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UNICEF states that in 88 countries studied ‘more than 13 million children currently under the age of 15 have lost both parents to Aids, most of them in sub-Saharan Africa’ (UNICEF 2002). The impact of this Aids pandemic cannot be overstated. Indeed the long-term impact of such statistics is scarcely imaginable and has not been experienced in the world to date. Sustainable, indigenous technology may be a way of providing a meaningful educational experience for such marginalised young people. However the concept of sustainable, indigenous technology is not always clearly defined. This paper seeks to discuss this concept in relation to education and in particular considers the impact of the HIV/AIDs pandemic in Tanzania. The paper will outline:
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• | The impact of the Aids pandemic on children under 15 |
• | The difficulties in engaging marginalised youth in education |
• | Sustainable indigenous technology education approaches |
• | How sustainable indigenous technology education can reengage marginalised youth in the education process |
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The adolescence of Asia management research: <Emphasis Type="Italic">APJM</Emphasis>, 1997–2006 总被引:3,自引:3,他引:0
Erin G. Pleggenkuhle-Miles Ramya R. Aroul Sunny Li Sun Yu-Shan Su 《Asia Pacific Journal of Management》2007,24(4):467-489
In this article we reflect on the adolescent years of Asia management research published in the Asia Pacific Journal of Management (APJM) by reviewing work published in the past 10 years (1997–2006). We report that during the last decade, APJM has published 223 research articles, written by 373 different authors, who are affiliated with 203 different institutions.
Our discussion of the future of Asia management research is guided by Kuhn’s (Kuhn, T. S. The structure of scientific revolutions. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1962) perspective on the nonlinear progression of science. We argue that as a growing
community, Asia management research is finding its “identity” and establishing its presence in the larger worldwide management
research community. Following our analysis, we conclude that the growth of Asia management research—as captured by APJM publications—throughout its “adolescent” years has set forth a challenging and exciting path for the future.
All authors contributed equally. We thank Mike Peng (Editor-in-Chief) for his encouragement and advice. This work was completed
when Yu-Shan Su was a Fulbright visiting scholar at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). She thanks the Fulbright Association
and the Taiwanese Ministry of Education for partially funding this work.
Erin G. Pleggenkuhle-Miles is a PhD student in International Management Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas. Her research interests include institutional effects on firm strategies and rural entrepreneurship. Ramya R. Aroul is a PhD student in International Management Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas. Her research interests include organization strategy and evolution of new industries in emerging economies and rural entrepreneurship. Sunny Li Sun is a PhD student in International Management Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas. His research interests include strategy on internationalization, M&A, alliance network and innovation. Yu-Shan Su (PhD, National Taiwan University) is Assistant Professor of International Business at Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan, Taiwan. During 2006–07, she was a Fulbright visiting scholar at the University of Texas at Dallas. Her research interests are innovation and knowledge management in organizations and R&D management in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry. 相似文献
Erin G. Pleggenkuhle-MilesEmail: |
Ramya R. AroulEmail: |
Sunny Li SunEmail: |
Yu-Shan Su (Corresponding author)Email: |
Erin G. Pleggenkuhle-Miles is a PhD student in International Management Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas. Her research interests include institutional effects on firm strategies and rural entrepreneurship. Ramya R. Aroul is a PhD student in International Management Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas. Her research interests include organization strategy and evolution of new industries in emerging economies and rural entrepreneurship. Sunny Li Sun is a PhD student in International Management Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas. His research interests include strategy on internationalization, M&A, alliance network and innovation. Yu-Shan Su (PhD, National Taiwan University) is Assistant Professor of International Business at Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan, Taiwan. During 2006–07, she was a Fulbright visiting scholar at the University of Texas at Dallas. Her research interests are innovation and knowledge management in organizations and R&D management in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry. 相似文献
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Familial capitalism in global institutional contexts: Implications for corporate governance and entrepreneurship in East Asia 总被引:5,自引:3,他引:2
Lloyd P. Steier 《Asia Pacific Journal of Management》2009,26(3):513-535
Many of the world’s firms have a familial dimension; including some of the most dynamic and emerging markets of East Asia.
However, this important aspect of organizing economic activity remains understudied and misunderstood. A central theme of
this article is that while families matter in economic activity throughout the world, they matter in different ways depending
on the institutional context. To illustrate this theme a varieties of capitalism perspective is used to develop a rudimentary
global comparative framework. Institutional context is portrayed as a key determinant of the degree and type of family governance
that typify national economies. Implications for corporate governance and entrepreneurship in East Asia are discussed.
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Lloyd P. SteierEmail: |
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Employee stock ownership and corporate R&D expenditures: evidence from Taiwan's information-technology industry 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
This study investigates how employee stock ownership affects corporate R&D expenditures for information-technology firms listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange during 1996–2001. The empirical results indicate a positive association between implementing employee stock ownership and R&D expenditures. The evidence thus supports the argument that employee stock ownership could help alleviate agency conflicts between employees and shareholders, and reduce agency costs, in turn enabling firms to make sizable R&D expenditures.
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Yen-Sheng HuangEmail: Fax: +886-2-27376744 |
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Future research on human resource management systems in Asia 总被引:4,自引:4,他引:0
Re-emphasizing the need to examine human resource management (HRM) in context, this article builds around four themes. First,
it analyses the main issues discussed in the existing literature regarding HRM in the Asian context. Second, it highlights
the critical challenges facing HRM function in the region. Third, along with the analysis, it presents an agenda for future
research. Fourth, it presents a framework useful for highlighting the context specific nature of Asian HRM functions and the
main determinants of HRM policies and practices from a cross-national comparative perspective.
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Yaw A. DebrahEmail: |
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Recent years have witnessed the surging of Chinese manufacturers, as China has become the world’s factory floor. This paper
presents a case study of one of the most successful manufacturers in China, the Galanz Group, now the world’s largest microwave
manufacturer. Based on theories of multinational corporations from emerging economies, the paper examines the process of Galanz’s
integration into the global market. The company has developed unique competitive strategies that have made it a great success
within China and in overseas markets. The Galanz model suggests strong strategic implications for both Chinese firms and incumbent
multinational corporations.
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Daniel Z. DingEmail: |
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Assimilation into society via academic achievement is a premise and practice that is universal in schools and school systems.
Drawing on the testimonies of technological education teachers and the sociology of knowledge literature, this narrative inquiry
research sets the stage for a critical analysis of our reliance on knowledge versus experience in western education policy
and planning. A crisp and constructive analysis of the premises school systems take for granted becomes possible, a case for
transcending limited ways of thinking about knowledge and experience is made.
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Ronald Edward HansenEmail: |
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The influence of firm,industry and network on the corporate social performance of Japanese firms 总被引:2,自引:1,他引:1
K. C. O’Shaughnessy Eric Gedajlovic Patrick Reinmoeller 《Asia Pacific Journal of Management》2007,24(3):283-303
We develop and test the thesis that corporate social performance (CSP) constitutes a socially constructed and shared strategic asset, which is not only influenced by factors specific to a firm, but also by the social performance of firms
in its industry and inter-corporate network. Using variance decomposition, we analyze data from 130 large Japanese firms and
find that both firm-specific and industry-level factors account for significant variance in CSP, but network-level factors
do not.
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Patrick ReinmoellerEmail: |
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How does strategic orientation matter in Chinese firms? 总被引:3,自引:2,他引:1
As China continues to transition toward a market economy, how strategic orientation affects firm performance has received
significant attention. This article reviews the extant literature with a framework that depicts contemporary work on strategic
orientation, the drivers of strategic orientation, and its boundary conditions. We identify important research gaps and propose
to integrate institutional theory, dynamic capability perspective, and the knowledge-based view within the strategic orientation
research stream for future investigations.
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Caroline Bingxin LiEmail: |
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Evidence of the practical utility of Wong’s emotional intelligence scale in Hong Kong and mainland China 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Emotional intelligence (EI) has been an emerging topic for psychological, educational, and management researchers and consultants
in recent years. However, there is a lack of scientifically valid measures of this concept, especially for those that have
practical utility in the Asian context. Recently, a 40-item forced-choice instrument was developed for Chinese respondents
in Hong Kong. We collected data in three studies to further test the practical utility of this instrument in Hong Kong and
mainland China. The results provided clear evidence for the instrument’s practical utility. More research that uses this measure
in Asian countries is required.
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Kenneth S. LawEmail: |
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This study examines the role of top management team (TMT) member succession in breaking organizational inertia. We compare
the impact of two types of change in TMTs—in member number and demographic heterogeneity—on subsequent strategic reorientation
using data on the diversification activities of firms in the Japanese textile industry. Our findings suggest that executive
succession does not trigger strategic change unless succession entails change in the values and interests of executives embedded
in their demographic traits.
Riu Yokota (MS, University of Tsukuba) is an independent researcher in Japan. His research interests include executive succession, strategic change, and business ethics in organizations. Hitoshi Mitsuhashi (Ph.D. Cornell University) is an associate professor of organization studies at University of Tsukuba in Japan. His research interests include interorganizational relations, strategic change, and industry evolution. 相似文献
Hitoshi MitsuhashiEmail: |
Riu Yokota (MS, University of Tsukuba) is an independent researcher in Japan. His research interests include executive succession, strategic change, and business ethics in organizations. Hitoshi Mitsuhashi (Ph.D. Cornell University) is an associate professor of organization studies at University of Tsukuba in Japan. His research interests include interorganizational relations, strategic change, and industry evolution. 相似文献
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Ho-Beng Chia Carolyn P. Egri David A. Ralston Ping Ping Fu Min-Hsun Christine Kuo Chay-Hoon Lee Yongyuan Li Yong-Lin Moon 《Asia Pacific Journal of Management》2007,24(3):305-320
This study examines the influence of economic and political factors that contribute to the convergence and/or divergence in
value priorities of five East Asian societies—China, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan. We find that political
and social-economic factors influence the values orientations of managers within this region. However, economic development
level is an insufficient explanation for values convergence without consideration of the societal context and cultural traditions
in which that development occurred.
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Yong-Lin MoonEmail: |
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Impact of state ownership and control mechanisms on the performance of group affiliated companies in China 总被引:10,自引:8,他引:2
This paper examines the moderating impact of state ownership and group control mechanisms on the relationship between diversification
and performance of companies affiliated with large business groups in China. We find that the state ownership has enhanced
the performance of group affiliated companies when they adopted higher degrees of diversification. We also find that cash
flow rights have a positive impact on the performance of companies with lower degrees of diversification while in general
group control rights have a negative impact on the performance. These results suggest that a group’s control mechanisms, derived
from pyramid ownership structures, enable the dominant owners to expropriate the value from minority shareholders or tunnel
corporate resources for their own interest.
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Jun YaoEmail: |
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Multidimensional latent traits of perceived organizational innovation: Differences between Thai and Egyptian employees 总被引:1,自引:1,他引:0
A new approach, the multidimensional latent regression (MLR) approach of item response theory, is employed to evaluate the
dimensions of individual employee creativity, workplace atmosphere, and workplace innovative activity. Based on the MLR concept,
the relationships among the measurement scales of these variables are tested for their unidimensionality versus multidimensionality.
Multidimensionality was found. While workplace atmosphere is closely linked to workplace innovative activity, individual employee
creativity forms its own dimension but is still positively linked to the other two measures. To achieve an accurate comparison
between the two groups of Thai and Egyptian employees who have the same levels of agreement with the scale items, it is necessary
to adjust the scores of Egyptian employees downwards.
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Gillian Rice (Corresponding author)Email: |
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Danming Lin Qiang Liang Zongling Xu Runtian Li Weimin Xie 《Asia Pacific Journal of Management》2008,25(3):489-507
This study explores the role of knowledge management (KM) in mediating and moderating the relationship between information
technology (IT) and firm performance based upon the data collected from 236 firms in China. Through a structural equation
model and hierarchical regression analysis, we found that KM capability partially mediated the performance impact of IT resources.
Furthermore, KM capability affected the strength of the IT-performance relationship. The theoretical contributions and managerial
implications are discussed and limitations of the study are highlighted accordingly.
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Weimin XieEmail: |
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This study examines how the host country experience of Japanese multinational corporations (MNCs) affects their staffing policies
for executive manager positions at foreign affiliates. Hypotheses on executive staffing policies for foreign affiliates are
tested using survey data collected from 103 Japanese affiliates in Korea. Findings show that the level of global integration
and the degree of centralization of decision-making positively affect an assignment of parent country nationals as executive
managers of foreign affiliates. We further find that foreign affiliates’ experience in a host country moderates the effects
of both global integration and centralization on staffing decisions for the affiliates.
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Namgyoo Kenny ParkEmail: |
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Joyce L. T. Leong Michael Harris Bond Ping Ping Fu 《Asia Pacific Journal of Management》2007,24(1):75-96
This study extended recent attempts to build a conceptual framework for the study of organizational influence behaviors. A
hundred and four Hong Kong managers rated the perceived effectiveness of 16 influence tactics in six scenarios, covering three
directions of influence—upward, downward, and lateral. Results consistently generated a two-dimensional model of basic strategies—the
more nurturing, conformity-inducing Gentle Persuasion (GP); and the more agentic, compliance-pressuring Contingent Control
(CC). A three-way interaction among these two strategies, the three influence directions, and gender was found, and the relationships
between the perceived effectiveness of these strategies and the managers’ social beliefs explored.
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Joyce L. T. LeongEmail: |
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Contractual joint ventures (CJVs) are a major form of non-equity strategic alliance in China, employed mainly by Hong Kong
firms in the south China province of Guangdong. Due to their ambiguous legal status and the lack of conceptualisation and
of their contractual nature, there has been little empirical research on CJVs. By theorising CJVs as a relational subcontracting
arrangement and drawing on data from structured interviews with managers from both sides, this paper reveals the managerial
decisions pertaining to the formation and evolution of the CJV non-equity alliances in Guangdong.
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Stephen NicholasEmail: |
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Meyer (2006) has offered an interesting array of initiatives that scholars in Asia can pursue in enhancing their contribution
to the body of management knowledge. While the objective of his agenda seems timely and relevant, it raises some fundamental
questions that encompass issues such as the scope of research questions that Asian researchers could pursue, the debate over
rigor versus relevance, and the role of established top tier journals in furthering the Asian management research agenda.
This paper discusses some of these issues in the spirit of fostering a continued dialog on the important questions that Meyer
raises.
Kannan Ramaswamy (PhD, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University) is a William D. Hacker Chair Professor of Management at Thunderbird. His current research interests focus on issues such as the evolution of multinationals from developing countries and the role of business groups in emerging economies. He has taught in academic programs at several leading global institutions and in executive development programs for many of the world’s leading companies. 相似文献
Kannan RamaswamyEmail: |
Kannan Ramaswamy (PhD, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University) is a William D. Hacker Chair Professor of Management at Thunderbird. His current research interests focus on issues such as the evolution of multinationals from developing countries and the role of business groups in emerging economies. He has taught in academic programs at several leading global institutions and in executive development programs for many of the world’s leading companies. 相似文献
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Jawad Syed 《Asia Pacific Journal of Management》2008,25(1):135-151
The purpose of the paper is to offer a context-specific perspective of gender equality and its implications for equal employment
opportunity in Islamic societies. The paper discusses various discourses on the Islamic perspective of gender and how they
might impact female employment in the formal employment sector. The study highlights some major differences among Muslim countries
with respect to gender ideology and the corresponding prospects for equal employment opportunity. Furthermore, the paper argues
that any attempts to reform the socio-political institutions and labor policies in Islamic societies must be informed by their
particular formal and informal institutional features.
Jawad Syed is a Lecturer in Human Resource Management at Kent Business School, University of Kent, UK. His research interests include gender and diversity in organizations, emotional labor and cross-cultural management. Jawad can be reached at j.syed@kent.ac.uk. 相似文献
Jawad SyedEmail: |
Jawad Syed is a Lecturer in Human Resource Management at Kent Business School, University of Kent, UK. His research interests include gender and diversity in organizations, emotional labor and cross-cultural management. Jawad can be reached at j.syed@kent.ac.uk. 相似文献