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  • Examining a hierarchical model of Australia’s destination image 
    Assaker, Guy (2016-05-09)
    This study presents a hierarchical model of a country’s destination image (DI). The model is empirically tested in the context of Australia as a tourism destination. Data were collected from 600 residents in four countries ...
  • Applications of Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling in Tourism Research 
    Assaker, Guy; Songshan, Huang; Hallak, Rob (2016-05-09)
    Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM), as an alternative technique to traditional covariance-based structural equation modeling (CB-SEM), offers greater flexibility with regard to data assumptions ...
  • Tourism Entrepreneurship Performance 
    Assaker, Guy; Hallak, Rob; Lee, Craig (2016-05-09)
    Drawing on theories from environmental psychology, social psychology, and entrepreneurship, this study examines a nonrecursive (simultaneous equation) model of entrepreneurs’ place identity, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, ...
  • Extending a tourism causality network model 
    Assaker, Guy; Vinzi, Vincenzo Esposito; O'Connor, Peter (2016-05-09)
    This study provides insights into a powerful statistical technique to test model invariance across multiple groups. In doing so, it provides insights for policymakers and contributes to the literature on tourism demand ...
  • Segmenting the Travel Market Based on the Tourists' Need for Novelty 
    Assaker, Guy; Hallak, Rob (2016-05-09)
    This study examines segmentation of the Mediterranean travel market based on 450 European subjects who visited Mediterranean destinations during 2009. Using cluster, chi-square, and analysis of variance, the results indicated ...
  • An empirical study of 360-degree feedback, organizational justice, and firm sustainability 
    Karkoulian, Silva; Assaker, Guy; Hallak, Rob (2016-05-09)
    The extensive efforts on soliciting organizational justice for employees and sustaining this justice throughout the organization have turned justice into a vital component of the organizational culture and structure. ...
  • Effects of Interpretive Guiding Outcomes on Tourist Satisfaction and Behavioral Intention 
    Assaker, Guy; Huang, Songshan (Sam); Weiler, Betty (2016-05-09)
    This study examined the effects of both cognitive and affective tour guide interpretation outcomes on tourist satisfaction and behavioral intention in a heritage tourism context. Data were collected via a survey of 282 ...
  • Insights into tourism demand and tourism behavior 
    Assaker, Guy (2016-05-09)
    Chapter 4 uses advanced Latent-Growth sampling in AMOS 16.0 to validate the proposed model on the effects of novelty-seeking, destination image, and overall satisfaction levels across intent to revisit trajectories, using ...
  • Structural Equation Modeling in Tourism Demand Forecasting 
    Assaker, Guy; Vinzi, Vincenzo Esposito; O’Connor, Peter (2016-05-09)
    This paper reviews prior applications of structural equation modeling to tourism demand forecasting in seven prominent tourism and service journals over a twelve-year period, 1998-2009. Having identified the applications ...
  • Modeling a causality network for tourism development 
    Assaker, Guy; Vinzi, Vincenzo Esposito; O'Connor, Peter (2016-05-09)
    Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to capture the causal relationships between the primary constituents of the tourism destination paradigm – namely, the economy, society, and the natural and infrastructural environments ...
  • Ethical attitudes of business information systems students 
    Karkoulian, Silva; Halawi, Leila (2016-05-10)
    This paper discusses attitudes toward ethical issues in information systems. Approximately 150 subjects were drawn from two populations: full-time undergraduate business information systems students and full-time ...
  • Determinants of longevity and success in Lebanese family businesses 
    Fahed-Sreih, Josiane; Djoundourian, Salpie (2016-05-10)
    This article explores the characteristics of Lebanese family businesses using a sample of 114 firms and tests various propositions regarding the relationships between correlates of effective succession planning and longevity. ...
  • Examining a Supply-Side Predictive Model in Tourism using Partial Least Squares Path Modeling 
    Assaker, Guy; Hallak, Rob (2016-05-10)
    This study examines the predictive relationships between tourism supply factors and tourism demand. Based on data from 154 countries, partial least squares path modeling (PLSPM) was used to test a predictive model that ...
  • Stock index-linked debt and shareholder value 
    Roberts, Gordon S.; Vijayraghavan, Vasumathi; Aintablian, Sebouh (2016-05-10)
    French banks and non-financial companies issue index-linked debt whose value at maturity is indexed to the CAC 40 or to a basket of European indices. This paper examines stock announcement effects associated with these ...
  • A post-Keynesian regulatory model of privatization 
    AlHussaini, Wissam; Molz, Rick (2016-05-10)
    Many studies of privatization adopt the neo-liberal model which focuses on financial and economic distributional outcomes, and ignores social costs transferred to the state or broader society. We adopt a post-Keynesian ...
  • Market response to announcements of mergers of Canadian financial institutions 
    Aintablian, Sebouh; Roberts, Gordon S. (2016-05-10)
    This study examines a sample of mergers of Canadian Financial Institutions during the 1990’s to determine whether in-pillar, cross-pillar and foreign mergers are value-enhancing, and to determine possible sources of synergies ...
  • Demutualisation, initial public offerings and long-run market performance of Canadian life insurance companies 
    Aintablian, Sebouh (2016-05-10)
    We examine alternative hypotheses for the demutualisation of a sample of Canadian life insurance companies (1999-2000) as well as short-run and long-run market effects of demutualisation on firm performance. Our results ...
  • Efficiency of commercial banks in Lebanon 
    Djoundourian, Salpie; Raad, Elias A. (2016-05-10)
    The study evaluates the key performance indicators of the banking sector in post-war Lebanon, in an attempt to assess the efficiency of the sector in producing the conventional outputs. Using data from 1993 to 2002, we ...
  • Bank monitoring and environmental risk 
    Aintablian, Sebouh; Mcgraw, Patricia A.; Roberts, Gordon S. (2016-05-10)
    They are grateful for helpful comments from Nobu Hibara, Edward Kane, Lawrence Kryzanowski, James Kolari, Donald Fraser, Hwan Shin, Pauline Shum, Peter Tryfos, and the anonymous referee, as well as from participants at the ...
  • Foreign currency borrowing by small firms in emerging markets 
    Mora, Nada; Neaime, Simon; Aintablian, Sebouh (2016-05-10)
    This paper investigates what induces small firms in an emerging market economy to borrow dollar credit from domestic banks. Our data are from a unique survey of firms in Lebanon. The findings complement studies of large ...

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