Volume 07 Issue 1 (Oct 2012)
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A Spiritually based leadership approach in the retail environment to assist with the challenges of employee morale and retention
This quantitative correlational research study was conducted to compare the degree to which spiritually-based and mainstream retailers’ leadership practices do or do not affect employee morale and employee perceptions of retention. The sample consisted of 98 r…
Moral harassment at work: the relationship with organizational culture
In labor organizations, moral harassment has been worsening in the last few years and it has called the attention of professionals of a wide range of areas, such as medicine, law and psychology, because this phenomenon involves repeated incidents or a pattern of behavior that in…
Determinants of supermarket shopping behaviour in an emerging market
The Indian retail market is one of the most promising in the world and it is growing. So is the Indian consumer, across all socioeconomic strata, regions, towns and classes. Rising incomes, multiple income households, exposure to international lifestyles and media, easier financ…
A study of consumer purchase behavior in organized retail outlets.
In this research paper researchers basically focused on behaviour of consumer mainly on purchasing pattern in various store formats and store preference on the basis of product availability, spending pattern, consumers preferred store, sales man services, and store layout. Resea…
Role of non-fuel retailing services: the face of petro-retailing in India
The oil crises of the 1970s were the major driving factor which made the government to intervene in the oil & gas sector. Until the late 1990s, the country’s fuel prices were controlled by the government through a policy called the Administered Pricing Mec…
Coloring consumer`s psychology using different shades the role of perception of colors by consumers in consumer decision making process: a micro study of select departmental stores in Mumbai city, India
Color plays a significant role in triggering emotions in people. The current research studied the role of perception of colors in consumer decision making process. The study focuses on how the departmental stores by using different colors/color combinations in logo, the brand na…
An empirical analysis of the impact of information systems in logistics performance management of retail firms
The aim of this research is to analyze logistics performance management of retail firms in Thailand. We explore how the relationships between information systems usage and logistics performance management that are measured by logistics performance indicators. In addition, the st…
Mapping drivers of consumer attitude formation & adoption of counterfeit products
Counterfeit products account between 5-7% of world trade, worth an estimated US$600 billion in revenue a year (International Chamber of Commerce 2007). Theoretical and empirical research on counterfeit products is scarce, especially research from consumers' perspectives. Thi…
Customer participation in retail-focus on automated services
Self-service technologies in retail have not been studied on a large scale despite their increasing importance. The major aim of this article is to increase our understanding of automated processes in retail by employing an in-depth analysis of one case. The object of study is a…
An application of sweeney's risk-price-quality-value framework through a consideration of store brand merchandise
This study endeavoured to examine the antecedents of customer’s willingness to buy store branded household cleaning products. The study examined this phenomenon in a retail setting by considering the key constituents of perceived value, as proposed by Sweeney, Soutar &…
Corporate social responsibility on the catwalk
This paper offers an exploratory review of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) issues currently being publicly addressed by the world’s leading fashion goods retailers. The paper begins with a short discussion of the origins and characteristics of CSR an…
Globalization effect on employment: an evidence form islamic countries
The main aim of this paper is studying of globalization effects on job level. The data set used cover 10 countries over the period 1980-2009. Before proceeding to estimate panel data, we carry out unit root tests to examine whether the variables are stationary. Empirical studies…
Microfinance: a tool for poverty reduction in developing countries
Microfinance has proved to be one of the effective tools for poverty reduction in developing countries. Following the success stories of the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, the microfinance revolution has stormed the developing countries today. This paper looked at whether or not mi…