World Business and Economics Research Conference PROGRAM 24 – 25 February 2014 Theme: “Research for Progress” Venue: Rendezvous Grand Hotel Auckland Corner of Mayoral Drive and Vincent St, Auckland, New Zealand Prof. Pieter Nel Unitec Institute of Technology New Zealand Conference Chair Proudly sponsored by Ms. Nuha Jahan World Business Institute Australia Conference Coordinator World Business Institute, Australia American Research and Publication International, USA Journal of Business and Policy Research World Journal of Social Science International Review of Business Research Papers Global Economy and Finance Journal World Review of Business Research Global Review of Accounting and Finance Journal of Accounting Finance and Econ Journal of Islamic Finance and Business Research Please Carefully Read all Instructions Below  Conference Venue The conference will be held at Rendezvous Hotel Auckland located on 71 Mayoral Drive, Corner of Vincent St Auckland, New Zealand Web: www.rendezvoushotels.com/auckland/ Ph: +64 9 366 3000  How to Reach the Conference Venue Rendezvous Hotel is located 21km from Auckland Airport - there are taxis and shuttle buses that can take you into the heart of the city where the hotel is located.  How to Find Us and Complete Registration? Please go to Level 1 of the hotel. The registration desk will be located in front of Room Coromandel. To complete your registration, please report either to Ms. Nuha Jahan and/or Mr. Tanzil Hoque on your arrival at the desk. If you have already fully paid for the registration, you will receive a yellow envelope which will contain the following items: - Your Name Tag - Payment Receipt - Participant Certificate (please note that only attending authors will receive a participant certificate for ethical reasons, Co-authors will not receive this certificate unless they pay for registration and attend the conference. Please also note that the Participant certificate does not include the paper title or the name of co-authors of the paper. It is just a certificate to prove that you did attend and participate in the conference) - Conference Program - Lunch Coupons for both days Please note that pen and paper will be provided in the rooms on the desks. On Arrival Registration Payment: If you have not yet paid your registration fees, please complete your cash payment (in USD ONLY) on arrival. We do not accept any other currency or other mode of payment except cash and please bring exact money as no change will be given there and hope you will not negotiate with us for other mode of payment such as bank cheque or credit cards. Please note that no negotiation on the amount to be paid will be entertained at the registration desk. Please collect your envelope which contains all of the abovementioned materials. 2 Name Badge: The name badge is required for all participants/spouse/guests to participate in all sessions/events, refreshments, buffet lunch, receptions, tea/coffee breaks and dinner. Please note that you should not bring any guests with you that have not paid the registration fee or if you have not paid for their lunch and refreshments.  Presentation Rooms and Conference Secretariat We will use Coromandel Room on both days of the conference. Registration starts at 8.15am on Monday 24 February 2014, 8.45am on Tuesday 25 February 2014. Registration desk will be located outside Coromandel room.  What You Should Bring Along For Your Presentation OPTIONAL: Please bring in 15-20 copies of your (printed) paper (powerpoint slides or full paper) for distribution at your session to other participants (this is optional). MANDATORY: Please print out at least 1 copy of your full paper and hand it to the chair of the session at the beginning of your presentation. Each author will have about 15 minutes for presentation and 5 minutes for questions and discussion. Every room has LCD and computer and please bring your presentation saved on a pen-drive or USB stick for power-point presentation. However, we do not guarantee that they will work without any failure. Please do not embarrass us by asking for pen-drives as we do not provide this. In the past, we have faced issues where authors have put their USB in their unaccompanied luggage which did not arrive with them or they have emailed the presentation to themselves. We highly recommend that you carry your USB with you at all times and not put it with your unaccompanied luggage and that you also do not just email the presentation to yourself. You should save your presentation on a USB stick as well. ***Please ensure that you save your presentation file both in 2003 and 2007/2010 versions incase the computers do not support the latest version. ***Please note that we do not offer any internet access in the presentation rooms. However, wifi is available free of cost in the hotel lobby area. The hotel may also have a business centre that you may be able to use at your own expense for other business needs. 3  What About Tea/Coffee Break and Lunch? Break-foods and Tea/coffee during all breaks will be served in front of the presentation room in the Pre-Function area. Buffet lunch will also be provided here. Please bring your lunch coupon which will be collected by one of our staff members. If you lose the coupons, please see the conference registration desk. Please note that we have accommodated for all dietary requirements including vegetarian delegates and Muslim delegates (Halal Food). Please also note that DAY 1 Lunch voucher cannot be exchanged for Day 2 and vice versa.  Conference Proceedings As informed previously, conference proceedings with ISBN 978-1-922069-45-0 will be provided electronically. Please visit www.wbiworldconpro.com to view your paper after 21 February 2014. Please read the instructions there and then view or download your and/or other authors’ papers. The proceedings will be there for a number of years which is visited by the readers from the globe. We remind the authors that we will upload the paper or abstract as per the option you have indicated in the registration form. Once your paper or abstract is uploaded, you cannot change it again in any form unless you pay US$100 for any change. ***Please note if you have not yet paid your registration fees then your paper will not be uploaded to the proceedings until payment is received by us.  Best Paper Award Best paper is selected on the basis of 1. Originality 2. Research Rigor 3. Contribution to the body of knowledge and 4. Relevance to current and emerging issues. The papers are considered on the basis of the evaluation by the reviewers and the assessment made by the members of the panel. The name of the winners will be declared within 2 weeks after the conference. Papers selected as “Best Papers” will be published in the Journal of Business and Policy Research. The winners will receive an award certificate and fellowship certificate from the World Business Institute.  Paper Evaluation Report (PER) and Editorial Review Report (ERR) Unlike other conferences in the world, we provide written feedback on your paper in the form of Paper Evaluation Report (PER). This report will be sent to the authors via email within 1-2 months after the conference. Please do not contact us in between this time regarding these reports. However, if you do not receive them by this deadline, then contact us via email: [email protected] 4 Please note that even if you have paid to attend the conference but you do not present the paper at the conference, then you will not receive a PER for your paper. Similarly, if you collect your registration envelope pack but do not present your paper, the department in your university will be notified. For those of who have paid for publication of their papers in our journals, you will receive Editorial Review Report (ERR) within 3-4 months after the conference, in addition to the PER.  Publication of Your Paper ( Please read carefully) All accepted papers recommended by the reviewer (see your acceptance letter point number 2 to know the name of the journal) for a particular journal will be published provided that you have paid submission fee and complied to the review report, editorial comments, feedback at the conference and journal’s guidelines. You are required to send us your revised full paper (after compliance to the PER and ERR and editorial observations, comments, if any, you received at the conference) within 2 months after we send you the ERR. If your invitation and acceptance letter does not mention any journal name, it means that your paper was not accepted for any of our journals, However, if you improve your paper according to the feedback you receive at the conference and/or via review report, we can reconsider the paper for journal publication at that stage. Please note that it is not guaranteed that your paper will be selected for a journal even after the revisions. If you have already paid publication fee, you must indicate in red ink the new or additional materials you have added or inserted in compliance to written feedback and/or comments at the time of revision. We will endeavour, though not guaranteed, to publish your paper within six-nine months after the conference if you comply fully to all requirements and requests. No reminder notice will be sent. If you do not send your revised paper by the deadline or if you failed to comply in full to the review reports within the due time set by us and do not comply to our any request for reorganising the paper as per journals’ guidelines or fail to make the paper camera-ready or do not respond to our emails within 6 months after the conference, your paper will not be published and no money or fee will be refunded. If your paper has already been accepted for our journal and you have not paid any publication fees but are interested to publish can make cash payment at the registration desk. The cost of Print and online publication is US $300 or for online publication only is US $150. If you would like to pay at a later time, then please contact Nuha Jahan via [email protected] to arrange this.  Who to Contact For any issues relating to conference matters please contact Ms. Nuha Jahan on +614 31 647 951 (Australian Mobile Number) 5  Correspondence After Conference If you have any concerns or questions after the conference, please contact Ms. Nuha Jahan via her email address [email protected]. Please do not send any email to [email protected] as this email address will be unmonitored after 25 Feb 2014.  Future Conferences If you would like to join our future conferences, please continuously visit our website www.wbiworld.org to find out more information. You can also follow us on facebook by liking our page “World Business Institute” or follow Nuha Jahan on Linked in by sending her a request.  List of Participating Countries The World Business and Economics Research Conference is proud to welcome delegates from 18 countries of the world. Australia Cameroon Canada China Germany Japan Kuwait Malaysia New Zealand Pakistan Papua New Guinea Philippines Poland Saudi Arabia South Africa Taiwan Thailand USA  Conference Team Chair: Professor Pieter Nel, Unitec Institute of Technology, New Zealand Track Coordinator for Management and Marketing: Dr. Andries J Du Plessis, Unitec Institute of Technology, New Zealand Chief Coordinator & Events/ Publication Director: Ms. Nuha Jahan, World Business Institute, Australia Marketing Director: Mr. Tanzil Hoque, World Business Institute, Australia Managing & Finance Director: Mrs. Khaleda Akhter, World Business Institute, Australia Technical Manager: Mr. Md. Salman Ul Hoque, World Business Institute, Australia 6 Conference Program Outline Name of the Presentation Rooms: Coromandel, Level 1 Registration Desk outside Coromandel Room Monday 24 February 2014 8.15 AM – 4.00 PM Conference Registration In front of Coromandel Room 9.00 AM – 10.45 AM Paper Presentations: Management & Marketing Track: Coromandel Rm 10.45 AM – 11.15 AM Morning Tea Break Pre-function Area near registration table 11.15 AM – 1.00 PM Paper Presentations: Accounting, Economics and Finance Track: Coromandel Rm 1.00 PM – 2.00 PM Lunch Pre-Function Area near registration table 2.00 PM – 3.45 PM Paper Presentations: Management Track: Coromandel Room 3.45 PM – 4.00 PM Afternoon Tea Break Pre-function Area near registration table 4.00 PM – 5.45 PM Paper Presentations: Banking, Economics & Finance Track: Coromandel Rm 7 Conference Program Outline (cont...) Name of the Presentation Rooms: Coromandel, Level 1 Registration Desk outside Coromandel Room Tuesday 25 February 2014 8.45 AM – 3.00 PM Conference Registration In front of Coromandel Room 9.00 AM – 10.45 AM Paper Presentations: Management Track: Coromandel Rm 10.45 AM – 11.15 AM Morning Tea Break Pre-function Area near registration table 11.15 AM – 1.00 PM Paper Presentations: Accounting & Economics Track: Coromandel Rm 1.00 PM – 2.00 PM Lunch Pre-Function Area near registration table 2.00 PM – 3.45 PM Paper Presentations: Management & Marketing Track: Coromandel Rm 3.45 PM – 4.00 PM Afternoon Tea Break Pre-function Area near registration table ~~~ End of Conference ~~~ 8 Monday 24 February 2014 9.00 AM – 10.45 AM Room: Coromandel Session: Management and Marketing Session Chair: Prof. Pieter Nel, Unitec Institute of Technology, New Zealand 421: Dynamic and Future-Oriented Dimensioning of Stock: Julian Becker, Michael Grigutsch and Peter Nyhuis, Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany. 411: Do Workplace Safety Practices Influence Safety Compliance Behaviour? Evidence among Nurses in Malaysia: Chandrakantan Subramaniam, Faridahwati Mohd. Shamsudin, Md. Lazim Mohd. Zin and Halim Mad Lazim, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia. 417: What Inhibits Cooperation with Competitors? Barriers of Coopetition in the High-Tech Sector: Agnieszka Zakrzewska-Bielawska, Lodz University of Technology, Poland. 432: Virtual World – Physical World: What is the Real World?: Emad Pourrashidi, Pourya Ahmadi, Pratishtha Purohit, Andries Du Plessis and Bernhardett Theron, UUNZ Institute of Business, New Zealand. 507: Female Customers Personal Preferences and Needs when Buying Lingerie in Auckland, New Zealand: Bernhardett Theron, Vinkle Anand, Gurwinder Kaur and Yu Lulu, UUNZ Institute of Business, New Zealand. Monday 24 February 2014 10.45 AM – 11.15 AM Pre-Function Area “Morning Tea Break” Monday 24 February 2014 11.15 AM – 1.00 PM Room: Coromandel Session: Accounting, Economics & Finance Session Chair: Dr. William Trainor, East Tennessee State University, USA 111: Accountability and Transparency of Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting and Corporate Reputation: Evidence from an Emerging Economy: Faizah Darus, Suaini Othman and Roshayani Arshad, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. 112: Effective Governance Structure and Accountability in Managing Risks for Non-Profit Organizations: Noorbijan Abu Bakar, Roshayani Arshad, Nik Amalena Najebah Nik Azman and Normah Omar, Accounting Research Institute, Malaysia. 9 214: Exchange Rate Policy Dissension in East Asia an Impediment in The Way of Regional Economic Cooperation: Maryam Ishaq and Mohammad Atiq Ul Rehman, University of Canterbury, New Zealand. 309: The Information Content of Individual and Institutional Short Sales: Cheng-Yi Chien, Feng Chia University, Taiwan and Hsiu-Chuan Lee, Ming Chuan University, Taiwan. 317: The Application of Governance Policy Framework by Takaful Operators in Malaysia: Nor Zarina Abu,Djasriza Jasin, Shaikh Hamzah Abdul Razak and Kamaruddin Sharif, International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance, Malaysia. Monday 24 February 2014 1.00 PM – 2.00 PM Pre-Function Area “Lunch Break” Monday 24 February 2014 2.00 PM – 3.45 PM Room: Coromandel Session: Management Session Chair: Prof. Agnieszka Zakrzewska-Bielawska, Lodz University of Technology, Poland 413: The Influence of Personality Traits in Relation to Choice of Major in University: June Bernadette D' Souza and Supaporn Saelee, Assumption University Bangkok, Thailand. 429: The Role of HRM in Leadership Development, Talent Retention, Knowledge Management, And Employee Engagement: Andries du Plessis and Sukesh Sukumaran, Unitec, New Zealand. 422: Universal Logistic Information System Evaluating Logistical Measures within the Supply Chain: Michael Grigutsch, Julian Becker and Peter Nyhuis, Leibniz University Hanover,Germany. 434: A Study of the Key Cultural Selection Criteria that New Zealand Selection Managers Use to Select Staff for Overseas Assignments: Alan Lockyer, Unitec Institute of Technology, New Zealand. 423: Idiosyncratic Risk for Technological Entrepreneurship: Iwona Staniec, Lodz University of Technology, Poland. Monday 24 February 2014 3.45 PM – 4.00 PM Pre-Function Area “Afternoon Tea Break” 10 Monday 24 February 2014 4.00 PM – 5.45 PM Room: Coromandel Session: Banking, Economics and Finance Session Chair: Dr. Kamaruddin Sharif , International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCIEF) , Malaysia 604: Board Composition, Islamic Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Reputation of Islamic Banks: Roshayani Arshad, Muhammad Mukhlis Abdul Fatah and Rohana Othman, Universiti Teknologi Mara, Malaysia. 216: Production and Cost Duality: A New Look: Theodore J. Osborne, King's University College at Western University, Canada. 314: Do Market Anomalies Add Up?: William J. Trainor Jr. and Larissa Steinfeldt, East Tennessee State University, United States. 316: Assessing The Minimum Demandable Selling Price for A Company Assuming The Seller Pursues Wealth Accumulation: Thomas Hering, Christian Toll and Polina K. Kirilova, Fern-Universität in Hagen, Germany. 313: Disclosure of Corporate Governance Structure and Financial Vulnerability: Roshayani Arshad, Wan Ainul Asyiqin W M Razali and Noorbijan Abu Bakar, Universiti Teknologi Mara, Malaysia. Tuesday 25 February 2014 9.00 AM – 10.45 AM Room: Coromandel Session: Management Session Chair: Dr. Andries J Du Plessis, Unitec Institute of Technology, New Zealand 428: The Future of Organizational Design: Pieter Nel, Unitec Institute of Technology, New Zealand and Graham Little, OPD International Limited, New Zealand. 437: Reducing Youth Disadvantage through Education for Enterprise: A Case Study of Nga Kakano School: Peter John Mellalieu and Nicolas Kearns, Unitec Institute of Technology, New Zealand, Arohanui Vause, Ngā Kākano o te Kaihanga Kura, New Zealand and Elizabeth Byers Coleman, University of Auckland, New Zealand. 418: Leadership, Strategic Planning and Strategic Management for Higher Education Institutions in Developing Countries: Albert Schram, Papua New Guinea University of Technology, Papua New Guinea. 11 430: People as a Source of Competitive Advantage during Recruitment and Retention of Senior Managers in Financial Services Sectors in Laos: AJ Du Plessis, S Sumphonphakdy, J Oldfield and JR Marriott, Unitec Institute of Technology, New Zealand. Tuesday 25 February 2014 10.45 AM – 11.15 AM Pre-Function Area “Morning Tea Break” Tuesday 25 February 2014 11.15 AM – 1.00 PM Room: Coromandel Session: Accounting and Economics Session Chair: Mrs. Bernhardett Theron, UUNZ, New Zealand 105: An Analysis of the Disclosures of Intellectual Capital Assets in the Asian Hotel Industry: Rachael Alsemgeest, Samuel O’Reilly-Schwass, Janet Davey, Mary FitzPatrick and Howard Davey, University of Waikato, New Zealand. 108: The Moderating Effect of Ownership Structure on Conservatism and Firm Performance: Chinese Evidence: Yun Ren, Zubaidah Ismail and Malcolm Smith, Edith Cowan University, Australia. 102: The Intellectual Capital Performance of Banks within Gulf Cooperative Councel (GCC) Countries: An Application of VAIC™ Model: Fayez Abdulsalam and Hameed Al-Qaheri, Kuwait University, Kuwait and Ridha Al-Khayyat, National Center for Educational Development, Kuwait. 213: Export-OFDI Relationship in China: Measurement and Assessment: Dongkun Li and Ruxi Ding, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE), China. 231: Empirical Evidence Comparing a Local English Language Assessment Provider with Traditional English Testing: William Toh, Jinming Chen and Andries du Plessis, UUNZ Institute of Business, New Zealand. Tuesday 25 February 2014 1.00 PM – 2.00 PM Pre-Function Area “Lunch Break” 12 Tuesday 25 February 2014 2.00 PM – 3.45 PM Room: Coromandel Session: Management & Marketing Session Chair: Prof. Albert Schram, Papua New Guinea University of Technology, Papua New Guinea 424: Low-Cost Carriers in the Japanese Aviation Market: Sungjae Pak, Nakamura Gakuen University, Japan. 425: Social Media and Recruitment: Employers’ Perception: Naseem Rahman, Indrapriya Kularatne, UUNZ Institute of Business, New Zealand and Jyoti Arora, Abacus Institute of Studies, New Zealand. 508: Corporate Reputation and Value Creation: the Influential Role of Emotions in Interactive Service Experiences: Nadia Ali Shah, University of Waikato, New Zealand. 503: Consumers’ Behavior in Buying Patterns, Challenges and Their Level of Satisfactions in the Internet Shopping: Isaias Lagsa Borres, Our Lady of Fatima University, Philippines. Tuesday 25 February 2014 3.45 PM – 4.00 PM Pre-Function Area “Afternoon Tea Break” ~~~ End of Conference ~~~ 13 List of Participants Paper No. 108 Observer Author Name Ms. Yun Ren Mr. Badr Alothman observer Mrs. Peronette Ndi 216 Observer Observer Dr. Theodore Osborne Dr. Lori Kopp Dr. Richard Perlow Observer 316 421 422 424 Dr. Chi To Ng Miss. Polina Kirilova Mr. Julian Becker Mr. Michael Grigutsch Dr. Sungjae Pak 102 Dr. Hameed AlQaheri 317 Dr. Kamaruddin Sharif Dr. Chandrakantan Subramaniam 411 112 and 313 111 and 604 105 213 231 214 425 437 434 508 428 and Chair of Conference University Edith Cowan University University of Queensland Bilingual Computer and Business College King's University College at Western University University of Lethbridge University of Lethbridge The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Fernuniversität in Hagen Leibniz University of Hannover Leibniz University of Hannover Nakamura Gakuen University Country Australia Australia Cameroon Canada Canada Canada China Germany Germany Germany Japan Kuwait University International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCIEF) Malaysia Universiti Utara Malaysia Malaysia Mrs. Noorbijan Abu Bakar University Technology MARA Malaysia Mrs. Roshayani Arshad Ms. Rachael Alsemgeest Malaysia New Zealand Prof. Peter John Mellalieu Mr. Alan Lockyer Miss. Nadia Ali Shah University Technology MARA The University of Waikato Southwestern University of Finance and Economics and Victoria University of Wellington UUNZ Institute of Business University of Canterbury UUNZ Institute of Business Unitec Institute of Technology Unitec Institute of Technology The University of Waikato Prof. Pieter Nel Unitec Institute of Technology New Zealand Ms. Dongkun Li Mr. William Toh Mrs. Maryam Ishaq Ms. Naseem Rahman Kuwait New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand 14 507 and 432 429 and 430 Mrs. Bernhardett Theron UUNZ Institute of Business New Zealand Dr. Andries J Du Plessis Unitec Institute of Technology Papua New Guinea University of Technology Our Lady of Fatima University and University of Caloocan City Lodz University of Technology New Zealand Papua New Guinea Lodz University of Technology King Khaled University Qassim University Alemam Muhammad Ibn Saud University University of Tabuk Sequence Global Communication Feng Chia University Poland Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 418 Prof. Albert Schram 503 423 Dr. Isaias Borres Dr. Iwona Staniec Prof. Agnieszka Zakrzewska-Bielawska Dr. Sultan Alkhtani Dr. Ibrahim Allehaidan 417 observer Observer observer observer 413 Dr. Abdullah Alhamdan Dr. Rashed Alshareef Mr. Akinsehinwa Bamiro Akinwumi Dr. Cheng- Yi Chien Dr. June Bernadette D'Souza 314 Dr. William Trainor Observer 309 Assumption University East Tennessee State University Philippines Poland Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia South Africa Taiwan Thailand USA 15