Terry L Besser
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 209906 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Terry L Besser |
| NOMBRES | Terry L |
| APELLIDO | Besser |
| FIRMA | BESSER T L |
| AFILIACIONES | Iowa State University |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 17 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 121 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 17 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1992 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2016 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Small-Town America
Social capital, local businesses, and amenities in U.S. rural prairie communities
Inside the Black Box
Community Amenity Measurement for the Great Fly-Over Zones
Changes in small town social capital and civic engagement
The Impact of Economic Shocks on Quality of Life and Social Capital in Small Towns
Economic shocks are sudden events causing a significant impact on the local economy. Disaster community literature predicts that community outcomes from shocks will depend on the kind of shock. Consensus crisis shocks will be followed by increases in social capital and quality of life. Corrosive community shocks will result in declines in these factors. Using longitudinal data from small towns, we find that shocks are not associated with declines…
New Economy Businesses in Rural, Urban, and Metropolitan Locations
The service sector has replaced manufacturing as the primary employer in the United States. Fastest growing within this sector are producer services, i.e., those businesses that provide service inputs to other businesses and government. Theorists posit that the propensity of producer services to locate in metro areas advantages cities in relation to rural areas. They argue that significant numbers of producer services are unlikely to locate in ru…
Social Capital and Participation in Community Improvement Activities by Elderly Residents in Small Towns and Rural Communities
This study critically reviews theoretical concepts and measurements of social capital and tests hypotheses that elaborate how four dimensions of social capital (informal social ties, formal social ties, trust, and norms of collective action) and sense of community are related to participation in community improvement activities for elderly residents in small towns and rural communities. Mail surveys of 2,802 elders in 99 small towns and rural com…
The Conscience of Capitalism
The common wisdom that business contributions to the common good are counterproductive in the new competitive global marketplace does not hold up to empirical research. In fact, doing good is good for business, and a majority of businesses do provide some form of community support, which Besser discovered in her exhaustive survey of the Iowa business community. Business owners and managers often act out of a sense of community spirit and a certai…
Beyond the Bottom Line
Confronting Change
Globalization and Internal Organizational Responses
Team Toyota
The Significance of Community to Business Social Responsibility1
In this paper, I focus attention on one aspect of business social responsibility, the relationship between businesses and community. Specifically, I explore the impact of business operators' perceptions about norms of collective action in their communities on the level of their support for and commitment to their communities. This relationship was elaborated using data from interviews with 1,008 business owners and managers randomly selected from…
On the Line at Subaru-Isuzu
The Commitment of Japanese Workers and U.S. Workers
I review research comparing the commitment to work of American and Japanese workers. Because Japanese workers demonstrate high levels of commited behaviors (e.g., low absenteeism and turnover), this research concludes that Japanese workers are more committed than are American workers. However, this research dismisses the finding that American workers express a commitment to work that is greater than (or at least similar to) Japanese workers. I ar…
A Critical approach to the Study of Japanese Management
Social Capital and Participation in Community Improvement Activities by Elderly Residents in Small Towns and Rural Communities
This study critically reviews theoretical concepts and measurements of social capital and tests hypotheses that elaborate how four dimensions of social capital (informal social ties, formal social ties, trust, and norms of collective action) and sense of community are related to participation in community improvement activities for elderly residents in small towns and rural communities. Mail surveys of 2,802 elders in 99 small towns and rural com…
Changes in small town social capital and civic engagement
The Impact of Economic Shocks on Quality of Life and Social Capital in Small Towns
Economic shocks are sudden events causing a significant impact on the local economy. Disaster community literature predicts that community outcomes from shocks will depend on the kind of shock. Consensus crisis shocks will be followed by increases in social capital and quality of life. Corrosive community shocks will result in declines in these factors. Using longitudinal data from small towns, we find that shocks are not associated with declines…
The Significance of Community to Business Social Responsibility1
In this paper, I focus attention on one aspect of business social responsibility, the relationship between businesses and community. Specifically, I explore the impact of business operators' perceptions about norms of collective action in their communities on the level of their support for and commitment to their communities. This relationship was elaborated using data from interviews with 1,008 business owners and managers randomly selected from…
The Commitment of Japanese Workers and U.S. Workers
I review research comparing the commitment to work of American and Japanese workers. Because Japanese workers demonstrate high levels of commited behaviors (e.g., low absenteeism and turnover), this research concludes that Japanese workers are more committed than are American workers. However, this research dismisses the finding that American workers express a commitment to work that is greater than (or at least similar to) Japanese workers. I ar…
Community Amenity Measurement for the Great Fly-Over Zones
New Economy Businesses in Rural, Urban, and Metropolitan Locations
The service sector has replaced manufacturing as the primary employer in the United States. Fastest growing within this sector are producer services, i.e., those businesses that provide service inputs to other businesses and government. Theorists posit that the propensity of producer services to locate in metro areas advantages cities in relation to rural areas. They argue that significant numbers of producer services are unlikely to locate in ru…
Small-Town America
Inside the Black Box
A Critical approach to the Study of Japanese Management
The Commitment of Japanese Workers and U.S. Workers
I review research comparing the commitment to work of American and Japanese workers. Because Japanese workers demonstrate high levels of commited behaviors (e.g., low absenteeism and turnover), this research concludes that Japanese workers are more committed than are American workers. However, this research dismisses the finding that American workers express a commitment to work that is greater than (or at least similar to) Japanese workers. I ar…
On the Line at Subaru-Isuzu
Team Toyota
The Significance of Community to Business Social Responsibility1
In this paper, I focus attention on one aspect of business social responsibility, the relationship between businesses and community. Specifically, I explore the impact of business operators' perceptions about norms of collective action in their communities on the level of their support for and commitment to their communities. This relationship was elaborated using data from interviews with 1,008 business owners and managers randomly selected from…
Confronting Change
Globalization and Internal Organizational Responses
The Conscience of Capitalism
The common wisdom that business contributions to the common good are counterproductive in the new competitive global marketplace does not hold up to empirical research. In fact, doing good is good for business, and a majority of businesses do provide some form of community support, which Besser discovered in her exhaustive survey of the Iowa business community. Business owners and managers often act out of a sense of community spirit and a certai…
Beyond the Bottom Line
New Economy Businesses in Rural, Urban, and Metropolitan Locations
The service sector has replaced manufacturing as the primary employer in the United States. Fastest growing within this sector are producer services, i.e., those businesses that provide service inputs to other businesses and government. Theorists posit that the propensity of producer services to locate in metro areas advantages cities in relation to rural areas. They argue that significant numbers of producer services are unlikely to locate in ru…
Social Capital and Participation in Community Improvement Activities by Elderly Residents in Small Towns and Rural Communities
This study critically reviews theoretical concepts and measurements of social capital and tests hypotheses that elaborate how four dimensions of social capital (informal social ties, formal social ties, trust, and norms of collective action) and sense of community are related to participation in community improvement activities for elderly residents in small towns and rural communities. Mail surveys of 2,802 elders in 99 small towns and rural com…
Changes in small town social capital and civic engagement
The Impact of Economic Shocks on Quality of Life and Social Capital in Small Towns
Economic shocks are sudden events causing a significant impact on the local economy. Disaster community literature predicts that community outcomes from shocks will depend on the kind of shock. Consensus crisis shocks will be followed by increases in social capital and quality of life. Corrosive community shocks will result in declines in these factors. Using longitudinal data from small towns, we find that shocks are not associated with declines…
Inside the Black Box
Community Amenity Measurement for the Great Fly-Over Zones
Social capital, local businesses, and amenities in U.S. rural prairie communities
Small-Town America
Political science (14 obras) · Sociology (9 obras) · Economics (8 obras) · Geography (7 obras) · Business (5 obras) · Economic growth (4 obras) · Social capital (4 obras) · Social Capital and Networks (4 obras) · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (4 obras) · Capital (architecture (3 obras)