bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Connecting P2P to the web
Authors: Davison Brian D. , Zhang Wei , Wu Baoning
Published: June 2008

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to describe a means to improve the accessibility of files across different delivery platforms, making it possible to use a single search modality. The paper shows that both peer‐to‐peer file sharing networks and the worldwide web provide extensive information resources, and either network may contain data that satisfy a searcher's information need.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper proposes a gateway between the worldwide web and peer‐to‐peer networks that permits searchers on one side to be able to seamlessly search and retrieve files on the other side of the gateway. The design and prototype implementation of such a gateway to Gnutella is detailed, along with access statistics from test deployments and lessons learned.

Findings

The prototype implementation was found to demonstrate the feasibility of a seamless gateway between the Gnutella network and the worldwide web. Gnutella users saw millions of web search results and initiated retrievals via the gateway without knowing the source of the information or having to leave their Gnutella applications. Analysis of file retrieval logs showed that Gnutella search results lose value (to the original searcher) if delayed by more than a few seconds.

Research limitations/implications

The implementation is a prototype, fielded for only a few months within the Gnutella network. Future implementations need cooperation with a web search service, and ideally would connect to multiple services for different types of queries.

Practical implications

Deployment of the gateway architecture described would be of use to searchers and of value to content providers.

Originality/value

This paper's approach makes information in other networks seamlessly searchable and accessible.
Balancing acts in qualitative accounting research
Authors: Modell Sven , Humphrey Christopher
Published: June 2008

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the motivation for this special issue and its contributions.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper is a conceptual editorial piece which discusses current methodological tendencies in qualitative accounting research.

Findings

The paper argues that qualitative research involves some balancing acts between, on the one hand, pragmatic and aesthetic aspects and, on the other, the necessary steps for establishing trust in a particular piece of research. The authors explicate how this is manifest in the contributions to this special issue.

Originality/value

This paper highlights the need for greater attention to the many pragmatic aspects associated with qualitative accounting research rarely accounted for in previous texts on the topic.
Using grounded theory in interpretive management accounting research
Authors: Elharidy Ali M. , Nicholson Brian , Scapens Robert W.
Published: June 2008

Purpose

The aim of this paper is to assess and explain the role of grounded theory (GT) in interpretive management accounting research (IMAR) and seeks to answer the question: can interpretive researchers use GT? And if so, how?

Design/methodology/approach

This is a theoretical paper that attempts to investigate how researchers can use GT in relation to their ontological stance, methodological position and research methods.

Findings

The paper suggests that GT offers a balance between the expediency of the research findings, thereby allowing researchers freedom to interpret management accounting practices, and the development of rigorous theory from IMAR.

Research limitations/implications

The paper provides an analysis of GT from an interpretive perspective and, clearly, there are other research perspectives which could have been discussed.

Practical implications

GT can be a powerful tool that researchers could use to collect and analyse empirical data. However, researchers need to align GT with the broader paradigm they adopt when researching social phenomena. The paper provides some general guidelines for IMARs who want to use GT in their research.

Originality/value

This paper shows that GT can offer interpretive researchers a way of balancing the need to develop theory, which is grounded in everyday practices, and the recognition that the research process is inherently subjective. However, it is argued that in interpretive research GT cannot provide a simple “recipe book” which, if followed rigorously, will result in a high‐quality research (i.e. valid, reliable and unbiased). Nevertheless, the guidelines provide a way for IMARs, who use GT to improve the quality of their research findings.
Mass customization for long‐term relationship development
Authors: Endo Seiji , Kincade Doris H.
Published: June 2008

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to provide insight into the environment of the online shopping process for mass customization (MC) in long‐term relationships (LTRs) between a firm and its customers. Specifically investigated is why some consumers are initially willing to purchase MC products online and what makes them purchase again. Conversely, the paper looks at why some are not interested in purchasing MC products again.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper utilizes a qualitative research method. In‐depth interviews were conducted to reveal information about the relationship between a firm and its consumers. In total, 20 participants evaluated the online shopping process, the firm's web site, the products they received and their overall shopping experience.

Findings

The major findings provide interesting evidence regarding consumer behaviors in the online shopping process for MC products. Three types of customers were identified: apathetic consumers who are not interested in purchasing MC products again; ardent consumers who are interested in purchasing MC products as well as mass‐produced products; and holistic consumers who have essential needs that can be addressed with MC products.

Practical implications

The findings give valuable insights to firms which are interested in providing MC products and establishing LTRs with their customers.

Originality/value

This study identifies ideal potential customers and their needs for MC products in the context of online shopping in LTRs, and utilizes a new approach by combining in‐depth interviews with the valuation of the genuine MC products that participants were able to order. No previous research was found that used this approach to investigate consumer behavior regarding MC.
Social comparison of material possessions among adolescents
Authors: Chan Kara
Published: June 2008

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to explore Chinese adolescents' engagement in social comparison of material possessions using qualitative inquiries.

Design/methodology/approach

In total, 64 Chinese adolescents aged 13‐17 were face‐to‐face interviewed. They were asked whether they engaged in social comparison of possessions with direct and vicarious role models such as media celebrities. Characteristics of role models and products involved in social comparison were inquired.

Findings

The research found that adolescents in Hong Kong frequently engaged in upward social comparison with friends and classmates. The products involved in social comparison were branded public goods that can be used to communicate ideal social self‐image. There was a strong link between social comparison and peer communication about consumption. Adolescents less often engaged in social comparison with media celebrities. This can be attributed to lack of resources, understanding of product sponsorship, and difficulties in identifying with the media celebrities. Role models of the same sex and similar age were often used for social comparison. Social comparison is used mainly for self‐enhancement, rather than self‐evaluation.

Research limitations/implications

The study was from a convenient sample of adolescents in Hong Kong, a Chinese city with high advancement in terms of economic and advertising development when compared with most other Chinese cities.

Originality/value

This is the first qualitative study on Chinese adolescents' engagement in social comparison of material possessions.
Dynamic capabilities for strategic team performance management: the case of Nissan
Authors: Sum Chau Vinh , Witcher Barry J.
Published: June 2008

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to explain how hoshin kanri (policy management) is used as a higher order dynamic capability at Nissan. The paper also seeks to examine the role of top executive audits as part of the FAIR strategy execution process to develop core competences as part of team management.

Design/methodology/approach

The research used semi‐retrospective ethnographic case summaries recorded by an active manager involved in the implementation process of the researched organizational phenomenon. These documented observations were triangulated against internally published company reports and those made public, and any externally published documentation about Nissan.

Findings

The paper finds that the use of a top executive audit (TEA) as a part of hoshin kanri, works as a high‐order dynamic capability according to Teece et al. . Hoshin kanri is premised on a strong reliance on teamwork, and the effectiveness of teams is a major contributory factor to organizational performance. It works well because TEAs are a special form of organizational audit of lower‐level operations against top‐level strategy (i.e. it is a strategic review framework).

Originality/value

How Nissan's business philosophies and methodologies are managed as core capabilities is explored. TEAs, as a key component of hoshin kanri, are examined as a strategic team performance management system.
Creating a learning health care organization for participatory management: a case analysis
Authors: Ford Randal , Angermeier Ingo
Published: June 2008

Purpose

This paper aims to define a theory of practice in successfully implementing management‐communication practices in the service of organizational learning.

Design/methodology/approach

A combination of research methods, both quantitative and qualitative, was used in gathering and analyzing data.

Findings

Three principles in creating a supportive environment conducive to employee empowerment and participative decision making enable organizational learning.

Research limitations/implications

The study provides empirical findings in support of current theoretic knowledge in organizational learning and empowerment.

Originality/value

The paper partly rectifies that little research has investigated the enabling structures and processes to manage the environment that surrounds and supports employee participative decision making and new learning to occur at the individual and collective level within a health care setting.
Organisational silos: affecting the discharge of elderly patients
Authors: Scott Janet M. , Hawkins Peri
Published: June 2008

Purpose

This paper aims to explore the unintentional formation of internal functional barriers, (organisational silos) during moves towards departmental efficiency, within an acute trust, and the subsequent effects on the discharge process in elderly patients.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper presents some of the findings from a qualitative study examining the role of the nurse in the discharge process. Semi‐structured interviews were conducted with a purposively selected cohesive sample of 28 registered nurses, from the medical and elderly care wards in an NHS Acute Trust. The interviews were taped, transcribed and their content analysed.

Findings

The problems associated with patient discharge were frequently operational. Each part of the process was hindered, often inadvertently, by attempts on the part of individuals, departments and services to make themselves efficient, without regard for the resulting organisational consequences. This left the ward nurses attempting to overcome the obstacles in an attempt to effectively discharge patients, within a required period of time.

Research limitations/implications

It is recognised that, the perceptions of those not participating in the study may have been different to those who did participate. As a small study in one trust the results may not be generalisable.

Practical implications

It is imperative that evaluation of operational changes is undertaken, with particular regard to the consequences of change, for other services, patients and clients.

Originality/value

This type of study can provide a method of diagnosing organisational problems, especially in areas that are reliant on inter‐professional and departmental collaboration
Influence of politics and media in the perceptions of Turkey as a tourism destination
Authors: Alvarez Maria D. , Korzay Meral
Published: June 2008

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to help to understand the influence of the media and political issues in the perceptions of Turkey as a tourism destination. The study is conducted from the perspective of Spanish people.

Design/methodology/approach

The research is based on the responses provided to a web survey. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Pearson's correlations.

Findings

The views of the Spanish people on the Turkish political situation were not found to be related to the perceptions of the destination, except for those regarding Turkey's candidacy to the European Union. However, an indirect relationship between the political views and the perceptions of the destination through the influence of the former on the image of the host community is proposed. Television and the written press are determined as the most significant information sources, other than word of mouth and experience.

Research limitations/implications

The research points to the fact that political views regarding the country may not affect the perceptions regarding that destination. However, certain political issues seem to have a greater effect on the perceptions of the destination. Therefore, for conclusive evidence a more extensive investigation is required.

Practical implications

The difference between the destination's image and the political views of the country is of practical interest to developing countries, which are dependent on tourism, but generally suffer from political instability and image problems.

Originality/value

The dichotomy between different perceptions regarding a country is investigated. Moreover, the importance of the media in creating perceptions of a destination is analyzed.
Farm attractions, networks, and destination development: a case study of Sussex, England
Authors: Capriello Antonella , Rotherham Ian D.
Published: June 2008

Purpose

The paper seeks to provide insights into network‐based perspectives of farm attractions, evaluating their effectiveness for destination development. The specific purpose is to uncover relationships between entrepreneurship, network marketing and management strategies, and sustainable tourism policies.

Design/methodology/approach

Qualitative case‐study method generates holistic understanding of complex networks and networking activities. In‐depth interviews allow exploration of entrepreneurial processes.

Findings

Cross‐comparisons reveal network effectiveness related to common goals shared among network members. Benefits such as problem solving, information dissemination, and opportunities to learn were important for members of a specific network, but may be undermined by individual entrepreneurial aims and differences.

Research limitations/implications

The results concern a mature destination but the approach might be used for similar work in other sectors and settings. The network models should be assessed for destination planning in other parts of Europe, especially emerging tourism regions.

Practical implications

Identified patterns and issues generate ideas for policy makers for current practice; with the need for public policy to work with, seek to build on, and support existing enterprise initiatives, rather than developing new collaborations.

Originality/value

The paper contributes to debates on visitor attraction marketing with a focus on a theory of co‐operation in marketing networks. Many studies focus on specific types of attractions or tourist destinations, or specific strategic approaches.
Thank you for the music? The role and significance of music for adolescents
Authors: Nuttall Pete
Published: June 2008

Purpose

This paper seeks to understand the significance and role that music plays in adolescent socialization with a view to developing better segmentation and targeting of this fickle and demanding group of consumers.

Design/methodology/approach

The study adopts a qualitative approach that attempts to get as close to the teenagers as possible – thus teenagers design and develop their own questions and interpret their own data.

Findings

This research provides an insight into the use and consumption of music at the time of the study. The data collected focus on what is important to the teenagers (typically what music “means” and the experiences it creates) and does not center on method of purchase.

Originality/value

Where previous studies have considered type (genre) of music consumed and have focused on what is important to the researcher, this study considers youth use and consumption of popular music using teenagers to interview their friends and to interpret their findings.
The effects of diversity training on specific and general attitudes toward diversity
Authors: Singh Badhesha Raj , Schmidtke James M. , Cummings Anne , Moore Scott D.
Published: June 2008

Purpose

This paper aims to examine the effects of watching a video providing knowledge about either a Sikh student or an older student on participants' knowledge about each particular group, their attitudes towards that group.

Design/methodology/approach

The study used a pre‐post experimental design and examined the effects of diversity awareness training using a short web‐based video.

Findings

Results indicated that watching a Sikh video significantly increased knowledge of Sikhs and had a marginally significant effect on improving attitudes toward that target group. Additionally, White participants experienced a greater positive attitude change towards Sikhs than non‐White participants. There were no significant effects on knowledge or attitude change for older individuals. However, watching either video was associated with a decline in participants' multiculturalism attitudes.

Research limitations/implications

The results suggest that further work is needed on the effects of specifically focused diversity training as well as more general multicultural training. The study only examined short‐term change in participants' knowledge and attitudes: more research is needed to examine the long‐term effects of diversity training.

Practical implications

The results indicate that organizations should perform some type of need assessment prior to conducting diversity training because narrowly focused diversity training is not likely to have generalized effects.

Originality/value

The paper should interest academics and practitioners since there is very little research that has examined how diversity training works and whether it is effective.
“Clubcasting”: educational uses of podcasting in multicultural settings
Authors: Beilke Jayne R. , Stuve Matthew J. , Williams‐Hawkins Maria A.
Published: June 2008

Purpose

This article aims to provide a case study example of the uses of podcasting in a multicultural educational setting.

Design/methodology/approach

Pre‐service undergraduate teaching majors collaborated with graduate students enrolled in an educational technology course and clients of a community agency service minority, low‐income youth to produce a “radio” show podcast.

Findings

The project demonstrated the potential and limitations of using a podcast to improve the literacy skills of inner city youth and technical proficiency of pre‐service teaching majors.

Research limitations/implications

The study was limited to its one‐semester implementation phase.

Practical implications

This is an example of the use of technology among low‐income minority youth and its ability to close the digital divide as well as the social divide between inner city youth of color and white pre‐service teachers and technology majors.

Originality/value

Because of the digital divide, podcasting has not been introduced into under‐resourced environments such as inner‐city community agencies. Additionally, pre‐service teaching majors are not generally taught the pedagogical uses of MP3 players.
Does foreign strategic investment transfer management knowledge to local Chinese banks?
Authors: Qin Fengming , Liu Yang
Published: June 2008

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to analyze whether, and how, foreign strategic investor entry to China conveys management expertise to domestic banks. Some observers are concerned that foreign investors will be reluctant to transfer their expertise to local partners, and few skills will be acquired by Chinese banks. At the same time, the trade‐off between China's access to banking skills and foreigners' access to Chinese customers will overwhelmingly favour the foreigners.

Design/methodology/approach

The discussion is based on authentic cases collected from the China Banking Regulatory Commission, various banks annual reports, and the China Financial Development Report. Cross‐border management knowledge transfer from global banks to emerging economies is the theoretical framework for analyzing strategic investment in bank cases.

Findings

The paper finds that there are some successes of management knowledge transfer from such investment, although foreign strategic investment is limited as a minority share in each local bank. Culture shock came at the first stage and syncretism later on.

Originality/value

The cultural shock and rigidity of traditional conception are an impediment in the transfer process. This paper shows that the initial conflict can be avoided.
Organizational context and knowledge transfer of a high‐tech MNC
Authors: Kasper Helmut , Mühlbacher Jürgen
Published: June 2008

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to present, analyze and discuss the case of AT&S, Europe's largest and most technologically advanced producer of printed circuit boards and one of the most successful Austrian‐based global players..

Design/methodology/approach

The paper focuses on the company's strategy and its global integration, its structure in terms of decentralisation, its organizational culture, and how the corporate approach towards knowledge management and cross‐site knowledge transfer is attuned to these premises. The paper encoded nine qualitative, semi‐structured interviews with top managers of the Austrian headquarters and two subsidiaries in Asia according to a system of categories and integrated the results for three interviews per site to an assessment on unit level. Then the three units were again merged and combined to an analysis on the company level.

Findings

Discussing the knowledge flows among the three sites and also the mechanisms of knowledge transfer across organizational and national borders at AT&S, the paper concludes that high‐tech companies do not need knowledge management to be successful.

Research limitations/implications

Path dependencies of international case studies might reduce transferability of results to other industries or national cultures.

Practical implications

A focus on centralized product development and a supportive management information system guarantees global leadership and the capturing of benefits from subsidiaries in different markets.

Originality/value

This comprehensive case study shows that high‐tech companies do not necessarily require an elaborate knowledge management system, because the expertise transferred is built in the products.
Disaster tourism and disaster landscape attractions after Hurricane Katrina
Authors: Shondell Miller DeMond
Published: June 2008

Purpose

The paper's primary goals are three‐fold: to explore how disaster tourism serves as a vehicle for self‐reflection in respect to how the disaster tour affects the tourist; to understand how cultures adapt to abrupt change; and to understand how the tourism industry can lead to the cultural and economic revitalization of devastated areas.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper draws on sociological theory, experience, and participant observation to complete an autoethnographic study of a “disaster tour” in and around the New Orleans, Louisiana, metropolitan area.

Findings

Conveying information via auto‐ethnographic disaster tourism helps readers develop an understanding of others by being immersed in the tour experience. Placing the researchers in the midst of the analysis presents a perspective of the cultural mix of New Orleans as place set apart, even among places in the south. Finally, this study highlights the importance of a rapidly rebounding tourism industry by “branding” New Orleans as a “Come back city.”

Research limitations/implications

Because the research employs an auto‐ethnograpic approach, it may not be possible to duplicate the observations and findings, which are subject to the interpretations of the reader.

Originality/value

The contribution of this work to the literature is its highlighting of the flexibility of the tourism industry after a catastrophe and noting that tour guides frame the reconstruction process as “signs of hope” and “rebirth,” rather than a city in decline. Readers come to understand that the key to the revival of New Orleans is how disaster tourists understand the disaster as well as the recovery process.
Learning investments and organizational capabilities
Authors: Killen Catherine P. , Hunt Robert A. , Kleinschmidt Elko J.
Published: June 2008

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to improve understanding and provide guidance for investments in organizational learning mechanisms for the establishment and evolution of organizational capabilities such as project portfolio management (PPM) and project management capabilities.

Design/methodology/approach

A multiple‐case study research project investigates the development of PPM capabilities in six successful organizations across diverse industries.

Findings

The research indicates that PPM and organizational learning are dynamic capabilities that enhance an organization's ability to achieve and maintain competitive advantage in dynamic environments. PPM capabilities are shown to co‐evolve through a combination of tacit experience accumulation, explicit knowledge articulation and explicit knowledge codification learning mechanisms. Although all three learning mechanisms are important throughout the establishment and evolution of PPM capability development, the research indicates that the development of an effective PPM capability will require particularly strong investments in enhancing tacit experience accumulation mechanisms and explicit knowledge codification mechanisms during the initial establishment or during periods of radical change to the PPM process.

Research limitations/implications

The research includes a sample of six case studies and the results may not be generalisable. In addition, the research was conducted over a short period of time whereas a longitudinal study would be required to gain more detailed information about the development of capabilities over time.

Practical implications

The findings suggest that managers can enhance and sustain competitive advantage by investing in tacit experience accumulation as well as explicit knowledge articulation and codification learning mechanisms to develop their PPM capability. Strengthened investment in experience accumulation and knowledge codification learning mechanisms is recommended during establishment of the PPM capability.

Originality/value

This paper contributes to the understanding of the links between organizational learning and the development of dynamic capabilities. Original hypotheses are proposed and some initial support for these hypotheses is provided through multiple‐case study research.
Towards different communication in collaborative design
Authors: Smulders Frido , Lousberg Louis , Dorst Kees
Published: June 2008

Purpose

This paper aims to create a social constructivist perspective on collaborative architecture that is complementary to the rational‐analytic perspective as embodied in the “hard” project management tools.

Design/Methodology/approach

Two theoretical perspectives from the field of design methodology, “design as co‐evolution”, and “design as a social process”, form the base for an integrated perspective of collaboration. This integrated perspective describes in detail the social process among multi functional actors involved in co‐creational processes. A third theoretical framework discusses the process of maturing conflicts and conflict prevention using the integrated perspective on collaboration. Data from two empirical studies are used to illustrate both perspectives. The first study used a protocol study approach and the second a grounded approach.

Findings

This paper shows the similarities in design methodology and conflict literature by introducing a social constructivist perspective on collaborative architecture. Especially, the notion of cognitive errors as root cause of “conflictuous” situations becomes apparent. The paper describes in detail the role of perceptual differences that can make and break collaborative architecture.

Practical implications

Based on these findings some hypothetical intervention strategies are proposed that collaborating actors can apply in order to prevent “conflictuous” situations to grow beyond control and even bend those situations towards innovations. Actors engaged in multi functional and multi actor creational processes might benefit from building a rudimentary mental model representing the world of the other function or other organization.

Originality/value

The paper brings together the intra‐subjective and inter‐subjective level in the context of co‐creating (architectural) processes by combining two very different streams of literature, design methodology and maturing conflicts. In both streams one could identify a similar distinction between cognitive processes and social processes. Collaborative architecture without having social‐emotional conflicts is realized by explicating implicitly held knowledge, understandings and perceptions. An individual cognitive effort as well as a social‐interactive effort is needed in which actors explicitly discuss differences in perception before these perceptions evolve into misleading truths. As a basis for such synchronizing discussions the actors need to have some sort of rudimentary understanding of each other's thought world and trust in each other's professionalism and factuality. Thus, preventing conflicts is not about having more communication, but about different communication!
Improving cross‐company project management performance with a collaborative project scorecard
Authors: Niebecker Klaus , Eager David , Kubitza Klaus
Published: June 2008

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to identify the current problems and difficulties in automotive project management and explore solutions to improve its efficiency and effectiveness. To meet the industry demands for new project management methods, a strategy‐based scorecard concept was developed to monitor and control collaborative projects, to measure their performance, and to manage risks. The method aims to improve the project management performance of cross‐company projects.

Design/methodology/approach

The development of collaborative strategy maps and integrated measures for project control based on key performance indicators (KPIs) is an essential step for successful project management with a collaborative project scorecard. The concept was developed and evaluated on the basis of two workshops organised by the German Project Management Association (GPM e.V.) and interviews with project managers of automotive projects (manufacturers and suppliers).

Findings

The application of a balanced scorecard to cross‐company projects in the automotive industry can be facilitated by an impact matrix to develop strategy maps. Examples of collaborative strategy maps, project objectives, and KPIs to manage automotive projects are given and advantages, disadvantages, and limitations discussed. The paper discusses the possibilities of improving project management efficiency and effectiveness, as well as increasing project transparency with a CPS.

Originality/value

This paper fulfils the need to align collaborative project objectives with cross‐company business strategies in the automotive industry. The application of a balanced scorecard to cross‐company projects in the automotive industry is a new approach and would be of interest to all project managers aiming to increase transparency in their projects.
A study of project management leadership styles across life cycle stages of an IT project in Hong Kong
Authors: Ng Chui‐Ha (Tracy) , Walker Derek H.T.
Published: June 2008

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to provide a discussion of the way that teams and leaders interact over the life cycle stages of a project and how trust and confidence plays a vital part in this intimate relationship. Key issues relevant to this discussion are the nature of projects, the nature of trust and commitment and leadership style.

Design/methodology/approach

A case study was undertaken of an information and communication technology project delivered by an information technology (IT) company to a Hong Kong public sector organisation. The study extended over the whole of the project and data was gathered on how the leadership styles of individuals in “leader” positions of a project affected project management process success and failure from a critical historical event perspective. The study was considered over four stages: project initiation and design; development; testing and cut over; and finally project acceptance.

Findings

This paper highlights personnel changes in the leadership team. Issues relating to the leadership team of the public sector organisation and IT company are then explored, analysed and discussed. The source and use of power from the perspective of project delivery team leaders and the public sector organisation are explored to analyse how the adopted leadership style influenced the degree of trust and commitment exhibited by participants at each stage. Results suggest that team members should be considered as key project stakeholders and building their trust and confidence in the project leadership group is vital.

Practical implications

The paper explores cultural national issues that affect leadership style that are particularly relevant in a Confucian cultural context. While findings from one study cannot be more generally applied they do help to build our understanding of processes at work and what critical incidents influence the way that these unfold – in this case, the way that leadership style affected the organisational form for example.

Originality/value

Each case study is unique. This study provides particularly rich insights into the project and its characteristics across each stage of the project and so it contributes to the body of casework that helps explain the implications of how history, culture and context shapes the emergence of a particular leadership and followership style.
Bent Flyvbjerg: power and project management – an appreciation
Authors: Clegg Stewart
Published: June 2008

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to provide a critique of Bent Flyybjerg's work that has high relevance to the project management (PM) literature.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper takes the form of a narrative with argument and analysis.

Findings

The paper challenges readers, PM academics and practitioners to view PM with a political perspective. This paper was delivered at the ICAN 2007 Conference (which is the focus of this issue), which was entitled “Mission Control: Power, Knowledge and Collaboration in Project Practice.”

Originality/value

This paper triggers and sustains the debate about the influence of power and its unintended consequences that may affect projects. The review raises PM issues worthy of consideration that are often neglected.
INFORMATION SOURCES OF UK INVESTORS/FINANCIAL ANALYSTS WORKING IN THE JAPANESE MARKET
Authors: Grant Clare M
Published: June 2008

The paper investigates the information sought by UK investors about Japanese companies, and the extent to which this involves the use of company financial statements. Such a study is important because it is only recently that Japanese financial markets have been relatively accessible to foreign investors, and that the volume of investment trade has grown rapidly. This paper describes the principal features of the accounting and capital market situation in Japan and reports the results of a series of interviews on these features. Participants interviewed had contradictory views on the application of CAPM to the Japanese market. If the market model is not appropriate for the Japanese market, this will have implications for future research in that market.
BLEAK DISJUNCTURE: ACCOUNTING EDUCATION NEEDS AND THE IFAC GUIDELINES
Authors: Donleavy GD
Published: June 2008

This paper is an attempt to explore the relevance and usefulness of accounting education to development needs of LDCs; and to make constructive suggestions for educational change in any areas where relevance or usefulness seem to be very seriously deficient Identification of development needs is discussed first, then the present character of accounting education as exported to LDCs is discussed in the context of development needs. Finally strategic proposals are made to close the largest gaps between development need and the supply of accounting education.
ACCOUNTING EDUCATION IN JAPANESE CORPORATIONS
Authors: Hiramatu Kazuo
Published: June 2008

In Japanese corporations, the backgrounds of corporate accountants do not necessarily match their university majors. Under the lifetime employment system, accountants are rotated to other departments every five to ten years. Those who are rotated to the accounting department do not necessarily arrive with sufficient accounting knowledge. In addition to receiving on‐the‐job training, corporate accountants generally attend training courses offered by outside Institutions and get new knowledge to be used in practice. Some corporations belong to specific study groups, which meet periodically. The latter groups provide opportunities for establishing informal human relations with government officials and accountants of other corporations. Training is offered to newcomers, candidates for promotion, salespersons and management staff in the fields of financial analysis, cost management and accounting in general. Sometimes, the training lasts for several days in a training facility of the corporation. It is thought useful not only for utilizing the knowledge required, but for furthering relationships within the organization, as well as for the evaluation of employees through their attitudes about participation. It reflects the policy of long‐range performance evaluation. Employees are evaluated not only by sales volume, but also by their loyalty to the corporation and their contribution to the team effort.
A SURVEY OF JOB SATISFACTION OF GOVERNMENT AUDITORS IN SINGAPORE
Authors: Chye Koh Hian , Tee Goh Chye
Published: June 2008

This study surveys the level of job satisfaction among government auditors in Singapore and investigates the factors affecting their job satisfaction. A questionnaire is administered in mid July 1990 to all the 150 government auditors in the Auditor‐General's Office in Singapore, resulting in a usable response rate of 76%. Descriptive statistics, t‐tests, wilcoxon Z tests, and Chi‐square tests of independence are used to analyse the data. Results of the survey show that government auditors in Singapore are very satisfied with their supervisors and co‐workers but very dissatisfied with the opportunities for promotion. Overall, however, they are satisfied with their jobs. Further, it is found that demographic factors such as sex, number of years in the present position, previous job, and income affect job satisfaction. Finally, the results show that the following factors are important determinants of Job satisfaction among government auditors in Singapore: (1) control over work, (2) frequency of sudden demands, (3) perceived necessity of overtime, (4) effect of sudden demands, (5) administrative supports, (6) interaction with supervisor, (7) physical work environment, (8) preparation for future career goals, and (9) extra‐organizational job opportunities.
MANAGEMENT AUTONOMY AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE CRITERIA: THE CASE OF STATE COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE IN CHINA
Authors: Taylor DW , Liu KC
Published: June 2008

Financial performance measures of State‐owned enterprise in China have assumed a more diverse role as a result of reform programmes which have introduced greater degrees of operating management autonomy, market responsibility and profit sharing incentives at the enterprise level. This paper reviews the changing role of accounting performance criteria in meeting the needs of operating managers of State enterprise who have an increased decision‐making autonomy, while also maintaining the needs of government bureaus for financial performance criteria related to economic planning and control at the regional and national levels. Using a case study of a State‐owned department store in Guangzhou, an assessment is made of the conceptual and practical difficulties facing China's policy‐makers in setting accounting ratio performance indicators for State commercial enterprises. An alternative set of primary financial performance indicators for such enterprises is constructed by considering approaches adopted in other socialist countries.
Anbar Abstracts Issue
Authors: Ede Andrew
Published: June 2008

This special “Anbar Abstracts” issue of the European Journal of Marketing is split into seven sections covering abstracts under the following headings: Marketing, Europe and International Business; Marketing Strategy; Supply Chain Management; Product Management; Services Marketing; Marketing in the Public Sector; and Marketing & IT.
Anbar Abstracts Issue
Authors: Sandelands Eric
Published: June 2008

This special “Anbar Abstracts” issue of the European Journal of Marketing is split into seven sections covering abstracts under the following headings: Marketing, Europe and International Business; Marketing Strategy; Supply Chain Management; Product Management; Services Marketing; Marketing in the Public Sector; and Marketing and Information Technology.
Selected European research into marketing
Authors: Gilligan Colin
Published: June 2008

Given the ways in which the research pressures on university staff are becoming seemingly ever greater, an issue of the European Journal of Marketing that is given over to a survey of the kinds of research initiatives which are currently being carried out is timely. The study which provides the basis for this was conducted between December 1994 and February 1995, with questionnaires being sent to staff in universities throughout Europe. At the time the final selection was made, a total of 150 responses had been received from 18 countries.
Anbar Abstracts Issue
Authors: Fojt Martin
Published: June 2008

This special “Anbar Abstracts” issue of the European Journal of Marketing is split into seven sections covering abstracts under the following headings: Marketing, Europe and international business; Marketing strategy; Supply‐chain management; Product management; Services marketing; Marketing in the public sector; and Marketing and information technology.
Corporate identity: the concept, its measurement and management
Authors: van Riel Cees B.M. , Balmer John M.T.
Published: June 2008

Articulates the main trends in the literature on corporate identity; defines corporate identity; explains the rationale for corporate identity management and describes the main methods used to reveal the desired and the actual corporate identity. Particular reference will be made to two recently developed models used to reveal an organization's identity: Balmer's Affinity Audit (BAA) and The Rotterdam Organizational Identification Test (ROIT). Concludes that while empirical research on the area will increasingly be multidisciplinary marketing will, nonetheless, play a pivotal role in an understanding of corporate identity.
Towards a framework for managing corporate identity
Authors: Markwick Nigel , Fill Chris
Published: June 2008

Notes how the value of developing corporate identity (CI), as a means of encouraging an organization's key stakeholders to perceive the corporate entity in a clear and positive way, has been receiving increased attention in the last decade. To date much of the practitioner and academic attention has been focused on the communication function between an organization and its customers (primarily). In order that managers and academics are able to realize more of the potential that CI offers organizations, it is necessary to consider the role and impact CI can have on strategic management. Reviews the literature and considers the concepts of corporate identity, image, reputation and personality. Determines the linkages between these concepts and argues that image research studies should not just be oriented to improving images and communications but that this information can also have a central role to play in the strategic development of an organization. To do this presents a framework, referred to as a corporate identity management process (CIMP). Provides an illustration which shows how an understanding of stakeholder images can be used, via the CIMP, to reveal opportunities for developing sustainable competitve advantage.
Deriving an operational measure of corporate identity
Authors: van Rekom Johan
Published: June 2008

Highlights the role corporate identity plays in corporate communication. Based on the work of Albert and Whetten derives three criteria to guide management decisions on corporate identity: centrality to the organization, specificity to the organization and continuity over time. These criteria can serve as guidelines when empirical measurement of an organization's existing identity is conducted. Illustrates the criteria with an example of empirical identity measurement using means‐end analysis. Suggests centrality in the means‐end structure of organization members' activities as an operationalization with the potential to encompass all three criteria.
AUSTRALIAN EXECUTIVE REMUNERATION: EVIDENCE ON STRUCTURE AND ACCOUNTING DETERMINANTS
Authors: Evans Robert T. , Stromback Thorsten
Published: June 2008

This study explores a relatively new source of Australian executive pay information disclosed in published Annual Reports since 1989. It offers not only a different source from which to compare the results of US studies, but also an extension of the studies through the additional Australian disclosure requirements. The first section of the paper examines four possible determinants of Australian executive remuneration, accounting rates of return, firm size, industry and executive control through share holding. In the second part of the paper we used the data to analyse whether the structure of pay in Australian companies is consistent with a particular hypothesis derived from tournament theory.
AN EMPLOYEE TURNOVER PREDICTION MODEL: A STUDY OF ACCOUNTANTS IN SINGAPORE
Authors: Beng ANG Kong , Tee GOH Chye , Chye KOH Hian
Published: June 2008

This survey studies the factors influencing the turnover intention of accountants in Singapore with a view to develop a turnover prediction model. Twenty variables were studied. Results show that 18 of these variables are significantly different between accountants who intend to turnover and those who do not. Through the use of stepwise logit analysis, a turnover prediction model with only six variables was developed. In‐sample and holdout overall accuracy rates of the turnover model are 88.2% and 87.4%, respectively.