Showing papers by "KIMEP University published in 2006"
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated how the cultural characteristic of uncertainty avoidance moderates the impact of valence and intensity on the effectiveness of antismoking messages among more than 2000 students in nine culturally diverse countries.
Abstract: Based on an experiment among more than 2000 students in nine culturally diverse countries, this article investigates how the cultural characteristic of uncertainty avoidance moderates the impact of valence and intensity on the effectiveness of antismoking messages. The results show that adolescents with high uncertainty avoidance respond more favorably to loss-framed advertisements than to benefit-framed advertisements, whereas the opposite holds for those with low uncertainty avoidance.
41 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify the cultural obstacles or what discourages the setting up of businesses among Singaporeans, namely, being overcompliant, too left-brained, over-pampered, and afraid of failing, and assess them as stemming from safe, orderly and affluent society and Singapore Government's father-leadership style.
Abstract: Purpose – This paper seeks to identify the cultural obstacles or what discourages the setting‐up of businesses among Singaporeans.Design/methodology/approach – Focus group method.Findings – Four obstacles: being over‐compliant, too left‐brained, over‐pampered, and afraid of failing, are identified. They are assessed as stemming from two key trends: chiefly, a safe, orderly and affluent society and Singapore Government's father‐leadership style. Several recommendations are then made.Research limitations/implications – Limitation: time and costs constraints – otherwise more focus group sessions could have been held. Future research, if a budget permits, can employ separate recorders to take notes, freeing the researcher to facilitate the discussions, extracting more information.Practical implications – The paper implies the need for several cultural changes: Singaporeans can be more entrepreneurial by taking a paradigm shift, adopting the “backpack mentality”; embracing globalised thinking and networking; a...
29 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a detailed comparison of two major financial services in Singapore: life insurance and stockbrokerage is made, and the relationship of perceptions and expectations of service quality, mean service adequacy (MSA) and mean service superiority (MSS) with service satisfaction and loyalty is examined.
Abstract: This paper makes a detailed comparison of two major financial services in Singapore: life insurance and stockbrokerage. Relationships of perceptions and expectations of service quality, mean service adequacy (MSA) and mean service superiority (MSS) with service satisfaction and loyalty are examined. Results indicate that the reliability aspect of service quality is strongly related to satisfaction and loyalty in the stockbrokerage industry, while the assurance aspect of service quality enjoyed a similar status in the life insurance industry. Results also confirm that while MSA and MSS both drive satisfaction and loyalty, perceptions of actual service have the strongest correlations with those behavioural outcomes. The findings of this paper present some interesting managerial implications.
24 citations
TL;DR: Based on the recent developments in market microstructure and applications of nonlinear dynamics and chaos theory to financial time series, the subsequent article questions the validity of traditional methods used to test the efficient market hypothesis.
Abstract: Based on the recent developments in market microstructure and applications of nonlinear dynamics and chaos theory to financial time series, the subsequent article questions the validity of traditional methods used to test the efficient market hypothesis. In particular, it emphasizes the invalidity of unit roots tests since they are not predictability tests.
20 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the use of several non-monetary rewards Singaporean managers can rely on to motivate their employees in service industries and found that there should be value congruence and person/environment-fit.
Abstract: Through a series of interviews and a literature review this paper uncovers the key sources of motivation among employees in hospitals in Singapore. The study examines the use of several non-monetary rewards Singaporean managers can rely on to motivate their employees in service industries. One vital finding of this study is that there should be value congruence and person/environment-fit.
16 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a general method of modeling deterministic trends for autoregressions is proposed, which relies on the notion of L 2-approximable regressors previously developed by the author.
Abstract: We propose a general method of modeling deterministic trends for autoregressions. The method relies on the notion of L 2-approximable regressors previously developed by the author. Some facts from the theory of functions play an important role in the proof. In its present form, the method encompasses slowly growing regressors, such as logarithmic trends, and leaves open the case of polynomial trends.
6 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed how consumer perceptions on the quality of products are influenced by the marketing appeals of multinational firms and by the country-of-origin effects and found that the effects of certain country image appeals on products purchase behaviour are moderated by the broad socio-demographics and national cultural characteristics.
Abstract: This study analyses how consumer perceptions on the quality of products are influenced by the marketing appeals of multinational firms and by the country-of-origin effects. It presents findings derived from the results of country-of-origin effect, corporate image, its brand image and purchase intention survey conducted in Almaty, Kazakhstan, one of the CIS countries that are considered as developing countries and transition economies. The findings suggest that while attitudes of consumers towards country-of-origin and corporate image exert a great deal of influence on their perceptions of product quality and purchase behaviour, the effects of certain country image appeals on products purchase behaviour are moderated by the broad socio-demographics and national cultural characteristics. Finally, this study highlights the importance of global brands building associated with corporate image and how they can be further improved by global marketing appeals.
4 citations
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined rates of return to schooling in Kazakhstan using OLS and instrumental variable (IV) methodologies and found that spouse's education is a valid instrument and that conventional OLS estimates that assume the exogenous nature of schooling, and hence do not control for endogeneity bias, may underestimate the true rates of returns.
Abstract: This paper examines rates of return to schooling in Kazakhstan using OLS and instrumental variable (IV) methodologies. We use spouse’s education and smoking as instruments. We find that spouse’s education is a valid instrument and that conventional OLS estimates that assume the exogenous nature of schooling, and hence do not control for endogeneity bias, may underestimate the true rates of return. The results indicate that the returns to schooling in Kazakhstan have increased with transition. This may reflect the relative scarcities of highly educated people in Kazakhstan with human capital that employers require and, following the market reforms, reward accordingly.
2 citations
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TL;DR: In this paper, different methods of unknown parameters estimating are compared and some modifications of the Pearson statistic depending on methods of estimation are discussed, and the chi-squared goodness-of-fit tests for parametric families of distributions are discussed.
Abstract: Chi-squared goodness-of-fit tests for parametric families of distributions are discussed. Different methods of unknown parameters estimating are compared and some modifications of the Pearson statistic depending on methods of estimation are discussed.
Keywords:
BAN estimator;
Rao-Blackwell-Kolmogorov method;
chi-squared test;
Dzhaparidze-Nikulin statistic;
LAN conditions;
method of moments;
maximum likelihood method;
minimum chi-squared estimator;
MVUE;
statistic of Pearson;
Neyman-Pearson classes for data grouping;
Rao-Robson-Nikulin statistic;
Mirvaliev's test;
power