Management Research News: Volume 28 Issue 1

Generation “X” and the boomers: an analysis of realities and myths

Steven H. Appelbaum, Maria Serena, Barbara T. Shapiro

A case study was conducted to identify and to dispel the current stereotypes in the workplace regarding Generation X and Baby Boomers. For the purpose of the study Generation X…

Sustainable retailing and consumerism

Peter Jones, David Hillier, Daphne Comfort, Ian Eastwood

In concluding their review of the environmental and social performance of some 86 worldwide retailers Storebrand Investments (2003) argued that “Shopping is increasingly becoming…

Turkish companies’ ethical statements: content analysis with comparisons

Ali Halici, Asli Kucukaslan

The aim of the study is to determine the ethical concept of the companies’ statements and correlations with each other. Therefore, content analysis with quantitative methods were…

The challenges of navigating a topic to a prospective researcher: the case of knowledge management research

Sajjad M. Jasimuddin, Con Connell, Jonathan H. Klein

Exploring a researchable topic and narrowing it down sufficiently to make it workable is a first task in any scientific research. This is particularly difficult when the…

Further support of the reliability and construct validity of the horizontal and vertical, individualism and collectivism Framework

Christopher J. White

The search for an acceptable model to explain cultural differences in value orientations has led the present author to the constructs of individualism and collectivism (I‐C)…

Dividend innovations and volatility of stock returns

Dimitrios Tsoukalas

This article focuses on dividend innovations as a determinant of predict ability and volatility of returns in three major stock markets, the U.S., U.K., and Japan. All results are…

Derivatives and the 1987 market crash

G. Glenn Baigent, Vincent G. Massaro

We examine the role of program trading and portfolio insurance in the market crash of 1987. We argue that the only plausible explanation for the sequence and magnitude of the…