This document contains 1 conference paper abstract and 10 papers from a conference on business education and information systems research. The document begins with the abstract of the paper "The Relationships among Work-Based Learning Initiatives, Anticipated Benefits, and Stakeholder Involvement" (Bridget N. O'Connor). The remainder of the document consists of the full texts of the following papers: "Program Area Concerns of Beginning and Experienced Marketing Education Teachers" (Allen D. Truell); "Field Professionals' Demonstrated and Perceived Problems in Correspondence Writing" (Ellis A. Hayes); "Assessing the Effectiveness of Distance Education Versus Traditional On-Campus Education" (Shelia Yvonne Tucker); "Self-Directed Learning Resource Usage among Office Employees" (James E. Bartlett, II, Chadwick Higgins, and Courteney Kovacs); "Students' Perceptions of Business Education as a Career" (Charlene W. Sox); "Business Education Students' Worldview: Implications for Program Development in Regional Universities" (Mary H. Jackson and E. Ruth Carroll); "A Comparison of Secondary Business Education Students' Learning Styles with Their Teachers' Instructional Styles" (Wanda L. Stitt-Gohdes, Tena B. Crews, and Melinda McCannon); "Guided Practice vs. Independent Practice in Teaching Electronic Databases" (Michael L. McDonald and Rebecca Carpenter); "Brain Hemispheric Consensus and the Quality of Investment Decisions" (Michael Boyd); and "Incorporating the 4MAT Learning Style Model in Marketing Education" (Christy K. Anderson, Malinda Hendricks Green, Frank Nelson). (Most papers contain references.) (MN)