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Predicting the significance of consumer environmental values, beliefs, and norms for sustainable fashion behaviors: The case of second-hand clothing Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Jin Yang, Abdullah Al Mamun, Mohammad Nurul Hassan Reza, Marvello Yang, Norzalita Abd Aziz
The fast fashion industry has resulted in environmental degradation and resource depletion. Thus, sustainable fashion behaviors are a growing trend for promoting environmental sustainability. However, the sustainable fashion industry, particularly second-hand clothing is still in its infancy, especially in the emerging economies. By extending the value-belief-norm model, this study explores the impact
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FinTech, economic growth, and COVID-19: International evidence Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Wu-Po Liu, Ya-Ching Chu
The growth of financial institutions is typically considered a factor that contributes to economic expansion. Financial institutions’ use of financial technology (FinTech) has resulted in changes in the delivery of financial services, subsequently affecting economic growth. However, the pandemic disrupted the demand and supply of goods worldwide, which has had a detrimental impact on the economy. It
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Project manager's leadership behavioural practices – A systematic literature review Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Ashok Rehan, David Thorpe, Amirhossein Heravi
The emergence of new technologies, artificial Intelligence, BANI environment and multidimensional complexity in projects requires project managers to have an innovative instinct to formulate efficient project management practices to achieve project success. Most articles in the extant literature have discussed leadership factors impacting project success; however, leadership behavioural practices encompassing
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Using a smart contract for the floral supply chain Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2024-01-03 Wen-Chi Tsai, Chung-Wei Shen
The floral supply chain is one of the most delicate logistics networks in existence, requiring intensive monitoring of temperature, humidity, and product conditions to ensure the quality of flowers. However, the traditional centralized supply chain involves exchanging information back and forth, and therefore wastes time, money, and resources. In addition, centralized data control without security
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Corporate ESG performance and intellectual capital: International evidence Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2024-01-02 Ca-Van Pham, Shu-Fang Liu, Sheng-Hung Chen
This study aims to empirically investigate the relationship between a firm's overall (individual) ESG performance and intellectual capital based on data from globally publicly listed firms across 30 countries from 2000 to 2019. We also explore how the Altman Z-score (the total number of patents and trademarks at the national level) moderates the association between firm’ ESG performance and intellectual
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Signals that sharing economy service providers should send out: The case of codementor Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2023-12-26 Kuang-Ting Cheng, Jack Shih-Chieh Hsu, Prasanthi Yepuru, Sin-Jie Wang
A sharing economy is an economy that enables individuals to share their assets with or provide services to those in need through online platforms. Information asymmetry prevents consumers from effectively choosing the best service provider for their needs. Therefore, service providers should offer high-quality signals to address this problem. Unlike other studies, which have focused on platforms for
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Beneath the Surface: Uncovering the relationship between ego states, organizational commitment, and productivity among Indian bankers Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Habeeb Ur Rahiman, Rashmi Kodikal
Banking is a dominant player among the service providers in India. Interpersonal skills play a vital role in the banking industry, as intangible variables are influenced by communication. Through Transactional Analysis (TA), bankers can render better services to their customers by ensuring that the communication occurs at an acceptable level of ego state. This manuscript sets out to uncover the role
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Nexus between emotional intelligence and occupational stress: Role of workplace spirituality among teaching fraternity Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Nishad Nawaz, Vijayakumar Gajenderan, Uma Maheswari Gopinath, Venkatesan Tharanya
The Union Government's New Education Policy 2020 of India is said to be a game changer and has brought many reforms into the education sector. This initiation provoked many changes in the education sector along with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. In this regard, there is a dire need to know the emotional status and stress among the teaching fraternity. The present study considers emotional intelligence
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Comparing effects of toxic leadership and team social support on job insecurity, role ambiguity, work engagement, and job performance: A multilevel mediational perspective Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Michelle Chin Chin Lee, Brenda Ying Hui Sim, Michelle R. Tuckey
While job demands have been known to reduce work engagement and job performance, the literature has not investigated uncertainty-based job demands such as job insecurity and role ambiguity. Acknowledging that leadership and team members are critical for reducing an employee's job demands and increasing an employee's job performance, the current study, drawing on social information processing theory
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Does interconnectivity matter? An integration model of agro-tourism development Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2023-08-29 Ihwan Susila, Dianne Dean, Kun Harismah, Kuswaji Dwi Priyono, Anton Agus Setyawan, Huda Maulana
This study aims to formulate an agro-tourism management model, with a focal point on community participation in the establishment of sustainable tourism regions. This is achieved through the integration of diverse components, utilizing a grounded theory approach to explore and evolve the notion of sustainable agribusiness management. Data were garnered through on-site observations and semi-structured
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Exploring barriers in supply chain disaster management using fuzzy total interpretative structure modeling approach: Insight from Thai automotive industry Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2023-07-15 Detcharat Sumrit, Orawan Jongprasittiphol
Supply chain disaster management (SCDM) has become a topic of interest for academicians and practitioners. Many businesses worldwide are experiencing disasters that disrupt their supply chains. This study attempts to identify the barriers to SCDM implementation and investigate their interrelationships. Fourteen barriers are identified through a broad literature review and certified by a panel of experts
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Will aesthetic sensitivity and healthy perfectionism fit enhance service quality? The moderating effect of organizational aesthetics Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2023-07-10 Huo-Tsan Chang, Yu-Jia Chou, Min-Chih Miao, Jia-Wen Liou, Zi-Ying Mao
At present, the dominant aesthetic of consumer culture has become a universal standard for design. In the hotel industry, frontline service providers play a key role in incorporating and conveying aesthetic values when providing service. Based on aesthetic theories and the perspective of supplementary fit, the current study investigates the role of the fit between aesthetic sensitivity and the healthy
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Driving business performance through intellectual capital, absorptive capacity, and innovation: The mediating influence of environmental compliance and innovation Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2023-07-07 Binh Thi Thanh Truong, Phuong V. Nguyen
This paper investigates the relationships between intellectual capital (IC), knowledge absorptive capacity (KAC), environmental compliance, innovation, and business performance in Vietnam. The study surveyed 206 management team members across various industries using a structured questionnaire and conducted data analysis using PLS-SEM. The findings reveal that IC heavily influences KAC, which in turn
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Irrigation and crop management using multi-objective optimization – A case study Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2023-06-30 Mostafa K. Ardakani, Hamidreza Rahimi, Mohammad Amir Babaei
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Inclusion leadership and employee work engagement: The role of organizational commitment in Cambodian public organization Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2023-06-26 Bora Ly
Inclusive leadership (IL) has emerged as a vital area of research; however, its significance remains to be explored. This study investigated the impact of IL on employee work engagement (EWE) and affective organizational commitment (AOC) and examined the mediating role of AOC in the IL-EWE relationship. Utilized a survey-based quantitative research approach with 282 Cambodian public employees and employed
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An empirical model of university competitiveness and rankings: The effects of entrepreneurial behaviors and dynamic capabilities Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2023-06-23 Ying-Kai Liao, Ridhotullah Rezki Maulana Suprapto
Although competition between universities has become increasingly ferocious in the last decade, the impact of dynamic capabilities and entrepreneurial behaviors, in terms of innovativeness and proactiveness, on university competitiveness and rankings has rarely been investigated. It is hypothesized that entrepreneurial behaviors and dynamic capabilities enhance the competitive advantages of universities
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Exploring the technological position and role of vehicle navigation companies by using patent citation network Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2023-06-12 Kuei-Kuei Lai, Yu-Hsin Chang, Vimal Kumar, Tsai-Yung Wei, Ali Al Owad, Sumanjeet Singh
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Does a leader’s motivating language enhance the customer-oriented prosocial behavior of frontline service employees? Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2023-05-30 Chiu-Ping Hsu, Chun-Fu Lai
The customer-oriented prosocial behavior of frontline employees can benefit their employers. This study demonstrated the effect of leaders' motivating language and behavioral integrity on the customer-oriented prosocial behavior of frontline employees. This study established a research framework to explore how leaders' motivating language enhances employees' perceived task significance, which in turn
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Personalized human resource management via HR analytics and artificial intelligence: Theory and implications Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2023-05-05 Xiaoyu Huang, Fu Yang, Jiaming Zheng, Cailing Feng, Lihua Zhang
This conceptual paper theorizes the emerging concept of personalized human resource management (HRM), which refers to HRM programs and practices that vary across individuals within an organization. As a subset of high-performance work practices (HPWPs), personalized HRM is implemented at the individual level and represents the next generation of HRM, which is characterized by the adoption of advanced
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Ethics and marketing responsibility: A bibliometric analysis and literature review Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2023-04-20 Manoj Kumar Kamila, Sahil Singh Jasrotia
The study of Ethics and Marketing Responsibility focuses on ethics' role in shaping marketing practices within organizations. It examines the impact of ethical considerations on marketing strategies and evaluates the effectiveness of responsible marketing in fostering trust and loyalty among consumers. The study aims to identify the ethical challenges for responsible marketing practices. A bibliometric
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A study on the relationships among Guanxi involvement, Guanxi, and Guanxi network in Macau: Conflict and Machiavellianism as moderators (APMRV-D-21-00550) Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2023-04-19 Jen-Hung Wang, Yue Yan
The associations in Macau are like a chain that binds Macau people together for survival, meaning they can advance and retreat together and live in harmony. Thus, as an indispensable and important part of the operations of Macau society, they have become one of the major characteristics of Macau society. Therefore, this study mainly aims to discuss the influence of Guanxi involvement on Guanxi network
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Review of work from home empirical research during Covid-19 Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2023-04-14 Prinka Dogra, K.G. Priyashantha
This study synthesizes the empirical research on Work From Home (WFH) during COVID-19 from 2020 to 2022. The study addressed two objectives; (1) to find the common WFH practices during the COVID-19 2020–2022 period and (2) to find the areas that are not common in WFH practices in the research landscape during COVID-19 in 2020–2022 and (3) the areas that need attention in future research on WFH practices
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Information technology capabilities and organizational ambidexterity facilitating organizational resilience and firm performance of SMEs Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2023-04-03 Hoa D.X. Trieu, Phuong Van Nguyen, Thuong T.M. Nguyen, HaiT.M. Vu, KhoaT. Tran
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) face significant challenges in today's rapidly changing business landscape. Due to limited resources and managerial capabilities, some of these businesses struggle to survive in the face of technological advances and economic recession. To address this issue, this research seeks to explore how SMEs can leverage information technology (IT) to overcome crises
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Winning customer satisfaction toward omnichannel logistics service quality based on an integrated importance-performance analysis and three-factor theory: Insight from Thailand Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2023-04-03 Detcharat Sumrit, Khanwara Sowijit
Electronic commerce (e-commerce) is one of the fastest-growing businesses in the retail sector, especially in Asia. Owing to intense competition, retailers seek to consolidate all customer touchpoints into a single channel to enhance customer shopping experience. The omnichannel has emerged as a key strategic weapon in e-commerce retail business because its adoption hinges on customer perceptions of
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The two faces of HPWS in employee perceptions and organizational performance Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2023-03-23 Jisung Park, Chiho Ok, Seongmin Ryu
In this study, we examine the two faces of high-performance work systems (HPWS) regarding employees' perceptions and organizational performance. Drawing on regulatory focus theory, we propose that, on the one hand, performance-enhancing HPWS improves organizational performance by fostering employees' competency (promotion foci) and that, on the other hand, performance-enforcing HPWS increases organizational
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Methods of social network transfer in Thai family business succession Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2023-03-22 Nuntana Udomkit, Claus Schreier, Puttipong Kittidusadee
Trusted social networks are the one of invaluable assets of family businesses, which take time to build and to maintain. Therefore, in situations of family business succession, the process of network transfer cannot be ignored, but instead must be well planned in order to ensure the continuity of the existing social networks. Drawing upon Steier's (2001) natural immersion and planned succession on
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Economic and environmental analysis of biomass pellet supply chain using simulation-based approach Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2023-02-25 Linh Bui-Duy, Luan Thanh Le, Ngoc Vu-Thi-Minh, Giang Hoang-Huong, Nga Bui-Thi-Thanh, Phong Nha Nguyen
The pellet supply chain (PSC) is arguably crucial in supplanting fossil energy sources. Despite being the world's second-largest exporter of biomass pellets, the operation of PSC components in Vietnam is still fragmented and lacks economic and environmental efficiency. Changes in Bill of Material (BOM) help achieve these objectives. Discrete event simulation (DES) is particularly adapted to assist
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Analysis of the pre-post-merger and acquisition financial performance of selected banks in Nepal Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2023-02-18 Baburam Adhikari, Marie Kavanagh, Bonnie Hampson
Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) have become an effective strategic tool to consolidate the Banks and Financial Institutions (BFIs) in Nepal to increase their capital base, expand their business, and bring financial stability. This paper evaluates the impact of M&A on the financial performance of two commercial banks between 2013 and 2020 by using twelve accounting ratios and a paired sample t-test.
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Enhancement of overall business performance and business performance by industry sector of accounting firms: Decisions on the allocation of human resource attributes Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2023-02-06 Chia-Chi Lee
This paper aims to discuss the effects of various human resource attributes on the overall business performance of accounting firms, as well as the individual business performances of the industrial client base, and intends to identify the key factors and provide them to the accounting firm managers as the basis of making decisions for human resource allocation. This study finds that: (1) The higher
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Digital intelligence as a partner of emotional intelligence in business administration Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2023-01-17 Selcuk Yeke
The concept of digital intelligence, which is frequently mentioned, especially in educational sciences, is rarely seen in the business administration literature. This study aimed to discuss digital intelligence regarding business administration literature and put forward a discussion about whether companies need digital intelligence simultaneously with emotional intelligence in the way of competition
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The effects of unemployment and inflation rates on the business value of information technology and economic performance: The partial adjustment valuation approaches Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2023-01-16 Winston T. Lin, Yueh H. Chen, Shih-Sian (Sherwin) Jhang
Equipped with the one-equation theory of partial adjustment (PA) under the constant speeds of PA assumption (Nerlove, 1958) and the two-equation theory of PA under the dynamic and variable speeds of PA assumption (Lin & Kao, 2014), this paper applies the constant PA speeds (Lin et al., 2010) and dynamic PA speeds (Lin & Kao, 2014) PA valuation (PAV) approaches to analyze the grand research issue (for
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Smart working and base technologies in corporate performance: New directions in emerging firms Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2023-01-04 Iliana E. Aguilar-Rodríguez, César A. Bernal-Torres, Carlos Hernán Artieda-Cajilema, Geovanni F. Tapia-Andino
This study analyzes the smart working (SW) relationships at large and medium-sized companies in Ecuador, Colombia, and Peru in terms of base technologies (BT) and corporate performance (CP). A total of 431 surveys were collected from workers at different hierarchical levels, and data processing was done using the Structural Equations Model (SEM) and Multigroup Analysis. We found that SW and BT positively
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Evaluation of students’ satisfaction toward an adopted learning management system at Indiana Aerospace University: A structural equation modelling approach Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2022-12-28 Harold Toring, Giovanni Legaspi, Jerryford Omolon, Rodnie Amadeo, Estrellita Amadeo, Queenie Opolentisima, Vicente Barina, Truman Cacho, Flordeliza Illustrimo, Sylvester Cortes
The global health crisis caused by COVID-19 has forced the migration of classes to online education with the help of learning management system. As students are the key stakeholders who will determine the adoption or usage of it, their perceptions of it need to be considered. In this regard, this study aims to evaluate students' satisfaction toward BrightSpace, an adopted LMS by Indiana Aerospace University
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An integrative model of information processing and contextual factors on exploring information systems outsourcing success Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2022-12-28 Ying Chieh Liu, Chi Ming Kevin Huang, Yuh-Shihng Chang, Hsin-Mei Lin, Ping-Liang Chen
Information Systems (IS) outsourcing contracts often fail to deliver the planned business benefits. One major reason is that organizations have poor understanding of outsourcing. This study examined IS outsourcing success by integrating Information Processing Theory with four contextual factors (three organizational readiness factors: IT skills readiness, financial readiness and technology readiness
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How work passion and job tenure mitigate the effect of perceived organizational support on organizational identification of flight attendants during the COVID-19 pandemic Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2022-12-26 Pornprom Suthatorn, Peerayuth Charoensukmongkol
Grounded in Herzberg's motivation-hygiene theory, this research examines whether the characteristics of flight attendants in terms of work passion and job tenure moderate the effect of perceived organizational support on organizational identification. Data was collected from 307 flight attendants among the five domestic airlines based in Thailand during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study used the partial
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The construction of the strategy selection behavior of online food delivery platform based on the tripartite evolutionary game model Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2022-12-23 Hsi Tse Wang
The developments of digital technology have strengthened the diversified interaction and coordination among industries, consumers, and suppliers. These have boosted the rapid rise of online food delivery platforms, thus creating an ecosystem connecting restaurants and consumers. The rise of online food delivery platforms not only gives consumers more options but also enables restaurants to discover
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Identification and severity assessment of challenges in the adoption of industry 4.0 in Indian construction industry Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2022-11-17 Arpit Singh, Vimal Kumar, Pratima Verma, Jayakrishna Kandasamy
The current exploratory study identifies the major challenges in the adoption of Industry 4.0 framework in the Indian construction industry and subsequently ranks the challenges on the basis of the severity. Based on the extant literature review and personal interaction with construction management, information technology (IT) professionals, and academicians, twenty-five challenges were identified
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Is quantifying performance excellence really profitable? An empirical study of the deployment of the Baldrige Excellence Measurement Model in Indonesia Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2022-11-10 Mahameru Rosy Rochmatullah, Rahmawati Rahmawati, Agung Nur Probohudono, Wahyu Widarjo
Numerous studies continue to debate the financial benefits of employing the Baldrige Excellence Measurement Model (BEM) for a business. This paper aims to explore this issue by studying the implementation of BEM in Indonesian State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) in 2013–2019 (t). More specifically, we analyze the relationship between the BEM in the current year (t) and the financial performance in the previous
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Effect of perceived overqualification on work performance: Influence of moderator and mediator Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2022-11-02 Md. Kafil Uddin, Mohammad Tahlil Azim, Mohammed Rafiqul Islam
This cross-sectional quantitative study explores the influence of perceived overqualification (POQ) on work performance (WP) with the mediating effect of job crafting (JC) and the moderating effect of perceived organizational support (POS). Data were collected from a sample of 276 female corporate executives working in different organizations in Bangladesh. SPSS version 25 was used to analyze the demographic
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Positioning through visual merchandising: Can multi-brand outlets do it? Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2022-11-01 Siddarth Singh Bist, Neha Mehta
With rising competition in the apparel retail industry in India, multi-brand outlets need to create a particular store image in consumers' minds to ensure consumer loyalty and sales. Past studies indicate the impact of visual merchandising (VM) on store image, but few studies discuss how VM can help in-store positioning. The current study explores how VM elements can be used for store positioning.
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Empowering digital creative ecosystem using problem structuring method and a service science perspective: A case study in Cimahi and Bandung, Indonesia Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2022-10-22 Santi Novani, Cici Cyntiawati, Kyoichi Kijima, Valid Hasyimi, Andi Sigit Trianto, Lidia Mayangsari, Dini Turipanam Alamanda, Grisna Anggadwita
The digital creative economy in Indonesia has the potential to grow rapidly due to its large and skilled population. Although a goal was set in 2016 to make Indonesia the largest digital economy in ASEAN by 2020, the complexity of stakeholder interactions has become a major obstacle. Fostering a healthy business ecosystem and collaboration among stakeholders has been difficult to achieve due to a lack
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Restrictions on air travel to India and the global airline industry - An event study and cross-sectional approach Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2022-10-21 Vineeta Kumari, Rahul Kumar, Dharen Kumar Pandey
Using the closing prices of 88 listed airline companies worldwide from November 16, 2020 to May 10, 2021, we employ the event study methodology to examine how air travel restrictions to India by several nations during April–May 2021 impacted the global airline industry. It is interesting to find out how the shocks that arise in India impact the global airline industry. We find that even after a prolonged
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Operating efficiency of accounting firms based on different perspectives of human resource structures Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2022-10-21 Chia-Chi Lee
This paper evaluates the operating efficiency of accounting firms from five perspectives of human resource allocations by sampling a total of 42 large accounting firms listed in the 2013 Survey Report on Accounting Firms compiled by the Financial Supervisory Commission. The paper adopts the three analytical models—CCR (Charnes, Cooper, and Rhode model), BCC (Banker, Charnes, and Cooper model), and
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Actual purchases on Instagram Live Shopping: The influence of live shopping engagement and information technology affordance Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2022-10-19 Laila Saffanah, Putu Wuri Handayani, Fathia Prinastiti Sunarso
Live shopping online has been expanded to include social media platforms. This study aimed to determine how the Instagram Live Shopping feature influences buyer engagement and actual buying behaviors. A mixed method approach was applied. An online survey was conducted with 517 respondents, and the data were analyzed using partial least square structural equation modelling. The survey results were then
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Influence of diagnostic and dynamic capabilities on frugal innovation development: An empirical study of the Thai auto parts industry Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2022-10-19 Kritsakorn Jiraphanumes, Somnuk Aujirapongpan, Yaninee Songkajorn
Cost management is the strategy of planning and controlling the costs associated with operating a business. The frugal innovation (FI) approach is therefore interesting because it is a way to reduce costs while innovating without requiring a high level of investments in capital, technology, and skills. Therefore, to understand the mechanism of FI development, this research aims to study the relationships
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eWOM via the TikTok application and its influence on the purchase intention of somethinc products Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2022-10-06 , Prily Calista Putri Yones, Saravanan Muthaiyah
Global data has indicated prevalent growth of online purchases of consumer goods where multiple purchase decisions have been influenced by peer reviews by web users particularly from the influence of social media. Social media has replaced traditional word-of-mouth and introduced a new phenomenon i.e. electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM). TikTok has become one of the trending social media platforms with
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The role of informal institutions in the relationship between innovation and organisational learning in export performance: A bidirectional relation? Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2022-09-07 Diana Escandon-Barbosa, Jairo Salas-Páramo
This research verifies the moderating effect of informal institutions on the relationship between organisational innovation and organisational learning in the export performance between two countries with diverse cultural characteristics. In the same way, this research attempted to verify whether there is a bidirectional relationship between organisational learning and export performance. To achieve
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Earnings management determinants: Comparison between Islamic and Conventional Banks across the ASEAN region Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2022-08-24 Suripto
This study aims to analyze company characteristics as a determinant of conventional and Islamic bank earnings management in several ASEAN countries (Association of Southeast Asian Nations). The Multiple Discriminant Analysis was used to determine the differences between Islamic and Conventional Banks. This test was conducted based on Capital Adequacy Ratio, Income Before Tax and Interest, Non-Performing
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Audit Office's unused capacity and audit quality Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2022-08-20 Chun-Chan Yu, Hua-Wei Huang
While prior studies have linked the relationship between resources, time pressure, and audit quality, prior empirical studies generally measure the notion of audit offices' resources or capacity in relatively simplified, indirect, or context-specific ways. In this study, we use two measures of an audit office's unused capacity pertaining to normal audit tasks in Yu (2018) to examine their associations
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Promoting habitual mobile payment usage via the Thai government's 50:50 co-payment scheme Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2022-08-16 Waranpong Boonsiritomachai, Ploy Sud-On
The Thai government launched an economic stimulus initiative using mobile payments (m-payments) to alleviate the economic and public health effects of the COVID-19 outbreak. The advantages of this program and the simplicity, dependability, and contact-free nature of m-payments have led to its widespread adoption in Thailand. Many Thai individuals have never used the m-payment method before. Hence,
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How to enhance workplace climate through telework communication approaches in organization during the era of changes? Evidences of authentic leaders Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2022-08-02 Yung-Kai Yang, Wen-Shan Lin
This paper aims at investigating how leadership style can enhance workplace climate in the setting of virtual teams. Drawing from the theories of authentic leadership (AL) and social penetration (SPT), this study aims at investigating the role of IT usage of telework communicating tools in building and shaping the relationship between a subordinate (follower) and his or her supervisor at workplace
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The mediating role of organizational culture: Transformational leadership and change management in virtual teams Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2022-08-02 Simranjeet Kaur Bagga, Shikha Gera, Syed Nadimul Haque
Today, organizations are deeply concerned with developing leadership that can lead from a distance. Given the pace of change in the work environment and organizational culture, leaders need to be very proactive in their approaches as all the organizations are working in virtual teams connected through Information and Communication Technologies. Organizations nowadays heavily rely on such teams to accomplish
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The flexibility of salespeople and management teams: How they interact and influence performance during the COVID-19 pandemic Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2022-07-07 Peerayuth Charoensukmongkol, Arti Pandey
This research examines the effect of salespeople's functional flexibility on sales performance during the COVID-19 pandemic. Grounded in the contingency approach to management and the person-environment fit theory, we analyze whether the flexibility of the management team with which salespeople work moderates the effect of their functional flexibility on sales performance. The study collected data
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Determining supply chain effectiveness for Indian MSMEs: A structural equation modelling approach Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2022-05-26 Kalyani Mulchandani, Sahil Singh Jasrotia, Ketan Mulchandani
Industry 4.0 has gained recent attention due to the dynamic nature of businesses. Implementation of technologies of industry 4.0 offers numerous benefits to the business, and the supply chain is no exception to it due to the growing need to adopt new technologies, especially in MSMEs, as they face liquidity issues. This study is conducted to determine the adoption factors for supply chain finance in
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Strategic direction for aviation maintenance, repair, and overhaul hub after crisis recovery Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2022-05-09 Jirapan Liangrokapart, Thaninrat Sittiwatethanasiri
Thailand must set a clear strategic direction for its aviation maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) industry after the crisis. Commonly used management tools such as Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats analysis, or SWOT analysis, alone may not work well as it provides only a basic outline of the current situation, but cannot identify priority areas for taking actions. We enhanced SWOT
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Predicting employee performance through transactional leadership and entrepreneur's passion among the employees of Pakistan Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2022-04-28 Nadia A.Abdelmegeed Abdelwahed, Bahadur Ali Soomro, Naimatullah Shah
The present study proposes to investigate the impact of transactional leadership style (TLS) and entrepreneur's passion (ETP) for employee performance (EP) and mediating role of passion between TLS and EP in Pakistan. The study is a quantitative approach and based on cross-sectional data. In total, 356 cases are applied for the final analysis. The results demonstrated a positive and significant effect
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Trade potential of Pakistan with the South Asian Countries: A gravity model approach Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2022-04-25 Shah Masood, Nabila Khurshid, Maqsood Haider, Jamila Khurshid, Arif Masih Khokhar
The current study investigates the trade potential of Pakistan with South Asian countries using an augmented Gravity Model approach. The model used latest ESCAP dataset with base year 2016. Results show that simple average tariff imposition and GDP of partner countries positively impact the trade value of Pakistan, whereas simple average tariff imposition bilaterally harms the trade volume of the reporting
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Trading behavior of institutional investors and CEO's market timing Asia Pacific Management Review Pub Date : 2022-04-22 Quang Thu Luu, Khoa Duong Dang
We use excess return, risks, MB ratios, and cumulative abnormal return as proxies to examine the CEO's market timing. The empirical results indicate that CEOs have been exactly in timing the market for Seasonal equity offering (SEO) events. CEOs have more incentives to execute seasonal equity offering when CAR reach peak and market risk drop to the lowest point that investors become less worried about