| Paper Title | Author(s) | Page No. |
| Preface | | v |
| Biographies of Conference Chairs, Programme Chair, Keynote Speaker and Mini-track Chairs | | vii |
| Biographies of contributing authors | | ix |
| Public Listed Companies and Fund Managers’ Perceptions on Investor Relations Programs in Malaysia | Norraidah Abu Hasan, Alicia Tan and Memiyanty Abdul Rahim | 1 |
| Evaluation of the Audit Committee Features and the Manner in Which They Influence Financial Reporting: Evidence From Amman Stock Exchange | Mo’taz Amin Al –Sa’eed
| 10 |
| Social Media Networking Tools (SMNT): Concepts, Challenges and Corollaries of Organisational Work Practices | Aurilla Aurelie Bechina and Eli Hustad | 18 |
| The Variations of CSR Functions Depending on the Socio-Economic Context? | Aurica Briscaru and Georgiana Corcaci | 27 |
| The Characteristics and Performances of Entrepreneurial Management in Romania | Nicoleta Bugnar, Adriana Giurgiu, Liana Mester and Mihai Berinde | 35 |
| Impact of the Global Economic Crises Over the Micro and Macro-Environment in Romania | Stefan Claudiu Caescu and Ionel Dumitru | 44 |
| Sustainable CIO Leadership in China | Eng Chew | 51 |
| Model for Performance Management and Measurement: Using Synergic Effects of Selected Tools | Miroslav Chodúr, Drahomíra Pavelková and Adriana Knápková | 60 |
| Developing and Executing a Strategy While Confronting Conflicting Stakeholder Interests: A Case Study | Michael Cummings, Gary Ottley and Robert Brewster | 71 |
| Corporative Management Through Crises Eco-Efficient Modelling | Cornelia Dascălu, Chiraţa Caraiani, Gina Raluca Guşe, Florian Colceag and Camelia Lungu | 80 |
| Questioning on Audit Committee Effectiveness | Camelia Liliana Dobroţeanu, Laurenţiu Dobroţeanu and Adriana Sofia Răileanu | 89 |
| Governance Versus Entrepreneurship and Regional Growth and Development: Challenges for Romania in the Context of Economic Crisis and European Integration | Anca Dodescu
| 99 |
| Re-implementing an Individual Performance Management System as a Change Intervention at Higher Education Institutions - Overcoming Staff Resistance | Marietjie du Plessis
| 105 |
| Influences of the Organizational Culture on Academic Management Change and Development in Classical Universities | Carmen Sonia Duse, Dan-Maniu Duse and Catalin Nemes | 116 |
| Structural Capital and Project Processes: Areas for Future Focus | Barbara Edington and Beth Ouellette | 123 |
| Management Leadership and Governance in Education | Emmanuel Innocents Edoun
| 129 |
| Communications Between Software Engineering and Business: Opportunity and Cost Analysis | Richard Ens and Richard Turner
| 136 |
| Preventive Measures for Dealing With Corporate Conflicts | Olga Erahtina
| 144 |
| Corporate Governance in Emerging Economies: Evidence From Romania | Niculae Feleagă, Liliana Feleagă, Voicu Dan Dragomir and Adrian Doru Bigioi | 151 |
| VTMM - Virtual Team Maturity Model | Ralf Friedrich, Udo Bleimann, Ingo Stengel and Paul Walsh | 159 |
| Managing Knowledge in Digital Economy: The Role of Virtual Organizations | Bogdan Ghilic-Micu, Virginia Maracine, Marian Stoica and Cecilia Simion Ciocan | 167 |
| Social Responsibility, an Element of Competitiveness - the Case of SMEs in Romania | Georgeta Grigore and Corina Grigore | 181 |
| Toward a Viable Construct of R&D System Governance | Patrick Hester and Thomas Meyers | 189 |
| A Biographical Approach to Researching Leadership and Entrepreneurship Development Processes in a Small Business Context | Karen Jones | 199 |
| Perspectives and Directions for Professional Development in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship Compared to Poland and the European Union | Jolanta Kowal | 206 |
| IT Project Management in Relation to Employees' Competence in Poland | Jolanta Kowal, Aleksandra Kwiatkowska and Wojciech Kowal | 217 |
| Development of a Validation Method for an IT Governance, Risk and Compliance Health Care Framework | Mike Krey, Steven Furnell, Bettina Harriehausen and Matthias Knoll | 227 |
| The Potential of Library 2.0 in Buttressing “Prosumption” Culture Among Researchers in Kenya | Tom Kwanya, Christine Stilwell and Peter Underwood | 239 |
| Individual and Corporate Leadership Longevity | Linda Lee-Davies and Nada Kakabadse | 246 |
| Governance of the Economic Engine Room: Insights From Agricultural Governance in New Zealand | James Lockhart | 254 |
| From Reporting to Communicating: Debates on European Union Environmental Policies Transposition at the Microeconomic Level | Camelia Iuliana Lungu | 262 |
| Toward a new Conceptual Model of Management and Leadership Competencies and Their Impact on Organizations’ Performance | Xavier Martin
| 270 |
| The Impact of Quality of Bureaucracy on Governance Performance: A Comparative Study in Balkan States | Ani Matei and Lucica Matei | 277 |
| Internalisation of the Values of National Integrity Systems and Governance Performance in Some South-Eastern European states: Significant Aspects and Comparative Studies | Ani Matei, Florin Marius Popa and Carmen Savulescu | 285 |
| Toward the What and How of Measuring R&D System Effectiveness | Thomas Meyers and Patrick Hester | 296 |
| Core Competencies for Business Graduates Embark on the Economic Clusters of Saudi Arabia | Sundaram Nataraja, Mazen Rasheed, Ahmed Al-Aameri and Zia-Ulhaq Paracha | 306 |
| Workplace Well-Being and Engagement – Some Inter-Relations and Their Organizational Impacts | Jinia Mukerjee Nath
| 313 |
| The Directing Role of Governance in Establishing Proper Organizational Culture in Universities | Fattah Nazem | 321 |
| The Role of Governance in Appointing University Managers With Creative Problem Solving Skills | Fattah Nazem | 327 |
| Overcoming Governance Handicaps in a Developing Economy | Abiola Ogunyemi | 334 |
| The Big Five Personality Traits and the art of Virtual Leadership | John Politis and Denis Politis | 342 |
| The Role of Moral Values in Business | Mirela Popa and Irina-Iulia Salanţă | 350 |
| Corporate Governance and Conservatism | Ali Pourkazemi and Mohammadreza Abdoli | 360 |
| Changing Managerial and Leadership Roles in Successful Industries in Pune | Parveen Prasad | 371 |
| Tax Aggressive Behaviour in Private Family Firms - the Effect of the CEO and Board of Directors | Tensie Steijvers and Mervi Niskanen | 379 |
| Making Organizational Learning Work: Lessons From a High Reliability Organization | John Sullivan and Roger Beach
| 387 |
| A Role of Socialization Tactics on the Perceived Person-Job fit of new Employees | Nucharee Supatn | 394 |
| The Social Capital of Brand Communities | Anabella Maria Târnovan | 402 |
| Knowledge Management: Falling at the First Hurdle? | Gerry Urwin | 410 |
| Professionalization of TMT in Private Family Firms - the Danger of Institutionalism | Pieter Vandekerkhof, Tensie Steijvers, Wim Voordeckers and Walter Hendriks | 419 |
| Much More Than CEO Duality: A Behavioural Perspective on Board Leadership | Maarten Vandewaerde, Wim Voordeckers, Frank Lambrechts and Yannick Bammens | 427 |
| The Board of Directors as a Team: Getting Inside the Black box | Maarten Vandewaerde, Wim Voordeckers, Frank Lambrechts and Yannick Bammens | 435 |
| Board Dynamics: The Soft Underbelly of Corporate Governance | Theo Veldsman | 443 |
| Gender Spread Analysis of Customer Knowledge for Competitive Advantage: Case of Beauty and Cosmetic Products in Thailand | Lugkana Worasinchai, Farhad Danesghar and Kerry Barnett | 452 |
| Developing, Screening or Signalling Human Capital? | Monica Zaharie, Codruta Osoian and Adrian Opre | 457 |
| PhD Research Papers | | 465 |
| Experiential Education as a Part of Human Development in Czech Republic Business Companies | Radek Blahuš | 467 |
| The Testing and Validation of a Model for Leadership Maturity Based on Jung’s Concept of Individuation | Danie du Toit, Theo Veldsman, Deon van Zyl | 477 |
| Relationships Between Human Resources Management and Organizational Culture | Nicoleta Valentina Florea, Ioana Raluca Goldbach and Felix Constantin Goldbach | 487 |
| Examination of the Dynamic Relationship Between Authoritarianism and Benevolence and BSH and BSW Through a Polychronic Lens and From a fit Perspective: Generating Knowledge From Lebanon | Fadi Hachem | 497 |
| Inter-Firm Cooperation Under the View of Theory of Planned Behavior: The Case of Vietnam | Nguyen Phuc Nguyen
| 505 |
| Choice or Predetermined Path? Women in Investment Management-Why so few? | Corina Sheerin
| 515 |
| Identification of Specific Motivational Factors for Different Categories of Staff and its Importance | Šárka Vránová
| 524 |
| Work in Progress Papers | | 533 |
| Models for Supply Chain Governance | Emil Crisan, Ilie Parpucea and Liviu Ilies | 535 |
| The Elaboration and Implementation of an Innovative Methodology for Analyzing and Evaluating the Characteristics and Performances of the Entrepreneurial Management in Romania | Adriana Giurgi, Ion Popa, Nicoleta Bugnar, Liana Mester, Mihai Berinde and Lucian Unita | 538 |
| Renewing Human Intellectual Capital by Building Trust in Intra-Organizational Relationships | Mirjami Ikonen and Taina Savolainen
| 541 |
| Records Governance in Enterprise 2.0: Toward an Archival Understanding of Social Media and its Potential for Record Creation | Elizabeth Shaffer and Luciana Duranti
| 545 |
