Management Research News: Volume 20 Issue 9

Parental Influence Style and the Development of Adult Shopping Behaviour

Jack A. Lesser, Lakshmi K. Thumurluri

Much of human behaviour is viewed as a process, which begins with early childhood experience, and develops into later life emotions, values, beliefs, and behaviours. Described…

An Empirical Look at the Use of Managerial and Non‐Managerial Student Subjects for Inquiries into Ethical Management

David C. Wyld, Coy A. Jones

For years behavioural researchers have debated the representativeness of research studies using students as subjects. Yet, Randall and Gibson's (1990) review of methodology in…

Practices of Excellent Companies in the American Automotive Finance Industry

Joseph Spina, Brian H. Kleiner

Excellent companies in the automative finance industry are considered so because of, among other things, their financial strength. In order for these companies to have achieved…

The Attitude Towards Advertising by Medical Practitioners and the General Public: Some Evidence from Malta

Albert Caruana, Claire Carey

Many professionals abhor the thought of marketing their services. Marketing is assumed to be merely advertising and it is widely believed that advertising commercialises and hence…