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How institutional disruptions impact the choice of MNC subsidiary control systems Cross Cultural & Strategic Management (IF 3.167) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 B. Elango
Purpose This study seeks to explicate how institutional disruptions impact multinational corporation (MNC) subsidiary control choices. It uses institutional theory to understand the influence of formal and informal institutions across countries on the type of control system employed in an MNC manufacturing subsidiary. Design/methodology/approach This study’s sample is based on a unique dataset from
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Does culture moderate the innovation input–output relationship? A two-stage configurational analysis Cross Cultural & Strategic Management (IF 3.167) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Marcelo Pereira Duarte, Fernando Manuel P.O. Carvalho
Purpose This study analyses configurations of national culture as boundary conditions of countries’ national systems of innovation (NSI). Drawing from the NSI approach, we argue that culture’s role is that of a contingency factor shaping the relationship between investments in innovation and national innovation outputs. Design/methodology/approach We assessed the moderation effect of national culture
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Developing incremental innovation in the high-tech industry: the effect of age and tenure in research and development teams Cross Cultural & Strategic Management (IF 3.167) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Tali Hadasa Blank
Purpose This study's main goal is to expand the theoretical perspective and discuss the unique influence of age and tenure on R&D teams' incremental innovation outcomes. We answer scholars call for additional research on age-related processes by testing pathways through which older employees can benefit organizational performance. The current study advances the literature by relating to the context-related
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Adopting human resource information system and work-related outcomes in emerging market SMEs: unified theory of acceptance and use of technology Cross Cultural & Strategic Management (IF 3.167) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Javad Shahreki, Jeoung Yul Lee
Purpose This study investigates the psychological adoption of technology in relation to employees' mental beliefs about using technology in their workplace, because it is necessary to investigate the direct and indirect effects of information systems (IS) on employees' work-related results that underpin creativity and engagement. Design/methodology/approach Using a cross-sectional design, data were
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To integrate or not? Understanding knowledge integration of target firm Cross Cultural & Strategic Management (IF 3.167) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Mayank Varshney
Purpose Technology acquisition is a common phenomenon of acquiring external knowledge, but we have a limited understanding of conditions in which the acquirer integrates the target or not. On one hand, the acquirer may have a policy to integrate the target to benefit from its prior knowledge. On the other hand, the target may face challenges in continuing its knowledge creation and the acquirer may
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When MNEs bribe more? The role of managerial discretion Cross Cultural & Strategic Management (IF 3.167) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Da Teng, Moustafa Salman Haj Youssef, Chengchun Li
Purpose This paper builds upon managerial discretion literature to study the relationship between foreign ownership and bribery intensity. Design/methodology/approach Building on World Bank’s data of 9,386 firms from 125 countries over the period 2006–2018, this paper uses Tobit regression, ordered probit and logit models to empirically test the hypotheses. Findings This paper finds that firms have
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What’s in a name (political risk)? A review of political risk and foreign investment decisions Cross Cultural & Strategic Management (IF 3.167) Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Kaitlyn DeGhetto
Purpose There is an extensive research stream devoted to evaluating host country political risk as it relates to foreign investment decisions, and in today’s geopolitical climate, this type of risk is becoming increasingly salient to business leaders. Despite notable advancements related to understanding the importance of government-related risk, inconsistent conceptualizations and findings remain
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Business environment reforms effect on entrepreneurial activities of high-income economies: panel data evidence Cross Cultural & Strategic Management (IF 3.167) Pub Date : 2023-12-19 Edgar Nave, João Ferreira, Luís Miguel Marques
Purpose Entrepreneurship is an activity of recognised economic and social interest, leading scholars to examine contextual factors that justify variations between economies and governments to configure more favourable conditions to entrepreneurial activity. In this sequence, this study aims to analyse the effect of reforms produced in the business environment on entrepreneurial rates of a set of 18
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Deal completion in mergers and acquisitions: past accomplishment and future direction Cross Cultural & Strategic Management (IF 3.167) Pub Date : 2023-12-07 Mohammad Fuad, Ajith Venugopal
Purpose Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are important strategic actions undertaken by firms to access resources and markets. However, firms face substantial challenges in M&As during deal completion. While prior literature reviews synthesize the studies on the post-merger consequences of M&As, the literature on deal completion is largely fragmented. In this paper, the authors synthesize prior literature
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Responsible leadership toward garnering legitimacy from stakeholders in India: an institutional perspective Cross Cultural & Strategic Management (IF 3.167) Pub Date : 2023-11-09 Sadhna Sargam, Ashish Pandey
Purpose Understanding societal expectations of a leader's responsibility and context-specific challenges in less-researched emerging economies has become imperative for foreign Multinational enterprises (MNEs) to survive in these contexts while developing globally responsible leaders. Identification of institutionally sanctioned characteristics, competencies and strategies that assist leaders in dealing
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A paradoxical perspective on subsidiary autonomy and MNE entrepreneurial initiative support: uncovering the role of organizational complexity and external embeddedness Cross Cultural & Strategic Management (IF 3.167) Pub Date : 2023-08-10 Muhammad Mustafa Raziq
Purpose This study examines the relationship between subsidiary autonomy and the MNE subsidiary initiative collaboration (i.e. entrepreneurial initiative resource support, the subsidiary seeks and receives from the MNE). It proposes some underlying mechanisms as external embeddedness, and MNE organizational structures to explain the relationship between subsidiary autonomy and the MNE subsidiary initiative
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Unlocking the gender diversity–group performance link: the moderating role of relative cultural distance Cross Cultural & Strategic Management (IF 3.167) Pub Date : 2023-08-07 Guillaume Andrieu, Francesco Montani, Ilaria Setti, Valentina Sommovigo
Purpose This study aims to shed light on the relationship between gender diversity and group performance by considering the moderating role of relative cultural distance. Drawing from the categorization–elaboration model (CEM), the authors hypothesize that gender-diverse collaborative learning groups perform better when a low level of relative cultural distance in country-level individualism–collectivism
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The role of founder CEO and independent board in family firms' international growth: evidence from India and Italy Cross Cultural & Strategic Management (IF 3.167) Pub Date : 2023-08-02 Anita Kerai, Riccardo Marzano, Lucia Piscitello, Chitra Singla
Purpose This paper investigates the role of the founder CEO and board independence in shaping the way in which Indian and Italian family firms (FFs) pursue international growth via two modes, that is exports and FDI. This article claims that country's context matters in determining the relationship between the presence of the founder CEO and FFs' extent of exports and extent of FDI. Further, this article
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Assessing the effect of innovation diffusion and technology readiness theories on attitude, behavioral intention and implementation of smart learning Cross Cultural & Strategic Management (IF 3.167) Pub Date : 2023-07-24 Khadija Alhammadi, Hazem Marashdeh, Matloub Hussain
Purpose This study assesses the impact of innovation diffusion theory (IDT), technology readiness index (TRI) and technology acceptance model (TAM) on the actual use of smart learning. This impact also accounts for the country-digital culture by moderating the effects of resistance to change (RTC) and mediating the role of attitude. Design/methodology/approach The authors gather data from 301 respondents
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Is “regional culture” a meaningful concept? Cultural differences across 60 Russian regions Cross Cultural & Strategic Management (IF 3.167) Pub Date : 2023-06-29 Michael Minkov, Boris Sokolov, Eduard Ponarin, Anna Almakaeva, Ekaterina Nastina
Purpose There is an increasing interest in the international management literature in cultural differences between in-country regions. Yet, the regions of any country may be merely political products and not necessarily cultural units. The goal of this article is to propose clear empirical criteria for deciding if a set of entities, such as a country's administrative regions, can be legitimate units
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Struggling or juggling: work-life balance challenges of Western self-initiated women expatriates in the United Arab Emirates Cross Cultural & Strategic Management (IF 3.167) Pub Date : 2023-06-06 Rizwan Tahir
Purpose This qualitative study is grounded on in-depth interviews with 30 Western women self-initiated expatriate (SIEs) currently living and working in the UAE. When selecting the interviewees, the author used purposeful sampling to ensure a diverse sample of interviewees with respect to nationality, age, gender and occupation. Design/methodology/approach The present study, drawing on boundary theory
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Mission drift or mission fulfillment? Examining microfinance's financial and social performance with growth curve modeling and variance decomposition Cross Cultural & Strategic Management (IF 3.167) Pub Date : 2023-05-05 Peiyi Jia, Sunny Li Sun
Purpose Examining multilevel effects of financial and social performance of microfinance institutions (MFIs), the authors aim to investigate microfinance mission drift from the trend effect. The authors also seek to move the literature forward by decomposing the performance variance at different levels and examining whether and how much each level of analysis matters. Design/methodology/approach Growth
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Toward improved international joint ventures performance in India: the mediating role of ambidexterity and the moderating role of environmental dynamism Cross Cultural & Strategic Management (IF 3.167) Pub Date : 2023-04-18 Ishita Batra, Sanjay Dhir
Purpose Performance has been a significant concern of the international joint ventures (IJVs) literature. This paper aims to empirically capture the impact of firm-level factors on IJVs performance in India. The authors investigate the mediating effects of ambidexterity between the factors and IJVs performance. Additionally, environmental dynamism as a moderator between ambidexterity and IJVs performance
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Self-construal, face concerns and conflict management strategies: a meta-analysis Cross Cultural & Strategic Management (IF 3.167) Pub Date : 2023-02-28 Sara Yamini, Kyriaki Fousiani, Barbara Wisse
Purpose In this meta-analysis, the authors investigate the relationship between self-construal and conflict management strategies and shed light on the inconsistent findings in the literature. Moreover, they examine the mediating role of face concerns in this relationship. Importantly, the present meta-analysis is the first to test the assumptions of face-negotiation theory with the meta-analytic structural
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Coolly provocative: a microfoundational framework of interorganizational cultural distance and exploratory innovation Cross Cultural & Strategic Management (IF 3.167) Pub Date : 2023-02-01 Pamsy P. Hui, Jeanne Ho-Ying Fu, Yuk-yue Tong
Purpose Interorganizational collaboration has been a major source of exploratory innovation. Despite much research, the authors’ understanding about how partner cultural distance is harnessed for exploratory innovation is limited. The authors’ conceptual framework aims to address this gap by explaining the social-psychological processes between perceived partner cultural distance and exploratory innovation
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Employees' reactions to CSR perception and disclosure in the presence of multilevel contingencies Cross Cultural & Strategic Management (IF 3.167) Pub Date : 2022-12-06 Faisal Mahmood, Maria Saleem, Faisal Qadeer, Antonio Ariza-Montes, Heesup Han
Purpose Primarily, this research aims to examine how and when firm-level corporate social responsibility (CSR) translates into individual-level attitudes and behaviors of employees under cross-level boundary conditions of firm-level family ownership (FO) and group-level ethical leadership. Design/methodology/approach Philosophically, the present research comes under the post-positivist paradigm, with
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Doing well by doing good: why is investing in university social responsibility a good business for higher education institutions cross culturally? Cross Cultural & Strategic Management (IF 3.167) Pub Date : 2022-11-29 Abdul-Nasser El-Kassar, Dania Makki, Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez, Virginia Cathro
Purpose This paper aims to corroborate the importance of university social responsibility (USR) for universities and to establish a rationale for their investment in a strategically implement socially responsible initiatives and programmes and gain returns from such investments. This purpose can be achieved by examining a complex conceptual model connecting USR with many desired student-related outcomes
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The impact of social media technologies on organization cultural intelligence and new product development in international markets Cross Cultural & Strategic Management (IF 3.167) Pub Date : 2022-10-20 Joe Hazzam, Stephen Wilkins, Carolyn Strong
Purpose The study examines the role of social media technologies (SMTs) as a driver of organization cultural intelligence (OCI) and new product development (NPD) capabilities, and how the complementary effects of these capabilities contribute to multinational corporations (MNCs)’ performance. Further, the study investigates the capability–performance relationship under conditions of high and low market
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Mathematical modeling of optimal allocation of remote workforce: an interdisciplinary investigation with Hofstede's cultural factors and managerial ability Cross Cultural & Strategic Management (IF 3.167) Pub Date : 2022-10-18 Jie Sun, Sangahn Kim, Fang Zhao
Purpose As the pandemic begins to ease, many companies are figuring out that working remotely is the future of work and “a new normal”. This research focuses on strategic planning and practices inherent in remote work, and aims to identify the optimal balance between virtual and on-site working. Specifically, the authors investigate the moderating effects of managerial ability and Hofstede's cultural
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Bribery and export intensity: the role of formal institutional constraint susceptibility Cross Cultural & Strategic Management (IF 3.167) Pub Date : 2022-10-18 Randika Eramudugoda, Miguel A. Ramos
Purpose By distinguishing between types of institutional constraints based on their susceptibility to bribery, this study aims to highlight the different mechanisms through which institutions influence bribery and export intensity. This work highlights the susceptibility of institutional constraints as a key consideration in understanding how bribery influences institutions and has implications for
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CSR authenticity and micro-foundations of business: a systematic review Cross Cultural & Strategic Management (IF 3.167) Pub Date : 2022-10-18 Yusuf Hassan, Jatin Pandey, Abhishek Behl, Vijay Pereira, Daicy Vaz
Purpose The current market conditions are driving firms to plan, design and implement corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies that are true to the firms' real sense, i.e. authentic. Authenticity is an important aspect of micro-foundations of CSR in shaping the way social responsibility initiatives would impact the stakeholders including the customers, partners, current members of the organization
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Testing spillover-crossover effects of work-family conflict and family-work conflict on Indonesian spouses Cross Cultural & Strategic Management (IF 3.167) Pub Date : 2022-10-07 Ika Zenita Ratnaningsih, Mohd Awang Idris, Yulita Yulita
Purpose This study aims to investigate the spillover–crossover effects on the work–family interface, with an emphasis on work–family conflict (WFC) and family–work conflict (FWC) on marital satisfaction and personal burnout. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from matched dyads by 300 teachers and their spouses (N = 600) in Indonesia. Multiple regression analysis served to test the hypotheses
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A multigroup SEM analysis of the antecedents and moderating influence of culture on workplace deviance behavior Cross Cultural & Strategic Management (IF 3.167) Pub Date : 2022-09-27 Kanimozhi Narayanan, Chanki Moon
Purpose Antecedents and outcomes of workplace deviance have been studied over the past few decades but there is still a lack of research from an organizational climate, witness and cultural point of view. Theoretical considerations for the present research are based on the social cognitive theory perspective where the authors expect employees's involvement in workplace destructive deviance would depend
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Systematic cross-cultural management education: a quasi-experimental analysis of guided experiential learning during intercultural simulations Cross Cultural & Strategic Management (IF 3.167) Pub Date : 2022-08-25 Christina Heidemann, Mikael Søndergaard
Purpose The main purpose of this paper is to test the effects of a classical intercultural simulation on participants' ability to modify their behavior in response to collectivistic and individualistic contexts. Moreover, the paper aims to examine moderating effects based on experiential learning and social identity theory. Design/methodology/approach The learning effects are evaluated through two
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Investigating the impacts of microlevel CSR activities on firm sustainability: mediating role of CSR performance and moderating role of top management support Cross Cultural & Strategic Management (IF 3.167) Pub Date : 2022-06-07 Sheshadri Chatterjee, Ranjan Chaudhuri, Demetris Vrontis
Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the impacts of microlevel corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities on firm sustainability. The study also examines the mediating roles of CSR performance (CSRP) and top management support on firm sustainability. Design/methodology/approach With the help of existing literature and theories, a theoretical model has been developed, which is then