Total quality management (TQM) gained its popularity during the last decade and continues to have a profound impact on business strategies today. Using the case method, this research examines the influence of national culture on the successful or unsuccessful implementation of TQM in Canada and...

Post-communist Europe provides a rich context to examine the role of governmental policies in entrepreneurial activity. While transitional economies shared similar experiences during their journey to a market economy, one is able to see differences in their approaches. This qualitative study...

Post-communist Europe provides a rich context to examine the role of governmental policies in entrepreneurial activity. While transitional economies shared similar experiences during their journey to a market economy, one is able to see differences in their approaches. This qualitative study...

The tragic events resulting from workplace bullying and the increased legal pressure on organizations to prohibit harassment have resulted in many organizations adopting anti-bullying policies to protect their workers from bully bosses. Whether or not these initiatives are perceived by workers...

The contributors to this collection provide a wealth of new analyses of both traditional and emerging aspects of entrepreneurship, from a variety of national perspectives and from a variety of disciplines. Globalization has begun to dismantle the barriers that traditionally segregated local...

Women entrepreneurs from two Central European countries with relatively new market economies were interviewed for this research. The authors describe the experiences and motivation of these women international business owners and compare them to the literature on women entrepreneurs in North...

This paper examines the relationships of job attitudes (facets of job satisfaction and organizational commitment) and personality characteristics to absenteeism, in five manufacturing companies in Barbados, an English-speaking Caribbean country. The relationships examined are based on...

This project examined the relationship of national diversity in team makeup on an international expansion decision. Decisions of homogeneous and nationally diverse teams were compared in an experimental study. Nationally diverse teams took significantly longer to reach decisions, and considered...

Companies with international linkages often find it necessary to use expatriates for a variety of reasons, and the success of these expatriates is frequently critical to the success of the project on which they are working. Many of these companies could potentially benefit from including the...