International Journal of Business and Management; Vol. 7, No. 13; 2012 ISSN 1833-3850 E-ISSN 1833-8119 Published by Canadian Center of Science and Education Consumers’ Attitude towards Advertising Uchenna Cyril Eze1 & Chai Har Lee2 1 2 Monash University, 46150 Selangor, Malaysia Multimedia University, 75450 Bukit Beruang, Melaka, Malaysia Correspondence: Chai Har Lee, Multimedia University, Jalan Ayer Keroh Lama, 75450 Bukit Beruang, Melaka, Malaysia. Tel: 60-123-633-730. E-mail: chaiharlee@gmail
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and discuss why this movement recently emerged in psychology. Discuss career opportunities in psychology. Profile the main areas of specialization in psychology. Say how studying habits may be optimized. Understand how to be a critical thinker. CHAPTER 1: OUTLINE Psychology is a science dedicated to the study of behavior and mental processes. In this chapter you are introduced to the history of this science, a variety of contemporary perspectives in psychology, the positive psychology movement
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A Case Study on Internal or External Recruiting 1. Objectives of the Case Study The number of managerial positions is limited in most organizations, and employers fill those limited positions with either internal hires or external recruits. This external-versus internal- hiring decision is important, because managerial capability is a critical determinant of the profitability of an organization. In this case study of Powernet, our objectives are to: * Analyse the issues related to
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traditionally the description tended to relate more to sanitary reform and ‘healthy conditions’. The chronological development of public health is mapped out, supported by the outlining and discussion of the emerging themes and influences pertaining to the study of public health. The approach to public health is positioned alongside the health of the population and the prevailing political/societal influence at the time. Public health is impacted on by poverty and environmental factors. Presently government
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IJB-2735; No. of Pages 23 ARTICLE IN PRESS i n t e r n a t i o n a l j o u r n a l o f m e d i c a l i n f o r m a t i c s x x x ( 2 0 1 1 ) xxx–xxx journal homepage: www.intl.elsevierhealth.com/journals/ijmi Older adults: Are they ready to adopt health-related ICT? Tsipi Heart ∗ , Efrat Kalderon Department of Industrial Engineering & Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel a r t i c l e Article history: i n f o a b s t r a c t Background: : The proportion
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Introduction Education has remained a social process in capacity building and maintenance of society for decades. It is a weapon for acquiring skills, relevant knowledge and habits for surviving in our changing world. Education has become one of the most powerful weapons known to man for reducing poverty and inequality in modern societies. It is also used for laying the foundation for a sustainable growth and development of any nation. Education is a vital instrument in development; the National
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emotional expression for survival and, second, adaptation.[2] In the 1900s, even though traditional definitions of intelligence emphasized cognitive aspects such as memory and problem-solving, several influential researchers in the intelligence field of study had begun to recognize the importance of the non-cognitive aspects. For instance, as early as 1920, E.L. Thorndike used the term social intelligence to describe the skill of understanding and managing other people.[3] Similarly, in 1940 David Wechsler
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421 What Makes Consumers Buy from Internet? A Longitudinal Study of Online Shopping Moez Limayem, Mohamed Khalifa, and Anissa Frini Abstract—The objective of this study is to investigate the factors affecting online shopping. A model explaining the impact of different factors on online shopping intentions and behavior is developed based on the Theory of Planned Behavior. The model is then tested empirically in a longitudinal study with two surveys. Data collected from 705 consumers indicate that
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Obesity: A Global Epidemic Introduction This analysis dives deep into the rising trend of obesity, and is designed to juxtapose the actions of McDonald’s corporation and the increasing trend of consumer preference of organic, healthy products. The market of food consumers is becoming increasingly health-focused although the simultaneous increases in obesity in almost all countries seem to be driven mainly by changes in the global food system, which is producing more processed,
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Knowledge Gap between the Vendors and Customers: A Comprehensive Study on the Fast Food Outlets of Basundhara City Food Court and their Customers Abstract In most of the business, there is always a possibility of the existence of knowledge gap between the business owners and their customers. Like any other business, the growing fast food industry in Bangladesh might be facing this problem. If the fast food vendors do not have proper idea about the expectations of the customers, they are
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