Adair, D & Stronach, M 2014, 'Kwementyaye (Charles) Perkins: Indigenous Soccer Player and Australian Political Activist', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE HISTORY OF SPORT, vol. 31, no. 7, pp. 778-794.
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Adelstein, J & Clegg, S 2014, 'And rewind! Recycling discourses of knowledge work and knowledge society', Management & Organizational History, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 3-25.
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While knowledge work is privileged by contemporary managerial discourse as a principal tenet of the present epoch, this paper examines an earlier knowledge society the Renaissance and argues that the contemporary designation of society as a `knowledge society is neither new nor unique. In contemporary discourse, much as during the Renaissance, institutional authorities sought to control unauthorized knowledge through disciplinary actions. There is also a parallel between the historical conditions that enabled the Renaissance to emerge and those preceding the emergence of a contemporary knowledge society. The paper argues that discourses of knowledge work and knowledge society may be seen as recycled, making what is old seem new again.
Adriaanse, J & Schofield, T 2014, 'The Impact of Gender Quotas on Gender Equality in Sport Governance', Journal of Sport Management, vol. 28, no. 5, pp. 485-497.
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A common intervention to address women’s underrepresentation in governance has been the introduction of gender quotas. This study examined the impact of gender quotas on gender equality in governance among boards of National Sport Organizations (NSOs) in Australia. Central to the study was the theoretical concept of a gender regime. Part of a larger study, the research design comprised a comparative case study of five NSOs with data collected mainly through semistructured interviews with directors and CEOs. The findings suggest that a quota of a minimum of three women was a first condition to advance gender equality in governance. It needed to operate, however, in conjunction with other gender dynamics to move toward equal participation by men and women in board decision making. These included women in influential board positions, solidaristic emotional relations between men and women directors, and directors’ adoption of gender equality as an organizational value.
Agarwal, R, Brown, PJ, Green, R, Randhawa, K & Tan, H 2014, 'Management practices of Australian manufacturing firms: Why are some firms more innovative?', International Journal of Production Research, vol. 52, no. 21, pp. 6496-6517.
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© 2014 Taylor and Francis. Whilst many studies have focused on the adoption of individual or sets of innovative management practices (e.g. lean production), fewer studies have evaluated a diverse set of management practices and firm contextual factors which may limit (or enable) the accumulation of groups of innovations in organisations. The Australian manufacturing sector is a novel setting to investigate such issues due to, among other reasons, a protracted decline of the competitive position of the sector. In this paper, we use a data-set from the Australian government funded management practices benchmarking project which was part of the World Management Survey and empirically evaluate why some companies have more innovative management practices than others. The conceptual model developed draws mainly on innovation diffusion theory and prior empirical findings. We find that (1) firms which adopt clusters of better management practices have greater performance; and (2) several firm characteristics explain the adoption of better management practices, such as education level of employees and managers, firm size, ownership by a multinational firm, and diffused ownership structure. The study has practical implications for policy-makers and stakeholders who are interested in supporting the adoption of better management practices by firms to enhance productivity in the manufacturing sector.
Agarwal, R, Scerri, M, Sajib, S & Selen, W 2014, 'Dynamic capability building through partnering: An Australian mobile handset case study', Journal of New Business Ideas and Trends, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 27-41.
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Purpose –The purpose of this paper is to report on how collaboration in a service network of a major Telco, involving a key partner and its affiliate network, enables dynamic capability building for achieving services innovation. These capabilities are subsequently analysed for emerging trends and patterns of relationships, and later grouped into different constructs based on existing literature, to present a Dynamic Capability building-framework through partnering.
Design/methodology/approach – The method for this paper is a case study of a large Telco, including its distribution channels and franchised retail centres; and a key trading partner, TPartner, and its affiliated network. Interviews were conducted, transcribed, coded, and similarities in views by different participants were incorporated into emergent themes and patterns for analysis.
Findings – The paper finds that collaboration, collaborative organisational learning, collaborative innovative capacity, entrepreneurial alertness, and collaborative agility are all core dynamic capabilities that foster innovation in services. Second, collaboration enables firms to redefine their strategic and operational capabilities. Third, partnering allows managers to rethink, rearrange and reposition their sourcing strategies to better meet customer demand. Lastly, through partnering with customers and their ensuing engagement, managers are equipped with superior ability to anticipate discontinuity in customer preferences across channels, and through customer knowledge managers are able to meet future demand expediently.
Originality/value – This study advances our understanding of how organisations can build competence based on dynamic capabilities through collaboration in order to foster service innovation.
Ahmed, I, Sultana, I, Paul, SK & Azeem, A 2014, 'Performance evaluation of control chart for multiple assignable causes using genetic algorithm', The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, vol. 70, no. 9-12, pp. 1889-1902.
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Alexeev, V & Tapon, F 2014, 'Diversification, Canadian Style: How many stocks are enough for diversifying Canadian institutional portfolios?', Canadian Investment Review, pp. 1-12.
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Portfolio risk is a function of the number of stocks held in portfolios. We simulate portfolios using daily observations for all traded and delisted equities in Canada from 1975 to 2011 and we calculate several measures of
risk, including heavy-tailed to account for black swan events. For each risk measure, we calculate the average number of portfolio holdings and the upper limits of these holdings to assure investors of a specific reduction in
diversifiable risk. In contrast to previous literature that suggests 10-15 stocks are enough to provide adequate diversification for an average investor, we find that in fact more than 50 stocks are needed to achieve the same level of
diversification most of the time instead of on average.
Alexeev, V & Tapon, F 2014, 'The number of stocks in your portfolio should be larger than you think: diversification evidence from five developed markets', Journal of Investment Strategies, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 43-82.
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In this study of five developed markets, we analyze the sizes of portfolios required to achieve the most diversification benefits. We compute several widely accepted measures of risk and use an extreme risk measure to account
for black swan events. In addition to providing portfolio size recommendations for an average investor, we estimate confidence bands around central measures of risk and offer recommendations for attaining the most diversification
benefits 90% of the time, instead of on average. In contrast to previous literature that suggests between 10 and 15 stocks are enough to provide adequate diversification for an average investor, we find that in fact more than 73
stocks are needed to achieve the same level of diversification most of the time, instead of on average.
Alvesson, M & Sandberg, J 2014, 'Habitat and Habitus: Boxed-in versus Box-Breaking Research', Organization Studies, vol. 35, no. 7, pp. 967-987.
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This paper argues that scholarly work is increasingly situated in narrowly circumscribed areas of study, which are encouraging specialization, incremental adding-to-the-literature contributions and a blinkered mindset. Researchers invest considerable time and energy in these specialized areas in order to maximize their productivity and career prospects. We refer to this way of doing research and structuring careers as boxed-in research. While such research is normally portrayed as a template for good scholarship, it gives rise to significant problems in management and organization studies, as it tends to generate a shortage of novel and influential ideas. We propose box-breaking research as a strategy for how researchers and institutions can move away from the prevalence of boxed-in research and, thus, be able to generate more imaginative and influential research results. We suggest three versions: box changing, box jumping and, more ambitiously, box transcendence.
Atalay, K, Bakhtiar, F, Cheung, S & Slonim, R 2014, 'Savings and prize-linked savings accounts', Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, vol. 107, pp. 86-106.
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Aubusson, P, Burke, P, Schuck, S, Kearney, M & Frischknecht, B 2014, 'Teachers Choosing Rich Tasks: The Moderating Impact of Technology on Student Learning, Enjoyment, and Preparation', EDUCATIONAL RESEARCHER, vol. 43, no. 5, pp. 219-229.
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Bajada, C & Trayler, R 2014, 'A fresh approach to indigenous business education', Education + Training, vol. 56, no. 7, pp. 613-634.
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– The social and economic disadvantages confronted by many Indigenous Australians are well known. A close look at Indigenous employment highlights that Indigenous Australians are substantially under-represented in the technical and professional areas of business and management. Closing the gap and improving the social and economic outcomes requires a greater focus in these areas. The purpose of this paper is to outline the design of an innovative undergraduate business degree for Indigenous students that: meets the targets set by government, produces the “T-shaped” graduate expected by business (disciplinary and interdisciplinary knowledge and soft skills), addresses the employment needs of the Indigenous community and provides the building blocks for Indigenous students to enrol in post-graduate business courses. Australians is well known. A close look at Indigenous employment highlights that Indigenous Australians are substantially under-represented in the technical and professional areas of business and management. Closing the gap and improving the social and economic outcomes requires a greater focus in these areas. This paper outlines the design of an innovative undergraduate business degree for Indigenous students that: (i) meets the targets set by government; (ii) produces the “T-shaped” graduate expected by business (disciplinary and interdisciplinary knowledge and soft skills); (iii) addresses the employment needs of the Indigenous community; and (iv) provides the building blocks for Indigenous students to enrol in post-graduate business courses.
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– The development of the Bachelor of Business Administration (Indigenous) provided an opportunity to address the needs ...
Bateman, H, Eckert, C, Geweke, J, Louviere, J, Satchell, S & Thorp, S 2014, 'Financial competence, risk presentation and retirement portfolio preferences*', JOURNAL OF PENSION ECONOMICS & FINANCE, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 27-61.
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Baur, DG & Glover, KJ 2014, 'Heterogeneous expectations in the gold market: Specification and estimation', Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 116-133.
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The increase in the price of gold between 2002 and 2011 appears to be a candidate for a potential asset price 'bubble', suggesting that chartists (feedback traders) were highly active in the gold market during this period. Hence, this paper develops and tests empirically several models incorporating heterogeneous expectations of agents, specifically fundamentalists and chartists, for the gold market. The empirical results show that both agent types are important in explaining historical gold prices but that the 10-year bull run of gold in the early 2000s is consistent with the presence of agents extrapolating long-term trends. Technically this paper is a further step toward providing an empirical foundation for certain assumptions used in the heterogeneous agents literature. For example, the empirical results presented in this paper compare the economical and statistical significance of numerous switching variable specifications that are generally only introduced ad hoc. © 2014 Elsevier B.V.
Benn, S, Giurco, D, Brown, PJ & Agarwal, R 2014, 'Towards responsible steel: Preliminary insights', Resources, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 275-290.
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© 2014 by the authors. This paper examines the structures and processes underpinning the attempt of the Australian steel industry to establish a certification scheme for Responsible Steel. We take it as a case example of how collective action and collaboration along a supply chain has the potential to be a win-win situation for the environment and for the competitiveness of an industry sector. The paper identifies the drivers that have prompted key stakeholders from all major sectors of the Australian steel product life cycle from mining through steel manufacturing, processing, product fabrication, use and re-use, and recycling to collaborate in the establishment of the Steel Stewardship Forum (SSF), the structure established to lead the development of the certification scheme. The development of this initiative is indicative of the wider shift to sustainability-related certification schemes as a means of garnering legitimacy and market advantage and provides detailed insights into both the drivers for and the challenges associated with such initiatives. Findings from the paper contribute to our understanding of the shift to sustainable supply chains as it is interpreted through institutional and institutional entrepreneurship theory.
Bethmann, D & Kvasnicka, M 2014, 'War, Marriage Markets, and the Sex Ratio at Birth', The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, vol. 116, no. 3, pp. 859-877.
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AbstractIn belligerent countries, male‐to‐female sex ratios at birth increased during and shortly after the two world wars. These rises occurred amidst dramatically changed marriage‐market conditions caused by war‐related declines in adult sex ratios, and still defy explanation. Based on county‐level census data for the German state of Bavaria in the years just before and immediately after World War II, we explore the reduced‐form relationship between changes in marriage‐market tightness (the adult sex ratio) and changes in the offspring sex ratio, and we discuss potential mechanisms that might link the two. Our results suggest that war‐induced shortfalls of men significantly increased the percentage of boys among newborns.
Bird, R, Choi, DFS & Yeung, D 2014, 'Market uncertainty, market sentiment, and the post-earnings announcement drift', Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 45-73.
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Post-earnings announcement drift (PEAD) which was first identified over
40 years ago seems to be as much alive today as it ever was. Numerous attempts have been
made to explain its continued existence. In this paper we provide evidence to support a new
explanation: that the PEAD is a reflection of the level of market uncertainty and sentiment
that prevails during the post-announcement period. The overriding conclusion from our
analysis is that both uncertainty and sentiment play a central role in determining investor
behaviour and it is this behaviour that ultimately determines the pricing that is observed in
financial markets.
Bird, R, Reddy, K & Yeung, DC 2014, 'The relationship between uncertainty and the market reaction to information: Is it influenced by stock-specific characteristics?', International Journal of Behavioural Accounting and Finance, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 113-132.
Bohle, P, Rawlings-Way, O, Finn, J, Ang, J & Kennedy, DJ 2014, 'Housing Choice in Retirement: Community versus Separation', Housing Studies, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 108-127.
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Boon, RT, Wilson, R & Curwood, JS 2014, 'Inclusive Education in Australia: An Introduction to the Special Issue', Journal of International Special Needs Education, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 45-47.
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Brown, P, Feigin, A & Ferguson, A 2014, 'Market reactions to the reports of a star resource analyst', Australian Journal of Management, vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 137-158.
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Keith Goode has for many years been one of Australia's highest profile mining analysts. He is unique among them, being a commissioned analyst. Goode's clients-mostly small cap mining companies with limited analyst coverage-pay for a report, which he publishes electronically, but only if his report is positive. Using reports published over eight years from September 2001, we estimate his clients typically benefit by about AUD$14m, or almost 10% of the company's share market value, with much of the benefit coming almost immediately after the report's release. Market liquidity surges in the first hour of trading, with the value of trades, flow of buy orders relative to sells, and level of overall activity all increasing significantly. To demonstrate significance, we develop 'fractile analysis', a robust, relatively powerful and quite general method for detecting abnormal market activity. Our study is relevant to day traders, analysts and other information intermediaries. The methodological refinement should also interest students of 'abnormal' market behaviour. © The Author(s) 2013.
Brown, PJ, Matolcsy, Z & Wells, P 2014, 'Group versus individual compensation schemes for senior executives and firm performance: Some evidence based on archival data', Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 100-114.
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The objectives of this paper are (i) to provide evidence on the association between the choice of group versus individual compensation schemes for senior executives and firm characteristics, and (ii) to provide evidence on the economic consequences of adopting a particular compensation scheme. Our key findings based on 2517 firm years for the period of 2001-2010 show that on average, the choice between group or individual compensation schemes for senior executive compensation schemes are consistent with a firm's economic characteristics and on average, the choice of compensation schemes does not affect subsequent firm performance. However, we find some evidence that firms that adopt compensation schemes inconsistent with their economic characteristics have lower subsequent performance. Our findings are robust to a number of sensitivity tests. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd.
Burke, PF, Eckert, C & Davis, S 2014, 'Segmenting consumers’ reasons for and against ethical consumption', European Journal of Marketing, vol. 48, no. 11-12, pp. 2237-2251.
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© Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose - This paper aims to quantify the relative importance of reasons used to explain consumers’ selection and rejection of ethical products, accounting for differences in ethical orientations across consumers. Design/methodology/approach - Reviewing previous literature and drawing on in-depth interviews, a taxonomy of reasons for and against ethical purchasing is developed. An online survey incorporating best-worst scaling (BWS) determines which reasons feature more in shaping ethical consumerism. Cluster analysis and multinomial regression are used to identify and profile segments. Findings - Positively orientated consumers (42 per cent of respondents) purchase ethical products more so because of reasons relating to impact, health, personal relevance, and quality. Negatively orientated consumers (34 per cent of respondents) reject ethical alternatives based on reasons relating to indifference, expense, confusion and scepticism. A third segment is ambivalent in their behaviour and reasoning; they perceive ethical purchasing to be effective and relevant, but are confused and sceptical under what conditions this can occur. Research limitations/implications - Preferences were elicited using an online survey rather than using real market data. Though the task instructions and methods used attempted to minimise social-desirability bias, the experiment might still be subject to its effects. Practical implications - Competitive positioning strategies can be better designed knowing which barriers to ethical purchasing are more relevant. The paper challenges the benefits in altruistic-based positioning and outlines shortcomings in communication about ethical products, including those relating to product labelling. Social implications - Through their purchase behaviours across a number of categories, ethical consumers aim to minimise theharmand exploitation of humans, animals and the natural environment. This research provi...
Burks-Copes, KA & Kiker, GA 2014, 'Uncovering lines of evidence hidden in complex problems: using conceptual models to inform ecosystem-based management of the Missouri River cottonwoods', Environment Systems and Decisions, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 425-442.
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In this paper, we demonstrate the complexity of consumer decision-making within the supermarket and use videographic techniques to gain greater insight into this. We propose that grocery shopping, often perceived as a routine behavior, can in fact, become quite complex. The broad pattern emerging from our study was that the less time the participant spent looking at the shelves, the less emotion displayed. Where there was longer time spent, there was also increasing physical interaction with the product and a greater display of mostly negative emotion. We suggest that this presents a conundrum for retailers. Does the lack of emotion indicate little or no commitment to the store and/or brand? Or are they so loyal there is no need for consumer engagement? This exploration suggests that further insight can be gained if the emphasis is on how the consumer interacts with their brands rather than assuming that all grocery decisions are predictive
Butcher, J & Dalton, B 2014, 'Cross-sector partnership and human services in Australian states and territories: Reflections on a mutable relationship', Policy and Society, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 141-153.
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Under Australia's federal system subnational governments fund the delivery of a wide range of public services. In particular, state and territory governments have increasingly looked to the non-profit sector to deliver human services under contract. Over time, the contracting regimes employed by public sector commissioners have taken on more ‘relational’ characteristics, accompanied by a gradual softening of public sector resistance to non-profit sector input into policy development. Nevertheless, the Australian non-profit sector is fragmented and, although policy capacity within the sector has undoubtedly matured, it is also unevenly distributed. Almost two decades of contracting has left its mark on organisational culture. There are fears within the non-profit sector that it is organisations with the largest ‘market share’ that gain a seat at the policy table.
Camilleri, AR & Larrick, RP 2014, 'Metric and Scale Design as Choice Architecture Tools', Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 108-125.
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Interest is increasing in using behavioral decision insights to design better product labels. A specific policy target is the fuel economy label, which policy makers can use to encourage reduction in carbon dioxide emissions from transport-related fossil-fuel combustion. In two online experiments, the authors examine whether vehicle preferences can be shifted toward more fuel-efficient vehicles by manipulating the metric (consumption of gas vs. cost of gas) and scale (100 miles vs. 15,000 miles vs. 100,000 miles) on which fuel economy information is expressed. They find that preference for fuel-efficient vehicles is highest when fuel economy is expressed in terms of the cost of gas over 100,000 miles, regardless of whether the vehicle pays for its higher price in gas savings. The authors discuss the underlying psychological mechanisms for this finding, including compatibility, anchoring, and familiarity effects, and conclude that policy makers should initiate programs that communicate fuel-efficiency information in terms of costs over an expanded, lifetime scale.
Cardinale, M, Navone, M & Pioch, A 2014, 'The Power of Dynamic Asset Allocation', JOURNAL OF PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 47-+.
Chen, C, Zhang, J & Delaurentis, T 2014, 'Quality control in food supply chain management: An analytical model and case study of the adulterated milk incident in China', International Journal of Production Economics, vol. 152, pp. 188-199.
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Managing the food supply chain quality and risk has received significant attention in recent years especially in global emerging markets such as India and China. In this paper, we present a mutually supporting analytical model and exploratory case to study the managerial and policy issues related to quality control in food supply chain management with a focus on the Chinese dairy industry. Based on a general supply-chain model with acceptance sampling tests under uncertain product quality, we show that, depending on the sampling technology, the decentralized supply-chain structure may lead to a distortion in product quality. We also explore the effects of different pricing and regulatory options of vertical control on product quality and the distribution of the total supply-chain profit. In addition, we use an exploratory case study of the 2008 adulterated milk incident in China to investigate practical issues in ensuring product quality/safety in food supply chain management. Our analytical results and two comparative cases show that, instead of the common “poor quality” misperception of food products from global emerging markets, it is actually the poor vertical control strategy for managing the food supply chain quality and risk that caused the adulterated milk incident. A number of other important managerial and policy insights and implications regarding supply chain design, informational visibility, corporate social responsibility, and regulatory action in managing the global food supply chain quality and risk are also discussed.
Chen, NC, Dwyer, L & Firth, T 2014, 'Conceptualization and Measurement of Dimensionality of Place Attachment', Tourism Analysis, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 323-338.
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To extend the discussion and application of place attachment to tourism-relevant contexts, this article proposes two neglected dimensions: place memory and place expectation. Combining these dimensions, a six-dimension construct of place attachment is tested using confirmatory
factor analysis and found to be a good fit for data collected from two places: Sydney, Australia and Shanghai, China. The new dimensionality includes an individual's past experience and future expectations of his/her attachment to a place, and thus has a potential to interpret one's attachment
to a place based on a shorter term stay. The implications of the study for researchers and destination managers are discussed.
Chen, NC, Dwyer, L & Firth, T 2014, 'Effect of dimensions of place attachment on residents’ word-of-mouth behavior', Tourism Geographies, vol. 16, no. 5, pp. 826-843.
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Chiarella, C & Di Guilmi, C 2014, 'Financial instability and debt deflation dynamics in a bottom-up approach', Economics Bulletin, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 125-132.
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In this paper we expand the agent based model introduced by Chiarella and Di Guilmi (Chiarella, C. and Di Guilmi, C., The financial instability hypothesis: A stochastic microfoundation framework. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 35(8):1151 – 1171, 2011) in which the business cycle originates by the modifications in firms' balance sheets induced by their investment decisions. During periods of market euphoria, firms increase their capital stock and their level of debt. At the same time the increasing availability of liquidity
for investors causes inflation in asset price. When firms' debt reaches an unsustainable level the virtuous cycle is reversed in a depression. We modify the original model in order to study the impact of the dependence of firms' expectations on the stock market performance and of the rise in the proportion of Ponzi firms. We also run a further computational experiment to assess the effect of the buy-back of firms' shares.
Choi, KW, Chen, X, Wright, S & Wu, H 2014, 'Analysts' Forecasts Following Forced CEO Changes', Abacus, vol. 50, no. 2, pp. 146-173.
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This paper examines analysts' earnings forecasts during the period of uncertainty following a change of chief executive officer (CEO). It distinguishes between forced and non‐forced CEO changes, and examines whether analysts utilize their information advantage to reduce the heightened uncertainty of a forced change of CEO. Examining a sample of Australian companies followed by analysts between 1999 and 2009, we find that forecasting accuracy is lower and earnings forecasts are more optimistic for firms experiencing forced CEO turnover compared to firms not undergoing such a change. However, dispersion is not statistically different. The results suggest that forced CEO turnover events provide a challenge to the forecasting environment for analysts. During CEO changes, investors should be aware that forecasts are less accurate and have an optimistic bias.
Chugh, S, Fargher, N & Wright, S 2014, 'Cross-listing as a Global Depository Receipt: The influence of emerging markets, regulation, and accounting regime', Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 262-276.
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© 2014. This paper examines factors influencing international firms' decisions to cross-list as Global Depository Receipts (GDRs). We focus on differences in regulatory and accounting requirements between exchanges and the economic clustering that has arisen with increasing globalization. An important economic influence on this decision is the home country, reflecting trade ties. Higher US regulation and governance requirements influence firms from emerging markets to issue GDRs rather than ADRs on a US exchange. Using local GAAP or IFRS also tends to deter firms from listing as an ADR, suggesting that the cost of US GAAP reconciliation is an important consideration in the decision to list as a GDR or an ADR.
Clegg, S 2014, 'Circuits of power/knowledge', Journal of Political Power, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 383-392.
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Clegg, S & Kreiner, K 2014, 'Fixing concrete: inquiries, responsibility, power and innovation', Construction Management and Economics, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 262-278.
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Cohen, A, Melton, EN & Peachey, JW 2014, 'Investigating a coed sport's ability to encourage inclusion and equality', Journal of Sport Management, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 220-235.
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The genuine sport of quidditch, based off the Harry Potter franchise, offers an alternative to traditional sport that has grown immensely in terms of popularity and participation. Due to the scarcity of research on coed sports, and the innovative nature of quidditch, the purpose of this research was to use an exploratory qualitative approach to examine impact of the sport on its participants, and to determine how its structure influenced participants' attitudes toward the opposite gender. Findings revealed the coed structure of the sport led to a positive coed experience for women and men, which in turn developed an increased desire for inclusivity and equality. In addition, both genders reported stereotype reduction due to participation in the sport, and women also reported feeling increased levels of self-confidence and pride. Despite these shifts in attitude, underlying prejudice toward women athletes was still apparent among men who participated in the sport. © 2014 Human Kinetics, Inc.
Collins, J, Baer, B & Weber, EJ 2014, 'ECONOMIC GROWTH AND EVOLUTION: PARENTAL PREFERENCE FOR QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF OFFSPRING', Macroeconomic Dynamics, vol. 18, no. 8, pp. 1773-1796.
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This paper presents a quantitative analysis of the model developed by Galor and Moav [Galor, Oded and Omer Moav (2002) Natural selection and the origin of economic growth.Quarterly Journal of Economics117(4), 1133–1191] in which agents vary genetically in their preference for quality and quantity of children. The simulation produces a pattern of income and population growth that resembles the period of Malthusian stagnation before the Industrial Revolution and the take-off into a modern growth era. We also investigate the stability of the modern growth era as an absorbing state of the model under the introduction of a strongly quantity-preferring genotype. We show that, given the absence of a scale effect of population in the model, the economy can regress to a Malthusian state under this change in the initial distribution of genotypes.
Cotton, D & De Mello, L 2014, 'Econometric analysis of Australian emissions markets and electricity prices', Energy Policy, vol. 74, pp. 475-485.
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Emissions trading schemes aim to reduce the emissions in certain pollutants using a market based scheme where participants can buy and sell permits for these emissions. This paper analyses the efficiency of the two largest schemes in Australia, the NSW Greenhouse Gas Abatement Scheme and the Mandatory Renewable Energy Trading Scheme, through their effect on the electricity prices from 2004 to 2010. We use a long run structural modelling technique for the first time on this market. It provides a practical long-run approach to structural relationships which enable the determination of the effectiveness of the theoretical expectations of these schemes. The generalised forecast error variance decomposition analysis finds that both schemes׳ emissions prices have little effect on electricity prices. Generalised impulse response function analysis support this finding indicating that when shocks are applied to electricity by the two schemes it returns to equilibrium very quickly. This indicates that these schemes are not having the effect anticipated in their legislation.
Cotton, D & Michayluk, DM 2014, 'Ambiguity in markets: A test in an Australian emissions market', ACRN Journal of Finance and Risk Perspectives, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 99-119.
Coulton, JJ, Ruddock, CMS & Taylor, SL 2014, 'The Informativeness of Dividends and Associated Tax Credits', Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, vol. 41, no. 9-10, pp. 1309-1336.
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© 2014 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This paper investigates the informativeness of dividends and the associated tax credits with respect to earnings persistence. After confirming that dividend-paying firms have more persistent earnings than non-dividend-paying firms, we show that the taxation status of the dividend is also important. Firms that pay dividends with a full tax credit attached have significantly more persistent earnings than firms that pay dividends which carry no associated tax credit. Consistent with higher levels of tax credits identifying more mature firms, those paying dividends with full tax credits have significantly less persistent losses than firms that pay dividends with only partial tax credits. Further, market pricing tests confirm that the incremental information in dividends and tax credits contributes to reductions in market mispricing of the persistence of earnings and earnings components. Our results are robust to alternative model specifications and controlling for dividend size and firm age.
Cunha, MPE, Clegg, SR, Rego, A & Neves, P 2014, 'Organizational Improvisation: From the Constraint of Strict Tempo to the Power of the Avant‐Garde', Creativity and Innovation Management, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 359-373.
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Dalton, B 2014, 'Civil Society: Overlapping Frames', Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 40-68.
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The social sciences are bedeviled by terminological promiscuity. Terms and phrases are used at one time in a certain context and later borrowed and applied in different circumstances to somewhat different phenomena. Sometimes different groups of actors or researchers simultaneously use the same term with somewhat different meanings. Such is the use of the term civil society. In this 5th Anniversary of the Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, it is timely to trace the evolution of the idea of civil society to its multiple guises in the present. The paper reviews the term’s 18th and 19th century roots, its recent resurrection and the opposing views of civil society, including views that question its applicability to non-western settings. It then discusses prospects for developing agreed approaches to the study of civil society. To guide our thinking the paper presents a brief overview of different approaches to defining civil society taken by some of the major so-called centres for civil society in Australia and internationally. The paper concludes by reflecting on these definitional challenges as it has played out at one particular cross faculty research centre, the University of Technology, Sydney’s Cosmopolitan Civil Societies Research Centre.
Dalton, B & dela Rama, M 2014, 'Business Ethics During Mixed Modes of Exchange: South Korean Chaebol's Succession Challenge', KOREA OBSERVER, vol. 45, no. 3, pp. 415-435.
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In his study on pathways to economic development, John Lie
(1992) developed the concept of modes of exchange and identified
four typologies: market, manorial, mercantile and entrepreneurial.
We discuss the relevance of these typologies to Korea’s post-war
economic development and focus specifically on how modes of
market exchange may affect wider interpretations of business
ethics. In the post-war period, we argue that there was no linear or clearly-staged trajectory from one mode of exchange to another
and, in this context of uncertainty, elites used this as an opportunity
to rationalize and justify certain practices. However, the 1997 Asian
financial crisis unleashed forces that drove a significant shift
towards the establishment of a more open and globalized market
environment. This has created new challenges for the chaebol and
its attempts to hold on to structures of the past, in particular to
maintain family ownership through succession from father to son.
Darcy, S, Dickson, TJ & Benson, AM 2014, 'London 2012 olympic and paralympic games: Including volunteers with disabilities- A podium performance?', Event Management, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 431-446.
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© 2014 Cognizant Comm. Corp. This article presents an examination of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games' volunteers who identified as having access needs and/or disabilities. The methodology draws upon data collected as part of a larger quantitative mixed method research design through an online survey that included open-ended questions. The quantitative element of the online survey was framed by the Special Event Volunteer Motivation Scale together with sociodemographic questions supplemented by disability and access specific questions. The qualitative analysis of the open-ended responses of the experiences of people with disability was framed using the UK government's Office of Disability Issues (ODI) policy conceptualization of the barriers affecting the access and inclusion of people with disability. A small number of volunteers related feedback consistent with the principles of the ODI best practice through good staff support and overall positive experiences. However, other experiences indicate significant organizational, environmental, and structural issues faced by volunteers with disability in the program. The implications of these findings for future event planning processes and broader macropolicy considerations are discussed.
Darcy, S, Maxwell, H, Edwards, M, Onyx, J & Sherker, S 2014, 'More than a sport and volunteer organisation: Investigating social capital development in a sporting organisation', SPORT MANAGEMENT REVIEW, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 395-406.
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This paper presents the findings of a study that examines the development of social capital within an Australian sporting organisation, Surf Life Saving Australia (SLSA). The study draws on the social capital literature across the not-for-profit sector and specific sport management social capital research. The research design incorporated an interpretive approach with data collected nationally from eight focus groups with key SLSA staff, board members and ‘toes in the sand’ volunteers. The findings provide fresh insights into the development and understanding of social capital within a sporting organisation. Both bonding and bridging were important social capital outcomes of the organisation's activities, albeit with important implications for antecedents and process. The data presented strong evidence for arguing that within the organisation bonding within the club comes first, which importantly provides a very strong sense of belonging and mutual support for club members, from volunteers through to the board. The strength of bonding provides a powerful base for subsequent bridging capital to the local, regional and national stakeholder communities that are associated with the organisation. Further, social capital develops in both the collective and individual, with leveraging of individual skills contributing to human capital development, which is closely connected to and inseparable from social capital. The paper concludes by discussing the theoretical implications for social capital generally and social capital in a sporting context.
Davis, D, Perrott, B & Perry, LJ 2014, 'Insights into the working experience of casual academics and their immediate supervisors', Australian Bulletin of Labour, vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 46-67.
Delavande, A 2014, 'Probabilistic Expectations in Developing Countries', Annual Review of Economics, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 1-20.
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Many decisions are made under uncertainty, and individuals are likely to form subjective expectations about the probabilities of events that are relevant to their decisions. I review here a recent and growing literature that uses probabilistic expectations elicited from survey respondents in developing countries. I first present an illustrative model of one particular decision under uncertainty—the choice of a college—to exemplify the importance of subjective expectations data for identification purposes. I then review existing evidence emphasizing that it is feasible to elicit probabilities from survey respondents in low-literacy settings and describe common patterns of answers. Finally, I describe existing applications, many of which seek to assess how expectations influence behavior, in various domains, including health, education, agricultural production, and migration.
Delavande, A, Sampaio, M & Sood, N 2014, 'HIV-related social intolerance and risky sexual behavior in a high HIV prevalence environment', Social Science & Medicine, vol. 111, pp. 84-93.
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Di Domenico, M & Fleming, P 2014, '“Time(x) Out of Joint”', Journal of Management Inquiry, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 80-92.
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The prolonged and acrimonious industrial dispute and subsequent closure of the Timex Electronics plant in Dundee, Scotland, in 1993 is a key marker in U.K. manufacturing and labor relations history that was extensively covered in the media at that time. A discourse analysis of U.K. print-media representations of the dispute reveals both vivid accounts of the labor relations collapse and evocative imagery reaching beyond this particular event. Newspaper accounts were found to be laced with dark images including those of death and specters from the past, symbolizing the continuing expiration of much of British manufacturing and ghostly ever presence of Thatcher-era industrial relations. This leads us to a deeper interpretation, drawing on Derrida’s Spectres of Marx, exposing the dark shadow lurking within the post-1989 neoliberal capitalist ebullience present at the time of the strike, and presaging the present global crisis in capitalism and regret over the closure of such manufacturing plants.
Di Guilmi, C, He, X-Z & Li, K 2014, 'Herding, trend chasing and market volatility', JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC DYNAMICS & CONTROL, vol. 48, pp. 349-373.
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D'Netto, B, Shen, J, Chelliah, J & Monga, M 2014, 'Human resource diversity management practices in the Australian manufacturing sector', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, vol. 25, no. 9, pp. 1243-1266.
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We examined employee perceptions of the benefits and challenges of workforce diversity and human resource (HR) diversity management practices adopted in the Australian manufacturing sector. We found that overt discrimination does not exist in the Australian manufacturing sector. However, Australian employers appear to adopt a `legalistic compliance approach and have not considered workforce diversity as a source of competitive advantage. Employers have not adopted effective HR diversity management practices. The Australian manufacturing sector has failed to value diversity or capitalize on the benefits of workforce diversity. Inadequate recognition of overseas skills, ineffective communication, increased training costs and social isolation were perceived as the main challenges, whereas a stronger work ethic among multicultural employees, greater opportunities to learn from other cultures, lower absenteeism and less labor turnover were regarded as major benefits of workforce diversity. Overall, we found migrant workers are disadvantaged in the Australian workplace.
Domínguez Vila, T, Darcy, S & Alén, E 2014, 'Juegos olímpicos y paralímpicos en Brasil: aprendiendo de Barcelona y Sidney', Revista de Administração de Empresas, vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 222-230.
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Entre 2014 y 2016, Brasil será sede de numerosos eventos, donde se destaca la celebración de las Olimpiadas en Rio de Janeiro. La industria del turismo será una de las grandes beneficiadas, teniendo como objetivo duplicar el número de turistas, 10 millones en 2016, y generar oportunidades de negocios. Esta investigación plantea el análisis de dicha meta a través de dos elementos vinculados a las Olimpíadas, el legado y la apertura a nuevos segmentos de turistas, concretamente el turismo sénior y el accesible. Se llevará a cabo un análisis de contenido de la bibliografía existente sobre Río 2016 para determinar el estado del arte, y posteriormente se realizará un estudio de caso de las Olimpíadas de Barcelona y Sídney, con el objetivo de obtener las claves del éxito de su legado y la repercusión a nivel turístico. Esto posibilitará identificar los pasos a seguir por Brasil para alcanzar su objetivo turístico.
Dowling, GR 2014, 'Playing the Citations Game: From Publish or Perish to be Cited or Sidelined', Australasian Marketing Journal, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 280-287.
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The availability of automated citation counting software has made it easy for citation metrics to be used in the performance appraisal of many academics. This is most evident in decisions about promotion, research funding and salary supplementation. At present, many marketing academics seem to have only a passing interest in how their citations may impact on these decisions. Notwithstanding their limitations, citations can play an important role in building a case for the career advancement of most academics. The questions addressed in this paper are twofold. First, is seeking more citations a somewhat distracting game to be played across one's career or do they provide a reasonably valid measure of research recognition? Second, given that their use is becoming more widespread, how can a scholar's citation profile be linked to their research strategy so that it enhances rather than obscures their contribution? In the language of branding the task is how best to use citations as a point-of-proof of research contribution. Data from the Australian marketing community is used to illustrate how this can be achieved.
Dowling, GR 2014, 'The Curious Case of Corporate Tax Avoidance: Is it Socially Irresponsible?', JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS, vol. 124, no. 1, pp. 173-184.
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Dwyer, L, Cvelbar, LK, Mihalič, T & Koman, M 2014, 'Integrated Destination Competitiveness Model: Testing Its Validity and Data Accessibility', Tourism Analysis, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 1-17.
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Destination competitiveness has attracted much attention from researchers over the past two decades. The Integrated Destination Competitiveness Model has been used to explore destination competitiveness in many contexts including Australia, Korea, Slovenia, and Serbia. Given its popularity
with tourism researchers and its application to destination competitiveness studies world-wide, it is appropriate to undertake a rigorous test of the destination competitiveness attributes identified in this model, their validity and indicator accessibility to researchers and practitioners.
Testing the 83 destination competitiveness attributes of this major model can inform researchers about the appropriateness of the model structure, the validity of the groupings of destination competitiveness attributes, and the relevance of different indicators to destination attributes. The
data used for testing are comprehensive, covering 139 countries worldwide in the period 2007 to 2011. The testing process confirms the value of the Integrated Model in understanding a destination's competitiveness indicators, the gains from which will be more informed policy making regarding
the type of tourism development most likely to enhance resident quality of economic and social life.
Dwyer, L, Pham, T, Forsyth, P & Spurr, R 2014, 'Destination Marketing of Australia', Journal of Travel Research, vol. 53, no. 3, pp. 281-295.
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The efficient targeting of destination marketing depends not only on identifying markets that are currently or potentially “high yielding” but also on the cost effectiveness of marketing expenditure in different markets. At least three different types of yield measures that are relevant to “return” on marketing investment have not been clearly distinguished in the literature. One relates to the expenditure associated with the additional tourism flows generated as a result of the marketing effort—this is a well-used measure. Another relates to the economic contribution associated with different inbound market segments. A third measure relates to the (economy-wide) impact of the visitor spending. The article uses each measure, combined with marketing elasticities, to estimate the return on investment associated with promoting Australia in nine key markets. While Australia provides a context for study, the approach taken and the results have relevance to destination marketing organizations worldwide.
Dwyer, L, Seetaram, N, Forsyth, P & King, B 2014, 'Is the migration-tourism relationship only about VFR?', Annals of Tourism Research, vol. 46, pp. 130-143.
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Dwyer, LM, Cvelbar, LK, Edwards, DJ & Mihalic, TA 2014, 'Tourism Firms' Strategic Flexibility: the Case of Slovenia', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TOURISM RESEARCH, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 377-387.
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Dyson, LE, Frawley, JK, Tyler, J & Wakefield, J 2014, 'Facilitating Enhanced Learning in Tutorials through Tablet Computing Enabled Sharing and Annotation Technologies', Transactions on Mobile Learning, vol. 3, pp. 22-26.
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The purpose of this study is report on a trial of tablet computing enabled sharing and annotation technologies in an Introductory Accounting subject. These technologies allow student homework to be photographed using a tablet computer (iPad in our study), shown to the class instantaneously through a data projector and annotated live by the tutor, along with student participation, using the tablet computer. These technologies are intended to address calls for more student–centred approaches to learning, moving away from the didactic approach that dominates much of accounting
education. Two focus group sessions were conducted to explore the effectiveness of the technologies, with the first group from a class where the tutor used the iPad and the second from a class where
there was no iPad use. The findings from the focus groups suggest that in the class where the iPad
was used, there was a far greater ability to focus on the questions and problems students were facing,
a lot more material could be covered, student felt more comfortable participating because they could
see their fellow students faced similar challenges and they were far more likely to complete
homework prior to class. Overall this indicates there were significant benefits for students.
Edwards, D, Foley, C, Dwyer, L, Schlenker, K & Hergesell, A 2014, 'Evaluating the economic contribution of a large indoor entertainment venue: An inscope expenditure study', Event Management, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 407-420.
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© 2014 Cognizant Comm. Corp. Music events are elements of entertainment that are important to people's social lives. Large indoor entertainment venues meet this need through the provision of entertainment such as live music performances. While large indoor entertainment venues impact the economies of the communities in which they are located, there is minimal research that investigates their economic contribution. To address this gap, this article examines the inscope expenditure arising from a range of events held at the Sydney Entertainment Centre (SEC) for the areas surrounding it-Chinatown/Haymarket precinct, the Darling Harbour precinct, and the City of Sydney local government area. It was found that the SEC benefits the immediate venue location, as well as adjacent business precincts, with backward and forward economic linkages evident in visitor expenditure patterns. Surprisingly, free concerts were also found to generate high expenditures in surrounding areas. Implications for stakeholders are discussed.
Ehlers, L, Hafalir, IE, Yenmez, MB & Yildirim, MA 2014, 'School choice with controlled choice constraints: Hard bounds versus soft bounds', Journal of Economic Theory, vol. 153, pp. 648-683.
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Eisenhauer, S, Adair, D & Taylor, T 2014, 'Fifa-isation: Security, brand protection and media management at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa', Surveillance & Society, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 377-391.
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This paper presents a case-study of spatial brand protection and media management and security strategies at the 2010 Football World Cup (FWC) in South Africa (RSA). This focus stems from the realisation that commercially designated event spaces are very important environments for the interests of FWC sponsors, and that the media has a pivotal role in conveying messages about desirable conduct in such environments. In these respects, stakeholder organisations are concerned about safeguarding core event spaces, and with promoting positive messages about the FWC via the media. The paper therefore investigates the interests of key stakeholders at the 2010 FWC: the event owner Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the FWC sponsors and the host city (Cape Town). It is concerned with identifying various surveillance strategies to manage public spaces at the FWC, albeit with a particular emphasis on protecting the interests of sponsors and their brand integrity. It is also concerned with strategies to manage the media at the FWC, with a particular emphasis on how FIFA stymies dissent and forces compliance among reporters and news outlets that undermine critical surveillance into these practices of spatial management. Taken together, these hyper-protectionist approaches demonstrate what we have described as the FIFA-isation of the FWC, where commercial risk is outsourced to the event host, while the commercial benefits flow back to the event owner. Concomitantly, FIFA makes enormous surveillance demands on the event hosts and those residing in the country and city where it is to be held, and upon the media that broadcast and report on the world’s biggest sport mega events.
Ezzamel, M & Willmott, H 2014, 'Registering ‘the Ethical’ in Organization Theory Formation: Towards the Disclosure of an ‘Invisible Force’', Organization Studies, vol. 35, no. 7, pp. 1013-1039.
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Theory building is conditioned by three registers – the ontological (reality), the epistemological (knowledge) and the ethical (values). The significance of the first two is widely acknowledged. But the third register tends to be overlooked, especially where a positive/normative dichotomy is assumed. Post-positivist thinking problematizes this dichotomy but leaves the ethical register unthematized. The paper addresses this neglect and illustrates the role of the ethical register in processes of theory formation. Attentiveness to the ethical register is seen to invite radical reflection on a dominant, anthropocentric value-orientation, and thereby problematize the institutionalized estrangement of researchers from the ‘objects’ of their analysis and the abstraction of organizations from their embeddedness in the biosphere.
Fee, A & Budde-Sung, AEK 2014, 'Using Video Effectively in Diverse Classes', Journal of Management Education, vol. 38, no. 6, pp. 843-874.
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This article presents the findings of an exploratory study into the perceptions of a culturally and linguistically diverse cohort of management students ( n = 236) about the use of video as a teaching and learning tool. The results show that while students are generally favorable toward audiovisual materials, the choice of content, how the medium is used, and the types of supporting pedagogical activities all influence the students’ perceived learning and enjoyment. Notably, students from non-English-speaking backgrounds reported different benefits and challenges to their native English-speaking classmates. We use the findings to outline some practical guidelines for instructors about the most effective ways of using video as a pedagogical tool with diverse classes.
Ferguson, A & Scott, T 2014, 'What If There Were Three? Audit Pricing within the Big 4 and the PricewaterhouseCoopers' Premium in the Australian Audit Market', International Journal of Auditing, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 57-67.
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This paper examines intra‐Big 4 audit fee premiums in the Australian market. During the period examined (2002–2004), there is both Big 4 and intra‐Big 4 market dominance. The three largest firms – the ‘Big 3’ (Ernst & Young, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers) – hold over 80 per cent of audit fees for companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. We find the main feature of the Australian audit market over this period is a PwC brand premium, which suggests price competition and thus no collusive pricing. Within the Big 4, audit pricing effects are likely to be a growing area of inquiry in future audit pricing literature. Overall, our study implies that regulatory concerns about a lack of a competition in the audit market during this period are inconsistent with the audit pricing evidence.
Ferguson, A, Pündrich, G & Raftery, A 2014, 'Auditor industry specialization, service bundling, and partner effects in a mining-dominated city', Auditing, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 153-180.
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© 2014, American Accounting Association. All rights reserved. This study examines auditor industry specialization effects in Perth, a remote mining town in Australia characterized by a large number of small, homogeneous firms. We consider the impact of leadership by the non-Big 4 auditor BDO Kendalls (BDO) for a sample of 371 mining development stage entities (MDSEs). After controlling for factors known to determine audit fees, we find no evidence of auditor industry leadership fee premiums accruing to BDO, a result robust to a range of sensitivity tests including the broadening of tests Australia-wide. However, when the dependent variable is redefined to the total ‘‘bundle’’ of services provided by the audit firm (including audit and non-audit fees), the industry leader is shown to earn a fee premium suggesting BDO uses audits as a conduit to supply higher-margin non-audit services. Our findings suggest that strategic pricing by industry leaders may not be confined to Big 4 firms.
Fiorini, M & Keane, MP 2014, 'How the Allocation of Children’s Time Affects Cognitive and Noncognitive Development', Journal of Labor Economics, vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 787-836.
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The allocation of children’s time among different activities may be important for cognitive and noncognitive development. Here, we exploit time use diaries from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children to study the effects of time allocation. By doing so, we characterize the trade-off between different activities to which a child is exposed. On the one hand, our results suggest that time spent in educational activities, particularly with parents, is the most productive input for cognitive skill development. On the other hand, noncognitive skills appear insensitive to alternative time allocations. Instead, they are greatly affected by the mother’s parenting style.
Fleming, P 2014, 'Review Article: When ‘life itself’ goes to work: Reviewing shifts in organizational life through the lens of biopower', Human Relations, vol. 67, no. 7, pp. 875-901.
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This review article suggests the English publication of Foucault’s lectures on biopower, The Birth of Biopolitics (2008), might be useful for extending our understandings of how organizational power relations have changed over the last 20 years. Unlike disciplinary power, which constrains and delimits individuals, the concept of biopower emphasizes how our life abilities and extra-work qualities ( bios or ‘life itself’) are now key objects of exploitation – particularly under neoliberalism. The term biocracy is introduced to analyse recent reports on workplace experiences symptomatic of biopower. Finally, the conceptual weaknesses of biopower for organizational theorizing are critically evaluated to help develop the idea for future scholarship.
Fleming, P & Oswick, C 2014, 'Educating consent? A conversation with Noam Chomsky on the university and business school education', Organization, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 568-578.
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In what follows, we present a conversation with Professor Noam Chomsky on the topic of whether the business school might be a site for progressive political change. The conversation covers a number of key issues related to pedagogy, corporate social responsibility and working conditions in the contemporary business school. We hope the conversion will contribute to the ongoing discussion about the role of the business school in neoliberal societies.
Fleming, P & Spicer, A 2014, 'Power in Management and Organization Science', The Academy of Management Annals, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 237-298.
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This paper reviews and evaluates the concept of power in management and organization science. In order to organize the extant literature on this topic, we develop a framework that identifies four faces of power (i.e. coercion, manipulation, domination, and subjectification) and four sites of power (i.e. power enacted "in", "through", "over", and "against" organizations). This allows us to evaluate assumptions both shared and contested in the field. Building on the review, the paper then points to potentially novel areas of research that may extend our understandings of organizational power in management and organization science. © 2014 © 2014 Academy of Management.
Flyvbjerg, B, Clegg, SR & Haugaard, M 2014, 'Reflections on Phronetic Social Science: A Dialogue between Stewart Clegg, Bent Flyvbjerg, and Mark Haugaard', Journal of Political Power, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 275-306.
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Foley, C, Edwards, D & Schlenker, K 2014, 'Business Events and Friendship: Leveraging the Sociable Legacies', Event Management, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 53-64.
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Business events are celebrated for their contributions to community and industry. They are understood to be shared social contexts in which people meet to advance knowledge, sell products, and network. Less celebrated and, arguably, less understood is that business events provide a
context for the development of friendships. In 2011 an online survey was conducted with the delegates of five international business events held in Sydney, Australia in the period 2009–2011. The survey was designed to investigate business legacies of the events (such as investment
opportunities, research collaborations) rather than sociable legacies. however, a surprising number of references to friendship were made in the “additional comments” sections of the questionnaire. reflecting on this finding, this article argues that friendships forged
at business events contribute to, respectively: the well-being of delegates, association membership levels, conference attendance, retention of personnel in the profession, successful research and professional collaborations, and creativity and innovation in the sector. Business event planners
can maximize opportunities for sociable outcomes among delegates by designing warm and inviting event spaces that facilitate interaction, and by providing social space for the development of relationships, optimal conditions for sociability, and opportunities for play to stimulate creativity
and build community.
Forsyth, P, Dwyer, L & Spurr, R 2014, 'Is Australian tourism suffering Dutch Disease?', Annals of Tourism Research, vol. 46, pp. 1-15.
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Forsyth, P, Dwyer, L, Spurr, R & Pham, T 2014, 'The impacts of Australia's departure tax: Tourism versus the economy?', TOURISM MANAGEMENT, vol. 40, no. C, pp. 126-136.
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This study estimates the flow and expenditure effects of the recent increase in Australia's Passenger Movement Charge (PMC), as well as the economic impacts on the Australian economy and the tourism industry. After discussing the nature of the PMC, it outlines the types of industry stakeholder concerns as to its effects on tourism both before and after the recent increase. It then presents a framework developed by the authors that can be used to distinguish the effects of the increased PMC on the wider economy and on different tourism markets. A computable general equilibrium model is then used to estimate the economic impacts of the increased charge on different Australian tourism markets – inbound, outbound and domestic. The implications of the modelling results for the validity of the industry criticisms of the PMC are discussed. The results confirm that the tourism industry will suffer, though it also indicates that the Australian economy will gain – thus there is a clash between the industry and wider economic interests. The types of issues addressed in this paper can inform policy making regarding the gainers and losers from departure tax increases in tourism destinations generally.
Frischknecht, BD, Eckert, C, Geweke, J & Louviere, JJ 2014, 'A simple method for estimating preference parameters for individuals', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MARKETING, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 35-48.
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Glover, K & Hulley, H 2014, 'Optimal prediction of the last-passage time of a transient diffusion', SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, vol. 52, no. 6, pp. 3833-3853.
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© 2014 Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics We identify the integrable stopping time τ∗ with minimal L1-distance from the last-passage time γz associated with a given level z > 0, for an arbitrary nonnegative time-homogeneous transient diffusion X . We demonstrate that τ∗ is in fact the first time that X assumes a value outside a half-open interval [0, r∗). The upper boundary r∗ > z of this interval is characterized either as the solution for a one-dimensional optimization problem, or as part of the solution for a free-boundary problem. A number of concrete examples illustrate the result.
Gochoco-Bautista, MS, Sotocinal, NR & Wang, J 2014, 'Corporate Investments in Asian Markets: Financial Conditions, Financial Development, and Financial Constraints', WORLD DEVELOPMENT, vol. 57, pp. 63-78.
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Goeree, JK & Zhang, J 2014, 'Communication & competition', Experimental Economics, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 421-438.
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Charness and Dufwenberg (Am. Econ. Rev. 101(4):1211-1237, 2011) have recently demonstrated that cheap-talk communication raises efficiency in bilateral contracting situations with adverse selection. We replicate their main finding and extend their design to include competition between agents. We find that communication and competition act as "substitutes:" communication raises efficiency in the absence of competition but not with competition, and competition raises efficiency without communication but lowers efficiency with communication. We briefly review some behavioral theories that have been proposed in this context and show that each can explain some but not all features of the observed data patterns. Our findings highlight the fragility of cheap-talk communication and may serve as a guide to refine existing behavioral theories. © 2013 Economic Science Association.
Goldbaum, D & Zwinkels, RCJ 2014, 'An empirical examination of heterogeneity and switching in foreign exchange markets', JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR & ORGANIZATION, vol. 107, pp. 667-684.
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In order to study the expectation formation of financial institutions in the foreign exchange market we develop and apply a recursive selection and estimation algorithm to a dataset of surveyed foreign exchange market expectations. Responses are classified into two groups and forecasting models are endogenously determined within the groups. Estimation results reveal that a fundamentalist-chartist model is capable of explaining a large portion of foreign exchange market expectations. Fundamentalists are found to have mean-reverting expectations whereas chartists have contrarian expectations. Allowing panelists to switch between models significantly improves the fit of the model, especially at the relatively shorter forecast horizons. We find that the fundamentalist model is increasingly used as the forecast horizon extends. Finally, results indicate that model choice is based on a combination of period-specific and individual-specific determinants. © 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Gollan, PJ, Kalfa, S, Agarwal, R, Green, R & Randhawa, K 2014, 'Lean manufacturing as a high-performance work system: The case of Cochlear', International Journal of Production Research, vol. 52, no. 21, pp. 6434-6447.
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© 2014 Taylor and Francis. This paper addresses the Special Issue call for Australian examples of innovative management systems that enable the production of successful products by drawing on a single case study: medical device manufacturer Cochlear. Through qualitative case study methodology, we examine the human resource management practices that complemented the implementation of lean manufacturing principles. We argue that in their implementation, Cochlears management team enriched the traditional understanding of lean and its focus on waste reduction, low cost and quality assurance by adopting people management practices as an integrated component of the overall management capability which allowed their people to grow and develop. The combination of lean and HR practices transformed Cochlear to a high-performance work system and positively impacted production processes and output. By examining a medical device manufacturer, an under-researched sector, our paper expands existing literature on lean manufacturing and provides implications for practitioners.
Govendir, B & Wells, P 2014, 'The influence of the accruals generating process on earnings persistence', AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT, vol. 39, no. 4, pp. 593-614.
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In this paper we categorise accruals on the basis of how they are generated, and empirically evaluate whether this categorisation provides additional insights into future earnings and is relevant to the estimation of firm value. Specifically, we categorise accruals on the basis of whether the underlying cash flows lead or lag earnings recognition, and whether the accruals are initiating or reversing (i.e. a four-way categorisation). We demonstrate that these accrual categories are not homogeneous, have differing implications for earnings persistence and are relevant for firm valuation. Significantly, where cash flows lag earnings recognition (e.g. sales made on credit) they have greater implications for future earnings than where cash flows lead earnings (e.g. unearned revenues) and depreciation. Similarly, initiating accruals have greater implications for the persistence of earnings than reversing accruals. Paradoxically, while depreciation exhibits high persistence, it has less of an implication for the persistence of earnings than either lag or initiating earnings categories. These findings enhance our understanding of the properties of accounting income and how it is impounded into share prices.
Harris, R 2014, 'The Role of Large-Scale Sporting Events in Host Community Education for Sustainable Development: An Exploratory Case Study of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games', Event Management, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 207-230.
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This study explores the relationship between large-scale sporting events (LSSEs) and education for sustainable development (EfSD) from the perspective of the host communities in which they take place. Over the past decade there has been an increasing acknowledgement by both the owners of these types of events and their hosting communities that they offer meaningful opportunities to engage in practices linked to EfSD. This acknowledgement, however, has not been accompanied by any discernible interest by researchers. This exploratory study goes some way towards redressing this situation and in so doing provides a platform upon which future research in this area can be built. Additionally, its findings are intended to be of value to communities who are bidding for, or hosting, LSSEs. A case study-based explorative research approach was employed in this inquiry utilizing the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games (SOG). This event was chosen in part because its practices in the sustainability area are generally well documented, but more importantly because it represents a watershed event in terms of the engagement of a LSSE with a sustainable development agenda. The conceptual framework used to guide this study drew upon stakeholder theory and the limited literature associated with sustainable development and LSSEs. Secondary data in the form of reports, studies, audio visual, and other material, along with personal interviews, were used to explore the elements of this proposed framework and their relationship to one another. The study found the process of EfSD in the context of the SOG to be: dominated by the government sector; involve a diverse range of programs and initiatives; largely of an informal educational nature; and to have impacted organizations, groups, and individuals (to varying degrees) across the community. The EfSD process was also found to have been influenced by a number of factors, with some serving to strengthen the process, while others acted as con...
Harris, R, Edwards, D & Homel, P 2014, 'Managing Alcohol and Drugs in Event and Venue Settings: The Australian Case', Event Management, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 457-470.
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One of the major challenges of operating events and venues is that of managing attendee/patron alcohol and drug use. In the Australian context, a rising number of alcohol and drug-related incidents in and around these settings have resulted in a renewed focus on how these negative outcomes can be more effectively controlled. In order to aid those charged with the task of addressing this matter—event and venue managers, police, security firms, alcohol and drug regulatory bodies, and governments at all levels—this article seeks to identify those variables with the potential to impact this management issue. Further, it aims to provide the previously identified stakeholders with a deeper appreciation of the raft of practices that are currently in use, and potentially available to them, as they build responses to this challenge at the individual state, precinct, venue, or event level. The research approach used involved an extensive literature review and a series of in-depth interviews with key stakeholders across three states—New South Wales, Victoria, and Western Australia.
Harrison, B & Jepsen, DM 2014, 'The Career Impact of Winning an External Work-Related Award', Journal of Vocational Behavior, vol. 89, pp. 21-31.
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© 2015 Elsevier Inc. There is an abundance of work-related external awards in the business and corporate sectors. This study examines the impact of awards given to individuals in the business sector. Careers and signalling theory were used to initiate research in this domain with 32 interviews with winners of national work-related awards. The majority of winners were either nominated for the awards by others or encouraged to nominate by their managers, which may reflect an organisational, rather than individual, signal for distinction. Results demonstrated that all winners valued the recognition they received from their award win but in an unexpected finding, no significant career trajectory changes occurred. Award winners used their award as a signal of their excellence to distinguish themselves from others. The award gave them confidence and credibility. There was no relationship between winning an award and career success measures such as promotions or salary increases. Counterintuitive negative impacts identified by award winners are discussed.
Hassanli, N & Metcalfe, M 2014, 'Idea Networking: Constructing a Pragmatic Conceptual Frame for Action Research Interventions', Systemic Practice and Action Research, vol. 27, no. 6, pp. 537-549.
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© 2013, Springer Science+Business Media New York. Action research interventions require use of some form of conceptual frame to guide and evaluate the intervention. Pragmatism offers an explanation of ideas that enables this conceptual frame to be constructed inductively from diverse participants’ ideas. They define ideas as experienced patterns of activity. The purpose of this paper is to explain why and how this pragmatic explanation of ideas can be used to induce an action research conceptual frame. As a demonstration, the paper inducts (emerges) a conceptual frame using idea networking for service providers in an emerging cultural accommodation industry. 50 h of interviews and site visits provided 117 individual idea statements which were networked. The conceptual frame that emerged had five elements: sufficient-legitimation, selected-market, inclusive-boomi, appropriately-financial, and collaboratively-empowered. This provides a coordinated, multi-part, way of evaluating any possible future changes.
Hu, W, Xiao, J & Zhou, X 2014, 'Collusion or Competition? Interfirm Relationships in the Chinese Auto Industry', The Journal of Industrial Economics, vol. 62, no. 1, pp. 1-40.
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The Chinese passenger‐vehicle industry contains a large number of manufacturers. Some of them are members of big corporate groups centered around state owned enterprises. These corporate relationships may facilitate collusion. This paper applies the non‐nested hypothesis test methodology to data on passenger vehicles to identify whether price collusion exists within corporate groups or across groups. Our empirical results support the assumption of Bertrand Nash competition in the Chinese passenger‐vehicle industry: We find no evidence for within or cross‐group price collusion. Our policy experiments show that indigenous brands will gain market shares and profits if within‐group companies merge.
Hu, W-Y, Phaneuf, D & Zheng, X 2014, 'Quantifying the benefits associated with the use of alternative marketing arrangements by US farmers', China Agricultural Economic Review, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 108-124.
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Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to quantify the benefits to farmers from using alternative marketing arrangements (AMAs) in the USA. The authors first estimate a behavioral model explaining farmers' joint decisions on which commodities to produce and which marketing channels to use when selling their outputs. The authors then use the estimated model to quantify the benefits to farmers from using AMAs.
Design/methodology/approach
– The authors use the discrete choice random utility maximization model to examine farmers' choices on production regimes, where a regime is defined as a possible combination of all the individual commodity/marketing arrangement channels that the farmer can choose to use. The farmer is assumed to compare the utilities he gets from each of the possible production regimes and then selects the production regime that yields the highest utility to him. The benefit of having access to a particular AMA is measured as the negative of the welfare loss associated with forcing the farmer to abandon that particular AMA.
Findings
– The results indicate that AMAs yield an economically significant amount of benefits to farmers who rely on them to market their outputs. At the national level, the benefit of using production contracts to hog farmers is valued at $336.4 million. The benefits of using marketing contracts are valued at $374.2, $156.6 and $92.1 million for corn, soybeans and wheat producers.
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In, F, Kim, M, Park, RJ, Kim, S & Kim, TS 2014, 'Competition of socially responsible and conventional mutual funds and its impact on fund performance', Journal of Banking & Finance, vol. 44, pp. 160-176.
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Jakubowicz, A, Collins, J, Reid, C & Chafic, W 2014, 'Minority youth and social transformation in Australia: Identities, belonging and cultural capital', Social Inclusion, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 5-16.
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Increasingly minority youth, especially from Muslim backgrounds, have been seen in Australian public policy and the media as potentially disruptive and transgressive. In some European societies similar young people have been portrayed as living in parallel and disconnected social spaces, self-segregated from interaction with the wider community. Yet Australian ethnic minority youth do not fulfil either of these stereotypes. Rather, despite their often regular experiences of racism or discrimination, they continue to assert a strong identification with and belonging to Australian society, albeit the society that marginalizes and denigrates their cultural capital. In particular it is the neighbourhood and the locality that provides the bridge between their home cultures and the broader world, contributing to a range of positive aspirations and fluid identities.
Johar, M & Savage, E 2014, 'Do Mergers Benefit Patients in Underperforming Administrations? Lessons from Area Health Service Amalgamation', Economic Record, vol. 90, no. 291, pp. 526-535.
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Johar, M, Jones, G & Savage, E 2014, 'WHAT EXPLAINS THE QUALITY AND PRICE OF GP SERVICES? AN INVESTIGATION USING LINKED SURVEY AND ADMINISTRATIVE DATA', HEALTH ECONOMICS, vol. 23, no. 9, pp. 1115-1133.
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Joseph, J & Wearing, SL 2014, 'Does Bear do it for you? Gen-Y gappers and alternative tourism', Annals of Leisure Research, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 314-339.
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Popular culture and travel are both major points of interest within the realm of leisure in contemporary consumer society. Respectively, they are both highly contentious and diverse fields. This paper explores the more specific areas of popular culture celebrities and alternative tourism in an effort to examine the influence that popular culture and travel engagements have on a segment of Generation Y (Gen-Y) – the gappers. These two areas of leisure activity shape social and cultural norms and influence the construction of self-identity amongst this generation. The aim of this exploratory research is to highlight some areas where popular culture and alternative tourism can be valued as constructive factors influencing a Gen-Y group. The theory of planned behaviour acted as a framework and was used to identify the influence that popular culture celebrity ‘Bear’ Grylls and his TV show Man vs. Wild had on the alternative tourism engagements of the Gen-Y gappers.
Kaluza, M 2014, 'Gunawardena, Harshi; Wilson, Rachel: International Students at University. Understanding the Student Experience', Informationen Deutsch als Fremdsprache, vol. 41, no. 2-3, pp. 244-244.
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Khoo, C, Schulenkorf, N & Adair, D 2014, 'The opportunities and challenges of using cricket as a sport-for-development tool in Samoa', Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 76-102.
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This study investigates benefits and challenges associated with the use of sport – in this case cricket – as a community development tool in Samoa. This Pacific Island nation, like others in the region, has been the focus of various development programs in the post-colonial era, with developed economy neighbours like Australia and New Zealand providing aid funding. Some of that has involved sport as a development tool, underpinned either by funding from the national government, foreign aid agencies, or a combination of both. The present paper, by focusing on a cricket for development (CFD) program in Samoa, aims to explore outcomes and limitations associated with the use of sport as a community engagement tool. The paper pursues that goal by examining the activities of relevant sport and government organisations, and – most crucially – it interviews key stakeholders involved in the CFD process in Samoa. In short, the prime purpose of this paper is to identify and interpret – from the perspective of locals – whether the CFD program has brought benefits to Samoan communities, and the challenges and limitations they see thus far. This is important because, to date, there has been an absence of qualitative inquiry into the efficacy of sport for development (SFD) programs in Samoa, and very limited research in a Pacific Islands context.
Kim, S, In, F, Ji, PI & Park, RJ 2014, 'False discoveries in the performance of Australian managed funds', Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, vol. 26, pp. 244-256.
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Klettner, A, Clarke, T & Boersma, M 2014, 'The Governance of Corporate Sustainability: Empirical Insights into the Development, Leadership and Implementation of Responsible Business Strategy', JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS, vol. 122, no. 1, pp. 145-165.
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This article explores how corporate governance processes and structures are being used in large Australian companies to develop, lead and implement corporate responsibility strategies. It presents an empirical analysis of the governance of sustainability in fifty large listed companies based on each company's disclosures in annual and sustainability reports. We find that significant progress is being made by large listed Australian companies towards integrating sustainability into core business operations. There is evidence of leadership structures being put in place to ensure that board and senior management are involved in sustainability strategy development and are then incentivised to monitor and ensure implementation of that strategy through financial rewards. There is evidence of a willingness to engage and communicate clearly the results of these strategies to interested stakeholders. Overall, there appears to be a developing acceptance amongst large corporations that efforts towards improved corporate sustainability are not only expected but are of value to the business. We suggest that this is evidence of a managerial shift away from an orthodox shareholder primacy understanding of the corporation towards a more enlightened shareholder value approach, often encompassing a stakeholder-orientated view of business strategy. However, strong underlying tensions remain due to the insistent market emphasis on shareholder value. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.
Klimova, A & Lee, AD 2014, 'Does a Nearby Murder Affect Housing Prices and Rents? The Case of Sydney', ECONOMIC RECORD, vol. 90, no. S1, pp. 16-40.
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Lacetera, N, Macis, M & Slonim, R 2014, 'On the Importance of Unconditional Rewards for Blood Donations', Clinical Chemistry, vol. 60, no. 2, pp. 423-424.
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Lacetera, N, Macis, M & Slonim, R 2014, 'Rewarding Volunteers: A Field Experiment', Management Science, vol. 60, no. 5, pp. 1107-1129.
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We conducted a field experiment with the American Red Cross (ARC) to study the effects of economic incentives on volunteer activities. The experiment was designed to assess local and short-term effects as well as spatial and temporal substitution, heterogeneity, and spillovers. Subjects offered $5, $10, and $15 gift cards to give blood were more likely to donate and more so for the higher reward values. The incentives also led to spatial displacement and a short-term shift in the timing of donation activity, but they had no long-term effects. Many of the effects were also heterogeneous in the population. We also detected a spillover effect whereby informing some individuals of rewards through official ARC channels led others who were not officially informed to be more likely to donate. Thus, the effect of incentives on prosocial behavior includes not only the immediate local effects but also spatial displacement, social spillovers, and dramatic heterogeneity. We discuss the implications of these findings for organizations with activities that rely on volunteers for the supply of key inputs or products as well as for government agencies and public policy. This paper was accepted by Uri Gneezy, behavioral economics.
Lakisa, D, Adair, D & Taylor, T 2014, 'Pasifika Diaspora and the Changing Face of Australian Rugby League', CONTEMPORARY PACIFIC, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 347-367.
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Lamla, MJ, Straub, M & Girsberger, EM 2014, 'On the economic impact of international sport events: microevidence from survey data at the EURO 2008', Applied Economics, vol. 46, no. 15, pp. 1693-1703.
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Using firm-level data for more than 700
Swiss hotels and restaurants, we evaluate the economic impact of the EURO
2008 soccer championship in Switzerland. Although aggregated macrodata do
not reveal any sizable economic impact, we report an overall negative
effect based on the surveyed companies. Notably the reported effects of
the individual firms are very heterogeneous. For instance, hotels in
cities benefitted from the tournament as they were able to raise prices
and thereby increase sales. Looking at the long-run impact only a small
fraction of companies do believe in a positive effect. Interestingly, this
outlook does not depend on realized sales, but on the guest structure.
Latif, HH, Paul, SK & Azeem, A 2014, 'Ordering policy in a supply chain with adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system demand forecasting', International Journal of Management Science and Engineering Management, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 114-124.
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Law, A & Wearing, SL 2014, 'ALR special issue - ‘Alternative’ cultures and leisure: creating pathways for sustainable livelihoods', Annals of Leisure Research, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 249-251.
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Le-Klähn, D-T & Edwards, D 2014, 'Conference Report: The Best Education Network Think Tank XIII: Engaging Communities in Sustainable Tourism Development, Taylors University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2013', Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism Education, vol. 14, pp. 1-5.
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Leung, L 2014, 'Availability, access and affordability across ‘digital divides’: Common experiences amongst minority groups', Australian Journal of Telecommunications and the Digital Economy, vol. 2, no. 2.
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In understanding commonalities between minority groups in relation to access to and affordability of technology, the paper argues that these can no longer be considered `minority issues as they affect a significant proportion of the Australian population. Rather, affordability needs to be framed as part of a wider discussion about access and accessibility. Furthermore, notions of access and accessibility should be emphasised and clearly distinguished from mere availability.
Lilley, A & Slonim, R 2014, 'The price of warm glow', Journal of Public Economics, vol. 114, pp. 58-74.
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Lindo, JM & Siminski, P 2014, 'Should the legal age for buying alcohol be raised to 21 years?', Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 201, no. 10, pp. 571-571.
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Lindsay, V, Ashill, N, Roxas, B & Victorio, A 2014, 'Entrepreneurial orientation and performance of microenterprises in an emerging economy', Journal of Strategic Marketing, vol. 22, no. 7, pp. 631-656.
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Linnenluecke, MK & McKnight, BA 2014, 'The Role of Disaster Entrepreneurship in Building Community Resilience', Academy of Management Proceedings, vol. 2014, no. 1, pp. 12614-12614.
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Luetzenkirchen, K, Roesch, D & Scheule, H 2014, 'Asset portfolio securitizations and cyclicality of regulatory capital', EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH, vol. 237, no. 1, pp. 289-302.
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Marchand, J & Sood, S 2014, 'The alchemy of student entrepreneurs: towards a model of entrepreneurial maturity', International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 75-75.
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MASSEY, GRAHAMR & KYRIAZIS, ELIAS 2014, 'INTERDEPENDENCE AND COMMUNICATION BETWEEN TECHNICALLY TRAINED MANAGERS AND MARKETING MANAGERS DURING INNOVATION PROJECTS', International Journal of Innovation Management, vol. 18, no. 03.
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Interdependence between Technically Trained Managers and Marketing Managers in new product development (NPD) teams is inherent, though few studies have investigated its effects within such teams. Here, interdependence is disaggregated into two underlying dimensions — the dependence of the Technically Trained Manager on the Marketing Manager, and the dependence of the Marketing Manager on the Technically Trained Manager during the project. Our model is tested using data from 184 Technically Trained Managers from Australian companies involved in NPD. The results suggest that interdependence is an important contextual variable during NPD projects. Senior managers should communicate its importance to NPD team members because of its positive effects within the NPD team. Where the Technically Trained Manager and Marketing Manager recognise their interdependence, they engage in more frequent, and more bidirectional communication. This is important because more effective communication between these two managers positively influences the quality and effectiveness of their working relationships, which in turn can increase NPD project success.
Masud, MAA, Paul, SK & Azeem, A 2014, 'Optimisation of a production inventory model with reliability considerations', International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 22-22.
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In this paper, a production inventory model with reliability of production process is developed to minimise total inventory cost. Production, setup, holding, inspection, depreciation, rejection and backorder cost are considered to develop the model. The economic production lot size and the reliability of the production process along with the production period are the decision variables and total cost per cycle is the objective function which is to be minimised. A meta-heuristic particle swarm optimisation (PSO) algorithm is applied to solve the unconstrained non-integer non-linear form of objective function. Some numerical examples have been presented to explain the model. The results obtained from PSO algorithm are compared with results obtained from genetic algorithm (GA) applying on the same inventory model. Comparison clearly shows the superiority of PSO results over GA results thus makes PSO a better choice for this kind of modelling. Copyright © 2014 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
Maxwell, H, Edwards, M, Stronach, M & Brown, V 2014, 'A ‘fair go’ on Australian beaches', Annals of Leisure Research, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 476-494.
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© 2014, © 2014 Australia and New Zealand Association of Leisure Studies. Equality of opportunity is an ideal not always realized in community sport settings. This research explores if the symbolic notion of a ‘fair go’ can be enabled, and if so how participation opportunities can be enabled in community sport programme design to accommodate the variety of needs found in diverse population groups. We answer the research question, how is social inclusion interpreted in the mechanisms that support and sustain locally based community sport programmes? Using a mixed methodology, multiple case study approach, in the setting of an iconic Australian Civil Society Organization, programmes designed to engage recent migrants or refugees unfamiliar with Australian surf conditions and people with disabilities are analysed. Programmes were analysed using Bailey's social inclusion framework, encompassing spatial, relational, functional and power dimensions. Through comparative analysis, fundamental practices that allowed sustained implementation of socially inclusive programmes are identified. Additionally, the framework draws out the elements of the programmes that could be improved.
McEwen, C & Trede, F 2014, 'The Academisation of Emerging Professions: Implications for Universities, Academics and Students', Power and Education, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 145-154.
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Although Australian universities have delivered professional education alongside liberal education since their inception, the more recent introduction of emerging professions into universities' curricula indicates a greater blurring of the boundaries within the higher education sector, where universities are increasingly delivering courses formerly within the realm of technical or further education colleges. This vocationalisation of universities is in response to an imposed economic imperative, and neo-liberal rhetoric. In this article, the authors discuss some of the reasons and consequences of the academisation of emerging professions for universities, their academics and students. They argue that by lacking a deliberate approach and allowing a blurring of the lines between liberal, professional and vocational education, universities run the risk of failing to deliver on their promise of employability and social inclusion. The authors also suggest that the current situation can, however, provide an opportunity for universities to educate a deliberate professional by adopting a pedagogical approach that seeks to develop undergraduates' technical skills and knowledge, as well as an understanding of when and how to align, innovate or oppose the legitimised practices, cultures and identities of their chosen profession or occupation.
McEwen, C & Trede, F 2014, 'The value of workplace learning in the first year for university students from under-represented groups', Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 55-67.
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Workplace learning (WPL) is widely accepted in universities as a valuable component of educating for professional practices. Most often though, the focus of WPL is on helping students transition into the workforce, neglecting the role it can play in helping students transition into university. Using an online questionnaire and interviews, a study was conducted with undergraduate students enrolled in a regional Australian university to better understand their experiences of WPL in the first year of their studies. Findings from this study showed that although there are challenges associated with students undertaking WPL in the first year of university courses, WPL experiences were highly valued by students. Findings also highlighted that WPL had potential as a retention strategy for first year students in general, and students from under-represented groups in particular.
Michayluk, D & Zurbruegg, R 2014, 'Do lead articles signal higher quality in the digital age? Evidence from finance journals', Scientometrics, vol. 98, no. 2, pp. 961-973.
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Michayluk, D, Neuhauser, K & Walker, S 2014, 'Are Certain Dividend Increases Predictable? The Effect of Repeated Dividend Increases on Market Returns', Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 118-126.
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The authors report the findings of their study of over 400 stocks of public companies that announced at least 20 consecutive increases in their dividends during the period 1999 and 2009. With the assumption that the stock market learns to anticipate future dividend increases from current patterns, the study was designed to answer the question: How many increases does it take for the market to anticipate, and “price in,” the pattern of dividend increases?
The authors report finding that abnormal returns around the first and second announcements of dividend increases are significant and positive, but are much less significant for the third and further increases. They also find that the size of the dividend increases tends to fall with more increases, and that the largest percentage dividend changes occur early in the sequence.
Misener, L & Darcy, S 2014, 'Managing disability sport: From athletes with disabilities to inclusive organisational perspectives', Sport Management Review, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 1-7.
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Morgan, A, Adair, D, Taylor, T & Hermens, A 2014, 'Sport sponsorship alliances: relationship management for shared value', Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 270-283.
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Purpose
– Using a case study of an international sport event, the purpose of this paper is to examine the inter-organisational relationship between a sport event property and its corporate sponsors.
Design/methodology/approach
– Interviews were conducted with personnel from the national sport organisation responsible for the delivery of this major event, and from four of its corporate sponsorship partners.
Findings
– The findings indicated that both formal and informal governance were critical to the relationships underpinning these sponsorship alliances. From a dyadic perspective, it was found that the satisfaction of sponsorship partners had two key elements: tangible commercial benefits from the sponsor-sponsee alliance, and the less tangible but nonetheless valuable relationship support within the partnership. In short, partner satisfaction and alliance stability stemmed from relational constructs and the balance of formal governance mechanisms.
Originality/value
– This paper explores the variables that generate value and maintain alliance stability for improved sponsorship governance. These findings, while focused on a single case study, have implications for research in the field of sponsorship and to the area of business-to-business relationships more broadly.
Nair, R, Varadharajan, V, Joglekar, S, Nallusamy, R & Paul, S 2014, 'Robust transcoding resistant watermarking for H.264 standard', Multimedia Tools and Applications, vol. 73, no. 2, pp. 763-778.
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Nguyen, MTT, Barrett, NJ & Nguyen, TD 2014, 'Using Signals to Initiate Importer-Exporter Relationships: Evidence from Vietnamese Importers', Journal of Business-to-Business Marketing, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 111-122.
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Purpose: Realizing the existence of information asymmetry in export markets and the use of signals to distinguish high-qualified sellers from low-qualified sellers, this study investigates the effects of signal consistency and signal clarity on exporter credibility, and subsequently, importer relationship intention.
Methodology: Using a survey data set collected from a systematic sample of 418 Vietnamese importers, the authors tested a model hypothesizing the impact of signal consistency and signal clarity on exporter credibility, and subsequently, on importer relationship intention.
Findings: The authors found that signal consistency and clarity have a positive impact on exporter credibility. Signal consistency also enhances the level of signal clarity. They also found that exporter credibility underlies importer relationship intension.
Research Implications: Under the condition of information asymmetry, importers face difficulties in identifying and evaluating the best supplier among available suppliers in order to make the most appropriate selection decision. The findings confirm that signal clarity and consistency can help exporters to overcome such problems. Exporters should ensure that all signals sent to importers are clear and consistent over time to encourage importers to build long-term business relationships with them.
Contributions: The findings of this study add to the literature on signaling in exporter-importer relationships and can serve as an initiation for further research in the area in transitioning economies.
Noguti, V & Bokeyar, AL 2014, 'Who am I? The relationship between self‐concept uncertainty and materialism', International Journal of Psychology, vol. 49, no. 5, pp. 323-333.
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It is well accepted that materialism may result in a number of negative consequences, hence the importance of improving its understanding. In this paper, we propose that materialism negatively relates to self‐concept uncertainty. Uncertainty about oneself is aversive and those feeling uncertain may use the possession of material objects as a way to reduce the uncertainty. Inasmuch as material objects can serve as concrete signs of self‐worth, self‐concept uncertainty can therefore relate to more materialism. Over two studies, one in Australia and the other in the US, with a total of 390 participants, our research demonstrates that lower clarity about one's self‐concept associates with higher levels of materialism. While this result holds for both genders, this relationship is considerably stronger for women compared to men. We also find that lower self‐concept clarity relates to higher compulsive buying. We further demonstrate that materialism relates to higher positive moods during shopping, and also relates to higher negative moods after shopping, more notably negative moods towards what was purchased. This effect is significant even when controlling for general affective states.
Olaru, D, Purchase, S & Denize, S 2014, 'Using docking to verify and validate nonformal models of complex business innovation', Emergence: Complexity and Organization, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 44-73.
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This article applies docking to two formal models of the same nonformal innovation model, in an attempt to verify and validate the models in the absence of quantitative real-world data. The comparison of the results of a fuzzy logic model (FL) and an agent-based model (ABM) indicates distributional equivalence. Blending various types of verification and validation and docking thus can help researchers formulate a successful strategy, even in situations in which quantitative data are scarce.
Onyx, J 2014, 'Social Impact, a Theoretical Model', Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 1-18.
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This paper constructs a theoretical model of social impact as it applies to civil society organisations. It does so by drawing on the recent literature on the topic as well as recently completed empirical studies. First, the relationship between impact and evaluation is examined. This is followed by an exploration of the capitals, notably social, human, and cultural capital and their interrelationships, as a theoretical base for the explication of social impact. A formal model of social impact is then identified together with a set of basic principles that may be said to define social impact. Finally the implications of the model are discussed for social policy and organisational management.
Paul, SK, Azeem, A, Sarker, R & Essam, D 2014, 'Development of a production inventory model with uncertainty and reliability considerations', Optimization and Engineering, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 697-720.
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Paul, SK, Sarker, R & Essam, D 2014, 'Managing real-time demand fluctuation under a supplier–retailer coordinated system', International Journal of Production Economics, vol. 158, pp. 231-243.
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Paul, SK, Sarker, R & Essam, D 2014, 'Real time disruption management for a two-stage batch production–inventory system with reliability considerations', European Journal of Operational Research, vol. 237, no. 1, pp. 113-128.
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Peachey, JW, Cunningham, G, Lyras, A, Cohen, A & Bruening, J 2014, 'Exploring participant motivations to take part in an elite, multinational, sport-for-development event', Event Management, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 153-168.
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© 2014 Cognizant Comm. Corp. One neglected area of research in sport event management has been to examine the motivations of individuals to take part in large, multinational sport-for-development (SFD) events. The importance of examining such motivations is highlighted by SFD's frequent struggle with attracting individuals to the programs, despite well-meaning intentions and agendas. Hence, we undertook this study to examine participant motivations for attending the World Scholar-Athlete Games and World Youth Peace Summit, a combined, multinational SFD event with a peace agenda set in the US. We conducted two studies-one quantitatively focused and the other through personal interviews and focus groups. Results from both studies revealed that individuals were motivated to participate in order to engage in world learning, for skill development, and for the opportunity to travel, with world learning being the most prominent factor. International participants had higher mean scores on all factors than domestic participants, and sport participants were more motivated by skill development than fine arts participants. These findings imply that sport events with a peace focus should highlight socialization opportunities and the mission of the organization to attract participants, while still providing an environment of healthy competition and skill development.
Perey, R 2014, 'Organizing Sustainability and the Problem of Scale', Organization & Environment, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 215-222.
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Organizing for sustainability seeks systems change at a global level. This objective is captured in the phrase “Think global, act local”; the assumption is that global change will happen through summative local action. This article argues that local action will not necessarily produce systems change and that a new scale-independent categorization for interacting with systems is needed. I introduce the concept of fractal as a useful tool for engaging with problems of scale in organizational settings and argue that change for sustainability needs to be framed as a fractal narrative in order to facilitate implementation success.
Perrott, B 2014, 'Including customers in co-design to market test health services', Journal of Marketing Management, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 211-226.
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This paper will explore the concept and meaning of service co design as it applies to
the design, development and market testing ofhealth services. The results of a pilot
study in health service co design will be used as a research based case discussion,
thus providing a platform to suggest future research that could lead to building
more robust knowledge of how the consumers of health services may be more
effectively involved in the process of developing and delivering the type of services
that are in line with expectations of the various stakeholder groups.
Perrott, B 2014, 'The sustainable organisation: blueprint for an integrated model', Journal of Business Strategy, vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 26-37.
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Purpose
– The purpose of this article is to build on the original Dunphy, Griffiths and Benn (2007) model by proposing a new model of organisational sustainability which includes the economic dimension. There is a growing level of interest by senior executives in the role and potential impact that sustainability will have on their organisation’s future strategy and structure. Although management is keenly aware that sustainability is important in their future planning, there is much uncertainty about what level of involvement and commitment they should make towards sustainability endeavours.
Design/methodology/approach
– This article reviews the existing organisational sustainability change model while building a case to have the important economic strand added to the original change dimensions relating to the human and the environmental strands.
Findings
– This conceptual paper builds on previous work of sustainability organisational change theorists to produce an enhanced sustainability change model thus proposing a more comprehensive and integrated sustainability stage model that can guide managers in their quest to evolve effective and more sustainable organisations.
Originality/value
– This is a conceptual paper that builds on previous work of sustainability organisational change theorists to introduce an enhanced sustainability change model that includes the important economic dimension to the widely a...
Phillips, M, Pullen, A & Rhodes, C 2014, 'Writing Organization as Gendered Practice: Interrupting the Libidinal Economy', ORGANIZATION STUDIES, vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 313-333.
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While gender very much holds a place in organization studies, this is primarily in relation to being an object of study. Still largely silent and inexplicit is the gendered nature of what organization studies researchers themselves do when they research and write. Our overarching project in this essai is to render the gendered character of organization studies writing open for discussion, to disturb the taken-for-granted gender neutrality of the ways that organization studies is written, as well as to outline how it might be otherwise. The specific contribution we are led to is the setting out of the possibilities for, following Hélène Cixous, a bisexual writing of organization studies. We suggest that organization studies has been dominated by a participation in what Cixous calls a 'masculine libidinal economy'. This is a system of exchange where science, mastery and rigour are not so much an effort in inqu iry, but more a form of (rough) trade through which to appease the fear of castration; the fear of not-knowing. In looking for alternatives we review recent developments in narrative methodology in organization studies and extend this through the idea of the feminine libidinal economy and towards a consideration of Cixous's practice of bisexual writing - a writing that challenges masculine orthodoxy by confusing it rather than attempting to replace it with another (feminine) orthodoxy. © The Author(s) 2013.
Pina e Cunha, M, Clegg, S & Rego, A 2014, 'Corrigendum', Leadership, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 125-125.
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This corrigendum is in reference to the manuscript “ Lessons for leaders: Positive organization studies meets Niccolò Machiavelli” Leadership 2013; 9(4) 450–465
Pina e Cunha, M, Clegg, S & Rego, A 2014, 'The ethical speaking of objects: ethics and the ‘object-ive’ world of Khmer Rouge young comrades', Journal of Political Power, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 35-61.
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Pitsis, TS, Sankaran, S, Gudergan, S & Clegg, SR 2014, 'Governing projects under complexity: Theory and practice in project management', International Journal of Project Management, vol. 32, no. 8, pp. 1285-1290.
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© 2014. In this paper we argue that the fledgling field of project and program governance has the potential to make a major scholarly and practical contribution. One that not only has the potential to mainstream project management within the broader business and management field, but to also cement its place as a dominant voice in the successful governance of the strategic intentions of organizations, societies, and nations. With this argument in mind three themes organize present discussion in this issue of International Journal of Project Management: the first concerns how we should make sense of governance, something that is clarified through a review of the current state of play in the literature; the second theme comprises papers that report research conducted on governance in projects, using insights from surveys, case studies and other systematic forms of empirical observation. The third theme focuses on theoretical models of governance, ranging from distributed knowledge management and learning perspectives on project governance to systems engineering approaches. While we do not claim that this issue is exhaustive, we do believe it provides a sign post about the current state of play, and the potential future of governance in project and program management as a mainstream domain of research, theory and practice.
Pullen, A & Rhodes, C 2014, 'Corporeal ethics and the politics of resistance in organizations', Organization, vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 782-796.
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© The Author(s) 2013. This article offers an understanding of organizational ethics as embodied and pre-reflective in origin and socio-political in practice. We explore ethics as being founded in openness and generosity towards the other, and consider the organizational implications of a ‘corporeal ethics’ grounded in the body before the mind. Shifting focus away from how managers might rationally pursue organizational ethics, we elaborate on how corporeal ethics can manifest in practical and political acts that seek to defy the negation of alterity within organizations. This leads us to consider how people’s conduct in organizations might be ethically informed in the context of, and in resistance to, the dominating organizational power relations in which they find themselves. Such an ethics manifests in resisting those forms of organizing that close down difference and enact oppression; a practice we refer to as an ethico-politics of resistance.
Purchase, S, Denize, S & Olaru, D 2014, 'Using Case-Based Research for Agent-Based Modelling', Advances in Business Marketing and Purchasing, vol. 21, pp. 271-288.
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Copyright © 2014 by Emerald Group Publishing Limited. This chapter outlines a method for developing simulation code from casebased data using narrative sequence analysis. This analytical method allows researchers to systematically specify the 'real-world' behaviours and causal mechanisms that describe the research problem and translate this mechanism into simulation code. An illustrative example of the process used for code development from case-based data is detailed using a well-documented case of photovoltaic innovation. Narrative sequence analysis is used to analyse case data. Micro-sequences are identified and simplified. Each micro-sequence is presented first in pseudo-code and then in simulation code. This chapter demonstrates the coding process using Netlogo code. Narrative sequence analysis provides a rigorous and systematic approach to identifying the underlying mechanisms to be described when building simulation models. This analytical technique also provides necessary and sufficient information to write simulation code. This chapter addresses a current gap in the methodology literature by including case data within agent-based model building processes. It benefits B2B marketing researchers by outlining guiding processes and principles in the use of case-based data to build simulation models.
Purchase, S, Olaru, D & Denize, S 2014, 'Innovation network trajectories and changes in resource bundles', Industrial Marketing Management, vol. 43, no. 3, pp. 448-459.
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This paper reports on an investigation into how changes in network resource bundles influence the success of innovation networks and how they change trajectories over time. Innovation networks are complex adaptive systems, and this paper uses a fuzzy set theory simulation methodological approach to capture complexity. The findings indicate that the interdependencies between knowledge variables and financial resources are the greatest contributor to high performing innovation networks, whereas the loss of social capital and its interdependency with the environment are the largest contributors to declines in innovation network performance. The paper suggests a more nuanced role for social capital within innovation networks and, importantly, highlights the sequencing of knowledge contributions, which take low performing innovation networks to high performing innovation networks. © 2013 Elsevier Inc.
Putniņš, TJ 2014, 'Economics of State-Owned Enterprises', International Journal of Public Administration, vol. 38, no. 11, pp. 814-832.
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State-owned enterprises (SOEs) account for a substantial proportion of GDP, employment and assets in many countries. This article reviews the theory relating to SOEs: their economic rationale, the circumstances in which SOEs are the preferred form of government intervention, and their efficiency and welfare consequences. Based on the theory and empirical evidence, we develop a novel five-step framework that can guide policymakers and economic advisors in making decisions about maintaining and/or creating SOEs. The framework suggests that the use of SOEs should be limited to circumstances in which a market failure exists, less invasive forms of intervention such as regulation/taxes/subsidies and private sector contracting are ineffective or not possible, and the welfare loss of the market failure exceeds the costs, distortions and inefficiencies of SOEs.
Putniņš, TJ & Sauka, A 2014, 'Measuring the Shadow Economy Using Company Managers', Journal of Comparative Economics, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 471-490.
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This study develops a method that uses surveys of company managers to measure the size of a shadow economy. Our method is based on the premise that company managers are the most likely to know how much business income and wages go unreported due to their unique position in dealing with both of these types of income. We use a range of survey design features to maximize the truthfulness of responses. Our method combines estimates of misreported business income, unregistered or hidden employees, and unreported wages, to arrive at an estimate of the size of a shadow economy as a percentage of GDP. This approach differs from most other studies of shadow economies, which largely focus on using macro indicators. We illustrate the application of our method to three new EU member countries. We also analyze the factors that influence companies’ participation in the shadow economy.
Rhodes, CH 2014, 'Ethical Anarchism, Business Ethics and The Politics of Disturbance', Ephemera : Theory and Politics in Organization, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 725-737.
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The article offers information on the views of economist Milton Friedman concerning ethical anarchism, business ethics and politics in organizations. It mentions the book 'Totality and Infinity' by Emmanuel Levinas where he specifically addresses issues of labor, work and commerce. It also mentions that the primary responsibility that business takes is to make profits.
Richardson, G, Lanis, R & Leung, SC-M 2014, 'Corporate tax aggressiveness, outside directors, and debt policy: An empirical analysis', JOURNAL OF CORPORATE FINANCE, vol. 25, pp. 107-121.
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This study examines the influence of corporate tax aggressiveness on corporate debt policy (the debt-substitution effect) and the influence of outside directors on both debt and the debt-substitution effect. Based on a sample of 6967 firm-year observations over the 2001-2010 period, we find that tax aggressiveness is negatively correlated with debt. We also observe a negative correlation between debt and the proportion of outside directors on the board, and find that outside directors magnify the debt-substitution effect. Finally, we obtain similar results in analysis based on firms' debt issuance decisions. © 2013 Elsevier B.V.
Roger, G & Vasconcelos, L 2014, 'Platform Pricing Structure and Moral Hazard', Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 527-547.
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We study pricing by a two-sided platform when it faces moral hazard on the sellers' side. In doing so, we introduce an equilibrium notion of platform reputation in an infinite horizon model. We find that with transaction fees only, the platform cannot eliminate the loss of reputation induced by moral hazard. If registration fees can be levied, moral hazard can be overcome. The registration fee determines the participation threshold of sellers and extracts them, whereas (lower) transaction fees provide incentives for good behavior. This provides a motivation for platforms to use registration fees in addition to transaction fees. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Rösch, D & Scheule, H 2014, 'Forecasting mortgage securitization risk under systematic risk and parameter uncertainty', Journal of Risk and Insurance, vol. 81, no. 3, pp. 563-586.
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The global financial crisis exposed financial institutions to severe unexpected losses in relation to mortgage securitizations and derivatives. This article finds that risk models such as ratings are exposed to a large degree of systematic risk and parameter uncertainty. An out-of-sample forecasting exercise of the financial crisis shows that a simple approach addressing both issues is able to produce ranges for risk measures consistent with realized losses. This explains how financial markets were taken by surprise in relation to realized losses. © The Journal of Risk and Insurance, 2013.
Rösch, D & Scheule, H 2014, 'Forecasting probabilities of default and loss rates given default in the presence of selection', Journal of the Operational Research Society, vol. 65, no. 3, pp. 393-407.
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This paper offers a joint estimation approach for forecasting probabilities of default and loss rates given default in the presence of selection. The approach accommodates fixed and random risk factors. An empirical analysis identifies bond ratings, borrower characteristics and macroeconomic information as important risk factors. A portfolio-level analysis finds evidence that common risk measurement approaches may underestimate bank capital by up to 17% relative to the presented model. © 2014 Operational Research Society Ltd. All rights reserved.
Roxas, B 2014, 'Effects of entrepreneurial knowledge on entrepreneurial intentions: a longitudinal study of selected South-east Asian business students', Journal of Education and Work, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 432-453.
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Roxas, B, Battisti, M & Deakins, D 2014, 'Learning, innovation and firm performance: knowledge management in small firms', Knowledge Management Research & Practice, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 443-453.
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Roxas, HB & Azmat, F 2014, 'Community social capital and entrepreneurship: analyzing the links', Community Development, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 135-150.
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Russell, CA & Noguti, V 2014, 'Normative Influences on Product Placement Effects: Alcohol Brands in Television Series and the Influence of Presumed Influence', Journal Of Advertising, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 46-62.
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Salicru, S & Chelliah, J 2014, 'Messing with corporate heads? psychological contracts and leadership integrity', Journal of Business Strategy, vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 38-46.
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Purpose– The purpose of the paper is to present a model of leadership fulfiling the need of our times: The leadership psychological contract (LPC). In the current socio-economic environment of uncertainty and unprecedented change, both business environments and the community at large are marked by leadership crises. This instability makes an understanding of the relational aspects impacting the relationship between leaders and their constituencies both important and urgent. Now, more than ever before, extraordinary leadership is required. The psychological contract (PC) is recognised as one of the most emergent areas in organisational research. Its contribution to the leadership domain, however, is as yet undiscovered.Design/methodology/approach– This paper addresses this deficiency by integrating contemporary leadership and PC literature. This paper also addresses criticisms raised in the leadership literature in the past 25 years relating to the scarce leadership research conducted at the unit/team level, despite the rhetoric that the main aim of leadership is in the collaborative domain, as well as the impact of leaders on emotional constructs and motivational or ‘extra-role’ behaviours.Findings– The LPC is a predictive model that comprises three dependent variables (fulfillment of expectations, trust and fairness) – which constitute the health of the contract or the leader’s integrity/credibility, and four dependent variables (affective commitment, satisfaction, discretionary effort and innovation), which constitute the ‘consequences of the contract’ or the leader’s impact. The LPC model complements previous models of transformational leadership and leader–member exchange theory and addresses variou...
Santamaría, LJ & Jaramillo, NE 2014, 'Comadresamong Us: The Power of Artists as Informal Mentors for Women of Color in Academe', Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 316-337.
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Launching the 2012 Australian Census of Women in Leadership, the Governor General of Australia Quentin Bryce was able to announce a significant increase in the number of women on ASX 200 boards to 12.3 per cent of directorships, up from 8.4 per cent in 2002. Successive earlier Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA) censuses conducted over the ten years since 2002 had indicated no significant improvement in female board representation. However, now a breakthrough has occurred.
Schlereth, C, Eckert, C, Schaaf, R & Skiera, B 2014, 'Measurement of preferences with self-explicated approaches: A classification and merge of trade-off- and non-trade-off-based evaluation types', EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH, vol. 238, no. 1, pp. 185-198.
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Schulenkorf, N, Sugden, J & Burdsey, D 2014, 'Sport for development and peace as contested terrain: place, community, ownership', International Journal of Sport Policy, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 371-387.
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© 2013, Taylor & Francis. Under the Sport for Development and Peace (SDP) umbrella, an increasing number of sport projects are staged all over the world to improve the social, cultural, educational or psychological circumstances of marginalized and/or fractured communities. In research on such initiatives, only limited empirical examinations exist that focus specifically on garnering the perspectives of key players from local communities regarding value and impact of SDP. In addressing this issue, our study investigates the local lessons learnt from 13 Football for Peace (F4P) partnership projects that featured a mixture of Jewish, Arab, Bedouin and Circassian communities in Israel. Following an interpretive mode of enquiry, 30 interviews and two focus groups with key stakeholders were conducted, with an emphasis on exploring local experiences. Our findings highlight the diversity of community perspectives in relation to the following themes: values and delivery; engagement and commitment; and scope, regularity and sustainability. Specifically, our analysis illuminates the diverse interpretations and responses that exist in relation to the ethos, meanings and achievements of F4P, and calls for an appreciation of the intricacies, complexities and nuances in the way that the programme (and SDP work more generally) is received. Finally, the article demonstrates how the multiple theorizations and interpretations of community found within academic literature are reproduced and literally played out – but also contested, challenged, rejected and reformulated – in the practice of SDP.
Schweinsberg, SC, Wearing, SL, Kuhn, D & Grabowski, S 2014, 'Marketing National Parks for Sustainable Tourism: Bridging the Conservation Human Usage Divide Through Track/ Trail Based Interpretation', Australasian Parks and Leisure, vol. 16, pp. 42-48.
Schweitzer, J 2014, 'Leadership and innovation capability development in strategic alliances', LEADERSHIP & ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT JOURNAL, vol. 35, no. 5, pp. 442-469.
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This study examines whether heterogeneity in alliance capability development can be attributed to the use of certain intra-firm leadership behaviors. We suggest that transformational leadership behaviors have a stronger influence on the development of innovation (dynamic) capabilities of a strategic alliance than on the development of operational (substantive) capabilities, and that transactional leadership behaviors mainly preserve operational capabilities.
Sharpe, S & Agarwal, R 2014, 'Strengthening Industrial Ecology’s Links with Business Studies: Insights and Potential Contributions from the Innovation and Business Models Literature', Resources, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 362-382.
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The declining availability of natural resources and the environmental impacts of continued extraction of primary resources for production activities have forced greater focus on waste streams and recycling activities. Industrial ecology as a field of practice and theory has been closely related to sustainability issues, yet despite the development of much theory and specific tools and methodologies, the link between natural, industrial and economic systems is not convincing. Not only that, the need for delivering sustainable production and consumption practices is increasing, which is demanding new solutions to existing problems, particularly around the degree of novelty. The interaction of industrial ecology with business studies and industrial investment decision-making remains under-developed, and this is likely impacting on the adoption of more sustainable and resource-efficient practices. As such, this paper uses a constructive approach and explores how two areas of the literature can support the development of the industrial ecology field into strategic business practice: firstly, the innovation literature, particularly the emerging work on open innovation and sustainable innovation as a model to understand radical innovation processes and the creation and maintenance of networked systems of firms; secondly, the closely related area of business model (BM) innovation, specifically the emerging typologies of sustainable BMs and how these typologies can be developed and used as a route to positioning recycling activities at the strategic management level of the firm.
Shmueli, A & Savage, E 2014, 'Private and public patients in public hospitals in Australia', Health Policy, vol. 115, no. 2-3, pp. 189-195.
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Siefken, K, Schofield, G & Schulenkorf, N 2014, 'Laefstael jenses: An investigation of barriers and facilitators for healthy lifestyles of women in an urban pacific island context', Journal of Physical Activity and Health, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 30-37.
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Background: The Pacific region has experienced rapid urbanization and lifestyle changes, which lead to high rates of noncommunicable disease (NCD) prevalence. There is no information on barriers and facilitators for healthy lifestyles in this region. In response, we present the first stage of a rigorous development of an urban Pacific health intervention program. This paper describes formative work conducted in Port Vila, Vanuatu. The objective of this paper was to understand cultural barriers and facilitators in Pacific women to lifestyle change and use the findings to inform future health interventions. Methods: Semistructured focus groups with 37 female civil servants divided into 6 groups were held verbally to understand barriers and facilitators for healthy lifestyles. Results: Several perceived barriers and facilitators were identified. Inter alia, barriers include financial limitations, time issues, family commitments, environmental aspects, and motivational hindrances that limit time and opportunities for healthy lifestyle behavior. Facilitators include more supportive environments, social support mechanisms, and the implementation of rigorous health policies. Conclusions: Formative work is essential in designing health intervention programs. Uncovered barriers and facilitators help inform the development of culturally relevant health interventions. © 2014 Human Kinetics, Inc.
Silva, T, Pina e Cunha, M, Clegg, SR, Neves, P, Rego, A & Rodrigues, RA 2014, 'Smells like team spirit: Opening a paradoxical black box', HUMAN RELATIONS, vol. 67, no. 3, pp. 287-310.
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Despite the common usage of the term, researchers and practitioners have not been able properly to explain what team spirit is and what benefits and drawbacks it might bring to teams. Several definitions have been proposed, but not in a consistent manner. Using a qualitative approach, we worked with one football team to shed light on how individuals experience and characterize team spirit. Our results suggest that team spirit is built around four paradoxes: these are a paradox of selfless egoism; a paradox of results; a paradox of conflict, and a paradox of relationships. Essentially, team spirit can be viewed as an inter-subjectively shared facility with which individual members of a team can balance opposing tensions in a consistent way, managing to maintain a healthy synthesis between individual and collective needs and expectations, preventing the team from dominating the individuals, as well as specific individuals from capturing the team.
Simpson, AV & Berti, M 2014, 'Being social in organizational studies: the early works of Stewart Clegg', Journal of Political Power, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 307-318.
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Routledge Revivals, an initiative that aims to reissue out of print works by distin- guished academics, has republished six early publications (co-)authored or edited over an 11-year period between 1975 and 1986 by Stewart Clegg. These are works by Clegg as an early career researcher, not yet established in either sociology or management but hovering in between the two disciplines.
Clegg’s (2005) ‘Vita Contemplative’ indicates that he wrote the first of these books as a lonely sociologist in a Management Center. The second was also produced therein, but in the context of involvement in the nascent stages of the European Group for Organization Studies (EGOS), whose founding meeting was held in 1974. The third was written in the setting of an avant-garde School of Humanities at Griffith University, where Clegg teamed up with Geoff Dow, a politi- cal economist, and his friend Paul Boreham (from the University of Queensland), an industrial sociologist. The other books were published when Clegg was Head of the Sociology Department at the University of New England. There was no Business School within Queensland’s universities at the time of his early appointment.
These books laid the foundations for Clegg’s subsequent work by emphasizing the social, particularly power relations, within management and organizational studies, leading to his becoming the acclaimed organization and management scholar of today. In broad terms, the six early books by Clegg concern both organizations and sociology, with differing emphases in each volume. The following is a chronological review of these early texts, concluding with some observations on the value they might contribute to contemporary scholarship.
Simpson, AV, Clegg, S & Pitsis, T 2014, ''I Used to Care but Things Have Changed': A Genealogy of Compassion in Organizational Theory', JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT INQUIRY, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 347-359.
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Simpson, AV, Clegg, S & Pitsis, T 2014, 'Normal Compassion: A Framework for Compassionate Decision Making', JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS, vol. 119, no. 4, pp. 473-491.
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In this empirical paper, we present a model of the dynamic legitimizing processes involved in the receiving and giving of compassion. We focus on the idea of being `worthy of compassion and show how ideas on giving and receiving compassion are highly contestable. Recognition of a worthy recipient or giver of compassion constitutes a socially recognized claim to privilege, which has ethical managerial and organizational implications. We offer a model that assists managers in fostering ethical strength in their performance by encouraging reflection on the ethical complexity involved in compassion relations. The model emphasizes the dynamics of both the givers and receivers of compassion and so can also be used by organizations to both assess how others may view the legitimacy of their compassion relations and also to develop a positive organizational ethic of compassionate conduct. Dear Authors, We are pleased to inform you that the Senior Editor for Special Issues of the Journal of Business Ethics has reviewed and accepted your paper for inclusion in the Special Issue on Positive Organizational Ethics. We thank you for your patience during the extended review process. "The dynamics of compassion: A framework for compassionate decision making" makes an important contribution to the Special Issue. Given an additional revision round for some authors, we expect the issue to go into production this summer. All the best, Leslie, Debbie, and Lindsey
Simpson, AV, Clegg, SR, Lopes, MP, e Cunha, MP, Rego, A & Pitsis, T 2014, 'Doing compassion or doing discipline? Power relations and the Magdalene Laundries', Journal of Political Power, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 253-274.
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We address the Magdalene Laundries. On the one hand this institution was constituted as a compassionate response to managing troubled young women; on the other hand it was seen as a disciplinary apparatus imposing total institutional life on its inmates. The antinomy of views about the institution is evident in the analysis we make of 116 comments by 66 commenters on an online newspaper article about the Magdalene Laundries. We analyse these comments in the context of broader concerns about contemporary approaches to the topic of organizational compassion. We argue that organizational compassion is a complex social process embedded within power relations that can be disciplinary in nature and create ambivalent rather than wholly positive outcomes.
Singh, S, Ratchford, BT & Prasad, A 2014, 'Offline and Online Search in Used Durables Markets', Journal of Retailing, vol. 90, no. 3, pp. 301-320.
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Slonim, R, Wang, C & Garbarino, E 2014, 'The Market for Blood', Journal of Economic Perspectives, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 177-196.
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Donating blood, “the gift of life,” is among the noblest activities and it is performed worldwide nearly 100 million times annually. The economic perspective presented here shows how the gift of life, albeit noble and often motivated by altruism, is heavily influenced by standard economic forces including supply and demand, economies of scale, and moral hazard. These forces, shaped by technological advances, have driven the evolution of blood donation markets from thin one-to-one “marriage markets,” in which each recipient needed a personal blood donor, to thick, impersonalized, diffuse markets. Today, imbalances between aggregate supply and demand are a major challenge in blood markets, including excess supply after disasters and insufficient supply at other times. These imbalances are not unexpected given that the blood market operates without market prices and with limited storage length (about six weeks) for whole blood. Yet shifting to a system of paying blood donors seems a practical impossibility given attitudes toward paying blood donors and concerns that a paid system could compromise blood safety. Nonetheless, we believe that an economic perspective offers promising directions to increase supply and improve the supply and demand balance even in the presence of volunteer supply and with the absence of market prices.
Smith, NL, Cohen, A & Pickett, AC 2014, 'Exploring the motivations and outcomes of long-term international sport-for-development volunteering for American Millennials', Journal of Sport and Tourism, vol. 19, no. 3-4, pp. 299-316.
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© 2016 Taylor & Francis. Volunteer tourism is the fastest growing segment of the alternative tourism market and often a key feature of sport-for-development organizational models. The growing commercialization of this alternative tourism threatens efforts to build a sustainable model of long-term positive outcomes for both the host community and guest volunteers. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the motivations and impacts that a long-term international experience with a sport-for-development initiative had on volunteers from the United States. The authors spent five weeks in Granada and conducted semi-structured interviews with key personnel including out-going yearlong volunteer interns, incoming yearlong volunteer interns, and local Nicaraguan full-time staff. Guided by the volunteer motivational literature, data analysis illustrated three key findings. The most prominent theme involved the motivation of going abroad to gain a cultural experience, in particular to increase global understanding and provide social gains. In addition, our results illustrate the motivations of one's career and professional goals, and the ability to give back to a foreign culture through the use of sport. This demonstrates the potential for sport-for-development organizations to successfully incorporate volunteer tourism into a sustainable model based on specific volunteer recruitment and structure of their experiences.
Smith, S, Winchester, D, Clegg, S & Pang, V 2014, 'Collaboration as a Strategic Service in Government Online Communities', Journal of Change Management, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 236-257.
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This study investigates strategic innovation changes designed to facilitate `Collaboration as a Service that were undertaken on information technology platform sites hosting online communities by NSW state government agencies in Australia. The initial platform hosted the Guardianship Tribunal site dealing with people that have disabilities. The second platform involved working groups (WGs). The third platform hosted knowledge resource centre user group sites. A WG focusing on climate change issues that collaborated within and across agencies, as well as with outside organizations was investigated. A feature of the climate change group is that it requires data and collaboration from many agencies with a future-oriented function and duration of 20+ years. Overall, the WGs perform better following the adoption and implementation of collaborative tools resulting in the benefits of there being a single-point document, reduced duplication of information and effort and a design that complements WG operational activities. Lessons were learned from changes in service delivery for the design of face-to-face services that drove pre-implementation factors and assisted change and collaboration in earlier platforms through enhancing later sites features and functionality limiting user resistance. However, the organizational change contributed to enhanced centralization and panopticism of organizational power relations.
Socorro Gochoco-Bautista, M, Wang, J & Yang, M 2014, 'Commodity Price, Carry Trade, and the Volatility and Liquidity of Asian Currencies', WORLD ECONOMY, vol. 37, no. 6, pp. 811-833.
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This study examines how the volatility and liquidity of 10 Asian exchange rates against the US dollar change with volatilities in commodity price and carry trade over the period of January 2000 to June 2010. We find that uncertainties in commodity markets and carry trades are significantly correlated with the volatilities and the bid-ask spreads of most Asian currencies. The correlation with carry trade is generally stronger and has been rising over the sample period. While high volatilities in carry trade are associated with high volatilities in many Asian currencies, high volatilities in commodity price do not coincide with excessive volatilities in Asian currencies. This suggests that investors and policymakers should be more concerned with the volatility in carry trade.
Spaaij, R & Schulenkorf, N 2014, 'Cultivating safe space: Lessons for sport-for-development projects and events', Journal of Sport Management, vol. 28, no. 6, pp. 633-645.
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© 2014 Human Kinetics, Inc. Recent research has examined how sports events and sport-for-development projects can create, sustain, and maximize positive social impacts for local communities. This article takes this debate forward by arguing that the cultivation of safe space is a key ingredient of sport-for-development management and community event leverage. Safe space is conceptualized as a multidimensional process that involves physical, psychological/ affective, sociocultural, political, and experimental dimensions. Drawing on empirical findings from Sri Lanka, Israel, and Brazil, the article shows how these dimensions of safe space operate and interact in practice, and identifies practical strategies that sport managers, policymakers, and practitioners can use to cultivate safe spaces in and through sports projects and events.
Spanjaard, D, Young, L & Freeman, L 2014, 'Emotions in supermarket brand choice', Qualitative Market Research: An International Journal, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 209-224.
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Purpose
– The purpose of this article is to show how the application of multiple qualitative methods reveals insights into grocery shopping that cannot be captured via traditional survey methods.
Design/methodology/approach
– A mixed-method approach was applied where the results of one technique provided the guidelines for the next as a way to understand how decisions are made within a grocery store. A mail survey started the process which subsequently presented input for the focus group, leading to videographic observations, depth interviews and consumer diaries.
Findings
– The results show that many decisions in the grocery store are not driven by the store environment but rather by emotional connections to the brand. This suggests that using behavioral and attitudinal surveys to understand this perspective may not adequately capture important aspects of grocery buying. Instead, consideration must be given to alternative methods which offer the shopper freedom to discuss what is important to them in terms of product selection.
Research limitations/implications
– This study is unique in applying multiple qualitative methods to an environment that is often overlooked as a source for meaningful insights into consumer decisions. The ability to use methods such as videography and self-assessment provides consequential reasons behind consumer behaviour rather than just statistical measurements of this. ...
Stavrunova, O & Yerokhin, O 2014, 'Tax incentives and the demand for private health insurance', JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS, vol. 34, pp. 121-130.
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We analyze the effect of an individual insurance mandate (Medicare Levy Surcharge) on the demand for private health insurance (PHI) in Australia. With administrative income tax return data, we show that the mandate has several distinct effects on taxpayers' behavior. First, despite the large tax penalty for not having PHI coverage relative to the cost of the cheapest eligible insurance policy, compliance with mandate is relatively low: the proportion of the population with PHI coverage increases by 6.5 percentage points (15.6%) at the income threshold where the tax penalty starts to apply. This effect is most pronounced for young taxpayers, while the middle aged seem to be least responsive to this specific tax incentive. Second, the discontinuous increase in the average tax rate at the income threshold created by the policy generates a strong incentive for tax avoidance which manifests itself through bunching in the taxable income distribution below the threshold. Finally, after imposing some plausible assumptions, we extrapolate the effect of the policy to other income levels and show that this policy has not had a significant impact on the overall demand for private health insurance in Australia.
Stoner, KR, Tarrant, MA, Perry, L, Stoner, L, Wearing, S & Lyons, K 2014, 'Global Citizenship as a Learning Outcome of Educational Travel', Journal of Teaching in Travel & Tourism, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 149-163.
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Stronach, M, Adair, D & Taylor, T 2014, ''Game over': Indigenous Australian sportsmen and athletic retirement', AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL STUDIES, no. 2, pp. 40-59.
Stronach, MM & Adair, D 2014, 'Dadirri: Using a Philosophical Approach to Research to Build Trust between a Non-Indigenous Researcher and Indigenous Participants', Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 117-134.
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Abstract: This article focuses on a philosophical approach employed in a PhD research project that set out to investigate sport career transition (SCT) experiences of elite Indigenous Australian sportsmen. The research was necessary as little is known about the transition of this cohort to a life after sport, or their experiences of retirement. A key problem within the SCT paradigm is a presumption that an end to elite sport requires a process of adjustment that is common to all sportspeople—a rather narrow perspective that fails to acknowledge the situational complexity and socio-cultural diversity of elite athletes. With such a range of personal circumstances, it is reasonable to suppose that athletes from different cultural groups will have different individual SCT needs. The researcher is non-Indigenous and mature aged: she encountered a number of challenges in her efforts to understand Indigenous culture and its important sensitivities, and to build trust with the Indigenous male participants she interviewed. An Indigenous philosophy known as Dadirri, which emphasises deep and respectful listening, guided the development of the research design and methodology. Consistent with previous studies conducted by non-Indigenous researchers, an open-ended and conversational approach to interviewing Indigenous respondents was developed. The objective was for the voices of the athletes to be heard, allowing the collection of rich data based on the participants’ perspectives about SCT. An overview of the findings is presented, illustrating that Indigenous athletes experience SCT in complex and distinctive ways. The article provides a model for non-Indigenous researchers to conduct qualitative research with Indigenous people.
Sultana, I, Ahmed, I, Chowdhury, AH & Paul, SK 2014, 'Economic design of <span style='text-decoration: overline'>X</span> control chart using genetic algorithm and simulated annealing algorithm', International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 352-352.
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Control charts are very popular for monitoring production processes and designed economically to achieve minimum quality costs. This paper focuses on evaluating the performance of genetic algorithm (GA) and simulated annealing algorithm (SAA) in economical design of X¯ control chart. The performances of GA and SAA is demonstrated through a numerical example and the results were compared with Montgomery (1982). To outperform Montgomery's approach the paper dealt with the same example and demonstrate its utility. Duncan model of single assignable cause without taking into account process improvement and statistical properties is adopted to formulate the cost minimising equation and the computation is achieved through Simpson's one-third approximation rule. A comparison between the performance of GA and SAA is also exhibited in this paper. Copyright
Tam, L & Dholakia, U 2014, 'Saving in Cycles: How to Get People to Save More Money', Psychological Science, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 531-537.
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Low personal savings rates are an important social issue in the United States. We propose and test one particular method to get people to save more money that is based on the cyclical time orientation. In contrast to conventional, popular methods that encourage individuals to ignore past mistakes, focus on the future, and set goals to save money, our proposed method frames the savings task in cyclical terms, emphasizing the present. Across the studies, individuals who used our proposed cyclical savings method, compared with individuals who used a linear savings method, provided an average of 74% higher savings estimates and saved an average of 78% more money. We also found that the cyclical savings method was more efficacious because it increased implementation planning and lowered future optimism regarding saving money. © The Author(s) 2013.
Tan, JH & Dwyer, L 2014, 'Managing distribution channel conflict in the hotel industry', International Journal of Marketing and Business Communication, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 9-19.
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Online travel service companies allow the consumer to compare shop for hotel rooms. This makes it increasingly difficult for hoteliers to create a balance between revenue goals and channel management. In an effort to capture new markets and new customers, companies may choose to open new sales channels. This can lead to channel conflict- selling the same product in a market through multiple sales channels with different pricing. The paper addresses the problems for hotels that arise due to the lessening of control over pricing of rooms within a brand and the potential transfer of pricing authority to third party online travel service companies, identifying the different types of channel conflict and their causes. Some of the adverse effects of channel conflict are discussed prior to exploring some strategies that hotel companies can employ to manage and potentially overcome this problem
Tarrant, MA, Lyons, K, Stoner, L, Kyle, GT, Wearing, S & Poudyal, N 2014, 'Global citizenry, educational travel and sustainable tourism: evidence from Australia and New Zealand', JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 403-420.
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Trede, F & McEwen, C 2014, 'Early workplace learning experiences: what are the pedagogical possibilities beyond retention and employability?', Higher Education, pp. 1-14.
Trede, F, McEwen, C, Kenny, A & O'Meara, P 2014, 'Supervisors' experiences of workplace supervision of nursing and paramedic students in rural settings: A scoping review', Nurse Education Today, vol. 34, no. 5, pp. 783-788.
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Trudgen, R & Freeman, S 2014, 'Measuring the Performance of Born-Global Firms Throughout Their Development Process: The Roles of Initial Market Selection and Internationalisation Speed', Management International Review, vol. 54, no. 4, pp. 551-579.
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SMEs expanding overseas must have a business strategy to exploit any competitive advantage, strongly supported by corporate strategy and management. The focus of this research is on the internationalization strategies of Australian firms across different industries. This study investigates the nature of the integration of home-base and offshore operations of these firms and their initiatives to achieve competitive positions in national and world markets. The study analyzes and assesses the impact firm size and resources available in relation to strategy development. Conclusions of the study support the fact that management mentality and behaviour are important. The study also analyzes management mentality in the context of intra-firm competition or collaboration for resources, in a manner which is consistent with firms performance. Specifically it demonstrates that management can rationally have different views about priorities for the allocation of resources and international operations yet compete actively for the same resources, or collaborate whenever possible, in order to achieve their own goals.
van Marrewijk, A, Veenswijk, M & Clegg, S 2014, 'Changing collaborative practices through cultural interventions', Building Research & Information, vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 330-342.
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After a parliamentary enquiry into construction industry malpractice, changes occurred in collaborative practices between clients and contractors in megaprojects within the Dutch construction sector. The enquiry meant that both clients and contractors were forced to acknowledge illegal practices of collusion and fraud. For those engaged in public–private relationships, a process followed of attempting to change collaborative practices. Three interventions in collaborative practices are recounted: (1) organizing personal networks between clients and contractors; (2) a competitive dialogue procedure; and (3) the right of withdrawal. These three interventions helped to change ‘first order’ practice, such as increasing mutual trust between client and contractor, supporting a mutual understanding of role positioning and dilemmas, and creating an understanding of the nature of the conflict but failed to change ‘second order’ practices. Two contributions to the understanding of project management are provided. New empirical data are presented on the challenges that public and private partners face in their attempt to implement new collaborative practices. It is shown how power is entangled in the emerging of new collaborative practices. The findings are based on a longitudinal ethnographic study of public–private collaboration in the Dutch construction industry in the period 2006–11.
Vasconcelos, L 2014, 'Contractual signaling, relationship-specific investment and exclusive agreements', Games and Economic Behavior, vol. 87, pp. 19-33.
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I analyze a model of hold-up with asymmetric information at the contracting stage. The asymmetry of information concerns the value of trade with external parties. I show that contractual signaling and efficiency of investment can conflict if only quantity is contractible. This conflict generates inefficient equilibria in terms of investment. Contracting on exclusivity in addition to quantity resolves the conflict and consequently eliminates the inefficiency of investment. © 2014 Elsevier Inc.
Veal, AJ 2014, 'Leisure, sports & society', Annals of Leisure Research, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 117-119.
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Waller, DS, Freeman, LM, Hambusch, G, Waite, K, Neil, J & Wray-Bliss, E 2014, 'Embedding Ethics in the Business Curriculum: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach', Journal of Business Ethics Education, vol. 11, pp. 239-259.
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In response to recent corporate ethical and financial disasters there has been increased pressure on business schools to improve their teaching of corporate ethics. Accreditation bodies, such as the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), now require member institutions to develop the ethical awareness of business students, either through a dedicated subject or an integrated coverage of ethics across the curriculum. This paper describes an institutional approach to the incorporation of a comprehensive multi-disciplinary ethics framework into the business curriculum. We discuss important implications for the assessment of ethics within institutional assurance practices, and address critical issues related to the support of academics when required to incorporate new ethics material within their subject which may be outside their field of
expertise. As an example, the successful application of the framework within the marketing discipline is presented and discussed.
Wang, J 2014, 'Overnight price discovery and the internationalization of a currency: The case of the Korean won', PACIFIC-BASIN FINANCE JOURNAL, vol. 29, pp. 86-95.
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Wearing, Schweinsberg, SC, Lai, P & Lyons, K 2014, 'A Discussion of Coal Seam Gas in Australia’s Hunter Valley Wine Tourism Region', Australian Parks and Leisure, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 29-52.
Wearing, SL, Cunningham, PA, Schweinsberg, S & Jobberns, C 2014, 'Whale Watching as Ecotourism: How Sustainable is it?', Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 38-55.
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Australia has long tried to portray itself as an environmentally responsible state and has consistently been a strong supporter of Whale Watching as an alternative to the practice of commercial and ‘scientific’ whaling. This paper explores whale watching in an effort to determine the economic and social viability of it as a sustainable marine tourism activity —and whether in the future the whale and the tourist can coexist or will the latter as with previous human activities such as whaling yet again create a ‘tragedy of the commons’ and displace the former. As an ecotourism product, whale watching holds the potential for sustainable practice, one that is both ecological and profitable. Responsible whale watching is seen as a clean, green industry that simultaneously supports local economies and promotes whale education and conservation. The question is can it live up to these expectations?
Welty, PJ, Lyras, A, Cohen, A, Bruening, JE & Cunningham, GB 2014, 'Exploring the Motives and Retention Factors of Sport-For-Development Volunteers', Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 6, pp. 1052-1069.
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© The Author(s) 2013. Due to the importance of volunteers within the sport industry, there have been increased efforts to determine the motivation behind these acts of volunteerism. However, most research has focused on volunteers with professional sporting events and organizations, and very few studies have investigated volunteer motivations behind sport-for-development initiatives. The purpose of this study is to investigate the motivation of volunteers who chose to take part in the World Scholar-Athlete Games, a multinational sport-for-development event, and to identify factors related to their retention. This qualitative study was guided by the functional approach to volunteer motivation. Results revealed volunteers were motivated by values, social, understanding, career and self-enhancement factors. In addition, volunteers whose initial motivations for volunteering were satisfied continued to donate time to the event year after year. Implications for theory and practice, as well as future research directions, are discussed.
Wilson, R & Mack, J 2014, 'Declines in high school mathematics and science participation: Evidence of students' and future teachers' disengagement with maths', International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education, vol. 22, no. 7, pp. 35-48.
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Recent national analyses have shown declines in the number of high school students studying maths and science and there is concern over participation in STEM education. We report on mathematics and science subject combination choices made by students in the New South Wales (NSW) Higher School Certificate (HSC) between 2001 and 2013 and show a substantial decline in the proportion of students undertaking at least one maths and one science subject. We identify a decline in intermediate (2 unit) mathematics as central to the decline in maths and science combinations and explore this in two further analyses: examining HSC maths participation in general; and among students receiving offers for university Initial Teacher Education (ITE). Between 2001 and 2013 the proportion of students going on to study HSC without any maths tripled (from 3.2 to 9.7%), a small increase is seen in elementary level General maths (from 28.9 to 31.9), while intermediate, 2 unit maths, declined (16.8 to 11.4) and advanced, extension courses, remained stable. For students receiving ITE university offers between 2001 and 2013 there was: a tripling in the proportion with no mathematics at HSC (4.8 to 15.6%); with a large and growing majority in General maths (55.1 to 64.5%); and halving of 2 Unit (30.6 to 14.2%) and extension courses (9.5 to 5.46%). Together these analyses raise serious concerns for maths and numeracy standards and for STEM education and industry. In particular, the declining participation rates among prospective teachers are deeply concerning, with the potential to create a vicious cycle of declining engagement with maths in New South Wales schools.
Xiao, J & Ju, H 2014, 'Market Equilibrium and the Environmental Effects of Tax Adjustments in China's Automobile Industry', The Review of Economics and Statistics, vol. 96, no. 2, pp. 306-317.
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This paper explores the effects of consumption-tax and fuel-tax adjustments in the Chinese automobile industry. Applying the model and simulation method of Berry, Levinson, and Pakes (1995), we conduct a comparative static analysis of equilibrium prices and sales, fuel consumption, and social welfare before and after tax adjustments. For the first time, we compare the progressivity of both taxes. Our empirical findings suggest that the fuel tax is effective in decreasing fuel consumption at the expense of social welfare, while the consumption tax does not significantly affect either fuel consumption or social welfare.
Yu, K-H 2014, 'Organizational Contexts for Union Renewal', Articles, vol. 69, no. 3, pp. 501-523.
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This article seeks to identify organizational structures and processes that contribute to incorporating immigrant identities and fostering democratic participation in unions. Empirical analysis is based on ethnographic observations conducted in four local branches within the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) of the USA that underwent the Justice for Janitors campaign. Despite the fact that all four local unions experienced external revitalization owing to the campaign, internal renewal was most successful in Los Angeles, least in Washington DC, and somewhat successful in Boston and Houston. For each of the cases, I examine the connection between external dimensions of revitalization—initial mobilizing efforts, bargaining power, and political power—and organizational contexts for renewal—formal and informal structures for participation, and the engagement of immigrant members in union activities. While the union revitalization literature has argued that internal union renewal facilitates external revitalization, how external revitalization affects sustained internal renewal has not yet been examined thoroughly. Most studies examining the relationship between internal and external revitalization have had a relatively narrow window of observation ending typically with successful union recognition; thus, we lacked an understanding of the dynamic relationship between internal and external revitalization over time. The present findings suggest that external revitalization can assist internal renewal. However, building a powerful union did not automatically guarantee democratic participation, and acquiring more economic power through the merging of local unions weakened representational structures. The present results confirm the importance of studying revitalization as a process instead of an outcome, an argument which has been advanced by scholars, yet rarely practiced.
Yu, K-H 2014, 'Organizing immigrants: meaning generation in the community', Work, Employment and Society, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 355-371.
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This article examines the role of community organizations in generating meaning during a campaign to organize Haitian nursing assistants in Boston, USA. There is by now a sizeable literature on labour-community coalition formation, yet it is not understood how repertoires are generated in the community and how they are translated into the realm of employment relations. This study examines how meanings generated in three community organizations, churches, ethnic media and hometown associations were transferred into the organizing process. Findings indicate that collective identities and political selves constructed through experiences in the community can help low-wage immigrant workers overcome the sense of powerlessness that they often experience at work. Contributions to scholarship on community unionism and mobilization theory are discussed.
Yu, K-H 2014, 'Re-conceptualizing member participation: informal activist careers in unions', Work, Employment and Society, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 58-77.
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Extant theories of member participation in unions have sought mainly to explain spot decisions to participate in collective action and therefore are limited in explaining how members can have an impact on union governance. This article conceptualizes life-long activism as informal careers that begin with politicizing life experiences, are nurtured through the fulfilment of organizational roles and develop by gaining status and skills both within the union and in the members’ community. Data are reported from the Los Angeles Justice for Janitors campaign two decades after initial mobilization occurred there. Existing literature has depicted activism as a response to calculus and stimulus rather than as a search for meaningful work. An alternative perspective is advanced where the force of a calling acts as the main driver of activism in which the union is seen as a vehicle for the pursuit of social justice.
Zlatevska, N, Dubelaar, C & Holden, SS 2014, 'Sizing Up the Effect of Portion Size on Consumption: A Meta-Analytic Review', JOURNAL OF MARKETING, vol. 78, no. 3, pp. 140-154.
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© 2014, American Marketing Association Food marketing is facing increasing challenges in using portion size (e.g., "supersizing") as a marketing tool. Marketers have used portion size to attract customers and encourage purchase, but social agencies are expressing concern that larger portion sizes encourage greater consumption, which can cause excessive consumption and obesity. This article addresses two questions that are central to this debate: (1) How much effect does portion size have on consumption? and (2) Are there limits to this effect? A meta-analytic review reveals that, for a doubling of portion size, consumption increases by 35% on average. However, the effect has limits. An extended analysis shows that the effect of portion size is curvilinear: as portions become increasingly larger, the effect diminishes. In addition, although the portion-size effect is widespread and robust across a range of individual and environmental factors, the analysis shows that it is weaker among children, women, and overweight individuals, as well as for nonsnack food items and in contexts in which more attention is given to the food being eaten.
Armanious, A 1970, 'Fiscal Sustainability in Eurozone Sovereign Debt Members', Seventh Euro Mediterranean Dialogue on Public Management (MED7), Rome, Italy.
Armanious, A 1970, 'Social Network Analysis of European Financial Crisis Interconnectedness', 1st European Conference on Social Networks, Barcelona, Spain.
Bardon, T, Josserand, EL & Clegg, S 1970, 'The ethical subjectivity of corporate discourse', EURAM 2014, Annual Conference of the European Academy of Management, Valencia, Spain.
Bedford, DS 1970, 'Qualitative Comparative Analysis In Management Accounting Research', 37th Annual Congress of the European Accounting Association, Tallin, Estonia.
Bedford, DS, Malmi, T & Sandelin, M 1970, 'Combinations of Strategy and Control: A Set-Theoretic Approach', Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ), Auckland, New Zealand.
Bedford, DS, Malmi, T & Sandelin, M 1970, 'Configurations of Strategy and Control: A Set-Theoretic Approach', 37th Annual Congress of the European Accounting Association, Tallinn, Estonia.
Benn, S, Crittenden, P, Brown, PJ & Brown, D 1970, 'Networks of Practice for Energy Efficiency: a Role for Boundary Objects', Academy of Management Proceedings, Academy of Management Conference, Academy of Management, pp. 13055-13055.
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Bird, R, Reddy, K & Yeung, D 1970, 'The relationship between uncertainty and the market reaction to information: Is it influenced by stock-specific characteristics?', International Journal of Behavioural Accounting and Finance, Annual Conference of the Multinational Finance Society, Inderscience Publishers, Rome, Italy, pp. 113-113.
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Chavan, M & Agarwal, R 1970, 'Inter-Firm Network Dynamics: Australian and Indian Mining Firms', http://aib.msu.edu/events/2014/pdfs/AIB2014_Proceedings.pdf, Academy of International Business Conference, Vancouver Canada.
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Building upon knowledge-based and network views this pilot study presents a new conceptual model “The Relational Capability-Linkages Model” for stimulating internationalisation in the context of the booming mining industry in Australia.
The purpose of the paper is to demonstrate the potential benefits of inter-firm linkages, between Australian and Indian mining firms, which subsequently lead to relational capability building and emergent modes of internationalisation.
The ensued relational capability of a) realisation b) assessing c) knowledge and resource sharing, d) opportunity sharing and e) product and process co-adaptation and f) co-innovation were identified as critical capabilities in the context of enhancing internationalisation, there by underpinning the conceptual framework. This research contributes distinctively to the international business literature by synthesizing two theoretical strands the actor-network theory (Callon and Latour 1992) and the relational capability theory (Birley et al. 1991), to investigate the importance of networks and relational linkages for enhancing the firm’s capability for enhanced internationalisation.
Results suggest that the firms primarily developed linkages with customers, suppliers, distributors and even competitors locally and globally with resultant benefits of relational capability and enhanced internationalisation.
Chiarella, C, Kang, B, Nikitopoulos Sklibosios, C & To, T 1970, 'The return-volatility relation in commodity futures markets', Performance of Financial Markets and Credit Derivatives, Geelong, Australia.
Chiarella, C, Kang, B, Nikitopoulos Sklibosios, C & To, T 1970, 'The Return-Volatility Relation in Commodity Futures Markets', 8th World Congress of Bachelier Finance Society, Brussels, Belgium.
Clarke, T & Boersma, M 1970, 'The Governance of Global Value Chains: The Internationalisation and Intensification of Accumulation and Exploitation', European Group for Organisational Studies Colloquium (EGOS), Rottterdam, pp. 1-21.
Clarke, T & Klettner, A 1970, 'Advancing Women in Leadership: Multi-Level Targets and Mandatory Quotas Impact on Cultural Change', European Academy of Management, Valencia, Spain, pp. 1-40.
Dalton, BM, Darcy, S & Green, J 1970, 'Oligopoly in Monopsony: The rise of Australian Big Charity in the delivery of services to people with a disability', 28th ANZAM Conference 2014, Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, ANZAM, Sydney, Australia.
dela Rama, M & Dalton, BM 1970, 'The Visible Arm of Government - Corporate Governance of South Korean Chaebols', 28th ANZAM Conference 2014, Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, ANZAM, UTS, Sydney.
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Private sector ownership in South Korea is dominated by chaebols. Chaebols are business groups and
are “collections of firms bound together in some formal and/or informal ways, characterized by an 'intermediate' level of binding.” (Granovetter 2001: 69-70)
This paper discusses the corporate governance environment of South Korea and its chaebols. While chaebols are key actors in South Korea’s development, this paper extensively discusses the very visible arm of government and how chaebols have had to navigate their relationship with the state in order to continue their operations. The might of the state will continue to dominate chaebol decision making and structure.
Fee, A & Glassock, G 1970, 'Understanding the decision making process of self-initiated expatriates: A consumer behaviour approach', Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, University of Technology Sydney.
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The increasing mobility of the global labour market has led to the emergence of a new form of ‘self-initiated’ expatriate (SIE). Through the lens of consumer decision making theory, this study explores the process through which SIEs make the decision to expatriate. Drawing on in-depth qualitative case studies of eleven SIEs, we identify the key processes and behaviours they use when deciding to expatriate. Our results show that, in general, SIEs tend to employ high involvement decision processes that incorporate rational decision models and a wide range of information sources. We distil three broad typologies of SIEs: ‘opportunistic’, ‘risk minimisation’, and ‘emotionally driven’.
Ferguson, A & Grosse, M 1970, 'Market Reactions When Zero-Leverage Firms Obtain Bank Finance', Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Prior studies of bank loan announcements depict significant capital market reactions. More recent evidence however, fails to identify such reactions (Fields et al. 2006, Maskara & Mullineaux 2011). In this study, we consider market reactions to loan initiations where the borrower has no prior record of bank lending. Zero-leverage firms are firms that have zero outstanding short-term or long-term debt in their capital structure (Strebulaev & Yang 2013). Using a unique hand collected sample of bank loan announcements for Australian Mining Development Stage entities, we find that both initial bank loans and subsequent bank loans attract significant market reactions. Further, we produce evidence consistent with announcements of such loans reducing information asymmetry which we proxy for with bid-ask spreads and trading volume. Our final analysis examines evidence of bank specialisation. We find that borrowers from the industry leader in terms of loan origination (Macquarie Bank) in this sector exhibit stronger abnormal returns.
Gavin, M 1970, 'Devolving authority to public schools: catering to ‘local’ needs through decentralised staffing and hiring power', 28th Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand AIRAANZ Conference, Melbourne, Australia.
Govendir, B & Wells, P 1970, 'The impact of loss firms and economic cycles on the revelance of earnings and book value', American Accounting Association (AAA) 2014 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Govendir, B, Bond, D & Wells, P 1970, 'An evaluation of asset impairments by Australian firms and whether they were impacted by AASB 136', American Accounting Association Annual Conference, Atlanta, USA.
Grabowski, S & Wearing, SL 1970, 'Acculturation experiences of young volunteer tourists: Transition and self-understanding', Proceedings of CAUTHE 2014: Tourism and Hospitality in the Contemporary World: Trends, Changes and Complexity, Annual Conference of the Council for Australasian University Tourism and Hospitality Education, CAUTHE, Brisbane, Australia, pp. 235-246.
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Tourism is a major contributor to the global annual movement of people. With this movement come cross-cultural interactions which are a key part of the tourist experience. This study explores one type of cross-cultural interaction, volunteer tourism, and in particular investigates the impact of acculturation on the volunteer. The findings indicate that volunteers experience acculturation through an understanding of self. The study particularly focuses on 18 - 30 year old volunteers who, it is often assumed, are at a period of transition in their lives which adds to the complexity of the experience. Therefore, it is useful to understand the stage they are at in their period of early adulthood in order to provide a more in-depth understanding of the acculturation experience.
Groeger, L & Schweitzer, J 1970, 'Transformational Leadership, Design Thinking and the Innovative Organisation', 2014 European Group for Organizational Studies Conference, European Group for Organisational Studies Colloquium (EGOS), Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Grosse, MJ & Ferguson, A 1970, 'Market reactions when zero-leverage firms obtain bank finance', UTS Emerging Accounting Researcher Consortium, UTS Emerging Accounting Researcher Consortium, UTS.
Hawkins, GE, Camilleri, AR, Heathcote, A, Newell, BR & Brown, SD 1970, 'Modeling Probability Knowledge and Choice in Decisions from Experience', Proceedings of the 36th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2014, pp. 595-600.
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In most everyday decisions we learn about the outcomes of alternative courses of action through experience: a sampling process. Current models of these decisions from experience do not explain how the sample outcomes are used to form a representation of the distribution of outcomes. We overcome this limitation by developing a new and simple model, the Exemplar Confusion (ExCon) model. In a novel experiment, the model predicted participants' choices and their knowledge of outcome probabilities, when choosing among multiple-outcome gambles in sampling and feedback versions of the task. The model also performed at least as well as other leading choice models when evaluated against benchmark data from the Technion Prediction Tournament. Our approach advances current understanding by proposing a psychological mechanism for how probability estimates arise rather than using estimates solely as inputs to choice models.
Heizmann, H, Fee, A. & Gray, Sidney 1970, 'Effective Cross-cultural Capacity Development: The Importance of Boundary Contact Conditions.', 28th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference ANZAM 2014, Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, University of Technology Sydney.
Hoek, J, Gendall, P, Eckert, C, Kemper, J & Louviere, J 1970, 'How Do Evocative Brand Variants Affect Smokers’ Choice Behaviours and Risk Perceptions?', Proceedings of 2014 ANZMAC Conference, 2014 ANZMAC Conference, ANZMAC, Brisbane, Australia, p. 185.
Hoek, J, Gendall, P, Eckert, C, Rolls, K & Louviere, J 1970, 'From Initiation Decoy to Cessation Portal: Using Packaging as an Agent of Change', Proceedings of 2014 ANZMAC Conference, 2014 ANZMAC Conference, Brisbane, Australia, p. 632.
Holden, S & Zlatevska, N 1970, 'Small Size, Big Bite: Reassessing the Partitioning Paradox', Australian New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference Proceedings, Australian New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference, pp. 1455-1455.
Karsaklian, E & Fee, A 1970, 'From green to ethical consumers: What should you change in your advertisement to motivate them to buy ethical products?', Proceedings of the 28th ANZAM Confernece 3-5 December 2014 UTS Sydney, Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, ANZAM, University of Technology Sydney.
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This article introduces a two-dimensional model that aims to capture the complexity of motives of contemporary ethical consumers. The framework identifies four broad motivations for ethical consumption: Self-actualization, Hedonic, Conformity and Self-Orientation. To illustrate how the framework may be used, we present the results of two exploratory studies; the first examining the motivations of self-identifying ethical consumers (173 consumers from 27 nationalities), and the second analysing the primary motivating message of a set of 23 advertisements for ethical products from eight different countries. Our results indicate that while all four categories of motivation are salient to consumers, advertisers in our sample tended to focus their message on only one category of motivations (selfactualization).
Kaya, E & Del Bono, A 1970, 'Culture of Display', Knowledge, Culture and Economy International Conference, 3-5 November 2014, Sydney.
Klettner, AL, Boersma, M & Clarke, T 1970, 'Advancing Women in Leadership: Multi-Level Targets and Cultural Change', Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, Sydney.
Kohler, M & Agarwal, R 1970, 'Open Innovation in Services and the Link to Value Creation: A Dynamic Capabilities Perspective’', Fifth Asia-Pacific Innovation Conference, UTS Sydney.
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The study of innovation in services has made significant progress in the last decades. While traditionally, value and value creation have been predominantly understood from a goods- and exchange-oriented perspective, the growing economic importance of the service sector has led to an increasing recognition of the co-creation of value in services.
The dynamic capabilities view on value creation has emerged as a promising approach to further our understanding of service innovation and its management. However, advancement in this domain is still somewhat limited by a predominance of traditional and firm-level oriented innovation measurement.
The main contribution of this research is to provide a theoretical perspective on integrating the theories of dynamic capabilities and value creation in the context of service innovation. Thereby, we provide a basis for future empirical investigation of these important concepts and their relationships – and in particular their effect on performance.
Leung, LT 1970, 'Looking across digital divides: possible interventions in inclusive and accessible service design', ANZCA2014 Conference Proceedings, ANZCA2014, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne.
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Traversing the numerous studies of minority groups and the access to technology highlights the necessity of rethinking the popular notion of ‘digital divides’ by which particular communities are considered disadvantaged in their access to the Internet. The research points to pervasive technological determinism in the ways that services are designed to push users online regardless of the evidence that an array of minority groups prefer and use other means of communicating and seeking information. The ‘digital divide’ is evidence that information services have not been designed to be inclusive of a significant proportion of the wider community. It is also an inadequate model for conceptualising the diversity of technologies that are now used, as well as the literacies required to access them. Instead of dichotomising user groups, with minorities representing those who are disadvantaged and deprived of computers, there are persuasive business, regulatory and legal arguments for compelling service providers to consider their users as part of a spectrum of affordabilities, literacies and technologies through which their services are accessed.
Livingston, G, Kelly, L, Lewis-Holmes, E, Baio, G, Morris, S, Patel, N, Omar, RZ, Katona, C & Cooper, C 1970, 'Introduction', HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, NIHR JOURNALS LIBRARY, pp. 1-+.
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Logue, DM, Nikolova, N & Patrick, H 1970, 'Politics of Field Emergence: The Creative Industries in Australia. European Group for Organization Studies (EGOS), Rotterdam, The Netherlands', European Group for Organization Studies, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Loyeung, AL & bugeja 1970, 'Acquisition date goodwill: determinants and market reaction', Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference, Auckland, New Zealand.
Loyeung, AL & Bugeja 1970, 'What drives the allocation of purchase price to goodwill?', European Accounting Association, Tallinn, Estonia.
Ma, L, Christodoulou, D & Vasnev, A 1970, 'The Impact of Quarterly Real Activities Management on Earnings Quality', The 2014 American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, The 2014 American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, United States.
Ma, L, Christodoulou, D & Vasnev, A 1970, 'The Impact of Quarterly Real Activities Management on Earnings Quality', The 2014 Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference, Auckland, New Zealand.
Ma, L, Christodoulou, D & Vasnev, A 1970, 'The Impact of Quarterly Real Activities Management on Earnings Quality', the 37th Annual Congress of the European Accounting Association, The 37th Annual Congress of the European Accounting Association, Tallinn, Estonia.
Marchand, JM & Hermens, AH 1970, 'Student Entrepreneurship: A Research Agenda', Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, Sydney.
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The purpose of this paper is to define the term “Studentpreneur” and stimulate the research in the field of Student Entrepreneurship. A research agenda is proposed to further the knowledge in Student Entrepreneurship. The paper identifies Student Entrepreneurship as an emerging phenomenon. This phenomenon is seen as a double opportunity. First is the opportunity to zoom in on one category of entrepreneurs and test if the traditional theories developed on the “meta category” of entrepreneurs apply on this sub category. Traits, Psychological tests and Dynamic Capabilities are suggested. The second opportunity is to study Studentpreneurs as an exemplary case. Two themes are suggested for the research agenda linked to the latter opportunity: Identity Construction and management of Multiple Identity
Marchand, JM & Sood, SS 1970, 'Theory Development of How Student Entrepreneurs Think, Learn and Work: Uncovering Deep Insights into the Cognitive Processes of Student Entrepreneur Lived Experiences to Develop a Cue Inventory of Student Entrepreneurship', Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research Exchange Conference 2014 Conference Proceedings, Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research Exchange Conference (ACERE), Queensland University of Technology, Sydney, pp. 785-800.
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Principal Topic: The concept of the true student entrepreneur is relatively new and attracting societal and academic attention. A paucity of research exists on the cognitive processes student entrepreneurs use to think, learn and work. Student entrepreneurs operate within a challenging environment balancing entrepreneurial work activities and study life. Normally, the archetypal entrepreneur of last century drops out of university. This research explores the student entrepreneur not just as a student attending entrepreneurial classes but conducting business on/near campus or leading a campus enterprise (voluntary association) while simultaneously attending formal university award courses.
Methodology: This preliminary study centres on the lived experiences of student entrepreneurs not as most previous studies the intentionality of students to become entrepreneurs. As such,
in-depth interviews take place with student entrepreneurs based on the Critical Incident Technique (Flanagan 1954) focusing on storytelling by student entrepreneurs in natural campus settings.
Results and Implications: A cue inventory of student entrepreneurship is sourced from the lived experiences of student entrepreneurs and informsthe generation of a cognitive framework.
Findings point to the university environment providing leverage to help innovatively solve entrepreneurial problems in real time. Student entrepreneurs are “luck ready” always open for potential opportunities. As a consequence universities interested in fostering true entrepreneurship beyond classroom teaching are able to facilitate and manage various sources of opportunities.
Menictas, C & Fine, B 1970, 'Deliberating the efficiency of desktop versus mobile research: a pan-Asian perspective', MRMW Asia-Pacific Conference, Singapore.
Menictas, C & Fine, B 1970, 'Harnessing Big Data with Strategic Precision in the Qantas Community: Big Data Segmentation', Australian Market & Social Research Society National Conference, Melbourne.
Menictas, C & Fine, B 1970, 'The who, when, where and how of smartphone research - a USA perspective, with international benchmarks', MRMW Conference North America, Chicago.
Nikitopoulos Sklibosios, C, Squires, M, Thorp, S & Yeung, DC 1970, 'The spread seesaw: How consumption, inventory and expected volatility affect the oik forward curve', Frontiers in Financial Econometrics, Brisbane, Australia.
Noguti, V, Waller, DS & Singh, S 1970, 'A study of consumer innovation and purchase based on information from social media', 2014 Asia Pacific Innovation Conference, 2014 Asia Pacific Innovation Conference, Sydney, Australia.
Okumu, C & Clarke, T 1970, 'The National Patterns of Organised Destruction: A study of Chinese Corporations Investing in Kenya', Nairobi - Kenya, Academy of International Business Sub Saharan Africa Chapter Conference, Riara University - Nairobi Kenya.
Okumu, CO & Clarke, T 1970, 'The Courtship between the Hungry Dragon and the Lion on the move: Economic relationship between China and Africa', Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, Botswana, Africa.
Patel, V, Putnins, T & Michayluk, DM 1970, 'Price Discovery in Stock and Option Markets', 2014 FMA Annual Meeting, Nashville, USA.
Patel, VG & Michayluk, D 1970, 'Disentangling the different sources of value creation for US divestitures', Second Paris Financial Management Conference, Paris, France.
Patel, VG, Putnins, T & Michayluk, D 1970, 'Price discovery in stock and options markets', AFFI EUROFIDAI International Meeting, Paris, France.
Paul, SK, Sarker, RA & Essam, DL 1970, 'Managing supply disruption in a three-tier supply chain with multiple suppliers and retailers', 2014 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, 2014 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM), IEEE, Bandar Sunway, Malaysia, pp. 194-198.
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© 2014 IEEE. In this paper, a supply disruption management model is introduced in a three-tier supply chain with multiple suppliers and retailers, where the system may face sudden disruption in its raw material supply. At first, we formulated a mathematical model for ideal conditions and then reformulated it to revise the supply, production and delivery plan after the occurrence of a disruption, for a future period, to recover from the disruption. Here, the objective is to minimize the total cost during the recovery time window while being subject to supply, capacity, demand, and delivery constraints. We have also proposed an efficient heuristic to solve the model and the results have been compared, with another established solution approach, for a good number of randomly generated test problems. The comparison showed the consistent performance of our developed heuristic. This paper also presents some numerical examples to explain the usefulness of the proposed approach.
Perrott, B 1970, 'Co-design: Should customers be included in health service design', Proceedings of Association for Marketing & Health Care Research 33rd Annual Conference, Association for Marketing & Health Care Research Annual Conference, Association for Marketing & Health Care Research, Telluride, USA.
Pinchen, S & Schweitzer, J 1970, 'The Dynamic Capacity of Design in the Entrepreneurial Organisation', Proceedings of the 28th ANZAM Confernece 3-5 December 2014 UTS Sydney, Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, ANZAM, Sydney, Australia.
Randhawa, KH, Wilden, RW & Hohberger, JS 1970, 'Reviewing Open Innovation: Structure, Content and Future Research Avenues', Druid Conference, Copenhagen.
Randhawa, KR, wilden, RW & Hohberger, JS 1970, 'Setting an Agenda for Open Innovation Research: A Co-Citation and Text Mining-Based Review', international strategic management conference, Madrid.
Schlenker, K, Foley, CT, Edwards, DC & Veal, AJ 1970, 'Bums on Seats: Attendance trends in culture and sport', Liveability & Loveability Taskforce Meeting, Committee for Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Schweitzer, J 1970, 'Contracting and innovation culture in alliances', Asia Pacific Innovation Conference, Sydney, Australia.
Schweitzer, J & Jakovich, J 1970, 'Strategic urban innovation practices and the emerging role of crowd-sharing', European Group for Organisational Studies Colloquium (EGOS), Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Singh, S, Waller, DS & Noguti, V 1970, 'Consumer’s Choice of Digital Platform and Engagement on Facebook', MARCON 2014: International Marketing Conference, Calcutta, India.
Spiropoulos, H, Bugeja, M & MAtolcsy, Z 1970, 'Some Evidence on the Determinants and Performance Consequences of the CEO Pay Slice', Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference, Auckland, New Zealand.
Thorp, S, Bird, R, Gray, J, Liem, H, Raftery, A & Yeung, DC 1970, 'Why Self-Managed Superannuation Funds?', Paul Woolley Centre for the Study of Capital Market Dysfunctionality Annual Conference, Sydney, Australia.
Waller, DS, Noguti, V & Singh, S 1970, 'Does the Use of Facebook Lead to Purchases?', Proceedings of 2014 ANZMAC Conference, Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference, ANZMAC, Brisbane, Australia, pp. 1169-1175.
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The ability of social media to attract large numbers of people around the world also
makes these websites a platform of interest for advertisers. While these sites were
hesitant at first to ‘sell out’ to massive amounts of advertising, advertising has produced
for them a major revenue stream. However, an issue is whether the use of social media
leads people to purchase. This paper will analyse the results of a survey of 169 Facebook
users to determine the predictors for a purchase based on information from Facebook.
The findings indicate that Facebook engagement, seeking friends, seeking information
and gender are the main predictors of purchase.
Yu, K 1970, 'Moral and emotional reasoning in responses to stigmatized work', European Group for Organization Studies, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Yu, K, Kim, S & Restubog, S 1970, 'Migrant professionals and the professionalization project', Academy of Management annual meeting, Orlando, USA.
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In recent decades, the environment for professions has changed significantly. In particular, the professions have globalized due to increased trends in study-abroad, particularly in professional degree programs, and cross-national migration of skilled professionals. The globalization of professionals posits a challenge to the theory of professions, which has depicted the professionalization project as a function of special relationships with the nation state and national institutions of education and training, as well as a function of excluding outsiders. We compare levels of professional identity between migrant and non-migrant accountants in Australia and find that contrary to admonitions that migration might damage the professionalization project, migrant professionals demonstrate higher levels of identification with the accounting profession. We also identify two key work-related predictors of professional identity—professional experience and work setting—whose relationship to professional identity is moderated by migrant status. Based on our findings, we argue that a compelling case can be made to revise the theory of professions for an era of global mobility.
Yu, K, Kim, S & Restubog, S 1970, 'Unlikely Torchbearers: Migrant Accountants and Professional Identity', Society for the Advancement of Socio Economics, Chicago, USA.
Zhang, J, Buckley, N, Mestelman, S, Muller, RA, Rogers, M & Schott, S 1970, 'Appropriation from a Common Pool Resource: Effects of the Characteristics of the Common Pool Resource, the Appropriators and the Existence of Communication', Atlantic Canada Economics Association Conference, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Zlatevska, N & Cowley, E 1970, 'Failing to Not Think About Failing: Why Thought Suppression Depletes Regulatory Resources', Society for Personality and Social Psychology.
