HIGH TIMES: A HISTORY OF MARIJUANA LAWS IN THE UNITED STATES
Kimberly A. Houser Washington State University Robert E. Rosacker University of Wisconsin – La Crosse The University of South Dakota ABSTRACT The history of marijuana legislation in the United States is closely tied to public perception of marijuana usage. First regulated in 1913 under state law, marijuana has been treated very differently under federal law. […]
A MANAGERIAL PERSPECTIVE ON ENTERPRISE KNOWLEDGE MODEL EVALUATION
Sung-kwan Kim University of Arkansas at Little Rock ABSTRACT This paper provides a brief survey of the approaches for evaluating knowledge model. Current approaches and their evaluation criteria are introduced and summarized through literature review. A managerial view is presented focusing on the identification of evaluation criteria. Then these criteria are integrated into a comprehensive […]
THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS: WHY DON’T MILLENNIALS JOIN UNIONS?
Steven V. Cates Kaplan University ABSTRACT The authors know them as the Millennial Generation, Generation Y, or the Nexters Generation; and they have been the topic of much controversy recently. A new era has begun in the American workplace. Namely, the authors of this study refer to have four distinctly different generations in the workplace […]
THE EFFECTS OF EXCISE TAXES AND CLEAN AIR LAWS ON ADULT AND HIGH SCHOOL SMOKING RATES IN THE UNITED STATES
Yassaman Saadatmand Michael Toma Armstrong State University Jeremy Choquette Clemson University ABSTRACT This study examines the effects of excise tax rates and clean air laws on adult and high school smoking rates in the United States (U.S.) from 2002 to 2012. Utilizing a panel data regression while controlling for various regions in the United States, […]
CHINESE VIEWS ON THE ETHICS OF TAX EVASION
Robert McGee Fayetteville State University ABSTRACT This study examines Chinese views on the ethics of tax evasion. The study found that there was strong opposition to tax evasion, although the current opposition is less now than it was when the first surveys were conducted in the 1990s. The difference between male and female mean scores […]
A CALCULATED MORALITY: DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A BUSINESS SPECIFIC TEST OF MORAL REASONING
Nathan L. Steele Leonard Branson University of Illinois—Springfield ABSTRACT Humans separate their morality or its application by situational constraints (e.g., bluffing is perfectly moral in games of poker, but not in courts of law), but it is not known if moral reasoning development holds the same weight or paths in business as other decision making […]
INDEPENDENT AND INTERDEPENDENT SELF-CONSTRUAL AND GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP
Shonda Gibson Stephen Reysen Texas A&M University-Commerce Iva Katzarska-Miller Transylvania University ABSTRACT The present research examines the effect of priming independent and interdependent self- construals on antecedents, identification, and outcomes of global citizenship. Following a self- construal manipulation, American and Chinese participants completed measures regarding antecedents (normative environment, global awareness), identification, and outcomes (prosocial values) […]
IMPROVING GOVERNMENT SERVICE DELIVERY INEGYPT: THE CASE OF THE TRAFFIC DEPARTMENTS OF HELIOPOLIS AND NOZHA DISTRICTS
Karim Nabil Salem British University in Egypt ABSTRACT The purpose of this paper is to assess the quality of service provided by the Egyptian civil service using the SERVQUAL model. In spite of the huge funds allocated by the Egyptian government towards service delivery, yet these funds seem to have little or no impact, as […]
STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF ORGANIZATIONAL COREVALUES, ETHICS, CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS: INITIAL ANALYSIS
Donna Coelho Western Connecticut State University Quinnipiac University Ronald Drozdenko Fred Tesch Western Connecticut State University ABSTRACT Studies by Jin, Drozdenko, and collaborators found that organizations having organic core values (democratic, informal, collaborative) had stronger levels of ethical behavior and corporate social responsibility as compared to organizations maintaining mechanistic (bureaucratic, formal, centralized) core values. This […]
MEASURING THE SOCIAL VALUE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY USING PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT IN PUBLIC MANAGEMENT
Chu-Ching Wang Yueh-Hua Lee Department of Business Administration, Tamkang University, Taiwan Yu-Min Wang Department of Management Sciences, Tamkang University, Taiwan ABSTRACT To help in resolving a longstanding dispute over nuclear electricity in Taiwan, this study evaluates the validity of Vroom-Yetton’s contingency model applied to a nuclear related decision. However, previous studies have not fully discussed […]
