Tevfik Dalgic

University of Texas at Dallas | UTD · Naveen Jindal School of Management

We investigate the relationships between gender-role-orientation (i.e., androgynous, masculine, feminine and undifferentiated) and subjective career success among business professionals from 36 societies. Drawing on the resource management perspective, we predict that androgynous individuals will report the highest subjective career success, follow...

Since the days of Hofstede (1980), cross-cultural comparisons of countries based on societal-level work values have been a norm. This approach has been represented more recently in Ronen and Shenkar’s (2013) 11 clusters of country cultures. However, more contemporary research found within-country heterogeneity of values/behaviors is substantial and...

This multilevel study investigated the effect of national institutional environments on the relationship between corporate responsibility practices and financial performance in multiple European countries, controlling for firmlevel predictors. By doing so, we demonstrate that neither institutional theory nor stakeholder theory is adequate to invest...

This multilevel study investigated the effect of national institutional environments on the relationship between corporate responsibility practices and financial performance in multiple European countries, controlling for firm-level predictors. By doing so, we demonstrate that neither institutional theory nor stakeholder theory is adequate to inves...

Most users prefer to use avatars to escape from the real-world difficulties and to create their virtual worlds in where they feel more free and controllable. In this sense, virtual worlds reflect the expected personality traits. In parallel, this study focuses on consumers and their avatar using behaviours across self-image congruence theory by exa...

Utilizing Consumer Psychology in Business Strategy provides emerging research on consumer behavior and decision-making processes through the lens of business advancement and innovation. While highlighting topics such as brand personality, consumer perception, and marketing strategy, this publication explores various types of consumer behavior and m...

Recently, it has been evident that the analysis of user data and content in online environments allows practitioners to understand how to motivate online community members and keep them frequently involved in the community, and so to manage these communities successfully. In this sense, practitioners should comprehend community members’ usage inten...

In virtual worlds, people create their avatars to represent themselves by deciding on their shapes and forms. An avatar can be called a “virtual ego” and can be defined as ‘‘user embodiment in a collaborative virtual environment’’ (Virtual Reality Society). Consumers also use avatars. Although it is an old phenomenon where consumers tend to identif...

There is a dynamic and interconnected international setting shaped by the power of the Internet and social media. To gain more consumers, understand their behaviours and needs, and maintain closest relationships with them, businesses should understand how consumers behave in social media and how they vary in their purchase intentions. In the scope...

Market, orientation, until very recently received very little attention for empirical research internationally. The purpose of this paper is to delineate the evolution and current theory on market orientation and combine this with the replication of a survey carried out in the U.S. with a mixture of companies representing high-tech industry in the...

International personal selling and sales force management are among the least investigated areas of international marketing. This is even more true for measurement scales for the job satisfaction of industrial sales forces in foreign markets. Despite the lack of research and missing well-developed guidelines on this issue, the importance of persona...

This article proposes a further addition "Particularity" to the traditional marketing mix, in order to positively identify with those elements -- collectively referred to as ‘culture’ and which arise in international services marketing in particular and are not generally confronted by companies which serve only domestic markets.

Due to several national market factors as well as the trends in globalization and opening up the East European markets, internationalization is gradually becoming an important strategic option for achieving a firm's growth objectives. The main question is how to enter foreign markets or which foreign market entry strategy fits the firm's objectives...

The mass markets of previous decades have splintered into smaller market segments or niches, in which companies could be safer from cut-throat competition and explore new market opportunities. Although part of a positioning strategy, niche marketing may be used as a deliberate marketing strategy to create “safe havens” and business opportunities fo...

This paper aims to start a debate on the concept of Euromarketing by attempting to answer the following questions. What is Euromarketing ? What are the boundaries of Euromarket ? Is it a political issue or more of a cultural, historical and geographic matter ? What are the determinants of Euromarketing ? Who is the Euroconsumer? Additionally, strat...

Companies make mistakes in foreign markets

This article covers the Turkish construction companies travel from a local to a global position

Majority of research is in the area of exportng, this one looks at from the impoting point of view

This paper attempts to underline the difference between the innovative imitations and imitative innovations; two transfer of technology mechanisms by giving examples from a newly industrialised country: Turkey. The author surveys the structures of the top 50 Turkish manufacturing companies and classifies them according to their adoption categories...

This paper analyses the basic issues in the strategic market planning process as an important part of the strategic marketing and tries to see whether Irish Banking system formally applies this concept. A mail questionnaire was used to carry out a survey covering all the banks in the Greater Dublin Area, which hosts 90% of the banks operating in Ir...

This paper is an early attempt to explain the basic macro and micro-environmental reasons why European companies have started to apply market orientation later than their North American counterparts. It commences with the explanation of the important aspects and foundations of market orientation within a historical framework and tries to evaluate a...

Foreign expansion is gradually becoming an important option for further corporate growth in the Eurofood retail industry. The objective of this paper is to find out whether there is a correlation between the entry modes chosen by the Eurofood retail firms entering foreign markets and the macro-environmental factors of the host country markets. It c...

This paper analyses the Transfer of Managerial Technology with special emphasis on the role of Multinational Corporations (MNC) by way of their subsidiaries. Republic of Ireland has been chosen to investigate the roles of the MNC’s in this process. 120 foreign subsidiaries representing 1/3 of the total foreign based companies receiving grants from...

This study focused on the interrelations between formalisation, the learning organization, market orientation, business performance and on the possible moderating influence of the environmental variables competitive intensity and turbulence. This study was done in the context of the larger Dutch export companies. A review of the literature enabled...

Is the societal-level of analysis sufficient today to understand the values of those in the global workforce? Or are individual-level analyses more appropriate for assessing the influence of values on ethical behaviors across country workforces? Using multi-level analyses for a 48-society sample, we test the utility of both the societal-level and i...

Is the societal-level of analysis sufficient today to understand the values of those in the global workforce? Or are individual-level analyses more appropriate for assessing the influence of values on ethical behaviors across country workforces? Using multi-level analyses for a 48-society sample, we test the utility of both the societal-level and i...

Is the societal-level of analysis sufficient today to understand the values of those in the global workforce? Or are individual-level analyses more appropriate for assessing the influence of values on ethical behaviors across country workforces? Using multi-level analyses for a 48-society sample, we test the utility of both the societal-level and i...

Our study of the cultural values of managers in the Greater Middle East uses a unique sample of 989 respondents across seven countries (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Pakistan, Turkey, and the UAE). The primary focus of our paper is the assessment of the differences and similarities in collectivism, individualism, and universalism values within t...

This article provides current Schwartz Values Survey (SVS) data from samples of business managers and professionals across 50 societies that are culturally and socioeconomically diverse. We report the society scores for SVS values dimensions for both individual- and societal-level analyses. At the individual-level, we report on the ten circumplex v...

With a 41-society sample of 9990 managers and professionals, we used hierarchical linear modeling to investigate the impact of both macro-level and micro-level predictors on subordinate influence ethics. While we found that both macro-level and micro-level predictors contributed to the model definition, we also found global agreement for a subordin...

Value of information products, such as software, cannot be determined at a glance but it is critical for purchase decisions. Customers should test and/or learn these products and compare the product capabilities against their needs. Vendors allow customers to evaluate the products via demonstration. Either they make products available to customers...

Advocates for a social Europe are worried that the accession of ex-Eastern Bloc countries into the European Community would lead European corporations to emphasize a financial orientation rather than a societal orientation. We examined this question in a study of the values orientations of 3,836 managers in 16 countries representing established EU,...

This study investigated perspectives on corporate environmental and social responsibilities of 5539 managers and professionals in 22 countries. In particular, we studied the influence of personal values (individualism, collectivism, universalism), personal characteristics (age, gender, education and organizational position level), organizational ch...

This study investigated perceptions of corporate environmental and social responsibilities of 5,539 managers and professionals in 22 countries. . In particular, we studied the influence of personal values (individualism, collectivism, universalism), personal characteristics (age, gender, education and organizational position level), organizational...

The Turkish Republic was founded in 1923, following the fall of the Ottoman Empire. Turkey is strategically positioned at the crossroads of Europe, the Black Sea region, and the Turkic-speaking republics of Central Asia. It is also situated on the Mediterranean coast at close proximity to the Middle East, the Gulf States, and North Africa. It thus...

Learning organizations and market orientation are at the center of attention in the 1990s. Many businesses encounter cutthroat competition and operate in a turbulent, international and complex environment. To keep the business going which makes a sound profit is often a difficult challenge. Management theorists and consultants as well as marketing...

Essential elements for a niche marketing strategy include positioning, profitability, distinctive competencies, small market segments, adherence to the marketing concept, relationship marketing practices, and building company reputation based on long-term mutual benefit with its customers. Small firms must incorporate these ideas and become guerill...

Attempts to reach some meaningful conclusions on the issue of why market orientation practice and research in general started later in Europe than in North America. With the aid of a literature review in the field of marketing in general and European history in particular and by studying the historical roots of the concept, the author attempts to u...

The travellers' perceptions of salient travel-related attributes influence their intentions, which in turn affect their decision-making process. It is known that the potential benefits associated with a particular holiday destination are of varying importance to travellers. Thus, to improve the relative preference for a particular destination or to...

International marketing blunders represent avoidable mistakes made by companies in foreign markets. While there exists a well-developed literature of blunders committed abroad by firms from the United States, very few such tales have been reported from other countries. This article is a collection of new cases, compiled from a variety of sources an...

As opposed to the plethora of export-related studies, limited empirical work has been conducted on firms’ import behavior in the field of international business. The focus of this study is an investigation of problems confronting UK importing distributor firms in their trading activities with U.S. exporting manufacturers. An attempt is made specifi...

The mass markets of previous decades have splintered into smaller market segments or niches, in which companies could be safer from cut-throat competition and explore new market opportunities. Although part of a positioning strategy, niche marketing may be used as a deliberate marketing strategy to create “safe havens” and business opportunities fo...

Considers the European Community, which will be transformed into an internal Euromarket in 1993 by combining several elements of both national and international markets. Attempts to analyse the Euromarket as a global marketplace with all enabling conditions for globalization.

This study aims at addressing a gap in the international business literature with respect to shareholder value creation in International Joint Ventures (IJV) by employing the event study method within the context of Dunning's Eclectic Theory (OLI) to examine the antecedents of successful international joint ventures and simultaneous impacts of owne...