Home
About AJBR & AAC
From the Managing Editor
Current Issue
Archives
Anthology of Cases
Call for Papers
Feedback
Subscription
Sponsorship
Titles (Click on a title to view the abstract)
A Cross-Organizational Study of Working Relationships
R, Mohan Pisharodi and Ravi Parameswaran
A Longitudinal Assessment of the Maslow’s Theory: A Dynamic Perspective
Robin Widgery and Madhukar Angur
Distinguishing the Liability of Foreignness from Liability of Globalization
Ravi Parameswaran and Deepak Sethi
Evolution of the Capacity Assessment Tools
R. Krishnaveni and B. Sripirabaa
Predictors of Successful Transfer of Management Training
Clement Opare, Brian D’Netto, and Juan España
The Other Side of Paradise: Coping with the Downsides of Globalization for Developing Countries
Rajaram Veliyath, Kamal Fatehi, and James Herbert
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Abstracts
A Cross-Organizational Study of Working Relationships
R, Mohan Pisharodi and Ravi Parameswaran
Research findings on the automobile industry have concluded that good working relationships result in lower costs, improvements in
productivity, and the acquisition of competitive advantages. However, many of these findings are based on narrowly defined buyer-
supplier relationships. The researchers first present their research on the impact of price pressure on supplier-customer (OEM)
working relationships in the automobile industry. The OEMs in the data are then separated and data revealing the antecedents oft
their relationships with their suppliers are examined to study similarities and differences. The paper concludes with observations
about its findings and provides suggestions for future research.
Download Full Article
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A Longitudinal Assessment of the Maslow’s Theory: A Dynamic Perspective
Robin Widgery and Madhukar Angur
opportunity to test changes in motivation before and after a period of merit pay deprivation. In doing so, aspects of Maslow’s
Theory were tested using a dynamic research model. It was hypothesized that as lower needs were satisfied, these needs would
correlate less with motivation. Moreover, it was predicted that the correlations of need level satisfaction with perceived
motivation, when examined across time, would increase in an ascending (hierarchical) order, the lowest coefficient would be for
the physiological need and the highest for self-actualization. Although the dynamic model produced the hierarchical ordering of
the correlates, the concept of prepotency was not supported. As one level of need was satisfied, the next level in the hierarchy
increased in correlation with motivation, but so did all other higher needs.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Distinguishing the Liability of Foreignness from Liability of Globalization
Ravi Parameswaran and Deepak Sethi
The International Business Environment (IBE) is the most significant element that differentiates multinational enterprises
(MNEs) from purely domestic firms, which the former routinely negotiate during cross-border operations. The complexity,
volatility, and interdependence of the IBE have increased exponentially in the last two decades due to phenomenal increases in
global trade and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), global supply chains and complex multi-country networks. MNEs now adopt a
global perspective rather than the narrow, dyadic home-country focus engendered in the traditional Liability of Foreignness (LOF)
notion, and incur substantial costs in developing IBE-reading and dynamic adaptation capabilities. This study therefore proposes
the concept of the Liability of Globalization (LOG), quite distinct from the traditional LOF, thus facilitating theory to catch up with
practice. Drawing on the resource-based perspective it argues that MNE capabilities at keeping their strategy/structure/routines
in sync with the ever-changing IBE impact competitive advantage. Using the grounded theory approach the study carries out an
inductive analysis of interviews of several MNE executives, and juxtaposing them with the stock of extant research, develops
propositions that open new avenues for further research.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Evolution of the Capacity Assessment Tools
R. Krishnaveni and B. Sripirabaa
Organizations assess their performance periodically to ensure achievement of strategic goals. A plethora of methodologies are
available for assessing organizational performance. Capacity building is one such methodology extensively used by non-profit
organizations, non-government organizations, community development agencies, civil society organizations, and funding
agencies to assess the efficacy of the programs organized or funded by them. This paper gives an insight into the evolution of such
tools that have been developed and applied for capacity assessment in the last decade. The study identified ten tools and grouped
them into three phases. The focus of the tools in each phase ranged from assessment of the organization capacity, to assessing the
strengths and weakness of organizations in focused areas and to the assessment of the benefits of specific programs. The paper ends
with a comparison of the focal areas of these tools.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Predictors of Successful Transfer of Management Training
Clement Opare, Brian D’Netto, and Juan España
A large number of organizations incur considerable expenditure on management training. However, these training costs can be
justified only if the knowledge and skills acquired in the training program is transferred back to the workplace. This study
examines the factors that are associated with the transfer of management training. The current analysis was based on a survey
involving a sample of participants from 200 organizations selected at random from among Australia’s top 500 companies. Data
were collected using a structured questionnaire from managers who had attended training programs within the past two years.
Multiple regression results indicate that motivation to attend the training, trainee perceptions and supervisor support are
significantly associated with transfer of training. The implications of these findings are discussed.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Other Side of Paradise: Coping with the Downsides of Globalization for Developing Countries
Rajaram Veliyath, Kamal Fatehi, and James Herbert
Those in the business disciplines usually propose the superiority of unfettered market forces as an economic rationale in favor of
globalization. This paper argues that business interests need to hear what critics have to say about the negative effects of
globalization on developing nations and the need to balance economic as well as cultural, developmental, social and other
considerations. Further, the importance of these non-economic effects of globalization requires the regulation of pure capitalism
through different perspectives and approaches, some of which are proposed in this paper. These include consciously acknowledging
the downsides, modifying our thinking about globalization, designing alternative models of development, creating frameworks for
collaboration among agencies in critical areas, and establishing appropriate multilateral institutions with enforcement powers.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------