International Journal of Commerce and Management: Volume 5 Issue 4

JOB STRESS, TYPE‐A BEHAVIOR AND EMPLOYEES' WELL‐BEING AMONG MUSLIM IMMIGRANTS IN NORTH AMERICA: A STUDY IN WORKFORCE DIVERSITY

Muhammad Jamal, Jamal A. Badawi

The present study examined the relationship of job stress and Type‐A behavior pattern with employees' job satisfaction, turnover intention, absence behavior, organizational…

AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE JOB DESIGN MOTIVATING FACTORS: THE SAUDI CASE

Mohammed I. At‐Twaijri, Sami A. Al‐Khursani, Faisal A. Abdulwahed

This study was based on Job Diagnostic Survey (JDS) results conducted in Saudi Arabia. The objective of this study was to evaluate motivating factors to determine whether employee…

THE EFFECT OF SOCIALIZATION TACTICS ON CAREER SUCCESS AND SATISFACTION: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY

Christopher Orpen

94 Australian business graduates completed measures of perceived socialization, tactics during their initial few months in their first job after graduation. Three years later in…

EXTERNAL DEBT AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE OF SMALL COUNTRIES

Farhang Niroomand, Iskandar S. Hamvi

This paper examines the effects of foreign debts on the economic performance of small countries. Forty‐eight small countries, each with a population of approximately five million…

DEBT‐EQUITY SWAPS AND THE ALLEVIATION OF THE LDCS DEBT PROBLEM

Wajeeh Elali

Debt‐equity swaps represent a new market‐based mechanism, by which debtor countries and creditor banks can defuse the acute problems associated with the international debt crisis…

AMERICAN TRADE AND ISLAMIC BANKING IN THE ISRAELI OCCUPIED TERRITORIES

J.W. Wright

Arafat and Rabin's famous handshake opened a new stage in the Middle East peace talks. Recent delays in the process have centered more around economic than political issues. Two…

FACTORS OF MEDIA SELECTION FOR INTERNATIONAL MARKETS: A STUDY OF U.S.‐BASED ADVERTISING EXECUTIVES

Ali Kanso

This research examines factors that affect media selection decisions for foreign markets as perceived by advertising executives of U.S. multinational corporations. The main…

IMPLICATIONS OF FASB #52

Merlin N. Johnson, Ioannis N. Kallianatis, Krishna Moorti Kasibhatla, John Malindretos, Luis Eduardo Rivera‐Solis

This note reports the results of a survey sent to chief financial officers of the 250 largest U.S.‐based multinational types of exchange risk exposures concern CFOs and the…