Management Research News: Volume 19 Issue 10
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Thought Self‐leadership: Cognitive Strategies for Managerial Effectiveness
Christopher P. Neck, Todd M. EdwardsThe organisational literature suggests a plethora of techniques available to managers to enhance their managerial effectiveness (e.g., planning tools, decision‐making guidelines…
Environmental Ethics for Business
Laszlo ZsolnaiIn our technological age business is one of the greatest destroyers of the natural environment. At present, we do not have any appropriate theory of business that would be…
Forecasting Earnings: Controlling for Differences Across Industries
John SneedAccounting studies have attempted to forecast future attributes of firms' financial statements, primarily earnings. These studies typically adopt a cross‐sectional approach in…
New Developments in Diversification and Portfolio Strategies
Jeffrey B. Pennington, Brian H. KleinerThe responsibility to secure pension funds in investments which provide safety, income, and growth has been particularly difficult since the late '70s, mainly because of the…
Business Activity and Racial Differences in Unemployment in the United States
Jagjit S. Brar, A.M.M. JamalAdvocates of minority groups often claim that the corporate management lays off minority workers first at the onset of recessions and hires them last once the recovery begins…
Leadership Styles: How Important are Cultural Values? An Analysis of Managers in the Asia‐Pacific Region
Stanley Petzall, Quentin WillisAustralia's increasing interest and orientation towards the Pacific‐Asian area and the need for more knowledge and understanding of differing cultural values and leadership styles…
Pitfalls to Avoid While Pursuing ISO Registration
M. Gopalakrishnan, S.J. ReddyISO 9000 is a series of five international quality standards developed by the Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) in Geneva, Switzerland to help companies define what a quality…