Nancy B Kurland
Biographic Data
| ID | 3421523 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nancy B Kurland |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nancy B |
| FAMILY NAME | Kurland |
| SIGNATURE | KURLAND N B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Franklin & Marshall College |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8938-9600 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 71 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Charting the landscape
Purpose This paper aims to examine the teaching of ecological sustainability in contemporary American business education. Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted the investigation through two phases. In Phase 1, the authors systematically collected data on which top undergraduate and graduate US business programs offer a sustainability-related course, identifying 224 courses from 152 unique institutions. In Phase 2, the authors analyzed…
Defense Industry, Ethical Issues In The
In light of numerous scandals in the defense industry, the federal government responded in several ways: passing the amended False Claims Act of 1986 (which was further amended in the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009), proposing mandatory ethics programs, and creating a blue ribbon commission to investigate the scandals.
Does “Local” Mean Ethical? The U.S. “Buy Local” Movement and CSR in SMEs
“Buy Local” campaigns argue that consumers who patronize local firms instead of national chains reap broad economic, social, and ecological benefits for their home communities. These campaigns, which seek to create social change through market forces, imply that “local” means ethical. What ethical claims do localism advocates make for the benefits of local consumption, and how do they verify those claims? And how does the buy-local case inform br…
From civic institution to community place
Water and Business
Why should business care about water? Water is a common-pool resource, critical to many business operations, which faces depletion if not sustainably managed. Based on popular and trade press and academic business research, the authors develop a taxonomy of water issues (water quality, quantity, use, sustainable resource management, company and industry management). Through a review of 135 water-related articles published in 49 leading business j…
A review of telework research
Telework has inspired research in disciplines ranging from transportation and urban planning to ethics, law, sociology, and organizational studies. In our review of this literature, we seek answers to three questions: who participates in telework, why they do, and what happens when they do? Who teleworks remains elusive, but research suggests that male professionals and female clerical workers predominate. Notably, work‐related factors like manag…
Telecommuting, professional isolation, and employee development in public and private organizations
This study employs a grounded theory methodology to compare the impact telecommuting has on public and private employees perceptions of professional isolation. It relied on 93 semi‐structured interviews with telecommuters, non‐telecommuters, and their respective supervisors in two high technology firms and two city governments. These organizations had active telecommuting programmes and a strong interest in making telecommuting a successful work …
Public v. Private Perceptions of Formalization, Outcomes, and Justice
In this study we used responses from 174 public-sector and private-sector employees to assess differences in perceived job and communication formalization, emphasis on objective-oriented results, perceptions of distributive and procedural justice, and employees' satisfaction with their immediate supervisors. Overall, public employees perceived similar job and communication formalization and emphasis on results, but they held weaker distributive a…
Engendering Democratic Participation via the Net
Information technology in the form of the Internet and its commercial offspring (referred to in this article collectively as the Net) has received much attention as a vehicle to increase political participation. In this article, we explore the potential of the Net, a vast, loosely coupled system of electronic forums, for facilitating and hindering democratic participation. In so doing, we identify five assumptions that undergird the claim that th…
Telecommuting, professional isolation, and employee development in public and private organizations
This study employs a grounded theory methodology to compare the impact telecommuting has on public and private employees perceptions of professional isolation. It relied on 93 semi‐structured interviews with telecommuters, non‐telecommuters, and their respective supervisors in two high technology firms and two city governments. These organizations had active telecommuting programmes and a strong interest in making telecommuting a successful work …
Public v. Private Perceptions of Formalization, Outcomes, and Justice
In this study we used responses from 174 public-sector and private-sector employees to assess differences in perceived job and communication formalization, emphasis on objective-oriented results, perceptions of distributive and procedural justice, and employees' satisfaction with their immediate supervisors. Overall, public employees perceived similar job and communication formalization and emphasis on results, but they held weaker distributive a…
Engendering Democratic Participation via the Net
Information technology in the form of the Internet and its commercial offspring (referred to in this article collectively as the Net) has received much attention as a vehicle to increase political participation. In this article, we explore the potential of the Net, a vast, loosely coupled system of electronic forums, for facilitating and hindering democratic participation. In so doing, we identify five assumptions that undergird the claim that th…
From civic institution to community place
Engendering Democratic Participation via the Net
Information technology in the form of the Internet and its commercial offspring (referred to in this article collectively as the Net) has received much attention as a vehicle to increase political participation. In this article, we explore the potential of the Net, a vast, loosely coupled system of electronic forums, for facilitating and hindering democratic participation. In so doing, we identify five assumptions that undergird the claim that th…
Public v. Private Perceptions of Formalization, Outcomes, and Justice
In this study we used responses from 174 public-sector and private-sector employees to assess differences in perceived job and communication formalization, emphasis on objective-oriented results, perceptions of distributive and procedural justice, and employees' satisfaction with their immediate supervisors. Overall, public employees perceived similar job and communication formalization and emphasis on results, but they held weaker distributive a…
A review of telework research
Telework has inspired research in disciplines ranging from transportation and urban planning to ethics, law, sociology, and organizational studies. In our review of this literature, we seek answers to three questions: who participates in telework, why they do, and what happens when they do? Who teleworks remains elusive, but research suggests that male professionals and female clerical workers predominate. Notably, work‐related factors like manag…
Telecommuting, professional isolation, and employee development in public and private organizations
This study employs a grounded theory methodology to compare the impact telecommuting has on public and private employees perceptions of professional isolation. It relied on 93 semi‐structured interviews with telecommuters, non‐telecommuters, and their respective supervisors in two high technology firms and two city governments. These organizations had active telecommuting programmes and a strong interest in making telecommuting a successful work …
Water and Business
Why should business care about water? Water is a common-pool resource, critical to many business operations, which faces depletion if not sustainably managed. Based on popular and trade press and academic business research, the authors develop a taxonomy of water issues (water quality, quantity, use, sustainable resource management, company and industry management). Through a review of 135 water-related articles published in 49 leading business j…
Defense Industry, Ethical Issues In The
In light of numerous scandals in the defense industry, the federal government responded in several ways: passing the amended False Claims Act of 1986 (which was further amended in the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009), proposing mandatory ethics programs, and creating a blue ribbon commission to investigate the scandals.
Does “Local” Mean Ethical? The U.S. “Buy Local” Movement and CSR in SMEs
“Buy Local” campaigns argue that consumers who patronize local firms instead of national chains reap broad economic, social, and ecological benefits for their home communities. These campaigns, which seek to create social change through market forces, imply that “local” means ethical. What ethical claims do localism advocates make for the benefits of local consumption, and how do they verify those claims? And how does the buy-local case inform br…
From civic institution to community place
Charting the landscape
Purpose This paper aims to examine the teaching of ecological sustainability in contemporary American business education. Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted the investigation through two phases. In Phase 1, the authors systematically collected data on which top undergraduate and graduate US business programs offer a sustainability-related course, identifying 224 courses from 152 unique institutions. In Phase 2, the authors analyzed…
Business (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Public relations (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Economics (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Marketing (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Sustainability (3 works)