Internationl recognition for 3rd consecutive year from Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellena

On 15 Aug 2014, Mr. Stan Lee, Regional Manager of Emerald Group Publishing (left), came to present the “Highly Commended Paper Award Winner at Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2014” to Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sooksan Kantabutra (right), CMMU Associate Dean of Research.  This paper, co-authored by Assistant Professor Dr. Parisa Rungruang, was published by Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration, a Q-2 journal with an impact factor of 0.65.

The research examines relationships between vision realization factors, employee satisfaction, and affective organizational commitment in a state-owned energy provider in Thailand.  Findings indicate that vision communication, motivation and empowerment of employees, and follower affective organizational commitment are three direct predictors of enhanced employee satisfaction.  Empowerment of employees and employee satisfaction are two direct predictors of employee affective organizational commitment.  These findings indicate a reciprocal relationship between employee satisfaction and affective organizational commitment, with a stronger effect from employee satisfaction on affective organizational commitment than the reverse.

Every year Emerald invites each journal’s Editorial Team to nominate what they believe has been that title’s Outstanding Paper and up to three Highly Commended Papers from the previous 12 months. The award winning papers are chosen following consultation among the journal’s Editorial Team, many of whom are eminent academics from leading business schools around the world.  According to Emerald, the CMMU report has been selected as "it was one of the most impressive pieces of work the team has seen throughout 2013."  This is also the third consecutive year that Dr. Kantabutra is honored by this international award for research excellence.

Emerald is the world’s leading scholarly publisher of journals and books in business and management.  According to it, all of the world's top 100 business schools (listed by the Financial Times Global MBA Rankings) have Emerald authors.  The Emerald Literati Network Award the CMMU faculty members have received indeed confirms CMMU's status as a leading business school in Asia.