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Conference Proceedings 2007: Recent submissions
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2007)Cultural tourism, Aboriginal cultural tourism and importance of product authenticity are examined. The paper provides a case narrative of Aboriginal cultural tourism involving five First Nations communities on Cape Breton ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2007)Recent research has indicated that Atlantic Canada bed and breakfasts and private inns have embraced the adoption of basic Internet Business Solutions including email, web browsing and hosting a website. While the firms ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2007)This paper describes the process wherein management theory, as produced by management scholars, undergoes a series of transformations such that the student in the business school is actually presented with a simulacral ...
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Integrating social impact management into management education: exploring attitudes and assessments (Atlantic Schools of Business, 2007)This paper considers ethical attitudes of business students from an Atlantic Canadian university. We investigate students’ attitudes toward the topics of business ethics, social impact management, corporate social ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2007)Tacit knowledge plays an integral role in the competitive advantage of knowledge-based organizations, yet misunderstanding and confusion exists as to what tacit knowledge is, and how it should be managed. Through analysis ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2007)Optimal resource utilization is a practice every organization should strive for. Conflicts may arise from within organizations or from external stakeholders that prevent the realization of the full value of resources. Such ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2007)The issue of whether export spillover effects exist is explored. Results suggest that export spillover effects are strongly associated with the nature of the relationship with foreign firms, together with the innovation ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2007)This paper investigates psychological contracts inherent in service experiences. Using consumption stories written by consumers, it demonstrates how a breach of the psychological contract as a result of a wait or delay ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2007)To ensure the provision of telecommunications services to citizens, the legislated regulator (CRTC), federal government and local governments must ensure that telecommunications companies have appropriate back-up and ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2007)Nowadays, knowledge is viewed as a significant asset for organizations. Consequently, knowledge management has become an important factor to take into account within and between organizations. This paper proposes an approach ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2007)Individual adoption of technology has been studied extensively in the workplace (Brown and Venkatesh 2005). Far less attention has been paid to adoption of technology in the household (Brown and Venkatesh 2005). Obviously, ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2007)Multiple factors have led to a shift from psychology’s physiologic and mechanistic beginnings to a more integrative, encompassing bio-psychosocial model in order to explore and explain human behavior: dissatisfaction with ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2007)Meta-analysis is used to assess the somewhat neglected relationship between work teams and procedural justice. Specifically, the effect of a team’s process control, their level of commitment, collectivism and the presence ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2007)In June 2007, the IWK Health Centre started major renovations in the children’s OR Department. This paper details efforts undertaken to ensure the department will fit into the reduced space during construction. These efforts ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2007)Medical physicists at the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre (QEII) located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, use a process known as forward treatment planning when planning radiotherapy treatment for lung cancer patients. ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2007)The IWK’s division of Ophthalmology currently provides clinical service to over 8000 patients per year. Eye Care Centre patients were experiencing long waits between registration and their ophthalmologist appointment. This ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2007)Wait times for medical procedures have been increasing for many years. This trend has attracted much media attention, which has helped to focus efforts to reduce these waiting times. The Nova Scotia Department of Health ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2007)This study uses a sensemaking approach and draws upon role identity theory to explore individual understandings of the public relations identity. PR practitioners are asked to share their own sensemaking about their ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2007)This paper offers ideas as to how economic theories of the firm might be used as a lens to inform the development of the Partnered Health Care Model of healthcare delivery in The Bahamas. The model is explained, concepts ...
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Is there a 'growth trap'?: a preliminary analysis of profit and revenue data for Canadian companies (Atlantic Schools of Business, 2007)Michael Porter (1996) has argued that managers frequently fall into a ‘growth trap’, focusing on growing revenues at the expense of a weakened strategy and reduced profits. Research by others offers mixed support for ...
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