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Service learning has been used to supplement a standard business curriculum, but not typically in an international business context. We report the results of two short-term study abroad programs in which we incorporated service learning projects, one in Cambodia and the other in Vietnam. Our objective is to assess how we organized and delivered effective service learning projects in short-term study tours, and to assess students' learning outcomes on global poverty issues in a business curriculum. We used both quantitative and qualitative assessment measures. The findings suggest that several types of learning outcomes did occur through the service learning projects, as the literature suggested. Seeing poverty firsthand and doing something about it through service learning may be a first experience for many students, but it seems to be a transformational one for many. We conclude that students may approach business and even political decisions with a greater understanding of their impact on poverty in the developing world.

A service learning project was recently incorporated into a short-term business study abroad program. The main objective was to assess whether there is a place for service learning projects and how they should be integrated into the program. A combination of two surveys were used, one taken before the project and one after. Reflection papers were also analyzed. The findings revealed the effectiveness of service learning in making business students not only aware, but also sensitive to poverty in a developing country. As a result, students may approach business decisions with a greater understanding of their impact on poverty and society.

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This study involves an exploration of the association between four dimensions of relationship quality-fairness, communication, commitment, and cooperation on export channel performance and satisfaction, relative to these associations in domestic channels. The data were collected through a mail survey of independent distributors of agricultural products and research propositions were tested in a structural equations model. Results suggested that relative reports of high quality relationships generally associate with relative reports of enhanced outcomes in terms of satisfaction and performance. In addition, higher relative levels of fairness and commitment were associated with enhanced cooperation in export channels relative to domestic. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]