The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/1475-7702.htm Individual differences and analyst forecast accuracy Ting Luo Department of Accounting, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, and Analyst forecast accuracy 257 Wenjuan Xie Department of Accounting and Finance, Whittemore School of Business and Economics, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA Abstract
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OB EXAM STUDY NOTES Motivation Motivation – the extent to which persistent effort is directed towards a goal - Effort, persistence, direction Intrinsic motivation – self applied, form the inside, stemming from the direct relationship between the worker and the task Extrinsic motivation – stemming from the work environment external to the task, usually applied by others (managers), not long lasting Content theories of motivation – WHAT motivates (Maslow’s theory, Alderfer’s ERG theory,
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A Study on Leverage and Firm Investment: Chinese Evidence Master of Science Thesis Huijie Bao Program Economics of Innovation and Growth Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) June 2010 Supervisor: Börje Johansson ABSTRACT This thesis focuses on the relationship between financial leverage and investment in Chinese listed firms. There are two novel aspects embraced here. One is choosing a marginal version of Tobin’s q instead of average q with Chinese data. Another one is taking the financial
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ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR Is a multidisciplinary field of stduy that investigate show indidividuals behave within formal organizations. OB AS AN INTERDISCIPLINARY FIELD (Campo) * Psychology: individuals, motivation, personality, attitudes, learning, goals, expectation, perceptions, cognition. * Sociology: groups, status, hierarchy, influence, trust, reciprocity, social identity, social networks. * Economics: perfromance, efficency, effectiveness, incentives, monitoring, coordination
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style, there is no opportunities for the employees to give their opinion or making decision. They need to do what the leader asks immediately. This style is suitable with who can work in high level of stress. The leader must be high level of self-motivation to succeed
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SUBMITTED TO Omar Faruk Assistant Professor Department of Business Administration East West University SUBMITTED BY Students of the Department of Business Administration ID No. Md. Mohiman 2009-1-10-147 Jaheda Sultana 2009-1-10-029 Md. Anamul Haque 2009-2-10-108 Md.Mehedi Hasan 2009-1-10-073 Organizational behavior Course Code: MGT251 Section: 3 East West University 1. Do you believe that whistle-blowing is good for organizations and its members
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g |UNDERSTANDING WORK TEAMS | LEARNING OBJECTIVES After studying this chapter, students should be able to: 1. Explain the growing popularity of teams in organizations. 2. Contrast teams with groups. 3. Identify four types of teams. 4. Describe conditions when teams are preferred over individuals. 5. Specify the characteristics of effective teams
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Diversity 17 3.2.Challenges of Managing Diversity 19 3.3 How to promote and support Diverse Workforce 21 3.4 Cultural Diversity in Malaysia 22 4.0 CASE STUDY 24 A. INTRODUCTION 24 B. BACKGROUND OF THE COMPANY 25 C. SYMPTOMS OF THE OB ISSUES 29 D. CAUSES OF THE OB ISSUE 33 E. RECOMMENDATIONS 34 F. CONCLUSIONS 48 G. REFERENCES 50 APPENDIX 51 Diversity and inclusion questionnaires 51 Q1- ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR ISSUE- DIVERSITY “Strength lies in differences, not in similarities” ― Stephen
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Human Resource Management Functions, Applications, Skill Development Robert N. Lussier Springfield College John R. Hendon University of Arkansas at Little Rock USAGE Los Angeles | London | New Delhi Singapore | Washington DC Detailed Contents About the Authors Preface xxiv xxv PART I. 21ST-CENTURY HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIC PLANNING AND LEGAL ISSUES 1 Chapter 1 The New Human Resource Management Process 2 SHRM 3 Why Study Human Resource Management? 4
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of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, without permission in writing from the publisher. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 An Introduction to Organizational Behavior CHAPTER 2 Managing People and Organizations CHAPTER 3 Motivation CHAPTER 4 Work-Related Attitudes CHAPTER 5 Organizational Communication and Power CHAPTER 6 Groups and Teams in Organizations CHAPTER 7 Leadership CHAPTER 8 Prosocial Behavior, Cooperation Conflict, and Stress CHAPTER 9 Making Decisions in Organizations
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