The present study presents an empirical test of organizational identification in the context of alumni-university relationships. It examines whether alumni identify with their university and what the sources and outcomes of such identification are. The model posits that alumni satisfaction with...

Estimates from the Irish National Cancer Registry show that lung cancer is increasing by 3% a year in women. From being a predominantly male disease for the past fifty years, lung cancer will be predominantly a female disease by 2020. The United States' FDA classifies smoking as a "pediatric...

Complexity studies were nonexistent until the work of Poincare during the period between 1881 and 1886. Poincare‟s work illustrated the first indication of chaotic behavior in a dynamic system. Today, complexity studies extend to vast areas in the fields of natural and social sciences. These...

Political communication has never been as important as it is today. International conflict and a global economic crisis has left governments seeking to justify their actions and calm the fears of their citizens. This paper offers an account of an exploratory study into the process of political...

Countries are going bankrupt because of poor financial and accounting management. The financial and accounting management of the public sector is different from that of the private sector in every aspect. It is risky to equalize or generalize it to that of the private sector as it leads to the...

The growing demand for services provided by Non-Governmental Organizations for Persons with Disabilities (NGOPD), the successive reductions in state financing and rising competition for funding have resulted in these organizations seeking out competitive advantages and improved performances....

The increasing use of the Internet has enabled government to promote online initiatives to connect government to citizens. Indeed, the provision of public e-services may be understood as an improvement in the public function of the Administration. However, e-government initiatives are sometimes...

How and to what extent have European ideas transformed the political-administrative institutions in the candidate countries in the East? Which conditions work to mitigate and undermine the impact of the European Union (EU) in these contexts? Research on post-communist transformations, by and...

This paper focuses on the way marketing concepts can be relevantly used for the higher education sector. It starts by shortly reviewing some of the main higher education marketing approaches and continues with a survey that examines the views of students on the quality and transparency of HEIs....