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