Senior Executive Women’s Views on Female Solidarity: The Role of Perceived Gender Salience

This research fills several gaps in the literature not investigated in previous studies. First, it examines how the responsible leadership (RL) of the chief executive officer (CEO) influences medium-sized technology farms to adopt environmental innovation (EI) through the pro-environmental behaviors (PBs) of the senior executive team (SET) according to the theory of social learning, as previous research only took institutional theory and utilitarianism as the driving factors of agricultural innovation. Second, we propose the potential growth model (PGM) from a sample of 105 CEOs and their SETs in medium-sized technology farms to handle the problem that an individual may regulate his behaviors based on how he translates and understands the surrounding environment, because previous research has ignored this perspective. Lastly, this research offers recommendations for the implementation of EI in medium-sized technology farms and also expands the related literature on sustainable agricultural production.

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Evangelical Protestant Women’s Views on Homosexuality and LGBT Rights in Korea: The Role of Confucianism and Nationalism in Heteronormative Ideology

Journal of Homosexuality ◽

10.1080/00918369.2020.1804254 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-25

Author(s):

Gowoon Jung

Keyword(s):

Lgbt Rights ◽

Women’S Views ◽

Evangelical Protestant

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The Malaysian Fund Managers Perspective on the Viability of Takaful Operators Investment

al-Uqud Journal of Islamic Economics ◽

10.26740/al-uqud.v4n2.p250-267 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 250

Author(s):

Amirul Afif Muhamat ◽

Mohamad Nizam Jaafar ◽

Norzitah Abdul Karim ◽

Azreen Roslan ◽

Mohd Faizal Basri

Keyword(s):

Corporate Finance ◽

Delphi Technique ◽

Critical Issue ◽

Investment Strategy ◽

Insurance Companies ◽

Investment Strategies ◽

Senior Executive ◽

Fund Managers ◽

Final Questionnaire

Takaful operators are expected by the policyholders to act beyond the role of traditional insurance companies that only offer Shariah-compliant protection services. They are expected to be commercially viable. One of the ways to be commercially viable is takaful operators must be able to invest the policyholders' funds in the profitable investment avenues. Nevertheless, the critical issue before investing the funds is to develop products that are suitable with the takaful operators' investment strategy. This study employed a questionnaire survey to gather the feedback of fund managers from 11 takaful operators in Malaysia — all were the senior staffs of takaful operators in Malaysia were surveyed. The questionnaire is developed in the form of a Likert scale ranging from 1 to 5 as the research instrument. By Delphi technique, the draft of the questionnaire was sent to a panel of experts for review, was adopted, and their feedback reflected in the final questionnaire. The experts were a shariah advisor, a corporate finance manager, and a senior executive at the central bank. Findings indicate that policyholders' expectations on their investments are met and the products so far compatible with takaful operators' investment strategies.

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Steelscreen.com: Why it is not Everywhere in B2B and the Role of the CEO in ‘it’

Journal of Information Technology ◽

10.1057/palgrave.jit.2000015 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

pp. 149-158 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Brian Subirana

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Class Discussion ◽

Senior Executive ◽

Industry Convergence ◽

General Managers ◽

Mba Program ◽

Basic Technology ◽

The Times ◽

Business To Business

This case is intended to serve as the basis for one or two sessions of an introductory Information Technology course at an MBA program or for one session at a senior executive program. The aim is to address what needs to be known by general managers in terms of technology and at the same time serve as an introduction for those who want to deepen their knowledge in business-to-business (B2B) technologies. Thus, it is intended to cover basic technology principles and concepts essential for any CEO/MBA. It also covers key business concepts that are impacted by information technology such as industry convergence and B2B. The approach we suggest be taken with this case is an integrative one where both technology and business concepts are intermingled throughout the class discussion. An essential ingredient of this approach is to provide a business rational for why technology matters - using this case in the first session before drilling-down into the more specific technology details of XML and metadata in a possible second session. We have worked on other cases to extend this approach to a full-scale introductory MBA/senior executive class. There are two unique features of this approach. First, it is neither technology centric nor business centric. Instead, it links executive decisions with solid information technology fundamentals. Second, our approach would be concise not requiring more than 200 pages of core case material for a full 25-session course. We believe this is an important feature because MBA-style audience base does not go into a CIO career path most of the times and will therefore not be able to afford the amount of time a longer approach would require.

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