Prompting Involvement Management and Gaining Advantages

The benefits claimed for involvement approaches, a new management style, are not easily obtained in reality. This paper reviews literature on employee beliefs about entitlement and aspirations as consequences of the execution of involvement management in organizations. Some suggestions are also advanced for companies to prompt involvement management and gain advantages.     

领导风格、文化氛围与组织忠诚间的关系研究——以某机场集团公司为例

如何获取下属的信任和忠诚是任何企业领导都非常关注的问题,国内外已有的研究普遍发现领导风格对下属的忠诚具有很大的影响力,但是目前国内对领导风格与员工组织忠诚间的作用机制研究甚少。文章通过路径分析统计方法研究某机场集团公司领导风格、文化氛围与组织忠诚变量之间的关系,结果发现:领导风格对文化氛围具有显著的正向影响,文化氛围对组织忠诚具有显著的正向影响,领导风格部分通过文化氛围对组织忠诚产生影响,并且间接影响大于直接影响。     

双峰并峙 风采各异——基于代表作细读的高适、岑参诗风比较

《燕歌行》与《走马川行奉送出师西征》分别是唐代诗人高适和岑参的代表诗作。本文通过回归历史现场并在此前提下对两篇作品进行文本细读,梳理诗歌内蕴,辨析两位诗人各自不同的诗歌风格,从而得出结论：二人虽同以边塞诗闻名,但高适诗风更少雕饰而略显古朴悲凉,岑参诗歌更多华美辞章且慷慨雄壮,更富想象力。     

Consumer Shopping Styles and Online Shopping: An Empirical Study of Indian Consumers

ABSTRACT

The generalizability and applicability of the Consumer Shopping Inventory (CSI) scale on Indian sample in predicting online shopping behavior was examined. CSI scale has been adapted by researchers to validate its applicability in different countries. Results revealed new factors and different segments of consumers were identified by factor analysis. The findings posit that the original U.S. eight-factor model could not be confirmed completely on Indian sample. However, the study found support for five factors: quality-conscious shopper, fashion-conscious shopper, uninterested shopper, impulsive shopper, and brand-conscious shopper. Online shopping behavior was categorized under convenience, information availability, and cost factors. Demographic factors do not influence consumers' decision to shop online. Consumers shopping online frequently and Impulsive shoppers are likely to look at convenience factor of online shopping. Information availability was important for fashion-conscious shoppers, consumers frequently shopping online, and impulsive shoppers. Brand-conscious shoppers and quality-conscious shoppers were not likely to purchase online.     

An Examination of Learning Preferences of U.S. and International Students

Learning styles and preferences are often discussed topics in educational psychology, but are less prevalent in business education. International students are another understudied segment of business education. This article reviews literature regarding learning styles and preferences and examines whether U.S. and international students have different learning preferences using the visual-aural-read/write-kinesthetic (VARK) model. The findings indicate a large percentage of both populations have multimodal learning preferences. For the students who have one preferred learning mode, differences do exist between international and U.S. students.     

广告中的语用与背景研究

运用语言学研究中的语用研究成果,阐明广告业与语用研究的必然的内在联系,强调语言语用研究是广告业存在与 发展的基础。语言语用的进步和发挥是与当时的社会经济背景相连系的,语用的发挥是社会经济背景的反映,是推动广告业发 展的原动力,同时也是衡量广告业获得最佳效果的检验标志之一。     

Effective Communications in Growing Pre-IPO Start-Ups

SUMMARY

This study discusses the establishment and evolution of effective internal communications in pre-IPO start-ups, with a focus on 6 variables: employee communications, organizational structure and culture, public relations and communication models, leadership styles, decision-making approaches, and employee motivation. The qualitative study explores how these variables establish effective internal communications in growing pre-IPO start-ups. In addition, the study provides an ideal internal communications model to guide entrepreneurs in establishing start-ups. The findings also emphasize human resources (HR) as a 7th influential variable.     

Impact of culture on tourist decision‐making styles

This paper developed and tested an integrative model to examine the relationship between tourism decisions and their cultural background. The model was tested using surveyed data from 400 tourists travelling to Lisbon, a cultural city and the capital of Portugal. The results of a structural equation analysis revealed that culture affect tourist decisions. The decision to visit Lisbon relies on its quality, brand and price. This decision is shaped by the likelihood of visitors to accept social differentiation (power distance), moderated by their sense of individualism as well as their long‐term orientation. Implications and suggestions for future research are discussed. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The reception of Anglo leadership styles in a transforming society: the case of American companies in Vietnam

This article examines the transfer of Anglo leadership styles in a transforming society. It aims to investigate the transferability of two American leadership styles, namely performance-oriented and participative styles, to Vietnamese subsidiaries. Utilising an exploratory case study approach, this article presents evidence of a strong acceptance of these leadership styles, and tries to ascertain whether the adoption of a humane style of leadership in line with Vietnamese traditions is a means of leaders reconciling the cultural gap. Several complexities arise from the transforming nature of the Vietnamese socio-political and economic context. Specifically, the importance of subcultures – particularly those relating to generation – is highlighted. Situational contingencies, such as the skills set of the recipient group, also emerge as important considerations. Finally, the authors call for leadership dynamism as a means of facilitating congruence and adaptability between the leadership styles used and the various contextual complexities encountered in the transfer and reception process.