IJBPA.V10.N1.2013

Teresa Hernandez Florida International University Robert W. McGee Fayetteville State University  ABSTRACT This study presents the results of an empirical investigation of attitudes toward bribe taking in Egypt. The authors use the Human Beliefs and Values Survey data to examine several demographic variables to determine whether demographics make a difference. The total sample size was […]

John Wang Qiyang Chen Li-Chun Lin Montclair State University, USA  ABSTRACT Environmental issues have become an important topic of concern over the past decade, and Information Technology (IT) services have not been left out of this trend, and for good reason. With the vast and rapid pace of technology, there is no reason why IT […]

Anwar Ali Shah G. Syed PVC-MBBS-Campus Dadu-University of Sindh-Pakistan Faiz M.Shaikh SZABAC-Pakistan Ali Hassan Halepoto Assistant Professor-SALU-Khairpur Abdul Sattar Shah University of Sindh-Pakistan ABSTRACT  This research investigates the domestic violence against women in the District Shikarpur Sindh Pakistan. Women in Pakistan encounter multiple forms of violence, most endemic form being domestic violence, which remains a […]

Melvinia Turner King Morehouse College, Kettering Foundation Public Scholar ABSTRACT This study presents a six staged reciprocity model using ethical leadership training experience at an undergraduate liberal arts college for African American men as a case study. The stages are: 1) bifurcation, where separate entities treat each other as distinguished clients in order to transfer […]

Charles Chekwa Akins Ogungbure Troy University Mmutakaego Chukwuanu Allen University Eugene Thomas, Jr. Troy University  ABSTRACT In an effort to examine Information System (IS) security, this research seeks to answer the question, what are public and private sectors’ perceptions about information security threats? In doing so, it is important to identify and isolate threats and […]

Nathan L. Steele Leonard Branson Chung-Hsien Sung University of Illinois Springfield ABSTRACT Hidden profiles effects (e.g., Greitemeyer, Shulz-Hardt, Brodbeck, & Fry, 2006) are a condition wherein a superior decision alternative may be obscured by the poor sharing of information within decision making groups. These groups have all the information needed to identify the superior alternative, […]

Leonard Branson Nathan L. Steele Chung-Hsien Sung University of Illinois Springfield ABSTRACT An organization’s ability to accurately identify and reward managers moving it toward its strategic objectives is crucial. The accuracy of employee performance evaluation systems continues to be problematic. Stereotyping has proven to be a very robust negative phenomenon that both researchers and practitioners […]

Thomas H. Tonkin Regent University ABSTRACT  With the corporate scandals of the 2000s, many employees in organizations are clamoring for authenticity in their leaders. Though authenticity appears to be a noble trait, how effective is this as a leadership approach, specifically in increasing altruistic employee organizational citizenship behaviors? Is authentic leadership more effective than other […]

Morris A. Shapero Eckerd College ABSTRACT To work effectively with young, educated Chinese professionals, Western managers need to develop greater understanding of current culture and values. In 2012, twenty-five Eckerd College students examined earlier field research of Serrie (1999) and Morris Shapero (2010) and the six principles of traditional Chinese culture. Groups were formed with […]

James Fogal Notre Dame de Namur University ABSTRACT  There is a need for communities to be proactive in their planning on the impact from potential disasters on populations and infrastructures in order to best provide an adequate response. While there are a number of modeling and simulation techniques that have been used for the analytical […]