Australian Journal of Management articles from December 2005

Australian Journal of Management archives from December 2005

A new tool for scholars.(Editorial)
December 1, 2005... In 1978 Pamela Taylor, the foundation Librarian of the AGSM, introduced us to the Social Science Citation Index (SSCI), a set of heavy tomes that listed published papers and their citations. The excellent thing was that a separate volume...

Australian research output in economics and business: high volume, low impact?
December 1, 2005... Abstract: This paper investigates publication patterns of Australian academics in Economics & Business. I show that this discipline follows the general Australian trend of declining impact, measured as citations per paper, from the...

Are mining-exploration stocks more prone to informed trading than mining-production stocks?
December 1, 2005... Abstract: This paper examines the level of informed trading in mining-exploration and production stocks listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. The probability of informed trading is higher in exploration stocks. However, this same...

Do past performance and past cash flows explain current cash flows into retail superannuation funds in Australia?
December 1, 2005... Abstract: This paper examines the link between current-quarter cash flows and both past performance and past cash flows using a sample of Australian retail superannuation fund data (managed growth and managed stable) drawn from the period...

Are conscientious workers adaptable?
December 1, 2005... Abstract: Today's worker faces increasing demands to adapt to change, and therefore organisations need to be able to identify people whose subsequent performance will be adaptable. Despite widespread acceptance that conscientiousness is a...

Tactical asset allocation: Australian evidence.
December 1, 2005... Abstract: This paper evaluates the tactical asset allocation (TAA) capabilities, strategies and behaviour of Australian investment managers who invest assets across multiple asset classes. Specifically, we analyse the behaviour of...

An examination of the role of time and its impact on price revision.
December 1, 2005... Abstract: We consider a new class of time series models (introduced by Engle & Russell 1998) used in statistical applications in finance. These models treat the time between events (durations) as a stochastic process and the corresponding...

Movements in Australian stock volatility: a disaggregated approach.
December 1, 2005... Abstract: This paper applies a disaggregated approach to examine stock volatility at the firm, industry and market level in Australia. We employ the models advanced by Campbell, Lettau, Malkiel and Xu (2001) to carry out this...

The determinants of capital structure for Australian multinational and domestic corporations.
December 1, 2005... Abstract: This study considers the significance of the determinants of capital structure on a sample of Australian multinational and domestic corporations from 1992 to 2001. The results show that the level of leverage does not differ...