A web-based principles of marketing case study module was developed over a two year period between marketing students and faculty and instructional design students, staff, and faculty. The module was tested with five sections of principles of marketing students to find out whether or not students perceive a difference in learning marketing concepts and problem-solving skills when working on a paper case with no interactivity versus a Web-based case study module with computer-aided interactivity. This study further investigated whether students find a web-based case more enjoyable than a paper case and if students are more likely to be interested in marketing as a field of study after using a web-based case study module than if they had only done a paper case. Although students indicated that the web-based interactive module enabled them to learn the marketing concepts significantly more easily than the paper case study, other findings showed unexpected results.
{"title":"Making Principles of Marketing Case Studies Tangible Through Computer-Aided Interactivity","authors":"M. O'Connor, T. Girard","doi":"10.58809/lary6408","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58809/lary6408","url":null,"abstract":"A web-based principles of marketing case study module was developed over a two year period between marketing students and faculty and instructional design students, staff, and faculty. The module was tested with five sections of principles of marketing students to find out whether or not students perceive a difference in learning marketing concepts and problem-solving skills when working on a paper case with no interactivity versus a Web-based case study module with computer-aided interactivity. This study further investigated whether students find a web-based case more enjoyable than a paper case and if students are more likely to be interested in marketing as a field of study after using a web-based case study module than if they had only done a paper case. Although students indicated that the web-based interactive module enabled them to learn the marketing concepts significantly more easily than the paper case study, other findings showed unexpected results.","PeriodicalId":335449,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business and Leadership","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116700682","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This study explored Human Resource Executives’ (HREs) perceptions of HR branding actions and found that branding human resources creates organizational value. Additionally, the company and human resource alignment appeared to affect human resource branding. Many participants described HR programs and services that were implemented in their companies. Most examples provided, though, did not include branding, per se, of those HR activities. This finding strongly suggests that human resource branding is in an early stage of development. The study revealed that HREs perceive that branding is a beneficial tool to facilitate the demonstration of human resource strategic value creation.
{"title":"An Analysis of Branding HR Department Activities For Strategic Value Creation","authors":"Catherine Giunta","doi":"10.58809/snpz7629","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58809/snpz7629","url":null,"abstract":"This study explored Human Resource Executives’ (HREs) perceptions of HR branding actions and found that branding human resources creates organizational value. Additionally, the company and human resource alignment appeared to affect human resource branding. Many participants described HR programs and services that were implemented in their companies. Most examples provided, though, did not include branding, per se, of those HR activities. This finding strongly suggests that human resource branding is in an early stage of development. The study revealed that HREs perceive that branding is a beneficial tool to facilitate the demonstration of human resource strategic value creation.","PeriodicalId":335449,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business and Leadership","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116757154","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This study examined the effects of resource development, resource dependence, and organizational legitimacy on the incidence of bankruptcy using a matched-pair sample of distressed organizations. Consistent with theoretical expectations, both related diversification and the level of discretionary assets at the firm’s disposal negatively related to bankruptcy. Legitimacy, measured by market valuation, mediated the latter relationship, but not the former, suggesting that proper use of internal competencies can offset pressure of lack of support from external constituents.
{"title":"The Ins and Outs of Corporate Bankruptcy: Choosing Between Internal Development and External Demands","authors":"William J. Donoher","doi":"10.58809/tygz7619","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58809/tygz7619","url":null,"abstract":"This study examined the effects of resource development, resource dependence, and organizational legitimacy on the incidence of bankruptcy using a matched-pair sample of distressed organizations. Consistent with theoretical expectations, both related diversification and the level of discretionary assets at the firm’s disposal negatively related to bankruptcy. Legitimacy, measured by market valuation, mediated the latter relationship, but not the former, suggesting that proper use of internal competencies can offset pressure of lack of support from external constituents.","PeriodicalId":335449,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business and Leadership","volume":"127 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117349945","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Reginald L. Bell, Wally Guyot, P. H. Martin, Robert Meier
The purpose of the study was two-fold: (1) Do small group settings benefit students? (2) How can professors enhance the group environment through task related instructions? A 33-item Group Learning on Development Survey (GOLDS) was used to integrate Bruce Tuckman’s developmental model with Benjamin Bloom’s cognitive domain. Norming and Performing variables (Factor 1) contributed 31 percent to the total scale variance; furthermore, knowledge, comprehension, and application task variables loaded on the Factor 2, for 9 percent of the total scale variance. Significant p
{"title":"An Integrative Analysis of Benjamin Bloom's Cognitive Domain and Bruce Tuckman's Developmental Model","authors":"Reginald L. Bell, Wally Guyot, P. H. Martin, Robert Meier","doi":"10.58809/vlsf3765","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58809/vlsf3765","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of the study was two-fold: (1) Do small group settings benefit students? (2) How can professors enhance the group environment through task related instructions? A 33-item Group Learning on Development Survey (GOLDS) was used to integrate Bruce Tuckman’s developmental model with Benjamin Bloom’s cognitive domain. Norming and Performing variables (Factor 1) contributed 31 percent to the total scale variance; furthermore, knowledge, comprehension, and application task variables loaded on the Factor 2, for 9 percent of the total scale variance. Significant p","PeriodicalId":335449,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business and Leadership","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124826047","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A literature review of Japanese and American research reveals several countervailing forces affecting Japanese telework behavior. Cultural characteristics such as collectivism, power distance, long-term orientation, uncertainty avoidance, masculinity and the need for face-to-face contact appear to negatively impact the amount of telework in Japan. Other negative influences include job design and legal limitations. New forces such as technology, commuting time, environmental needs, safety concerns, energy consumption, efficiency, productivity, societal changes, generational effects, supportive associations, company strategy, and government initiatives appear to increase Japanese telework. Though Japan has been slow in establishing telework in the 1990's, telework growth might be fast in the 2010's due to the new forces. Implications for future research are included.
{"title":"Countervailing Forces Affecting Japanese Telework Behavior","authors":"G. Kaupins, Kengo Usui","doi":"10.58809/efjb3528","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58809/efjb3528","url":null,"abstract":"A literature review of Japanese and American research reveals several countervailing forces affecting Japanese telework behavior. Cultural characteristics such as collectivism, power distance, long-term orientation, uncertainty avoidance, masculinity and the need for face-to-face contact appear to negatively impact the amount of telework in Japan. Other negative influences include job design and legal limitations. New forces such as technology, commuting time, environmental needs, safety concerns, energy consumption, efficiency, productivity, societal changes, generational effects, supportive associations, company strategy, and government initiatives appear to increase Japanese telework. Though Japan has been slow in establishing telework in the 1990's, telework growth might be fast in the 2010's due to the new forces. Implications for future research are included.","PeriodicalId":335449,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business and Leadership","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126759709","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
With business schools receiving pressure to demonstrate assurance of student learning in critical skills like communication, it becomes imperative for programs to gain leverage from course activities that can both provide formative feedback and aid in assessment. The focus of this paper is on the grading rubric; first, developing a conceptual model of how it might be used for course embedded assessment to achieve both writing improvement and assessment. Additionally, this paper will share a case study, including some tentative conclusions, of adopting a common rubric of its use in a particular course.
{"title":"Rubrics, Writing Improvement, and Assessment: Gaining Leverage For Business Programs","authors":"Anthony Tocco, C. Sasse, T. White","doi":"10.58809/cjse8499","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58809/cjse8499","url":null,"abstract":"With business schools receiving pressure to demonstrate assurance of student learning in critical skills like communication, it becomes imperative for programs to gain leverage from course activities that can both provide formative feedback and aid in assessment. The focus of this paper is on the grading rubric; first, developing a conceptual model of how it might be used for course embedded assessment to achieve both writing improvement and assessment. Additionally, this paper will share a case study, including some tentative conclusions, of adopting a common rubric of its use in a particular course.","PeriodicalId":335449,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business and Leadership","volume":"104 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116228378","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Over time the numbers of students who enter colleges and universities with the intent to further their academic careers has continued to rise sharply. This has placed a significant burden on our nation’s institutions of higher education. To meet this growing demand, academicians must understand what influences bear on enrollment levels and how these factors might provide insight to aid in the management process. This paper examines the trends in enrollment levels in our nation’s institutions and the forces that shape those enrollment levels. Data are collected for a sample of colleges and universities across the nation and a model is designed to identify those characteristics that might explain enrollment levels. This is accomplished by identifying those characteristics, both personal and institutional, that are associated with enrollment levels. In this manner, a demand function for education will be presented with enrollments serving as the response variable. Given the cross-sectional nature of the data Park’s rest is conducted to detect the presence of heteroscedasticity. Weighted Least Squares is then applied to the data to identify the proper functional form.
{"title":"An Examination of Forces Impacting Enrollment Levels In U.S. Colleges and Universities","authors":"Allen L. Webster","doi":"10.58809/xmza1077","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58809/xmza1077","url":null,"abstract":"Over time the numbers of students who enter colleges and universities with the intent to further their academic careers has continued to rise sharply. This has placed a significant burden on our nation’s institutions of higher education. To meet this growing demand, academicians must understand what influences bear on enrollment levels and how these factors might provide insight to aid in the management process. This paper examines the trends in enrollment levels in our nation’s institutions and the forces that shape those enrollment levels. Data are collected for a sample of colleges and universities across the nation and a model is designed to identify those characteristics that might explain enrollment levels. This is accomplished by identifying those characteristics, both personal and institutional, that are associated with enrollment levels. In this manner, a demand function for education will be presented with enrollments serving as the response variable. Given the cross-sectional nature of the data Park’s rest is conducted to detect the presence of heteroscedasticity. Weighted Least Squares is then applied to the data to identify the proper functional form.","PeriodicalId":335449,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business and Leadership","volume":"158 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116416880","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
We compare the financial performance and insider trading characteristics of firms finding for voluntary bankruptcy with firms that are petitioned into bankruptcy involuntarily by their creditors. We find that shareholders of firms filing for voluntary bankruptcy experience significantly greater losses around the bankruptcy announcement than shareholders of involuntary filers. We also find that insiders of firms filing voluntarily are net sellers of their firm's shares in the years leading up to bankruptcy, vs. net buying by insiders of involuntary filers. Moreover, firms filing voluntary bankruptcy successfully reorganize less frequently and liquidate more frequently titan firms that file involuntary bankruptcy. These findings are consistent with the idea that corporate insiders in firms filing for voluntary bankruptcy have reduced incentives to maximize shareholder welfare throughout the Chapter 11 process compared with insiders of firms tit at are petitioned into bankruptcy by their creditors.
{"title":"Firm Performance and Insider Trading: A Comparison Between Voluntary and Involuntary Bankruptcy Filings","authors":"J. Donaldson, Robert A. Weigand","doi":"10.58809/zvbh1461","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58809/zvbh1461","url":null,"abstract":"We compare the financial performance and insider trading characteristics of firms finding for voluntary bankruptcy with firms that are petitioned into bankruptcy involuntarily by their creditors. We find that shareholders of firms filing for voluntary bankruptcy experience significantly greater losses around the bankruptcy announcement than shareholders of involuntary filers. We also find that insiders of firms filing voluntarily are net sellers of their firm's shares in the years leading up to bankruptcy, vs. net buying by insiders of involuntary filers. Moreover, firms filing voluntary bankruptcy successfully reorganize less frequently and liquidate more frequently titan firms that file involuntary bankruptcy. These findings are consistent with the idea that corporate insiders in firms filing for voluntary bankruptcy have reduced incentives to maximize shareholder welfare throughout the Chapter 11 process compared with insiders of firms tit at are petitioned into bankruptcy by their creditors.","PeriodicalId":335449,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business and Leadership","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122806741","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Developing critical thinkers is an objective of businesses, higher education, and accrediting institutions. Business educators are challenged with how to teach critical thinking skills and how to evaluate the effectiveness of these methods. This quasi-experimental study used a pretest-posttest design with a control group to assess critical thinking skills in undergraduate business students enrolled in Organizational Behavior classes. The hypothesis was that using the humanities to teach business concepts would improve student critical thinking as assessed by the California Critical Thinking Skills Tests (CCTST). The literature revealed many case studies and how-to articles; however, there was a gap in quantitative analysis. The results of an ANOVA analysis showed a significant effect of teaching method on CCTST scores. This study represented an initial quantitative investigation of a pedagogical intervention aimed at impacting critical thinking in business students.
{"title":"Oil and Water: Can Integrating Humanities and Management In The Business Classroom Improve Critical Thinking Skills?","authors":"Lisa C. Lindley","doi":"10.58809/ycwz1089","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58809/ycwz1089","url":null,"abstract":"Developing critical thinkers is an objective of businesses, higher education, and accrediting institutions. Business educators are challenged with how to teach critical thinking skills and how to evaluate the effectiveness of these methods. This quasi-experimental study used a pretest-posttest design with a control group to assess critical thinking skills in undergraduate business students enrolled in Organizational Behavior classes. The hypothesis was that using the humanities to teach business concepts would improve student critical thinking as assessed by the California Critical Thinking Skills Tests (CCTST). The literature revealed many case studies and how-to articles; however, there was a gap in quantitative analysis. The results of an ANOVA analysis showed a significant effect of teaching method on CCTST scores. This study represented an initial quantitative investigation of a pedagogical intervention aimed at impacting critical thinking in business students.","PeriodicalId":335449,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business and Leadership","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129419739","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Implicit personality theory explains how individuals interpret the world around them including the events they experience and observe. Research in social and educational psychology indicates that one's implicit personality theory influences the extent to which one makes judgments about ability regarding the self and others. While some researchers have begun to apply the concept to organizational studies, this paper explains the value of extending that research into three areas important to leaders: (1) employee evaluation, (2) managerial feedback, and (3) work motivation.
{"title":"Role of Implicit Personality Theory In Leadership Research","authors":"Lawrence S. Silver, D. Silver","doi":"10.58809/icus3419","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58809/icus3419","url":null,"abstract":"Implicit personality theory explains how individuals interpret the world around them including the events they experience and observe. Research in social and educational psychology indicates that one's implicit personality theory influences the extent to which one makes judgments about ability regarding the self and others. While some researchers have begun to apply the concept to organizational studies, this paper explains the value of extending that research into three areas important to leaders: (1) employee evaluation, (2) managerial feedback, and (3) work motivation.","PeriodicalId":335449,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business and Leadership","volume":"87 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128216093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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