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Books by Betty-Jane Punnett
This book is a series of exercises, short cases, and projects covering all aspects of Internation... more This book is a series of exercises, short cases, and projects covering all aspects of International Business, and intended to be used as a companion text in an International Business course. Published by M.E. Sharpe.
Papers by Betty-Jane Punnett
International journal of intercultural …, 1994
Int. J. Intercultural Rel., Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 99115, 1994 Copyright 1994 Elsevier Science Ltd P... more Int. J. Intercultural Rel., Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 99115, 1994 Copyright 1994 Elsevier Science Ltd Pergamon Printed in the USA. All rights reserved 01471767 94 6.00 + .00 THE RELATIVE INFLUENCE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ANGLO HERITAGE ON EXPRESSED VALUES: ...
Research Anthology on Challenges for Women in Leadership Roles
This chapter considers African women's participation in leadership and their views on effecti... more This chapter considers African women's participation in leadership and their views on effective leadership. The literature suggests that African women remain underrepresented in leadership roles, although participation rates are increasing. African women are well represented as entrepreneurs, in the less profitable informal sector, and are increasingly found in political spheres. The LEAD research shows men and women holding similar views regarding effective leadership. Preliminary results suggest that traditional views about leadership, which held women back, may be changing. This is a positive development, as society will benefit from the leadership skills of women. Efforts by African governments to mandate percentages of women in leadership positions may have an effect on government as well as business. Africa, however, is a large continent with parts of its population residing in rural areas where traditions continue. Consequently, more research is needed to understand devel...
International Studies of Management & Organization, 1994
Journal of International Business Studies, 1990
Management in the developing countries is a topic that has been largely neglected by academics an... more Management in the developing countries is a topic that has been largely neglected by academics and decisionmakers alike. When one considers that the developing countries account for approximately 80 percent of the world's population, it seems surprising that so little attention has been ...
International Perspectives on Organizational Behavior
LEAD: Leadership Effectiveness in Africa and the African Diaspora, 2016
International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, 2012
For several years, inspired by Martin Gannon's concept of using metaphors to describe cultures, s... more For several years, inspired by Martin Gannon's concept of using metaphors to describe cultures, students in international management at the University of the West Indies have written short papers exploring Caribbean cultural metaphors and how they relate to management. These have included: the Rum Shop, Carnival in Trinidad & Tobago, Crop Over and Pudding and Souse in Barbados, Sunday Lunch, Nine Mornings in St Vincent & the Grenadines, and the Blue Hole of Belize. There are lots more, but this gives an idea of the wide array of metaphors that can serve to help understand the West Indian/Caribbean culture. The IJCCM published a couple of metaphors in earlier volumes and we thought it might be timely to prepare a paper on Caribbean metaphor. We wrote to ask if such a paper would be of interest and got a response asking if we would be interested in doing a special issue on the Caribbean. Thus, this special issue was born. We could hardly say 'no', as we have been 'complaining' about the lack of management research on the Caribbean. We believe the papers presented in this special issue provide an interesting and insightful contribution to the literature on culture and management in the Caribbean. Nurse and Punnett (2002) noted this as one of the critical areas for research in the region. The metaphors presented here are 'No ball! Ethical management and social capital in West Indian society', 'Calypso in the Caribbean: a musical metaphor for Barbados', 'Caribbean liming: a metaphor for building social capital', 'Carry mi ackee go a Jamaican market: ackee as a metaphor for the organization and environment of Jamaican business' and 'Yoruba proverbs as cultural metaphor for understanding management in the Caribbean'. The reader will find that these metaphors provide an array of ideas for understanding the West Indian/Caribbean context better, and considering how these relate to management. It has been interesting and informative for the guest editors preparing this special issue. We are grateful to the editors of IJCCM for giving us this opportunity. In the following discussion we present some basic information on the West Indies to provide a context for understanding the metaphors which constitute this special issue. The West Indies (sometimes simply referred to as the Caribbean, although technically, the Caribbean refers to all the countries bordering the Caribbean Sea) is a collection of islands in the form of an archipelago (Lewis, 1968) spanning some 1,500 miles from the north (just southeast of Florida) to the south (just north of the tip of South America). These islands were occupied by
LEAD: Leadership Effectiveness in Africa and the African Diaspora, 2016
Http Dx Doi Org 10 1300 J098v02n03_03, Oct 22, 2008
ABSTRACT Twenty individual needs were measured using the Personality Research Form in two differe... more ABSTRACT Twenty individual needs were measured using the Personality Research Form in two different samples in the People's Republic of China (PRC); one sample from Chengdu, the other from Wuhan. Based on reliability estimates, eleven needs were retained for analysis. The Chinese samples were compared with each other and with established North American norms. Gender differences were also examined. Rank order correlations suggest the two PRC samples are relatively similar, and each is different from established North American norms. Implications for Chinese and North American managers working with the other group are discussed, as well as the need for further research.
Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 1986
The Association on Employment …, 2009
306 Managing Absenteeism through Improved HR Practices Priscilla Glidden Dion Greenidge Betty Jan... more 306 Managing Absenteeism through Improved HR Practices Priscilla Glidden Dion Greenidge Betty Jane Punnett University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Abstract This paper reports levels of absenteeism in several sectors in Barbados and examines the causes of absenteeism, ...
The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 1995
... these trends indicate that international firms can make better use of all their human resourc... more ... these trends indicate that international firms can make better use of all their human resources. ... differential perceptions can perhaps be attributed to stereo-types based on historical roles (eg Powell ... male where possible because a wrong decision is costly and the risk of making ...
The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 1992
Recent studies of domestic transfers have generally found that companies need to take a proactive... more Recent studies of domestic transfers have generally found that companies need to take a proactive approach to dual-career couples if they are to attract and retain the best employees (Burke and McKeen, 1988; Taylor and Lounsbury, 1988) and Potter concluded that 'companies with ...
Handbook on Well-Being of Working Women, 2016
International Studies of Management & Organization, 1990
importation of generating equipment for thermal, hydro, and nuclear power; enhancement of min... more importation of generating equipment for thermal, hydro, and nuclear power; enhancement of mining and mechanization; solutions for transportation difficulties; development of natural gas and oil reserves; development of the chemical industry; focus on metallurgy; ...
This book is a series of exercises, short cases, and projects covering all aspects of Internation... more This book is a series of exercises, short cases, and projects covering all aspects of International Business, and intended to be used as a companion text in an International Business course. Published by M.E. Sharpe.
International journal of intercultural …, 1994
Int. J. Intercultural Rel., Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 99115, 1994 Copyright 1994 Elsevier Science Ltd P... more Int. J. Intercultural Rel., Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 99115, 1994 Copyright 1994 Elsevier Science Ltd Pergamon Printed in the USA. All rights reserved 01471767 94 6.00 + .00 THE RELATIVE INFLUENCE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ANGLO HERITAGE ON EXPRESSED VALUES: ...
Research Anthology on Challenges for Women in Leadership Roles
This chapter considers African women's participation in leadership and their views on effecti... more This chapter considers African women's participation in leadership and their views on effective leadership. The literature suggests that African women remain underrepresented in leadership roles, although participation rates are increasing. African women are well represented as entrepreneurs, in the less profitable informal sector, and are increasingly found in political spheres. The LEAD research shows men and women holding similar views regarding effective leadership. Preliminary results suggest that traditional views about leadership, which held women back, may be changing. This is a positive development, as society will benefit from the leadership skills of women. Efforts by African governments to mandate percentages of women in leadership positions may have an effect on government as well as business. Africa, however, is a large continent with parts of its population residing in rural areas where traditions continue. Consequently, more research is needed to understand devel...
International Studies of Management & Organization, 1994
Journal of International Business Studies, 1990
Management in the developing countries is a topic that has been largely neglected by academics an... more Management in the developing countries is a topic that has been largely neglected by academics and decisionmakers alike. When one considers that the developing countries account for approximately 80 percent of the world's population, it seems surprising that so little attention has been ...
International Perspectives on Organizational Behavior
LEAD: Leadership Effectiveness in Africa and the African Diaspora, 2016
International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, 2012
For several years, inspired by Martin Gannon's concept of using metaphors to describe cultures, s... more For several years, inspired by Martin Gannon's concept of using metaphors to describe cultures, students in international management at the University of the West Indies have written short papers exploring Caribbean cultural metaphors and how they relate to management. These have included: the Rum Shop, Carnival in Trinidad & Tobago, Crop Over and Pudding and Souse in Barbados, Sunday Lunch, Nine Mornings in St Vincent & the Grenadines, and the Blue Hole of Belize. There are lots more, but this gives an idea of the wide array of metaphors that can serve to help understand the West Indian/Caribbean culture. The IJCCM published a couple of metaphors in earlier volumes and we thought it might be timely to prepare a paper on Caribbean metaphor. We wrote to ask if such a paper would be of interest and got a response asking if we would be interested in doing a special issue on the Caribbean. Thus, this special issue was born. We could hardly say 'no', as we have been 'complaining' about the lack of management research on the Caribbean. We believe the papers presented in this special issue provide an interesting and insightful contribution to the literature on culture and management in the Caribbean. Nurse and Punnett (2002) noted this as one of the critical areas for research in the region. The metaphors presented here are 'No ball! Ethical management and social capital in West Indian society', 'Calypso in the Caribbean: a musical metaphor for Barbados', 'Caribbean liming: a metaphor for building social capital', 'Carry mi ackee go a Jamaican market: ackee as a metaphor for the organization and environment of Jamaican business' and 'Yoruba proverbs as cultural metaphor for understanding management in the Caribbean'. The reader will find that these metaphors provide an array of ideas for understanding the West Indian/Caribbean context better, and considering how these relate to management. It has been interesting and informative for the guest editors preparing this special issue. We are grateful to the editors of IJCCM for giving us this opportunity. In the following discussion we present some basic information on the West Indies to provide a context for understanding the metaphors which constitute this special issue. The West Indies (sometimes simply referred to as the Caribbean, although technically, the Caribbean refers to all the countries bordering the Caribbean Sea) is a collection of islands in the form of an archipelago (Lewis, 1968) spanning some 1,500 miles from the north (just southeast of Florida) to the south (just north of the tip of South America). These islands were occupied by
LEAD: Leadership Effectiveness in Africa and the African Diaspora, 2016
Http Dx Doi Org 10 1300 J098v02n03_03, Oct 22, 2008
ABSTRACT Twenty individual needs were measured using the Personality Research Form in two differe... more ABSTRACT Twenty individual needs were measured using the Personality Research Form in two different samples in the People's Republic of China (PRC); one sample from Chengdu, the other from Wuhan. Based on reliability estimates, eleven needs were retained for analysis. The Chinese samples were compared with each other and with established North American norms. Gender differences were also examined. Rank order correlations suggest the two PRC samples are relatively similar, and each is different from established North American norms. Implications for Chinese and North American managers working with the other group are discussed, as well as the need for further research.
Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 1986
The Association on Employment …, 2009
306 Managing Absenteeism through Improved HR Practices Priscilla Glidden Dion Greenidge Betty Jan... more 306 Managing Absenteeism through Improved HR Practices Priscilla Glidden Dion Greenidge Betty Jane Punnett University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Abstract This paper reports levels of absenteeism in several sectors in Barbados and examines the causes of absenteeism, ...
The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 1995
... these trends indicate that international firms can make better use of all their human resourc... more ... these trends indicate that international firms can make better use of all their human resources. ... differential perceptions can perhaps be attributed to stereo-types based on historical roles (eg Powell ... male where possible because a wrong decision is costly and the risk of making ...
The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 1992
Recent studies of domestic transfers have generally found that companies need to take a proactive... more Recent studies of domestic transfers have generally found that companies need to take a proactive approach to dual-career couples if they are to attract and retain the best employees (Burke and McKeen, 1988; Taylor and Lounsbury, 1988) and Potter concluded that 'companies with ...
Handbook on Well-Being of Working Women, 2016
International Studies of Management & Organization, 1990
importation of generating equipment for thermal, hydro, and nuclear power; enhancement of min... more importation of generating equipment for thermal, hydro, and nuclear power; enhancement of mining and mechanization; solutions for transportation difficulties; development of natural gas and oil reserves; development of the chemical industry; focus on metallurgy; ...
ABSTRACT MED Global Forum Best Symposium Award sponsored by the University of Manchester, Manches... more ABSTRACT MED Global Forum Best Symposium Award sponsored by the University of Manchester, Manchester Business School for the symposium that best creates the opportunity to address global issues of significance to management education and/or development
Este libro viene acompañado por un mapamundi, localizado en la Mapoteca de la Biblioteca, en la c... more Este libro viene acompañado por un mapamundi, localizado en la Mapoteca de la Biblioteca, en la clave: 912. DIV.