Innovation as an Evolving Capacity: Insights from Finance and Organizational Commitment
The Global Financial Crisis: Daunting Tasks Ahead The global financial and economic crisis started in 2007 as an aftermath of the housing sector bubble coupled with aggressive lending practices in the US sub-prime mortgage market and lax regulation of the financial sector. To start with, these developments affected the companies holding mortgage-backed securities and credit derivatives. The early signs of the crisis were evident in 2007; but the financial crisis developed into a full blown global recession in late 2008 battered by continuous deepening and widening of the crisis. The recession created shockwaves though the global financial system and the global economy, and the advanced economies were affected most. The governments in these countries are bracing their financial sector and the real economy by stepping up various policy measures including injecting huge sums of money for bailing out the ailing financial institutions and other industries. What is worst is that the recession appears to hang on throughout 2014.
From Affordability to Sustainability: Reframing Thrift-Shop Communication through Consumer Brand Identification
Abstract This paper seeks to measure the impact of celebrity endorser attributes on Egyptian private university students’ attitude towards advertisements and whether this attitude will lead to their behavioral intention. Quantitative research techniques were used to test consumer responses to celebrity endorsement of donating money and purchasing of products. Celebrity credibility has the most significant relationship with attitude towards the advertisement, in both the for-profit or not-for-profit sector. Celebrity attractiveness has the least contribution to attitude towards the ad, and is insignificant in the not-for-profit context. Finally, attitude towards the advertisement has a weak relationship with purchase and donation intention. This paper builds on previous work in the field, but proposes a comprehensive model for measuring the effect of celebrity attributes in both for-profit and not-for profit sectors in parallel among private university students in Egypt. The sampling decisions and the use of only an actor as a celebrity are the main limitations of the study. Different sampling methods, a different sample group, and using different types of celebrities are recommended for future studies. This paper gives a comprehensive view of celebrity attribute effects, combining attributes mentioned in previous literature and using the most popular attributes to develop the conceptual framework. This framework is applied to two contexts – not-for-profit and for-profit sectors – indicating a comparison of celebrity advertising in the two sectors. This paper also addresses a less explored region – Egypt, making it useful for future reference when addressing the topic in Egypt and the Middle East.
E-Waste on Sustainability: A Bibliometric Analysis
Abstract This paper aims to present a conceptual model for a cultural empathy on expatriates‟ job satisfaction mediated by cross-cultural adjustment. The author develops a conceptual model and propositions, grounded in previous study on international human resource, international business management, cross-cultural management and intercultural management. Cultural empathy is one of the multicultural personality dimensions. There are five dimensions of multicultural personality (MPQ), i.e., cultural empathy, open mindedness, social initiative, emotional stability, and flexibility. Moreover, according to previous management scholars, job satisfaction has relatively scant attention in the literature on intercultural management (IM). The proposed model is expected to offer a guideline to the international human resource for selecting the expatriates working outside from their home countries in order for the expatriate‟s effectiveness during overseas assignment.
Standing in the Queue, Seeing the Gaps: Rethinking Job Design and Staffing in Campus Foodservice
Abstract This paper aims to present a conceptual model for a cultural empathy on expatriates‟ job satisfaction mediated by cross-cultural adjustment. The author develops a conceptual model and propositions, grounded in previous study on international human resource, international business management, cross-cultural management and intercultural management. Cultural empathy is one of the multicultural personality dimensions. There are five dimensions of multicultural personality (MPQ), i.e., cultural empathy, open mindedness, social initiative, emotional stability, and flexibility. Moreover, according to previous management scholars, job satisfaction has relatively scant attention in the literature on intercultural management (IM). The proposed model is expected to offer a guideline to the international human resource for selecting the expatriates working outside from their home countries in order for the expatriate‟s effectiveness during overseas assignment.
Assessing the Ethical Competencies and Ethical Decision Making of the State Civil Apparatus: Insight from the Board of Regional Development Planning, Research and Development of Bandung City
Abstract This paper aims to present a conceptual model for a cultural empathy on expatriates‟ job satisfaction mediated by cross-cultural adjustment. The author develops a conceptual model and propositions, grounded in previous study on international human resource, international business management, cross-cultural management and intercultural management. Cultural empathy is one of the multicultural personality dimensions. There are five dimensions of multicultural personality (MPQ), i.e., cultural empathy, open mindedness, social initiative, emotional stability, and flexibility. Moreover, according to previous management scholars, job satisfaction has relatively scant attention in the literature on intercultural management (IM). The proposed model is expected to offer a guideline to the international human resource for selecting the expatriates working outside from their home countries in order for the expatriate‟s effectiveness during overseas assignment.
Evaluating Drone Impact on Construction Monitoring and Operational Efficiency at Pt. Total Kinerja Mandiri
Abstract This paper aims to present a conceptual model for a cultural empathy on expatriates‟ job satisfaction mediated by cross-cultural adjustment. The author develops a conceptual model and propositions, grounded in previous study on international human resource, international business management, cross-cultural management and intercultural management. Cultural empathy is one of the multicultural personality dimensions. There are five dimensions of multicultural personality (MPQ), i.e., cultural empathy, open mindedness, social initiative, emotional stability, and flexibility. Moreover, according to previous management scholars, job satisfaction has relatively scant attention in the literature on intercultural management (IM). The proposed model is expected to offer a guideline to the international human resource for selecting the expatriates working outside from their home countries in order for the expatriate‟s effectiveness during overseas assignment.
Job Type and Job Experience as Predictors of Organizational Commitment among Bank Managers in Dhaka City
Abstract This paper aims to present a conceptual model for a cultural empathy on expatriates‟ job satisfaction mediated by cross-cultural adjustment. The author develops a conceptual model and propositions, grounded in previous study on international human resource, international business management, cross-cultural management and intercultural management. Cultural empathy is one of the multicultural personality dimensions. There are five dimensions of multicultural personality (MPQ), i.e., cultural empathy, open mindedness, social initiative, emotional stability, and flexibility. Moreover, according to previous management scholars, job satisfaction has relatively scant attention in the literature on intercultural management (IM). The proposed model is expected to offer a guideline to the international human resource for selecting the expatriates working outside from their home countries in order for the expatriate‟s effectiveness during overseas assignment.
Performance, Integration, and Resilience: An Empirical Analysis of Malaysian REITs
Abstract This paper aims to present a conceptual model for a cultural empathy on expatriates‟ job satisfaction mediated by cross-cultural adjustment. The author develops a conceptual model and propositions, grounded in previous study on international human resource, international business management, cross-cultural management and intercultural management. Cultural empathy is one of the multicultural personality dimensions. There are five dimensions of multicultural personality (MPQ), i.e., cultural empathy, open mindedness, social initiative, emotional stability, and flexibility. Moreover, according to previous management scholars, job satisfaction has relatively scant attention in the literature on intercultural management (IM). The proposed model is expected to offer a guideline to the international human resource for selecting the expatriates working outside from their home countries in order for the expatriate‟s effectiveness during overseas assignment.
Implications of Creativity and Innovation of Organizational Culture – A Review
Abstract This study aims to explore the factors that encourage tweens to become individual consumers. This study was a conclusive research, with a cross-sectional design and an exploratory purpose. The variables were identified through the use of semi-structured interviews with parents. Fifteen interviews were conducted. The findings indicated that tweens are staring to develop their sense of identity and behaviors; new interests in various merchandise and hobbies. In addition, tweens consumption is influenced by various factors found in their environment and upbringing. Analysis indicated that the major factors that impact tween-purchasing behaviors are their individual personas, parents, peers, and media. Parents initiate family consumption and are swayed by their children to purchase certain products; peers help tween gain awareness and knowledge regarding various merchandises, services, activities, and manners; media opens their eyes to new viewpoints and perspectives that are controlled globally and locally; in addition, the children’s demographic, psychographic, and behavioral traits impact the way they consume in the market. This study contributes on the theoretical level in the following ways: by adding to the field of tween and consumption in the Middle East context; and by establishing a proposed conceptual framework concerning the factors leading to their purchasing behaviors.