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Nepotism, cronyism and favoritism are unprofessional practices giving preferential treatment to relatives and friends in employment. For this study a survey was carried out with 576 respondents working in the banking industry in northern Cyprus. An analysis was then conducted to assess the impact of these practices on job stress, job satisfaction, and intention to quit behavior of employees, as well as word of mouth comments in their workplaces. Results of this study show that nepotism, favoritism and cronyism create job stress in the workplace and this increases dissatisfaction of the staff about their organizations. Nepotism has the greatest negative effect on job stress.

Purpose -The aim of this study is to explore whether there are statistically significant differences in the influence that various career-choice factors may have on a decision to choose accounting and non-accounting majors in Iran. The findings derived from this study could assist accounting educators and professional accounting bodies to understand the reasons why students may want to choose an accounting major. In this regard, the findings could help accounting academics and the policy makers in the accounting sector in Iran and in other similar countries develop appropriate strategies to attract proper students into the accounting programs and to recruit bright accounting graduates into the accounting profession. Design/methodology/approach -At the univariate level, t-tests of significant differences were performed in order to investigate the similarities and differences between the accounting and non-accounting students with respect to the importance placed on the career-choice factors. At the multivariate level, discriminant analysis was conducted in order to find out the important determinants of the choice of an accounting major. Moreover, t-test and ANOVA statistics were employed in order to explore whether differences in gender, age, and university affect each factor. Findings -The results reveal that the accounting students attach profound importance to financial and job-market factors and opinions of referents. Intrinsic factors, aptitude for and genuine interest in the subject, perception of the accounting course, and perception of the accounting profession are not found to have significant influence on students' decision to major in accounting. Originality/value -This study is unique in that it is the first empirical paper which explores Iranian students' perceptions of the career-choice factors in pursuing an accounting major.

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Globalisation has resulted in businesses extending their market coverage to include international markets, which has provided customers with an ever‐expanding choice of domestic and foreign purchase options. It has thus become critical for marketers to ascertain the perceptions and attitudes of consumers regarding their acceptance of foreign products. The most commonly used instrument for this purpose is the ‘Consumer Ethnocentric Tendencies Scale’ ('CETSCALE') (Shimp and Sharma 1987), which has been validated in several developed economies, but which has not been applied and validated in many developing economies. The present study addresses this gap by applying ‘CETSCALE’ among 484 consumers in the developing market of North Cyprus. The study confirms the scale's validity and reliability in the setting of North Cyprus. Consumers’ ethnocentrism is shown to be positively related to intention to purchase domestically produced goods. The study also analyses the relationships between certain demographic characteristics and consumers’ ethnocentrism. The results, managerial implications, and limitations of the study are discussed in detail. Santrauka Globalizacija versle pasireiške tuo, kad išplete rinku apimtis, itraukdama ir tarptautines rinkas, o tai suteike galimybe pirkejams pasirinkti didesni vidaus ir užsienio prekiu asortimenta. Todel pardavejams labai svarbu išsiaiškinti vartotoju suvokima ir požiūri i užsienio produkcija. Šiam tikslui dažniausiai naudojama priemone ‐ vartotojo etnocentrines tendencijos skale (CETSCALE) (Shimp, Sharma 1987), kuri buvo patvirtinta keliose išsivysčiusios ekonomikos šalyse, tačiau ši priemone nera naudojama ir patvirtinta besivystančiose šalyse. Pateikiamas tyrimas atkreipia demesi i šia taikymo CETSCALE tarp 484 vartotoju besivystančiose Šiaures Kipro rinkose spraga. Tyrimas parodo skales tinkamuma ir patikimuma tyrimams atlikti Šiaures Kipre. Buvo nustatyta, kad tarp pirkejo etnocentrizmo ir noro pirkti šalyje pagamintas prekes yra teigiamas ryšys. straipsnyje analizuojamas ryšys tarp tam tikru demografiniu charakteristiku ir pirkeju etnocentrizmo. Detaliai aptarti gauti tyrimo rezultatai, ju reikšme valdymui ir tyrimo ribotumas.