Janet R. McColl‐Kennedy, Geoffrey C. Kiel and Susan J. Dann
Reports a study of the salesforce compensation practices inmanufacturing companies which is the first of its kind undertaken inAustralia. Australian companies rely heavily on…
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Reports a study of the salesforce compensation practices in manufacturing companies which is the first of its kind undertaken in Australia. Australian companies rely heavily on salary as the main form of salesforce compensation, unlike in the USA where the majority of salespeople are rewarded using commission‐based means. To a lesser extent, this is also true for Britain. The companies in this study, like many European firms, make relatively little use of performance‐related compensation methods such as commission. These findings are surprising, given that most companies reported that the main objective of their compensation plans was to reward above average performance. Such discrepancies between objectives and methods appear to be widespread and can, in part, be related to the social and legal environment in which Australian companies operate.
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Alexandra L. Ferrentino, Meghan L. Maliga, Richard A. Bernardi and Susan M. Bosco
This research provides accounting-ethics authors and administrators with a benchmark for accounting-ethics research. While Bernardi and Bean (2010) considered publications in…
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This research provides accounting-ethics authors and administrators with a benchmark for accounting-ethics research. While Bernardi and Bean (2010) considered publications in business-ethics and accounting’s top-40 journals this study considers research in eight accounting-ethics and public-interest journals, as well as, 34 business-ethics journals. We analyzed the contents of our 42 journals for the 25-year period between 1991 through 2015. This research documents the continued growth (Bernardi & Bean, 2007) of accounting-ethics research in both accounting-ethics and business-ethics journals. We provide data on the top-10 ethics authors in each doctoral year group, the top-50 ethics authors over the most recent 10, 20, and 25 years, and a distribution among ethics scholars for these periods. For the 25-year timeframe, our data indicate that only 665 (274) of the 5,125 accounting PhDs/DBAs (13.0% and 5.4% respectively) in Canada and the United States had authored or co-authored one (more than one) ethics article.
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Xiaolin Shi, Jonathon Day, Susan Gordon, Liping Cai and Howard Adler
The purpose of this paper is to examine visitors’ motivations for going to the South Luogu Alley, a famous hutong with an over 700-year history in Beijing, China.
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine visitors’ motivations for going to the South Luogu Alley, a famous hutong with an over 700-year history in Beijing, China.
Design/methodology/approach
The study applied a self-administered questionnaire to collect data from visitors on the main street of the South Luogu Alley.
Findings
It was found that most visitors of the hutong are casual tourists pursuing relaxation, including tension release and spending time with friends and family; seeking authenticity is not visitors’ most important motivation.
Research limitations/implications
This study used only one hutong to assess visitors’ motivations in hutong tourism, so the results may not be applicable to all hutongs.
Practical implications
The research on the demographics and different motivations of the South Luogu Alley visitors can be useful to managers of tourism-related organizations.
Social implications
This study shows that tourists with different motivations for visiting a hutong have varying requirements for authenticity. The reconstruction of some historical hutongs is not always perceived as negative, and the influence of Western cultural elements can be seen as positive if they contribute to the sustainable development of the local culture.
Originality/value
The term “hutonger,” which includes casual visitors, entertainment seekers, authenticity seekers and pure escapees, based on these respective motivations, is introduced to describe the specific groups of hutong visitors and contribute to the hutong tourism literature.
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The purpose of this paper is to highlight the issues that arise for marketers and consumers in the branding of generational cohorts, with a focus on the baby boomers recent…
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to highlight the issues that arise for marketers and consumers in the branding of generational cohorts, with a focus on the baby boomers recent encroachment into the seniors market.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper reviews current knowledge of the brand characteristics of the baby boom generation and their consumption patterns compared to traditional seniors.
Findings
The paper finds that baby boomers, although now in their 40s to 60s, are perceived by marketers as a generational brand which is different from the objectively defined seniors market which, based on seniors membership organisations, starts at age 50.
Practical implications
Given the changing consumption patterns of baby boomers when compared with prior generational cohorts at the same age, brands need to reflect this generation's perceptions of itself to appeal the 50 plus market.
Originality/value
Because of the world wide phenomenon of the ageing of the population, the 50 plus market is the fastest growing and wealthiest market in developed countries. A better understanding of the influence of generational cohorts as opposed to age as a segmentation and positioning variable will result in more effective targeting of this cohort.