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2017-10-30 Act Relating To Retirement, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate., General Assembly Of The Commonwealth Of Kentucky

Faculty Senate Records

An act relating to retirement presented to the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in October of 2017

The Effect Of Intellectual Capital On A Company's Performance Moderated By Its Governance And It Strategy Integration Employed By Bank Listed In Indonesian Stock Exchange, Dodi Wirawan Irawanto, Haryo Gondomono, Ananda Sabil Hussein

The South East Asian Journal of Management

This study investigates whether IT integration and company governance can affect the relationship between intellectual capital and company performance in the Indonesian banking sector. That could happen, as there are ever tighter and more numerous competitiveness levels in the banking sector, especially in the field of information technology (IT) and the support given by the top management. This study employs data from 33 banking companies listed on the ISE (Indonesian Stock Exchange) in 2013–2014. The testing was done on the elements of VAICTM (VACA, VAHU, STVA), moderated by IT strategy integration (ITSI) and corporate governance (DK) using the measurement of …

An Elderly Employment Model For The Thai Automotive Industry, Pornrat Sadangharn

The South East Asian Journal of Management

This research aims at studying an elderly employment model for the Thai automotive industry. Mixed methods with a sequential exploratory strategy were utilized. Grounded theory was employed by using in-depth interviews to investigate the characteristics of elderly employment in the Thai automotive industry. For this stage of the research, theoretical and purposive sampling was used to select 32 key informants from four groups of stakeholders: (1) elderly workers, (2) employers or human resource managers, (3) government officers, and (4) academics. The findings were then validated using a quantitative approach with structural equation modelling (SEM). A total of 308 elderly workers …

Impact Of High-Performance Work Systems On Export-Oriented Smes Performance: The Mediating Role Of Human Capital Development, Zeeshan Hamid

The South East Asian Journal of Management

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) contribute substantially to the economic development, income generation, poverty reduction, and particularly job creation for both developed and developing economies. However, compared with large firms, SMEs face several challenges related to their performance and competitiveness. The role of human capital (HC) and human resource practices (HR Practices) in enhancing SMEs competitiveness and performance is vital but understudied areas. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the role of HC development between the relationship of high-performance work systems (HPWS) and export-oriented SMEs performance. Quantitative strategy and cross-sectional survey method was used to collect data …

Corporate Social Responsibility : Linkage Business Performance And Social Performance, Tengku Ezni Balqiah, Elevita Yuliati, Rifelly Dewi Astuti, Nurdin Sobari

The South East Asian Journal of Management

Various types of corporate social responsibility (CSR) are perceived differently by parties associated with those activities because CSR is driven by different motives. This study investigates how CSR activities – CSR activities concerning health and well-being of mothers and children – act as liaisons between business performance (brand attitude and loyalty) and social performance (children’s quality of life). A survey was conducted in Indonesia on 450 respondents– customers of firms in industries related to natural resources and in regards to children’s well being. The data were considered via factor analysis and multiple regression analysis. The results show business, stakeholder, and …

School Of Culinary Arts & Food Technology - Autumn Newsletter 2017, James Peter Murphy

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The School of Culinary Arts and Food Technology, Autumn Newsletter captured the many events, research, awards, significant contributions and special civic and community activities which the students and staff members of the school have successfully completed leading up to the Autumn period of 2017. The successful completion of these activities would not be possible without the active and on-going support of the 'INSPIRED' friends of Culinary Arts (sponsors) and all the school's industry bodies and trade associations.

Contracts To Promote Optimal Use Of Optional Diagnostic Tests In Cancer Treatment, Salar Ghamat, Gregory S. Zaric, Hubert Pun

Business Publications

In this study, we examine performance-based payment contracts to promote the optimal use of an optional diagnostic test for newly diagnosed cancer patients. Our work is inspired by three trends: tremendous increases in the cost of new, advanced cancer drugs; development of new diagnostic tests to allow physicians to tailor treatment to patients; and changes in healthcare funding models that reward quality care. We model the interaction between two parties—a healthcare payer and an oncologist, in which the oncologist has private information about patients’ characteristics (adverse selection) and the payer does not know whether the oncologist takes the optimal course …

Physician Practice Survival: The Role Of Analytics In Shaping The Future, Janene Jones Culumber

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation joins an ongoing discussion in the business management and information technology literature surrounding the measurement of an organization’s business analytic capability, the benefits derived from maturing the capability and the improvements being made toward maturity. The dissertation specifically focuses on the healthcare industry in the United States and more specifically independent physician practices specializing in orthopaedics. After an extensive literature review along with expertise from industry leaders and experienced academic faculty, a survey instrument was developed to measure organizational capabilities, technology capabilities and people capabilities which together measured an organizations overall business analytic capability maturity. The survey instrument …

Defining Data Science And Data Scientist, Dana M. Dedge Parks

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The world’s data sets are growing exponentially every day due to the large number of devices generating data residue across the multitude of global data centers. What to do with the massive data stores, how to manage them and defining who are performing these tasks has not been adequately defined and agreed upon by academics and practitioners. Data science is a cross disciplinary, amalgam of skills, techniques and tools which allow business organizations to identify trends and build assumptions which lead to key decisions. It is in an evolutionary state as new technologies with capabilities are still being developed and …

Saying Goodbye To Unions In Higher Education: The Yale Hunger Strike In Perspective, Raymond L. Hogler

Academic Labor: Research and Artistry (2017-2022 archives)

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Creating The Context For Effective Culture Work, Matthew Berberich

River Cities Industrial and Organizational Psychology Conference

A culture that embraces change, responds quickly to changing needs and connects everyone at every level as business owners is an exciting future for companies and employees. In this culture leaders learn to unleash the unique potential in each individual to solve problems never solved before. The opportunity for positive impact goes far beyond our daily work. It spills into every area of our lives and in tangible ways impacts the world. Performance metrics and engagement only put you in line for this door to the future. The door can get locked when organizations become lulled into thinking “good-enough” by …

Fiscal Policy As A Tool Of Economic Stabilization - The Case Of Albania, Almarin Frakulli

UBT International Conference

Processes such as globalization and integration, individuals’ increasing reliance upon technology, limited vital resources in order to ensure normal life increase the complexity of our world and make the State’s economic involvement compulsory. The theory of the use of fiscal policy for promoting economic stability is by now about forty years old. It may be time to ask to what extent fiscal policy has been used in practice as a tool for economic stabilization in Albania; how useful fiscal policy has proven to be, and finally what have been the main obstacles to fiscal policy as a means of economic …

Corporate Social Responsibility, Diamanta Skenderi, Besnik Skenderi

UBT International Conference

This paper is about appropriate ethical relations with “stakeholders”, considering customers, consumers, owners and employees. In addition, this assignment discuses question do “stakeholders” and “stockholders” have the same moral rights on the corporation and if yes should they have same moral rights. In addition, author had discussed also the proper relationship with employees and conclusion is made based on literature review.

Challenges To Internal Audit In Public Sector Organizations, Plamen Iliev

UBT International Conference

The report addresses the problems and challenges of internal audit, particularly in public sector organizations. Attention is drawn to the ten-year experience of its implementation, its weaknesses and suggestions for overcoming it, as well as the reporting problems, stages and levels to preserve the independence of the internal audit. Considerations have already been made in this direction, as well as expected ones, incl. and developing a strategy for the development and improvement of internal auditing in the future, along with the so-called three lines of protection and the expected benefits of this.

Unions And Professional Organizations, Diamanta Skenderi, Besnik Skenderi

UBT International Conference

This paper discusses the role of unions, professional organizations and the place business should take in society. In addition, this paper also is about how the company policy should be with regard to the environment, or on dealing with evil regimes. For this paper, academic journals have been used and in a last part is provided conclusion.

The Effects Of The Global Financial Crisis On Kosovo’S Remittances, Kaltrina Bonjuka, Jonida Xhema, Teuta Dervishi, Mirora Limani

UBT International Conference

Kosova’s nearly half of the population lives outside of its territory, making its diaspora have an epic impact on Kosova’s development through remittances. Remittances affect Kosova’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) through their impact on GDP’s main factor which is consumption. Since remittances constitute nearly 13% of Kosova’s GDP, this research is important because its focus is to understand the effect that Western Europe Countries have on Kosovo through remittances – especially through unemployment and household income.

This research aims to understand the impact of Global Financial Crisis on remittances of Kosovo. This is a quantitative research based on numerical data. …

Organizational Perceptions Of I-O Interventions: Construction Of A Diagnostic Measure, Adam Smith, Sarah Slife, Elizabeth Ritterbush, Rachel Whitman

River Cities Industrial and Organizational Psychology Conference

Despite the fact that Industrial-Organizational (I-O) psychology consultants provide interventions meant to benefit companies, many organizations remain skeptical about the effectiveness of consultants and have concerns about I-O psychologists, their methods, and the results they promise. This skepticism may manifest through resistance towards interventions, resulting in strained client-consultant relationships and a decreased interest in future use of I-O consultant services. Understanding and evading these negative outcomes is highly relevant to the interests of I-O psychology as a whole, but research has yet to quantitatively examine factors contributing to an organization’s decision to pursue I-O consultation. The purpose of the current …

Decision Making: Do People With Dark Triad Traits Utilize Advice?, Elizabeth D. Mcnamara, Alexander T. Jackson, Aneeqa T. Thiele, Stacey M. Stremic, Satoris S. Howes Dr., Michael Hein, Mark C. Frame

River Cities Industrial and Organizational Psychology Conference

This research study seeks to gain a better understanding of the effects of the dark triad (narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy) on advice taking. This research examined whether or not the dark triad traits result in working professionals being more or less likely to accept advice when making a decision. Past research has shown that outcomes are generally more favorable when the person who is making the decision takes the advice of another person into consideration. Despite this fact, I hypothesized that people with higher narcissistic or psychopathic traits will not accept advice when making a decision. Additionally, I hypothesized that Machiavellians …

The Fantasy Of Wealth: Attracting College Graduates Into The Workforce, Nile Latowsky, Shawn M. Bergman Dr., James Westerman Dr.

River Cities Industrial and Organizational Psychology Conference

The need for top talent is a critical factor towards the current and future success of organizations. Each year 1.5 million college students graduate and enter the largest generation of the workforce, Millennials. Therefore, it is imperative for companies to understand how to effectively attract the Millennial talent pool. A trend within organizational recruiting is for companies to provide more initiatives for organization's stakeholders than just the triple bottom line. One type of initiative that is shown to be effective in recruiting from the general talent pool is Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), which is an organization's efforts towards obligations at …

The Ultimate Culture Change Learning Session, Tim Kuppler

River Cities Industrial and Organizational Psychology Conference

Awareness of the importance of culture is growing at a fast rate but there is no consistent understanding about how to effectively evolve culture with a direct and sustainable impact on performance. This awareness-understanding gap helps to explain why most organizations report they don’t understand their culture and believe change is needed. Culture crises (Uber, etc.) gain widespread exposure and superficial tips and keys dominate the popular press. Leaders and change agents often feel lost in the wilderness as they try to piece together improvements that will impact culture. This will likely be the most performance-focused culture educational session you …

The Evolution Of Crm From The Perspective Of An Emerging Country: Past, Present And Future, Taşkın Dirsehan

UBT International Conference

From traditional groceries to mobile commerce, marketing has passed through several ages in its history, and so has the relationship between the seller and the customer. The CRM evolution process differs according to the history of different countries. This study offers a perspective on CRM from an emerging country, Turkey, and will demonstrate the stages of customer relationship management (CRM) in that country. In Turkey’s collective culture in the 80s, grocery stores existed with a strong relationship between the seller and the store. The owner was called “uncle grocery” and usually came from the same quarter as the customers. In …

Poverty And Income Inequality In The Republic Of Macedonia, Remzije Rakipi, Shenaj Hadzimustafa

UBT International Conference

Low economic growth and job creation remain among the most serious problems in the R. Macedonia. Past Governments have failed to resolve these issues despite several interventions. Consequently, the country is still challenged by alarmingly high poverty and inequality in the distribution of income. The aim of this study is therefore to examine trends in poverty and income inequality in the R. Macedonia for the period 2010-2015 using official data from the State Statistical Office based on the Survey on Income and Living Conditions.

Findings show that the at-risk-of-poverty rate in the R. Macedonia has decreased 5.8 p.p. in the …

Determinants Of Trade In Value Added: The Case Of The Central And Eastern European Countries, Lukasz Ambroziak

UBT International Conference

Although the impact of the production fragmentation on trade flows has been examined many times since the 1990s, the research was not comprehensive because of the limitations in traditional trade statistics. Early 2010s the complex databases containing world input-output tables (or indicators calculated on their basis) has made available. It increased the possibilities of examining the production sharing in the world. The trade statistic in value-added terms enables us better to estimate trade changes resulted from the internationalisation and globalisation as well as benefits of the countries from international trade.

In the literature there are many research studies to this …

2017-October-28-Zeta Puppis, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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2017-October-28-Zombie Run, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.

2017-10-28 Side By Side Comparison Of Retirement Plans, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate., General Assembly Of The Commonwealth Of Kentucky

Faculty Senate Records

Side by side comparison of retirement plans and provisions for new members of the Kentucky Retirement System from October of 2017.

2017-10-28 Draft Bill: Section By Section Summary, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate., General Assembly Of The Commonwealth Of Kentucky

Faculty Senate Records

A section by section summary of a draft bill related to Kentucky State employee retirement plans submitted in October of 2017.

Factors Affecting Customer Loyalty In Retail Chain In Kosovo, Jonida Xhemaili, Nehat Ramadani

UBT International Conference

Customer loyalty is at the core of human experience, which enables companies to gain competitive edge in currently tight markets. Customers aren’t always easy to please, and now more than ever, they look for satisfactory services.When customers know that their needs are paramount to company’s employees, returning to the retail is an easy decision. Satisfied customers are more likely to share their praise with others, thereby increasing the number of referrals the company receives.This article takes into account the theoretical review of customer loyalty and its benefits.

This article examines the applicability of customer’s loyalty over a supermarket chain in …

Performance Measurement System Based On Process Approach, Ernad Kahrović

UBT International Conference

This paper addresses issues met when designing, implementing, using and continuously updating performance measurement system based on process approach. Process approach in managing is necessary since it provides a new perspective to the company’s management in terms of identifying problematic, inefficient processes and activities that have negative impact on the overall efficiency and competitive position of the company. Such business management which includes adoption and implementation of the process approach requires consideration of the issues related to performance measurement system based on business process approach as a key control and management instrument. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to …

The Economic Explanation Of Customer Behavior, Semra Bujari, Semra Kerim

UBT International Conference

The economic explanation of customer behavior in the purchasing process starts from the assumption that buying represents a process of choosing products between different alternatives, even under the influence of rational motives. Economic theory, which has given the consumer economic explanation, assumes that homogeneous buyers are present on the market and they behave in a foreseeable manner. The consumer person is seen as a rational buyer who has general information about the market and tries to maximize the expected value of money, time and spent effort. The customer is determined to purchase those products and services that will bring greater …