Chai, EFL, Lee, AD & Wang, J 2015, 'Global information distribution in the gold OTC markets', INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF FINANCIAL ANALYSIS, vol. 41, pp. 206-217.
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© 2015 Elsevier Inc. This paper aims to estimate the global information distribution in the OTC gold market. Using the two-scale realized variance as a proxy for information flow, we estimate the information shares of Asia, Europe, London/New York and the United States, with London/New York covering the two-hour overlapping trading in London afternoon and New York morning. We find that over the sample period of 1996 to 2012, the average daily information shares are 17%, 31%, 22%, and 30% for Asia, Europe, London/New York and the U.S., respectively. On a per-hour basis, the information share of London/New York is over two and half times of those of the rest of Europe and the U.S., and over five times of the information share of Asia. Despite doubling its share of OTC trading, Asia's information share actually declined from about 20% in the late 1990s to around 15% in 2009-2012, with the opposite trend for the London/New York market. Private information flow, measured by the volatility impact of unexpected order flows, has a flatter distribution across Asia, Europe, and the U.S., possibly due to the presence of the same large gold dealers in different markets. The declining information share of Asia and the concentration of information to the two-hour London/New York trading raise concerns for regional market development and global market stability.
Chelliah, J 2015, 'Sexual harassment', Human Resource Management International Digest, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 37-38.
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Purpose
– Highlights the risks faced by Australian employers as a result of sexual harassment by employees and contractors.
Design/methodology/approach
– Considers the types of approach that are necessary to prevent sexual harassment by employees and contractors in the workplace and events outside the workplace sanctioned by employers.
Findings
– Explains that employers should ensure that they have robust policies that comply with Australian law and should provide adequate training to protect themselves against costly compensation claims.
Practical implications
– Guides employers in preventing loss arising from claims of sexual harassment from employees.
Social implications
– Draws attention to the risks associated with conflict of interest at work.
Originality/value
– Raises the issue of organizational preparedness to undertake the challenges potentially posed by employees and contractors who may consider sexual harassment as acceptable in the workplace.
Chelliah, J, Boersma, M & Klettner, A 2015, 'The role of a national regulator in developing solutions to governance challenges in the not-for-profit sector', vol. 49, no. 5, pp. 449-458.
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This article presents empirical evidence of the governance challenges faced by not-for-profit (NFP) organisations. Drawing on interviews and survey data, the paper explores perceptions of NFP leaders concerning governance challenges, drawing implications for theory and practice. The research shows that NFPs face internal and external contingencies that determine effectiveness of governance systems. The study finds that considerable variation in the roles of boards exists. This has theoretical consequences, as the usefulness of stewardship, agency, resource-dependence and stakeholder theory varies according to the directives of NFP boards, and provides empirical evidence in favour of taking a contingency approach towards theories concerning NFP boards. The study further shows that director recruitment is challenging, particularly for NFPs with membership-based board models, as the constitution often determines a pool from which must be sourced. This often leads to directors not being recruited based on skills, which in turn increases the importance of skills development. While many respondents state they provide training, interviewees indicate that lack of time and resources pose practical obstacles. We contend that this lack of resources represents a contingency that can negatively impact board functioning. The findings furthermore suggest that funding dynamics can negatively impact accountability and governance. Specifically the fact that government is the largest donor in the sample, while the recipients of services are the most important stakeholders. While donor and stakeholder representation on boards may help to mitigate donor dependency and asymmetric accountability, the study finds that NFPs are often unable to recruit directors with appropriate skills. As it is also challenging to facilitate training due to the lack of resources, the result is a conflicting dynamic between the demand for skills and stakeholder representation on governance bodies. Respond...
Chen, NC, Dwyer, L & Firth, T 2015, 'Factors Influencing Chinese Students’ Behavior in Promoting Australia as a Destination for Chinese Outbound Travel', Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing, vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 366-381.
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Cheng, M & Edwards, D 2015, 'Social media in tourism: a visual analytic approach', Current Issues in Tourism, vol. 18, no. 11, pp. 1080-1087.
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This research note seeks to examine a vast amount of tourism-related Chinese social media posts using a visual analytic approach. Visual analytics turns information overload into an opportunity. In this case, the mainstream Chinese microblog service, Sina Weibo, was selected as it generates large volumes of data, representing significant consumer insights, that are challenging to analyse by other common research methods. The most frequently reposted tourist visa news in the first eight months of 2014 were harvested and used as a case study. Findings from this study demonstrate that a visual analytic approach can offer insights into the impact of travel news on Chinese consumers. These insights include potential tourist generating regions, the life span of travel news, and tourists’ attitudes towards travel policy changes. Such insights provide important implications for scholars and practitioners, such as enabling real-time decisions of Destination Management Organizations’ social media marketing strategies in China.
Chiarella, C & Di Guilmi, C 2015, 'The limit distribution of evolving strategies in financial markets', Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics & Econometrics, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 137-159.
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AbstractThis paper reconsiders the popular Brock and Hommes [Brock, W. A., and C. H. Hommes. 1997. “A Rational Route to Randomness.”
Chiarella, C, Kang, B, Sklibosios Nikitopoulos, C & To, TD 2015, 'The Return-Volatility Relation in Commodity Futures Markets', UNSW Business School Research Paper, vol. 36, no. 2015, pp. 127-152.
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Chow, YL, Hafalir, IE & Yavas, A 2015, 'Auction versus Negotiated Sale: Evidence from Real Estate Sales', Real Estate Economics, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 432-470.
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We offer a theoretical and empirical comparison of auctions and negotiated sales. We first build a simple model to show that auctions generate a higher relative price than negotiated sales when demand for the asset is strong, when the asset is more homogeneous and when the asset attracts buyers with higher valuations. Using data from property sales in Singapore, we find support for our theoretical predictions. In addition, we find that auctions do not necessarily generate a higher price premium for foreclosed properties than for nonforeclosed properties.
Chowdhury, MMH & Quaddus, MA 2015, 'A multiple objective optimization based QFD approach for efficient resilient strategies to mitigate supply chain vulnerabilities: The case of garment industry of Bangladesh', Omega, vol. 57, pp. 5-21.
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Chowdhury, MMH, Hossain, MM & A. Dewan, MN 2015, 'A framework for selecting optimal strategies to mitigate the corporate sustainability barriers', Corporate Ownership and Control, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 462-481.
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This paper develops a framework to prioritize the barriers to corporate sustainability and select the strategies to mitigate those barriers by applying an optimization based analytical hierarchy process integrated quality function deployment framework with multiple case studies. This research has collected data from the textile and clothing industries (six case companies) from an emerging economy, Bangladesh. Contingency theory, resource-based view and stakeholder theory are adopted to explain the sustainability barriers and their mitigation process through optimal use of resources. The study finds that lack of awareness, lack of governance, the utility supply problem and lack of expertise are the main barriers of CS. The findings also indicate that internal and external audits regarding compliance issues and setting policies for sustainability standards are considered as highly important mitigation strategies. Finally, the study identifies the optimal mitigation strategies based on maximising the relative importance while considering savings from the simultaneous implementations of strategies and constrained resources. This study advances existing CS literature by developing a framework to prioritize CS barriers and selects optimal strategies to mitigate those barriers. The developed framework should be of interest to organisations’ decision makers (specifically in the case of apparel industry of Bangladesh) in countries which have a similar institutional context.
Claringbould, I & Adriaanse, J 2015, '‘Silver Cups Versus Ice Creams’: Parental Involvement With the Construction of Gender in the Field of Their Son’s Soccer', Sociology of Sport Journal, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 201-219.
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This study explores parents’ gendered meanings in their involvement with their son’s soccer participation. We use Bourdieu’s (1985; 1990; 2012) theoretical perspective of fields, positions, habitus and taking positions to examine the way in which parents in two Dutch soccer clubs reconstruct and negotiate gendered meanings through expressions, positioning and power relations within the field of their son’s soccer. The findings suggest that, within this field, a subdivision exists between the ‘main’ field, represented by masculine meanings, and the subordinated ‘serving-the-main’ field, represented by feminine values. The study contributes to a better understanding of the processes involved in the construction of gender in both subfields and highlights the way in which women who enter the ‘main’ field can be theorized as ‘space invaders’.
Clarke, K, Walsh, KD & Flanagan, J 2015, 'How prevalent are post-completion audits in Australia?', Accounting, Accountability and Performance, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 51-78.
Clegg, S, Geppert, M & Hollinshead, G 2015, 'Politicization and political contests in contemporary multinational corporations', Human Relations, vol. 68, no. 10, pp. 1662-1665.
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Clegg, S, Geppert, M & Hollinshead, G 2015, 'Politicization and political contests in contemporary multinational corporations', Human Relations, vol. 68, no. 9, pp. 1526-1529.
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Clegg, S, Pina e Cunha, M, Rego, A & Story, J 2015, 'Powers of Romance', Journal of Management Inquiry, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 131-148.
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Problematic organizational relationships have recently been at the core of highly visible media coverage. Most analyses of sexual relations in organizations have been, however, simplistic and unidimensional, and have placed insufficient systematic emphasis on the role of governmentality in the social construction of organizational romance. In this article, we proceed in two theoretical steps. First, we elaborate a typology of organizational romance that covers different manifestations of this nuanced process. We think of these as organizational strategies of governmentality. Second, we elaborate and identify liminal cases that fall into the interstices of the four predominant ways of managing sexual relationships in organizations. We think of these as vases of liquid love and life that evade the border controls of regulation by governmentality. Finally, we relate these issues to debates about the nature of the civilizational process and suggest hypotheses for future research.
Clegg, SR 2015, 'Reflections: Why Old Social Theory Might Still be Useful', Journal of Change Management, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 8-18.
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© 2014, © 2014 Taylor & Francis. Abstract: In the following, I first identify some of the breadth of concern raised within academe subsequent to the global financial crisis (GFC) and then move to identify what some mainstream financial press outlets have done recently to foster debate about the systemic nature of concerns increasingly manifest since 2007. In certain Marxist-oriented social science circles, the current crisis was well prepared but, unfortunately, hardly visible in business education. We need a sociological understanding of the market to augment the limited understanding of orthodox economics. To understand how the GFC came to be the contributions of the virtually forgotten social theory are retrieved as pointers to understanding how the profound social and organizational changes leading up to and creating the GFC occurred. The implications of this literature for the curriculum of the business school should be profound, it is argued.
Cohen, A & Peachey, JW 2015, 'Quidditch: Impacting and Benefiting Participants in a Non-Fictional Manner', Journal of Sport and Social Issues, vol. 39, no. 6, pp. 521-544.
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© 2014, The Author(s) 2014. This study examines the sport of quidditch, based on the Harry Potter franchise, an alternative sport growing in popularity. The purpose of this research was to examine the impact and benefits participants of this sport received and determine similarities and differences to mainstream sport activities. Findings suggest involvement with quidditch provided leadership skills, social gains, self-confidence, and pride, along with a positive sporting experience, all of which have been recognized in more mainstream sports. Considering the need for inventive and fiscally viable sports programs due to shrinking budgets and increased burnout, this study advocates the potential value of alternative sport initiatives and the benefit of their implementation.
Cohen, A & Peachey, JW 2015, 'The making of a social entrepreneur: From participant to cause champion within a sport-for-development context', Sport Management Review, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 111-125.
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© 2014 Sport Management Association of Australia and New Zealand. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of a sport-for-development initiative, Street Soccer USA, on one of its most successful participants in order to understand her experiences, expectations, and motivations towards becoming a cause champion and social entrepreneur and continuing her activism. We adopted a narrative inquiry approach for this study in an effort to explore this topic in a detailed manner. Guided by previous literature within the field of social entrepreneurship, we found there were three specific background influences - sport, life, and traumatic experiences - which influenced her social entrepreneurial leanings. Within that context we show how the variables of people, opportunity, and capital intersect and lead towards the social value proposition of the social entrepreneur. Drawn from the findings, we provide theoretical and practical implications and directions for future research in the field of sport-for-development and social entrepreneurship.
Collins, J, Baer, B & Weber, EJ 2015, 'Sexual selection, conspicuous consumption and economic growth', Journal of Bioeconomics, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 189-206.
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Comerton-Forde, C & Putniņš, TJ 2015, 'Dark trading and price discovery', Journal of Financial Economics, vol. 118, no. 1, pp. 70-92.
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Regulators globally are concerned that dark trading harms price discovery. We show that dark trades are less informed than lit trades. High levels of dark trading increase adverse selection risk on the lit exchange by increasing the concentration of informed traders. Using both high- and low-frequency measures of informational efficiency we find that low levels of non-block dark trading are benign or even beneficial for informational efficiency, but high levels are harmful. In contrast, we find no evidence that block trades in the dark impede price discovery.
Comerton-Forde, C, Jones, CM & Putniņš, TJ 2015, 'Shorting at Close Range: A Tale of Two Types', Journal of Financial Economics, vol. 121, no. 3, pp. 546-568.
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We examine returns, order flow, and market conditions in the minutes before, during, and after NYSE and Nasdaq short sales. We find two distinct types of short sales: those that provide liquidity, and those that demand it. Liquidity-supplying shorts are strongly contrarian at intraday horizons. They trade when spreads are unusually wide, facing greater adverse selection. Liquidity-demanding shorts trade when spreads are narrow and tend to follow short-term price declines. These results support a competitive rational expectations model where both market-makers and informed traders short, indicating that these two shorting types are integral to both price discovery and liquidity provision.
Crook, SJ, Sharma, MD & Wilson, R 2015, 'An Evaluation of the Impact of 1:1 Laptops on Student Attainment in Senior High School Sciences', International Journal of Science Education, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 272-293.
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Cunha, MPE, Clegg, SR, Rego, A & Gomes, JFS 2015, 'Embodying Sensemaking: Learning from the Extreme Case of Vann Nath, Prisoner at S‐2', European Management Review, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 41-58.
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Cunha, MPE, Neves, P, Clegg, SR & Rego, A 2015, 'Tales of the unexpected: Discussing improvisational learning', Management Learning, vol. 46, no. 5, pp. 511-529.
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Improvisation has been treated largely as if it were a conceptual monolith: all improvisations are similar. We challenge this theorizing by distinguishing forms of improvisation in organizations (semi-structured, episodic, subversive, resistive) and by exploring ways in which these forms interrelate in improvisational sequences. Improvisation is not just something individuals do; it is a learned capacity that organizations can manage. We introduce the dimension of improvisational formality and informality, adding a political dimension to the study of the topic. By combining forms in process sequences, we organize the existing literature under a systematic perspective facilitating theory development via an integrative understanding of how improvisation produces learning.
Cunha, MPE, Rego, A & Clegg, S 2015, 'The Institutionalization of Genocidal Leadership: Pol Pot and a Cambodian Dystopia', Journal of Leadership Studies, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 6-18.
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AbstractMisleadership is defined as leadership process involving a complex interplay of leader, follower, and situational elements, inscribing a vicious circle of intensifying dysfunctional action. It is tempting to see misleadership as the result of the madness of one leader. It is also misleading. Leadership research has been insufficiently attentive to misleadership and, in particular, to the misleadership factors intervening in genocidal processes. Discussed in the current article are the antecedents and the rule of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia in the 1970s as an extreme case of misleadership. Lessons from the Polpotist dystopia are derived and reflections on possible contra‐strategies are presented. In particular, it is suggested that it is necessary to distinguish measures for social change that are admissible and positive, from negative utopian visions that are negative, inadmissible, and facilitative of evil leadership.
Cunha, MPE, Rego, A, Silva, ÁFD & Clegg, S 2015, 'An institutional palimpsest? The case of Cambodia’s political order, 1970 and beyond', Journal of Political Power, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 431-455.
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Currim, IS, Mintz, O & Siddarth, S 2015, 'Information Accessed or Information Available? The Impact on Consumer Preferences Inferred at a Durable Product E-commerce Website', Journal of Interactive Marketing, vol. 29, no. C, pp. 11-25.
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© 2014 Direct Marketing Educational Foundation, Inc., dba Marketing EDGE. Most previous choice modeling research infers preferences by assuming that consumers consider all the information available at the point-of-purchase. Because e-commerce sites increasingly incorporate tracking technologies that can monitor consumer behavior on their site, our research studies how incorporating the information accessed by consumers into a choice model impacts model performance and inferred preferences. We use data from an electronic goods manufacturer that monitored the attribute information accessed by 582 shoppers while they made Customize and Buy decisions at the firm's website. We find that incorporating the information accessed by consumers into the choice model provides more valid estimates of attribute preferences and better fitting choice models than models based on information available. Because firms can easily obtain this type of information as a by-product of their online operations, we propose that managers who monitor information acquisition and apply the information accessed model will have a useful methodology to gain a better understanding of consumer preferences.
D’Alessandro, S, Johnson, L, Gray, D & Carter, L 2015, 'Consumer satisfaction versus churn in the case of upgrades of 3G to 4G cell networks', Marketing Letters, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 489-500.
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D'Alessandro, S, Johnson, L, Gray, DM & Carter, L 2015, 'The market performance indicator: a macro understanding of service provider switching', Journal of Services Marketing, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 302-313.
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Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to adapt the market performance indicator (MPI), used by the European Commission to evaluate market conditions, over time, to show that the MPI explains actual switching behavior better than stated intent and satisfaction. While research on service provider switching has focused on the outcomes of service transactions and the benefits of switching, there is little research on how consumers view market conditions as being favorable or not for switching.
Design/methodology/approach
– The authors used a mixed methodology of focus groups and longitudinal survey research of cell phone consumers to evaluate the effect of the MPI on satisfaction, perceptions of value, switching intentions and behavior.
Findings
– The MPI was found to influence perceptions of satisfaction and value, and was found to contribute strongly to actual switching behavior. The results also showed that an improvement in the MPI or market conditions lead to a much greater relationship between it and actual switching behavior, suggesting that there may well be important threshold level, upon which greater switching behavior occurs.
Originality/value
– The MPI provides marketers and policy-makers with benchmarks to compare the consumer welfare of different markets in different countries. Switching studies with MPI figures can be more easily generalized to different contexts.
Dalton, B, Wilson, R, Evans, JR & Cochrane, S 2015, 'Australian Indigenous youth's participation in sport and associated health outcomes: Empirical analysis and implications', Sport Management Review, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 57-68.
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© 2014 Sport Management Association of Australia and New Zealand. Analysis of the 2012 Mission Australia Youth Survey (MAYS) finds that among Indigenous youth aged 15-19 years there is a positive relationship between self-reported participation in sport and two health outcomes: rating of overall health and risk of mental health disorder. We find that Indigenous youth who participate in sport are 3.5 times more likely to report good general health and 1.6 times more likely to have no probable serious mental illness. The significance of these findings is discussed in relation to potential future research and policy. In terms of research, the analysis illustrates the utility of brief and cost-effective measures of health outcomes that could be used in future evaluations of specific programs targeting Indigenous youth participation in sport. We also discuss the potential ramifications, for practitioners and management professionals, of the particular policy paths needed to address the current gaps in service delivery to Indigenous communities, and for the development of grassroots, evidence-based, well resourced, culturally sensitive, inclusive and community-led programs. This can, in part, be achieved by ensuring youth sport development programs are shaped by Indigenous youth themselves.
Delavande, A & Manski, CF 2015, 'Using elicited choice probabilities in hypothetical elections to study decisions to vote', Electoral Studies, vol. 38, pp. 28-37.
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Delavande, A & Zafar, B 2015, 'Stereotypes and Madrassas: Experimental evidence from Pakistan', Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, vol. 118, pp. 247-267.
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Deng, J & Li, J 2015, 'Self-identification of ecotourists', Journal of Sustainable Tourism, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 255-279.
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This article outlines the development of a framework that enables the classification of different interpretation research so that it can be linked to management needs in protected areas. The developed framework has been linked to selected case studies, thus enabling this research to be systematically placed in a protected area management context. A real life context for interpretation research is important if park managers are to take new knowledge of interpretation and apply it to their operational practices.
Deroy, X & Clegg, S 2015, 'Back in the USSR: Introducing Recursive Contingency Into Institutional Theory', Organization Studies, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 73-90.
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© The Author(s) 2014 Institutional theory’s understanding of unplanned change in fragmented and complex environments has made the connection between institutional work at the micro level and institutional logics at the macro level a central issue. Change that is not planned is contingent on events. In practice an event, as a single occurrence of an unexpected, unanticipated or unacknowledged process, connects these levels, as the event is selected for attention, enacted in meaning, and organizationally coded. Not all events are selected, enacted and coded, of course. The recognition, attributes and potential of events depend on selections made from and meaning given to past events and those conceived as coming into being in the future perfect. The concept of recursive contingency describes how unique occurrences become connected in an evolving process over time; in doing so, it stresses the important role of the unexpected in regard to institutional change. Using a theoretical framework derived from Luhmann’s work, in which institutions are seen as relatively autonomous self-closed subsystems generating contingency, we define an event as such by the fact that what it means and what is to be done with it cannot be decided by the application of a rule: choice is demanded that requires coding it as a specific type of event. A recursive view of contingency can be connected to an institutional theory of change in which the central role of institutional codes and networks of communication is stressed, producing a new theoretical approach to the explanation of institutional change. To illustrate the argument we make reference to one of the most significant counterfactual cases for questioning the solidity of institutions: the collapse of the key organization of the Soviet Union, the Communist Party.
Dickson, TJ, Darcy, S, Edwards, D & Terwiel, FA 2015, 'Sport Mega-Event Volunteers' Motivations and Postevent Intention to Volunteer: The Sydney World Masters Games, 2009', Event Management, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 227-245.
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Investment in mega-sport events is frequently justified on the basis that there are infrastructure and social legacies that remain after the event. This research explores the claims of a social legacy through a pre- and post-Games survey of volunteers at the Sydney world Masters Games
2009 (SwMG). Through online surveys the research explores pre-and post-volunteer motivations, postevent volunteering intentions before the Games and actual volunteer behavior after the Games. The pre-Games survey supports previous research that a desire to be involved in the event motivates
people to volunteer. however, the postevent expression of motivations shifted to a more altruistic focus. The postevent volunteering intentions as indicated in the preevent survey would support the claim of a social legacy; however, this was not supported by the postevent measures of volunteering
levels. The use of a pre- and postevent survey has highlighted that the timing of measures of motivations can influence responses and one may not depend on preevent intentions as an indicator of postevent behaviors.
Domínguez Vila, T, Darcy, S & Alén González, E 2015, 'Competing for the disability tourism market – A comparative exploration of the factors of accessible tourism competitiveness in Spain and Australia', Tourism Management, vol. 47, pp. 261-272.
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Dwyer, L 2015, 'Computable General Equilibrium Modelling: An Important Tool for Tourism Policy Analysis', Tourism & Hospitality Management, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 111-126.
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Purpose: Economic impact analysis in tourism has recently undergone a profound change in approach. In contrast to earlier emphasis on input-output (I-O) models, computable general equilibrium (CGE) models, are being used worldwide to estimate the resulting net macroeconomic and industry effects and for tourism policy analysis. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the role that computable general equilibrium modelling is playing and can play in estimating the economic impacts of tourism shocks and in tourism policy formulation and implementation by destination managers. Design: The study discusses the nature of CGE modelling to project the economic impacts of tourism demand shocks, comparing its advantages over standard I-O analysis. It then identifies several studies where CGE analysis provides insights to tourism researchers that could not be revealed using the standard I-O technique. The importance of CGE analysis for tourism policy analysis is highlighted Methodology and Approach: The study reviews important contributions to CGE modelling in tourism contexts, including many of the authors publications. Findings: The paper discusses applications of CGE modelling to tourism, identifying several areas where tourism analysis and policy have been suitably informed as a result of such modelling. Particular insights that CGE modelling has brought to tourism planning, forecasting and policy analysis are identified. Originality of the research: Due to its technical nature, tourism researchers are generally unaware of the advantages of CGE modelling compared to standard economic impact analysis using I-O models. This study identifies and discuss the key reasons why CGE modelling should be accorded greater attention by governments and their agencies, consultants and researchers associated with tourism analysis and policy.
Dwyer, L 2015, 'Globalization of tourism: Drivers and outcomes', Tourism Recreation Research, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 326-339.
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© 2015 Taylor & Francis. Globalization in tourism is an important area of promise and of concern. This paper first highlights the main drivers of globalization, distinguishing between economic, technological, social, demographic, environmental and political drivers. It then addresses several of the important effects of globalization in the context of tourism. These effects include economic development, employment opportunities, the spread of technical knowledge, the development of new markets and products, new consumer values, environmental and sociocultural changes. The paper concludes that tourism managers need to respond pro-actively to the challenges of globalization, playing an advocacy role if they are to achieve and maintain sustainability in their operations.
Dwyer, L & Sheldon, P 2015, 'International Academy for the Study of Tourism', Anatolia, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 331-335.
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Dyball, MC, Wang, AF & Wright, S 2015, '(Dis)engaging with sustainability: evidence from an Australian business faculty', Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 69-101.
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Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to explore how the lack of staff engagement with a university’s strategy on sustainability could be an enabling lever for organisational change. It examines the attitudes and views of employees of a business faculty at an Australian metropolitan university as it attempts to adopt a holistic approach to sustainability.Design/methodology/approach– The paper opted for a case study using data from an on-line survey, semi-directed interviews with key management personnel and archival material. Responses were analysed using Piderit’s (2000) notion of ambivalence.Findings– The paper provides empirical insights into why staff lacked engagement with the university’s strategy on sustainability. It suggests that staff were ambivalent, displaying dissonance in their personal beliefs on sustainability, the university’s strategy and the extent of their intentions to support the university. Staff were willing to offer ideas on how the university could, in the future, change towards sustainability. These ideas allow the possibility for the university to learn to adjust the scope of the implementation of its sustainability strategy.Research limitations/implications– The research results may lack generalisability. Therefore, researchers are encouraged to further examine staff attitudes on sustainability in higher education using Piderit’s notion of ambivalence. In-depth interviews and focus group discussions could allow a better understanding of harmony and dissonance in cognition of and intention for university sustainability strategies and initiatives by academic, professional and session...
Edwards, M, Onyx, J, Maxwell, H, Darcy, S, Bullen, P & Sherker, S 2015, 'A Conceptual Model of Social Impact as Active Citizenship', VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 1529-1549.
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Participation in Civil Society Organizations (CSO) draws on and enriches social, cultural, and human capital. Social impacts of such participation as active citizenship are systemic and ‘ripple’ far beyond the immediate program outputs and outcomes. CSOs and the third sector as a whole must demonstrate and gage the difference they make in the social life of the broader community. This research offers a new approach to conceptualize CSO social impacts through an empirically derived model that accounts for the impacts of active citizenship for individuals, organizations, and the broader community. A conceptual model of systemic social impact is presented as it was developed through an exploratory study of a large Australian CSO using an abductive methodology combining focus groups and a survey. Considering the potential of the model that could account for impacts beyond program outputs and outcomes, we propose several propositions for future testing the conceptual model.
Evans, JR, Wilson, R, Dalton, B & Georgakis, S 2015, 'Indigenous Participation in Australian Sport: The Perils of the 'Panacea' Proposition', COSMOPOLITAN CIVIL SOCIETIES-AN INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 53-U81.
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The argument that participation in sport among disadvantaged populations can produce positive outcomes in wide range of areas has been a consistent theme in academic literature. It is argued that sport participation can promote women’s empowerment, sexuality, lifestyle, peacemaking, youth development, poverty reduction and conflict resolution. Similarly, in Australia, participation in sport among Indigenous Australians has been proffered as a ‘panacea’ for many Indigenous problems; from promoting better health and education outcomes, to encouraging community building, good citizenship and entrepreneurship. Parallel to this has been a focus on documenting and analysing sport participation among Indigenous Australians in elite sport which often concludes that Indigenous Australians have an innate and ‘natural ability’ in sports. These two assumptions, first, that sport participation can help realise a wide range of positive social outcomes; and second, that Indigenous Australians are natural athletes, have driven significant public investment in numerous sport focused programs. This paper questions these assumptions and outlines some of the challenges inherent with an emphasis on sport as a solution to Indigenous disadvantage. We highlight how participation in sport has often been tied to ambitious, ill-defined and, in terms of evaluation, often elusive social outcome goals. Second, we also argue that there is limited research to indicate that participation in either elite or grassroots level sport has led to any discernible social progress in addressing inequality. We contrast historical Indigenous participation in a range of sporting codes to demonstrate the influence of factors beyond the ‘natural ability’ and ‘born to play’ propositions. Finally, we outline six ‘perils’ associated with viewing sport as a panacea; including how privileging sport can not only perpetuate disadvantage by reinforcing stereotypes and also contribute to a diversion of attentio...
Ferguson, A & Pündrich, G 2015, 'Does industry specialist assurance of non-financial information matter to investors?', Auditing, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 121-146.
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© 2015, American Accounting Association. All rights reserved. Previous studies in the financial economics literature highlight the value of non-financial information in Internet and telephony stocks (Amir and Lev 1996; Trueman, Wong, and Zhang 2001). Other studies consider the financial and share price performance implications of assurance of non-financial information such as ISO 9000 certification (Corbett, Montes-Sancho, and Kirsch 2005), Total Quality Management awards (Hendricks and Singhal 1997), and non-financial information disclosure (Coram, Monroe, and Woodliff 2009). However, prior studies have occurred in settings where disclosure and assurance of non-financial information is voluntary. We provide evidence on the value of assurance of non-financial information where the assurance of public resource disclosures made under the JORC Code by Australian Mining Development Stage Entities are mandatory. The assurance role undertaken by Competent Persons reporting under the JORC Code bears many close similarities to the financial reporting assurance role undertaken by auditors. Further, the information environment of MDSEs is characterized by high information asymmetry and the reality that the utility of nonfinancial technical information supersedes financial statement information in firm valuation. We document very weak evidence of greater abnormal returns evident when reserve disclosures are provided by specialist mining consultants. In supplementary analysis, we test for implications of switching mineral consultant and find that clients experience significant positive abnormal returns when the successor is larger. Overall, our findings support the insurance hypothesis, in that mandatory specialist assurance matters little where litigation risk is low.
Ferguson, AC & Lam, P 2015, 'Backdoor Listings in Australia', JASSA, no. 1, pp. 24-32.
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We study a large sample of Australian backdoor listings (BDLs) over the period from 1994 to 2014. BDLs account for roughly 13 per cent of all firms going public on the Australian Securities Exchange and are popular among hi-tech firms and those with foreign-domiciled assets. We find that the BDL market is likely influenced by the sentiment in the initial public offering (IPO) market, with the number of BDLs announced in a year being negatively (positively) correlated with the number of IPOs lodged (the percentage of IPOs withdrawn) in the prior year. Contrary to common belief, BDL transactions take longer to complete than IPOs, since they typically combine both a reverse takeover and the public listing process. Roughly three quarters of our sample raised equity capital as part of the BDL process.
Festing, M, Kornau, A & Schäfer, L 2015, 'Think talent – think male? A comparative case study analysis of gender inclusion in talent management practices in the German media industry', The International Journal of Human Resource Management, vol. 26, no. 6, pp. 707-732.
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Strong forces of competition and globalisation have created awareness and an urgency to focus how organisalions control and nurture intellectual capital. The knowledge concept and its management have gained currency and momentum, as technology has enabled thoughts and ideas to be more easily produced and distributed. With the increased appljcation of recent technologies such as the internet, CRM and advanced software capabilities, it has been suggested rhat the tlme has come for a debate on a new paradigm for knowledge management. As a contribution to this debate, this paper will examine exploratory research conducted in the Australian private hospital indust.y with a view to better understand issues retaled to knowledge management from an industry perspective.
Forseth, U, Røyrvik, EA & Clegg, S 2015, 'Brave new world? The global financial crisis’ impact on Scandinavian banking’s sales rhetoric and practices', Scandinavian Journal of Management, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 471-479.
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Frawley, S & Van den Hoven, P 2015, 'Football participation legacy and Australia’s qualification for the 2006 Football World Cup', Soccer & Society, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 482-492.
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This paper examines the impact of qualification for the 2006 World Cup on football participation in Australia. Australia’s qualification for the 2006 World Cup created widespread media coverage across the country, and this was amplified by the fact that it was only the second time the nation had qualified for the event. Contrary to a number of studies that have examined sport participation legacy and major events, this research presents data that suggest an overall positive trend in Australian football participation post Australia’s successful World Cup qualification. Three of the four demographic categories examined in the study had witnessed increased football participation across the examined period.
Ghobadi, S & Clegg, S 2015, '“These days will never be forgotten …”: A critical mass approach to online activism', Information and Organization, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 52-71.
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Glassock, G & Fee, A 2015, 'The decision-making processes of self-initiated expatriates: a consumer behaviour approach', Journal of Global Mobility, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 4-24.
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Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to explore the features of the decision-making processes used by self-initiated expatriates (SIEs) when considering an international assignment. It does this by examining expatriates’ decision processes through the lens of prominent theories of consumer decision making.Design/methodology/approach– An abductive, exploratory research design was employed, based on in-depth qualitative case studies of nine SIEs.Findings– In general, the expatriates in the study tended to deploy high-involvement decision-making processes. Rational decision models drawing on multiple high-quality information sources were common, especially for expatriates with career-oriented motivations and no prior experience in the target country. Three types of expatriates are distilled: “career building” (high involvement, career oriented, compensatory decision model), “risk minimizing” (high/medium involvement, non-compensatory decision model), and “emotionally driven” (low involvement, affective decision model).Originality/value– While research into expatriates’ motivations is plentiful, this is the first study to examine the decision-making processes that define the way in which these motivations are enacted. Its originality stems from combining two previously unrelated strands of research (consumer decision making and expatriation). The resulting tentative typology of decision-making approaches provides a platform for organisations seeking to better target talent recruitment, and for researchers seeking to further examine the decision processes of SIEs.
Godfrey, J, Wearing, S & Schulenkorf, N 2015, 'Medical Volunteer Tourism as an Alternative to Backpacking in Peru', Tourism Planning and Development, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 111-122.
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© 2014, © 2014 Taylor & Francis. Medical volunteer tourism (MVT) and backpacking are both alternatives to mass tourism; yet, while backpackers simply aim to “get off the beaten track”, medical volunteer tourists (MVTs) aim to additionally “give back”. This paper examines the experiences of MVTs in Peru and explores MVT as an alternative to backpacking for Generation Y. Findings are derived from a case study conducted of a commercial volunteer tourism organisation in Cusco, Peru. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with 12 MVTs and 3 staff members. In this paper, we describe what the MVTs did at the local clinics, explore the contribution they made to the host community, discuss the benefits the MVTs themselves gained from the experience, and examine the similarities and differences between MVTs and backpackers. There is a wide overlap between the demographics, motivations, and experiences of MVTs and backpackers: they are generally young, stay for a longer rather than a brief period of time, focus on participatory activities, and often view their choice of travel as more ethical than mainstream mass tourism. However, MVTs differ from backpackers, in that they attempt to make a positive contribution to the host community, while simultaneously benefitting their own personal and professional development.
Greenwood, VA & Dwyer, L 2015, 'Consumer protection legislation: A neglected determinant of destination competitiveness?', Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, vol. 24, pp. 1-8.
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© 2015 The Authors. Consumer protection measures enhance destination competitiveness, helping to minimise tourist dissatisfaction through more transparent and efficient market operations, while creating and maintaining customer loyalty, and consumer confidence. However, the impact of consumer protection on destination competitiveness is limited by certain complexities that erode consumer confidence within tourism contexts. The paper identifies several additional complexities that can erode destination competitiveness. Various examples are offered of the exercise of consumer protection laws in tourism contexts. Issues for further research into the links between consumer protection legislation and destination competitiveness are discussed.
Gregory, K & Hambusch, G 2015, 'Factors driving risk in the US banking industry', International Journal of Managerial Finance, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 388-410.
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Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to investigate how several key risk factors, including capital-to-asset ratio (CAR), franchise value and lobbying, affect various measures of risk in the US banking industry before, during and after the financial crisis. The empirical analysis covers the period 2004-2013.
Design/methodology/approach
– Using recent bank holding company data, this research explores several factors driving risk in the US banking industry. The authors follow recent regulatory models and use a cross-sectional approach that can be employed as a complement to established regulatory bank failure and early warning models to detect and prevent bank crisis and to guide policy intervention over time.
Findings
– The findings provide evidence that the CAR has a negative relationship with bank risk. The authors also show that banks’ franchise values exhibit a positive relationship with bank risk in non-crisis years and a negative relationship during the crisis. The authors further find evidence suggesting that lobbying decreases bank risk in non-crisis years and increases risk during the crisis.
Originality/value
– Previous studies have controversially discussed the effect of factors driving bank risk. The authors contribute to the discussion and provide the first empirical study to analyze the effects of lobbying activities by bank holding companies on bank risk before, during and after the financial...
Guillen, P, Merrett, D & Slonim, R 2015, 'A New Solution for the Moral Hazard Problem in Team Production', Management Science, vol. 61, no. 7, pp. 1514-1530.
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We propose an intergroup competition scheme (ICS) to theoretically solve free riding in team production and provide experimental evidence from a voluntary contribution mechanism public goods game. The ICS includes an internal transfer payment from the lowest to highest contributing team proportional to the difference in group contributions. The ICS requires minimal information, makes the efficient contribution a dominant strategy, and is budget balanced. These features make the ICS ideally suited to solve the moral hazard problem in team production. Our experiment demonstrates that the ICS raises contributions to almost reach optimality with the appropriate parameters. We also show experimentally that the success of the ICS can be primarily attributed to the effect of higher returns and to the introduction of competition, and it is not due to the introduction of potential losses or information regarding other groups. Data, as supplemental material, are available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2014.1922 . This paper was accepted by Uri Gneezy, behavioral economics.
Hafalir, I & Miralles, A 2015, 'Welfare-maximizing assignment of agents to hierarchical positions', Journal of Mathematical Economics, vol. 61, pp. 253-270.
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Hafalir, IE & Yektaş, H 2015, 'Core deviation minimizing auctions', International Journal of Game Theory, vol. 44, no. 2, pp. 367-376.
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In a stylized environment with complementary products, we study a class of dominant strategy implementable direct mechanisms and focus on the objective of minimizing the expected surplus from core deviations. For this class of mechanisms, we formulate the core deviation minimization problem as a calculus of variations problem and numerically solve it for some interesting special cases. We then compare the core deviation surplus in the optimal auction (CDMA) to that in Vickrey-Clark-Groves mechanism (VCG) and core-selecting auctions (CSAs). We find that the expected surplus from core deviations can be significantly smaller in CDMA than that in both VCG and CSAs.
Hambusch, G, Hong, KJ & Webster, E 2015, 'Enhancing risk-adjusted return using time series momentum in sovereign bonds', Journal of Fixed Income, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 96-111.
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© 2015, Institutional Investor, Inc. All rights reserved. This article studies an actively managed bond strategy based on time series momentum in sovereign bond markets. The author assesses the performance of an active strategy and investigates diversification benefits in comparison with a passive buy-and-hold strategy when each strategy is combined with international equity indexes. The analysis provides evidence that the active strategy offers higher expected returns without increasing return volatility. Importantly, and in comparison with the passive strategy, the active strategy results in both significant return and diversification enhancements when combined with international equity indexes. Therefore, the author suggests that his active momentum strategy can serve fund managers as an alternative to common long-only passive bond strategies to enhance the riskadjusted return of a combined portfolio of sovereign bonds and equities.
Hasan, MM, Shohag, MAS, Azeem, A & Paul, SK 2015, 'Multiple criteria supplier selection: a fuzzy approach', International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 429-429.
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A company must purchase a lot of diverse components and raw materials from different upstream suppliers to manufacture or assemble its products. However, it is not only a very complicated and perplexing task to select outstanding suppliers for decision-makers of strategic purchasing, but also it involves uncertainty and produces erroneous results while considering single criteria. For this reason, the decision-makers of strategic purchasing greatly require an efficient, valid and fair tool to assist them in selecting appropriate suppliers forthwith. This paper proposes a supplier selection model for any kind of company by using MATLAB fuzzy logic toolbox to help the purchasing department in selecting the most appropriate supplier. The main task in the proposed model involves determining the numerical score for different suppliers considering their respective performance in various qualitative and quantitative evaluation criteria and then selecting the best supplier having highest score. Fuzzy control is used to determine the best supplier by calculating the score in selected evaluation criteria which are provided in numerical values for the convenience of calculation.
Hauptfleisch, M, Putniņš, TJ & Lucey, BM 2015, 'Who Sets the Price of Gold? London or New York?', Journal of Futures Markets, vol. 36, no. 6, pp. 564-586.
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We investigate which of the two main centers of gold trading—the London spot market and the New York futures market—plays a more important role in setting the price of gold. Using intraday data during a 17-year period we find that although both markets contribute to price discovery, the New York futures play a larger role on average. This is striking given the volume of gold traded in New York is less than a tenth of the London spot volume, and illustrates the importance of market structure on the process of price discovery. We find considerable variation in price discovery shares both intraday and across years. The variation is related to the structure and liquidity of the markets, daylight hours, and macroeconomic announcements that affect the price of gold. We find that a major upgrade in the New York trading platform reduces the relative amount of noise in New York futures prices, reduces the impact of daylight hours on the location of price discovery, but does not greatly increase the speed with which information is reflected in prices.
Ho, HD & Lu, R 2015, 'Performance implications of marketing exploitation and exploration: Moderating role of supplier collaboration', Journal of Business Research, vol. 68, no. 5, pp. 1026-1034.
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Holden, SS & Zlatevska, N 2015, 'The partitioning paradox: The big bite around small packages', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MARKETING, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 230-233.
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© 2015 Elsevier B.V. We replicate the research of Do Vale et al. (2008) and Scott et al. (2008) showing that the diet-conscious tend to eat more when a portion is broken into multiple smaller partitions than when it is unpartitioned. The results show that the partitioning paradox is clearer when diet-consciousness is manipulated than measured. A meta-analysis reveals that the partitioning paradox among the diet-conscious is a medium size effect, but also that partitioning has an opposite and equal size effect on the non-diet conscious: they eat more from the unpartitioned than the partitioned package.
Holden, SS, Zlatevska, N & Dubelaar, C 2015, 'Whether Smaller Plates Reduce Consumption Depends on Who's Serving and Who's Looking: A Meta-Analysis', The Journal of the Association of Consumer Research, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 134-146.
Hossain, M, Chowdhury, MMH, Evans, R & Lema, AC 2015, 'The relationship between corporate social responsibility and corporate financial performance: Evidence from a developing country', Corporate Ownership and Control, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 474-487.
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We investigate the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate financial performance (CFP) in a developing country context using annual report data from a sample of 131 firms over a 5 year period (2008-2012). Legitimacy theory and stakeholder theory underpin the study. We find a positive and significant relationship between CSR and CFP when using accounting measures of return on assets and equity, but an insignificant relationship when using the market based Tobin’s Q. The moderating effect of organisational governance on measures of workplace and environmental reporting is found to be important in a less developed economy
Hulley, H & McWalter, T 2015, 'Quadratic Hedging of Basis Risk', Journal of Risk and Financial Management, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 83-102.
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Research Paper Number: 225 Abstract: This paper examines a simple basis risk model based on correlated geometric Brownian motions. We apply quadratic criteria to minimize basis risk and hedge in an optimal manner. Initially, we derive the Follmer-Schweizer decomposition of a European claim. This allows pricing and hedging under the minimal martingale measure, corresponding to the local risk-minimizing strategy. Furthermore, since the mean-variance tradeoff process is deterministic in our setup, the minimal martingale- and variance-optimal martingale measures coincide. Consequently, the mean-variance optimal strategy is easily constructed. Simple closed-form pricing and hedging formulae for put and call options are derived. Due to market incompleteness, these formulae depend on the drift parameters of the processes. By making a further equilibrium assumption, we derive an approximate hedging formula, which does not require knowledge of these parameters. The hedging strategies are tested using Monte Carlo experiments, and are compared with recent results achieved using a utility maximization approach.
Incekara-Hafalir, E 2015, 'Credit Card Competition and Naive Hyperbolic Consumers', Journal of Financial Services Research, vol. 47, no. 2, pp. 153-175.
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Jiang, W, Lu, M, Shan, Y & Zhu, T 2015, 'Evidence of Avoiding Working Capital Deficits in Australia', Australian Accounting Review, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 107-118.
Jin, K, Shan, Y & Taylor, S 2015, 'Matching between revenues and expenses and the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards', Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, vol. 35, no. Part A, pp. 90-107.
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We examine changes in the matching between contemporaneous revenues and expenses in Australian financial reporting. Matching is fundamental to the economic demand for accrual accounting in preference to simple cash measures. Our results indicate that the revenue–expense relation has declined in Australia during 2001–2005, but improved following implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The improvement is largely attributable to increases in the association of operating expenses and “other” expenses with contemporaneous revenues. These results are in sharp contrast to documented declines in matching among US firms, and also highlight a positive outcome associated with Australian firms' mandatory adoption of IFRS.
Jobst, R, Roesch, D, Scheule, H & Schmelzle, M 2015, 'A SIMPLE ECONOMETRIC APPROACH FOR MODELING STRESS EVENT INTENSITIES', JOURNAL OF FUTURES MARKETS, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 300-320.
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Johar, M, Maruyama, S & Nakamura, S 2015, 'Reciprocity in the Formation of Intergenerational Coresidence', Journal of Family and Economic Issues, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 192-209.
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Johns, RE & Jepsen, DM 2015, 'Sources of occupational stress in NSW and ACT dentists', AUSTRALIAN DENTAL JOURNAL, vol. 60, no. 2, pp. 182-189.
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Jonson, PT, Small, J, Foley, C & Schlenker, K 2015, ''All Shook Up' at the Parkes Elvis Festival: The Role of Play in Events', Event Management, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 479-493.
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Leisure in the postmodern environment is often regarded as superficial, depthless, and meaningless, dominated by simulation and hyperreality. Many aspects of the Parkes Elvis Festival fall clearly into the category of simulation and hyperreality as attendees imitate Elvis Presley (and
other associated characters) and are willing to accept the fake and contrived as real. However, the simulation does not, in the case of the Parkes Elvis Festival, lead to a depthless, meaningless, or inauthentic experience. Using Huizinga's ideas of play and Bateson's play frame we
present the Elvis Festival as a liminal social space that invites playfulness and creativity. The theory of Georg Simmel is explored to show how sociability is created at the event to facilitate play. Finally, Csikszentmihalyi's theory of flow is used to demonstrate ways in which the
enjoyment of the playful event experience is maximized for participants. We argue that play provides the substance that makes the Parkes Elvis Festival memorable and meaningful. An understanding of play theory may assist event managers to increase social facilitation at festivals and
events, ensuring an enjoyable, sociable, creative, and authentic experience for attendees.
Kamal, O, Brown, D, Sivabalan, P & Sundin, H 2015, 'Accounting information and shifting stakeholder salience: an industry level approach', Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 172-200.
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Purpose
– The purpose of this research is to understand how accounting information mobilises stakeholder salience at an industry level.
Design/methodology/approach
– A case study method using an explanation building approach was applied to gather information surrounding dairy industry stakeholder uses of accounting information to communicate their salience, in the historical context, leading to, and the events surrounding the milk price “war” in Australia. The Mitchell et al. (1997) stakeholder salience framework was used to advance our understanding of the different ways accounting can be mobilized by stakeholders with different types of salience attributes, at an industry level.
Findings
– This empirical analysis produces two insights into the relation between accounting and stakeholder salience. First, there is evidence as to how accounting information impacted on stakeholder salience at an industry level by demonstrating how accounting information (in)directly communicated and justified the increase of a stakeholder’s level of salience. Second, the Mitchell et al. (1997) model is extended by attributing levels of importance to each stakeholder attribute. It was found that, in this setting, power was the most salient attribute of the three, usurping legitimacy and urgency, leading to the outcomes observed.
Research limitations/implications
– This paper...
Kwak, K, Duvvuri, SD & Russell, GJ 2015, 'An analysis of assortment choice in grocery retailing', Journal of Retailing, vol. 91, no. 1, pp. 19-33.
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© 2014 New York University. Consumers in grocery retailing commonly buy bundles of products to accommodate current and future consumption. When all products in a particular bundle share common attributes (and are selected from the same product category), the consumer is said to assemble an assortment. This research examines the impact of assortment variety on the assortment choice process. In particular, we test the prediction that consumers demand less variety for higher quality items. To investigate this relationship, we employ a flexible choice model, suitable for the analysis of assortment choice. The model, based upon the assumption that the utility of purchase of one item in an assortment depends upon the set of items already selected, allows for a general utility structure across the assortment items. We apply the model to household assortment choice histories from the yogurt product category. Substantively, we show that yogurt choice is affected by brand quality perceptions (quality-tier competition). Moreover, we show that reaction to reductions in variety (number of yogurt flavors) is mediated by brand quality perceptions. Taken together, these empirical facts paint a picture of a consumer who is willing to trade-off variety against product quality in assortment choice.
Kwon, M, Saluja, G & Adaval, R 2015, 'Who said what: The effects of cultural mindsets on perceptions of endorser–message relatedness', Journal of Consumer Psychology, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 389-403.
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AbstractThe cultural lens through which an ad is viewed can affect the extent to which an endorser of the product in an ad and the message s(he) communicates are thought about in relation to one another. Consumers with a collectivist mindset tend to think about information relationally. Consequently, they consider the endorsement in relation to the endorser and this affects their memory for both. It also affects recipients' concern with the fit between the endorser's message and the endorser and consequently influences their judgments of both the ad and the product being advertised. When people have an individualist mindset, on the other hand, they appear to treat the endorser and the endorsement as independent pieces of information and are less sensitive to their fit. Four studies support these conclusions and provide insights into how endorser–message relatedness impacts persuasion under different cultural mindset conditions.
Lancione, M & Clegg, SR 2015, 'The lightness of management learning', MANAGEMENT LEARNING, vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 280-298.
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Lanis, R & Richardson, G 2015, 'Is Corporate Social Responsibility Performance Associated with Tax Avoidance?', JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS, vol. 127, no. 2, pp. 439-457.
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Laurenceson, J, Burke, PF & Wei, E 2015, 'The Australian Public’s Preferences Over Foreign Investment in Agriculture', Agenda - A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform, vol. 22, no. 1.
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This paper estimates a model of how the Australian public’s preferences over foreign investment in agriculture are determined. The results show that the attributes of foreign investment of greatest concern to the public are not the same as those used by the foreign investment approvals regime to flag proposals for scrutiny
Lewis, KV, Cassells, S & Roxas, H 2015, 'SMEs and the Potential for A Collaborative Path to Environmental Responsibility', Business Strategy and the Environment, vol. 24, no. 8, pp. 750-764.
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AbstractGlobally, the potential for small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) to collectively impact negatively on the environment is great. Therefore, the adoption, and maintenance, of environmentally responsible practices by this group of firms is especially critical. Studies of environmental practices successfully implemented by small firms have revealed that relationships with other firms, or other organizations, can contribute to greater awareness of the benefits of such activities and, therefore, enhance the possibility of environmental engagement. Collaborative relationships may provide opportunities for SMEs to overcome some of the barriers to implementing environmental initiatives associated with their size, and/or associated characteristics. This paper focuses on attitudes of SME owner‐managers to a variety of environmental issues (including regulation and voluntary standards), and to collaborating with other firms (in either a formal or informal sense). The data this paper draws upon are from two waves of an ongoing longitudinal survey of New Zealand SMEs. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment
Li, S, Xiao, J & Liu, Y 2015, 'The Price Evolution in China's Automobile Market', Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 786-810.
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The automobile market in China has seen unprecedented expansion during the past decade with rapid model turnover and dramatic price decline. This paper aims to document the evolution of price and investigate the sources of price decline, paying attention to both market structure and cost factors. We estimate a market equilibrium model with differentiated multiproduct oligopoly using market‐level sales data in China together with information from household surveys. Our counterfactual simulations show that (quality‐adjusted) vehicle prices have dropped by 33% from 2004 to 2009. The decrease in markup from intensified competition accounts for about one third of this change and the rest comes from cost reductions through learning by doing and other channels. In addition, our simulations show that the price decline would have been larger had it not been for the growth of household income during this period.
Linnenluecke, MK, Birt, J & Griffiths, A 2015, 'The role of accounting in supporting adaptation to climate change', Accounting & Finance, vol. 55, no. 3, pp. 607-625.
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AbstractThe study is one of the first concerned with the topic of accounting and climate change adaptation. It proposes that the accounting role can support organisational climate change adaptation by performing the following functions: (i) a risk assessment function (assessing vulnerability and adaptive capacity), (ii) a valuation function (valuing adaptation costs and benefits) and (iii) a disclosure function (disclosure of risk associated with climate change impacts). This study synthesises and expands on existing research and practice in environmental accounting and sets the scene for future research and practice in the emerging area of accounting for climate risk.
Linnenluecke, MK, Birt, J, Lyon, J & Sidhu, BK 2015, 'Planetary boundaries: implications for asset impairment', Accounting & Finance, vol. 55, no. 4, pp. 911-929.
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AbstractScientific findings support the existence of nine planetary boundaries which define a safe operating space for humanity and the conditions necessary to sustain human life. The declining state of the environment (4 of the 9 boundaries have been breached) creates significant risk factors for asset impairment. Risks result not only from environmental challenges and resulting resource constraints (e.g. limits to fossil fuel extraction and carbon constraints) but also changing technology landscapes and social expectations. This article is one of the first to discuss the implications of changes in planetary boundary conditions for asset impairment and recognising an impairment event and sets out an agenda for future research.
Linnenluecke, MK, Griffiths, A & Mumby, PJ 2015, 'Executives’ engagement with climate science and perceived need for business adaptation to climate change', Climatic Change, vol. 131, no. 2, pp. 321-333.
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Linnenluecke, MK, Meath, C, Rekker, S, Sidhu, BK & Smith, T 2015, 'Divestment from fossil fuel companies: Confluence between policy and strategic viewpoints', Australian Journal of Management, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 478-487.
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In October 2014, the Australian National University announced that it was divesting from seven fossil fuel-intensive companies. This announcement sparked an unprecedented response in the community, both positive and negative. We examine this decision, the divestment movement in general, the science behind the issue and strategic responses, both policy and organisational. We argue that a confluence between policy responses and organisational responses is beginning to emerge that will lead to greater action on climate change.
Lobpries, J, Hodge, C & Cohen, A 2015, 'Will Motivated Players Help Women's Professional Leagues Survive? Investigating the Motives and Needs of National Pro Fastpitch Players', International Journal of Sport Management, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 1-24.
Logue, DM & Clegg, SR 2015, 'Wikileaks and The News of the World: The Political Circuitry of Labeling', JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT INQUIRY, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 394-404.
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Labels are important when organizations seek membership in an existing category, as are the agreed upon labeling practices of audiences that are already members of that category. The origins of labeling theory emerge from sociological examinations of deviant behavior and of deviant individuals. We return to this earlier emphasis and extend the analysis to organizations to demonstrate the contribution of a more politicized conception of labeling and categorizing for organization studies’ literature. In drawing upon two empirical illustrations, that of Wikileaks and News Corp’s The News of the World, we apply a “circuits of power” framework to analyze the politics of labeling. We suggest that a more politicized conception than offered in current literature highlights the moral reasoning, disciplining, and symbolic violence that may be invoked by labels and labeling practices and also the circuits of power by which they may be maintained and disrupted.
Logue, DM, Jarvis, WP, Clegg, S & Hermens, A 2015, 'Translating models of organization: Can the Mittelstand move from Bavaria to Geelong?', JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT & ORGANIZATION, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 17-36.
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Loyeung, A & Matolcsy, Z 2015, 'CFO's Accounting Talent, Compensation and Turnover', Accounting & Finance, vol. 55, no. 4, pp. 1105-1134.
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This paper builds on and contributes to the literature on Chief Financial Officer's (CFO) compensation and turnover. We contend that the accounting talent of CFOs can be measured by accounting errors that occur when CFOs implement accounting standards. We find (i) a positive association between the CFO's accounting talent and the CFO's compensation ex ante in the transition year; (ii) a positive association between the CFO's accounting talent and the CFO's bonus in the subsequent year (adoption year); and (iii) an inverse association between the CFO's accounting talent and CFO turnover in the subsequent year (adoption year). © 2014 AFAANZ.
Luby, JJ & Bedford, DS 2015, 'Cultivars as Consumer Brands: Trends in Protecting and Commercializing Apple Cultivars via Intellectual Property Rights', Crop Science, vol. 55, no. 6, pp. 2504-2510.
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ABSTRACTFor many fruit and vegetable crops, consumers are unaware of the cultivar they consume. Thus, cultivars, the ultimate products of breeding programs, have no special recognition by the consumer. Apple (Malus domestica Borkh.) is unusual in that individual cultivars are readily recognized by consumers based on their appearance, flavor and texture. Consequently, variety denominations or trademarks are used to represent cultivars as brands to consumers. Apple cultivars are asexually propagated and were historically developed from feral or planted open‐pollinated seedlings. New cultivars are now mostly derived from planned breeding programs. U.S. apple breeding in the 20th century was mostly funded by state and federal government appropriations. Cultivars developed under this model were made widely available to producers as “open” cultivars. Fruit quality and quantity were difficult to control leading to devalued brand images for some cultivars and decreased profitability for producers and marketers. In response to these problems, some new apple cultivars are commercialized as “managed” cultivars using exclusive licensing of intellectual property rights to manage the cultivar's market entry and introduction to the consumer as well as fruit quality and production volume.
Ma, G & Michayluk, D 2015, 'Takeovers and the market for corporate control in Japanese reits', Journal of Real Estate Literature, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 115-137.
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Japanese real estate investment trusts (J-REITs) were established in 2001. They have rapidly grown in number and size and there have been many J-REIT mergers following the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). J-REITs typically have a common ownership that renders most takeovers friendly, therefore the motivation for mergers is likely related to financial hardship. We examine the market response and the post- merger performance of these J-REIT mergers. We find significant abnormal trading volume for both surviving and absorbed J-REITs in the immediate days before the merger. Absorbed J-REITs suffer a significantly negative return in the two days before the merger announcement and there is no observed improvement in the post-merger operating performance. Unlike other mergers in Japan, the merger premium for J-REITs is inversely predictive of post-merger performance.
Malcolm, M-J, Onyx, J, Dalton, B & Penetito, K 2015, 'Nonprofit Management Education Down Under: Challenges and Opportunities', Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 219-243.
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In this article, we will explore the context within which two significant nonprofit management education programs developed in Australia and New Zealand. These tertiary education programs grew with relatively little reference to each other, yet both responded to nonprofit sector needs with similarities of vision and adult education philosophy and practice. Over time, the Australian program, based in a university business school, has been focused more on postgraduate programs, research, and more recently, social entrepreneurship and measuring social impact. The New Zealand program, with roots in a community development school, has grown with wide geographic coverage, alongside customized delivery for MÄori and Pacific communities. Nonprofit sector, cultural, institutional, and wider contextual factors have played a part in shaping their current forms of delivery. Just as the nonprofit sector is characterized by a high degree of diversity in terms of organizational form, industry, and organizations, these programs have responded in different ways to multiple and diverse stakeholder influences. Given the size, significance, and growth of the sector, the uptake across all programs is smaller than expected in either country. Why is this so? In this article, we will examine the growth of the first accredited tertiary education programs in Australia and New Zealand and highlight the challenges and opportunities of delivering nonprofit management education in this region.
Marchand, JM & Hermens, A 2015, 'Student entrepreneurship: A research agenda', The International Journal of Organizational Innovation, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 266-281.
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The purpose of this paper is to define the term “Studentpreneur” and stimulate research in the field of Student Entrepreneurship. A research agenda is proposed to further the knowledge of Student Entrepreneurship. The paper identifies Student Entrepreneurship as an emerging phenomenon that provides a dual opportunity. The first is the opportunity to zoom in on one category of entrepreneurs and observe if the traditional theories developed in the “meta category” of entrepreneurs apply to this subcategory; for example, Traits, Psychological tests and Dynamic Capabilities, in a goal to legitimate them further.
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.
Martinez, CP, Castaneda, MG, Marte, RB & Roxas, B 2015, 'Effects of institutions on ecological attitudes and behaviour of consumers in a developing Asian country: the case of the Philippines', International Journal of Consumer Studies, vol. 39, no. 6, pp. 575-585.
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Maruyama, S 2015, 'The effect of coresidence on parental health in Japan', Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, vol. 35, pp. 1-22.
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Maruyama, S & Nakamura, S 2015, 'The decline in BMI among Japanese women after World War II', Economics & Human Biology, vol. 18, pp. 125-138.
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Massey, GR, Wang, PZ, Waller, DS & Lanasier, EV 2015, 'Best–worst scaling: A new method for advertisement evaluation', Journal of Marketing Communications, vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 425-449.
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The evaluation and selection of advertisements with desired levels of attributes such as ethicality, likeability, humour, or information content, can be undertaken using a variety of methods. These include researchers' personal judgments, focus groups, expert panels, and ratings scale approaches. However, there is still no generally accepted systematic evaluation or selection procedure. This paper details a simple but powerful method known as `bestworst scaling (BWS) to evaluate and select advertisements on criteria of interest. BWS represents an important new tool for advertising researchers, advertising agencies and their clients, communications scholars, and policy makers to evaluate and select advertisements. This paper achieves three ends. First, it critiques existing methods of advertisement evaluation. Second, it demonstrates that BWS has greater validity than existing methods. Third, this is the first paper to present a worked example of how to use BWS, and demonstrate its use in an advertisement evaluation context. Importantly, BWS is not restricted to evaluating advertisements it can be used to evaluate any items on criteria of interest.
Massingham, PR & Tam, L 2015, 'The relationship between human capital, value creation and employee reward', Journal of Intellectual Capital, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 390-418.
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© 2015 Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between human capital (HC) and value creation and employee reward. HC is an important component of intellectual capital (IC). There is growing interest in how IC can be used to create organizational value. This paper addresses the need for critical analysis of IC practices in action. Based on data gathered from three annual surveys at Australia’s second largest public sector organization, the paper introduces psychological contract (PC) as new HC factors, and develops a method to measure HC in terms of value creation (work activity) and employee reward (pay). The findings have practical implications for managers in using the paper’s HC measurement to achieve strategic alignment (SA) of the workforce. Design/methodology/approach – The research was based on data gathered from three annual surveys (2009-2011) of staff at Australia’s second largest public sector organization. A total of 248 questionnaires were completed. Three independent variables conceptualized HC: first, employee capability (HC1); second, employee satisfaction (HC2); and third, employee commitment (HC3). Two dependent variables were tested: work activity and pay. The data collected in this study was analyzed through the use of bivariate correlation and linear regression using SPSS software. Findings – The paper’s major finding is that HC1 (employee capability) and HC2 (employee satisfaction), had a direct positive relationship with the importance of work activity. The paper’s second finding was that only HC1 has a direct positive relationship with the pay. However, HC3 (employee commitment) had a direct negative relationship with the importance of work activity. Further, HC2 and HC3 had no relationship with pay. The research project organization (RPO) achieved SA with employees’ capability and motivation; as well as employee capability and pay. However, inequities emerge in terms o...
Maxwell, H, Foley, C, Taylor, T & Burton, C 2015, 'The development of female Muslim life-savers', SPORT MANAGEMENT REVIEW, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 139-151.
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McKnight, BA & Linnenluecke, MK 2015, 'Firm Engagement in Community Resilience to Natural Disasters', Academy of Management Proceedings, vol. 2015, no. 1, pp. 17001-17001.
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Menzies, G 2015, 'Stop the Boats: Do the Ends Justify the Means?', Economic Papers: A journal of applied economics and policy, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 229-242.
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The Stop the Boats policy towards irregular maritime arrivals (boat people) is to process prospective refugee‐status claimants in non‐judicial prisons, without the prospect of ultimate Australian abode, with the aim of stopping further boat people coming to Australia. The numbers of people involved to date are small, as are the economic impacts. Stop the Boats appears to succeed on its own terms, but it faces the pitfalls of “ends justify the means” consequentialist ethics, favoured by economists and others. Chief among these are that there are no obvious moral limits in pursuing desirable ends, such as stopping deaths at sea.
Michopoulou, E, Darcy, S, Ambrose, I & Buhalis, D 2015, 'Accessible tourism futures: the world we dream to live in and the opportunities we hope to have', Journal of Tourism Futures, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 179-188.
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© 2015, Eleni Michopoulou, Simon Darcy, Ivor Ambrose and Dimitros Buhalis. PurposeAccessible tourism is evolving as a field of academic research and industry practice, set within a dynamic social context. The field is interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary. The purpose of this paper is to examine key concepts and global initiatives that will shape accessible tourism futures. Design/methodology/approachThree of the authors have extensive academic experience in the area and the fourth author is the Managing Director of the pre-eminent European Network for Accessible Tourism. In taking a limited Delphi approach to canvassing key areas likely to shape accessible tourism futures, the following concepts and policy initiatives were examined: motivations, dreams and aspirations of people with disability; demography; UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; destination competitiveness; universal design (UD); and the UN Sustainable Development Goals for 2030. FindingsA discussion of each of the above areas was placed in context to accessible tourism futures and to contextualise the papers that were selected for the special issue. The latter part of the paper outlines the contribution of each empirical paper to the issue discussing the approach, findings and implications. Stakeholder collaboration was identified as the key common theme of the papers and the factor for developing accessible tourism solutions, recognising the value of the market and capitalising on it. A collaborative approach is required to recognise the complementary nature of the different paradigms; to re-shape and transform the future of the accessible tourism industry. To assist in the development of accessible tourism futures, UD principles should provide a foundation to enhance the future competitiveness of tourism destinations and organisations. Originality/valueThe paper’s examination of the concepts and global policy considerations provides a strong ac...
Mihalic, T & Dwyer, L 2015, 'Introduction', Tourism Economics, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 5-8.
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Min, J & Kwak, K 2015, 'Environmental Uncertainty and Interfirm Controls: The Moderating Effect of Honesty', Journal of Marketing Thought, vol. 01, no. 04, pp. 22-28.
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Mintz, O & Currim, IS 2015, 'When does metric use matter less?: How firm and managerial characteristics moderate the relationship between metric use and marketing mix performance', European Journal of Marketing, vol. 49, no. 11-12, pp. 1809-1856.
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© 2015, Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – This paper aims to develop a conceptual framework, in an effort toward building a contingent theory of drivers and consequences of managerial metric use in marketing mix decisions, this paper develops a conceptual framework to test whether the relationship between metric use and marketing mix performance is moderated by firm and managerial characteristics. Design/methodology/approach – Based on reviews of the marketing, finance, management and accounting literatures, and homophily, firm resource- and decision-maker-based theories and 22 managerial interviews, a conceptual model is proposed. It is tested via generalized least squares – seemingly unrelated regression estimation of 1,287 managerial decisions. Findings – Results suggest that the impact of metric use on marketing mix performance is lower in firms which are more market oriented, larger and with worse recent business performance and for marketing and higher-level managers, while organizational involvement has a lesser nuanced effect. Research limitations/implications – While much is written on the importance of metric use to improve performance, this work is a first step toward understanding which settings are more difficult than others to accomplish this. Practical implications – Results allow identification of several conditional managerial strategies to improve marketing mix performance based on metric use. Originality/value – This paper contributes to the metric literature, as prior research has generally focused on the development of metrics or the linking of marketing efforts with performance metrics, but paid little attention to understanding the relationship between managerial metric use and performance of the marketing mix decision and has not considered how the relationship is moderated by firm and managerial characteristics.
Mirzaei, A, Gray, D, Baumann, C, Johnson, LW & Winzar, H 2015, 'A behavioural long-term based measure to monitor the health of a brand', Journal of Brand Management, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 299-322.
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Morrison, M, Greig, J, Read, DMY, Waller, DS & McCulloch, R 2015, 'Communicating information to difficult-to-reach landholders: perspectives of natural resource management communication practitioners', Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 315-328.
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Landholder participation in conservation programs is vital for achieving the environmental goals of natural resource management organisations. However, some landholders can be difficult to reach. This article presents findings based on telephone interviews with communications practitioners within 22 Australian organisations involved with promoting national resource management. The research provides insights into how communication with difficult-to-reach landholders might be improved by investigating the perceptions and communication practices of Australian national resource management communications officers and their organisations. Overall, the results indicate that differing communication strategies were used and perceived as necessary to reach different groups of landholders. Nevertheless, while organisations used a range of communication channels, there is relatively little targeting of difficult-to-reach landholders, nor evaluation of the effectiveness of communications with difficult-to-reach landholders. We suggest that greater commitment, investment, effort and careful tailoring of channel–message combinations to landholder groups are likely to be necessary to improve communications and thereby achieve greater engagement in national resource management.
Navone, M & Pagani, M 2015, 'Brothers from different mothers how distribution fees change investment behavior', Journal of Banking and Finance, vol. 51, pp. 12-25.
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© 2014 Elsevier B.V. We ask whether loads affect investment flows in the US mutual fund industry. We argue that sales fees make the investment decision partially irreversible. Under these circumstances investors await for a stronger signal of managerial ability before committing to a new fund. This stronger signal can take the form of a particularly strong performance or a particularly long series of positive performance realizations. Looking at pairs of fund shares with the same portfolio but different sales fee arrangements we show that investment flows in share classes with front loads react disproportionally to good performances (higher convexity in the flow-performance relationship) and react to performance realizations further back in time (longer memory). A counterfactual example of fund shares with back-end loads allows us to rule out the hypothesis that this behavior is due to the incentive structure of brokers. Finally we show that these behavioral modifications induced by front loads have a negative and significant effect on investors' timing ability.
Nguyen, P, Rahman, N, Tong, A & Zhao, R 2015, 'Board Size and Firm Value: Evidence from Australia', Journal of Management & Governance, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 851-873.
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We study the effect of board size on firm value in Australia. Using a large sample of Australian firms over the period 2001-2011, we find strong evidence of a negative relationship. We show that firms with a large board areassociated with CEO compensation that is sensitive to firm size, but not to firm performance. This incentive to accumulate assets is congruent with the fact that firms with a large board also exhibit lower operating performance and higher operating costs. Furthermore, we find that the effect of board size is stronger in small firms. This result might explain why earlier studies, which focused on large Australian firms, found board size to have little impact on firm value.
Nicholas, J, Poladian, L, Mack, J & Wilson, R 2015, 'Mathematics preparation for university: Entry, pathways and impact on performance in first year science and mathematics subjects', International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 37-51.
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Secondary school mathematics has always been considered central to preparation for university science degrees. Within the context of low levels of participation and attainment in both secondary school and tertiary mathematics and science, we examine the relationship between these two. Using university databases, we examine secondary school mathematics preparation in relation to university entry, pathways and performance for science students at a single, research-intensive university in Australia. We analyse the relationship between senior secondary school mathematics choice and attainment and overall attainment in Science degrees and performance in large cohort units in university mathematics, physics and chemistry. We also examine the impact of mathematics bridging courses for mathematically under-prepared students on attainment in the university mathematics unit. Our findings indicate that the higher levels of mathematics taken in senior secondary school are strong predictors of success in first year science and mathematics, but that our students who achieve in the top bands of each level of mathematics taken in senior secondary school can and often do outperform their peers who study a higher level of mathematics at school but achieve a lower band result. The impact of mathematics bridging courses on attainment in university mathematics is also discussed.
Nikiforakis, N & Slonim, R 2015, 'Editors’ preface: introducing JESA', Journal of the Economic Science Association, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 1-7.
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Nikiforakis, N & Slonim, R 2015, 'Editors’ preface: statistics, replications and null results', Journal of the Economic Science Association, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 127-131.
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Nikolova, N, Moellering, G & Reihlen, M 2015, 'Trusting as a 'Leap of Faith': Trust-building practices in client-consultant relationships', SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 232-245.
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Nogueira, S & Pinho, JC 2015, 'Stakeholder Network Integrated Analysis: The Specific Case of Rural Tourism in the Portuguese Peneda‐Gerês National Park', International Journal of Tourism Research, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 325-336.
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AbstractThis study addresses the structure, nature and composition of stakeholder networks related to rural tourism in a Portuguese National Park (Peneda‐Gerês National Park). In particular, it examines their interactions along the following dimensions: marketing information (marketing exchanges such as flyers, tourism information and information on specific events), administrative resources (logistic and technical support), human resources (allocation of human resources), training (training of local stakeholders in the area of promotion) and financial resources (financial support). In terms of methodology, it uses both qualitative and quantitative techniques.The analysis of the type and nature of interactions among different stakeholders within a specific rural tourism destination is the main focus of this study. Among these, the marketing information network shows both a high number of connections and high centrality indices, which may indicate that there is a significant share of information about common projects, products and services among stakeholders. In contrast, the training network evidenced the opposite behavior pattern. The study also contributes to a better understanding of how different local stakeholders are positioned in a complex structure of interactions that are critical in providing useful directions to maximize potential opportunities that may contribute to promote rural tourism and local development efficiently. Several limitations and implications are offered in the final section. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Noguti, V & Russell, CA 2015, 'The Moderating Role of Social Norms on the Effects of Product Placement in Television Fiction: A Field Study in Brazil', Journal of Current Issues and Research in Advertising, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 20-34.
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Oliveira, J & Clegg, S 2015, 'Paradoxical puzzles of control and circuits of power', Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 425-451.
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Purpose– This paper aims to clarify a paradox in an organisation: in the past, formally powerful “central” actors confronted important limitations in their relations with formally less powerful actors. However, three innovations – the financial accounting module of an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, a corporate centre (CC) and a shared services centre (SSC) – substantially changed and re-centred network power relations. The authors adopt a critical discourse to explain this paradox, contributing to the emerging literature on SSCs and bridging the management control and power literatures.Design/methodology/approach– An in-depth, processual, actor-network theory-inspired three-year case study of a large Portuguese manufacturer.Findings– As the intertwined accounting-related innovations were (re)mobilised by actors, dynamically adjusting to unfolding repercussions, control and power effects emerged, enabling enhanced organisational steering.Research limitations/implications– Based on a single case, this paper highlights effects of managerial technologies, in particular ERPs and SSCs, on control and power relations, and refines Clegg’s model for future research.Practical implications– The transactional, low value-added activities typically performed by SSCs should not lead to underestimating their potentially profound organisational consequences. However, the surrounding socio-technical network is decisive for the emerging, inter-related repercussions.Social Science & Medicine, vol. 125, pp. 8-18.
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This paper offers theoretical and empirical contributions to understanding the micro-sociological processes behind the creation of social capital. Theoretically, we argue that the emotional and shared experience of participating in symbolic interaction rituals may affect social capital in four different ways, via: (i) a ‘citizenship’ effect, connecting participants symbolically to the broader, civic society; (ii) a ‘supportive’ effect, bonding participants with each other; (iii) an exclusive ‘tribal’ effect, which crowds-out connections with other groups and the wider society; and (iv) an ‘atomising’ effect, whereby intense experiences create mental health problems that damage social capital.
We illustrate this with a case study of Australian veterans of the Vietnam War. The randomness of the National Service conscription lotteries of that era translates into a high-quality natural experiment. We formulate several hypotheses about which of the four effects dominates for veterans who participated in the ‘symbolic interaction’ of training and deployment. We test these hypotheses using data from the 2006 Australian Census of Population and Housing, and the NSW 45 & Up Study.
We found that war service reduced ‘bonding’ social capital, but increased ‘bridging’ social capital, and this is not explained completely by mental health problems. This suggests that while the combined ‘tribal’ and ‘atomizing’ effects of service outweigh the ‘supportive’ effects, the ‘citizenship’ effect is surprisingly robust. Although they feel unsupported and isolated, veterans are committed to their community and country. These paradoxical findings suggest that social capital is formed through symbolic interaction. The emotional and symbolic qualities of interaction rituals may formulate non-strategic (perhaps irrational) connections with society regardless of the status of one's personal support networks.
Paul, SK 2015, 'Supplier selection for managing supply risks in supply chain: a fuzzy approach', The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, vol. 79, no. 1-4, pp. 657-664.
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Paul, SK, Azeem, A & Ghosh, AK 2015, 'Application of adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system and artificial neural network in inventory level forecasting', International Journal of Business Information Systems, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 268-268.
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Determining optimum level of inventory is very important for any organisation which depends on various factors. In this research, six main factors have been considered as input parameters and the inventory level has been considered as the single output for this inventory management problem. Price of raw material, demand of raw material, holding cost, setup cost, supplier's reliability and lead time are considered as input parameters. An adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) has been applied as the artificial intelligence technique for modelling the inventory problem. ANFIS results have been compared with results from another artificial intelligence technique, artificial neural network (ANN), to validate the output results. Performance of both methods has been shown regarding different error measures. Comparison clearly shows the superiority of ANFIS results over ANN results and thus makes ANFIS a better choice for inventory level forecasting.
Paul, SK, Sarker, R & Essam, D 2015, 'A disruption recovery plan in a three-stage production-inventory system', Computers & Operations Research, vol. 57, pp. 60-72.
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Paul, SK, Sarker, R & Essam, D 2015, 'Managing disruption in an imperfect production–inventory system', Computers & Industrial Engineering, vol. 84, pp. 101-112.
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Paul, SK, Sarker, R & Essam, D 2015, 'Managing risk and disruption in production-inventory and supply chain systems: A review', Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 1009-1029.
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Peachey, JW, Bruening, J, Lyras, A, Cohen, A & Cunningham, GB 2015, 'Examining social capital development among volunteers of a multinational sport-for-development event', Journal of Sport Management, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 27-41.
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© 2015 Human Kinetics, Inc. Much sport-for-development (SFD) research has focused on the impact initiatives have on participants, and not on other stakeholders such as volunteers. Some research suggests volunteerism enables social capital gains, while other scholars have been skeptical, with even less known about how volunteers are impacted by working for SFD events rather than for ongoing programs. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate how, if at all, a large, multinational SFD event contributed to social capital development of volunteers. Findings revealed volunteers experienced social capital development through building relationships, learning, and enhanced motivation to work for social change and reciprocity. As very little research has examined the efficacy of SFD events in contributing to social capital development, the findings extend the literature on SFD events. It would be prudent for SFD events to target programming to impact the experience of volunteers to retain them and contribute to social capital development.
Peachey, JW, Lyras, A, Cunningham, GB, Cohen, A & Bruening, J 2015, 'The influence of a sport-for-peace event on prejudice and change agent self-efficacy', Journal of Sport Management, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 229-244.
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The purpose of this research project was to examine the impact of participating in a sport-for-peace event and one's social dominance orientation on prejudice and change agent self-efficacy. In Study 1, participants (n = 136) completed questionnaires both before and following their participation in a sport-for-peace event. The event was designed to ensure both high levels of and quality intergroup contact, with interactions confirmed through a manipulation check. Results from the doubly repeated measures analysis of variance indicate a significant decrease in prejudice and a significant increase in change agent self-efficacy. Social dominance orientation did not influence the nature of these changes. In Study 2, the authors conducted focus group interviews with 27 participants to better understand how the event impacted prejudice and change agent self-efficacy. Results indicate that the team-based sport environment and social opportunities were instrumental in prejudice reduction while the educational platform was important for increasing change agent self-efficacy.
Perey, R 2015, 'Making sense of sustainability through an individual interview narrative', Culture and Organization, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 147-173.
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© 2013, © 2013 Taylor & Francis. This paper closely examines how a particular individual makes sense of sustainability and how detailed analysis of enactments of sustainability at the individual level can contribute to understanding organisational-level enactment of sustainability practices. Taking a narrative approach, this paper selects and analyses one interview to understand how that person is responding to sustainability initiatives in her organisation. The findings suggest that the complex processes of meaning construction that underpin the enactment of sustainability involve identity validation, narrative support and reduction of polysemy. The paper argues that to boost the chances of success when implementing sustainability, organisations need to establish discursive space to engage with and support these three processes of sense-making. Methodologically, the paper demonstrates how a single interview/narrative can be analysed to progress the understanding of a complex, ambiguous and paradoxical problem like sustainability.
Perey, R & Benn, S 2015, 'Organising for Ecological Repair: Reconstructing Land Management Practice', Organization and Environment, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 458-477.
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© 2015, © 2015 SAGE Publications. In this article, we explore organising narratives that underpin the generation of effective ecological solutions. We examine the processes of meaning construction in relation to the development of sustainable land management practices in the Landcare organisation in Australia. Meaning construction is situated in a variety of contexts that are themselves strongly influenced by a meta-narrative, which Taylor has labelled the “modern social imaginary”: A shared system of meanings that captures the imaginations of individuals and shapes their social groupings and society. The shift in meaning construction is reflected in the emergence of a narrative of “ecological repair” that involved a process of learning and knowledge development we have labelled protracted sense-making. Our research findings have led us to conclude that the development of successful ecological solutions require an active rewriting of the social imaginary.
Perrott, B 2015, 'Including Consumers in the Organisational Knowledge Network', Knowledge and Process Management, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 288-296.
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This article is intended to build a better understanding of the knowledge dynamics in organisations and the role communities of practice play in facilitating the effective flow and application of knowledge.Exploring the dimensions of knowledge dynamics in organisations, this article highlights the critical role communities of practice play in healthcare organisation operations. Readers will gain new insights into the role they play in the knowledge dynamics of organisations. From the insights gained from pilot studies in health care, the article suggests that the concept of communities of practice can be extended to include customers, thus building knowledge management efficiency and effectiveness of the organisation. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Perrott, BE 2015, 'Building the sustainable organization: an integrated approach', Journal of Business Strategy, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 41-51.
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Purpose
– This paper aims to examine how some leading companies are integrating sustainability into their planning of future direction and growth. Readers will have a strong interest in sustainability and how it should be managed within organizations. Creating and maintaining sustainable organizations is of high priority to companies planning their future in a turbulent and difficult-to-predict operating environment. Readers will learn how sustainability may be better integrated into the strategic thinking and management processes. This article will be cited in the future for its early discussion on the importance of integrating sustainability discussion and planning into mainstream strategic management.
Design/methodology/approach
– This paper draws on secondary data from seven international organizations to show how they are beginning to embrace sustainability issues into mainstream strategic management. This background is used to propose a process that integrates business and sustainability strategy processes that will deal with issues that emerge in more turbulent operating environments.
Findings
– Secondary research findings suggest that it would be timely to embrace sustainability issue processing with mainstream strategic management processes.
Research limitations/implications
– Information collected in this paper is based upon a small sample of seven international organizations; hence, observations a...
Pina e Cunha, M, Rego, A, Clegg, S & Lindsay, G 2015, 'The dialectics of serendipity', European Management Journal, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 9-18.
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Serendipity in organizations has often been perceived as a mysterious occurrence. We approach the process of serendipity via reconsideration of Honda's entry into the US market using an alternate templates analysis, showing that serendipity can be conceptually interpreted as the synthesis of preparation and openness to novelty, articulated through generative doubt. In this sense, it can be thought of as a dialectical process that thrives through the creative synthesis of the existing and the new. It is a practical accomplishment rather than an organizational form of mystery.
Plewa, C, Sweeney, JC & Michayluk, D 2015, 'Determining value in a complex service setting', Journal of Service Theory and Practice, vol. 25, no. 5, pp. 568-591.
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Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to capture the richness of customer perceived value by determining its benefit and cost dimensions in a complex service setting. Perceived value is argued as equivalent to value-in-use; that is value that emerges for or is created by the customer.Design/methodology/approach– A series of in-depth interviews was conducted with a diverse group of clients of financial planning services as well as with financial planners in Australia.Findings– Six benefit and four cost dimensions of complex service are identified, namely expertise, education, motivation, support, relationship and convenience benefits, as well as monetary, time and effort, emotional and lifestyle costs. The results also indicate proposed outcomes of these dimensions, along with relevant moderators, leading to a broad conceptual framework for future empirical validation.Originality/value– This study contributes to the sparse conceptual development of value perceptions, or value-in-use, in a complex service context. In particular, the authors identify the benefit and cost dimensions, specifically addressing aspects of value that are linked to the long-term relationship between provider and customer. The authors also develop a conceptual model of value, including both outcomes and situational moderators of the various value dimensions. Finally, the conceptualization of perceived value is discussed with respect to the value co-creation literature.
Pullen, A & Rhodes, C 2015, 'Ethics, embodiment and organizations', Organization, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 159-165.
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© The Author(s) 2014 Noting that ethics and responsibility in business are well established fields of research and practice, we suggest that the limits of dominant approaches lie in their privileging of rationality, penchant for codification, tendency to self-congratulation, predilection to control, affinity to masculinity, blindness to social injustice, and subsumption under corporate goals. We observe that such lines of thought are blind to affectual relations, care, compassion or any forms of feeling experienced pre-reflexively through the body. We argue that this begs the rethinking of ethics in organizations from an embodied perspective. On this basis, and on the basis on the work herein, we retain the hope that our interaction with each other and with the world, might foster ways of organizational life that resist domination and oppression in favour of the enactment of care and respect for difference as it is lived and experienced.
Pullen, A & Rhodes, C 2015, 'Writing, the feminine and organization', Gender, Work and Organization, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 87-93.
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© 2015 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. We consider how genre and gender are implicated in academic writing about work organizations, noting that masterful, rational and penetrating masculine forms have long been dominant. The result is the privileging of a masculine style of writing that has come to be seen both as gender neutral and mandatory. This has served both to marginalize women's writing and to disable men's femininity. To subvert and undermine this, we consider the possibilities of a feminine writing of organization that defies rational categorization so as to enable a multitude of affectual voices and texts to cross over from exclusion. This creates a space where feminine writing can be encouraged and published and where issues surrounding the feminine can flourish.
Quinlan, M, Bohle, P & Rawlings-Way, O 2015, 'Health and safety of homecare workers engaged by temporary employment agencies', Journal of Industrial Relations, vol. 57, no. 1, pp. 94-114.
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Shifts in demographics, lifestyles and employment and business practices are generating increased demand for homecare services. While providing support to vulnerable members of the community, homecare workers are themselves vulnerable. Precarious work and isolated workplaces expose them to poorly controlled occupational health and safety (OHS) hazards. This study examined OHS issues encountered by homecare agency workers. Eighteen carers working in aged care, disability support and youth services were interviewed in Adelaide and the Barossa Valley, South Australia. Participants identified a range of OHS problems, including inadequate risk assessment, unsatisfactory OHS policies and procedures, poor training, lack of employment benefits, problematic working hours, lack of agency support and the demands of particular types of work. These findings provide preliminary evidence of significant OHS management deficiencies. The results require further investigation to guide the development of policies and practices intended to provide healthy, productive and sustainable work environments for homecare workers. Such policies and practices should address compliance with OHS and workers’ compensation legislation, the prevention of negative OHS outcomes, provision of effective mechanisms for workers to raise OHS concerns and implementation of support structures.
Rhodes, C 2015, 'Writing organization/romancing fictocriticism', Culture and Organization, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 289-303.
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© 2014 Taylor & Francis. A provocation … the minds of my generation of organizational theorists are haunted by the spectre of scientific discourse, shoehorned into dry genres, bullied by audit regimes that try to wring the passion out of thought. Without gaiety, the science that calls us has no exuberance, it cannot dance. What are the possibilities for writing about organizations that allows the heart's instincts to be followed, the vast possibilities of expression to be explored and enjoyed? I explore this through a form of writing known as fictocriticism – a writing engaged in genre-bending as a literary and theoretical engagement with existence and selfhood. Why import this term into organization studies? Might fictocriticism have some value to ‘us’ who locate ourselves here? I am engaging in a form of romance; a courtship of ideas from elsewhere. What might result from this union is not clear, but it offers hope, excitement and promise.
Richards, K-A, Peters, GW & Dunsmuir, WTM 2015, 'Heavy-Tailed Features and Dependence in Limit Order Book Volume Profiles in Futures Markets', International Journal of Financial Engineering, vol. 02, no. 03, pp. 1550033-1550033.
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This paper investigates fundamental stochastic attributes of the random structures of the volume profiles of the limit order book. We find statistical evidence that heavy-tailed sub-exponential volume profiles occur on the limit order book and these features are best captured via the generalized Pareto distribution MLE method. In futures exchanges, the heavy tail features are not asset class dependent and occur on ultra or mid-range high frequency. Volume forecasting models should account for heavy tails, time varying parameters and long memory. In application, utilizing the generalized Pareto distribution to model volume profiles allows one to avoid over-estimating the round trip cost of trading.
Richardson, G, Lanis, R & Taylor, G 2015, 'Financial distress, outside directors and corporate tax aggressiveness spanning the global financial crisis: An empirical analysis', Journal of Banking and Finance, vol. 52, pp. 112-129.
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© 2014 Elsevier B.V. We examine financial distress and tax aggressiveness spanning the global financial crisis (GFC) of 2008 and the impact of the interaction between board independence and firm-specific financial distress on tax aggressiveness. Our regression results show that both financial distress and the GFC are positively associated with tax aggressiveness. More importantly, we find that the positive association between financial distress and tax aggressiveness is magnified by the GFC. We also observe that the interaction between board independence and financial distress is positively associated with tax aggressiveness. Our results are robust to multiple measures of financial distress and tax aggressiveness.
Richardson, G, Taylor, G & Lanis, R 2015, 'The impact of financial distress on corporate tax avoidance spanning the global financial crisis: Evidence from Australia', Economic Modelling, vol. 44, pp. 44-53.
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© 2014. Firms have the incentive to engage in corporate tax avoidance when the marginal benefits exceed the marginal costs. In fact, when firms are under financial distress, the benefits of tax avoidance outweigh the costs, increasing the incentive to avoid tax. The Global Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2008 provides a unique setting to consider whether tax avoidance differs from the pre-GFC and post-GFC periods, and whether firm management is compelled to engage in aggressive tax avoidance during periods of severe financial distress. This study examines the impact of financial distress on tax avoidance and in particular, the impact of the GFC on the association between financial distress and tax avoidance. Based on a sample of 203 publicly-listed Australian firms covering the 2006-2010 period, the regression results show that financial distress is significantly and positively associated with tax avoidance across several proxy measures of tax avoidance and financial distress. More importantly, according to the regression results, the association between financial distress and tax avoidance was magnified on account of the GFC.
Sameti, A & Khalili, H 2015, 'A Survey on Natural Persons and Corporate Person-hoods’ Investment Behavior in Tehran Stock Exchange, in Time of Sanctions (With Concentration on Strategic Investment in Uncertainty)', European Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Sciences, vol. 1, no. 71, pp. 124-135.
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In recent years, Iran has been subject to severe international sanctions. Sanctions have caused additional ambiguity and uncertainty that can change investor behavior. The extant research considers recent scientific strategic investment theories in uncertainty, and considers how investors use this method in current conditions of Tehran stock exchange, in order to determine how much these theories are applied in investment decisions. It is noteworthy that studying recent scientific research on strategic investment in uncertainty reveals that prospect theory; cumulative prospect theory, real option theory, and behavioral finance (which are psychologically and behaviorally correlated to one another) are considered as basics of new strategic investment in uncertainty. In the present research, Spearman and linear regression are used for analyzing the research hypotheses. A single sample t test is used to describe investors’ behaviors, and independent two-sample t test is used to compare natural persons’ society and corporate personhoods’ society. Despite the research results indicating that investors find the investing environment replete with uncertainties, the impact of the uncertainty on investors’ approach to learning and applying new strategic investment methods, while controlling for behavioral biases, is not proven.
Sameti, A & Khalili, H 2015, 'Evaluating online top selling products in Iran, by using fuzzy topsis method', International Journal of Marketing and Technology, vol. 5, no. 1.
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Electronic commerce means electronic and nonphysical commercial interaction between consumers and producers or sellers of goods and services. Electronic commerce importance is rising significantly day by day, as a new channel for products distribution. This research seeks to prioritize the online top selling products in Iran. For this purpose, 8 criteria influencing on goods purchasing from commercial websites and 4 online top selling products were selected based on literature review and by using Delphi method.
Sarina, T & Wright, CF 2015, 'Mutual gains or mutual losses? Organisational fragmentation and employment relations outcomes at Qantas Group', Journal of Industrial Relations, vol. 57, no. 5, pp. 686-706.
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While previous studies indicate the commercial benefits for airlines from either ‘high road’ or ‘low road’ employment relations approaches, there is limited evidence of success among organisations utilising a ‘hybrid’ model involving differentiated arrangements with different workforce segments. In analysing the processes and outcomes associated with strategic change at Qantas Group, this article examines the reasons why organisations adopt hybrid employment relations arrangements and the outcomes associated with this approach. Drawing upon the strategic negotiations and employment subsystems frameworks, we find that hybrid strategies emerge under the influence of product market pressures and institutional forces. In the Qantas Group case, these factors combined to inhibit the capacity of management to pursue either low road or high road strategies, resulting in differentiated and fragmented arrangements. The case highlights the potential risks of hybrid employment relations strategies for worker commitment, workplace conflict and organisational performance, with implications for human resource management scholarship and practice.
Schmidt, C, Zhao, L & Terry, CS 2015, 'Index Effects: Evidence from Australia', Journal of Internet Banking and Commerce, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 1-17.
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© Zhao R, 2016. This paper presents the findings of the first study of the index effects from changes in the composition of Australia’s tradeable benchmark index: the S&P/ASX 200. Prior to the introduction of the S&P/ASX200 changes to the composition of the market’s (then) benchmark index (the All Ordinaries Index) became evident before the formal announcement dates and the changes were made the following trading day. These announcement arrangements enabled profitable front-running trading. Along with the introduction of the new indices (including the S&P/ASX200) the arrangements for announcing changes to the composition of the index were changed to remove the opportunity for profitable frontrunning trading. While this objective was largely met for additions to the index the study found statistically significant evidence of price pressure between the announcement and implementation dates which were partially offset over the subsequent 20-day period. In relation to deletions the study found negative abnormal returns prior to announcement dates as well as between the announcement and implementation dates that were partially reversed over the subsequent 20-day period. The overall conclusion is that the event of changes in the composition of the S&P/ASX200 is on average associated with positive abnormal returns for additions and negative abnormal returns for deletions.
Schulenkorf, N & Spaaij, R 2015, 'Commentary: Reflections on theory building in sport for development and peace', International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing, vol. 16, no. 1-2, pp. 71-77.
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Building on the limited yet important groundwork that has been laid in regard to the theoretical and conceptual underpinning of sport for development and peace (SDP), the special issue on Theory Building in SDP provides a starting point for exploring contemporary challenges in the sector. In our reflective commentary, we engage critically with the four articles in the special issue through a discussion of cross-cutting themes and issues.
Shamsaddini, R, Vesal, SM & Nawaser, K 2015, 'A new model for inventory items classification through integration of ABC-Fuzzy and fuzzy analytic hierarchy process', International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 239-239.
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Sherry, E, Schulenkorf, N & Chalip, L 2015, 'Managing sport for social change: The state of play', Sport Management Review, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 1-5.
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© 2014 Sport Management Association of Australia and New Zealand. Sport-for-development (SFD) provides a platform for sport to be used as a tool or 'hook' to contribute to positive outcomes in areas including economic development, social inclusion, cultural cohesion, healthy lifestyles, education, gender equity, as well as reconciliation and peacebuilding. The area of sport for social change (SFSC) represents a sub-field of SFD that uses sport as a catalyst to build social capacity and develop socially and physically healthy communities. The Managing Sport for Social Change special issue of Sport Management Review brings together a collection of conceptual advances, empirical research papers and teaching case studies from a range of social and cultural perspectives, with a focus on managing sport for social change; aimed at engaging critically with sport management theory and praxis, and discussing associated practical and policy implications. Theoretical gaps and recommendations for future research, including: local engagement, innovative research methodology, and a broadening of the scope of research are also discussed.
Siefken, K, Schofield, G & Schulenkorf, N 2015, 'Process evaluation of a walking programme delivered through the workplace in the South Pacific island Vanuatu', Global Health Promotion, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 53-64.
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© The Author(s) 2014. Background: The South Pacific region is experiencing significant rates of chronic diseases. Well-evaluated health promotion programmes are needed as a central piece of a strategic solution. Just as important as the evaluation itself is how that evaluation outcome can be communicated for future programme use by local programme planners. The objective of this study is to evaluate a physical activity (PA) programme that was designed for Pacific women in urban Vanuatu, and subsequently to develop new techniques to display data that support the understanding and communication of programme success and challenges. Methods: Data collection methods included quantitative Likert scale questions and qualitative openended questions. A new analysis technique visualises open-ended process evaluation data. We present themes using word sizes proportional to the frequency of the themes identified through thematic analysis. Results: The Likert scale technique revealed little meaningful information; almost all participants rated most elements of the programme highly. This may be related to Pacific people being frequently inclined to assent with external ideas. Open-ended questions provided more significant insights. For example, we found a stronger change in eating habits (68.9%) than in exercise behaviour (28.2%). Conclusion: We present an evaluation of the first pedometer-based PA intervention in the Pacific and respond to the paucity of process evaluations that have been carried out in the context of low-and middle-income countries. Moreover, the new thematic data visualisation (TDV) approach may aid in understanding complex and cluttered data in a constructive and coordinated way; we present a new approach in health promotion research.
Simpson, AV, Pina e Cunha, M & Clegg, S 2015, 'Hybridity, sociomateriality and compassion: What happens when a river floods and a city's organizations respond?', SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 375-386.
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In this study we analyze the ethics of compassionate support provided by organizations to their employees during and after the Brisbane flood crisis of January 2011. The relationship between the social and the material is often taken for granted in discussions of compassion, which has largely been conceived as an emotion or an ethical virtue. By contrast, we see it as a variable state that is contingent on phenomenal events, social relations, organizational routines, technology and corporeality. These are entangled in temporal processes in which the ethics of organizing compassion are constituted. When traumatic events occur processes of sociomateriality can substantiate or negate organizational compassion.
Spanjaard, D, Freeman, L & Young, L 2015, 'Reflections on Journeys within the Supermarket', Australasian Marketing Journal, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 303-310.
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In this paper, we deconstruct the ethnographic process to examine how adopting a multifaceted approach impacted our interpretation of the findings. The original intention was to undertake (only) structured, observational research to consider a fairly standard marketing problem – why do consumers choose some grocery brands over others. However we soon realized that such a format was unsatisfactory. Instead we recognized the need to consider both the content and process of shopping to understand the complexity of behaviours reflected. The results suggest that many consumers’ lives are created around various realities and they use consumption to engage and experience these.
Spanjol, J, Tam, L & Tam, V 2015, 'Employer–Employee Congruence in Environmental Values: An Exploration of Effects on Job Satisfaction and Creativity', Journal of Business Ethics, vol. 130, no. 1, pp. 117-130.
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© 2014, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. This study examines how the match (vs. mismatch) between personal and firm-level values regarding environmental responsibility affects employee job satisfaction and creativity and contributes to three literature streams [i.e., social corporate responsibility, creativity, and person–environment (P–E) fit]. Building on the P–E fit literature, we propose and test environmental orientation fit versus nonfit effects on creativity, identifying job satisfaction as a mediating mechanism and regulatory pressure as a moderator. An empirical investigation indicates that the various environmental orientation fit conditions affect job satisfaction and creativity differently. More specifically, environmental orientation fit produces greater job satisfaction and creativity when the employee and organization both demonstrate high concern for the environment (i.e., a high–high environmental orientation fit condition) than when both display congruent low concern for the environmental (i.e., a low–low environmental orientation fit condition). Furthermore, for employees working in organizations that fit their personal environmental orientation, strong regulatory pressure to comply with environmental standards diminishes the positive fit effect on job satisfaction and creativity, while regulatory pressure does not affect the job satisfaction and creativity of employees whose personal environmental orientation is incongruent with that of the organization.
Stenberg, LC & Siriwardana, M 2015, 'Measuring the economic impacts of trade liberalisation on forest products trade in the Asia-Pacific region using the GTAP model', International Forestry Review, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 498-509.
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Su, W-H & Wells, PA 2015, 'The Association of Identifiable Intangible Assets Acquired and Recognised in Business Acquisitions with Postacquisition Firm Performance', Accounting & Finance, vol. 55, no. 4, pp. 1171-1199.
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This paper extends the literature evaluating accounting practices for identifiable intangible assets and considers whether the application of these accounting practices changed on transition to IFRS. It finds no evidence of identifiable intangible assets acquired and recognised in business acquisitions being associated with postacquisition firm performance or changes in postacquisition firm performance, either before or after transition to IFRS. This is inconsistent with the requirements of regulations such as IFRS 3 Business Combinations and IAS 38 Intangible Assets, and there is no empirical evidence supporting the present regulatory distinction between acquired and internally generated and revalued identifiable intangible assets.
Taylor, G, Richardson, G & Lanis, R 2015, 'Multinationality, Tax Havens, Intangible Assets, and Transfer Pricing Aggressiveness: An Empirical Analysis', Journal of International Accounting Research, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 25-57.
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ABSTRACTThis study examines the individual and joint effects of multinationality, tax havens, and intangible assets on transfer pricing aggressiveness. Based on a hand-collected sample of 286 publicly listed U.S. multinational firms over the 2006–2012 period (2,002 firm-year observations), the regression results indicate that multinationality, tax haven utilization, and intangible assets are significantly positively associated with transfer pricing aggressiveness. The regression results also show that firms magnify their international transfer pricing aggressiveness through the joint effects of intangible assets, multinationality, and tax havens. Overall, the empirical findings demonstrate that the utilization of tax havens and the level of intangible assets are economically important factors that assist firms in obtaining tax benefits through transfer pricing aggressiveness.Data Availability: All data are available from public sources identified in the paper.
Trede, F & McEwen, C 2015, 'Early workplace learning experiences: what are the pedagogical possibilities beyond retention and employability?', Higher Education, vol. 69, no. 1, pp. 19-32.
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Van de Venter, TW & Michayluk, D 2015, 'Student use of electronic study materials in tertiary business courses', Australasian Journal of Economics Education, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 1-26.
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Many universities are following the shift to online publishing by moving part or
all of their curriculum online in an attempt to reduce costs. While consumers have
been quick to adopt e-books for leisure reading, the attitude of higher education
students towards e-books for academic purposes is not very well known. This
study addresses this deficiency by examining student attitudes in an Australian
postgraduate finance subject towards an e-book and how this perception changes
throughout a teaching semester. We report a high e-book adoption rate, especially
for younger and for working students. Also, students that use public transport spent
on average approximately three times longer accessing the e-book. Although twothirds
of sampled students indicated no greater efficiency attributed to the e-book,
efficiency was perceived to be higher for approximately half of students that solely
relied on the e-book. The monetary value that students placed on the e-book
increased from the start to the end of the semester. While this study employed only
a small sample it suggests two broad conclusions. The first is that printed formats
continue to dominate e-formats in student perceptions even after greater exposure
to and experience with the e-format. The second is that there is some evidence that
the potential advantages of e-formats are real and that these advantages may well
provide the basis for expanded future use.
Veal, AJ 2015, 'Human rights, leisure and leisure studies', World Leisure Journal, vol. 57, no. 4, pp. 249-272.
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© 2015 World Leisure Organization. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, endorsed by the United Nations in 1948, includes the right to leisure time, to cultural participation and to travel. While the idea of human rights permeates many aspects of national and international life, it has not permeated the field of leisure studies to any great extent. The purpose of this paper is not to remedy this situation but to argue that this neglect is unjustified and to suggest that leisure researchers might incorporate the idea of human rights and leisure rights into their work. The paper is divided into six main parts. First, it considers the parallels between the neglect of human rights in sociology and in leisure studies. Second, it considers the basis of human rights in general. Third, it examines the nature of the leisure rights declared in the Universal Declaration. Fourth, the place of leisure in the general critique of economic, social and cultural rights is assessed. Fifth, the relationship between human rights and a number of themes in leisure studies is briefly explored, including: the work/leisure divide; the individual versus society; freedom; gender; globalization; and policy. Finally, some suggestions are made for a research agenda on leisure and human rights.
Veal, AJ 2015, 'Leisure and the family life cycle', Annals of Leisure Research, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 290-295.
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Waller, DS & Lanasier, EV 2015, 'Attitudes of Indonesian Mothers Toward Food Advertising Directed to Children', Journal of Food Products Marketing, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 397-412.
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Walsh, K 2015, 'The investment horizon and asset pricing models', Australian Journal of Management, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 277-294.
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The Life Cycle Hypothesis suggests that the primary motivation for saving is to accumulate resources in order to fund retirement. This suggests that investors have heterogeneous investment horizons, yet many tests of the CAPM assume homogeneous horizons. This paper estimates a time varying heterogeneous investment horizon using over 200 years of demographic data. We test the CAPM and its assumption that the Equity Risk Premium is positive using our estimated investment horizon. We conclude that the CAPM is not violated when tested over a horizon that more accurately reflects investor behavior.
Walsh, KD 2015, 'Renminbi Trade Invoicing: Benefits, impediments and tipping points', JASSA, vol. 2, pp. 33-41.
Wang, J & Xu, J 2015, 'Home market effect, spatial wages disparity: an empirical reinvestigation of China', ANNALS OF REGIONAL SCIENCE, vol. 55, no. 2-3, pp. 313-333.
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Wang, J & Yang, M 2015, 'How well does the weighted price contribution measure price discovery?', JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC DYNAMICS & CONTROL, vol. 55, pp. 113-129.
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Wang, J & Yang, M 2015, 'How well does the weighted price contribution measure price discovery? (vol 55, pg 113, 2015)', JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC DYNAMICS & CONTROL, vol. 57, pp. 131-131.
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Wang, KY, Hermens, A, Huang, KP & Chelliah, J 2015, 'Entrepreneurial Orientation and Organizational Learning on SMEs' Innovation', International Journal of Organizational Innovation, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 71-81.
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Entrepreneurial orientation (EO) is a driver of firms’ innovation. The phenomenon of EO as a prerequisite for innovation has become a central focus of corporate entrepreneurship literature. Despite an abundance of research suggesting that innovation capability contributes to SMEs’ performance, little is known how dimensions of EO specifically influence SMEs’ innovation. Furthermore, although prior research has examined various factors that influence the EO– innovation relationship, few studies have address views how organizational learning influences
the EO-innovation relationship in the SMEs context. Based on the literature review, our study attempts to fill this gap by postulating that entrepreneurial innovativeness, proactiveness and risk-taking are related to SMEs’ innovation and that organizational learning positively moderates the EO–innovation relationships.
Wang, Y, Wang, L & Keller, LR 2015, 'Discounting over subjective time: Subjective time perception helps explain multiple discounted utility anomalies', International Journal of Research in Marketing, vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 445-448.
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Consumers often face choices involving intertemporal tradeoffs. Existing research suggests that, in general, decision makers do not obey discounted utility theory because their discount rates are context dependent. Recent literature incorporates decision makers' subjective perception of time into the classic discounted utility model and finds relatively constant discount rates over subjective time. In the current study, we investigated the magnitude effect with subjective time, provided a holistic view via a more comprehensive experiment including multiple anomalies, and found that subjective time perception was able to explain most of the anomalies simultaneously in a single scenario.
Wearing, SL, McDonald, M, Ankor, J & Schweinsberg, S 2015, 'The Nature of Aesthetics: How Consumer Culture Has Changed Our National Parks', Tourism Review International, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 225-233.
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Tourism is essentially a modern Western social and cultural phenomenon, the analysis of which has evolved from premodernism through to postmodernism. Tourism differs significantly from non-Western and historical forms of travel, being closely related to the emergence of modernity with
the emphasis on economic viability and consumer culture. The massive growth of tourism over the 20th century and the emergence of a multibillion dollar global tourist industry have impacted on national parks as tourists increasingly seek nature-based experiences. This has occurred in conjunction
with increases in leisure time, disposable income, technological improvements in communication and transportation, demographic changes, and a shift in the axis of personal identity and meaningful social action from production to consumption. This article examines how aesthetics fits into this
evolution and the current role of national parks with a focus on the emergence of their production through the mass media to a consumer market. Finally, we propose more reflexivity in regards to tourism and place image production.
Wearing, SL, Wearing, J, McDonald, M & Wearing, M 2015, 'Leisure in a world of ‘com-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-puter-puter, puter games’: a father and son conversation', Annals of Leisure Research, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 219-234.
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Wearring, A, Le, H, Wilson, R & Arambewela, R 2015, 'The international student's experience: An exploratory study of students from Vietnam', International Education Journal, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 71-89.
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International students are an important part of today's global university sector. This paper explores, through 10 in-depth interviews, the perceptions of Vietnamese international students studying with regard to their experience of teaching and learning in Australia. The findings indicate that Vietnamese students struggle with language, assessment, and Western teaching and learning styles. Many interviewees felt that local students often lumped them together with other international students, who sometimes had no desire to befriend or work with them. The paper provides recommendations on how to improve students' experiences and adds to the current debate on international students' satisfaction, with general implications for international education.
Wei, L & Xiao, J 2015, 'Are points like money? An empirical investigation of reward promotion effectiveness for multicategory retailers', Marketing Letters, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 99-114.
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Point-based frequency reward programs are widely used by retailers as a sales promotion strategy. To promote a specific product category, retailers offer more favorable reward ratios so that members can earn extra points. This paper examines the impact of reward ratio variations on sales in a multicategory setting and compares the effectiveness of the reward and price promotion strategies. We estimate a multivariate probit model using scanner data of member purchases in four categories, grouped into two category pairs. We found that increasing the reward ratio in a category positively affected its choice probability and that the presence of rewards promotions also had positive impact on the choice probability of nonpromoted but closely related category within the same category pair. As forms of sales promotion, price discounts and reward promotions were shown to substitute for each other. We constructed and computed a measure, the rate of substitution, to quantify the effects of substitution. The financial implications of holding reward promotions are computed and discussed.
Welty, PJ & Cohen, A 2015, 'Reflections from scholars on barriers and strategies in sport-for-development research', Journal of sport for development, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 16-27.
Welty, PJ, Borland, J, Lobpries, J & Cohen, A 2015, 'Managing impact: Leveraging sacred spaces and community celebration to maximize social capital at a sport-for-development event', Sport Management Review, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 86-98.
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© 2014 Sport Management Association of Australia and New Zealand. The purpose of this investigation was to understand how a sport-for-development event can be leveraged socially, and if event organizers created the best possible experiences for homeless participants through the creation of communitas and thus, social capital. We also examined the mechanisms through which liminality is cultivated and communitas can emerge, along with the means for leveraging liminality. It was found that liminality was cultivated and communitas materialized at this SFD event, as event organizers employed various processes to foster a liminoid space and develop community. Additional tactics were employed to leverage liminality and associated communitas for social capital development. We contribute to the research literature on event leveraging and also make important contributions to theory development. Implications are drawn forth for theory, practice, and future research.
Wieder, B & Ossimitz, M-L 2015, 'The impact of Business Intelligence on the quality of decision making - a mediation model', CONFERENCE ON ENTERPRISE INFORMATION SYSTEMS/INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PROJECT MANAGEMENT/CONFERENCE ON HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES, CENTERIS/PROJMAN / HCIST 2015, vol. 64, pp. 1163-1171.
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Business Intelligence (BI) systems have been a top priority of CIOs for a decade, but little is known about how to successfully manage those systems beyond the implementation phase. This paper investigates the direct and indirect effects of BI management quality on the quality of managerial decision making using PLS analysis of survey responses of senior IT managers in Australia. The results confirm this overall relationship (total effect), but also reveal mediating effects of data/information quality and BI solution scope. The study contributes to both academia and industry by providing first time evidence of direct and indirect determinants of managerial decision support improvements related to BI solutions scope and active management of BI.
YE, C & Onyx, J 2015, 'Development Paths, Problems and Countermeasures of Chinese Civil Society Organizations', Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 1-18.
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Although the process of reform and opening-up accelerates continually in China, the speed of development for Chinese Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) is still slow; most organizations still operate under the government shadow and it is very difficult to cut relations with government. The autonomy of Chinese CSOs, to a large extent, is affected by the constraints from government. Overall, Chinese CSOs are still in their infancy, and they need to be further perfected and developed. The aim of this paper is to present a review of the field, with issues and promise identified. Specifically, the paper focuses on the internal management of these organizations and their existing problems in the development process, and some potential solutions for CSOs’ future development.
Yu, K 2015, 'Institutional Pluralism, Organizations, and Actors: A Review', Sociology Compass, vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 464-476.
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AbstractThe institutional logics perspective holds the promise of delivering where neo‐institutionalist theory has disappointed – the ability to address key societal problems such as inequality, social discrimination, and economic insecurity – a promise that, as of yet, has been unrealized. In this review, I provide an overview of the body of work within the institutional logics perspective that addresses the co‐existence of multiple institutional logics influencing identities, values, cognitive frameworks, and practices – institutional pluralism. I demonstrate how pluralism diverges from conventional neo‐institutionalist theory in its view of institutional fields as heterogeneous spaces. I then review the implications for organizations and social actors responding to multiple logics in the institutional environment. In the discussion section, I argue that the study of pluralism, in acknowledging human agency, politics, and collective mobilization, opens the door for creative resolutions to societal problems hitherto overlooked in neo‐institutional theory. Despite the promise, I address key research areas that remain unresolved or under‐addressed in the institutional pluralism perspective.
Yu, K-H, Kim, S & Restubog, S 2015, 'Transnational Contexts for Professional Identity Development in Accounting', Organization Studies, vol. 36, no. 11, pp. 1577-1597.
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Global expansion in the boundaries of professional work, the introduction of managerial concepts and thinking, and changes in the organizational form of professional service firms all impact the process by which professionals come to identify with their profession. The focus of this paper is on transnational professional careers and professional identity development, which remain an under-researched aspect of how globalization affects the professions. Based on original survey data from Australia, we chart the influence of social and organizational contexts on professional identity development for migrant and local accounting professionals respectively. Findings suggest that unlike the “boundaryless” opportunities associated with globe-trotting professionals, the majority of professional migrants are significantly constrained by the organizational and inter-subjective settings in which they work. Theoretically, we extend the concept of professional identity development to include not only formative early career experiences, but also large institutional jolts such as those provided by migration. Findings also help expand current understandings of organizations as sites of professionalization by shedding light on their impact on transnational careers.
Zhu, T, Lu, M, Shan, Y & Zhang, Y 2015, 'Accrual-based and real activity earnings management at the back door: Evidence from Chinese reverse mergers', Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, vol. 35, pp. 317-339.
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© 2015 Elsevier B.V.. We examine how Chinese reverse merger (RM) firms trade off and conduct income-increasing earnings management through accrual-based and real activities manipulation strategies. We find that Chinese RM firms engage in both real activities and accrual-based manipulation at higher levels than non-Chinese RM firms, regular US firms and other Chinese US-listed firms. Further analysis suggests that Chinese RM firms use real activities and accrual-based manipulation as substitutes and tend to transition to real activities management in the years after a reverse takeover. Big 4 auditors can effectively constrain both real activities and accrual-based earnings management in Chinese RM firms. We also find that accruals manipulation is more costly relative to real activities management in the short term because it predicts changes in post-acquisition operating performance in Chinese RM firms. Overall, the results provide practical implications to regulators, investors and auditors on the channels through which Chinese RM firms manipulate earnings and the economic consequence of those manipulations.
