bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Interorganisational collaboration at UK World Heritage Sites
Authors: Wilson Lesley‐Ann , Boyle Emily 
Published: September 2006

PurposeThis study aims to identify the extent of intended interorganisational collaboration in the implementation of management objectives at World Heritage Sites (WHSs). These sites represent a unique management challenge in terms of the number and diversity of organisations involved both in terms of ownership and in the interface between the site and the wider tourism environment.Design/methodology/approachThe research is based on content analysis of 12 management plans. Analysis focuses on the types and frequency of organisations involved in the joint implementation of sustainable tourism objectives. Ratio analysis is used to develop a ratio of collaboration which provides a measure of the numbers of organisations involved and the level of collaborative activity across sites.FindingsThere is higher commitment towards interorganisational collaboration at complex sites, comprising a range of attractions, compared with single‐focus sites. This was unsurprising, given that complex ownership of sites necessitates collaboration. However, when data relating to site owners was eliminated to reveal a truer picture of collaboration, the findings indicated that single‐focus sites were committed to jointly implementing a higher proportion of objectives compared with complex sites organisations. A number of mechanisms are in place to facilitate collaboration, but again, these are more prominent in the management plans of complex sites. The findings indicate that interorganisational collaboration is currently underutilised in the strategic management of WHSs.Research limitations/implicationsThe study is exploratory, given that this is the first time that World Heritage Sites have had published management plans. Measuring comparative activity using ratio analysis is one‐dimensional. The research is also based on intended activity over the next five years and would need to be followed up by further research based on the reality of implemented objectives.Originality/valueThe study assesses the extent of intended interorganisational collaboration in the public‐sector context of WHSs and contributes to the literature in both areas of study.
The effects of nepotism on human resource management
Authors: Arasli Huseyin , Bavik Ali , Ekiz Erdogan H. 
Published: September 2006

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to investigate the potential effects of nepotism on human resource management (HRM) practices through the use of Turkish Cypriot hotel employees in three, four, and five star accommodation establishments in Northern Cyprus.Design/methodology/approachQuestionnaires were distributed to full time hotel employees in three, four, and five star hotels in Northern Cyprus. Of the 500 distributed, 257 usable questionnaires were retrieved. A judgmental sampling approach was used.FindingsThe principal finding is that nepotism has a significant negative effect on HRM, job satisfaction, quitting intention, and negative word of mouth. The study also shows that HRM exerts a significant positive effect on job satisfaction.Research limitations/implicationsThis study reveals that nepotism is an unprofessional phenomenon that provides benefits merely to the family members or close friends. Therefore, nepotism paralyzes human resource practices and affects the level of satisfaction among employees. Although the job opportunities are limited in the hotel industry in north Cyprus, employees may think of quitting their jobs or using negative word of mouth if their job satisfaction level is not enhanced. Customers perceive and evaluate the quality by considering the attitude, behavior and tone of the voice of employees. Therefore, priority of satisfaction has to be given to the employees in order to satisfy the customers. There are several limitations to the current study. In future studies, other variables such as role stress, organizational commitment, and different facets of job satisfaction may be used in order to examine the probable relationships. Secondly, future research with larger sample size elsewhere would be productive to provide a support for the generalization of the present findings. Thirdly, this study employed judgmental sampling approach. Future studies may use probability‐sampling approach in order to support the current study findings.Originality/valueThis study is necessary and useful for three reasons. Firstly, it investigates the possible impacts of nepotism on multiple organizational dimensions, which is a relatively virgin area. Secondly, the effects of nepotism have been mostly examined at the macro level resulting in a paucity of empirical research especially at the organizational level. Thirdly, the study provides some propositions and managerial implications to owners, managers, and employees in North Cyprus where the tourism and hospitality industry constitutes an essential part of the economy.
Orders and obedience: structure and agency
Authors: Jackson Michael 
Published: September 2006

PurposeThe major thesis of this article is how social contract theory sheds light on the interaction of structure and agency. A minor thesis is to rebut the conclusions drawn from Stanley Milgram's famous obedience experiments.Design/methodology/approachThe argument rests in large part on an extensive review of authentic, empirical evidence found in studies of medical compliance.FindingsPatient agency is choosing not to comply with medical orders has over the years forced structural changes in the doctor–patient relations. These changes can be understand through the evolution of three kinds of social contract.Practical implicationsOne important implication is that non‐compliance can be a relational choice in one's lifeworld.Originality/valueNo other study has brought together Milgram's evidence with the medical compliance literature to demonstrate the integration of agency and structure.
Children, housing and health
Authors: Stewart J. , Rhoden M. 
Published: September 2006

PurposeTo consolidate and review current literature that relates children's health to their housing and living environments.Design/methodology/approachA range of published sources which review the relationship between children, housing and health. The sources consolidate research that applies specifically to children and their domestic situation. The paper also reviews literature around municipal tower block estates and the unique health/architecture relationship before turning to children living in temporary bed and breakfast accommodation. An overview of current public health policy that seeks to reintegrate housing and well‐being is undertaken.FindingsDecent housing lies at the heart of health for all. Generally, the picture is more positive, but action remains slow. Children's needs must be given a higher priority in housing in future to promote physical and emotional well‐being.Research limitations/implicationsIt is not an exhaustive list and the sources are mainly UK publications.Practical implicationsThe UK approach to children, housing and health may be of interest to a number of overseas countries in Eastern Europe, Africa and Asia.Originality/valueThis paper fulfils an identified information/resources need and offers readers such as students, academics and practitioners an overview of the UK approach.
Implementation issues influencing the decision to adopt postponement
Authors: Graman Gregory A. , Magazine Michael J. 
Published: September 2006

PurposePostponement (also known as delayed product differentiation) has been shown to be an effective supply chain strategy from an inventory‐reduction, service‐level improvement standpoint. However, there has been relatively little empirical research on identifying the drivers and/or obstacles to a successful implementation of a postponement strategy. This study aims to identify the importance of several managerial issues surrounding the implementation of such a strategy.Design/methodology/approachExploratory depth interviews with company managers were conducted to identify and examine issues that may affect a successful implementation. Borrowing from the concept of triangulation, the findings are integrated with results reported elsewhere in the literature to understand the interrelated aspects of postponement implementation issues. This approach provides insights that would not be had if the results of each study were viewed independently of one another.FindingsThe identification of managerial issues implies that there is more to implementing a partial postponement strategy than the repositioning of inventories prescribed by a mathematical inventory model. Several issues that may influence a postponement implementation are identified and discussed including product integrity, operations scheduling, and organizational readiness.Research limitations/implicationsThe depth interview process is an empirical methodology subject to the limitations of judgmental conclusions, interpreter bias and small sample size. The results of this exploratory study provide a more in‐depth understanding of drivers and obstacles to implementing this supply chain strategy. The findings suggest the need for further investigation of the issues surrounding the decision to adopt postponement.Practical implicationsThe findings have broad implications for manufacturing managers regarding the impact of adopting a postponement strategy on several aspects of the operations function.Originality/valueAlthough principally exploratory in nature, the investigation demonstrates the need for researchers to identify and better understand the managerial issues surrounding an attempt to implement a specific partial postponement strategy.
The effect of supply chain integration on the alignment between corporate competitive capability and supply chain operational capability
Authors: Wook Kim Soo 
Published: September 2006

PurposeThe purpose of this research is to identify the shape of the interactive relationship between corporate competitive capability and supply chain operational capability for performance improvement, and to investigate the effects of supply chain (SC) integration on such interactive relationships.Design/methodology/approachSeparate moderated regression analysis was used to test the hypotheses of interest in this study on each of three SC integration groups: the independent operation group, the internal integration group, and the external integration group. Three models present the hierarchical addition of items addressing proposed corporate competitive capabilities, SC operational capabilities, and interacting effects, respectively.FindingsThe effect of interaction between corporate competitive capability and SC operational capability on performance improvement becomes insignificant as the developmental stage of SC integration increases. In other words, in firms with a high level of internal integration or external integration, such integration substitutes for the role of the interaction effect between corporate competitive capability and SC operational capability on performance improvement.Research limitations/implicationsIn order to characterize more precisely the dynamic positioning of a firm's SCM strategy this paper suggests detailed analyses of structural relationships among the constructs relating to corporate SCM initiatives, SC functional initiatives, performance measures, and the SC integration level are required. For this, replication of the study described in this paper with a sample of the US and European firms would be helpful.Practical/implicationsPerformance accumulation from customer satisfaction through market‐based performance to financial performance according to the developmental stage of SC integration suggests the migration path of matching type between corporate competitive capability and SC operational capability from differentiation/customer service capabilities‐logistical capability through innovative marketing capability‐technological capability to cost leadership capability‐structural capability. Such a migration path can be a lever for establishing the dynamic positioning of a firm's SCM strategy.Originality/valueThis research identified the shape of the interactive relationship between corporate competitive capability and SC operational capability for performance improvement and investigated the effects of SC integration on such interactive relationships.
Performance improvement through supply chain collaboration in Europe
Authors: Vereecke Ann , Muylle Steve 
Published: September 2006

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to empirically test the relationship between supply chain (SC) collaboration and performance improvement.Design/methodology/approachIn keeping with the extant literature, hypotheses were developed incorporating dimensions of supplier and customer collaboration and performance improvement. Factor analysis and linear statistical models for correlation and analysis of variance were used to test the hypotheses with IMSS 2001 data on 374 firms from the engineering/assembly industry across 11 European countries.FindingsOnly weak empirical support was found for the hypothesized positive relationships between supplier (or customer) collaboration and performance improvement. There was partial empirical support for the impact of collaboration, both with suppliers and customers, on rates of improvement. For information exchange, performance improvement in respect of cost, flexibility, quality, and procurement was supported, whereas for structural collaboration, only improvement in respect of flexibility and procurement was supported. There was strong empirical support for the hypothesized higher levels of collaboration among companies showing higher performance improvement.Research limitations/implicationsUsing cross‐sectional (versus longitudinal), perceptual (rather than absolute) data, coming from a principal firm (rather than from each collaborative entity).Practical implicationsThis study indicates that firms need to adopt a concerted approach to collaboration both with suppliers and customers in order to reap maximum performance improvement benefits in the area of cost, flexibility, quality, delivery, procurement, and time‐to‐market.Originality/valueThis study goes beyond analytical modeling and case‐study research on the relationship between SC collaboration and performance improvement and offers industry‐based empirical results on consolidated practical and theoretical insights.
Operations management themes, concepts and relationships: a forward retrospective ofIJOPM
Authors: Pilkington Alan , Fitzgerald Robert 
Published: September 2006

PurposeThe purpose of this paper to investigate the major themes of operations management by analysing citations inIJOPM.It aims to discuss changes in the discipline's sub‐fields and identifies emerging topics.Design/methodology/approachThe paper is an empirical analysis of citations and co‐citations fromIJOPM. Network and factor analysis are used to analyse and group the data.FindingsThe study demonstrates that the persistent central ideas of operations management concern manufacturing strategy, with specific interests in strategy typologies, best practices, and the resource‐based view. Other central themes are performance measurement, the case study method, and process management. The plotting of subfield trajectories shows that recent studies are seeking a more subtle understanding of operations management by considering its practice in relation to strategy, context and resources. Emerging subjects within the field include supply chain management, lean management systems, theory building from quantitative data and sustainable resource limits to capability.Originality/valueThe study is unique in performing the analysis at the individual publication level rather than following the normal aggregated author co‐citation analysis (ACA) method. The potential problems with citation/co‐citation studies are discussed.
The social question and fundamental principles of modern market economics – there is more agreement than contradiction
Authors: Frambach Hans 
Published: September 2006

PurposeIn view of current catchwords like globalisation, internationalisation and flexible markets, it should be remembered that many of the fundamental economic positions which are assigned to those terms were already put forward by promoters of the social question. The questions discussed are whether the social question and modern market economics are related to each other – if at all – and to what extent the strategies of the social question can be helpful, may be even to the solution of present problems.Design/methodology/approachDifferent issues and methods are compared which lead both the Historical School and modern economic theory to similar results. “Historical” hermeneutical and modern analytical (e.g. game theoretic) thinking are described and compared.FindingsIt turns out that parts of the Historical School agree with the fundamental principles of modern market economics. It is also shown (in contrast to widely spread opinions) that von Schmoller can be considered as a great forerunner of the social market economy in many of his views.Research limitations/implicationsThe analysis of the social question is restricted to the example of von Schmoller's treatment of the labour question. Comparison is reduced to certain issues such as the role of productivity, free competition, bargaining.Practical implicationsThe comparison of different methods of analysis recommends not to thoughtlessly refusing the results of the Historical School. It makes sense to assess some of these old results in relation to the current conditions and circumstances.Originality/valueThe solution to the social question is linked to the harmonious development of individual and social goals, not only based on the exchange of economic quantities but also under consideration of these relationships as an expression of ethics, custom, culture, ideas, education and public opinion – all of which are problems of the present.
Economists and the social question
Authors: Senn Peter R. 
Published: September 2006

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine how the social question, die soziale Frage, is treated in the periodical literature of English language economics.Design/methodology/approachThe paper examines every reference to the question in the most important English language economic journals.FindingsConsidering that more than a century has passed, there are few references. By 1900, Anglophone economists virtually lost what little interest they ever had in the social question. Continental European economists have always made up the vast majority of those concerned with the social question. There has never been agreement about what the social question is or how to remedy it. It has always been defined very differently at different times and within and among countries. The political, social, economic and cultural contexts are important determinants of discussions about it and policies to address the social problems to which it refers. In order for a social question to be translated into social reform, specific parts of it must become social problems. Political, cultural and social changes in Europe require entire new ways of thinking about social reform. Reasons for this are discussed.Originality/valueThe paper offers insights into how the social question is treated in English language periodicals.
Weavers and female weavers
Authors: Kanamori Shigenari 
Published: September 2006

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to compare typical social problems in Germany and Japan in the context of weavers and female weavers.Design/methodology/approachThe paper compares Gerhardt Hauptmann's Weavers (1892) with Wakizo Hosoi's The Tragic History of Female Weavers (1925).FindingsDespite remarkable differences, there are many similarities between the two works in terms of the economic situations in Germany and Japan.Originality/valueThe paper explores differences and similarities in the two works and highlights some typical examples of social problems common to both.
Regional welfare weights for Turkey
Authors: Sezer Haluk 
Published: September 2006

PurposeThis paper aims to estimate a set of welfare weights for Turkey, based on per capita regional incomes, and to present them for possible policy consideration by the government.Design/methodology/approachAn important component of the regional welfare weight measure is the elasticity of marginal utility of income (e), and it is estimated using a tax‐based method incorporating the principle of equal absolute sacrifice of satisfaction.FindingsThe estimated measure of e for Turkey is 1.25, and this value, in combination with per capita income levels, produces measured regional welfare weights for the poorest provinces that are over ten times as high as those for the richest provinces.Research limitations/implicationsA lack of suitable data makes it difficult to use alternative approaches to the tax‐based method for the purpose of cross checking results for e. Results based on these other approaches involving behavioural evidence are presented for some other countries for comparison purposes.Originality/valueThis paper presents estimates of regional welfare weights for Turkey based on sound economic principles. It will be of interest to academics who are concerned with issues relating to cost‐benefit analysis as well as practitioners who are involved in the allocation of public funds to different regions in Turkey.
Evaluating the magnitude of the shadow economy: a direct survey approach
Authors: Williams Colin C. 
Published: September 2006

PurposeUntil now, in the absence of direct survey data, economists have had to rely on indirect methods that employ proxy indicators to evaluate the size of the shadow economy. The purpose of this paper is to report the results of the first direct survey of business perceptions of the magnitude of the shadow economy.Design/methodology/approachThis paper reports the results of a UK survey of business perceptions about the prevalence of the shadow economy in their sector, namely the Small Business Service's 2004/2005 Small Business Survey of 7,505 small businesses.FindingsSome 14 per cent of UK small businesses report that they are negatively affected by the shadow economy, with the average size of shadow work being estimated as 8 per cent of trade in their sector. The sectors identified as most affected by the shadow economy are land transport, construction, the motor vehicle trade, and hotels and restaurants, with new businesses and peripheral regions most affected.Research limitations/implicationsThis survey is based on business perceptions of its magnitude in their sector rather than first‐hand accounts of the amount of shadow work that businesses conduct.Practical implicationsThese results display that it is wholly possible to conduct more direct surveys on the magnitude of the shadow economy so as to facilitate targeted public policy action.Originality/valueThis is the first direct survey in the advanced economies of business perceptions regarding the magnitude of the shadow economy.