The manner in which seven male expert credit administrators and seven male trained nonexpert credit administrators differed in their ability to generate and verify inferences was studied. Results suggest that the ability to reason within a complex domain requires more than simply acquiring knowledge. (SLD)

Compared regional differences in student interest in: (1) taking international business courses; (2) pursuing long-term; and (3) short-term career opportunities abroad. Also compared regional differences in variables correlated with such interest, including academic maturity, degree of international travel, number of languages spoken, and previous…

Master's education is the largest segment of graduate education in the United States yet there is a paucity of research about how master's students experience their programs. Empirical research on student engagement--defined as the time and effort students devote to activities that are linked to educational outcomes and what institutions do to…

The game SO LONG SUCKER was designed in the United States in 1964 with the aim of showing how potentially unethical behavior necessary for winning was inherent in the game's incentive structure. Sessions with East Asian participants, however, led to very different game dynamics in which collaborative rather than antagonistic behaviors occurred.…

In 2006, "Business Week" issued a highly publicized ranking of undergraduate business schools (Lavelle, 2006). Although the ranking provided useful measures of quality, the high rank of some schools was partly due to the quality of incoming students and educational resources rather than the ability of the school to add value. In this…

An extensive database of exam scores is studied to determine the effects of a grading policy that drops the lowest exam score. We find evidence that some students engage in strategic behavior, either by understudying for one of the exams or missing one altogether, but the vast majority of students show no evidence of strategic behavior. We also…

Academic dishonesty in post-secondary education is a widespread, insidious and global problem. Business educators hosting foreign students locally and teaching abroad more than ever need to understand the nuances and attitudes of different student populations and how these differences may manifest themselves in a course. This research contributes…

In this article, the authors examined students' perceptions of professional selling. They found significant differences between the perceptions of students who had completed personal selling courses and students who had not. The authors observed differences in students' perceptions of personal selling as a career, the contribution of personal…

Using a conceptual model, this study examines the variables associated with the "U.S. News and World Report" peer assessment ratings of graduate and professional schools in business, education, engineering, law, and medicine. What are the correlates of prestige among the nation's leading graduate and professional schools, and are they consistent…

State employment service managers in the Pacific Northwest, secondary principals in the Pacific Northwest, chief state school officers throughout the United States, and state directors of employment and training throughout the United States were asked to rate students on a list of 15 attributes seen as key to performance on the job. Their…

A study examined the business and personal ethics of advertising students and advertising practitioners to determine whether important differences exist between the two groups. Data were gathered from 256 advertising professionals and from 178 students majoring in advertising at a Southwestern university. Subjects responded to twelve…

A comparison of accounting instructors and practicing accountants indicates that both groups agree on the emphasis instructors should place on course content items. The results also indicate that the Q-sort is a powerful tool for assessing certain aspects of occupational curricula. (Author/JH)

This replication of a comparison of student perceptions and attitudes toward learning from case studies and from management simulations found that students perceive the simulation exercise to be superior to case study discussions for learning skills in the business policy course. Because these results contradict the findings of the original study,…

Grade inflation has reduced the usefulness of the Quality Point Average as a hiring device. The Relative Performance Index, which expresses student performance relative to other students enrolled in the same course sections, is proposed as a better tool. (SK)