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Myth, Rhetoric and Human Tragedy in Lithuanian Museums and Sites of Memory (2013)
Journal Article
Wight, C. (2013). Myth, Rhetoric and Human Tragedy in Lithuanian Museums and Sites of Memory. Acta Turistica, 25(2), 191-209

Mit se može smatrati prihvaćenom manifestacijom,,istine" koja je legitimizirana u popularnoj kulturi kroz filmove, knjige, televiziju, turizam te posjete muzejima i memorijalnim središtima.,,Mit" je u tom kontekstu korpus znanja koje konstruira speci... Read More about Myth, Rhetoric and Human Tragedy in Lithuanian Museums and Sites of Memory.

Entrepreneurial orientation and the franchise system: Organisational antecedents and performance outcomes (2013)
Journal Article
Dada, O., & Watson, A. (2013). Entrepreneurial orientation and the franchise system: Organisational antecedents and performance outcomes. European Journal of Marketing, 47(5/6), 790-812. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090561311306877

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand the franchisor's perception of the role of entrepreneurial strategic orientation (EO) – innovative, risk‐taking, and proactive actions – within the special case of franchised firms, given the opposi... Read More about Entrepreneurial orientation and the franchise system: Organisational antecedents and performance outcomes.

Value Creation for Luxury Brands through Brand Extensions: An Investigation of Forward and Reciprocal Effects (2013)
Journal Article
Albrecht, C., Backhaus, C., Gurzki, H., & Woisetschläger, D. M. (2013). Value Creation for Luxury Brands through Brand Extensions: An Investigation of Forward and Reciprocal Effects. Marketing ZFP, 35(2), 91-103. https://doi.org/10.15358/0344-1369_2013_2

Luxury brands such as Louis Vuitton, Gucci, or Chanel regularly expand beyond their core business and nowadays offer a wide range of products including accessories, perfumes, watches or jewelry, and even services. The use of brand extensions has beco... Read More about Value Creation for Luxury Brands through Brand Extensions: An Investigation of Forward and Reciprocal Effects.

Lessons from China: Understanding what Chinese students want (2013)
Journal Article
Stanley, P. (2013). Lessons from China: Understanding what Chinese students want. English Australia Journal : the Australian Journal of English Language Teaching, 28(2), 38-52

Students from the People's Republic of China are the single largest cohort of international students in Australia, and although attempts have been made to understand their needs and desires in situ, few scholars have considered the recently reformed... Read More about Lessons from China: Understanding what Chinese students want.

Negotiating communication and building relation across cultures (2013)
Journal Article
Victoria, M. (2013). Negotiating communication and building relation across cultures. CMU Journal of Science, 17, 19-33

There have been a number of studies that explores how people from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds communicate. However, many of these investigations tend to focus on socio-pragmatic failures, communication breakdowns, and the negative c... Read More about Negotiating communication and building relation across cultures.

International Students' First Encounters with Exams in the UK: Superficially Similar But Deeply Different (2013)
Journal Article
Pilcher, N., Smith, K., & Riley, J. (2013). International Students' First Encounters with Exams in the UK: Superficially Similar But Deeply Different. International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2013(1), 1-13

Although end of course exams remain a key mode of assessment in higher education, little research has focused on international students' experiences of exams. There seems to be a tacit assumption in most literature that exam preparation and strategie... Read More about International Students' First Encounters with Exams in the UK: Superficially Similar But Deeply Different.

The use of Manager Self-Service (MSS) HR portals in MNCs: the influence of attitudinal, normative, behavioural and national cultural factors (2013)
Journal Article
Garavan, T. N., & O'Brien, F. (2013). The use of Manager Self-Service (MSS) HR portals in MNCs: the influence of attitudinal, normative, behavioural and national cultural factors. European Journal of International Management, 7(4), 393. https://doi.org/10

This study investigates the use of a mandatory MSS HR portal by managers in an MNC, based on self-report data (N = 499) on attitudes and behaviour and archival data on actual usage. Data on usage was extracted four months following the implementatio... Read More about The use of Manager Self-Service (MSS) HR portals in MNCs: the influence of attitudinal, normative, behavioural and national cultural factors.

Social layers of customer-to-customer value co-creation (2013)
Journal Article
Rihova, I., Buhalis, D., Moital, M., & Gouthro, M. B. (2013). Social layers of customer-to-customer value co-creation. Journal of Service Management, 24(5), 553-566. https://doi.org/10.1108/JOSM-04-2013-0092

Purpose – Approached from the customer-dominant (C-D) logic perspective, this paper aims to extend current value co-creation discussions by providing conceptual insights into co-creation within customers' social sphere. Focusing on socially dense co... Read More about Social layers of customer-to-customer value co-creation.

Case study-Utilizing the VFBOP model for entry into emerging markets: Grameen Danone Foods. (2013)
Journal Article
Williams, J., & Omar, M. (2013). Case study-Utilizing the VFBOP model for entry into emerging markets: Grameen Danone Foods. Transnational Marketing Journal, 1, 59-71

Emerging markets are extremely diverse and can require separate market entry and market development strategies. This paper will look at these opportunities through the lens of Value Flame at the Base of the Pyramid - VFBOP (Wil-liams, et al., 2011).... Read More about Case study-Utilizing the VFBOP model for entry into emerging markets: Grameen Danone Foods..

Runway logic: "Y" generation Y prefer fashion brand over country-of-origin. (2013)
Journal Article
Tjandra, N. C., Omar, M., Williams, J., & Ensor, J. (2013). Runway logic: "Y" generation Y prefer fashion brand over country-of-origin. Transnational Marketing Journal, 1, 75-92

With approximately 1.38 billion, Generation Y are currently in the job market or about to enter the job market, they are increasingly taking over the spending power of the previous generation, the Baby Boomers. The purpose of this qualitative stud... Read More about Runway logic: "Y" generation Y prefer fashion brand over country-of-origin..

Opening spaces for conversational practice: a conduit for effective engagement strategies and productive working arrangements. (2013)
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Francis, H., Ramdhony, A., Reddington, M., & Staines, H. (2013). Opening spaces for conversational practice: a conduit for effective engagement strategies and productive working arrangements. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 24, 2713-2740. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2013.781530

This study develops the concept of dialogic conversational practice (dialogic CP) as a conduit for effective engagement strategies and productive working arrangements. We begin with a critique of High-Involvement-High-Performance HR systems against t... Read More about Opening spaces for conversational practice: a conduit for effective engagement strategies and productive working arrangements..

Mining the Discourse: Strategizing During BHP Billiton's Attempted Acquisition of Rio Tinto. (2013)
Journal Article
Floris, M., Grant, D., & Cutcher, L. (2013). Mining the Discourse: Strategizing During BHP Billiton's Attempted Acquisition of Rio Tinto. Journal of Management Studies, https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12035

Using a discourse-analytic approach, we examine the strategizing that occurred during an attempted acquisition in 2007/08 of Rio Tinto by BHP Billiton. In doing so, we contribute to discursive studies of mergers and acquisitions in two significant re... Read More about Mining the Discourse: Strategizing During BHP Billiton's Attempted Acquisition of Rio Tinto..

Direct entrants in transition: becoming independent learners (2013)
Journal Article
Christie, H., Barron, P., & D'Annunzio-Green, N. (2013). Direct entrants in transition: becoming independent learners. Studies in Higher Education, 38, 623-637. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2011.588326

This article investigates the dynamic transitions that college leavers make to university. It draws on qualitative research with a group of students who took direct entry to the second or third year of a degree programme at university, to show that s... Read More about Direct entrants in transition: becoming independent learners.

Talent and leadership development practices as drivers of intention to stay in Lebanese organisations: the mediating role of affective commitment. (2013)
Journal Article
Chami-Malaeb, R., & Garavan, T. N. (2013). Talent and leadership development practices as drivers of intention to stay in Lebanese organisations: the mediating role of affective commitment. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 24, 4046-4062. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2013.789445

This paper examines the relationships among investment in talent and leadership development practices in Lebanese organisations and two behavioural outcomes, affective commitment and intention to stay. Affective commitment is expected to mediate the... Read More about Talent and leadership development practices as drivers of intention to stay in Lebanese organisations: the mediating role of affective commitment..

Some observations on mandatory disclosure practices of Malaysian public Listed companies (2013)
Journal Article
Abdullah, M., Sulaiman, N. A., Sapiei, N. S., & Minhat, M. (2013). Some observations on mandatory disclosure practices of Malaysian public Listed companies. Middle East journal of scientific research, 17, 1228-1236. https://doi.org/10.5829/idosi.mejsr.2013.17.09.12278

This study investigates the mandatory disclosure practices evident in the annual reports of Malaysian public listed companies. Our findings show that none of the examined companies fully met the mandatory disclosure requirements even though the compa... Read More about Some observations on mandatory disclosure practices of Malaysian public Listed companies.

Measuring compliance with IFRS mandatory disclosure requirements: some evidence from Malaysia (2013)
Journal Article
Abdullah, M., & Minhat, M. (2013). Measuring compliance with IFRS mandatory disclosure requirements: some evidence from Malaysia. Australian journal of basic and applied sciences / International network for scientific information ; INSInet, 7, 163-169

This study examines 225 Malaysian public listed firms’ compliance with IFRS mandatory disclosure requirements during 2008. Two unweighted methods of measuring compliance are used: the dichotomous method and the partial compliance method. The results... Read More about Measuring compliance with IFRS mandatory disclosure requirements: some evidence from Malaysia.