Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine whether gendered differences in occupational aspirations still appear when considering students with similar abilities who study competitively in the same achievement‐oriented educational setting. Design/methodology/approach – The...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of prior absenteeism, demographic variables, and work attitudes (job satisfaction, perceptions of health, and work commitments forms) on absenteeism and turnover intentions. Design/methodology/approach – This study is a...

Purpose – This paper aims to examine relationships between individual‐level values, psychological contracts, and six workplace commitment forms (organizational, occupational, group, work, job, union). It also seeks to examine whether individual values and psychological contracts relate to...

The study compared values represented in infomercials with values represented in conventional commercials. A total of 318 infomercials and 861 commercials broadcast in Israel in the late 1990s were coded to examine the prominence of value systems and of specific values. Of the three value...

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to address intertype cross-shopping behavior – that is, the behavior that characterizes consumers who divide their grocery shopping between two or more different food formats. In particular, the study attempts to shed light on the cross-shopping phenomenon...

Looks at a study of issues involved in the introduction of the supermarket into a developing country — Israel. Discusses how urban consumers food shopping patterns have been affected, and reveals many respondents, despite easy accessibility to the supermarket, continue to buy some of their...

Looks at the experiences and viewpoints of retail buyers, importers and agents in the UK market buying from Israel. Examines the success or failure of Israeli consumer goods companies exporting to the UK. Reveals that market entry and market penetration are two distinct stages, and that success...

Compares marketing approaches in 12 countries for wheat, coffee, cocoa, citrus and bananas, in some major product countries. Looks at Australia for wheat marketing along with Canada and the USA; coffee marketing is covered by Kenya, Uganda and Brazil; cocoa marketing is covered by Ghana, Nigeria...

Purpose The initial purpose of this research was to evaluate the effectiveness of intra-organizational training for developing leadership skills and the techniques used to assimilate course content. The study aims to understand incongruities in training and assess their impacts on training...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a comprehensive training program for volunteers for the elderly in Israel, which has been operated under the National Insurance Institute of the State of Israel. Design/methodology/approach – The paper considers the need and values of...