Proceedings of the IAMB 2008 conference

 

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International Studies

Fredericks, Elisa

Associate Professor

Dept. of marketing, College of Business

Northern Illinois University

DeKalb, IL, USA

US and Norwegian Comparison of the Influence of Senior Manager Characteristics on New Product Development

Author(s): Elisa Fredericks, Devaki Rau, Thorvald Haerem

 

Jucevicius, Giedrius

Associate Professor

Dept. of Business Strategy

Kaunas University of Technology

Kaunas, Lithuania

Integrated Approach to the Emerging National Management Models as Innovative Systems in the Context of Socio-Economic Transformation: Building on Cultural and Institutional Perspectives

Author(s): Giedrius Jucevicius

 

McDonough III, Edward

Professor, International Business & Strategy

Northeastern University

Boston, MA, USA

An Investigation into the State of Chinese Management and its Impact on the Ability to Compete on the basis of innovation

Author(s): Edward F. McDonough III, Hsing-Er Lin

 

Nnedum, Obiajulu A. U.

Lecturer, Department of Psychology

Faculty of Social Siences

Nnamdi Azikiwe University

Awka, Anambra, Nigeria

The Effect of Ethnic Orientation, Corporate Socialization, Money Attitude and Money Importance on Unethical Behaviour in Nigeria: A Preliminary Model of Unethical Behaviour

Author(s): Obiajulu A. U. Nnedum, Stella Ngozika Oduenyi, Mary Laurine Melchizedek, Basil Nwankwo, Kabiru Alhassan, Akuenyinwa Christiana Okonkwo

 

Sarkar, Santanu

Associate Professor

School of Management and Labour Studies

Tata Institute of Social Sciences

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Labour Movement in the Changing Economic and Political Situation: Case Study of ‘Independent’ Trade Unions in India and Taiwan

Author(s): Santanu Sarkar

 

Schlaegel, Christopher

Dept. International Management

Otto-von-Guericke-University, Faculty of Economics and Manag

Magdeburg, , Germany

Country-Specific Effects of Reputation: A Comparison of Online Auctions in Germany, the UK, and the U.S.

Author(s): Christopher Schlaegel, Birgitta Wolff

 

Schulz, Anja

Assistant professor

Dept. Business Administration

University of Dortmund

Dortmund, Germany

Towards the SME Internationalisation Theory

Author(s): Anja Schulz

 

Thirupathi, Srinivas R.

Professor

Dept. Industrial & Production

Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering

Mysore, Karnataka, India

Total Quality Management Myth or reality in Corporate Business in Indian Scenario

Author(s): Thirupthi R. Srinivas, N Prasanna, Bhargav S.V. Ramachandra, Mysore S. Shashikala, B.G. Sangameshwara

 

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Marketing Management

 

Caudill, Helene L.

Assistant Professor

New College

St. Edward's University

Austin, TX, USA

Does it Make Sense to Use Scent Marketing?

Author(s): Helene Caudill

 

Caudill, Helene L.

Assistant Professor

New College

St. Edward's University

Austin, TX, USA

New Product Development and Packaging Analysis: An Interactive Teaching Tool

Author(s): Helene Caudill

 

Fontana, Avanti

Associate Professor

Deaprtment of Management

Faculty of Economics, University of Indonesia

Jakarta, Indonesia

A Study of Accelerated Product Development, Roles of Marketing, and Business Innovation in Food Industry in Indonesia

Author(s): Pepey R Kurnia, Avanti Fontana

 

Hung, Wei-Ting

Associate Professor

Department of Business Administration

Vanung University

Chung-Li City, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Modeling Citizenship Behavior in Online Communities

Author(s): Chieh-Peng Lin, Wei-Ting Hung, Jui-Kou Shang, Chou-Kang Chiu

 

Li, Fuan

Associate Professor

Marketing and Management Sciences

William Paterson University of New Jersey

Wayne, NJ, USA

What Is In Consumers’ Trust?  An Exploration into Its Meaning and Dimensionality

Author(s): Fuan Li

 

Rivera-Camino, Jaime

Associate Professor

Dept. Economia De Empresa

Universidad Carlos III De Madrid

Getafe, Madrid, Spain

Market Orientation in the Education Sector: An Exploratory Testing in Spain

Author(s): Jaime Rivera-Camino,  VictorMolero

 

Tu, Hung-Jen

Assistant Professor

Information Management Department

Yu-Da College of Business

Chaochiao Township, Taiwan

Measuring the eChannel Additions Performance Using Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process Approach

Author(s): Hung-Jen Tu

 

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Organizational Studies

 

Bhale, Sanjay M.

Professor & Head

Department of Academics

MIT School of Telecom & Management Studies

Pune, MS, India

Work Environment and Psychological Contract

Author(s): Manoj Patwardhan, Naval Bajpai, Sanjay M.Bhale

 

Chandrashekara, K.

Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering

Mysore, Karnataka, India

Establishing an Engineering Technology Education (ETE) Framework at S.J. College of Engineering

Author(s): K Chandrashekara, A.N Santosh Kumar, B.G. Sangameshwara

 

Egir, Asbjorn

Department of Organization and Management

Norwegian School of Management

Oslo, Norway

Multi-Disciplinary Teams and the Oil Industry: A Concurrent Design implementation in Statoil

Author(s): Tom Rosendahl, Asbjørn Egir, Erik Rolan

 

Elsaid, Abdel M.

Assistant Professor

Department of Business Administration

Ain Shams University

Cairo, Egypt

Cross-cultural influences on perceptions of female leaders

Author(s): Abdel Moneim Elsaid, Michael Knight

 

Gunkel, Marjaana

Research Associate

International Management

Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg

Magdeburg, Germany

The Influence of Institutional Frameworks and Corporate Culture on Employees’ Work

Author(s): Marjaana Gunkel, Edward J. Lusk,, Birgitta Wolff

Herkenhoff, Linda M.

Professor

Department of Graduate Business

Saint Mary's College

Moraga, CA, USA

Professional Culture, Emotional Intelligence and the Emotional Process Model

Author(s): Linda M.Herkenhoff

 

Hernaus, Tomislav

Teaching and Research Assistant

Organization and Management

University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business

Zagreb, Croatia

Generic Process Transformation Model

Author(s): Tomislav Hernaus

 

Huang, Yu-Hwa

Institute of Human Resource Management

National Sun Yat-Sen University

Kaohsiung, Taiwan, P.R.China

Job Demand-Control Model and Mental Health: Burnout as a Mediator

Author(s): Yu-Hwa Huang, Chin-Hui Chen, Ing-Chung Huang

 

Hung, Wei-Ting

Associate Professor

Department of Business Administration

Vanung University

Chung-Li City, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Modeling Citizenship Behavior in Online Communities

Author(s): Chieh-Peng Lin, Wei-Ting Hung, Jui-Kou Shang, Chou-Kang Chiu

 

Juceviciene, Palmira

Professor and Director

Institute of Educational Studies

Kaunas University of Technology

Kaunas, Lithuania

Different ways towards the learning organization

Author(s) : Palmira Juceviciene

 

Jucevicius, Robertas

Professor, Director, Head of Department

Business Strategy Institute

Kaunas University of Technology

Kaunas, Lithuania

The Intelligence of Business System or Cluster

Author(s): Robertas Jucevicius

Karl, Katherine A.

Professor

Graduate School of Management

Marshall University

South Charleston, WV, USA

Students’ Postings on Facebook Profiles: What were they thinking?!

Author(s): Katherine Karl, Joy Peluchette

 

Karlins, Marvin

Professor of Management

Department of Management

University of South Florida

Tampa, FL, USA

Danger: Competent Workers!

Author(s): Marvin Karlins, Edyth Hargis, Alan Balfour

 

Kumar, Santosh A.N.

Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

S.J.College of Engineering

Mysore, Karnataka, INDIA

Study of the Multifunctional Contribution of the Negotiation Effectiveness Factors Towards the Negotiation Index With Reference  to Private and Public Sector Undertaking

Author(s): Santosh Kumar, Chandrashekara K, Sangameshwara B.G.

 

Kutsyuruba, Benjamin

Department of Educational Administration

University of Saskatchewan

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Collaboration in School Organizations in Times of Societal Change: Cultural and Micropolitical Perspectives

Author(s): Benjamin Kutsyuruba

 

Liu, Wenwen

School of Economics and Management,

Tsinghua University

Beijing, China

Organizational Adaptation: A Resilience-Based Perspective

Author(s): Wenwen Liu, Yihua Wang

 

McDaniel, Dana M.

Dept. Organization and Management

University of California, Irvine

Irvine, CA, USA

When Empowered Leaders Make for Empowered Employees:  The Differential Predictive Capacity of Empowerment Constructs Across Cultures

Author(s): Dana M McDaniel, Cristina B Gibson

 

Nnedum, Obiajulu A. U.

Lecturer, Department of Psychology

Faculty of Social Siences

Nnamdi Azikiwe University

Awka, Anambra, Nigeria

Money Importance Model: An individual Contribution to its Evaluation.

Author(s): Obiajulu A. U. Nnedum, Ifeoma Ugorji, Akuenyinwa C. Okonkwo, Stella N. Oduenyi,, Kabiru Alhasan, Basil Nwankwo, Mary L. Melchizedek

 

Pisnar, Mary

Director, Undergraduate Business Program

Department of Business

Baldwin-Wallace College

Berea, OH, USA

Employer perceptions of online degrees in hiring: A pilot study

Author(s): Mary Pisnar

 

Raj V, Arun

Director

T T L College of Business Administration

Mysore, Karnataka, India

The Study of the Factors of Success as Well as Failures in the Implementation of TQM in the Industries in INDIA

Author(s):Arun URS .V. Raj, S. Ramaswamy, Vanitha .R .Bhargav, K. Soumya, M. Preethi

 

Rausch, Erwin

Adjunct, President

Dept. Management Science

Kean University, Didactic Systems

Union, NJ, USA

Enhancing Work and Non-Work Plans and Decisions

Author(s): Erwin Rausch

 

Schofield, Kim

Graduate School of Business

Curtin University of Technology

Perth, Western Austral, Australia

The Cultural Reasoning Interface between HR Professionals and Team Leaders

Author(s): Kim Schofield

 

Secchi, Davide

Assistant Professor of O.B.

Dept. Management

University of Wisconsin

La Crosse, WI, USA

The Cognitive Backbone of Advice Giving and Taking: A Proposal

Author(s): Davide Secchi

 

Sikora, Patricia B.

Owner, Sikora Associates, LLC

Superior, CO, USA

Work-Family Conflict: An Exploration of Causal Relationships in a 10 year, 4 wave Panel Study

Author(s): Patricia B Sikora, Sarah Moore, Leon Grunberg, Ed Greenberg

 

Swanson, Don R.

Professor and Chair

Dept. Communication

Monmouth University

West Long Branch, NJ, USA

Exectuive Leadership Coaching: Developing Advocacy and Image Skills

Author(s): Don R. Swanson

 

Tixier, Maud

Professor

Dept. Management/communication

ESSEC

Cergy Pontoise Cedex, France

Tourism at the Crossroads of Economic, Social and Environmental Considerations

Author(s): Maud Tixier

 

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Strategic Management

 

Beazley, Debra A.

Associate Professor

Department of Business

Troy University

Augusta, GA, USA

Life Cycles of Community College Booksellers: Affect of Electronic and Digital Commerce

Author(s): Debra A. Beazley, Elise L. Addison

 

Choudhary, Vikas

Sr.Lecturer

Humanities and Social Sciences

National Institute of Technology,Kurukshetra

Kurukshetra, Haryana, India

Role of Foreign Institutional Investors in Indian Economy

Author(s): Vikas Choudhary

 

Di Maria, Eleonora

Assistant Professor

Department of Economics

University of Padua

Padova, PD, Italy

SMEs and Competitive Advantage: a Mix of Innovation, Marketing and ICT. The case of Made in Italy

Author(s): Eleonora Di Maria, Stefano Micelli

 

Gélinas, Jocelyne

Professor

Depat. Of Economic and Administrative Sciences

Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Cohabitation of the Cross-functional and Traditional Departmental Structures: Development of a Theoretical Integration Model

Author(s): Jocelyne Gélinas

 

Hagiya, Kazuaki

Graduate School of Information Systems

The University od Electro-Communications, Japan.

Choufu, Tokyo, Japan

Measure for Improving Profitability of Electronics Manufacturing Service, Regarding Repositioning of Production Plant Location

Author(s): Kazuaki Hagiya, Hirohiko Suwa, Kayoko Yamamoto, Toshizumi Ohta

 

Madapusi, Arun P.

Department of Management, College of Business Administration

University of North Texas

Denton, TX, USA

Is Strategic Management at the Crossroads?

Author(s): Arun P Madapusi

 

Maruyama, Magoroh

Professor, Consultant

Department of Consulting

Interactive Heterogenistics

San Diego, CA, USA

Unconventional strategies for anti-war protest under the dictatorship

Author(s): Magoroh Maruyama

 

Montero, Rogelio P.

Department of Business Administration

NOVA Southeastern University

Ft Lauderdale, FL, USA

Strategies by Multinational Companies in Coping with Corruption in the Philippines

Author(s): Rogelio P. Montero

 

Nnedum, Anthony

Lecturer, Department of Psychology

Faculty of Social Sciences

Nnamdi Azikiwe University

Awka, Nigeria

Influence of Customer Relationship Management on Customer Centric Behaviour in Nigerian Telephony Industry

Author(s): Nwahiri Chibuzo, Ezeokana Jude, Ezeokoli izuchukwu

 

Nnedum, Obiajulu A. U.

Lecturer, Department of Psychology

Faculty of Social Siences

Nnamdi Azikiwe University

Awka, Anambra, Nigeria

A Preliminary Generalization of the Morrows'TQM Scale in Nigeria and America.

Author(s): Obiajulu A. U. Nnedum, Ifeoma Ugorji, Mary L. Melchizedek, Basil Nwankwo, Stella N. Oduenyi,, Kabiru Alhasan, Akuenyinwa C. Okonkwo

 

Ravanello, Anderson L.

Programa de Pós Graduação em Administração

Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Parana - PUC PR

Curitiba, Parana, Brazil

Proposition of a Lead Indicator for IT Actives Update: a Case Study in the Brazilian IT Division of Perkons S/A

Author(s): Anderson L Ravanello, Luiz C Duclos, Wesley V Silva

 

Russ, Meir

Associate Professor

Dept. Business Administration

University of Wisconsin-Green Bay

Green Bay, WI, USA

The development of knowledge intensive nursery within a knowledge deprived region: the case study of Piante Faro

Author(s): Paterni Riccardo, Meir Russ, Michele Faro

 

Schulz, Anja

Assistant professor

Dept. Business Administration

University of Dortmund

Dortmund, Germany

Born Sustainables - A New Strategic Concept for Start Ups

Author(s): Anja Schulz

 

Serdyukov, Svetlana

Associate Professor

Startegy & Management

Reims Management School

Reims, France

Exploring Senior Managers Sensemaking Role in Practice: the Case of Strategizing in the Transition Economy

Author(s): Svetlana Serdyukov

 

Soetjipto, Budi W.

Associate Professor in Mgt, Managing Director

The Institute of Management

University of Indonesia

Jakarta, Indonesia

Employees’ Readiness for Change in a Post Merger Company

Author(s): Budi W.Soetjipto, Dwi Soetjipto

 

Swarnkar, Rahul

Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

Loughborough University

Loughborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

An Information-Centric Approach to Enterprise Modelling for Product Recovery

Author(s): Rahul Swarnkar, Jennifer Harding

 

Yüksel, Müberra

Assistant Professor, Chair

Dept. Advertising

Kadir Has University

Istanbul, Turkey

Attracting and Selecting by Leadership Competencies in Job Advertisements

Author(s): Müberra Yüksel

 

Zhou, Wei

Human Resource Management & Organizational Behavior

School of Economics & Management,Tsinghua University

Beijing, P.R.China

Strategic Research and Plan of Developing PC Market in China

Author(s): Wei Zhou

 

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Technology Management

 

Gomez, Mario

Professor

Entrepreneurial Studies Centre

Economic and Entrepreneurial Research Institute - University

Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico

A Compared Analysis of Innovative Activity among Firms in NAFTA Countries: A Patent Granting Approach

Author(s): Mario Gómez, José Carlos Rodríguez

 

Gupta, Ajay

Sr Lecturer

Department of Idustrial Engineering

National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Jalandhar, India

Theory of Constraints - Lessons for acadmicians and practising managers from The Goal

Author(s): Ajay Gupta, Arvind Bhardwaj, Arun Kanda

 

Hou, Kuo-Lung

Professor

Dept. of Business Administration and Graduate School of Management

The Overseas Chinese Institute of Technology

Taichung, Taiwan, ROC.

An EOQ Model with Random Yields for Investing to Yield Variability Under a Limited Capital Budget

Author(s): Kuo-Lung Hou, Li-Chiao Lin

 

Hull, Clyde E.

Assistant Professor

Department of Management

E. Philip Saunders College of Business, Rochester Institute

Rochester, NY, USA

The Six Facets Model of Technology Management Applied to Radical Process Innovation at the Industry Level: Genetically Modified Organisms in Agribusiness

Author(s): Stephen Luxmore, Clyde Hull

 

Khawaja, Ijaz H.

Professor

Dept. of Technology Management

International Islamic University

Islamabad, Pakistan

Development and Growth of ICT in Pakistan

Author(s): Ijaz H. Khawaja

 

Khawaja, Ijaz H.

Professor

Dept. of Technology Management

International Islamic University

Islamabad, Pakistan

Business Process Outsourcing Challenges

Author(s): Ijaz H Khawaja, Syed Nayyer Kazmi

 

Lee, Ook

Chair & Professor

College of Information & Comm, Information Technology Mgt

Hanyang University

Seoul, Korea (South)

Medical Knowledge Management System Maintenance and Structuration Theory

Author(s): Ook Lee, Mikyung Kim

 

Madapusi, Arun P.

Department of Management, College of Business Administration

University of North Texas

Denton, TX, USA

HR Practices and Evolving Technology in a Production Environment

Author(s): Arun P Madapusi

 

Mysore, Shashikala S.

Assistant professor

Department of Electrical & Electronics

Sri Jayachamarejendra College of Engineering

Mysore, Karnataka, India

The Application of Total Quality Management (TQM) to Power Sector management sharing NEW thoughts

Author(s): Mysore S.Shashikala, Thirupthi R. Srinivas, Bhargav S.V. Ramachandra, Mysore S. Balasundaram, K.L. Puttabuddhi

 

Nagesh P.

Assistant Professor

Dept. Management Studies

Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering

Mysore, Karnataka, India

Analytical and Nomogram Based Approach of Process Capability Analysis – A Comparative Study

Author(s): P. Nagesh

 

Prabhuswamy M.

Professor and HOD

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering

Mysore, Karnataka, India

Reliability Estimation of Process Capability Studies

Author(s): M.S Prabhuswamy, P. Nagesh

 

Rodríguez, José Carlos

Professor

Entrepreneurial Studies Centre

Economic and Entrepreneurial Research Institute - University

Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico

A Compared Analysis of Innovative Activity among Firms in NAFTA Countries: A Patent Granting Approach

Author(s): Mario Gómez, José Carlos Rodríguez

 

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