Working Papers
Leadership and Change Mangement
The purpose of the present study is to examine the reasons and circumstances of strategic change initiatives and how management and their behavior can go wrong. In particular, how such change initiatives are being communicated, perceived, justified, and implemented within organizations. Organizational change management is usually understood on the basis of traditional strategy approaches and tends to focus on technical issues. Of course, most managers work feverously to identify and pursue ch
An Examination of Traditional and Nontraditio
The present study was designed to empirically examine how traditional and nontraditional students varied in their perceptions of and appreciation for “Transformational” versus “Transactional Leadership” Styles as indicated by their survey responses. An “accidental” sample of 150 participants from the general student population at a college in the rural southeastern region of the United States participated in the investigation. The critical questions raised in the present study w
AN INVESTIGATION OF COUNTRY-OF-ORIGIN EFFECT
The purpose of this pilot study was to investigate consumer preference for the place of origin, and its potential effect on the internationalization of the Star lager brand. It is pertinent to fully explore and understand the role of consumer stereotyping associated with the Star brand in order to craft a more appropriate international marketing strategy for the selected market area. While the study provided in-depth insights into consumer perception of imported Star lager brand using the cou
Recession Economics and Non-Neutral Money
This paper examines the monetary policy choices before a central bank during an economic downturn. The central bank can do nothing and allow credit contraction, actively contract the money supply more, or expand the money supply to offset the monetary contraction. The paper concludes that credit contraction during a recession is a bad situation. However, activist policies that either expand or further contract the money supply are worse.