Dear Editor, Many years ago unprofessional supervisors were identified as one of the main reasons for the withdrawal of a student’s study. Recently in some universities, unethical supervision has become an increasing concern of students and ethic committees. The last few years has witnessed an increase in the withdrawal rate of students who quit their study because of the poor guidance of their...

I thank Dr. Kakuk for his response to my article. Unfortunately, he seems to have misunderstood my arguments. He claims that I “fail to differentiate the problem of authorship from the problem of IFs usage”. In fact, I never actually directly linked these two problems, except to say that both trap researchers in a prisoner’s dilemma. Kakuk also claims that “The inappropriate usage of IF is not ...

Erotic appeals in advertising are sometimes considered unethical or provocative. This‎study addresses how consumers perceive advertisements with erotic regarding eye movement‎and subjective appropriateness. This study is methodologically based on eye-tracking to capture the‎participants’ visual attention and semi-structured interviews obtain further in-depth information‎on the perceived appropr...

BACKGROUND Bicycle injuries are of concern in Canada. Since helmet use was mandated in 1996 in the province of British Columbia, Canada, use has increased and head injuries have decreased. Despite the law, many cyclists do not wear a helmet. Health action process approach (HAPA) model explains intention and behaviour with self-efficacy, risk perception, outcome expectancies and planning constru...

Instead of using citations or marketing academics’ perceptual ranking of journals, this article examines the ranking of marketing journals using Australian university library holdings, in either hard copy or full-text electronic format. This measure was used as a proxy for broad-based accessibility of marketing journals. The study found that the accessibility rankings differed significantly fro...

The rapid proliferation of mobile phones and other electronic gadgets has not only changed the way people live, but also created a new channel for marketing. One such new technology is the mobile banking development, which can significantly impact a bank’s operational efficiency and customer service aspects. Yet, the adoption of mobile banking in the Asian region has been relatively slow compar...

This paper investigates the reasons customers use Internet banking (I-Banking) and whether the use differs across various customer demographics. The relationship between trust & loyalty and customer demographics was also analyzed. The results showed that customers of differing genders perceived different factors as important. “Checking account balance” and “Checking bank statements” were identi...