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The Relationships among Work Support, Organizational Commitment, and Organizational Citizenship Behavior of Part-time Employees in the Restaurant Industry
Liu, Yu Shan; Qu, Hailin - 2011
Part-time employees’ work behaviors are the most pressing issue in the hospitality industry. The purpose of this study is to explore the structural relationship among perceived work support, organizational commitment, job satisfaction, and organizational citizenship behavior in regard to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467981
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Corporate Governance Provisions and Risk-Adjusted Performance in the U.S. Restaurant Industry
Madanoglu, Melih; Karadag, Ersem; Upneja, Arun - 2009
There is a growing awareness that corporate governance variables play an important role in firm performance. While the majority of researchers argue that firm performance is positively associated with corporate governance structure, some other scholars suggest that there is no link between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468116
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Risk preference and employment contract type
Farrell, Lisa; Brown, Sarah; Harris, Mark N.; Sessions, … - 2006
We explore the possibility that a systematic relationship exists between employment within a particular type of contract and risk preference. We exploit a set of proxies for risk preference, whereby some of the proxies capture risk loving behaviour (expenditure on gambling, smoking and alcohol)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475665
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Competition and the growth of non-standard employment : the case of the Australian construction industry
Toner, Phillip; Coates, Nick - University of Western Sydney; University of Western Sydney; … - 2006
Studies on globalisation suggest that a factor in the growth of nonstandard employment in developed economies has been the growing capacity of multinational corporations to arbitrage wage differentials across countries. This analysis applies in particular to industries subject to direct import...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009482136
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Renaissance of entrepreneurship? : some remarks and empirical evidence for Germany
Bögehold, Dieter; Fachinger, Uwe - 2007
The paper deals with margins of entrepreneurship where small business owners are almost working ontheir own having no … the broad margins ofentrepreneurship but also the fluent boarders between entrepreneurship and the informal sector on … particular issue of margins of entrepreneurship not only within theconventional scope of entrepreneurship discussion but within …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009466404
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Innovative and entrepreneurial activity in the public sector : the changing face of public sector institutions
Luke, Belinda G.; Kearins, Kate; Verreynne, Martie-Louise - 2010
three SOEs. Findings reveal that those aspects typically associated with entrepreneurship, such as innovation, risk …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483465
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A "ruggedised" method for measuring entrepreneurial activity in developing countries
Frederick, Howard - 2010
In July 2009, a team of 38 researchers carried out the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) survey in the Kingdom of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483783
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Finding and filling the gaps in the Australian governments' innovation and entrepreneurship support spectra
Yencken, John; Hindle, Kevin - 2005
thinking about entrepreneurship as the commercialisation component of Australia’s innovation system. The paper explores the … gaps in the support available for the entrepreneurship phase involving the act of new entry. This gap is covered by … servants and politicians about the nature and operation of entrepreneurship. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483821
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New Zealand's perfect storm of entrepreneurship and economic development
Frederick, Howard; Monsen, Erik - 2011
Applying a grounded-theory approach to analyzing the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) data, we attempt to explain … why New Zealand exhibits only a moderate level of economic development despite its high level of entrepreneurship. By … curvilinear relationship between entrepreneurship and economic development, we develop a better understanding of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483886
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Entrepreneurship and economic growth : why is New Zealand an outlier? A preliminary analysis
Frederick, Howard - 2005
The literature indicates that entrepreneurship and economic growth are closely and positively associated. For four … if it were to emulate other countries. We make use of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor data set, including nascent … entrepreneurship rates for 45 countries over the 2000-2004 period as well as variables from standardised national statistics. The paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483962