International Journal of Commerce and Management: Volume 8 Issue 3/4

JOB SATISFACTION AND ORGANIZATION COMMITMENT: A COMPARISON OF UNITED STATES AND MEXICO EMPLOYEES

Christine Borycki, Ron G. Thorn, Jane LeMaster

This study compares the nature of job satisfaction and organization commitment of employees in a United States manufacturing plant to employees in a Mexico maquiladora…

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIVENESS: AN EMPIRICAL EXAMINATION USING THE ENVIRONMENTAL DISCLOSURE INDEX

Sarah D. Stanwick, Peter A. Stanwick

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between corporate social responsiveness and organizational characteristics. Using a ratio comparing the number of…

THE STRATEGIES OF EXCELLENT MANUFACTURING EXPORTERS

Van Miller, Tom Becker, Charles Crespy

This paper studies the strategies of “E” award winning exporters engaged in manufacturing and demonstrates that there are multiple strategies for achieving success. Cluster…

INTERNAL CONTROL CONSIDERATIONS FOR GLOBAL ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE

Rajesh Aggarwal, Zabihollah Rezaee, Ramesh Soni

To remain competitive in today's global marketplace multinational organizations have to adopt advance computer and communication technologies, such as expert systems, neural…

A NEW STRATEGIC PLANNING MODEL FOR UNIVERSITIES UNDERGOING TRANSFORMATION

Len Tischler, Jerry Biberman, Abbass Alkhafaji

Higher education around the world appears to be at the beginning of a period of major transformation, with new roles, demands, and responsibilities. Administrators need new…

CULTURAL DETERMINISM AND SYSTEMATIC RISK OF GLOBAL STOCK EXCHANGES

Ahmed Riahi‐Belkaoui

This study relates to the international differences in the systematic risk of global stock exchanges to cultural differences. The results show that the level of the systematic…

ECONOMIC DOWNTURN: AN INVESTIGATION OF PERCEPTIONS AND STRATEGY

Sandra J. Hartman, Augusta C. Yrle, Olof H. Lundberg

The importance of decision maker interpretations in determining organizational responses to performance downturn is underscored and incorporated into a model proposed by Ford and…