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Managerial decision-making: exploration strategies in dynamic environments Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Claire K. Wan, Mingchang Chih
Purpose We argue that a fundamental issue regarding how to search and how to switch between different cognitive modes lies in the decision rules that influence the dynamics of learning and exploration. We examine the search logics underlying these decision rules and propose conceptual prompts that can be applied mentally or computationally to aid managers’ decision-making. Design/methodology/approach
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Integrating sustainability with corporate governance: a framework to implement the corporate sustainability reporting directive through a balanced scorecard Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Ivo Hristov, Cory Searcy
Purpose The growing importance of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, as well as related performance planning, measuring and reporting, has spurred interest in linking corporate sustainability and performance management systems (PMSs). In this context, the aim of this paper is to provide companies with a framework for implementing the requirements of the corporate sustainability reporting
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Aligning performance metrics with business strategy Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Ravi Kathuria, Lorenzo Lucianetti
Purpose This study examines whether different strategy archetypes deploy specific performance metrics to support their strategic goals and priorities. If so, does alignment of strategy and metrics positively impact organisational performance? Design/methodology/approach The conceptual framework and hypotheses are couched in Contingency Theory. The role of business strategy as a moderating variable
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Entrepreneurial barriers in achieving sustainable business and cultivation of innovation: a resource-based view theory perspective Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Rohit Agrawal, Ashutosh Samadhiya, Audrius Banaitis, Anil Kumar
Purpose The study aims to highlight the barriers faced by the entrepreneurs toward achieving sustainability in business and innovation cultivation by offering solutions for academicians, practitioners and policymakers. The study uses the resource-based view (RBV) theory to discuss how an organization’s resources and capabilities influence the competitive ambience and barriers faced by entrepreneurs
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Sustainability-oriented corporate strategy: green image and innovation capabilities Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Hashim Zameer, Humaira Yasmeen, Ying Wang, Muhammad Rashid Saeed
Purpose Understanding the role of corporate strategies in sustainability has become a hot topic for scholarly research. Meanwhile, firms strive to innovate and shape their positive image in the contemporary business arena. Past research has ignored investigating whether and how sustainability-oriented corporate strategies could drive innovation and firm image among external stakeholders. To address
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Timing the transition: gender diversity’s role in family IPOs Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Emmadonata Carbone, Donata Mussolino, Riccardo Viganò
Purpose This study investigates the relationship between board gender diversity (BGD) and the time to Initial Public Offering (IPO), which stands as an entrepreneurially risky choice, particularly challenging in family firms. We also investigate the moderating role of family ownership dispersion (FOD). Design/methodology/approach We draw on an integrated theoretical framework bringing together the
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Business model innovation decisions: the role of group biases and risk willingness Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Sarah Mueller-Saegebrecht
Purpose Managers must make numerous strategic decisions in order to initiate and implement a business model innovation (BMI). This paper examines how managers perceive the management team interacts when making BMI decisions. The paper also investigates how group biases and board members’ risk willingness affect this process. Design/methodology/approach Empirical data were collected through 26 in-depth
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More than morals: a simulation that supports sustainable management education Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Katia Lobre-Lebraty, Marco Heimann
Purpose We explore how sustainable management education (SME) can help prepare future leaders to manage crises effectively. Precisely, the intricacies of articulating moral and economic imperatives for businesses in a manner that engages students in sustainable behavior are a serious challenge for SME. We study how to integrate reminders of moral and economic imperatives in a socially responsible investment
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Star CEOs: influence on competitor CEOs' risk-taking Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Sam Yul Cho, Yohan Choi
Purpose Research has focused primarily on the antecedents that influence the risk taking of CEOs themselves. This study examines how an important event experienced by a CEO at a direct rival firm influences a CEO's risk-taking. It also examines how prior firm performance relative to aspirations moderates the relationship. Design/methodology/approach In order to test the hypothesis, the authors perform
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Navigating the manufacturing revolution: identifying the digital transformation antecedents Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Muhammad Bilal, Zhao Xicang, Wu Jiying, Jan Muhammad Sohu, Sadaf Akhta
Purpose In the era of digitalization, digital technology has transformed businesses and created enormous opportunities for organizations worldwide. Unsurprisingly, research on digital transformation has garnered significant interest among academics in recent decades. However, this study aims to recognize the key and holistic antecedents influencing digital transformation in manufacturing firms. This
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From profits to purpose: ESG practices, CEO compensation and institutional ownership Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Luigi Nasta, Barbara Sveva Magnanelli, Mirella Ciaburri
Purpose Based on stakeholder, agency and institutional theory, this study aims to examine the role of institutional ownership in the relationship between environmental, social and governance practices and CEO compensation. Design/methodology/approach Utilizing a fixed-effect panel regression analysis, this research utilized a panel data approach, analyzing data spanning from 2014 to 2021, focusing
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The application of artificial intelligence in waste management: understanding the potential of data-driven approaches for the circular economy paradigm Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Federico Lanzalonga, Roberto Marseglia, Alberto Irace, Paolo Pietro Biancone
Purpose Our study examines how artificial intelligence (AI) can enhance decision-making processes to promote circular economy practices within the utility sector. Design/methodology/approach A unique case study of Alia Servizi Ambientali Spa, an Italian multi-utility company using AI for waste management, is analyzed using the Gioia method and semi-structured interviews. Findings Our study discovers
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If this place is full of it, I’m not a part of it: validating the organizational bullshit perception scale Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Thomas Quincy Wilmore, Ana Kriletic, Daniel J. Svyantek, Lilah Donnelly
Purpose This study investigates the validity of Ferreira et al.’s (2020) Organizational Bullshit Perception Scale by examining its distinctiveness from similar constructs (perceptions of organizational politics, organizational cynicism, procedural justice) and its predictive validity through its relations with important organizational attitudes (organizational identification) and behaviors (counterproductive
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Accounting in the shadows of tradition: the role of national culture Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 R.M. Ammar Zahid, Muhammad Kaleem Khan, Volkan Demir
Purpose Current research aims to investigate the relationships between Chinese national cultural values (uncertainty avoidance (UA), power distance, masculinity (MAS), individualism (IDV) and Confucian dynamism) and accounting practices (professionalism, uniformity, conservatism and secrecy). Design/methodology/approach A sample of 842 users/preparers of financial statements participated in this cross-sectional
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More knowledge, better innovation? Role of knowledge breadth and depth Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Wei Wang, Ximing Yin, Ryan Coles, Jin Chen
Purpose Current open innovation (OI) and external knowledge search (EKS) research primarily shows a positive linear relationship between EKS and innovation at an individual level. However, organizational scholarship argues that excessive EKS may harm innovation. This study combines the knowledge-based view (KBV) and attention-based view (ABV) to articulate a nonlinear theory of EKS and innovation at
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Doing business in Russia: normative organizational resilience, organizational identity and exit decisions Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Viatcheslav Avioutskii, Fabrice Roth
Purpose Our study examines multinational enterpris (MNE) decisions to withdraw from the Russian market on moral grounds in reaction to the Russo–Ukrainian war. We investigate to what extent these decisions reflect the normative organizational resilience of MNEs under institutional pressures in Russia. We test the impact of various macro- (home democracy, institutional quality, stakeholder pressure)
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Igniting work innovation: performance pressure, extraversion, feedback seeking and innovative behavior Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 P. Arun Kumar, V. Lavanya
Purpose This study investigates how performance pressure affects feedback-seeking and innovative work behaviors. The study also examines the effect of extraversion on the performance pressure–FSB relationship. Design/methodology/approach The hypotheses in this study were tested by analyzing two-wave data collected from a sample of employees in the information technology sector in India using the PLS-SEM
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Business diversification choices: do director incentives matter? Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Yan Zhang
Purpose Much prior work involving director incentives and corporate behaviour has been focussing on their absolute dollar value or the intrinsic value and generated mixed findings. Comparison theories, however, suggest that the relative value of an incentive may be the main drive for individual performance. This study attempts to investigate the role of director relative pay in promoting the board’s
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HR practices, service orientation and employee outcomes: a regulatory foci Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Li Lin-Schilstra, Yuntao Bai, Lan Lin, Changwei Mo
Purpose Understanding employees’ multi-dimensional motivations is at the core of realizing the potential of a well-designed human resource (HR) system. This study aims to investigate whether the effects of HR practices on employee motivations, and their performance would be dependent on the service orientation of HR department. Design/methodology/approach The authors collected data in two surveys:
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An analysis of the inhibitors of resilience in the global value chains of multinational enterprises Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Rahul Sindhwani, Abhishek Behl, Vijay Pereira, Yama Temouri, Sushmit Bagchi
Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic has showcased the lack of resilience found in the global value chains (GVCs) of multinational enterprises (MNEs). Existing evidence shows that MNEs have only recently and slowly started recovering and attempting to rebuild the resilience of their GVCs. This paper analyzes the challenges/inhibitors faced by MNEs in building their resilience through their GVCs. Design/methodology/approach
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Unlocking organizational change: a deep dive through a data triangulation in healthcare Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2024-01-26 Alessandra Da Ros, Francesca Pennucci, Sabina De Rosis
Purpose The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted healthcare systems, presenting unforeseen challenges that necessitated the implementation of change management strategies to adapt to the new contextual conditions. This study aims to analyze organizational changes within the total hip replacement (THR) surgery pathway at multiple levels, including macro, meso and micro. It employs
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Green consumption by design: interaction experiences and customization intentions Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Chen Wang, Yan Zhang, Ran Zhang
Purpose This study investigated the impacts of the interaction experiential customization (IEC) mode on consumers' information processing fluency and green customization intention (GCI) as well as the moderating effect of consumers' self-construal. Design/methodology/approach This study conducted an online field experiment, questionnaire study and between-subjects laboratory experiment to test the
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Exploratory analysis on learning behaviours that favour job crafting Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Mar Cárdenas-Muñoz, Luis Rubio-Andrada, Mónica Segovia-Pérez
Purpose The purpose of this research is to determine key behaviours to be efficient in identifying and developing employees' talent. The article aims to address the relationship between learning agility and job crafting, the influence between them, and how this relationship is built to improve performance and adaptability. For this purpose, the research has analysed which behaviours obtain the highest
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Analysis of the effect of growth strategies and hotel attributes on performance Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Onofre Martorell Cunill, Luis Otero, Pablo Durán Santomil, Jaime Gil Lafuente
Purpose In this vein, this paper aims to provide empirical evidence on the following questions: Which expansion strategies offer better operational and economic performance? What effects does performance-related diversification have? How do other factors such as size, quality, service offered, location or seasonality interact with performance. Design/methodology/approach In this paper, the analysis
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Linking national culture and entrepreneurship: a systematic literature review Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Neuza C.M.Q.F. Ferreira, Anabela R.L. Dinis
Purpose This study generates an aggregated overview of the literature on national culture and entrepreneurship (NC&E). The aim is to map the NC&E field via a systematic literature review of 130 articles published in refereed academic journals up to the end of 2022 Design/methodology/approach Two different citation analysis methods are used: bibliographic coupling and co-citation Findings The results
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Family firms, management control and digitalization effect Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Stefano Amato, Laura Broccardo, Andrea Tenucci
Purpose This study investigates the association between family firm status and the maturity level of management control systems (MCSs) by considering the moderating effect of process digitalization. Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted an empirical analysis on a sample of 106 Italian firms, utilizing both ordinary least squares and ordered logistic regression in this study. Findings By
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Research across disciplines: influence of human resource management practices Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Fernando Martín-Alcázar, Marta Ruiz-Martínez, Gonzalo Sánchez-Gardey
Purpose This study aims to examine the connection between scholars' research performance and the multidisciplinary nature of their collaborative research. Furthermore, in response to mixed results regarding the effects of multidisciplinarity on research performance, this study explores how human resource management (HRM) practices may moderate this link. Design/methodology/approach The authors built
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Decarbonizing an energy-hungry world: the dilemma of investing in fossil fuels Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2024-01-16 Ralitza Nikolaeva, Sean Field, Aliya Tskhay
Purpose The study examines the diversity of ethical motivations for investments in fossil fuels amid growing calls to decarbonize. Faced with the dilemma between energy needs and net-zero commitments, managers need to reconcile seemingly irreconcilable external pressures. The purpose is to provide insights into the ethics justifying their investment decisions. Design/methodology/approach The authors
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B2B collaborative economy: a joint sphere perspective Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Daniela Corsaro, Grazia Murtarelli
Purpose Scholars have affirmed that a conceptualization of value co-creation in business relationships should reflect the nature and characteristics of interactional processes that occur in use. The advent of sales and marketing technologies, however, is changing the nature and dynamics of interactions. New trends in digitalization have played a significant role in emphasizing and facilitating the
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Adding value to the VRIO framework using DEMATEL Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Agathe S. Lacaze, Fernando A.F. Ferreira, Margarida R. Santos
Purpose Strategic management plays a pivotal role in the growth and success of organizations, significantly impacting their business performance and competitive edge. In today’s globalized markets, strategic management is gaining prominence as a means to enhance company performance and distinctiveness. Within this landscape, the evaluation of organizational effectiveness takes on heightened significance
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Influencer advertising: facilitating poor-fitting influencer posts Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2024-01-10 Matthew A. Hawkins, Fathima Z. Saleem
Purpose Recent literature identifies the importance of influencer-brand fit, a congruence between the narrative of the social media influencer (SMI) and the branded product being reviewed, on purchase intentions. In creating brand-related content, SMIs can post content that can be either sponsored by the brand or unsponsored. This research merges these literature streams to examine how influencer-brand
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Audit committee characteristics and firm performance: a cross-country meta-analysis Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Meltem Altin
Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of audit committee characteristics on firm performance. In particular, the authors employ the random-effects variant of the Hunter–Schmidt meta-analyze procedure to analyze the effects of key audit committee attributes, namely audit committee independence, audit committee expertise, audit committee size, audit committee meeting along with
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The impact of education on the transition from university students to entrepreneurs: a theory of planned behaviour perspective Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Navneet Gera, Walter Vesperi, Swati Rohatgi, Neetu Jain
Purpose Entrepreneurship represents a complex decision-making process capable of influencing the conditions of a socio-economic system. For this reason, stimulating entrepreneurship is a topic that has always fascinated scholars and attracted the attention of public policy makers. This study, from the perspective of the theory of planned behaviour (TPB), aims to contribute to the analysis of entrepreneurial
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Enhancing organizational citizenship behaviour: role of collectivism in soft total quality management Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Ai-Fen Lim, Voon-Hsien Lee, Keng-Boon Ooi, Pik-Yin Foo, Garry Wei-Han Tan
Purpose Soft total quality management (STQM) practices are essential for promoting value-added organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB) among employees in quality-focussed manufacturing firms. This study intends to investigate how STQM practices (empowerment, training, teamwork and involvement) affect OCB under the moderating influence of collectivism among employees for excellence in business performance
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The field of resource-based view research: mapping past, present and future trends Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Neuza C.M.Q.F. Ferreira, João J.M. Ferreira
Purpose This study sought to develop an aggregated assessment of the literature on the resource-based view (RBV). The main aim was to map the RBV field based on a systematic literature review (SLR) of 226 academic articles published in refereed journals from 1994 to 2022. Design/methodology/approach Two bibliometric analysis methods were used: bibliographic coupling and co-citation. These measures
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Proactiveness, knowledge management capability and innovation ambidexterity: an empirical examination of digital supply chain adoption Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Gharib Hashem, Mohamed Aboelmaged, Ifzal Ahmad
Purpose This paper has predicted digital supply chain (DSC) adoption through the role of firms' proactiveness, knowledge management capability (KMC), innovation ambidexterity and the moderating effect of environmental dynamism. Design/methodology/approach Survey data from 354 managers in manufacturing and service firms were analysed using the PLS-SEM model. Findings The present study's findings ascertained
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Developing an effective data-led strategy: managing the enablers Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Boris Urban, Jefferson Chen, Gavin Reuben
Purpose Despite that a transformational shift has occurred in many organisations towards data-driven management, many organisations struggle to harness and translate new technology, such as “big data” into a competitive advantage. This study aims to undertake an empirical investigation into the enabling factors which lead to the practice of formulating an effective data-led strategy (EDLS). Leveraging
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Outbound open innovation effectiveness measurement between big organizations and startups using Fuzzy MCDM Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2024-01-02 Raunaque Mujeeb Quaiser, Praveen Ranjan Srivastava
Purpose This research aims to identify the key factors affecting Outbound Open Innovation between Startups and Big organizations using the multiple criteria decision-making analysis (MCDM) approach. The MCDM technique ranks the four key factors identified from the literature study that can help to improve collaboration opportunities with Startups. Design/methodology/approach Identification of key factors
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Board reforms and the choice of debt: international evidence Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2024-01-02 Yige Xiao, Albert Tsang
Purpose The authors examine how the major board reforms recently implemented by countries around the world affect firms' choice of debt. Design/methodology/approach Using a quasi-experimental setting of major board reforms around the world that aim to improve board-related governance practices in various areas, this study investigates the impact of effective board monitoring on corporate debt choice
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Firm innovation: technological boundary-spanning search and knowledge base and distance Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2024-01-02 Xianglin Zhu, Naiding Yang, Mingzhen Zhang, Yu Wang
Purpose Technical knowledge is a key factor in firm innovation. This study aims to construct a theoretical framework of technological boundary-spanning search, exploratory innovation and exploitative innovation to help firms adjust their search strategies and improve the effect of external resources on internal innovation. Design/methodology/approach The study uses questionnaires to collect data and
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Hubris research in business: taking stock and moving forward Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2024-01-02 Pasquale Massimo Picone, Marco Galvagno, Vincenzo Pisano
Purpose There is growing interest in how hubris bias shapes managerial and entrepreneurial judgments and decisions and, in turn, firm strategy and performance. Based on a 44-years dataset of articles reaching the beginning of 2023, the authors offer a synthesis of hubris research published within business journals. Design/methodology/approach The authors implement a mixed-method approach offering a
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Corporate sustainability, organizational resilience and corporate purpose: a triple concept for achieving long-term prosperity Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2024-01-02 María Paula Florez-Jimenez, Alvaro Lleo, Ignacio Danvila-del-Valle, Gregorio Sánchez-Marín
Purpose This paper aims to narrow the gap caused by the lack of literature relating the three concepts of corporate sustainability, organizational resilience and corporate purpose in the context of corporations. A framework that explains how these three concepts are related and effectively merged for long-term corporate survival are proposed. Design/methodology/approach A systematic review is carried
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Safety “works”: the influence of safety coaching on work engagement Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2024-01-01 Mudit Shukla, Divya Tyagi, Jatin Pandey
Purpose During the COVID-19 pandemic, organizations undertook initiatives such as safety coaching to ensure the safety of their employees and to prevent the spread of the disease. However, the question arises if such measures can have a spill-over effect on other important work-related outcomes. Hence, the objective of the current study is to uncover the impact of safety coaching on one such outcome
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Near the breaking point: CEO job demands, innovation, and the role of CEO emotions Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2023-12-28 Andres Felipe Cortes, Pol Herrmann
Purpose Building on the premise that the CEO position is complex and challenging, and drawing on research on upper echelons, executive job demands and emotions, this study explores how chief executive officers' (CEOs’) perceptions of job-associated difficulty can influence negative emotional displays and subsequently hamper firm innovation. Additionally, the authors explore how CEOs with higher levels
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Soft lean practices and organizational resilience in the service sector Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2023-12-26 Guilherme Tortorella, Anupama Prashar, Jiju Antony, Roberto Vassolo, Alejandro Mac Cawley, Rodrigo Peimbert Garcia, Daniel Luiz de Mattos Nascimento
Purpose This paper aims to examine the relationship between the implementation of soft lean practices and organizational resilience development in the service sector. Design/methodology/approach A mixed-methods explanatory design that relied on two sequential and complementary phases was adopted. In the first phase, a quantitative analysis was performed based on data collected from practitioners from
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The COVID-19, a crossroads for female directors Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2023-12-22 Isabel-Maria Garcia-Sanchez, Maria Victoria Uribe Bohorquez, Cristina Aibar-Guzmán, Beatriz Aibar-Guzmán
Purpose For almost half a century, society has been aware of the existence of a glass ceiling, a term that describes the invisible barriers that hinder women’s access to power positions despite having equal or greater qualifications, skills and merits than their male counterparts. Nowadays, although there are signs of slow progress, women are still underrepresented in the upper echelons of large corporations
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Emerging trends around strategic flexibility: a systematic review supported by bibliometric techniques Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2023-12-20 Lara Agostini, Anna Nosella, Riikka Sarala, Corinne Nkeng
Purpose Strategic flexibility (SF) has become increasingly important for firms because of the fast changes in the external environment. In line with the practical importance of SF, an emerging research field has developed around it that has attempted to understand the nature of SF and the key relationships. The aim of this study is to unveil the semantic structure of the recent literature on SF and
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Managing food-wasting: the role of customer cooperation in influencing firms' pro-environmental behavior Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Cristian Rizzo, Andrea Sestino, Rada Gutuleac, Bernardo Bertoldi
Purpose Food waste is increasingly becoming a major issue for retail companies. However, there is still limited knowledge of how new forms of collaborative consumption (CC) may impact firms' behavior. This paper identifies and examines how the enablers of food waste and firms' tendency to cooperate with their customers may affect the adoption of measures oriented to diminish waste reduction, as well
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How to transform brand haters into forgivers through emotional intelligence? Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2023-12-14 Latifa Mednini, Mouna Damak Turki
Purpose Consumers' responses to service failures are influenced not just by company-related issues but also by one's ability to react to stressful situations. The aim of this research is to explore the emotional intelligence of brand haters and transform them into forgivers. Design/methodology/approach This study used two qualitative methods, namely in-depth semi-structured interviews with a total
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The role of artificial intelligence for management decision: a structured literature review Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2023-12-14 Michele Oppioli, Maria José Sousa, Miguel Sousa, Elbano de Nuccio
Purpose The topic of artificial intelligence (AI) has been expanding rapidly in recent years, gaining the attention of academics and practitioners. This study provides a structured literature review (SLR) on AI and management decisions (MDs) by analysing the scientific output and defining new research topics. Design/methodology/approach The study uses a rigorous methodological approach to summarise
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How to survive social crises? An HR analytics data-driven approach to improve social sustainable operations’ effectiveness Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Christian Di Prima, Anna Kotaskova, Hélène Yildiz, Alberto Ferraris
Purpose Despite the growing interest regarding companies' sustainability, its social dimension has mostly been neglected by academics and practitioners. Consequently, this study aims to address this issue by investigating if the adoption of human resource (HR) analytics can positively influence the impact of social sustainable operations practices (SSOP) on employees' motivation and engagement and
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Yes, construction cost, time and scope are important, but there is more: a new action plan for infrastructure success Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Giorgio Locatelli, Alessandro Paravano, Marco Terenzi, Paolo Trucco
Purpose During the planning and delivery, iron triangle criteria, are essential for internal stakeholders (e.g. owner, sponsors and delivery company), mostly ignoring external stakeholders such as local communities (often perceived as inconvenient) or end users. In the medium-long term, infrastructure cost and benefit are far more important for external stakeholders and the environment. Design/methodology/approach
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Predictive and mediation model for decision-making in the context of dynamic capabilities and knowledge management Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2023-12-05 José Bocoya-Maline, Arturo Calvo-Mora, Manuel Rey Moreno
Purpose Drawing on resource and capability theory, this study aimed to analyze the relationship between the dynamic capabilities (DC), the knowledge management (KM) process (KMP) and results in customers and people. More specifically, the study argues that the KM process mediates the relationship between DC and the results outlined above. In addition, a predictive analysis is carried out that demonstrates
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The role of user-generated content in tourism decision-making: an exemplary study of Andalusia, Spain Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Manuel J. Sánchez-Franco, Sierra Rey-Tienda
Purpose This research proposes to organise and distil this massive amount of data, making it easier to understand. Using data mining, machine learning techniques and visual approaches, researchers and managers can extract valuable insights (on guests' preferences) and convert them into strategic thinking based on exploration and predictive analysis. Consequently, this research aims to assist hotel
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Workplace ostracism and service-oriented behaviour: employees' workload and emotional energy Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2023-11-29 Md Karim Rabiul, Md Mahmudul Alam, Rashed Al Karim
Purpose Using conservation of resources (CoR) theory, this study investigates the role of emotional energy as a mediating mechanism in the relationship between workplace ostracism and employees' service-oriented behaviour, as well as the moderating result of workload on the relationship between emotional energy and service-oriented behaviour. Design/methodology/approach The opinions of 554 customer-contact
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What is not said in organisational methodology: how to measure non-verbal communication Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2023-12-04 Iuliana M. Chitac, Deborah Knowles, Spinder Dhaliwal
Purpose Non-verbal communication (NVC) remains largely understudied despite its importance in today's fast-paced and cross-cultural management and research landscape. This article is significant because it reveals valuable insights into NVC, which represents 65–93% (Mehrabian, 1981) of communication and has the potential to considerably increase management effectiveness and efficiency by providing
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External environment and internal dynamics of “born global”: strategic and operational firm performance Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Ranjan Chaudhuri, Demetris Vrontis, Sheshadri Chatterjee
Purpose “Born global firms” are those organizations which, from their inception and by nature, adopt an essentially global-scale entrepreneurial functional and attitudinal strategy for growth. They seek to gain significant competitive advantage by utilizing their internal resources while leveraging external environment potentialities, to sell their outputs internationally. The aim of this research
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The limitations of open innovation: an examination of innovation orientation, open innovation and performance in North America Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Grant Alexander Wilson, Tyler Case, C. Brooke Dobni, Eric Liguori
Purpose Prior innovation orientation research has mostly focused on performance consequences, with some recent work examining its relationship with innovative practices such as open innovation. Yet, despite this growing body of open innovation research, there are still gaps and limitations. Notably, most prior studies have been conducted in Europe, limiting their generalizability to the rest of the
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“Contagious” brands: Are they safe from coronavirus? Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2023-12-04 Enrique Bigne, Aline Simonetti, Diana Y.W. Shih
Purpose This study aims to investigate how brand love and brand loyalty for three brands evolved during critical moments of the 2020 pandemic, and how they performed in the long run up to 2022. Design/methodology/approach An online longitudinal study, including a survey and Twitter data for three brands: Corona Extra, with a direct semantic association with the word coronavirus; Virus Vodka, with an
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Diversity in online self-organizing teams: longitudinal evidence from an open innovation community Management Decision (IF 5.589) Pub Date : 2023-11-28 Jifeng Ma, Yaobin Lu, Yeming Gong, Ran Li
Purpose The development of information technologies has fueled the emergence of online self-organizing teams that involve members with diverse backgrounds to work on a shared goal voluntarily. However, the differences in members' attributes give rise to diversity. Therefore, the authors’ research is to figure out how diversity affects team performance in the context of online self-organizing teams