26 articles in this issue
Michael C. Cant, Ricardo Machado, Melanie Gopaul
Fast-food consumption has been a staple for many people; however, due to rising health concerns, there has been an increasing interest in the consumption of healthier food both in South Africa and elsewhere. Many consumers are demanding better quality foo... see more
Prakash Singh, Christopher Malizo Dali
Today, more than ever, leaders need to demonstrate appropriate work-integrated learning competencies (WILCs) to process and manage emotional dynamics intelligently in their work environment. The challenge is to develop these leaders WILCs that can enable ... see more
J. H. Leibbrandt, C. J. Botha
Literature confirmed that whilst progress has been made in recent years, there is still a pressing need amongst communities in South Africa for improved service delivery. There is also increasing frustration and anger at the inability of municipalities to... see more
Tafadzwa T. Chitenderu, Andrew Maredza, Kin Sibanda
In this paper, we test the Johannesburg Stock Exchange market for the existence of the random walk hypothesis using monthly time series of the All Share Index (ALSI) covering the period 2000 2011. Traditional methods, such as unit root tests and autocorr... see more
Y. Hefer, M. C. Cant
Competition in the educational market is increasing at a rapid rate. With e-education and the increasing globalisation taking place, universities are competing more and more for student numbers. Service quality has become one of those factors that differe... see more
Francois van Dyk, Gary van Vuuren, Andre Heymans
The Sharpe ratio is widely used as a performance measure for traditional (i.e., long only) investment funds, but because it is based on mean-variance theory, it only considers the first two moments of a return distribution. It is, therefore, not suited fo... see more
Merwe Oberholzer
The objective of the study was to follow a logical inductive approach to develop a Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) model to estimate the relative technical efficiency of firms. The Du Pont analysis theory as conceptual framework was applied using primaril... see more
Michelle de Bruyn
South Africa has received its own data protection legislation - the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act - in November 2013 and is expecting the government to appoint an Information Regulator to enforce the letter of the law. Until then, South Af... see more
Zwelihle Wiseman Nzuza, Lawrence Mpele Lekhanya
The purpose of this paper was threefold: 1) to examine the internal factors influencing centralization of stock procurement processes, 2) to assess the relationship between demographic factors and staff understanding of Information Communication Technolog... see more
Ahu Ergen, Filiz Bozkurt, Caner Giray
The consumption of natural resources and environmental pollution is still one of our planets most serious problems. Accordingly, the number of consumers who are worried about diminishing natural resources is increasing rapidly. Knowing more about these co... see more
Nobukhosi Dlodlo
The explosion of the Internet has considerably transformed the fashion industry, by providing a substitute for traditional retail marketing formats. As such, the theory on customer value has taken pre-eminence in determining consumers behavioural intentio... see more
Aurathai Lertwannawit, Nak Gulid
The objective of this study is to examine the direct effects of satisfaction, trust, and switching barriers on customer retention in Bangkok and Pattaya, Chonburi province. Four hundred and forty questionnaires were distributed as the means of data collec... see more
Gorm Jacobsen
Due to government budget deficits in many countries for decades, government debt has become a big problem for some of these countries. This problem accelerated further after the financial crises starting at the end of 2008, a crisis that led to a low and ... see more
Andreas J. Reuschl, Ricarda B. Bouncken
Hospitals in industrialized countries increasingly recruit foreign physicians and thus have to work with a diverse workforce that exerts challenges. On the basis of social identity theory and the job-resources-demands model, the authors discuss effects on... see more
Wilma Viviers, Ludo Cuyvers, Ermie Steenkamp, Sonja Grater, Marianne Matthee, Waldo Krugell
In the face of slow economic growth and development, and the perennial problems of unemployment, poverty and inequality, the South African government and business community have long recognised the importance of growing and diversifying the countrys tangi... see more
Moreblessing Simawu, Courage Mlambo, Genius Murwirapachena
A stable money demand function plays a vital role in the planning and implementation of monetary policy. With the use of Johansen co-integration and error correction model estimates, this study examines the existence of a stable long-run relationship betw... see more
Stephen Mago, Costa Hofisi
Smallholder farmers in Africa desperately need pro-poor interventions to alleviate their poverty through self-sustenance. In Africa, poverty is more prevalent in rural areas, where the overwhelming majority (about 80%) of Africas population lives and abou... see more
Martha Isabel Bojorquez Zapata, Antonio Emmanuel Perez Brito, Jorge Humberto Basulto Triay
This papers objective is to analyze the main differences between financial management in family and non-family small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the textile industry. It considers variables such as sales growth and implementation of management contro... see more
Wilmie Vosloo, Jaco Fouche, Jaco Barnard
Financial stress is a condition that is becoming more prevalent in todays society due to factors such as high debt levels, low savings and economic recessions. Research has found that financial stress negatively influences employees performance at work. W... see more
Forget Mingiri Kapingura
The study examines the stability of the money demand function from 1994 to 2012 using quarterly data. The study utilises the Johansen co-integration to analyse the long-term relationship between the money demand function and its determinants. The CUSUM an... see more
Yoshiaki Watanabe
Although marketing researchers pay increasing attention to the co-creation of value, switching costs and customer share, not much is known about their interrelationships. This study extracts prior research by developing a conceptual framework linking all ... see more
Chris William Callaghan
In a global context of resource scarcity few incentives exist for firms to pursue innovations that provide social externalities if these are not inherently profitable. The purpose of this article is to present an alternative paradigm of societal problem s... see more
Marlize Terblanche-Smit, Ronel du Preez, Tiaan van der Spuy
Branded advertising, a foundation of brand-building efforts, seek to persuade consumers to select a specific brand over a competitor brand. The objective of this study was to examine the effectiveness of branded advertising in the alcoholic beverage indus... see more
Agata Klaus-Rosinska, Anna Zablocka-Kluczka
The complementary aims of this manuscript are to describe the issue of project management in universities and to present proposals that may improve that area within selected institutions. The improvements are meant to enable project management at the univ... see more
Chengedzai Mafini, David R.I. Pooe, Hebert Nqcobo
This study investigated the factors that contributed to the unsuccessful implementation of the Balanced Scorecard in a provincial government department in South Africa. The study was inspired by the unsatisfactory attempt to introduce the Balanced Scoreca... see more
Donseung Choi, Eunho Cho
Existing studies showed inconsistent results for the relationship between international diversification (ID) and firm value. Thus, we primarily examine whether each MNCs product strategy moderates the relationship between ID and firm value. The results sh... see more