Information about and contributors of the 13th volume of Current Topics in Management.
Current Topics in Management, Vol. 13, 2008
We conceived the Series—Current Topics in Management—about thirteen years ago; we are now in 2008 and have completed the 13th volume; and the challenge has now shifted from keeping the Series going to improving the quality of the content of each succeeding volume. How does this volume attempt to meet our resolve to do better as we move deeper into the Series? Overall, Volume 13 contains 11 contributions divided into four sections, which are identified below and also constitute the basic structure of this Introduction. The editor attempts to frame the volume with Chapter 1. The other chapters were the survivors of competitive reviews of submissions to the fourteenth annual International Conference on Advances in Management held at Niagara Falls during July 2007.
Competitive papers were evaluated through a double-blind review process, and several invited papers also were reviewed. During this review process, each chapter was revised two to four times to improve quality.
To accommodate to the desiderate of linkage, the chapters below are sorted into four major sections: (1) Economy, Strategy, and Organizational Performance, (2) Research on Organizational Behavior and Entrepreneurship, (3) Culture, Competence, and Effectiveness, and (4) Special Topics for Managers.
Table of Contents of Vol. 13:
Preface: M. Afzalur Rahim (Editor)
Chapter 1. Introduction by M. Afzalur Rahim
Part 1: Economy, Strategy, and Organizational Performance
- Chapter 2. From Subprime Crisis to a Recession
Iwan J. Azis, Cornell University, ija1@cornell.edu - Chapter 3. Organizational Performance in an Interdependent World
John H. Grant, University of Northern Colorado, grantjh@aol.com - Chapter 4. Resource Development and Competing Interests in Distressed Firms: Examining the Relationship between Capital Structure and Competitiveness
William J. Donoher, Missouri State University, wjdonoher@missouristate.edu - Chapter 5. A Structural View of Stakeholder Action: Examining the Federal Aviation Administration
David Eduardo Cavazos, cavazode@jmu.edu
David Eduardo Cavazos, cavazode@jmu.edu
Marvin Washington, marvin.washington@ualberta.ca
Part II: Research on Organizational Behavior and Entrepreneurship
- Chapter 6. Proactive Personality and Feedback Seeking Behaviors: The Effects of Supervisor Feedback and Overall Fairness
Tae-Yeol Kim, City University of Hong Kong, bestkty@cityu.edu.hk
Jie Wang, City University of Hong Kong, fifiwang@cityu.edu.hk - Chapter 7. Explaining the Effects of Managers’ or Supervisors’ Influence Tactics on Employees’ Reactions
John L. Michela
Aviva Greenstein, University of Waterloo, Ontario, jmichela@uwaterloo.ca - Chapter 8. High Technology Entrepreneurs, their Social Networks and Success in Global Markets: The Case of Israelis in the U.S. Market
Yossi Dashti, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, yossi.dashti@gmail.com
Dafna Schwartz, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, dafnasch@som.bgu.ac.il
Ayala M. Pines, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, pinesa@som.bgu.ac.il
Part III: Culture, Competence, and Effectiveness
- Chapter 9. Professional Biculturalism Enculturation Training: A New Perspective on Managing the R&D and Marketing Interface
Preeta M. Banerjee, Brandeis University, banerjee@brandeis.edu
C. Y. Chiu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, cychiu@uiuc.edu - Chapter 10. The Managerial-Job (M-J) Competency Fit Model
Chee-Leong Chong, Sim University Singapore, clchong@unisim.edu.sg
Gilbert Tan, Singapore Management University, gilberttan@smu.edu.sg
Part IV: Special Topics for Managers
- Chapter 11. Managing for Impact in Business Research Programs: Scope and Collaboration
Paul F. Skilton, Arizona State University-Polytechnic, pskilton@asu.edu
Robert M. Wiseman, Michigan State University, wiseman@bus.msu.edu
William H. Glick, Rice University, bill.glick@rice.edu - Chapter 12. Activity Based Costing in the Financial Sector: New (and Powerful?) Accounting Discourse and Practice
Rui Vieira, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, rui.vieira@fe.unl.pt