Australian Journal of Management articles from December 2002

Australian Journal of Management archives from December 2002

Corporate governance, or where does ownership lie? (Editorial).(Editorial)
December 1, 2002... Corporate collapses over the past twelve months or so, in Australia and overseas, have raised the issue of deterring unethical behaviour among executives. Re-regulation or strengthening of existing regulation (either industry-specific, or more...

Bayesian cross hedging: an example from the soybean market.
December 1, 2002... Abstract: Following Lence and Hayes (1994a), we study the problem faced by an Iowa farmer who wishes to hedge a soybean harvest using Chicago futures contracts. A time-series model for spot and futures prices is postulated, and numerical...

Gold prices, exchange rates, gold stocks and the gold premium.
December 1, 2002... Abstract: This paper studies the exposure of the stock prices of Australian gold-mining firms to changes in gold prices and the valuation effects of gold price exposure. Gold-mining firms have significant gold price exposure; the price of...

Organisational learning, transformational leadership and implementation of continuous quality improvement in Canadian hospitals.
December 1, 2002... Abstract: Implementing continuous quality improvement (CQI) in acute care general hospitals was investigated as an occurrence of a paradigm shift and organisational learning. Presented within a contextual framework, two case studies are...

The performance of active Australian bond funds.
December 1, 2002... Abstract: This paper examines the investment performance of active Australian bond funds and the impact of investor fund flows on portfolio returns. Security selection and market timing performance are evaluated using both unconditional...

Estimating and evaluating proxies for the marginal tax rate.
December 1, 2002... Abstract: Graham (1996b) tested proxies for the marginal tax rate and derived a number of important results. This paper re-examines two factors raised by Graham's work: the impact of tax regulations on proxy performance, and the presence...

Organisational behaviour in Australia and New Zealand: introduction to the special issue. (Editorial).
December 1, 2002... Origins of the Special Issue In an increasingly globalised world of academic knowledge-sharing, one might well ask, `why have a special issue on organisational behaviour in Australia and New Zealand?' Surely, special issues should be...

Real time affect at work: a neglected phenomenon in organisational behaviour.
December 1, 2002... Abstract: This paper describes a program of research on real time affect while working. Three sets of hypotheses were tested in a data set comprising fifty reports of momentary affect from each of 120 respondents. Between and within-person...

Studies of cognition and emotion in organisations: attribution, affective events, emotional intelligence and perception of emotion.
December 1, 2002... Abstract: This article details the author's attempts to improve understanding of organisational behaviour through investigation of the cognitive and affective processes that underlie attitudes and behaviour. To this end, the paper...

Developing effective electronic information seekers.
December 1, 2002... Abstract: As electronic sources of information expand and build depth, there is an increasing reliance on information seeking to support work activities and decision-making. Despite the growing importance of these information sources,...

Time-related issues in training and career development.
December 1, 2002... Abstract: Several ideas are outlined that help place a focus on time and the way in which it affects many issues relevant to HRM. The concept of time-discounting is introduced, and its relevance to a range of organisational decisions...

Negotiation as social interaction.(negotiation research )
December 1, 2002... Abstract: Why negotiators fail to find and implement mutually beneficial solutions is a central question in negotiation research. In answering this question, researchers have often focused on how situational and cognitive factors shape...

Do differences matter? Understanding demography-related effects in organisations.
December 1, 2002... Abstract: This paper reviews a stream of research that examines the processes underlying effects related to demography and demographic differences. Three broad areas of research are discussed: (i) research examining whether differences in...

`You didn't hear it from us but ...': towards an understanding of rumour and gossip in organisations.
December 1, 2002... Abstract: This paper investigates an important topic in organisational behaviour that hitherto, has not received enough attention--informal communications, including grapevine activity, rumour and gossip. We show how this topic can...

Safety climate and safety behaviour.(overview of a research program examining the antecedents and consequences of safety climate and safety behavior)
December 1, 2002... Abstract: This paper provides an overview of a research program examining the antecedents and consequences of safety climate and safety behaviour. A model is presented identifying the linkages between safety climate, safety knowledge,...

Intellectual capital: more than the interaction of competence x commitment.
December 1, 2002... Abstract: Ulrich (1998) has suggested that intellectual capital is a product of competence and commitment. This broad proposition, though intuitively appealing, does not identify theoretical links between these variables, and has little...

Espoused values of organisations.(study examines values espoused by organisations in their public documents)
December 1, 2002... Abstract: We review a series of studies whose focus is the measurement and comparison of values espoused by organisations in their public documents, in particular their annual reports. We begin by considering the construct of...

Organisational strategies for sustainable development: developing a research agenda for the new millennium.
December 1, 2002... Abstract: Environmental issues have been on the agendas of industry and academia for nearly thirty years. While the bulk of this research has focused on environmental sustainability, the late 1990s saw a broadening of the scope of this...

Value attunement: toward a theory of socially responsible executive decision-making.
December 1, 2002... Abstract: In this paper we extend Swanson's (1999) model of attunement and her proposition that executives' receptivity to values is key to aligning corporate behaviour with broad-based expectations of responsible conduct. Our extension of...

Receptivity to careers in international work--abroad and at home.
December 1, 2002... Abstract: More employees now have careers in international work (i.e. across countries) than before, some abroad but increasingly more in domestic jobs with international responsibilities (DJIRs). Theory has not caught up with these...

Unemployment, underemployment, occupational stress and psychological well-being.
December 1, 2002... Abstract: Research on unemployment, underemployment and organisational stress have become major social issues over the past 20 years and have attracted considerable research interest on the part of organisational psychologists both in...

Workplace relations: past, present and future.
December 1, 2002... Abstract: This paper briefly describes and explains a research trajectory that spans 25 years and provides some pointers f or future research. Three sets of studies are addressed and organised thematically. The theme of the first research...