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Past ABSRC Venice 2011

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Conference Program

Conference dates were Wednesday – Friday, June 1-3, 2011.

Presentations were scheduled in sessions with 15 minute slots per paper (10 minutes presentation, 5 minutes questions and answers).

Conference participants received the final version of the schedule at the ABSRC 2011 Venice registration desk.

ABSRC 2011 Venice Best Paper Awards

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN UNCERTAINTY PERCEPTIONS AND GOVERNANCE CHOICE IN SME-BASED ALLIANCES

Pat H. Dickson, K. Mark Weaver, George Vozikis, Brian Gibson

SUCCESSION OF FAMILY-RUN SMEs IN FRANCE: PSYCHOLOGICAL BARRIERS AND CULTURAL RESISTANCE

Katherine Gundolf, Olivier Meier, Audrey Missonier

COMPARISON OF SELF-PERCEIVED ENTREPRENEURIAL CHARACTERISTICS AND COMPETENCES OF BUSINESS STUDENTS IN THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF THEIR STUDIES

Marja-Liisa Kakkonen

DIVERSITY, INTERACTION FREQUENCY AND ROLE CLARITY IN THE KOREAN WORKPLACE

Dongman Na, Ji Sun Lim, Sang-Hyeon Sung

HOW EMPLOYEES’ SATISFACTION AFFECTS QUALITY AND PROFITABILITY IN SERVICE INDUSTRY. A CASE OF MALAYSIAN MAJOR SHOPPING CENTERS

Alireza Tahernejad, Zahra Seyed Ghorban, Hossein Tahernejad

Conference Program

ABSRC 2011 VENICE SessionS schedule

 

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2011

9:00 AM – 11:45 AM

MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN UNCERTAINTY PERCEPTIONS AND GOVERNANCE CHOICE IN SME-BASED ALLIANCES

Pat H. Dickson     K. Mark Weaver     George Vozikis     Brian Gibson


THE EFFECTS OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ON PERFORMANCE AND FINANCIAL DISTRESS: THE EXPERIENCE OF UAE NATIONAL BANKS

Hussein A. Hassan Al-Tamimi


MANAGING COMMUNICATION EFFECTIVENESS IN VIRTUAL TEAMS

Siyan Fang     K.M. Chester To     Zhiming Zhang     M.T. Jimmy Chang


THE EXPORT MARKETING PERFORMANCE OF EARLY STAGE ENTREPRENEURIAL HIGH TECHNOLOGY SMALL FIRMS (HTSFS)

Ray Oakey


STRESS COPING STRATEGIES AND STRESS SYMPTOMS AMONG SLOVENE MIDDLE LEVEL MANAGERS

Maja Meško     Zlatka Meško Štok     Mirko Markič    Damir Karpljuk     Mateja Videmšek     Jože Štihec


TIME MANAGEMENT

Vincenzo A. Cosimo


LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN SELECTED LEADING THAI COMPANIES

Busaya Virakul     Gary N. McLean


RESPECTING CUSTOMERS: ANALYZING AND DETERMINING ITS NATURE AND THE BOOMERANG EFFECT

Siti Haryati Shaikh Ali     Nelson Oly Ndubisi


NEW PERSPECTIVES IN LEADER(SHIP) DEVELOPMENT

Vlado Dimovski     Sandra Penger     Judita Peterlin


THE IMPACT OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS ON THE GENERAL EMPLOYEE ENTITLEMENTS AND REDUNDANCY SCHEME

Mohammed Al Bhadily

 

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2011

12:15 PM – 3:00 PM

INTERNATIONALIZATION AND FINANCE

EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE OF EXECUTIVES’ PERCEPTION OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

Sundus Al-Yatama     Suleiman Al Khattab     Adel Al Khattab     Jehad Aldehayyat


INTERCULTURAL LEARNING WITHIN THE CORPORATE UNIVERSITY: TOWARDS THE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT OF INTERCULTURAL AWARENESS FOR GLOBAL MANAGERS

Virginia Drummond Abdala


INTERNATIONALIZATION MANAGER’S IDENTITY AND AUTHORITY IDENTIFICATION. STAFFING OF THE EXPORT DEPARTMENT IN GREEK INTERNATIONALIZED MANUFACTURING COMPANIES

Myropi Garri     Nicolaos Konstantopoulos


LAW AND BUSINESS: THE CHALLENGES FOR SCIENTISTS

Barbara Mescher


MONEY LAUNDERING IN THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE

Patrycja Chodnicka


NETWORKING AND BUSINESS RELATIONS IN TRANSITION: OPEN INNOVATION AND CLUSTERING TO IMPROVE COMPETITIVENESS IN HUNGARY

Janos Varga     Robert Morvai


POST NCA RECKLESS LENDING IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN BANKING INDUSTRY

Stephen Migiro


PROCYCLICALITY OF BANK LENDING IN POLAND – ARE LOAN LOSS PROVISIONS TO BE BLAMED?

Małgorzata Olszak


THE ROLE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF BANK LOANS IN THE FINANCING OF THE TURKISH TOURISM SECTOR

Figen Özülke     Halit Suavi AHİPAŞAOĞLU

 

THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 2011

9:00 AM – 11:45 AM

MANAGEMENT

APPLICATION OF MODERN TECHNOLOGIES IN TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT

Jelena Simićević


IMPROVING REPRESENTATIVENESS IN ONLINE SURVEYS USING A COMBINED INTERNET/POSTAL APPROACH: EVIDENCE FROM A UK-WIDE SURVEY OF CONSUMERS

Peter Atorough     Bill Donaldson     Ainslie Harris


BIDDING IN THE TREASURY AUCTIONS AND THE EFFECT OF THE SELLER´S STRATEGY

Michal Bresky


A PERSONALITIY’S SOCIOCULTURAL COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT DURING THE PROCESS OF TEACHING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Ekaterina Kostina


OPTIMIZING FASHION PRODUCT ASSORTMENTS FOR DIVERSE CUSTOMER PREFERENCES

L.Y. Chu     W.K. Wong     S.Y.S. Leung


THE COMPARISON OF SATISFACTION LEVEL OF POTENTIAL REAL ESTATE BUYERS IN SLOVENIA AND JAPAN

Bojan Grum     Darja Kobal Grum


EQUILIBRIUM REAL EXCHANGE RATES AND FINANCIAL CRISIS IN MALAYSIA

N. A. M. Naseem     M. S. Hamizah     A. M. Hafizi     Z. Yusop


PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT IN THE THEATRE AND MUSICAL THEATRE

Andrea Sovova


AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION OF FACTORS AFFECTING CONSUMER ATTITUDE TOWARDS MOBILE ADVERTISING

Norzalita Abd Aziz     Ravshan Abdurahmanov


GOING “GREEN”: TRADE SPECIALISATION DYNAMICS IN THE SOLAR ENERGY SECTOR

Bernardina Algieri     Antonio Aquino     Marianna Succurro


FACTORS DETERMINING THE INTEGRATIVE CAPABILITY OF ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS: ARGUMENTS FOR A TELEOLOGICAL RESPONSE

Janet Williams

 

THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 2011

12:15 PM – 3:00 PM

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT AS AN ANTECEDENT OF RELATIONSHIP COMMITMENT IN FINANCIAL SERVICES

Josée Laflamme     Catherine Beaudry     Mounir Aguir


RETENTION OF HIGHLY SKILLED WORKERS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: EMPLOYERS’ POINT OF VIEW

Catherine Beaudry     Mounir Aguir     Josée Laflamme


WHERE DOES HRM GO? ANALYSIS OF THE FUTURE OF HRM DISCIPLINES

Jana Fučíková


WOMEN, WORK AND AUTHENTIC SELF-REALISATION: QUESTIONING THE NOTION OF WORK-LIFE BALANCE

James Moir


DIVERSITY, INTERACTION FREQUENCY AND ROLE CLARITY IN THE KOREAN WORKPLACE

Dongman Na     Ji Sun Lim     Sang-Hyeon Sung


HOW EMPLOYEES’ SATISFACTION AFFECTS QUALITY AND PROFITABILITY IN SERVICE INDUSTRY. A CASE OF MALAYSIAN MAJOR SHOPPING CENTERS

Alireza Tahernejad     Zahra Seyed Ghorban     Hossein Tahernejad


THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICE, JOB SATISFACTION AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT IN AN URBAN ORGANIZATION IN TEHRAN

Mahdi Fatollahi     Salmani Davood     Mahdi Ghamsarian     Mostafa Mohammadi


THE ROLE OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND MANAGEMENT BEHAVIOR IN ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION (CASE STUDY: AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION ORGANIZATION IN IRAN)

Ahmad Yaghoubi Farani     Iraj Malek Mohammadi     Reza Movahedi


A STUDY ON PERSONNEL COMMITMENT FACTORS IN CHAMRAN HOSPITALS

Farzaneh Bayat     Ehsan Korhani Shirazi     Reza Malek Nasab


DEVELOP KNOWLEDGE CHAIN TO DESIGN KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY CASE: INDAMIN SAIPA SHOCK ABSORBER COMPANY

Mohammad Taghi Isaai     Mohammad Bashir Sedighi

 

FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 2011

9:00 AM – 11:45 AM

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

UNEMPLOYMENT AMONG RECENT COLLEGE GRADUATES A NEW MARKET CHALLENGE

Bozena Leven


COMPARISON OF SELF-PERCEIVED ENTREPRENEURIAL CHARACTERISTICS AND COMPETENCES OF BUSINESS STUDENTS IN THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF THEIR STUDIES

Marja-Liisa Kakkonen


COMPETITIVE ABILITIES AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP AMONG STUDENTS IN SERBIA

Dejan Djordjevic     Dragan Cockalo     Srđan Bogetić     Miroslava Petrevska     Zvonko Sajfert


SUCCESSION OF FAMILY-RUN SMEs IN FRANCE: PSYCHOLOGICAL BARRIERS AND CULTURAL RESISTANCE

Katherine Gundolf     Olivier Meier     Audrey Missonier


AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE COMPATIBILITY OF STRATEGY WITH ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE IN ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY (FIROUZKUH BRANCH)

Toraj Mojibi


EMPIRICAL STUDY ON INDIVIDUAL MOTIVATION FOR BUSINESS RELATED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

Elizabeta Zirnstein     Peter Fatur     Mitja Ruzzier


ENTREPRENEURSHIP LEARNING IN HEALTH CARE EDUCATION

Arja Tiippana     Sirpa Luukkainen


INFLUENCING FACTORS OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ASPIRATION IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL-EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

Annamária Benyovszki     Lehel Györfy     Ágnes Nagy     Tünde-Petra Petru


THE INVESTIGATION AND EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF EDUCATIONAL COURSES BY USING THE KIRK PATRICK MODEL IN MAZANDARAN REGIONAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

Mojtaba Tabari     Mohammad Reza Bagherzadeh     Soheil Khorshidi     Zahra Ghafoori


IDENTIFY AND ANALYSIS THE OBSTACLES AND PROBLEMS FACING PRIVATIZATION OF TELECOMMUNICATION IN IRAN

H. Soltanpanah     Adel Fatemi     Behrooz Shahmoradi     Abdol Khalegh Ebrahimi


EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF CULTURAL DRIVES, EXPECTATION FROM VISITING PLACE AND PERCEIVED FACTORS INFLUENCING THE INTENTION TO USE THE E-TICKETING SYSTEM FOR INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS AMONG MALAYSIAN AIR TRAVELLERS

Azizah Omar     Lim Mei Fang     Wong Chee Kheong

 

FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 2011

12:15 PM – 3:00 PM

ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND MANAGEMENT

COMPLETING CROSS-COUNTRY PROJECTS EFFECTIVELY – THE DYNAMICS OF CULTURAL DIFFERENCES AMONG VIRTUAL TEAMS

Abey Kuruvilla     Seth Jason Hishmeh


NEED FOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ENTREPRENEUR AND ITS IMPACT ON INTRAPRENEURSHIP AND COMPANY GROWTH

Bostjan Antoncic     Jasna Auer Antoncic


MARKET ORIENTATION IN CREATING AN INNOVATIVE PRODUCT: EVIDENCE FROM THE BALINESE PAINTING SECTOR IN UBUD

Yusri Abdillah


EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF CULTURAL DRIVES, EXPECTATION FROM VISITING PLACE AND PERCEIVED QUALITY OF VISITING PLACE ON TURIST LOYALTY

Habibollah Javanmard     Sohila Zarinjoy


THE ROLE OF EMPLOYEE RELATIONSHIP PRONENESS IN CREATING EMPLOYEE LOYALTY IN STANDARD AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION OF IRAN

Habibollah Javanmard     Samaneh Hoseini Estahbanati


911 CALLS TO PREDICT TRAUMA DIVERSION – A FIRSTWATCH MODEL

Abey Kuruvilla     Todd Stout


POVERTY AS A TRANSIENT REALITY IN A GLOBALISED WORLD: AN ECONOMIC CHOICE

Andre D. Slabbert     W. I. Ukpere


PROBLEMS IN EXOLINGUAL SPEECH SITUATIONS. ENGLISH AS INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LANGUAGE

Edith Podhovnik


PHYCHOLOGICAL CONTRACT AND JOB OUTCOMES: MEDIATING ROLE OF AFFECTIVE COMMITMENT

Farooq Ahmed Jam     Inam Ul Haq     Tasneem Fatima


SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS – CORPORATE AMERICA’S RESPONSE TO THE ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS CONSUMER

Abey Kuruvilla


DOES INSTITUTION CAUSE OSSIFICATION? A CASE OF NESTED CES PRODUCTION FUNCTION OF SMALL AND TINY INDUSTRIES

Shalini Singh     Bhupendra V. Singh


TOWARDS A COMPOSITE COST FUNCTION FOR AN ENTREPRENEUR NOT SO RATIONAL: AN INSTITUTIONAL APPROACH TO COST FUNCTION OF SMALL AND TINY INDUSTRY OF VARANASI REGION

Shalini Singh     Bhupendra V. Singh

 

ABSRC 2011 VENICE – OTHER PAPERS AND AUTHORS

A CRTICAL ANALYSIS ON CUSTOMER LOYALTY ON MOBILE USERS

Gajendra Singh


A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF JOB BURNOUT PROCESS AMONG DOCTORS: A CASE STUDY OF POST-GRADUATE DOCTORS OF LADY WILLINGDON HOSPITAL, LAHORE, PAKISTAN

Sami Ullah     Shabana Naveed


AN AGENCY PERSPECTIVE OF SENGE’S SHARED VISION: REALITY OR MYTH?

Yasir Munir


AN ANALYSIS OF IMPACT OF ORGANIZED RETAIL ON UNORGANIZED RETAIL IN INDIA

Mandeep Singh     Harvinder Kaur


AN INVESTIGATION OF BURNOUT AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH INDIVIDUAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS IN TAX OFFICES AND CUSTOMS ORGANIZATION OF IRAN

Elmira Mashayekhi Nezamabadi     Tayebeh Gorgin


ANALYSIS OF FACTORS AFFECTING THE CUSTOMER SATISFACTION LEVEL OF AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SERVICE QUALITY – AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF PUBLIC SECTOR ORGANIZATION IN PAKISTAN

Tahir Iqbal     Ahsan Rana     Nawar Khan     Shahzad Naeem Qureshi


ARTICULATING AN INDIGENOUS PEDAGOGY IN BUSINESS

Kimo Armitage


AUDIOMARKETING IN PRACTICE – THE EFFECTS OF MUSIC ON CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR

Sylwia Makomaska


CONSOLIDATION AND VIRTUALIZATION OF E-HRM

Ziaul Islam     Mohammed Riaz Khan     Mohammed Alfifi     Bivas Bose


CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND EARNINGS INFORMATIVENESS: THE CASE IN INDONESIA

Doddy Setiawan


CORRUPTION AND MNCS’ ENTRY MODE. AN EMPIRICAL ECONOMETRIC STUDY OF PORTUGUESE FIRMS INVESTING IN PALOPS

Marlene Grande     Aurora A. C. Teixeira


CULTURE AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE: EVIDENCE FROM CANADA

Hamid Yeganeh


DEVELOPING AN STRATEGY FOR MOBIN PETROCHEMICAL COMPANY BY USING BALANCED SCORECARD ATTITUDE

S. Ali Hadawy     Naser Poursadegh     Nader Bohlouli Zeinab     Reza Khavandi


DIGITAL DIVIDE IN MALAYSIA TOURISM: EXPLORING ICT ACCESS, UTILIZATION, ATTITUDES, AND LITERACY AMONG THE FRONTLINERS OF HOTEL SECTOR IN PENANG

Azilah Kasim     Hisham Dzakiria     Cezar Scarlat


EFFECTS OF BRAND CREDIBILITY ON PURCHASE INTENTION: DOES GENDER DIFFER?

Pınar Başgöze     Leyla Özer


GLOBALIZATION AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: A STUDY OF MNCS

Nishwa Iqbal Dar     Kashif Rehman


HOW TO DEVELOP THE COMPANY’S SUPPLY CHAIN STRATEGY

Alireza Shahraki     Mansore Soltanifar


HR MANAGERS’ ROLES & CONTRIBUTIONS IN MERGER PROCESSES

Khalil Al Jerjawi


INNOVATION IN IRAN’S SMES: PRIORITIZE INFLUENCE FACTORS AFFECTING INNOVATION OF SMES, USING ANP METHOD

Mohsen Ghavamipour     AbdollahIrandust


INTEGRATION OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AT THE WORK PLACE: A TOOL FOR ENHANCEMENT OF ETHICS IN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES IN CORPORATIONS

Amina Saaf


IS HIKE IN INFLATION RESPONSIBLE FOR RISE IN TERRORISM IN PAKISTAN

Muhammad Shahbaz     Muhammad Shahbaz Shabbir


LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF BANK CONSOLIDATION PROGRAM IN MALAYSIA

Reza Masinaei     Nasim Rahmani     Hazlina Abdul Kadir


MANAGEMENT OF ORGANIZATIONAL COMPLEXITY: THE WAY OF THE LEARNING AND THE ADAPTABILITY

Ricardo C. Rezzónico     Luciana E. Fernández


MANAGEMENT: A STUDY OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND COMMUNICATION EFFECTIVVENESS IN ORGANIZATIONS

Hassan Jorfi     Saeid Jorfi


MANAGEMENT: CONSIDERATION OF INFORMAL COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION SYSTEM QUALITY IN DEALING WITH IMPACT OF MOTIVATION AND USER SATISFACTION ON JOB SATISFACTION IN ORGANIZATIONS

Saeid Jorfi     Hassan Jorfi


MARKETING AND TECHNOLOGY SOPHISTICATION AS HIDDEN WEAPONS FOR FOSTERING THE DEMAND FOR ‘ART HOUSE’ CINEMA FILMS: A CROSS COUNTRY ANALYSIS

Fernando Governo     Aurora A. C. Teixeira


MONOPOLISTIC GATEKEEPERS’ VICARIOUS LIABILITY FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

Ke Steven Wan


ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR STUDY

Vaneet Kumar Singla     Ranjit Singh


PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH OF THAI COMMERCIAL BANKS

Poomthan Rangkakulnuwat     H. Holly Wang


SOME OF THE EFFECTIVE CAUSES FOR THE SUCCESS OR FAILED INNOVATIONS AND IDEA COMMERCIALIZATION IN IRANIAN COMPANIES

Pejman Haghpanah     Nafiseh Barkhordari     M.Samiee Nasr


STRATEGIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP: A REVIEW OF CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE

Aqeel Shahzad     Mansoor Anjum


STUDY OF PREPARATION STATUS OF EDUCATION ORGANIZATION OF MAZANDARAN PROVINCE FOR TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT (TQM) SYSTEM ESTABLISHMENT

Toraj Mojibi     Mojtaba Tabari     Soheil Khorshidi     Ebrahim Ghasemzadeh


THE EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STOCK RETURNS AND TRADING VOLUME IN PAKISTAN (2000 – 2006)

Nadia Asghar


THE ROLE OF EMPLOYEE RELATIONSHIP PRONENESS IN CREATING EMPLOYEE LOYALTY IN STANDARD TOURIST BEHAVIOUR RELATED TO CULTURAL HERITAGE TOURISM

Lim Khong Chiu     Hisham Dzakiria     Azilah Kasim     Cezar Scarlat