http://www.business-and-management.org The mission of the International Journal of Business Science and Applied Management is to disseminate academic knowledge across the business and management scientific realms and to provide applied research knowledge to the appropriate stakeholders. We are keen to receive original contributions from researchers representing any business and management field. en-us RSS Feed Generator The current study investigated individuals' responses and evaluations of worksite health programs and policies. Upper level undergraduates rated the legitimacy of policies and programs exerting low, moderate, or high levels of control over employees’ health behaviors. The findings showed that individuals’ nutrition orientations accelerated the decrease in legitimacy ratings that accompanied increased control over employee fitness and health risk appraisal. On the other hand, individuals’ anti-smoking orientations slowed the decrease in legitimacy ratings that accompanied increased control over employee smoking behavior. Implications of the findings for job counselors and human resource personnel are discussed. http://www.business-and-management.org/paper.php?id=63 Thu, 9 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.business-and-management.org/paper.php?id=62 Thu, 9 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.business-and-management.org/paper.php?id=61 Thu, 9 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0100 This study aims to analyse the Ahlstrom annual reports. The content analysis contributes to family business corporate identity. According to the results family business corporate identity is based both on history and on the future. Human resource management, customer relationships, high quality, and also family ownership reflect corporate identity in large family corporations. Modern family business corporate identity is based on continuously developing the business concept and its core competency. Meeting the needs of customers and technical quality standards combined with upgrading and developing the business idea characterises family business corporate identity. http://www.business-and-management.org/paper.php?id=60 Thu, 9 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0100 This study investigates the effects of different levels of invariance analysis on three dimensional (3D) product authenticity model (3DPAM) constructs in the e- retailing context. A hypothetical retailer website presents a variety of laptops using 3D product visualisations. The proposed conceptual model achieves acceptable fit and the hypothesised paths are all valid. We empirically investigate the invariance across the subgroups to validate the results of our 3DPAM. We concluded that the 3D product authenticity model construct was invariant for our sample across different gender, level of education and study backgrounds. These findings suggested that all our subgroups conceptualised the 3DPAM similarly. Also the results show some non-invariance results for the structural and latent mean models. The gender group posits a non-invariance latent mean model. Study backgrounds group reveals a non-invariance result for the structural model. These findings allowed us to understand the 3DPAMs validity in the e-retail context. Managerial implications are explained. http://www.business-and-management.org/paper.php?id=59 Thu, 9 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0100 This study examines the factors determining FDI inflows of BRICS countries using annual dataset from the period 1975 to 2007 (for Russia required data set is available from 1990 onwards). The study employs Panel data analysis and finds that the selected variables Market size, Labour cost, Infrastructure, Currency value and Gross Capital formation as the potential determinants of FDI inflows of BRICS countries. The Economic Stability and Growth prospects (measured by inflation rate and Industrial production respectively), Trade openness (measured by the ratio of total trade to GDP) are seems to be the insignificant determinant of FDI inflows of the BRICS countries. The empirical results are robust in general for alternative variables determining FDI flows. http://www.business-and-management.org/paper.php?id=58 Thu, 9 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.business-and-management.org/paper.php?id=57 Thu, 9 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.business-and-management.org/paper.php?id=56 Thu, 9 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.business-and-management.org/paper.php?id=55 Thu, 9 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0100