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Decision-Making In Crisis Situations, Zbigniew Ciekanowski, Zenon Stachowiak

Studia i Materiały Wydział Zarządzania Uniwersytet Warszawski

The article, titled “Decision-making in crisis situations” addresses an important management problem, which is the activity of of human decision-making and the conditions for its implementation in a concrete economic reality. The essence of decision-making risk in situations of crisis situations of economic practice. The identification and characterization of the determinants of of decision-making risk. Identified and the characteristics of the crisis situation were made as an area of decision risk activities. A characterization of the crisis as a determinant of decisions under risk conditions.

Creating Trust In Piranha-Infested Waters: The Confluence Of Buyer, Supplier And Host Country Contexts, Akbar Zaheer, Darcy Fudge Kamal

Business Faculty Articles and Research

Research by Dyer and Chu (2000) suggests that trust in exchange varies significantly across borders and influences the level of trust in cross-border exchange dyads. However, while a good start, research has yet to develop the concept that not only can the countries of origin of the partners to the exchange influence the nature and outcomes of dyadic trust, but also the country where the exchange dyad is located. Furthermore, such home and host country differences may interact with dyad-level differences in trust creation capabilities and influence trust violation and repair. We develop a framework and propositions along these lines.

تطوير السياحة ….مدخل للتنمية المستدامة في العراق, Faris Kareeem Buraihi

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

تجاوزت السياحة بمفهومها المعاصر من مجرد كونها سفر وفعاليات ترويحية، إلى نوع من الصناعة لها أبعادها الاقتصادية والاجتماعية وضمن إطار نوع من تنظيم العلاقات والمصالح بين دول العالم لذلك تعد التنمية السياحية في الوقت الحاضر أحد أهداف التنمية الاقتصادية والاجتماعية الشاملة لما لها من قدرة على تحسين ميزان المدفوعات وتوفير فرص عمل وخلق فرص مدرة للدخل، فضلا عن المساهمة في تحسبن اسلوب ونمط الحياة الاجتماعية لعموم أفراد المجتمع.وفي العراق، طالما عانى القطاع السياحي في العراق من مشاكل ومعوقات عديدة أبرزها أداء السياسات الحكومية، فضلا عن الحصار الاقتصادي وما تعرض له العراق من حروب ودمار شديدين طالت معظم الأماكن السياحية، وابتعاده …

Selling Sin: How Culture Influences The Sale Of Firearm Suppressors In Australia And New Zealand, Martin Maccarthy, Martin O'Neill, Helen Cripps

Research outputs 2011

This paper is a summary of a 2011 academic study commissioned by the New South Wales Government (Game Council) investigating the possible legalizing of firearm sound moderators for hunting and shooting. The study examined the pragmatic advantages and disadvantages of this product in the event it could be made available to the general public in Australia. A comparison between Australia and New Zealand vis-à-vis public access to sound moderators highlights not only the opposite ends of the continuum adopted by two similar countries, but also the arbitrary nature of how attitudes influence product acceptability and availability. Advantages of de-criminalisation in …

Equity Valuation Methods Of Analysts In Malaysia : A Study Of Financial Analyst Coverage Of Airasia Berhad 2007-2011., Intan Suraya Hashim

Student Works (2010-2019)

This study examined the valuation methods used by sell-side financial analysts to value AirAsiaBerhad’s (AirAsia) shares. Using content analysis methodology and a survey of analysts who were covering the share, earningsbased valuations appeared to be dominant when AirAsia reported a profit and asset-based valuations appeared to be dominant when AirAsia reported a loss. Our results suggested that the Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio is analysts’ preferred earnings-based valuation method. However, we could not conclusively identify their preferred asset-based valuation method. Our results also indicated that analysts changed valuation methods during their coverage of AirAsia’s shares, switching between earnings-based and asset-based valuations as …

Corporate Social Responsibility (Csr) In Catering Industry : The Perception Of Diners And Their Buying Behavior., Hamidreza Ghotb

Student Works (2010-2019)

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has been the center of attention over the past decade and gained more popularity in this period. Many organizations are integrating CSR initiatives into their business strategies in the hope of gaining competitive advantage in business, as well as providing support and help for the society and the environment. There have been some studies focusing on the benefits of involvement in CSR on image, reputation, trust and profit for many organizations in different industries. However, it seems that restaurant industry has not received a fair share of research in this regard. The proposed study is attempting …

Religiosity And Hotel Selection., Muqeddes Abdul'ahed

Student Works (2010-2019)

Islamic rules and regulations have huge influence on Muslims‘ choices and preferences. This research was started by considering the fact that despite the potential importance of the religion, less attention has been paid to the role of Islam on Muslims‘ behavior as customer. Therefore, it is conducted as a contribution to establishing link between Islamic religiosity and consumer behavior. This study investigates the relationship between religiosity and hotel selection behavior of Muslim travelers, and also, examines differences in hotel selection between highly religious and less religious customers. Findings suggested Muslim travelers‘ religiosity has influences on their hotel selection behavior. A …

Identification Of Optimal Currency Areas In East Asia : A Clustering Approach., Quah Chee Heong

Student Works (2010-2019)

Today, a number of the fastest growing and largest economies in the world are located in East Asia. The theme of a monetary union in East Asia which had been in the limelight for years following the 1997–98 Asian crisis has recently revived due to the global economic crisis. Viewed in this light, this study attempts to assess the appropriateness of monetary integration among the East Asian economies according to the theory of optimum currency areas (OCA) criteria, operationalized through the use of cluster analysis. Besides the OCA criteria, the convergence criteria of the Maastricht Treaty are also examined. The …

Corporate Image, Service Quality, Customer Perceived Value, Relationship Quality And Its Effect On Switching Intention Among Islamic Banking Customers In Malaysia., Nor Hashima Hashim

Student Works (2010-2019)

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Cross-Border Mergers And Acquisitions In Emerging Markets After The 2007 Economic Crisis., Amani John Mayage

Student Works (2010-2019)

This paper reviews the cross-border mergers and acquisitions (CBMA) activities during the period 2000-2010 of the four Southeast Asian countries most impacted by the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis namely, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and Indonesia. The selection of case of study was based on economic development categories. The selected countries are categorized as emerging markets within the ASEAN countries; and both are representative of the impact of the 1997 economic crisis. Due to these factors Singapore and Korea have been excluded. After the 1997 economic crisis that impacted most South East Asia countries, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand introduced various measures …

The Impact Of Human Resource Management Practices On Organizational Commitment And Intent To Leave : A Study Conducted In Klang Valley., Haw Fee Ling

Student Works (2010-2019)

It is widely believed that the impact of HRM practices on organizational commitment can create comparative advantage for the organizational performance. The main intention of this study is to find out relationship between HR practices and organizational commitment and then its impact on turnover intention. Data were collected from 75 employees from many organizations pertaining to several different industries, throughout Klang Valley, Malaysia. Results from a survey of 75 employees showed that the positive relationship between HRM practices and organizational commitment. It is also showed that the negative relationship between organizational commitment and turnover intention. However, the three most important …

Environmental Ethical Commitment Of The Business Corporations In Malaysia., Maliza Delima Kamarul Zaman

Student Works (2010-2019)

This study is about environmental ethics and the commitment of manufacturing companies in Malaysia. It is to reduce the gap in the literature in this area, which it is claimed is relatively brief, young as a discipline and has received little attention. Based on the extensive literature and a review of environmental disasters from the past, such as Exxon, Chernobyl and Bhopal, the researcher was impelled to study the environmental ethical concept. Therefore, the main objective of the study is to understand and explain the role of environmental ethics in conjunction with the commitment of the companies. Specifically, the objective …

The Determinants And Outcomes Of Superiors' Downward Influence Tactics And The Mediating Effects Of Subordinates' Competence And Role Ambiguity., Lee Kim Lian

Student Works (2010-2019)

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The Impact Of Extrinsic And Intrinsic Work Motivation On Job Satisfaction Among Employees In Malaysian Service Industry., Ye Fu Hai

Student Works (2010-2019)

The purpose of this study is to identify the relationship between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation on job satisfaction in the Malaysia context. More specifically, this study aims to explore and investigate which the extrinsic and intrinsic factors play an important role on the impact of job satisfaction among employees in the Malaysia service industry. As a result, this study provides an insight into the motivation of employees in the organizational context. In addition, the moderating effect of leadership is examined. From the research findings, it is discovered that the perceived job satisfaction of the surveyed employees is driven by a …

Global Transformations, Local Activism: “New” Unionism’S Engagement With Economic And Health Care Transformation In Urban Central Appalachia, Rebecca Adkins Fletcher

University of Kentucky Doctoral Dissertations

It has long been argued that the organization of the U.S. health care system is shaped by the struggles between capital and labor, and this relationship is of increasing significance today. Transformations from an industrial to a service economy, rising insurance costs, neoliberal social policies, and decreased labor union power have increased the number of Americans with reduced access to health care, especially for service workers and women. This dissertation is an ethnographic study of how workers in two leading unions in the “new” unionism movement, the Retail, Wholesale, and Distribution Service Union (RWDSU) and the United Steelworkers (USW) in …

Firm Bidding Behavior In Highway Procurement Auctions: An Analysis Of Single-Bid Contracts, Tacit Collusion, And The Financial Impact On Kentucky, David R. Barrus

University of Kentucky Doctoral Dissertations

Recently, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) indicated lack of competition and single-bid contracts in asphalt paving as a major issue facing state transportation departments. Single-bid contracts indicate a lack of competition which increases costs to state and local governments. During the period from 2005-2007 in Kentucky, 42 percent of all bids were awarded with only one firm bidding on the project. Of the asphalt paving jobs, 63 percent of those jobs were awarded to a single bidder.

The analysis of this dissertation focuses on detecting tacit collusion in asphalt paving jobs in Kentucky. A focal …

The Impact Of Opinion On Foreign Trade, Nikolaus Williams

Masters Culminating Experiences (1993-2011)

This paper examines the impact that opinion has on foreign trade. Specifically, the paper examines how opinion towards the U.S. impacts U.S. exports and how changes in opinion toward the U.S. impact U.S. exports. Using survey data from the Pew Global Attitudes Projects and export data, the paper examines these relationships for 21 countries between 2002 and 2010. Regression analysis of the panel data reveals that positive opinion levels and positive changes in opinion have statistically significant positive impacts on U.S. exports. However, this conclusion is somewhat tempered by the unbalanced nature of the available data which prevents a greater …

The Dogs Of The Dow In China, Carol Wang, James E. Larsen, M. Fall Ainina, Marlena L. Akhbari, Nicholas Gressis

Finance and Financial Services Faculty Publication

The unique institutional environment of China's stock markets provides a rich setting to study the relationship between investors‟ behavior and market returns in the case of information inefficiency. This study extends the well documented Dogs of the Dow (Dow Dogs) strategy to China's A share stock market. We find that Dow Dogs portfolios significantly outperform the market benchmark for the period of 1994 to 2009 in China's markets. Further analysis indicates that (1) The fewer Dogs included in the portfolio, the greater the portfolio abnormal returns; (2) In general, the shorter holding period (in months), the greater the portfolio abnormal …

Why The Dogs Of The Dow Bark Loudly In China, Carol Wang, James E. Larsen, M. Fall Ainina, Marlena L. Akhbari, Nicholas Gressis

Finance and Financial Services Faculty Publication

Problem statement: The Dogs of the Dow (Dow Dogs) strategy, which has gained widespread popularity in the U.S., is found to be considerably successful in China’s stock markets. This trading strategy contradicts the well-established efficient market hypothesis. Approach: This study examines the cross-sectional variations in the magnitude of the predictive power of the Dow Dogs strategy using Chinese stocks for 1994-2009. Results: Our results suggest that (1) Significant Dow Dogs effect apply to Class A shares, but not Class B shares; (2) Stocks priced between 1and1and5 demonstrate the strongest Dogs effect among all stock price ranges; (3) Changes in share …

Evaluation Of Greater Mankato Area United Way's Annual Allocations Process From The Partner Agencies' Perspective, Erin A. Trytten

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

This project aims to provide information to GMAUW about the annual allocations process and level of engagement with partners from the partner agencies/programs themselves. GMAUW values their relationship with their partners and realizes the importance of evaluating their own practices to ensure that the relationship remain strong and mutually beneficial. GMAUW has never had the internal capacity to complete an evaluation of this nature and will use the findings to improve their processes.

Research Question: How do GMAUW’s partners view the annual allocations process?

Business As Usual : The Nonprofit Sector In The U.S. National Elite Network, Scott Vincent Dolan

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

Research on the structure and distribution of power in the United States has focused mostly on the relative power of business, and has largely neglected the nonprofit sector. This is despite evidence that points to the emergence and growth of large-scale, bureaucratic, and elite-led nonprofit organizations. When the political role of the nonprofit sector has been examined, it has come predominantly from two sets of literature: the civic engagement/social capital tradition or the interest group tradition. I argue that both sets of literature, however, start with faulty assumptions about the nature of power and politics, and thereby fail to situate …

Executive Summaries

The Foundation Review

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Autonomy In The Workplace: An Essential Ingredient To Employee Engagement And Well-Being In Every Culture, Marylène Gagne, Devasheesh P. Bhave

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

The nature of organizational life requires questioning the role of worker autonomy. An impressive amount of management research has been devoted to autonomy issues in organizations. Autonomy is at the forefront of research on job design and the management of employees. Therefore, we review evidence in the area of job design and management practices that deeply affect worker autonomy. Throughout this discussion, we evaluate the cross-cultural applicability of research and practice and offer future directions based on self-determination theory.

Do Individual Differences In Perceiving Situational Demands Moderate The Relationship Between Personality And Assessment Center Dimension Ratings?, Anne Jansen, Filip Lievens, Martin Kleinmann

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

This study contributes to research on assessment centers' (AC) external construct-related validity by investigating a potential moderator of the relationship between personality and AC dimension ratings. On the basis of recent insights in person-situation contingencies we hypothesized that individual differences in people's perception of situational demands moderate the relationship between personality and conceptually related AC dimension ratings. The hypotheses were tested with 108 individuals in two leaderless group discussion exercises. Results confirmed the hypotheses for two of the three traits (i.e., Agreeableness and Conscientiousness). In particular, people high on these traits who identified the situational demands received higher AC dimension …

Applicant Versus Employee Scores On Self-Report Emotional Intelligence Measures, Filip Lievens, Ute-Christine Klehe, Nele Libbrecht

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

There exists growing interest to assess applicants' emotional intelligence (EI) via self-report trait-based measures of EI as part of the selection process. However, some studies that experimentally manipulated applicant conditions have cautioned that in these conditions use of self-report measures for assessing EI might lead to considerably higher scores than current norm scores suggest. So far, no studies have scrutinized self-reported EI scores among a sample of actual job applicants. Therefore, this study compares the scores of actual applicants at a large ICT organization (n = 109) on a well-known self-report measure of EI to the scores of employees already …

Quality Of Work Life: A Review Of Literature, Maynard R. Bagtasos

DLSU Business & Economics Review

The Quality of Work Life (QWL) is a multi-faceted concept, having multi-dimensional constructs brought about by the variation of interest of the researchers and/or its users. The issue of QWL has become critical due to the increasing demands of today’s business environment and of the family structure. This gave rise to an increased interest in QWL not only in business but also for many professions and fields. Determining QWL always involves the interplay between and among the worker, job content, and job context. Furthermore, the determination of the extent of QWL in an organization is a perceptual undertaking. As such, …

Empirical Comparison Of Extreme Value Theory Vis-À-Vis Other Methods Of Var Estimation Using Asean+3 Exchange Rates, Cesar C. Rufino, Emmanuel G. De Guia

DLSU Business & Economics Review

This study applies Extreme Value Theory in calculating Value-at-Risk (VaR) of portfolios consisting of foreign exchange exposures of ASEAN+3 countries. This paper addresses the issue that traditional VaR models assume normality of the return distribution. Empirical evidence confirms the stylized facts that financial asset returns are typically negatively skewed and fat-tailed. Moreover, risk management concerns itself with the distribution of the tails, or events in the extremes of the distribution. Estimation of magnitude and the likelihood of extreme events should be given greater attention than central tendency characteristics. Thus, this paper proposes the application of Extreme Value Theory in computing …

The Geographic Profiling Of Poverty And Accessibility: The Case Of Two Provinces In The Philippines, Alexis M. Fillone, Nicanor Roxas Jr., Cristela G. Dakila

DLSU Business & Economics Review

This study attempts to relate the poverty problem in the Philippines using spatial accessibility measures. Spatial accessibility is the ease with which one could avail of the social services and economic opportunities laid in geographic space to the individual. Using the provinces of Eastern Samar and Siquijor Island as case studies, a Social Composite Index (SCI) value for the household was derived from the 13+1 CBMS core indicators of poverty, which represents the unmet needs of the household and which was then aggregated at the barangay level. The spatial accessibility values were estimated by measuring how each barangay, specifically households, …

Audit Committee Observation/Recommendations Versus Practices As A Compliance Of Corporate Governance In India, Debabrata Chatterjee

DLSU Business & Economics Review

The series of accounting scandals have intensified pressure from stakeholders and regulators on the audit committees to do the jobs for which they are hired. Though most companies have audit committees, their role has been limited due to the lack of expertise and time. An active audit committee is important because it indicate the commitment to the issues of interest because of the reports it release about the activities undertaken during the financial year and the efforts made to ensure adequate internal control. Audit committees must be given the role to approve and review audit fees, thus neutralizing the bias …

Empirical Analysis Of Impact Of Capital Market Development On Nigeria’S Economic Growth (1981 – 2008) (Case Study: Nigerian Stock Exchange), Rowland T. Obiakor, Andy T. Okwu

DLSU Business & Economics Review

This study empirically examined the impact of capital market development on economic growth in Nigeria for the period 1981-2008. The major tool we employed for empirical analysis is a multiple regression analysis model specified on the basis of hypothesized functional relationship between capital market development and economic growth. For capital market development indicators, we considered ratios of value of shares traded, market capitalization, gross capital formation and foreign private investment, to gross domestic product, as explanatory variables, while we used growth rate of gross domestic product as the dependent variable. We introduced an error correction term to capture the flexibility …