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Advances in Business Research 
 

Volume 2                                                                        Number 1                                                                           2011                                                          

 
Mohamed Zainuba, Editor 

 
Review Board Members 

 
Rebecca Abraham, Nova Southeastern University 

Lynn Adams, Utah Valley University 

G. Stoney Alder, University of Nevada, Las Vegas 

Lorraine Anderson, Marshall University 

Mary Askim-Lovseth, University of North Dakota 

Amelia Baldwin, University of Arkansas - Fort Smith 

Jim Beard, University of Arkansas-Fort Smith 

Wayne Buchanan, Defiance College 

Aaron Buchko, Bradley University 

Barbara Burgess-Wilkerson, Winthrop University 

David Dearman, University of Arkansas at Little Rock                     

William Donoher, Missouri State University 

Larry Faulk, University of Arkansas - Fort Smith 

Martha Fowler, Northeast Missouri State University 

Steve Frankforter, Winthrop University 

Yoshi Fukasawa, Midwestern State University 

Susan Gaffney, Governors State University 

Jeff Grover, Dynamics Research Corporation 

Tom Hayes, University of Arkansas - Fort Smith 

Nathan Heller, Tarleton State University 

Lewis Hershey, Fayetteville State University 

Larry Hughes, Central Washington University 

Joel Jolayemi, Tennessee State University 

Gundars Kaupins, Boise State University 

Dorothy Kirkman, University of Houston - Clear Lake 

Robert Kitahara, Troy University 

Kermit Kuehn, University of Arkansas - Fort Smith 

Anna Lampe, Rockhurst University 

Maria Leach-Lopez, Auburn University Montgomery 

Jennifer Leonard, Montana State University, Billings 

Erika Marsillac, Old Dominion University 

Bobby Medlin, University of Arkansas - Fort Smith 

Melissa Melancon, University of Louisiana at Monroe 

Yasuo Nishiyama, Woodbury University 

Lolita Paff, Penn State University – Berks 

David Palmer, University of Nebraska at Kearney       

Susan Park, Boise State University 

Zhuoming Peng, University of Arkansas - Fort Smith 

Ahmad Rahal, University of Arkansas - Fort Smith 

Masha Rahnama, Texas Tech University 

Beth Richardson, Saint Joseph’s College of Maine 

Dennis Rittle, Kansas Board of Regents      

Carlos Rodriguez, Delaware State University 

George Schmidt, University of Arkansas - Fort Smith 

Cliff Scott, University of Arkansas - Fort Smith 

Daniel Settlage, University of Arkansas - Fort Smith 

Latisha Settlage, University of Arkansas - Fort Smith 

Jon Shapiro, Northeastern State University 

Larry Stimpert, Colorado College       

Carolyn Stumph, Indiana University - Purdue University 

Ronald Stunda, Valdosta State University    

Aysar Sussan, Bethune-Cookman University 

Daniel Talley, Dakota State University 

Margaret Tanner, University of Arkansas - Fort Smith 

Ruth Taylor, Texas State University 

Andrew Tiger, Union University 

Turner White, Rockhurst University 

Tom Tworoger, Nova Southeastern University 

Kenneth Wiant, Tennessee Tech University 

Steve Williams, University of Arkansas - Fort Smith 

Jim Wollscheid, University of Arkansas - Fort Smith 

Frank Wyrostek, University of St. Francis

 
Advances in Business Research is published annually by the College of Business, University of Arkansas - Fort Smith, Fort 

Smith, Arkansas 72913. 
 

Views and opinions expressed in the Journal are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of staff of College 

of Business, or University of Arkansas - Fort Smith. The authors assume responsibility for the accuracy of facts published in the 

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479-788-7774, mohamed.zainuba@uafs.edu 
 

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