Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

Members shared reports from their universities and submitted lists of publications, theses, dissertations, grants and presentations related to their work on NCCC-65 from 10/01/08 through 9/30/09. Results of a follow-up survey to the 2005 pre-conference workshop on USDA funding opportunities were reported. A follow-up survey to the 2007 pre-conference session Research on the Edge (preparing research for grant applications) will be conducted in 2010. An NCCC-65 sponsored special topic session Adding SEM to Your Analytical Toolbox: Designing Studies Using Structural Equation Modeling was held a few days prior to the meeting and was assessed. An advanced SEM workshop is under planning for the 2010 International Textile and Apparel Association meeting in Montreal, Canada. Plans for other methods information sessions were made for potential presentation in future years. Review of activities of ESRAB (Educators for Socially Responsible Apparel Business) was delayed because their annual meeting was scheduled for the end of October. The NCCC-65 project passed midterm review; plans for project renewal have begun.

In Station reports, NCCC-65 members listed 32 new scholarly journal publications in print, 4 book chapters, 2 books, 5 Masters theses, 3 doctoral dissertations, $324,951 in new grant acquisitions, and numerous conference presentations and designs in juried exhibitions. Accomplishments of NCCC-65 related to project objectives: Objective 1. Set research priorities for multi-state and national work on emerging issues relevant to Social Change in the Marketplace. Educators for Socially Responsible Apparel Business (ESRAB), an organization initiated by NCCC-65, continues to support and decide the Award for Sustainable Design through ITAA. The award is given to a student or faculty design best implementing and promoting sustainable design in the ITAA design competition, thus encouraging work related to sustainability. Objective 2. Identify strategies to increase the rigor of the research methodology and empirical techniques used to study Social Change in the Marketplace. NCCC-65 organized a special topic session Adding SEM to Your Analytical Toolbox: Designing Studies Using Structural Equation Modeling presented at the American Marketing Society/American Collegiate Retailing Association tri-annual joint meeting, September 29, 2009. 40 people attended. Because of the enthusiastic attendance and assessment of this session and a prior session at the International Textile and Apparel Association (ITAA) in 2008, a 4-hour pre-conference workshop on more advanced issues in SEM will be proposed for the 2010 ITAA meeting. Members of the group identified needs and plans for future conference sessions on SEM diagnostics, partial least squares, visual display of data, and cross-cultural research issues. A November 2008 survey revealed that approximately $1,885,946 in funding had been awarded to researchers who had attended the 2005 NCCC-65 USDA Grant Funding Pre-conference Session held before the International Textile and Apparel Association annual meeting in Alexandria, VA, in November. The goal of the session was to increase the numbers of researchers receiving external funding. Attendees were sent a follow-up questionnaire to determine the success of the session. Of 43 people attending, approximately $1,685,000 in federal grant dollars were received, 3 other federal grants were applied for that were not funded (authors were revising), $15,000 in private foundation monies were received, $13,300 in state grant monies were received, and $172,646.75 in internal Experiment Station funding were received. Because internal grants through Experiment Station and universities were not specifically asked about in the survey, those awards are under-represented in these figures. Objective 3. Provide an opportunity for scholars to build partnerships, develop mutual interests, and foster collaborative national research efforts on social Change in the Marketplace. Educators for Socially Responsible Apparel Business (ESRAB) planned to break into interest groups to discuss plans for relevant research and funding possibilities at the October 31, 2009 meeting. Report to be featured in next years NCCC-65 annual report Objective 4. Share and critique new ideas and new unpublished data regarding issues related to Social Change in the Marketplace. Members from multiple states continue to work on grant projects related to rural business and main street development. Many of the grants are outcomes of the 2007 Kansas City NRI data sharing conference Research Collaborations to Enhance Rural Economic Development.

Journal and Book articles: Adomaitis, A., & Johnson, K. K. P. (2008). Advertisements: Interpreting images used to sell young adults. Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management, 12(2), 182-192. Chung, J. , Y. Huang, , B. Jin. and B. Sternquist (2009) The impact of market orientation on Chinese retailers channel relationships. Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing. Dawson, S., & Kim, M. (2009). External and internal trigger cues of impulse buying online. Direct Marketing: an International Journal, 3(1), 20-34. Hodur, Nancy, Leistritz, F. Larry, & Wolfe, Kara. (2008) Developing the nature-based tourism sector in southwest North Dakota. Great Plains Research Journal 18, (Spring), 81-92. Johnson, K. K. P., & Rhee, J. (2008). An investigation of consumer traits and their relationship to merchandise borrowing with undergraduates. Journal of Family and Consumer Science Education, 26(1), 1- 13.[online journal] Johnson, K. K. P., Yoo, J., Kim, M., & Lennon, S. J. (2008). Dress and human behavior: A review and critique of published research. Clothing and Textiles Research Journal, 26(1), 3-22. Kang, M., & Johnson, K. K. P. (2009). Identifying characteristics of consumers who frequently return apparel. Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management,13(1), 37-48. Kim, E., & Johnson, K. K. P. (2009) Forecasting the U.S. fashion industry part 1: Materials and design. Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management, 13(2), 256-267. Kim, E., & Johnson, K.K. P. (2009). Forecasting the U.S. Fashion industry part 2: Production and retailing. Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management. 13(2), 268-278. Kim, J., Cho, H., & Johnson, K. K. P. (2009). Influence of moral affect, judgment, and intensity on decision making concerning counterfeit, gray-market, and imitation products. Clothing and Textiles Research Journal,27(3), 211-226. Kim, J., Ju, H., & Johnson, K. K. P. (2009) Sales associates appearance: Links to consumers emotions, store image, and purchases. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Science, 16(5), 407-413. Kim, J., Kim, M., & Kandampully, J. (2009). Buying Environment Characteristics in the Context of E-service. European Journal of Marketing, 43(9/10), 1188-1204. Kim, J., Kim, M., & Lennon, S. (2009). Effects of Website Atmospherics on Consumer Responses: Music and Product Presentation. Direct Marketing: an International Journal, 3(1), 4-19. Kozar, J., & Damhorst, M. L. (2009). Comparison of the ideal and real body as women age: Relationships to age identity, body satisfaction and importance, and attention to models in advertising. Clothing and Textiles Research Journal, 27(3)197-210. Lee, H.-H., Damhorst, M. L., & Ogle, J. P. (2009). Body satisfaction and attitude theory: Linkages with normative compliance and behaviors undertaken to change the body. Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal, 37, 466-488. Lee, J., & Johnson, K. K. P. (2009). Factors related to engagement in risky appearance management behaviors. Clothing and Textile Research Journal, 27(3), 163-178. Lee, J., Johnson, K. K. P., Gahring, S., & Lee, S. (2008). Business strategies of independent retailers: Effects of environmental hostility. Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, 21(3), 277-292. Lee, J. & Johnson, K.K.P. (2009). Factors related to engagement in risky appearance management behaviors. Clothing and Textiles Research Journal, 27(3), 163-178 Lee, Min-Young; Fairhurst, Ann; and Wesley, Scarlett C. (2009), Corporate Social Responsibility: A Review of the Top 100 Retailers, Corporate Reputation Review, 12(1). Lee, S., Johnson, K. P. K. Gahring, S., Lee, S-E (2008). Business strategies of successful rural retailers in competition with large discount retailers in the U.S., Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles, 32(6), 968-979. Lee, S., Johnson, K. K. P., & Gahring, S. (2008). Predicting in-shopping using small -town consumers satisfaction with local retailers. International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management, 36(2), 143-157. Lennon, S., Ha, Y., Johnson, K., Damhorst, M., Jasper, C., & Lyons, N. (2009). Rural consumers online shopping for apparel, food, and home furnishings products as a form of outshopping. Clothing and Textiles Research Journal. 27(1), 3-30. Lennon, S. J., Ha, Y., Johnson, K. P., Jasper, C. R., Damhorst, M. L., & Lyons, N. (2009). Rural consumers online shopping for food and fiber products as a form of outshopping. Clothing and Textiles Research Journal, 27(1), 3-30. Manjeshwar, S. and B. Sternquist (2008). Reliance Retail: A Fresh approach towards retailing in India. In A. Kazmi (Ed.), Business Policy & Strategic Management 3 ed., New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill. 613-620. Niehm, L. S., Miller. N. J., Shelley, M.C., & Fitzgerald, M.A. (in press). Small Family Business Survival: Strategies for Coping with Overlapping Family and Business Demands. Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship. Ogle, J. P., Caroll, J., Butki, B., Damhorst, M. L., & Baker, S. (2008). Examining the potential unintended effects of a healthful living curriculum upon childrens weight-related beliefs, body satisfaction, and body build stereotypes. Journal of Youth Development, 3(3), Article 080303FA006. Available at http://www.nae4ha.org/directory/jydarticle.aspx?Id=9450cf05-c69a-45db-b8c8-000c3ec221bb Oh, K., & Damhorst, M. L. (2009). Coorientation of body image among older married couples. Body Image, 6, 43-47. Oh, K., & Damhorst, M. L. (2008). Factors influencing body image in the aging process. International Journal of Human Ecology, 9(2), 55-65. Osajima, K. B. Sternquist and S. Manjeswar. (2009) Japanese materialism: A comparison between the new breed and second baby boomer age-cohorts. Journal of Asian Business Studies. Phillips, W. & Jang, S.C. (2008). Destination Image and Tourist Attitude. Tourism Analysis, 13 (4), 401-411. Rhee, J., & Johnson, K. K. P. (2009). When is imitation not the highest form of flattery? In N. Rabolt & J. Miler (Eds.) Concepts and cases in retail and merchandise management 2nd Ed. (pp. 374-378). New York: Fairchild Publications. Runyan, R., J. Chung and B. Sternquist. (2009) A cross-cultural study of relationship marketing factors: Antecedents of satisfaction in a channel setting. Journal of Business Research. Sirigiri, R. and B. Sternquist (2008). Food World: Forerunner of organised food retailing in India. In A. Kazmi (Ed.), Business Policy & Strategic Management 3 ed., New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill. 621-636. Sternquist, B. (2009) International Retailing. (In Japanese) Tokyo, Japan: Shin-Hyoron Publisher Sternquist, B. (2009) International retail trends and their impact on India. In India Retail Report Delhi, India: Rajmohan Publishers 502-508 Wu, J. (2009). Chinese fashion from Mao to now. Oxford: Berg Publishers. Wu, J. (2009, Aug. 24) Fashionable men and gay. Financial Times (Chinese edition), retrieved Aug. 26: http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001028295 Wu, J. (2009, Jul. 9) The ideal image of American college students. Financial Times (Chinese edition), retrieved Aug. 22nd: http://www.ftchinese.com/story.php?storyid=001027667 Wu, J. (2009, May 22) The retail spirit of American universities. Financial Times (Chinese edition), retrieved Aug 1st : http://www.ftchinese.com/story.php?storyid=001026571 Wu, J. (2009, Apr. 8) Do American professors reject fashion? Financial Times (Chinese edition), retrieved May 1st : http://www.ftchinese.com/story.php?storyid=001025687 Yurchisin, J., & Damhorst, M. L. (2009). An investigation of salesperson appearance and organizational identification. Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management, 13(3), 458-470. Yoo, J., & Johnson, K. K. P. (2008). Self-objectification and appearance-based teasing during adolescence. Journal of Family and Consumer Science Education, 26(1), 14-28. 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