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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2006)This paper provides a review of the literature on the state of qualitative research in the field of public relations. It suggests that although quantitative methodologies are prominent, there is a call to action for the ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2006)This research paper investigates the impact that changes in yields on Government of Canada debt securities have on the performance of Canadian financial services stocks. The statistical models used to test for the relationship ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2006)Changes in working capital accounts are used by analysts and investors to study and interpret the financial health of a company. This study conducted an analysis on the reliability of the net non-cash working capital account ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2006)Researchers conducted a study of the e-Marketing practices of bed and breakfast accommodations in Atlantic Canada. The results revealed that bed and breakfasts are embracing web-based marketing activities to a greater ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2006)In 2003, as part of a doctoral research project, a survey was administered to tourists who visited Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, in efforts to get a clearer understanding of who the ‘visitor’ was to the community since its new ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2006)In today’s business world, crisis management is a normal part of a managers’ day. This paper discusses crisis management strategies in the hotel industry and illustrates how human resource management can play more of a ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2006)This study examines the announcement effect and the post-acquisition long-term performance of 96 Indian international acquisitions of U.S. firms made in the period 1999-2005. We find that while the international acquisition ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2006)This study explores how the past plays a role in how individuals make sense of organizational change in the present. Othering, a process whereby individuals construct comparisons between old and new leaders, is theorized ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2006)Natural Church Development (NCD) is an emerging model that was designed to assess and develop the health of a church (Schwarz, 1998). With modification, it is argued that the NCD model could make a significant contribution ...
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The effects of electronic performance monitoring on performance outcomes: a review and meta-analysis (Atlantic Schools of Business, 2006)A meta-analysis was conducted to examine the relationship between the feedback intervention method of electronic performance monitoring (EPM) and performance outcomes. The effects of feedback interventions on performance ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2006)Intermodal Transportation has sustained a promising growth over the past two decades and continues to be one of the rapidly growing segments of the transportation industry. Intermodal transportation is being increasing ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2006)The purpose of the present study is to empirically investigate the determinants and consequences of consumers’ satisfaction with restaurant services. A total of 121 undergraduate business students participated in this ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2006)Multiple Response Data (MRD) can be defined as the set of answers to a question that allows the respondent to pick more than one response, also known as a pick any/J format. Such questions have become very popular for ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2006)The aim of this paper is to present exploratory research findings that offer an understanding of consumer behaviour in the context of web-based movie trailers. Central to this research is to expose three key periods of ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2006)Student evaluation of teaching instruments (or “SETs”) are used extensively despite considerable resistance from faculty. This resistance is surprising given extensive research which seemingly supports SET use for counselling ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2006)Changing foci in the field of investments along with the increasing use of concentrated teaching formats present new challenges for educators seeking to enhance student learning. This paper looks at a promising new pedagogical ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2006)Teams (n=38) were randomly assigned to one of three training interventions: learning goals, outcome goals and do your best. Results revealed that training student teams to set learning goals resulted in the lowest level ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2006)In this paper, the largely forgotten realm of emergency leadership is considered using the Predictable Surprise categorization detailed by Bazerman and Watkins (2004). The author suggests that the unpredictable nature of ...
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Fleeting thoughts on enduring networks: conceptualizing the Atlantic Schools of Business conference (Atlantic Schools of Business, 2006)This paper sets out to analyze the (enduring) character of the Atlantic Schools of Business through application of an Actor-Network Theory (ANT) approach. Drawing on selected developments that occurred since 2000, the paper ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2006)For the past two decades, information and communication technologies (ICT) have transformed the ways professors teach and students learn. The purpose of this study is to investigate the perceptions of onsite students (hybrid ...