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Organizational politics on employee performance: an exploratory study on readymade garments employees in Bangladesh
Authors: Rahman Sabbir , Hussain Bashir , Haque Ahasanul 
Published: May 2011

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to study the impact of organizational politics on the performance of readymade garments employees in Bangladesh. The other purpose is to empirically test the hypothesized relationship of the research framework. This study also highlighted some propositions to guide future empirical research.Design/methodology/approachThe survey instrument was administered on 250 employees. This paper develops a measure for exploring the organizational politics on employees' performances included with employees' commitment as a mediating variable. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was used to extract and test the key influential attributes on the basis of data of total samples respectively. Structural equation model was also used to define the structure of influencing attributes and to measure the degree of impact for each attribute on the employees' performances.FindingsThe result shows that the organizational politics affect most significantly towards employees' commitment and as a consequence affect on employees' performances as well. On the other hand organizational politics does not have any significant impact on employees' performance.Research limitations/implicationsThis research used convenience sampling procedure which is the main limitation of this study. Future studies could use stratified random sampling procedure with more samples. On the other hand the EFA is difficult to generalize to a larger audience, and there was a lack of experimental control for the questionnaire investigation, so the quality of questionnaire cannot be ensured.Practical implicationsIt is hoped that the findings of this study will assist the government, NGO and garment industry owners to better understand their employees.Originality/valueThe added value of this paper is to link theory and practice, and explore the organizational politics and employees' performance. Few studies have conducted over the years under this perspective in the Bangladeshi environment. Moreover, this is a relatively new issue that remains largely under researched given the developing country perspective.
A simple model of the financial crisis of 2007‐2009, with implications for the design of a stimulus package
Authors: Basu Kaushik 
Published: May 2011

PurposeThe aim of this paper is to provide a grammar for dissecting the financial crisis that began in the housing finance market of industrialized nations in 2007, rapidly becoming a general credit crisis and spreading to all parts of the world and causing a global recession of gigantic proportions. The unexpectedness and force of the crisis has had experts floundering for an explanation and the policy response has been anad hoccollection of stimulus interventions by governments and central banks around the world, akin to scatter shots in the hope that some will hit the target whatever it be.Design/methodology/approachThe paper is based essentially on a static equilibrium model. The author chose the assumptions carefully to capture some of the features of dynamics in this static model. Also, a static model does not have to mean one period but the infinite repetition of the same kind of world. The aim here is to draw on some existing ideas concerning equilibria where group behavior influences individual preferences, and which give rise to multiple equilibria. Unlike several other works, the model in this paper does not try to explain the collapse in terms of the bursting of a bubble.FindingsAs more and more lenders indulged in sub‐prime lending, the share of risky borrowers rose. With a little lag, defaults rose. More and more houses came back on the market, and the value of houses declined. So the value ofF(value of the mortgaged property), with which individual lenders had begun their calculations, declined. Clearly, the value ofFdepends on how many others were indulging in sub‐prime lending. If this aggregate supply was forecast wrongly, some firms would end up discovering that their asset position had weakened since the foreclosed property did not have the value originally calculated.Originality/valueThe model developed is a new frame for conceptualizing the crisis. While there has already been some theorizing on this, the model has the advantage of novelty and simplicity. It provides a stark characterization of how a small credit correction can escalate into a major equilibrium shift with large changes in behavior, in this case, a sudden collapse in the supply of and demand for loans. It is distinct from existing models of collapse in lending, which are based on the idea of bubbles bursting. Despite the model's simplicity, it turns out to be a useful structure addressing policy questions.
Self‐selection vs learning: evidence from Indian exporting firms
Authors: Ranjan Priya , Raychaudhuri Jibonayan 
Published: May 2011

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to study whether exporting firms outperform non‐exporting firms along a number of performance characteristics. It also examines whether the differences in performance characteristics are due to the self‐selection of better firms into exporting or because the firms that start exporting for some unknown reason experience productivity growth.Design/methodology/approachThe dataset comprised a panel of Indian manufacturing firms for a period of 17 years from 1990 to 2006.FindingsExporters were found to systematically outperform non‐exporters over a number of characteristics. Also, evidence was found of “self‐selection”, that is, firms that are more productive enter the export market. There was some evidence of learning, that is exporting firms experience an increase in productivity.Originality/valueThis is the first paper to look at the issue of self‐selection vs learning for exporting firms using a dataset from India.
Rising food inflation and India's monetary policy
Authors: Moorthy Vivek , Kolhar Shrikant 
Published: May 2011

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to analyse the implications of sharply rising food prices for monetary policy in India and similar emerging economies at present.Design/methodology/approachThis paper uses analytical arguments from relevant macroeconomic literature and evidence from late 1960s US data to examine whether the 1970s stagflation was due to the OPEC price hike. It develops a two person (rich and poor), two commodity (food and non‐food) model to examine the impact of rising food prices on GDP, on measures of inflation, and on welfare, in the model.FindingsPreviously neglected evidence indicates that stagflation (simultaneously rising unemployment and inflation) preceded the OPEC price hike. The model results indicate that when food prices rise, the GDP deflator falls relative to the consumer price index (CPI).Research limitations/implicationsThe impact of supply shocks should be investigated by carefully examining links between abnormal rainfall and weather and output and prices on commodity by commodity basis. Further, technical issues pertaining to construction of a composite CPI representative of the population need to be explored.Practical implicationsMonetary policy in India (and similar emerging economies) should focus upon a population weighted CPI or some variant thereof.Social implicationsHigh GDP growth should not lead to complacency, since when food prices are rising, the overall welfare impact may be negative.Originality/valueThe model presented in this paper explains the sustained divergence in India, in recent years, between the CPI versus the GDP deflator measures of inflation. It also highlights a possible similar divergence between GDP and overall welfare.
Benchmarking and valuation issues in measuring depreciation for European office markets
Authors: Crosby Neil , Devaney Steven , Law Vicki 
Published: May 2011

PurposeThe paper addresses the practical problems which emerge when attempting to apply longitudinal approaches to the assessment of property depreciation using valuation‐based data. These problems relate to inconsistent valuation regimes and the difficulties in finding appropriate benchmarks.Design/methodology/approachThe paper adopts a case study of seven major office locations around Europe and attempts to determine ten‐year rental value depreciation rates based on a longitudinal approach using IPD, CBRE and BNP Paribas datasets.FindingsThe depreciation rates range from a 5 per cent PA depreciation rate in Frankfurt to a 2 per cent appreciation rate in Stockholm. The results are discussed in the context of the difficulties in applying this method with inconsistent data.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper has methodological implications for measuring property investment depreciation and provides an example of the problems in adopting theoretically sound approaches with inconsistent information.Practical implicationsValuations play an important role in performance measurement and cross border investment decision making and, therefore, knowledge of inconsistency of valuation practice aids decision making and informs any application of valuation‐based data in the attainment of depreciation rates.Originality/valueThe paper provides new insights into the use of property market valuation data in a cross‐border context, insights that previously had been anecdotal and unproven in nature.
Setting an agenda for women entrepreneurship in Nigeria
Authors: Madichie Nnamdi O. 
Published: May 2011

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to bring the Nigerian woman from the margins of international obscurity by acknowledging the contributions of reputable academics from an emerging market context on a subject that has pervaded the global podium in recent years – i.e. women in management.Design/methodology/approachThe paper's approach is strictly qualitative in nature – a narrative analysis of a single book on women written by “a woman of status” – Dr (Mrs) Faseke, a graduate of the University of Ibadan and one time Head of the Department of History at the Lagos State University (Nigeria).FindingsThis paper acknowledges the “silent voices” of African women, drawing upon a publication that was encountered purely by chance – Modupe Faseke's The Nigerian Woman published by Agape Publications (Ibadan, Nigeria) in 2001.Research limitations/implicationsAlthough this paper reads very much like an extended book review, it does offer some critical theoretical and practical insight coming from a book published by a local and largely obscure publishing house – Agape Publishers based in the remote city of Ibadan in Southwestern Nigeria.Originality/valueIt is envisaged that after reading this paper, scholars of gender‐themed studies may begin probing a bit deeper into the roots of the Nigerian woman and especially in situations where their voices have been muffled.
How women entrepreneurs lead and why they manage that way
Authors: Perrin Moore Dorothy , Moore Jamie L. , Moore Jamie W. 
Published: May 2011

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to present six testable propositions to guide future research on the power of the trust building, interactive transformational leadership style women employ to succeed in corporate environments and which they further refine as entrepreneurs.Design/methodology/approachThe propositions are drawn from findings in the fields of management, entrepreneurship, organizational behavior, leadership, teamwork and trust.FindingsIn organizational life, to move beyond outsider stereotypes, women employ collaborative behaviors to create a climate of trust in work teams. As managers and later as entrepreneurs, their leadership style yields a number of performance enhancing outcomes.Originality/valueLittle research links the leadership style of women in organizations to their later entrepreneurial ventures. The propositions and recommendations for testing offered here provide several methods to carry out empirical and theoretical studies.
Sovereign default restructuring options and challenges in the European Monetary Union (EMU)
Authors: Yeoh Peter 
Published: May 2011

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to discuss and evaluate the sovereign default restructuring options in the European Monetary Union (EMU).Design/methodology/approachThe paper examines financial policy options from a politico‐economic‐legal perspective. It relies primarily on secondary data analysis.FindingsSovereign default restructuring an unthinkable phenomenon in the hitherto affluent EMU could now be a possibility because of the lack of political cohesion and the realities of two‐speed European Union.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper relies extensively on secondary data. Future research through empirical multiple case studies would enrich the insights of this paper.Practical implicationsInsights from the paper would be of benefit to lawmakers, financial supervisors, financial institutions and investors in general.Originality/valueThe paper's main value lies in its use of multiple lenses to evaluate a serious financial issue in the EMU.
The rules of federal budget and final accounts in United Arab Emirates
Authors: Ibrahim Mukdad 
Published: May 2011

PurposeThe aim of this paper is to provide a detailed review on the issues that cover the Budget Law No. 23 of 2005 regarding rules of the general budget and the final accounts preparation in United Arab Emirates (UAE).Design/methodology/approachThe discussion revolved around different issues covered by the above law; those issues include fundamentals, general budget classification, preparation of the budget, budget approval, and issuance, budget implementation, monitoring, final accounts, autonomous agencies budget, and general and final terms.FindingsFrom this review, one can say that this law covers all stages of the budgetary process, planning, implementing, controlling, and preparing the final account. Moreover, the budgetary system is more compatible with performance‐based budgeting as it holds up appropriate policies in its strategy to budget programs in the medium term rather than in short‐term cash management.Originality/valueThis research studies, the budget process, and final accounts preparation throughout reviewing the rules enforced by UAE Federal Law No. 23 of 2005.
No panaceas for organizational diseases, but better knowledge and systems thinking
Authors: Conti Tito 
Published: May 2011

PurposeThis paper aims at contributing to a better knowledge of organizations' nature, physiology and pathologies, in order to improve their fitness for purpose. The mechanistic view of organizations has in fact delayed that. Systems thinking is needed to bring average organizational fitness to the levels needed by a global and closely interconnected world.Design/methodology/approachThe paper is a synthesis of the author's experience as manager, consultant and teacher. By thinking back to the last 30 years of history of managing for quality and excellence, failures and successes, the causes of delay and even regression are explored. Borrowing from the systems view of organizations, a parallel is made between history of human beings' and organizations' healthcare.FindingsKnowledge of the factors that make organizations fit for their purpose is still scarce, absolutely unfit for the challenges of an uncertain future. That is particularly true for those large organizations that govern globalization. Risks for humanity increase. It is no longer time to fiddle with management fads or panaceas for all diseases. It is time to use the modern approaches to complexity that systems thinking offers, overcoming the resistance of traditional thinking. Analytical thinking alone, in fact, may lead to squeeze the planet resources dry, neglecting the risks of long‐term negative impacts.Originality/valueConformism in managing for quality is still high. Rare are the papers that discuss the evolution of TQM/excellence models towards systemic models, where the system is socio‐cultural and the model covers doing the right things, not just doing things right.
Application of fuzzy QFD for enabling agility in a manufacturing organization
Authors: Vinodh S. , Chintha Suresh Kumar 
Published: May 2011

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to report on research in which a fuzzy quality function deployment (QFD) approach has been used for enhancing agility improvement of a traditional manufacturing organization.Design/methodology/approachQFD approach incorporated with fuzzy logic was used for scientific prioritization of agile decision domains, agile attributes and agile enablers. Data were gathered from a traditional manufacturing organization and the prioritization was carried out.FindingsThe implementation experience indicated that fuzzy QFD approach could be used for enabling agility improvement.Research limitations/implicationsThe implementation study was carried out by substituting the data gathered from only one manufacturing organization. Yet the findings and contribution of this research work would be useful to the captains of the majority of the manufacturing companies situated in the world.Practical implicationsThe approach used in this paper will indicate the vital agile decision domains, agile attributes and agile enablers. This process will enable the organizations to compete in the global market.Originality/valueA case study has been reported to indicate the feasibility of deploying fuzzy QFD approach in the industrial scenario for enabling agility improvement. Hence, the findings are original.
Shareholder and stakeholder theory: after the financial crisis
Authors: Tse Terence 
Published: May 2011

PurposeThe recent financial crisis has restarted the debate of the value of both shareholder and stakeholder theories. This paper aims to continue this discussion.Design/methodology/approachThe paper reviews existing literature and examines the benefits and problems associated with these frameworks through the lens of the recent events which have taken place during the financial crisis.FindingsThe main assertion of this paper is that shareholder theory is in itself a sound theory. Yet, some executives following this theory could have brought disrepute to it. In contrast, the stakeholder theoretical framework has yet to assert its influence because the concept is not yet unambiguously defined, which makes it difficult for the framework to become operational in practical business settings.Research limitations/implicationsFuture research should seek consensus on the scope and definition of the stakeholder model, as well as who the stakeholders should include. It should also focus on developing the tools and techniques necessary for the incorporation of stakeholder theory into business operations.Social implicationsPolicy makers could work with industry bodies and business leaders to encourage them to place greater emphasis on the interests of non‐shareholders and encourage collaboration between various groups of stakeholders to achieve corporate goals.Originality/valueThe paper continues the shareholder and stakeholder theory debate in light of the recent economic crisis.
How can the film‐induced tourism phenomenon be sustainably managed?
Authors: O'Connor Noëlle 
Published: May 2011

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explain why the film‐induced tourism sector is growing and outline the key questions that are likely to affect the future development of this sector.Design/methodology/approachThe theme issue is profiled and the purpose and approach of each article explained in the context of the overall strategic question: how can the film‐inducted tourism phenomenon be sustainably managed?FindingsThe paper concludes that there is both a need and an opportunity for dialogue and interchange between practitioners and academics.Practical implicationsThe paper explores the key issues affecting the growth of film‐induced tourism around the globe.Originality/valueThe paper identifies and explores facets of the relatively new film‐induced tourism phenomenon.
It's only make believe: the implications of fictional and authentic locations in films
Authors: Butler Richard 
Published: May 2011

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to discuss the extent to which film locations affect the decision making of tourists and overall attractiveness of film locations as tourist destinations.Design/methodology/approachThe paper explores the relative appeal of fictional and authentic film locations with reference to the literature and film case study examples.FindingsArguably, the attractiveness of an actual location shown in a film is greater than a location portrayed by a film, and when tourists do visit film locations in considerable numbers, the impacts are not always beneficial.Practical implicationsThe paper uses examples to explore the scope and related impacts of film‐induced tourism.Originality/valueThe paper draws on a wide range of examples to highlight the implications of fictional and authentic locations in films.
“We've seen it in the movies, let's see if it's true”
Authors: Bolan Peter , Boy Stephen , Bell Jim 
Published: May 2011

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate what the authors have termed displacement theory (grounded in aspects of authenticity) within the larger phenomenon of film‐induced tourism and to present a clearer understanding of the inherent implications and opportunities for economic development this may bring.Design/methodology/approachThe objectives are achieved through critical review of previous film tourism literature combined with use of blog and key‐informant interview research. The research follows an interpretive paradigm and address a gap in the film‐induced tourism literature on the area of authenticity and displacement.FindingsKey research findings revealed that “3” distinct tourist types exist in film tourism which gives rise to “3” distinct markets. Authenticity is important to film tourists, especially when displacement occurs. There is a lack of industry understanding and recognition which ignores film locations when displacement occurs.Practical implicationsThere needs to be greater recognition and acceptance of film‐induced tourism, closer collaboration between tourist authorities and film bodies, greater efforts to develop and promote the film locations as opposed to the story settings/places depicted, retention or re‐creation of film sets – building simulacra if necessary to retain more essence of film authenticity and greater use of qualitative research, especially through new and innovative means such as the blog techniques used in this study.Originality/valueThis paper addresses a gap in previous film tourism literature regarding authenticity and displacement and as such makes an original contribution to this field. New innovative methods (using blog research) also bring a fresh approach. This paper will be of value to academics and industry practitioners interested in film‐induced tourism and indeed tourism in general, as well as students studying/researching this important field.