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Unintended consequences: Russian, Chinese and US perceptions of the hiring decision
Peppas, Spero C.; Yu, Tyler T.; Peppas, Stephanie R.; … - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 3 (2011) 6, pp. 609-622
During the job application and interview process, there is a natural tendency for applicants to stress attributes that they possess and that they also believe are being sought by hiring organisations. Due to cultural differences, applicants may be unwittingly contributing to bias in personnel...
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Assessing the role of socio-economic values on entrepreneurial intentions among university students in Cape Town
Kalitanyi, Vivence; Bbenkele, Edwin Kachesa - In: South African journal of economic and management sciences 20 (2017) 1, pp. 1-9
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A comparison of ethical perceptions of earnings-management practices - MENA region and USA
Jooste, Leonie - In: Global Business and Economics Review 16 (2014) 1, pp. 46-59
university in the USA and shows that there is a significant difference between the perceptions of the universities. The …
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Intentions towards the sustainability of young adults: a cross-cultural comparison
Loureiro, Sandra Maria Correia; Kaufmann, Hans Ruediger - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 10 (2014) 2/3, pp. 247-266
universities and other institutions where students will exercise their professions. The main goal of this study is to apply the … sustainability. In universities located in societies that score high in power distance, professors and senior managers must be very …
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Buying search, buying students : how elite U.S. institutions employ paid search to practice academic capitalism online
Taylor, Z. W.; Bicak, Ibrahim - In: Journal of marketing for higher education 30 (2020) 2, pp. 271-296
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Information systems curriculum: some concerns
Sagheb-Tehrani, Mehdi - In: International Journal of Education Economics and Development 2 (2011) 4, pp. 347-362
The information systems (IS) discipline faces greater challenges now than at any time; the main challenge is low enrolment. The college curriculum in IS is revisited and often changed in institutions of higher education to reflect the changes in the field. Many programmes are closely following...
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Locally produced food in restaurants: Are the customers willing to pay a premium and why?
Alfnes, Frode; Sharma, Amit - In: International Journal of Revenue Management 4 (2010) 3/4, pp. 238-258
Restaurant owners are always looking for new ways to increase profits. In this paper, we investigate the attitudes and perceptions of restaurant customers to locally produced food and their willingness to pay a premium. This study employs a field experiment conducted in a restaurant located on a...
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Teaching economics in a time and place of economic distress: the value of a pluralistic approach
Peterson, Janice - In: International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education 2 (2011) 4, pp. 333-344
The economic crisis has highlighted the significance of ongoing work by pluralist economists to define and implement a more pluralistic economics education. This paper explores the close connection between pluralism and student engagement, and argues this connection is a particularly compelling...
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Student attitudes toward economic pluralism: survey-based evidence
Harvey, John T. - In: International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education 2 (2011) 3, pp. 270-290
A university education should enable and improve students' cognitive abilities. An effective curriculum can help achieve this objective. Teaching that economics is more than just neoclassicism, for example, could aid the transition to higher stages of cognition. That said, even erstwhile...
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Corporate universities vs higher education institutions
Nixon, Judy C.; Helms, Marilyn M. - In: Industrial and Commercial Training 34 (2002) 4, pp. 144-150
Corporate universities are not new, but have experienced tremendous growth during the last ten years. Predictions are … that corporate universities will outnumber traditional colleges and universities within the next ten years. Reasons for the … universities. As an illustrative case, a partnering example between a corporate university and a traditional university is profiled …
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