Article history: Received 6 June 2012 Received in revised form 18 March 2013 Accepted 21 June 2013 Available online 11 July 2013 Although the effects of corporate reputation on competitive advantage are well documented, the mechanisms that explain those effects remain unclear. We develop and test a theoretical model to investigate how relational capital mediates the impact of corporate reputati...

This paper examines several factors that impact income capitalization rates, and applies the hierarchical linear model as an analytical method. The empirical results suggest that: (1) the average income capitalization rates in different administrative areas of Taipei vary widely; (2) differences in attributes and types of residential properties have a significant impact on income capitalization...

OBJECTIVES This study explored multidimensional factors related to obesity by dividing them into individual and environmental factors, and performed multilevel analysis to investigate community environmental effects. METHODS Data from the 2011 and 2012 Community Health Surveys were used for the analysis. Community-level variables, constructed from various regional statistics, were included in...

BACKGROUND In recent years, border control and migration-related detention have become increasingly widespread practices affecting the lives of undocumented migrants, their families, and communities at large. In spite of the concern within academia, few studies have directly witnessed the life and experiences of people confined to migration-related detention centers. In the medical and psycholo...

The purpose of this paper is to determine the contribution of social structural characteristics on employee empowerment and whether proactive personality plays a role in moderating the above stated relationship among managers in Malaysia. Hierarchical regression analyses of 584 responses revealed that social structural characteristics of self-esteem, power distribution, information sharing, kno...

Data envelopment analysis (DEA) and multilevel modelling (MLM) are applied to a data set of 54578 graduates from UK universities in 1993 in order to assess the teaching performance of universities. A methodology developed by Thanassoulis & Portela (2002) allows each individual's DEA efficiency score to be decomposed into two components: one attributable to the university at which the student st...

BACKGROUND It is known that interprofessional collaboration is crucial for integrated care delivery, yet we are still unclear about the underlying mechanisms explaining effectiveness of integrated care delivery to older patients. In addition, we lack research comparing integrated care delivery between hospitals. Therefore, this study aims to (i) provide insight into the underlying components 'r...

This study examined the role of organizational commitment in the relationship of job stress and job performance among employees working in a large North American based multinational corporation in Malaysia (N=305) and Pakistan (N=325). Data were collected by means of a structured questionnaire from employees on job stress and organizational commitment. Job performance data were obtained from th...

Since workforces are ageing throughout Europe, interest in the role of age in the workplace is increasing. Older workers with high work centrality are more likely to negotiate a relational contract and express higher levels of job satisfaction than older workers with low work centrality (Armstrong-Stassen and Schlosser, 2008). This study examines the role of work centrality and valued work outc...

OBJECTIVE To discuss critically the contribution of using second-level residuals from multilevel analyses to further the understanding of how place relates to health and to visualize areas, in the province of Quebec (Canada), with above- and below-average levels of overweight. METHODS Data on 20,449 individuals are from the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS Cycle 2.1) and were linked to ...