Accounting, Organizations and Society 38 (2013) 596–620 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Accounting, Organizations and Society journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/aos An accountability framework for financial statement auditors and related research questions Mark E. Peecher a,⇑, Ira Solomon b,1, Ken T. Trotman c,2 a Department of Accountancy, College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1206 South Sixth Street, Champaign, IL 61820, United States
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Journal of International Business Studies (2006) 37, 285–320 & 2006 Academy of International Business All rights reserved 0047-2506 $30.00 www.jibs.net PERSPECTIVE A quarter century of Culture’s Consequences: a review of empirical research incorporating Hofstede’s cultural values framework Bradley L. Kirkman1, Kevin B. Lowe2 and Cristina B. Gibson3 1 Department of Management, Mays Business School, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA; 2Department of Business Administration,
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ARTICLE Celina Del Felice and Andria Wisler The Unexplored Power and Potential of Youth as Peace-builders Journal of Peace Conflict & Development Issue 11, November 2007 available from www.peacestudiesjournal.org.uk ARTICLE The Unexplored Power and Potential of Youth as Peace-builders By Celina Del Felice and Andria Wisler1 1 Celina Del Felice is a PhD student at CIDIN (Centre for International Development Issues Nijmegen), University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands (www.ru.nl/cidin)
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Research Methodology Name Institutional Affiliations Chapter III: Research Methodology 3.1 Introduction The methodology chapter will identify and discuss the methods of research applied in the current study and justify their ability to achieve the predetermined objectives and aims. The principal concepts for discussion in the chapter will include the type of research, time and location of research, sampling and data collection, measures of variables, data analysis, and the ethical consideration
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trying to effectively motivate such students often falls to academic advisors. Opinions about the role of motivation in academic achievement and what can be done about it vary widely among college faculty, administrators, and student services professionals. Consideration about unmotivated students opens a Pandora’s box of questions: Can anything be done about these students? Can motivation be taught? What kind of strategies can be used to influence motivation? Is this time wasted that might better
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Improving Students’ Learning With Effective Learning Techniques: Promising Directions From Cognitive and Educational Psychology Many students are being left behind by an educational system that some people believe is in crisis. Improving educational outcomes will require efforts on many fronts, but a central premise of this monograph is that one part of a solution involves helping students to better regulate their learning through the use of effective learning techniques. Fortunately, cognitive
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Organizational Change: Motivation, Communication, and Leadership Effectiveness Ann Gilley, Jerry W. Gilley and Heather S. McMillan rganizational leadership behaviors have a Research indicates that numerous variables have an impact on a leader’s direct influence on actions in the work eneffectiveness. This study explores the vironment that enable change (Drucker, behaviors associated with leadership 1999; Gilley, 2005; Howkins, 2001). Leaders may funceffectiveness in driving change. The tion as change
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Information Services Academic Skills Know-how Harvard Reference examples Referencing is done in order to: Demonstrate the evidence and research that you have undertaken to complete and support your ideas and to give appropriate credit to those sources and authors. Enable the reader to consult the same materials that you have used. The Harvard referencing system is the most frequently used style at Staffordshire and is also known as the Author-Date style. It emphasises the name
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arvInformation Services Academic Skills Know-how Harvard Reference examples The Harvard referencing system is the most frequently used style at Staffordshire and is also known as the Author-Date style. It emphasises the name of the creator of a piece of information and the date of publication, with the list of references in alphabetical order at the end of your piece of work. Some Faculties or subject areas use a different style of referencing, so you should check your module handbook for confirmation
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Journal of Business Ethics (2008) 77:431–449 DOI 10.1007/s10551-007-9358-8 Ó Springer 2007 The Dark Side of Authority: Antecedents, Mechanisms, and Outcomes of Organizational Corruption Ruth V. Aguilera Abhijeet K. Vadera ABSTRACT. Corruption poisons corporations in America and around the world, and has devastating consequences for the entire social fabric. In this article, we focus on organizational corruption, described as the abuse of authority for personal benefit, and draw on Weber’s
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