-for-profit organization (NFP) must be an effective board of directors. A reasonable approach to building a more effective board includes ensuring the board has a high level of participation among its members and that the focus of their participation is concentrated on governance. It is not a new notion that board orientation programs can create a climate that facilitates high board participation that is focused on governance; however, in this article, I offer what may be a new vision for developing and managing board orientation programs. The proposed model includes NFP-specific and general board …
Cost- Benefit Model For Substance Abuse Treatment Programs, Carl Parker, Thomas Johansen Ph.D.
Cost- Benefit Model For Substance Abuse Treatment Programs, Carl Parker, Thomas Johansen Ph.D.
Journal of Business & Leadership: Research, Practice, and Teaching (2005-2012)
This paper presents a literature review and a specification for a Cost-Benefit model applied to substance abuse treatment programs. It is important in adapting a model that is not only theoretically and methodologically sound, but also seeks to utilize the best existing cost benefit analysis techniques. Ideas, concepts, and procedures found in other studies are used to support the model developed. Model specification involves the determination of the appropriate variables and statistical techniques, keeping in mind the data most readily available from the programs intended for analysis. Cost-benefit analysis is commonly used to provide guidance to policy makers when considering …
An Integrative Analysis Of Benjamin Bloom's Cognitive Domain And Bruce Tuckman's Developmental Model, Reginald Bell, Wally Guyot Ph.D., Philip Martin, Robert Meier Ph.D.
An Integrative Analysis Of Benjamin Bloom's Cognitive Domain And Bruce Tuckman's Developmental Model, Reginald Bell, Wally Guyot Ph.D., Philip Martin, Robert Meier Ph.D.
Journal of Business & Leadership: Research, Practice, and Teaching (2005-2012)
The purpose of the study was two-fold: (1) Do small group settings benefit students? (2) How can professors enhance the group environment through task related instructions? A 33-item Group Learning on Development Survey (GOLDS) was used to integrate Bruce Tuckman’s developmental model with Benjamin Bloom’s cognitive domain. Norming and Performing variables (Factor 1) contributed 31 percent to the total scale variance; furthermore, knowledge, comprehension, and application task variables loaded on the Factor 2, for 9 percent of the total scale variance. Significant p
Xb: New-Paradigm Management Of The Classroom As A Complex Organization, Roger Putzel
Xb: New-Paradigm Management Of The Classroom As A Complex Organization, Roger Putzel
Journal of Business & Leadership: Research, Practice, and Teaching (2005-2012)
Management instructors may abandon the lectern to engage students in activities, but many experiential approaches can still produce the teacher’s nightmare: passive, inarticulate bunglers, lost in the maze. This paper describes XB, a classroom organization that involves, orients, trains, and educates students.
Real Deposit Insurance Coverage At U.S. Commercial Banks, Marieta Velikova, Kevin Rogers
Real Deposit Insurance Coverage At U.S. Commercial Banks, Marieta Velikova, Kevin Rogers
Journal of Business & Leadership: Research, Practice, and Teaching (2005-2012)
Deposit insurance legislation currently being considered by the U.S. Congress proposes to increase the nominal level of insurance coverage for the first time since the passage of DIDMCA in 1980. Since that time, the fixed nominal amount of coverage has resulted in an erosion of the real amount of coverage due to continued inflation. This paper examines the relationship between real coverage and bank risk at individual banks over the last 10 years. The findings suggest that the change in real coverage over time has not been associated with a change in risk at commercial banks. This results implies that …
An Analysis Of Branding Hr Department Activities For Strategic Value Creation, Catherine Giunta
An Analysis Of Branding Hr Department Activities For Strategic Value Creation, Catherine Giunta
Journal of Business & Leadership: Research, Practice, and Teaching (2005-2012)
This study explored Human Resource Executives’ (HREs) perceptions of HR branding actions and found that branding human resources creates organizational value. Additionally, the company and human resource alignment appeared to affect human resource branding. Many participants described HR programs and services that were implemented in their companies. Most examples provided, though, did not include branding, per se, of those HR activities. This finding strongly suggests that human resource branding is in an early stage of development. The study revealed that HREs perceive that branding is a beneficial tool to facilitate the demonstration of human resource strategic value creation.
An Examination Of Forces Impacting Enrollment Levels In U.S. Colleges And Universities, Allen Webster
An Examination Of Forces Impacting Enrollment Levels In U.S. Colleges And Universities, Allen Webster
Journal of Business & Leadership: Research, Practice, and Teaching (2005-2012)
Over time the numbers of students who enter colleges and universities with the intent to further their academic careers has continued to rise sharply. This has placed a significant burden on our nation’s institutions of higher education. To meet this growing demand, academicians must understand what influences bear on enrollment levels and how these factors might provide insight to aid in the management process. This paper examines the trends in enrollment levels in our nation’s institutions and the forces that shape those enrollment levels. Data are collected for a sample of colleges and universities across the nation and a model …
Budget Participation, Job Performance, Job Satisfaction, And Yadda, Yadda, Yadda ..., Maria Leach-Lopez
Budget Participation, Job Performance, Job Satisfaction, And Yadda, Yadda, Yadda ..., Maria Leach-Lopez
Journal of Business & Leadership: Research, Practice, and Teaching (2005-2012)
Measurements of the variables budget participation, job performance, job satisfaction, and job relevant information were obtained at a manufacturing plant located in South East United States. The plant manager expected a report card of ‘Excellent’ but the results indicated that there was a lot of room for improvement at this plant. This study is a great reminder to managers that they must not become complacent. If they believe that management is about people, then they must remain vigilant in order to motivate their employees. It was found that the budget participation process was not working properly and that the job …
Teaching It In A Knowledge Economy Raising Tacit Productivity, Hans-Joachim Adler
Teaching It In A Knowledge Economy Raising Tacit Productivity, Hans-Joachim Adler
Journal of Business & Leadership: Research, Practice, and Teaching (2005-2012)
The growth of interactions represents a broad shift in the nature of economic activity. Interactions are defined as the searching, coordinating, and monitoring that people and firms do when they exchange goods, services, or ideas, for many employees today, collaborative, complex problem solving is the essence of their work, these “tacit” activates -- involving the exchange of information, the making of judgments, and a need to draw on multifaceted forms of knowledge in exchanges with coworkers, customers, and suppliers – are increasingly a part of the standard model for companies in the developed world.
The Ins And Outs Of Corporate Bankruptcy: Choosing Between Internal Development And External Demands, William Donoher
The Ins And Outs Of Corporate Bankruptcy: Choosing Between Internal Development And External Demands, William Donoher
Journal of Business & Leadership: Research, Practice, and Teaching (2005-2012)
This study examined the effects of resource development, resource dependence, and organizational legitimacy on the incidence of bankruptcy using a matched-pair sample of distressed organizations. Consistent with theoretical expectations, both related diversification and the level of discretionary assets at the firm’s disposal negatively related to bankruptcy. Legitimacy, measured by market valuation, mediated the latter relationship, but not the former, suggesting that proper use of internal competencies can offset pressure of lack of support from external constituents.
Intellectual Capital: A Balance Sheet Asset? (A Measurement Perspective), John Morgan, Frederic Ihrke, James Hurley
Intellectual Capital: A Balance Sheet Asset? (A Measurement Perspective), John Morgan, Frederic Ihrke, James Hurley
Journal of Business & Leadership: Research, Practice, and Teaching (2005-2012)
Should financial measures of intellectual capital be placed on the balance sheet? If so how will intellectual capital be measured, and how will its inclusion on the balance sheet improve financial division-making? We examine, from a financial measurement perspective, a growing body of intellectual capital research calling for inclusion of intellectual assets on the balance sheet, and conclude the proposals are naïve in terms of accounting measurement realities, and confused in terms of purposes severed. Attempting to include dollar measures of intellectual capital on the balance sheet, from an accounting measurement perspective, is unworkable and will not accomplish what intellectual …
Computer Security Threats: Student Confidence In Their Knowledge Of Common Threats, George Schmidt, Margaret Tanner, Thomas Hayes
Computer Security Threats: Student Confidence In Their Knowledge Of Common Threats, George Schmidt, Margaret Tanner, Thomas Hayes
Journal of Business & Leadership: Research, Practice, and Teaching (2005-2012)
This paper investigates the possible existence of overconfidence by business students in their knowledge of different types of malware that may be present in current computer information systems. This article focuses on the students’ ability to understand and identify three main types: viruses, Trojans and spyware. The results are consistent with research suggesting that many students believe their computer knowledge is adequate (Weston and Barker, 2002), when the opposite may be true. Further, in an educational settings, students’ overconfidence in their computer knowledge exacerbates the problem of faculty falsely assuming that students have adequate computer knowledge (Messineo and DeOllas, 2005).
Examining Ethical Development And Training: Implications For Sarbanes Oxley, Donna Galla
Examining Ethical Development And Training: Implications For Sarbanes Oxley, Donna Galla
Journal of Business & Leadership: Research, Practice, and Teaching (2005-2012)
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) is the legislative solution to the recent ethical scandals, such as Enron, ImClone, Adelphia, Tyco, Qwest, Global Crossing, and WorldCom, involving financial and accounting irregularities and fraud. This Act implements extensive changes to public accounting and corporate laws, and expands corporate governance extending the responsibilities of senior executives and board members to include responsibility for a company-wide ethics program. Because of the complexity of ethical behavior, this paper explores values formation and support for ethics training. This study looks to ascertain whether moral maturity is related to age more than it is to training, …
An Active Learning Project In A Managerial Accounting Principles Class: Is It Time Well-Spent?, Rita Jones, Teresa Lang, Keren Deal
An Active Learning Project In A Managerial Accounting Principles Class: Is It Time Well-Spent?, Rita Jones, Teresa Lang, Keren Deal
Journal of Business & Leadership: Research, Practice, and Teaching (2005-2012)
The current active learning project involves students visits to area companies to collect information regarding the companies’ use or nonuse of Responsibility Reports (RRs). The students involved were attending a managerial accounting principles class at southeastern, regional university, and were given oral instructions by their teacher to complete the project. Sixty-two students participated, along with sixty-one companies. The average grade earned by the students was 15.58 of 20 points, and nine students earned a perfect score. The student findings were that 45 of the 61 companies, or 73.8%, use RRs. Based on the student performance, reports and feedback, the project …
Cheating In Academia- Different Attitudes And Remedies, Robert Kitahara, Frederick Westfall
Cheating In Academia- Different Attitudes And Remedies, Robert Kitahara, Frederick Westfall
Journal of Business & Leadership: Research, Practice, and Teaching (2005-2012)
Universities have taken vastly different approaches to curving cheating and maintaining academic integrity throughout their academic programs in both traditional (in-class_ and Distance Learning (online) offerings. This ongoing research is focused upon assessing the wide spectrum of (technology-based and non-technology-based) approaches addressing these problems. In this paper the authors identify the research methods being used to develop an understanding of the extent of the problem and to identify reasonable solutions. The research tools include surveys of university students, instructors, and administrators, as well as select business organizations. Preliminary results for the student survey are presented.