February 2013
Espoused organisational values in relation to lived values experiences in the South African financial sector
The present study explored the alignment between espoused (formally stated) organisational values and organisational members’ actual experiences of the lived behavioural values. The research was conducted within four companies (n = 249) in the South African financial sector. Formal documentation on the companies’ espoused values statements, semi-structured interviews and team sessions with...
February 2013
Antecedent to development and drowth of family businesses in Iran
Family firms receive scant attention in the mainstream management literature, particularly with respect to the development of theories of this firm. This neglect is unfortunate because in terms of contributions, and especially numbers, family businesses represent a dominant form of economic organization throughout the world. Although the field of family businesses has been regarded as a separate academic...
February 2013
Electronic government and good governance in Iran
In this article we try to describe the problem and its importance as well as the literature on electronic government and good governance. In this study, issues like the background and electronic government and good governance related definitions, introducing electronic factors, comparing bureaucratic governance with electronic government as well as familiarity with new networked (connected governance) term by...
February 2013
Fuzzy mathematical model for evaluation of infrastructure business functions of administrative bodies of organizational structures
This paper presents a fuzzy mathematical model for the analysis of organizational structure of administrative bodies. The organizational structure of administrative bodies of logistic support of the Petroleum Industry of Serbia has been analyzed in order to analyze the situation and optimize the existing organizational structure. Analysis of the state of organization is aimed at creating a picture of the...
February 2013
An economic design of the VSSI control charts for the means of positively Skewed distributions
Variable sample size and sampling interval (VSSI) control charts have been shown superior to standard Shewhart (SS) control charts for detection of a small or moderate shift in process mean. However, they might utilize more resources by a more frequent sampling rate and a large sample size to improve its performance. Recently, some economic models were used to express the long-run cost...
February 2013
Mediating role of knowledge sharing: Organizational performance for competitive advantage and innovation
In this study, we examined the mediating impact of knowledge sharing on the relationship of information technology, organizational culture, teamwork, trust, employee motivation to disseminate their knowledge, and organizational performance. Data from 270 employees of telecommunication sector of Pakistan indicated that information technology, organizational culture, teamwork, trust, employee motivation to...
February 2013
Tracing the corporate governance and corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities of logistics sector in Turkey: An inquiry of company web site applications
The main objectives of this paper is to present the current status of logistics in Turkey; show that corporate social responsibility (CSR) is business strategy for both reputation and positioning; and how logistics companies conduct their CSR activities using their website pages. The theoretical framework of the paper is based on reputation management theories. Thirteen (13) fundamental social responsibility...
February 2013
Decision support model for employee selection: A strategic human resource management (HRM) perspective
Human resource has been regarded as an important factor for an organization to gain competitive advantages. Employee selection is an essential decision especially to intellectual property technology service industry, since “human” is the theoretical basis of establishing the important assets for an organization. The decision makers should select the specialists who best match the needs of the...
February 2013
Reaction of customers against loyalty programs: Case study of Mahan Airline
Nowadays so many researches about the effect of loyalty programs on customer satisfaction and loyalty, however these kinds of programs have another aspect and that is the customers' negative response and reaction against implementation of such programs. Since customer’s reaction may reduce their loyalty against the company, so in order to achieve the goals of the organization, which one...
February 2013
Determinants of dividend distribution in Cameroonian companies
This study examines the determinants of dividend distribution by unlisted companies in Cameroon. The hypotheses are from the theoretical frameworks of the agency and the signal in which agents justify the practice of dividend distribution. The sample consists of 67 Limited Companies and Limited Liability Companies that carry out or not this practice. The data were processed using SPSS (Statistical Package for...
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