Building a better literature review: Looking at the nomological network of the country‐of‐origin effect

Due to a rising pace of knowledge production, reviewing extant knowledge on mature topics has become increasingly challenging. Researchers often need to account for hundreds of references with little guidance on how to proceed. Taking the phenomenon of the country‐of‐origin effect (COE) as an example, this paper proposes a solution to tackle this challenge. By adopting the principles of integrative literature reviews and using online databases, bibliography management software, and literature‐mapping techniques, I organize 355 papers about the COE. As a result, the nomological network of the COE is drawn while establishing links between the phenomenon, its antecedents, and its outcomes. This methodological article contributes to building better literature reviews. Copyright © 2015 ASAC. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

休闲农业研究述评

休闲农业作为一种旅游业与农业交叉的复合型产业,受到了国内外众多学者的关注。在梳理相关文献的基础上,文章对国内外休闲农业及其相关问题研究进行了较为详细的比较综述。研究认为,国内外学者关于休闲农业的研究路径颇不相同:国外学者普遍将休闲农业作为一种现象来研究,注重休闲农业发展中的经营主体、影响及社区居民的态度研究;而国内学者更多地将休闲农业作为转变农业生产方式的一种策略提出来,因而偏重于概念、发展模式、发展评价、规划与空间结构、需求主体、问题与对策等方面的研究。该文基于对现有文献的评析,对今后休闲农业研究的重点方向进行了展望:(1)应关注农民的参与意愿及经营行为研究;(2)要重视休闲农业产业集群化研究;(3)休闲农业产业链的拓宽、延伸及优化是未来研究需要关注的方向;(4)还需要深入探讨休闲农业发展中的土地流转问题。     

Applying the Principles of Soccer Training to the Design and Delivery of Classes in Introductory Accounting Courses

Accounting instructors face numerous challenges in structuring and teaching accounting classes. This paper describes the experience of redesigning classes in an introductory accounting course to follow the format of team training sessions in the sport of soccer. The soccer format includes six sections: warm‐up, balance/agility/coordination, skill/technique, simplified small game, game, and cooldown. We explain how the activities in each of these sections can be translated into parts of a class session. While adopting this format requires instructors to invest time in preparation and to be flexible and responsive when facilitating classes, informal results indicate that this class format is rewarding for both instructor and students and that it enhances student performance and experience. We suggest that elements of this class format could be successfully adopted for courses in other business subjects, and in nonbusiness disciplines.     

Charting a Course on the Islamic Finance Ocean： A Survey of Islamic Insurance Literatures

The number of Muslim literates in Islamic finance and conventional finance, particularly Islamic insurance, has grown tremendously, so has the number of academic and professional articles, books, and other monographs published in Islamic insurance profession. Despite Islamic insurance uniqueness based on Islamic values and philosophies, its emancipation aimed to compete or eradicate the conventional insurance at both academic and professional levels. Those monographs that were intended to replace their conventional insurance counterpart have triggered endless debates among stakeholders on their authenticity and quality of knowledge and as well challenged their authors＇ authorities. Therefore, with content analysis, this survey verified whether the Islamic insurance literatures were capable of producing well-seasoned professionals of lslamic insurance. The results showed that the disputes over the available literatures might have contributed to the failure of having a standard curriculum for teaching Islamic insurance as a profession in academic at national and international levels. Review of the literatures and curriculum was recommended.     

Sustainability marketing research: past,present and future

Abstract

This paper provides a synthesis and critical assessment of the sustainability marketing literature, from the period 1998–2013, building on a previous assessment from 1971 to 1998. It details research within major marketing journals and critically assesses this research in relation to the on-going conversation which focuses on marketing’s relationship with the natural environment. Differences in the content and depth of sustainability coverage in marketing journals are considered. Potential avenues for future sustainability marketing research are proposed, with a particular call for theoretical and managerial reflections which tackle broader systemic and institutional issues within the discipline.     

我国高校统战工作引进海外高端人才的意义及其问题研究

在第19次全国统战工作会议上，我国明确提出要将出国和归国留学人员纳入到统一战线的工作范畴中，高校作为海外人才归国发展的首选，已经成为了我国统战工作的重要窗口。文中首先分析了海外引智对高校统战工作所具有的意义，如能够推动统战工作人才库的建设，促进中西方文化交流等。紧接着总结了现阶段人才引进工作所出现的诸如政治制度尚未完善，人才引进重学历轻能力，高校统一战线中西方文化价值冲突严重等问题。最后，文中针对这些问题，提出了一些具体的解决对策，包括合理规划人才引进工作，完善人才的考核制度和加强对海外人才的政治引导等，通过这些措施实现海外高端人才对我国高校统战工作的正向促进作用，推动高校民主制度的日臻完善。     

物流学导论课程教学方法探讨

依据当前本科院校的《物流学导论》课程教学现状以及目前存在的问题,分别从理论教学和实践教学两方面进行教学方法的探讨和研究,最后给出了本课程的教学特色,为课程的教学、专业建设和人才培养提供重要的借鉴作用。     

A Review of The Empirical Ethical Decision-Making Literature: 1996–2003

This review summarizes and critiques the empirical ethical decision-making literature from 1996–2003. One hundred and seventy-four articles were published in top business journals during this period. Tables are included that summarize the findings by dependent variable – awareness, judgment, intent, and behavior. We compare this review with past reviews in order to draw conclusions regarding trends in the ethical decision-making literature and to surface directions for future research.Michael J. O’Fallon is a graduate student in the Department of Management and Operations at Washington State University. His primary research interest is individual ethical decision-making and behavior in organizations. Recently, he has explored issues in organizational behavior, human resource management, and consumer behavior toward genetically modified foods.Kenneth D. Butterfield is an associate professor of management at Washington State University. He received his Ph.D. in Business Administration from The Pennsylvania State University. His research has been published in a variety of academic journals, including Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Business and Society, Business Ethics Quarterly, Human Relations, Journal of Higher Education, Journal of Managerial Issues, and Research in Higher Education. His current research interests involve organizational behavior issues such as managing ethical decision-making and behavior in organizations, examining why people fail to recognize moral issues, understanding academic dishonesty and promoting academic integrity, and examining organizational punishment from the manager’s perspective.     

双循环格局下“引进来”与“走出去”能否纠正资本错配?——来自省级层面的经验证据

提高资本配置效率是加快构建双循环新发展格局的重要抓手。在测算分析中国各省份资本错配程度的基础上,通过构建面板数据模型实证检验了"引进来"与"走出去"的资本错配纠正效果。研究结果表明:中国大部分省份的资本错配程度呈下降趋势,但省域之间资本错配程度的非均衡性特征突出,中西部地区的资本错配程度明显高于东部地区;"引进来"与"走出去"有助于提高资本配置效率,起到纠正资本错配的效果;"引进来"与"走出去"战略能够有效地纠正中西部地区的资本错配,提高其资本配置效率,但其在东部省份的作用效果并不明显。在考虑反向因果和异常值的影响后,研究结论依旧稳健。     

职场精神力的研究进展与展望

自20世纪90年代后,管理学者对职场精神力的研究逐渐涌现。职场精神力是员工在认同了工作、团体以及组织的价值意义后,进而超越自我并与之产生一种互联感的内心体验。近年来很多西方学者辨析和测量了职场精神力的概念,对其形成原因与作用效应进行了探究与检验。不少研究证实了个体职场精神力对个体及组织所带来的积极意义。然而该研究领域也存在大量问题悬而未决,在中国文化背景下的本土研究更是阙如。鉴于此,文章对职场精神力的研究进展进行了回顾,对未来研究进行了展望并提出了研究建议。