Locus of control has been extensively examined in entrepreneurship research, but with mixed results. This may be due to measurement issues, such as the widespread use of Rotter’s (<CitationRef CitationID="CR65">1966</CitationRef>) general locus of control scale, which is not domain specific. Not surprisingly, Rotter’s scale has been...</citationref>

Based on three empirical studies, this research sets out to conceptualise and subsequently operationalise the construct of consumer perceived ethicality (CPE) of a company or brand. Study 1 investigates consumer meanings of the term ethical and reveals that, contrary to philosophical scholars’...

Chinese manufacturing has recently been plagued by a raft of product safety problems such as melamine-tainted milk, lead-tainted toys, toxic toothpaste, defective tyres, and fake medicines. A probable cause of these incidents is a lack of business ethics in the suppliers concerned. In the...

Practitioners frequently use taboo themes in ads but the subject of taboo has received little attention in advertising research. This article proposes a new conceptualization and measure of consumer perception of taboo in advertising. Using the new measure, an empirical study reveals that –...

The purpose of this study was to develop and validate the Immigrant Parental Stress Inventory (IPSI), with which social service professionals working with immigrant families can easily assess stress experienced by immigrant parents within their two distinctively different language and cultural...