International Journal of Commerce and Management: Volume 15 Issue 3/4

An intergrated social science perspective on global business ethics

Steven K. Paulson

A social science classification model is described which identifies three traditional global business ethics perspectives and a fourth perspective which presents a more useful…

Toward a model of adaptation of Taiwanese expatriates’ Spouses in multinational corporations

Joseph Chwo‐ming Yu, Chin‐Hua Yi, Yu‐Ching Chiao, Yu‐Chen Wei

An investigation into the factors affecting the adaptation of spouses of Taiwan expatriates allowed for their modes of adaptation to be classified into ‘adjustment’, ‘reaction’…

A study of Russian, Polish, and U.S. self and peer raters: Moderators of rating agreement

Robert D. Costigan, Richard C. Insinga, Grazyna Kranas, Selim S. Ilter, Vladimir A. Kureshov, J. Jason Berman

This study investigates one aspect of the multi‐source feedback process: the agreement between self‐ratings and coworker ratings of workplace behavior. Moderators of rating…

Relationship of organization citizenship behavior and objective productivity to managerial evaluations of performance in India

Unnikammu Moideenkutty, Gary Blau, Ravi Kumar, Ahamedali Nalakath

This paper replicates with a unionized, Indian sample, the well‐established finding that managerial evaluations of employee performance are affected by both objective productivity…

Burnout, supervisory support, and work outcomes: A study from an Arabic cultural perspective

Ali H. Muhammad, H. I. Hamdy

This study examines the relationships among those who have experienced burnout, supervisory support and work outcomes (job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and intension…

Assessing the environment for small and medium enterprises success in sichuan, China

Min Zhu, Robert C. Camp, Rajendar Garg

The purpose of this paper is to provide a profile of the environment for development of Small and Medium Enterprises (hereinafter referred to as SMEs) in Sichuan, China. Focus…

The Dominant perspective, instituitional ownership, and corporate efficiency: An empirical investigation

Shamsud D. Chowdhury

This study is an attempt to verify the mostly anecdotal or case‐based assertions regarding the imperviousness of Japanese management to the threats of large institutional…

Users’ opinions about different aspects of accounting harmonization: Evidence from the gulf co‐operation council (GCC)

Kamal Naser, Tawfeek Al‐Khyal, Rana Nuseibeh, Ibrahim Al‐Tweel

This study investigates the perception of users of corporate annual reports about various aspects of accounting harmonization. To serve this purpose, a questionnaire was…