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Household and entrepreneurial entry: an individual entrepreneurial capital perspective Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Yongchun Huang, Shangshuo Wu, Chengmeng Chen, Chen Zou
Purpose How does the family influence individual entrepreneurial entry? The literature does not provide a satisfactory answer. In this paper, we develop an individual entrepreneurial capital perspective to systematically evaluate the impact of current households on entrepreneurship at both theoretical and empirical levels. Design/methodology/approach Based on the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM)
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The relationship of job characteristics with in-role and extra-role performance: the mediating effect of job crafting Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2023-12-29 Loredana Mihalca, Lucia Ratiu, Christoph Helm, Gabriela Brendea, Daniel Metz
Purpose Drawing upon the job demands-resources model, the purpose of this study is to investigate the differential relevance of contextual antecedents for job crafting dimensions (i.e. increasing structural and social job resources) and consequently for various aspects of work performance (in-role and extra-role performance). Despite considerable research on the role of job autonomy and social support
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The moderating effect of age on the benefits of trait mindfulness and functional flexibility among salespeople Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2023-12-26 Peerayuth Charoensukmongkol
Purpose Although the benefits that individuals obtain from trait mindfulness and functional flexibility have been well documented in the research literature, one crucial gap is the lack of evidence clarifying whether trait mindfulness and functional flexibility might benefit all age groups. Using the moderating effect of age among salespeople, this research analyzes the effects of trait mindfulness
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Participation unpacked: participants' perceptions of its meaning and scope Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2023-12-22 Lisa Källström, Elin Smith
Purpose The concept of “participation” has become a buzzword in contemporary public governance models. However, despite the broad and significant interest, defining participation remains a debated topic. The aim of the current study was to explore how participants perceived and interpreted the meaning and scope of participation. Design/methodology/approach This study is part of a four-year (2019–2022)
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Joint effect of entrepreneurship and dynamic capabilities on firm performance: an empirical investigation among ICT-SMEs Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Hoa Thi Nhu Nguyen, Jung Woo Han, Hiep Cong Pham
Purpose With the focus on the context of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), this study aims to investigate the joint effects of entrepreneurial leadership, entrepreneurial orientation and dynamic capabilities and the mechanisms of how these factors influence firm performance. Design/methodology/approach A survey from 319 managers in information and communications technology SMEs in Vietnam
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Mandatory annual report filings of private companies – why late or missing? Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2023-11-28 Laivi Laidroo, Merle Küttim, Kirsti Rumma, Paavo Siimann, Mari Avarmaa
Purpose This study explores the causes of delayed mandatory annual report filings of private companies in Estonia. Design/methodology/approach The authors use an online survey targeting companies that had submitted annual reports for 2017 late (late-filers) or failed to submit these by July 2020 (non-filers). The responses of 492 late-filers and 122 non-filers are analysed with exploratory factor analysis
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Enhancing education service outcomes through value co-creation Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2023-11-13 Eimante Survilaite, Vilte Auruskeviciene, Žilvinas Židonis, Dalius Misiunas, Justina Sidlauskiene
Purpose The purpose is to investigate the impact of the value co-creation behaviour of parents on a set of education service outcomes, including perceived school reputation, parent satisfaction and teacher competence. Design/methodology/approach An online survey of 932 parents of primary and secondary school children was conducted. Canonical correlation analysis (general linear model) was used to test
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Social media use and performance of small businesses: a customer-centric perspective Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Sithembisile Sakhikhaya Radebe, Silas Formunyuy Verkijika, Brownhilder Ngek Neneh
Purpose Social media is widely regarded as a strategic resource to improve firm performance. However, there are mixed findings on how businesses can use social media for better performance. This study aims to propose and test a mechanism through which social media can influence firm performance. Design/methodology/approach A survey approach was used to collect data from 262 small businesses in South
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Impacts of ethical leadership, innovative climate on project success: the role of innovative behavior and time pressure Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Toan Khanh Tran Pham, To Quyen Hoang Thuy Nguyen Le
Purpose This study aims to explore how ethical leadership and innovative climate impact project success through employees innovative behavior. In addition, based on the conservation of resources theory, this study also examines whether time pressure moderates the innovative work behavior and project success nexus. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from 403 employees working in Vietnam's
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Do gender, age and tenure matter when behaving unethically for organizations: Meta-analytic review on organizational identity and unethical pro-organizational behavior Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2023-09-11 Sherzodbek Murodilla Ugli Dadaboyev, Soyon Paek, Sungwon Choi
Purpose This research aims to clarify the relationship between organizational identification and employees’ unethical pro-organizational behavior, which has been a topic of mixed findings in previous empirical studies. To address this issue, a meta-analytic review was conducted, focusing on the influence of key individual differences such as gender, age and organizational tenure on the relationship
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Attached to or stuck in? How resource attributes of i-deals influence the variation in continuance or affective commitment Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2023-09-05 Yan Liu, Miaodi Zhou, Lingyan Hu, Kimberly S. Jaussi
Purpose This study aims to identify when and why receiving i-deals will result in an increase in affective commitment rather than continuance commitment. As affective commitment yields long-term benefits for organizations than continuance commitment, this work will help organizations accrue maximum benefits from granting i-deals. Design/methodology/approach This study develops a cognitive model delineating
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Consumer responses to sustainable product branding strategies: a literature review and future research agenda Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2023-08-28 Hajar Fatemi, Ulrika Leijerholt, Zeinab Rezvani, Oliver Schnittka
Purpose This literature review aims to synthesise the research on various sustainable product branding activities and their impact on consumer responses to sustainable products and brands. Design/methodology/approach This literature review is semi-systematic and can be classified as a domain-based review. The search strategy was systematic and well-defined. Findings The authors identified four themes:
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Consumer perceptions of sustainability labels for alternative food networks Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2023-07-27 Birgit Teufer, Martin K.J. Waiguny, Sonja Grabner-Kräuter
Purpose Sustainability labels play a crucial role in providing consumers with quick and easily accessible information to assess the environmental, social and economic impacts of products. This research examines how different sustainability labels influence consumer perceptions and assessments of alternative food networks (AFNs). Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted three cross-sectional
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Fostering three types of green behavior through green HRM in the energy sector: the conditional role of environmental managerial support Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2023-07-25 Katarzyna Piwowar-Sulej, Agata Austen, Qaisar Iqbal
Purpose Drawing on the social exchange theory (SET) and the self-determination theory (SDT), the present study aims to examine the impact of green human resource management (GHRM) on three types of employee green behavior (EGB) – green in-role, innovative and extra-role – in the presence of environmental managerial support (EMS) as a conditional factor. Design/methodology/approach The research model
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Consumer self-construal modulates the relevance of E-tail socialness Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2023-07-19 Muhammad Aljukhadar, Sylvain Senecal
Purpose The growth in social content such as video facilitates consumer exposure to social information at e-tail settings. Research has recommended enhancing the e-store socialness. Focusing on focal consumer outcomes (flow and purchase intentions), the current research delineates a boundary condition, proposing that e-tail socialness improves outcomes when the consumer interdependent self, rather
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Crowdfunding in times of crisis – the interplay of uncertainty and backers' well-being in small business rescue campaigns Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2023-07-18 Kalanit Efrat, Shaked Gilboa, Andreas Wald
Purpose The economic crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic seriously jeopardized small businesses. To survive, many small businesses turned to their networks by launching crowdfunding “rescue” campaigns, which were very successful in eliciting both funding and community support. This study aims to explain this success from the backers' perspective by addressing support intentions in uncertain times
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The effect of discriminatory culture against women and hierarchical culture on work–family conflict: the mediating role of sexual harassment Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2023-07-14 Chan Kyun Park, Sunyoung Park, Sung Jun Jo
Purpose This study aimed to examine the relationships among discriminary culture against women, hierarchical culture, sexual harassment and work–family conflict in the workplace. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from female employees in South Korea. Structural equation modeling was employed to analyze 202 responses obtained through a self-report survey. Findings The findings indicate
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Packaging-free practices in food retail: the impact on customer loyalty Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2023-07-11 Belem Barbosa, Alireza Shabani Shojaei, Hugo Miranda
Purpose This study analyzes the impact of packaging-free practices in food retail stores, particularly supermarkets, on customer loyalty. Design/methodology/approach Based on the literature on the impacts of sustainable practices and corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies on consumer behavior, this study defined a set of seven hypotheses that were tested using data collected from 447 consumers
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Implicit measures in leadership categorization theory: the case for using cognitive mapping and verbal protocols to study cross-categorization phenomena Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2023-07-05 Safoora Pitsi, Jon Billsberry, Mary Barrett
Purpose This paper contributes to leadership categorization theory by advocating a new method to surface people's implicit leadership theories. The purpose of this new approach is to simultaneously capture individual difference in how they conceptualize leadership but within a common framework to allow for comparison of within- and between-person effects. Design/methodology/approach The authors conduct
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Stereotypes, same-sex struggles, and sustainable shopping: intrasexual competition mediates sex differences in green consumption values Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2023-06-29 Tobias Otterbring
Purpose The present study aimed to investigate whether male consumers report weaker green consumption values than their female counterparts, and whether such a presumed sex difference, at least in part, can be explained by different levels of intrasexual competition. In other words, the study tested the notion that intrasexual competition acts as a psychological mechanism explaining why male (vs female)
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Workplace deviance, emotional state and reparative behaviors: task visibility as a boundary condition in a mediated moderation model Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2023-06-20 Sherzodbek Murodilla Ugli Dadaboyev, Yoonjung Baek, Soyon Paek
Purpose Grounding upon moral cleansing and self-completion theories, this paper examines how workplace deviant behavior motivates employees to engage in subsequent compensatory actions—organizational citizenship behavior and prosocial behavior—triggered by the state of moral emotion – guilt. The article also explores and tests the role of task characteristics—task visibility—as a boundary condition
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Promoting unlearning at work through paradox mindset: a grounded theory approach Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2023-06-09 Jun Yin
Purpose This study aims to qualitatively investigate when and how individuals' paradox mindset influences their individual unlearning. Design/methodology/approach This study adopted Charmaz's constructivist grounded theory approach based on constructivist ontology and interpretive epistemology. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 16 employees of a research company. The employees
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Role of managerial innovativeness for small Finnish firms' product and market performance Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2023-05-15 Anna-Maija Nisula, Mika Vanhala, Henri Hussinki, Aino Kianto
Purpose Successful firms are important sources of productivity, employment and economic stability in societies. As the micro-level origins of firm innovations are increasingly attracting attention amongst innovation scholars, the purpose of this study is to investigate the role of managerial innovativeness, i.e. small firm managers' innovative behaviour for firm performance. Specifically, the present
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What happens to others will happen to me! Examining the cross-lagged relationship between perceived overall justice and job insecurity Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2023-05-17 Jurgita Lazauskaite-Zabielske, Ieva Urbanaviciute, Hans De Witte
Purpose Considering the adverse outcomes that job insecurity might have on employees and organizations (De Witte et al., 2016), this study aims to test the role of perceived justice in preventing job insecurity from occurring. Relying on social information processing theory (Salancik and Pfeffer, 1978) and fairness heuristic theory (Lind, 2001), the authors analyze both an assessment of the extent
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The composition of the remuneration committee and the vertical pay gap: the role of proprietary directors in Spain Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2023-05-16 Isabel Acero, Nuria Alcalde
Purpose This study investigates whether the proportion of proprietary directors (blockholders or their representatives) on the board's remuneration committee influences vertical pay inequality in Spanish listed companies and whether this relationship can be conditioned by the concentration of ownership. Design/methodology/approach The sample contains information on the individual compensation of 1048
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Backer behaviors – changing investment dynamics in equity crowdfunding markets Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2023-04-21 Ola Olsson
Purpose This study aims to establish the shape of investment dynamics in equity crowdfunding to better understand backer behavior. Design/methodology/approach This study provides insights into when backers invest in successful funding campaigns. It uses t-tests to compare differences in means between observation windows during successful funding campaigns. It is based on 4,938 transactions from 61
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Who is brave enough to start a new business during the Covid-19 pandemic? Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2023-04-18 Marc Cowling, Ondřej Dvouletý
Purpose Since introducing the UK start-up loan (SUL) Scheme in 2012, 82,809 new start-ups have been supported with loans totalling £759m. Even during the Covid-19 crisis, new business start-ups supported by SUL did not abate. The authors ask whether the entrepreneurs starting businesses during the Covid-19 crisis were different from those becoming entrepreneurs before the pandemic. This paper aims
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Impact of risk-taking tendency and transformational leadership style on the use of management accounting system information: a direct-mediation model Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2023-04-11 Malik Abu Afifa, Nha Minh Nguyen
Purpose This research aims to determine the impact of the CEO's risk-taking tendencies and the transformational leadership style on the use of the management accounting system information, as well as the mediating impact of product creativeness and organizational citizenship behavior in this context. It also provides empirical evidence from Vietnamese enterprises. Design/methodology/approach The current
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The decision to present comparative financial statements in a mandatory IFRS adoption setting Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2023-04-04 Francisco Sánchez, Begoña Giner, Belén Gill-de-Albornoz
Purpose This study analyzes the factors behind the decisions made by the largest listed Chilean companies that mandatorily adopted the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in 2009 to present comparative IFRS financial statements that year. The authors focus on the role of the expected impact of the change in the accounting standards on a company's financial position as a determinant of
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Technological diversification, technological coupling and invention performance Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2023-03-21 Aleksey Martynov
Purpose To investigate the relationship between technological diversification and firm performance as a function of varying levels of technological coupling and internal technological change. Design/methodology/approach A longitudinal study of US-based bio-pharmaceutical companies. Findings Technological diversification improves invention performance. However, high levels of technological coupling
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Proactive personality and job performance during cross-cultural service encounters: a moderated mediation model Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2023-03-16 Onur Köksal, Murat Güler, Fatih Çetin, Faruk Şahin
Purpose Drawing on the person-environment fit theory, in this paper the authors aim to propose and test a moderated mediation model that examines the relationships among proactive personality and job performance, cultural intelligence and emotional intelligence. Design/methodology/approach The authors collected the multisource data from a total of 120 hotel service employees and the employees' immediate
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The mixed blessing of coworker support: understanding family-work conflict, emotional exhaustion, and job satisfaction Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2023-03-14 Youjin Han, Sang-Hoon Lee, Won-Moo Hur, Hoanh-Su Le
Purpose Drawing from a resource-based perspective in the work–family interface literature, the current study examines how emotional exhaustion, as a resource depletion mechanism, mediates the relationship between family–work conflict and job satisfaction. The authors also considered the content and nature of coworker support to investigate whether there were differential moderating effects of the two
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The effect of ownership composition on corporate financial performance in the European frontier markets Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2023-03-03 R.M. Ammar Zahid, Alina Taran, Muhammad Kaleem Khan, Can Simga-Mugan
Purpose This study investigates the influence of ownership composition on market-based and accounting-based financial performance in the European frontier markets (EFMs), a target region for global investors. Design/methodology/approach Ownership composition is defined as shareholders' concentration and structure (i.e. foreign, domestic, state and free-float), whereas financial performance is measured
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The roles of internal marketing and person-organization fit in hospitality employees’ life satisfaction: an integration of work and nonwork domains Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2023-01-27 Trung Dam-Huy Thai, Tin Trung Nguyen, Wen-Kuo Chen, Au Due Tang
Purpose Integrating the Stimulus-Organism-Response model, the spillover theory and the person-organization fit literature, this study investigates how internal marketing spills over its effects from the work domain to nonwork domains. Design/methodology/approach Data of 279 hotel employees working in the US were collected from a self-administered survey via Amazon Mechanical Turk. Findings Findings
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The impact of operational risk on performance in supply chains and the moderating role of integration Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2023-01-27 Hai Thanh Pham, Raffaele Testorelli, Chiara Verbano
Purpose This study aims to empirically investigate the impact of operational risk (i.e. supply, manufacturing and demand risks) on supply chain performance and the moderating role of integration (i.e. supplier, internal and customer integrations) in mitigating the impact of these risks, respectively. Design/methodology/approach A research framework of hypotheses is tested by structural equation modeling
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Explaining reward crowdfunding backers' intentions and behavior Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2023-01-24 Prince Baah-Peprah
Purpose Earlier research into crowdfunding adoption has drawn on social psychology, trust, signaling and well-being theories. Despite its wide appeal and use, the technology acceptance model (TAM) has received little attention in terms of explaining the adoption of crowdfunding platforms. The current study examines the applicability of two versions of this framework: the original TAM1 and the extended
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Motivational background of work addiction: the role of perceived demanding organizational conditions Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2023-01-13 Modesta Morkevičiūtė, Auksė Endriulaitienė
Purpose In the literature, work addiction is proposed to be considered a construct that requires an extensive approach for understanding it; consequently, it should be analyzed as the interaction between personal and situational factors. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to examine the mediating role work motivation plays in the relationship between perceived demanding organizational conditions
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Budget participation and employee performance in real estate companies: the mediating role of budget goal commitment, trust and job satisfaction Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2022-12-12 Pedro Silva, Jorge Mota, Antonio Carrizo Moreira
Purpose Recent years witnessed an exponential growth of the Portuguese real estate market. This growth has generated the need to implement effective management control tools to allow companies to improve their planning and monitoring of activities. Drawing on the agency and goal-setting theories, this paper explores the impact of companies' participative budgeting processes on employee performance
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Strategic internal communication for effective internal employer branding Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2022-12-12 Nina Pološki Vokić, Ana Tkalac Verčič, Dubravka Sinčić Ćorić
Purpose Although internal communication is perceived as one of the crucial elements for favorable internal evaluation of an employer brand (EB), the importance of internal communication for EB advocacy has been insufficiently theoretically problematized and related empirical evidence is almost non-existent. In this paper, the relationship between employees' satisfaction with internal communication
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Angels, demons and empowering leadership: simultaneous compensatory links to work role performance Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2022-12-06 Mario Martínez-Córcoles, Vicente Peñarroja, Konstantinos Stephanou
Purpose Prior research indicates that empowering leadership has simultaneous contradictory effects on work performance. This study aimed to explore contradictory mechanisms through which empowering leadership is related to work role performance behaviors. Design/methodology/approach The sample was composed of 274 professionals from five IT companies located in the Baltic area. OLS regression analyses
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Effects of personal environmental awareness and environmental concern on employees' voluntary pro-environmental behavior: a mediation analysis in emerging countries Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2022-12-01 Nailya Saifulina, Adolfo Carballo-Penela, Emilio Ruzo-Sanmartín
Purpose Successful stimulation of employee engagement in pro-environmental behavior (PEB) at work can reduce organizational environmental footprint and boost its green performance. The aim of this paper is to investigate the individual factors that may promote such behavior at work, offering a complex model with mediating relationships not studied before. Design/methodology/approach In this paper data
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Effects of transformational leadership and work engagement on managers’ creative performance Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2022-11-17 Jesus Juyumaya, Juan Pablo Torres
Purpose The purpose of the study is to investigate the effect of transformational leadership on creative performance in managers and the mediation effect of work engagement. The study also explores whether manager autonomy is a moderator of the model. Design/methodology/approach The authors captured information about transformational leadership, work engagement, creative performance and autonomy, using
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The effects of gender diversity in boards of directors on the number of female managers promoted Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2022-10-27 Hyondong Kim, Youngsang Kim
Purpose This study elaborates on the process through which gender-diverse boards of directors increase representation of females in management positions. This study draws on the gender spillover effect to examine whether gender diversity on boards of directors significantly influences the number of women promoted to managerial positions. The authors also employ implicit quota theory to examine the
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Linking open innovation and competitive advantage: the roles of corporate risk management and organisational strategy Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2022-10-18 Orlando Lima Rua, Francisco Musiello-Neto, Mario Arias-Oliva
Purpose This study aims to analyse the effects of (1) open innovation on corporate risk management, organisational strategy and competitive advantage, (2) corporate risk management on organisational strategy, and (3) organisational strategy on competitive advantage. In addition, it assesses (4) the mediating effects of corporate risk management on the relationship between open innovation and organisational
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Individual, job, and organizational dimensions of work engagement: evidence from the tourism industry Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2022-10-05 Ariadna Monje Amor, Nuria Calvo
Purpose This qualitative study investigates how employees and managers perceive work engagement and the role of intangible factors (e.g. task variety, support, and clarity) involved in the motivational process of engagement. Design/methodology/approach A sample of employees working in four organizations in the tourism industry were interviewed. Inductive thematic analysis was used to analyze the results
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(How) do advanced data and analyses enable HR analytics success? A neo-configurational analysis Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2022-04-05 Stefan Strohmeier,Julian Collet,Rüdiger Kabst
PurposeEnabled by increased (“big”) data stocks and advanced (“machine learning”) analyses, the concept of human resource analytics (HRA) is expected to systematically improve decisions in human resource management (HRM). Since so far empirical evidence on this is, however, lacking, the authors' study examines which combinations of data and analyses are employed and which combinations deliver on the
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Heterogeneous collaborative networks and firm performance: Do the contingent effects of family management and intellectual property rights matter? Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2022-03-30 Rubén Martínez-Alonso,María J. Martínez-Romero,Alfonso A. Rojo-Ramírez
PurposeThe aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between heterogeneous collaborative networks and firm performance, using the resource-based view (RBV) and its extension through the knowledge-based view (KBV) as theoretical lens. Moreover, the authors examine family management and intellectual property rights (IPRs) as contingent factors that enhance the effectiveness of heterogeneous
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What are job seekers attracted to? Examining the importance of organizational attributes across four types of job seekers in Poland and France Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2022-03-29 Yohann Mauger,Kinsey Bryant-Lees
PurposeThe current study has two major aims: (1) investigate the factor structure and importance ratings of attributes in France vs Poland and (2) compare the importance ratings of the attribute signals sent by potential employers during the recruiting process across four different types of job seekers (i.e. new entrants, short-term unemployed, long-term unemployed and currently employed).Design/m
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Managing the dynamic change of organizational knowledge base in collaboration networks Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2022-03-18 Jingbei Wang,Yafei Nie
PurposePrevious studies have addressed the importance of knowledge base and its effect on innovation outputs. However, few studies have focused on the antecedents of dynamic changes of the organizational knowledge base. This study aims to shed light on the antecedents of dynamic change of the organizational knowledge base by examining how network centrality in an organization's collaboration network
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Exploring the link between learning from error climate and professionals' engagement in social learning activities after errors Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2022-03-14 Laura Smeets,Wim Gijselaers,Roger Meuwissen,Therese Grohnert
PurposeLearning from errors is a complex process that requires careful support. Building on affective events theory, the purpose of this paper is to explore how a supportive learning from error climate can contribute to social learning from errors through affective and cognitive error responses by individual professionals.Design/methodology/approachA total of 139 early-career auditors completed an
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Exploring the inclusive leadership and employee change participation relationship: the role of workplace belongingness and meaning-making Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2022-03-14 Kleanthis K. Katsaros
PurposeBy drawing on the need to belong theory, the paper aims to propose a moderated mediation model to examine the role of workplace belongingness and meaning-making in the positive relationship between inclusive leadership and employee change participation.Design/methodology/approachParticipants were 155 employees from 31 teams from a branch of a multinational pharmaceutical company located in an
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Relational demography in organizations: an assessment of the explored and overlooked Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2022-03-08 Manpreet Kaur,Hong Ren
PurposeThe study aims to present an in-depth review of previous research on relational demography (individual–team dissimilarity) over the past 30 years. In doing so, the authors highlighted the main theoretical underpinnings, teased out the common methodological approaches and identified the major mediating processes and contingency factors that influence relational demography's effect on individual
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Older workers' career adaptability and career success Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2022-01-20 Hye Kyoung Kim,Young Hyung Kim
PurposeThe main purpose of this study was to analyze career adaptability among older workers by using a multidimensional model that considered perceived organizational support (POS), career satisfaction (CS) and motivation to continue working in South Korea.Design/methodology/approachFour hypotheses were developed based on a review of the literature, and the hypotheses were tested by a t-test, linear
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Knowledge management strategies and organizational improvisation: what changed after the emergence of technological turbulence caused by artificial intelligence? Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2022-01-17 José Arias-Pérez,Juan Cepeda-Cardona
PurposeThis paper aims to analyze the moderating effect of technological turbulence caused by artificial intelligence on the relationship between the traditional knowledge management strategies of personalization (tacit knowledge) and codification (explicit knowledge), and organizational improvisation, which refers to the firm's ability to generate ideas and respond to changes in the technological
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The effect of project management dynamic capabilities on firm performance Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2022-01-14 Víctor Hermano,Natalia Martin-Cruz,Javier Pajares
PurposeThe purpose of the paper is to shed light on the output of project management (PM) dynamic capabilities Specifically, the study investigates what effect PM dynamic capabilities have on company performance, both directly and indirectly, through the mediation effect of project and portfolio performance. Additionally, it tests whether program performance might also mediate the relationship.Des
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Towards an analysis of the determinants of exports in Brazil: the perspective of exporting companies Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2022-01-13 Mara Mataveli,Juan Carlos Ayala,Alfonso J. Gil
PurposeFew studies have analysed the determinants of exports in emerging economies, which are critical in the exporting reality of firms. Two variables decisively affect the export performance of firms – their size and their export experience. This paper analyses the relationship between size and export experience in the export intensity of Brazilian firms. In addition, it considers two variables (location
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Career satisfaction, subjective well-being and turnover intention: an attachment style perspective Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2021-12-03 Eun Young Nae,Byoung Kwon Choi
PurposeOn the basis of an attachment style perspective, the authors explored a moderated mediation model in which career satisfaction reduces employees' turnover intention by enhancing subjective well-being; this mediated relationship would be moderated by three dimensions of attachment style as follows: secure, counterdependent and overdependent.Design/methodology/approachData were collected from
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Ambidextrous leadership: a narrative literature review for theory development and directions for future research Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2021-12-03 Dimitrios Kafetzopoulos
PurposeThis study seeks to provide a narrative literature review of existing empirical research, in order to better understand the processes and theory of ambidextrous leadership, as well as its influence on followers, employees and organizations.Design/methodology/approachData from 26 studies were extracted and synthesied providing a critical discussion about the methodological and theoretical aspects
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The impact of the CEO's financial literacy on family SMEs' growth: the moderating role of generational stage Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2021-10-27 Julio Diéguez-Soto,María J. Martínez-Romero,Maarten Corten,Anneleen Michiels
PurposeThis study investigates the impact of the CEO's financial literacy on family SMEs' growth, as well as the moderating role of the generational stage on this relationship.Design/methodology/approachThe study is based on survey data of Spanish private family firms and utilizes a second source of data, the SABI database by Bureau Van Dijk. The authors run ordinary least squares regressions and use
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Co-worker support, voluntary turnover intention and knowledge withholding among IT specialists: the mediating role of affective organizational commitment Baltic Journal of Management (IF 2.753) Pub Date : 2021-10-19 Roman Kmieciak
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to assess the effect of co-worker support on horizontal knowledge withholding and voluntary turnover intention among IT specialists. The study also explores the mediating role of affective organizational commitment.Design/methodology/approachThe data are drawn from 118 IT specialists from a Polish software company. The model is tested through partial least squares