explore the hypothesis that politically-connected firms become a liability to election candidates when voters discover that … the firms have engaged in outsourcing jobs, and that firms attempt to mitigate the effects of negative publicity by … find that firms receiving greater negative publicity about job outsourcing are more likely to use negative accounting …

impact on the voters' selection decision (a case study of Jordanian voters). For the purpose of identifying the most … important basic components that influence voters choice decision, the study's model was designed based on these criteria taking … candidates and campaign management) and how they influence voters’ selection decision. In addition, a hypothesis was developed …