Purpose: This study investigates whether subordinates who rate their managers higher on narcissism are also more likely to view their managers as abusive. In particular, the study explores the extent to which managers whom subordinates rate higher on narcissism use certain behaviors...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine the relationship between students’ perceptions of equal employment opportunity/affirmative action (EEO/AA) ideals and their perceptions of companies’ ability to meet goals using their corporate social responsibility (CSR)...

Purpose – The study aims to understand how university students' work experiences influence their perceptions of university ethics training. In the past, researchers have focused on the content of university ethics programs, but have ignored the influence of students' employment....

Purpose – This paper aims to bring together the concepts of Six Sigma into the process of training design and training transfer. Design/methodology/approach – The concepts of the paper are supported with an actual example of their application to practice. The industrial example shows where...

A potential source of bias in the Associated Press (AP) Top 25 football rankings is television exposure. Using the 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 college football seasons, the authors observe, all else equal, that AP voters change the ranking of teams differently on the basis of television exposure:...

The authors apply consumer theories of cognition to event marketing specifically in relation to corporate sponsorships. Upon conducting field surveys with attendees (n = 1636) at an international sporting event with a multinational sponsor, the authors demonstrate the pivotal roles that 1)...

Lieberman and Montgomery note that "...we see benefits from linking empirical findings on first-mover advantages with the complementary stream of research on the resource-based view of the firm" (1998, p. 1111); they suggest that such a link will help explain differences in firm performance....

Purpose – The paper focuses on two main issues. First, 19 Southern Baptists were asked, how they believe living in the Southeastern USA influences their religious faith. Second, the interviewees were asked about their experiences traveling to Israel. Design/methodology/approach – Through...