October 2009
An investigation of ethical culture in educational organizations
The main objective of the research is to analyse the opinions of teachers in state high schools about organizational ethics in terms of various variables and to develop suggestions in the light of findings. The study has a descriptive quality in evaluating the teachers’ opinions and uses the likert type scale developed by researchers so as to determine the opinions of the participants. The population of...
October 2009
Globalization and economic diversification in the Sultanate of Brunei
Negara Brunei Darussalam is a small but rich country with an area of 5765 square km in Southeast Asia (Figure 1). According to the 1991 population census, there were as many as 71,000 or 27% temporary resident who are migrant workers since the population of Brunei is not enough to provide all the human resources required to implement its development objectives. On the other hand, according to a Labour Force...
October 2009
Correlation of experimenting culture and process of knowledge management in the university environment
The organization’s culture impact on the effectiveness of knowledge management system is widely known within science of management. Besides changing the organization fundamentally, knowledge management changes the whole business philosophy through which an organizational culture is knitted, and therefore is its inseparable part. This study had a goal to investigate the intensity and the nature of the...
October 2009
An exploratory study of problems facing small contractors in the North West province of South Africa
The main objective of this study was to examine the problems that are facing small contractors in the North West Province of South Africa. In undertaking the study a comprehensive literature review was conducted and it was supplemented by primary data gathering. A questionnaire was sent to over 100 contractors in the North West Province and 57 questionnaires were returned. The major findings of the...
October 2009
Ethical behavior in accounting: Some evidence from Turkey
In today’s business environment, the role of accountants is significant. Managers and other decision-makers base their decision mainly on information that accountants provide. Since accuracy of decisions depends on the reliability of accounting information, the ethical dimension of the profession has gained considerable attention recently. Furthermore, major corporate failures such as Enron, Arthur...
October 2009
The impact of perceptions of organizational politics on workplace friendship
While the correlations between perceptions of organizational politics (POPs) and workplace friendship are still unclear according to the literature, this study elaborated the POPs-workplace friendship correlations and investigated the effect of organizational level on POPs and workplace friendship with organizational level as an interfering variable. Results of the survey conducted on 225 valid samples...
October 2009
The dividend policy of firms quoted on the Nigerian stock exchange: An empirical analysis
This paper utilizes the parsimonious multiple regression model developed by Musa (2005) to investigate the dividend policy of a cross-section of 53 firms quoted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) during the period 1993 to 2002. The model employs five metric variables-previous dividend, current earnings, cash flow, investment and net current assets, and three non-metric variables- growth, firm size and...
October 2009
Return from education system in Bangladesh: An investigation on comparative flashback scenario
This article examines the contribution made by the school system in Bangladesh using primary data gained form a small scale of research. Secondary data also supplements. Both formal and informal education gained from society and other sources are considered. Findings show that primary education contributes mainly for social development. Secondary provision also contributes for social development; a small...
October 2009
How do online reviews affect purchasing intention?
Online reviews are widely used in recent years but scarcely researched. This study adopts the Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM) to explore the effects of online reviews. Two hundred and fifty eight undergraduates expressed their attitudes about a product in an online experimental study. Four findings emerged from the results. First, the argument quality of online reviews has a positive effect on the...
October 2009
Cadastral services in Turkey within the framework of new public management
Central, national, political-managerial actors and the organization, processes and personnel structure of the public administration are changing within the framework of the new public management paradigm that envisages the superiority of private sector and private sector management techniques over the public sector. Restructuring of public management has been put on the agenda in 2000s in Turkey and various...
October 2009
Trade development trend between Islamic republic of Iran and Azerbaijan republic
International trade theory had been evolved by Ricardo and Hecksher , Ohlin and Sam Delson, gradually and regularly. According to relative superiority Act, trade between two countries can suitable mutually and this state is even true when one of these two countries is less efficiency in total productions of goods and services. According to this theory, country which has less efficiency must specialize...
October 2009
Corporate social responsibility disclosure in Kenya: The Nairobi stock exchange
This paper aims to investigate corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure practices in Kenya by studying the disclosure practices of companies listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE). It looks at CSR disclosure practices in annual reports and web sites of the companies across different industry groups to determine the relationship between company size (paid-up capital, revenue and profit before...
October 2009
Job satisfaction: Does rank make a difference?
If low job satisfaction or dissatisfaction exists amongst academics then the goals of higher education cannot be accomplished. The purpose of this study was to provide empirical evidence as to the job satisfaction levels of academics in North Cyprus and to ascertain as to whether academic rank is a reliable predictor of their job satisfaction. The study instrument used was the short-form Minnesota...
October 2009
A mixed integer programming formulation for multi-floor layout
In this paper, the two-floor facility layout problem with unequal departmental areas in multi-bay enviro-nments is addressed. A mixed integer programming formulation is developed to find the optimal solu-tion to the problem. This model determines position and number of elevators with consideration of conf-licting objectives simultaneously. Objectives include to minimize material handling cost and to maxi-mize...
October 2009
Reference price in a virtual experimental context: Analysis cross-cultural
The reference price, viewed as a standard against which the purchase price of a product is judged (Monroe 1973), is one of the most studied constructs in research on strategic pricing decisions. Many authors have stressed the importance of contextual effects on reference price formation (Rajendran and Tellis 1994, Mazumdar et al. 2005). The main objective of the current work is therefore to examine the effect...
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