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JournalISSN: 1913-8067

Journal of Management Policy and Practice 

North American Business Press
About: Journal of Management Policy and Practice is an academic journal published by North American Business Press. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Business & Health care. It has an ISSN identifier of 1913-8067. Over the lifetime, 279 publications have been published receiving 2040 citations. The journal is also known as: JMPP.

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss that organizational rewards should strategically recognize good work habits and enhance the performance of each employee, which should be aligned with the organization's values and objectives.
Abstract: In today’s competitive and global workplace, one of the strategies that successful companies use is having the ability to attract many qualified candidates, retain top talent, and maintain a highly motivated workforce. So what can an organization and managers do to attract, retain and motivate a talented workforce? Successful companies have various types of organizational reward programs that recognize and reinforce good employee performance. In this paper, the authors discuss that organizational rewards should strategically recognize good work habits and enhance the performance of each employee. This is a practice-based paper about performance management, reward systems, giving feedback, and recognition programs which should be strategically aligned with the organization’s values and objectives. The content is helpful for managers, human resource professionals and organizational leaders who are considering the implementation of various reward systems and pay programs.

123 citations

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TL;DR: This article examined motivations of entrepreneurs in Venezuela, problems they face, and success factors and found that the desire of Venezuela based entrepreneurs to be one's own boss and to increase one's income are important motivators.
Abstract: This study examines motivations of entrepreneurs in Venezuela, problems they face, and success factors. Results indicate that the desires of Venezuela based entrepreneurs to be one's own boss and to increase one's income are important motivators. Competition, a weak economy, and foreign exchange limitations are problems, while good general management skills, appropriate training, accurate record keeping, and political involvement are success factors. This paper examines multiple dimensions of entrepreneurs in a single context and so provides an integrated analysis. This paper also expands our understanding of Venezuela based entrepreneurs and contributes to the understanding of entrepreneurs around the globe.

66 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored the e-accounting practices among SMEs in Ghana and looked at the expectations, realities and barriers in adopting e-Accounting, and found that SMEs put in place accounting softwares to generate their financial information.
Abstract: This study explores the e-accounting practices among SMEs in Ghana. The study also looks at the expectations, realities and barriers in adopting e-accounting. The research design is based on a survey methodology using a sample of systematically selected SMEs throughout the country. The findings reveal that SMEs put in place accounting softwares to generate their financial information. The main value of this paper is the discussion of e-accounting practices of SMEs in Ghana.

65 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the effects of local unemployment rates on the propensity of low-ability and high-ability workers to transition into self-employment were tested using two samples from the PSID.
Abstract: Low-ability entrants to self-employment are “necessity entrepreneurs” forced into self-employment by adverse circumstances, while high-ability entrants are opportunity entrepreneurs attracted by a promising idea. Effects of local unemployment rates on the propensity of low-ability and high-ability workers to transition into self-employment are tested using two samples from the PSID. The results show a positive correlation between local unemployment rates and entry into self-employment for low-ability workers, but not for high-ability workers. Including firm-size to eliminate possible distortions in the results indicates that the positive association between unemployment and self-employment among low-ability workers is in fact driven by the effect of employer size. Moreover, a negative association between unemployment and self-employment among high-ability workers is observed.

46 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors look at past literature and use it to break down the effect that social media has had customer relationship management and on marketing for hotels specifically, and show that 81% of surveyed executives expect to increase investment on social media projects and reduce traditional marketing.
Abstract: With the emergence of social media, consumers now have more control over how information is generated, created, organized and shared (Trackeray et al. as cited in Zhang, Mattila, & Cranage). Consumers use new media to participate in social networks, which enables them to create and share content, communicate with one another, and build relationships with other consumers (Hennig-Thurau et al., 2010, p 312). As consumers today spend a lot of time creating user generated content and posting it on the Internet, it behooves the business community, and hotels specifically, to take note and keep track of what is being done in order for them to market themselves correctly. While travel consumers in the past relied heavily on travel journalism and traditional media to help guide them to the best places to go and the most exciting things to do, the Internet has now taken over that role as information provider (O’Connor, 2008). According to the US Travel Association, the Internet was used by approximately 90 million American adults to plan travel during 2008 with 76% of those people using it for planning leisure trips (USTA, 2009). A 2010 study published by Deloitte titled ‘Hospitality 2015’ states that social media and new technology trends will play the key role over the next five years towards the growth in the hospitality industry; the study further points out that with millions of consumers having internet access around the globe, that the study’s numbers are expected to increase by 50% in 2015 (as cited in Lee, 2010, p 7). Given the potential impact of social media on online tourism, knowledge about the role of social media in travel information search is important in order to better inform tourism marketing practices (Fesenmaiser, 2007; Gretzel, 2006; Xiang & Gretzel, 2010, p 181). Social media is changing the ways that business are going about marketing themselves to their consumers, as it forces a rethink of traditional marketing methods. 81% of surveyed executives expect to increase investment on social media projects and reduce traditional marketing (Value of Social Media, 2010 as cited in Zhang et al., 2011). Moving through this paper, we will look at past literature and use it to break down the effect that social media has had customer relationship management and on marketing for hotels specifically. No

43 citations

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YearPapers
202316
202222
201912
201819
201721
20163