Turner College Management Faculty Examine Impact of Workplace Politics on Job Satisfaction

According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the latest data show that there are more than 10 million job openings in the U.S., but only 5.7 million unemployed workers. According to a new study by Turner College researchers, this imbalance means that employee job satisfaction is an even more critical attitudinal variable in today’s workplace. Recent research by the Turner College’s Robin Snipes, Jennifer Pitts and Phil Bryant, along with Tobias Huning of the University of North Florida (and formerly of the Turner College) and Alexandra Snipes of Emory University, asserts that job satisfaction is one of the most studied variables in the organizational behavior literature, mainly because researchers understand its impact on employee turnover and organizational effectiveness. This understanding includes the notion that, although there are differences in how employees view and react to organizational politics that are, at least partly, based on individual differences, employees generally perceive workplace politics negatively. The new study by Snipes et al., which was recently published by the Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal, investigates the moderating effects of employee gender and age on the perceptions of organizational politics-job satisfaction relationship. In doing so the study reports findings from a diverse group of 601 employees employed in more than a dozen organizations representing both the service and manufacturing sectors of the economy. Results from statistical analysis of the data indicate that older employees are likely to be more negatively affected by perceptions of organizational politics than younger employees, and that political decisions affect the job satisfaction of female employees more negatively than male employees in certain circumstances.

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Grant Hits Ground Running as New Turner College Marketing Intern

The Turner College's new marketing intern Lizzy Grant , a senior marketing major from Newnan who previously attended Gordon State College, where she played varsity soccer, and is scheduled to graduate from the Turner College in May of 2024, has hit the ground running in her new position. She recently played a large role in the creation of a video tour of the Synovus Center, the main campus home of the Turner College. The video helps to guide new students on where to go in the building and who they can talk to if they help. The video showcases the Student Services Center, the main lobby, and more. The video is played as part of a loop on video screens placed throughout the Synovus Center. Lizzy's list of activities at CSU is impressive. She is the Treasurer of the Turner College's Marketing Club, the President of Marketing for the Turner College's chapter of the Financial Management Association, and an Ambassador for the Turner College. She is also the Treasurer of her s

Jung Exploring Influence of Confucianism on Luxury Brand Performance in China, Japan and South Korea

In a recent chat with Turner Business , Turner College professor of marketing Sungwoo Jung made the point that luxury brands are gaining the degree of influence in many developing countries that they enjoy now in developed countries. He has been pondering this issue as part of his international marketing research program, which typically focuses on advertising, pioneering advantages and multi-cultural analysis. Currently, Jung is concentrating his energies on a cross-cultural analysis of brand equity that highlights luxury brands’ performance. His research finds that China, Japan and South Korea have each seen an increase in market share for luxury brands in recent years. As Jung explained to Turner Business , “These three countries share a common philosophical background – Confucianism.” With that point in mind, Jung and his coauthors are currently engaged in an investigation of how Confucianism influences consumer behavior in these three Asian countries, and how that behavior im

Turner College Grad Publishes Academic Study on Corporate Culture and Strategy

Former Turner College student Tamara Todorova , now an associate professor of economics at American University in Bulgaria (AUB), recently published a study on corporate culture and strategy. Todorova earned an MBA from the Turner College in 1996 and then went on to earn a doctorate in international economics from the University of Economics - Varna in 2001. She has been on the faculty at AUB since August of 2000. Todorova's study, which appears in the current issue of the International Journal of Business Performance Management , investigates how corporate culture helps to economize on the transaction costs of internal organization. As she explains, the dimensions of corporate culture that assist in this task include increasing trust and reducing intrafirm opportunism. Todorova's study demonstrates that setting common goals and a common direction reduces the sizeable costs of internal organization. Tamara's prior research appears in Economics of Transition , International

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