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On importer trust and commitment: a comparative study of two developing countries
Authors: Bianchi Constanza , Saleh Abu 
Published: February 2010

PurposeRelationship trust and commitment are two key dimensions of international exchanges. Both have been extensively investigated from an exporter (as opposed to importer) perspective in developed country (as opposed to developing country) contexts. To address these gaps, this paper aims to develop a model of antecedents and outcomes of importer trust and commitment in two developing countries.Design/methodology/approachThe paper tests the proposed model using data from Chile and Bangladesh. Hypotheses are tested using structural equation modeling (SEM).FindingsSEM analysis reveals that most of the hypotheses are supported in both the Bangladeshi and Chilean context. The findings of this paper also suggest that the effects of importer transaction‐specific investments on importer commitment are distinct in the Bangladeshi context.Practical implicationsPractically, these results show that trust and commitment are essential for enhancing importer relationship performance in developing countries. Importer trust in a foreign supplier is effective when suppliers are competent and provide relatively superior facilities, as opposed to opportunistic proclivity. Importer commitment to a foreign supplier is stronger when importers perceive that the foreign supplier is not opportunistic, but is knowledgeable and experienced with the importer market, and they perceive that it is an advantage importing from that supplier. Cultural similarity between importers and foreign suppliers improves importer trust in both countries. However, importer commitment in Chile increases with importer transaction‐specific investment, but this is not found to be the case in Bangladesh.Originality/valueThis paper contributes to the importer‐exporter exchange relationship literature by testing a model of antecedents and outcomes of importer trust and commitment. The tested model is one of few that considers developing country contexts and incorporates two novel antecedents of trust and commitment: importer knowledge and experience, and supplier resource competency.
Examining the role of beliefs and attitudes in online advertising
Authors: Wang Ying , Sun Shaojing 
Published: February 2010

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate online advertising across different cultures such as Romania and the USA. In the meantime, this paper attempts to examine the relationships among beliefs about online advertising, attitudes toward online advertising (ATOA), and consumer responses to online advertising.Design/methodology/approachSurveys are conducted among 577 internet users from both Romania and the USA structural equation modeling was used to examine the relationships among variables.FindingsBelief factors (i.e. information seeking, entertainment, economy, credibility, and value corruption) are statistically significant predictors of ATOA; ATOA is a significant predictor of consumer responses to online advertising; as compared to Americans, Romanians tended to hold a more positive ATOA and are more likely to click advertisements, whereas Americans are more likely to buy online than do Romanians.Research limitations/implicationsConvenient sampling technique and the operationalization of culture are main limitations associated with the paper.Practical implicationsFindings may help businesses and organizations employ online advertising more effectively and efficiently in their global marketing endeavors.Originality/valueCurrently little is known about online advertising in developing countries, particularly eastern European countries such as Romania. The current paper extends research on ATOA to a cross‐cultural context.
Status consumption in cross‐national context
Authors: Shukla Paurav 
Published: February 2010

PurposeLimited attention has been paid to the issue of status consumption in cross‐national context. The purpose of this paper is to address the issue of status consumption among British and Indian consumers, using the industry context of alcoholic beverages, focusing on three antecedents namely, the socio‐psychological, brand and situational antecedents.Design/methodology/approachThe paper employed a cross‐sectional, survey‐based methodology. The British sample included 271 respondents residing in the Southeast of the UK. The Indian sample included 273 respondents residing in the North and Northwest regions of India.FindingsThe findings reveal that socio‐psychological, brand and situational antecedents significantly influence status consumption.Practical implicationsThe findings support the notion that some key status consumption characteristics may be common among all cultures and countries however, their degree of influence may differ dramatically. Furthermore, others key variables may be single culture or country specific and therefore must be adjusted for national or regional variations. The results will help managers dealing with status consumption to better understand and manage their marketing strategy in a cross‐national context.Originality/valueThe paper is first of its kind to investigate the impact of socio‐psychological, brand and situational antecedents in a cross‐national context for status consumption products. The findings of the paper are likely to enhance our grasp of the status consumption process in a individualistic and mature developed market (the UK) in comparison to collectivist and rapidly growing emerging market (India) by shedding light on the issues affecting status consumption and how that relates to country‐specific marketing strategies.
Introduction to the special issue on employment discrimination against immigrants
Authors: Dietz Joerg 
Published: February 2010

PurposeThis editorial aims to introduce the special issue on employment discrimination against immigrants.Design/methodology/approachThe first part is a commentary on key issues in the study of employment discrimination against immigrants. The second part presents the five articles in the special issue.FindingsThe papers in this special issue focus on a variety of issues associated with employment discrimination against immigrants. For example, they consider: discrimination based on accents; differences among justice perceptions among immigrants and non‐immigrants; the effects of negative stereotypes on workplace outcomes; the treatment of Hispanic immigrants; and the reasons for the lack of research on Hispanic immigrants.Research limitations/implicationsThe author comments on key issues that researchers of employment discrimination against immigrants have to take into account. These issues include: the appreciation of the diversity among immigrants; an understanding of the complexity of employment discrimination research; openness to cross‐disciplinary approaches; and the consideration of employment discrimination within the context of the immigrant experience. The five articles that make up the special issues vary in their nature (empirical, critical), methodologies (quantitative, qualitative), locations (United States, Germany, and Canada), and implications.Practical implicationsThe issues discussed in the papers have important implications for understanding and overcoming employment discrimination against immigrants.Originality/valueThe Journal of Managerial Psychology invited this special issue to initiate psychological research on employment discrimination against immigrants. The intent is to draw the attention of organizational scholars to the large, yet under‐studied immigrant segment of the workforce.
The effects of foreign accents on employment‐related decisions
Authors: Hosoda Megumi , Stone‐Romero Eugene 
Published: February 2010

PurposeAlthough statistical evidence clearly demonstrates discrimination against foreign‐accented individuals in the workplace, surprisingly little research attention has been paid to how such individuals are evaluated when they apply for jobs. Thus, the aim of this paper is to examine the effects of applicant accent on access‐related employment decisions across four jobs that differed on job status and communication demands.Design/methodology/approachThe study used a 3 (applicant accent: Standard American English, French, and Japanese) × 2 (job status: low vs high)×2 (communication demands: low vs high) mixed‐factorial design, and data from 286 college students at two different locations.FindingsResults show that in comparison with French‐accented applicants, Japanese‐accented applicants fared worse on employment‐related decisions, especially for jobs that had high communication demands, even after controlling for applicant understandability and location. French‐accented applicants were viewed as favorably as, or more favorably than, Standard American English‐accented applicants.Research limitations/implicationsApplicant accent was confounded with applicant names. Thus, it is not known whether the obtained results are due to applicant accent, names, or both.Practical implicationsIt was found that organizations could do one of the following: use structured interviews; train interviewers on potential biases against foreign‐accented applicants; and provide more individuating information to reduce the effects of accent‐based stereotypes on employment‐related decisions.Originality/valueThe paper considers the communication demands of jobs and job status as influences on the evaluation of foreign‐accented applicants.
Overworked in America?
Authors: Avery Derek R. , Tonidandel Scott , Volpone Sabrina D. , Raghuram Aditi 
Published: February 2010

PurposeThough a number of demographics (e.g. sex, age) have been associated with work overload, scholars have yet to consider the potential impact of immigrant status. This is important because immigrants constitute a significant proportion of the workforce, and evidence suggests many employers believe they are easier to exploit. This paper aims to examine work hours, interpersonal justice, and immigrant status as predictors of work overload.Design/methodology/approachThe hypotheses were tested using a large, national random telephone survey of employees in the United States (n=2,757).FindingsAs expected, employees who worked more hours tended to perceive more work overload. Importantly, however, this effect interacted with interpersonal justice differently for immigrant and native‐born employees. Justice attenuated the effect of work hours for the former but seemed to exacerbate it somewhat for the latter. Of note, the interactive effect was more than five times larger for immigrants than for natives.Practical implicationsThe study shows that supervisors might require their employees to work longer hours without necessarily being perceived as abusive (i.e. overloading them). Doing so, however, requires treating employees justly in the form of respect, courtesy, and dignity. Though this form of just treatment is important for all employees, its effects are especially pronounced for immigrants.Originality/valueThe relationship between the number of hours worked and perceptions of work overload is examined for immigrant and non‐immigrant workers in the USA.
Examining the effect of negative Turkish stereotypes on evaluative workplace outcomes in Germany
Authors: Baltes Boris B. , Rudolph Cort W. 
Published: February 2010

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to assess the impact that negative stereotypes have on suitability ratings of Turkish applicants in a simulated hiring scenario.Design/methodology/approachThis paper utilizes a within subjects experimental design in which participants assessed four fictitious male candidates ostensibly applying for a managerial position; two of German descent, two of Turkish descent. Participants also completed a newly developed measure designed to assess the degree to which people endorse negative stereotypes of Turkish males in managerial positions.FindingsThe results suggest that the endorsement of a negative Turkish stereotype significantly predicts suitability ratings for highly qualified Turkish candidates.Research limitations/implicationsStereotype endorsement should be considered when investigating, and making claims about the impact of demographic characteristics on evaluative workplace outcomes.Practical implicationsIn the service of diversity, organizations should be acutely aware of how stereotyping may impact human resources processes.Originality/valueThis paper adds to the literature regarding the impact of bias on evaluative workplace outcomes, furthering the notion that explicitly endorsed stereotypes do indeed affect such outcomes.
Barriers and paths to success
Authors: Turchick Hakak Luciana , Holzinger Ingo , Zikic Jelena 
Published: February 2010

PurposeThis paper aims to examine perceived barriers and paths to success for Latin American immigrant professionals in the Canadian job market.Design/methodology/approachFindings are based on 20 semi‐structured interviews with Latin American graduates of Canadian MBA programs. Interviews were analyzed for emergent categories and common themes.FindingsDespite their strong educational backgrounds, participants perceived several challenges to their success in the Canadian workplace, specifically, language barriers, lack of networks, cultural differences and discrimination. They also identified factors that influenced their professional success in Canada, such as homophilious networks and their Latin American background.Research limitations/implicationsBy investigating stories of Latin American immigrant professionals, the study explores subjective views of immigration experiences and discrimination in this unique and rarely examined group. A larger sample will increase the confidence of the study's findings and future studies should examine dynamics of these issues over time.Originality/valueThis paper presents insight onto the labor market experiences and coping mechanisms of the currently understudied group of Latin American immigrant professionals in Canada. The study's qualitative approach enabled the examination of challenges experienced by immigrant professionals beyond those typically studied in this literature (e.g. devaluation of foreign credentials) and led to the finding that being Latin American can act both as a disadvantage in the form of discrimination and as an advantage as it differentiates immigrant professionals from other job seekers.
Immigrants
Authors: Bell Myrtle P. , Kwesiga Eileen N. , Berry Daphne P. 
Published: February 2010

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to discuss the invisibility of immigrants in diversity research in the management field.Design/methodology/approachReasons for the paucity of immigrant research, focusing on discrimination, exploitation, and abuse of low‐skilled Hispanic immigrants in the USA, are examined. Considerations of what can be applied to the study of immigrants from extant diversity research are explored.FindingsExperiences of Hispanic immigrants to the USA are largely absent from diversity literature even though immigrants are significant contributors to the diversity of the USA. There are clear differences in the employment experiences of native‐born Hispanic‐Americans and those who are immigrants, with the latter, both documented and undocumented, generally faring worse in wages, benefits, and interpersonal treatment when compared with those who are native‐born.Research limitations/implicationsSuggestions for research are provided to increase the inclusion of immigrants in diversity research.Originality/valueThis paper focuses on integrating the experiences of discrimination of low‐skilled Hispanic immigrants, who comprise the bulk of newcomers to the USA, into the mainstream diversity literature in management studies and provides questions to stimulate research in the area.
The ba of blogs
Authors: Martin‐Niemi Fa , Greatbanks Richard 
Published: February 2010

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to analyse the relationship between the characteristics of a blog community and the enabling conditions of knowledge conversion using the knowledge creation cycle and the enabling context (ba) in which knowledge is converted from individual to collective and from tacit to explicit.Design/methodology/approachA literature review is used to identify environmental factors and enabling conditions for knowledge conversion and the sense of community within blog communities as well as a blog‐based virtual ethnography of a blog community.FindingsThe paper proposes ten potential enabling conditions that influence the sense of community in blog environments, and which facilitate the ba of socialisation (originating ba) and externalisation (conversing ba) necessary for conversion of tacit knowledge between individuals.Research limitations/implicationsThis study observed one blog community over a five‐month period of time. Future research could be extended to examine multiple networked blog communities from the inception of the communities.Originality/valuePrevious research on the ability of virtual environments to facilitate ba for tacit knowledge conversion is limited. The paper develops an important connection between virtual environments and tacit knowledge conversion, which have implications for organisations whose members are not physically co‐located but must share knowledge.
University libraries: step towards a web based knowledge management system
Authors: Rah Javeed Ahmad , Gul Sumeer , Ashraf Wani Zahid 
Published: February 2010

PurposeWeb based knowledge management systems have opened new arrays in the present web based world. Because of innumerable features, they have become the first hand choice of every organization. The objective of this paper is to propose a web based knowledge management system for university libraries that will support the creation, organization, storage, dissemination and utilization of the institution's digital knowledge assets. The paper also aims to illustrate the requirements of a web based knowledge management system (WBKMS) for university libraries along with their key advantages.Design/methodology/approachExisting web based knowledge management systems were surveyed and a model framework was developed keeping in view the prevailing loopholes in the present systems.FindingsThe study evolves into a model web based knowledge management system catering for the needs of the users in the present bit and byte world.Research limitations/implicationsFurther research can be conducted into designing web based knowledge management systems keeping in view the needs and behavior of the users they serve. Deep log analysis of the academically endeavored web based systems can be carried out for working out a better and productive WBKMS.Practical implicationsThe outcome of the research will improve staff professionalism and will help in achieving coordination with other libraries and library users. Knowledge innovation in a web‐based environment will help in the creation of better and enlightened knowledge based society.Originality/valueThe technologies discussed will help in achieving satisfaction levels both on the part of users as well as library professionals. The whole behavior of seeking information and knowledge will change because of generation, sharing and management of information and knowledge in a virtual mode. Such systems will help organizations strategically when their branches are located in different geographical locations and this will give a platform to the members/employees to share best practices, problems, customer interactions, and prevent reinvention of the wheel.
Making MAKCi
Authors: Garcia Blanca C. 
Published: February 2010

PurposeFollowing a third‐generation knowledge management (KM) approach, this article aims to report on a three‐year series of practitioners' experiences engaged in a consensus‐building exercise known as the MAKCi exercise.Design/methodology/approachDesigned to illustrate a real‐world KM case, this research work used participant observation, on‐line interactions and interviews as methodological tools to explore how knowledge management as a discipline has benefited from the use of Web 2.0 technology.FindingsThe first part of the article depicts the Most Admired Knowledge City (MAKCi) exercise as a research and learning space networked and tightly connected on‐line by common interests of participants. The second part of the article brings further understanding on how networked learning and knowledge creation has been made possible by the use of Web 2.0 tools. It is advanced that higher levels of knowledge co‐creation at a global scale can take the shape of networks of practice (NoPs) in knowledge‐based development contexts such as the one explored for the MAKCi exercise.Research limitations/implicationsThe research is limited to a three‐year recording of practitioners' experiences.Originality/valueKnowledge‐based social systems, such as networks of practice (NoPs) are identified as emerging social configurations fostering knowledge‐intensive networked learning. NoPs clearly depend on collaboration within networks. Thus, the paper advances that some emerging models of knowledge‐intensive networks such as (NoPs) are natural KM vehicles to foster and promote intensive tacit knowledge conversion into explicit scholarly knowledge regardless of geographical location, becoming highly relevant to knowledge‐based development (KBD) practitioners.
Segmented multimedia document access for knowledge management
Authors: Abiodun Robert Charles , Kingsley Attamah Maduka 
Published: February 2010

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to provide a solution to discontinuity experienced when rendering web‐based multimedia due to buffering; and a solution to access to specific region of web‐based multimedia rendering for annotation.Design/methodology/approachThe methodology used was based on a Javascript multiplexer to segment and multiplex multimedia document for separate access to sections of the document.FindingsThe paper shows that without extra equipment or software, users of web multimedia documents can access documents just like cards are accessed in a card game.Practical implicationsWith this approach, it is possible for a group of users to share a multimedia document on the internet with their specific comments on a specific segment of the document. It is also possible to evaluate users in a group based on their comments and their environment.Originality/valueThe paper shows a new way of sharing multimedia web documents integrating users' perspectives for knowledge management
Adaptations in a supplier‐manufacturer network: a research note
Authors: Hagberg‐Andersson Åsa , Grønhaug Kjell 
Published: February 2010

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine suppliers' adaptation to a major buyer, and to contribute to the findings of past research.Design/methodology/approachThe research is based on a survey conducted among the suppliers to a major manufacturing firm as well as personal interviews with key personnel in the buying firm.FindingsIt is found that the suppliers make major internal adaptations, and that the adaptations are beneficial for the suppliers.Originality/valueThe research adds to present insights by demonstrating that adaptations are purposeful and interrelated, and demonstrates that autonomous adaptations, as suggested in past research, may be inadequate to explain the dynamics of buyer‐supplier relationships.