Adams, R & Xu, J 2023, 'The Inequality of Finance', Review of Corporate Finance, vol. 3, no. 1–2, pp. 35-68.
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Adler, PS, Adly, A, Armanios, DE, Battilana, J, Bodrožić, Z, Clegg, S, Davis, GF, Gartenberg, C, Glynn, MA, Aslan Gümüsay, A, Haveman, HA, Leonardi, P, Lounsbury, M, McGahan, AM, Meyer, R, Phillips, N & Sheppard-Jones, K 2023, 'Authoritarianism, Populism, and the Global Retreat of Democracy: A Curated Discussion', Journal of Management Inquiry, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 3-20.
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To the surprise of many in the West, the fall of the USSR in 1991 did not lead to the adoption of liberal democratic government around the world and the much anticipated “end of history.” In fact, authoritarianism has made a comeback, and liberal democracy has been on the retreat for at least the last 15 years culminating in the unthinkable: the invasion of a democratic European country by an authoritarian regime. But why does authoritarianism continue to spread, not only as an alternative to liberal democracy, but also within many liberal democracies where authoritarian leaders continue to gain strength and popularity? In this curated piece, contributors discuss some of the potential contributions of management scholarship to understanding authoritarianism, as well as highlight a number of directions for management research in this area.
Agrawal, D, Dwivedi, A, Patil, A & Paul, SK 2023, 'Impediments of product recovery in circular supply chains: Implications for sustainable development', Sustainable Development, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 1618-1637.
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AbstractProduct recovery has fascinated the concentration of organizations and is prominent among industry practitioners and researchers due to improved environmental concerns, social awareness, and economic benefits. Circular supply chain (CSC) compounds the concept of product recovery in global supply chain management to present a sustainable perspective. Therefore, this study aims to determine impediments of product recovery and CSC toward sustainable production and consumption in the background of manufacturing organizations. This study determines potential impediments from literature and in consultation with experts. Further, a fuzzy VIKOR approach is practiced to prioritize the impediments of product recovery and CSC. Then, a sensitivity analysis is conducted to verify the robustness of the framework attained. The results from the study reflect that “lack of collaboration from supply chain performers”, “lack of tax policies for facilitating CSC models” and “limited expertise, technology, information on CSC practices” are the critical impediments to product recovery in CSCs. The findings of the study could assist industry managers and practitioners in developing procedures and strategies to attain sustainable development.
Ahmed, T, Karmaker, CL, Nasir, SB, Moktadir, MA & Paul, SK 2023, 'Modeling the artificial intelligence-based imperatives of industry 5.0 towards resilient supply chains: A post-COVID-19 pandemic perspective', Computers & Industrial Engineering, vol. 177, pp. 109055-109055.
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Ahuja, S 2023, 'Professional Identity Threats in Interprofessional Collaborations: A Case of Architects in Professional Service Firms', Journal of Management Studies, vol. 60, no. 2, pp. 428-453.
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AbstractIncreased use of multidisciplinary teams to carry out tasks that were previously seen as the domain of one profession has brought the manner in which professions collaborate to the fore of management interests. Drawing on 49 in‐depth interviews with senior architects in four multidisciplinary professional service firms (PSFs), this article contributes to better understandings of identity threats in interprofessional collaborations. My findings bring to the fore two threats to architects' identity relating to fragmentation of work and competing professional values. I show how architects manage these threats through the simultaneous use of two responses: highlighting identity distinctions and modifying identity and practices. However, despite these strategies to defend against identity threats, respondents presented themselves as under‐recognized and often under‐compensated. These findings suggest that the strength of professional identity may not merely mediate threats to professionals' identity but also be constraining by locking professionals in a kind of futile resistance and disrupting identity transformation. Further, responses to professional identity threats may result in a persistent identity struggle that renders professionals vulnerable to deep insecurities regarding their worth in interprofessional collaborations. The article contributes to recent debates on the unintended consequences of interprofessional collaborations thus highlighting the challenges of finding better ways to work together.
Ahuja, S & Weatherall, R 2023, '“This boys club world is finally getting to me”: Developing our glass consciousness to understand women's experiences in elite architecture firms', Gender, Work & Organization, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 826-841.
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AbstractIn this article, we take inspiration from the evolution of the material use of glass to explore how the metaphorical use of glass could be developed to understand the emerging struggles of women in architecture. Drawing on semi‐structured interviews of architects employed in professional service firms, we suggest that the multi‐faceted nature of glass helped us to identify and understand the complex experiences of inequality for women in architecture. In so doing, we make three contributions to scholarship on gender, work, and organizations. First, we demonstrate how glass barriers were truly material in their consequences for senior women, as they prevented their rise or initiated their decline. A focus on glass barriers, however, did not fully account for the experiences of younger women in these firms. Surprisingly, and in stark contrast to the “boys club world” that left many senior women in architecture with a fractured sense of self as they struggled to construct self‐affirming identities as both women and architects, we found that the exclusive use of new technologies enabled younger women architects to melt some aspects of the traditional identity and turn them into new forms. Our conceptualization of “technologies of glass” draws attention to the social, cultural, and technological resources that younger women deploy to construct a strong professional identity in the changing world of architecture. We argue that glass can be understood not just as a constraint but as a multifaceted material with limitless possibilities for design. Thus, by highlighting the material‐symbolic entanglements of the use of glass, we strengthen and refresh the metaphor of glass, to better understand the fluidity of contemporary challenges facing professional women at work.
Ali, AH, Coetzer, A, Roxas, HB & Pishdar, M 2023, 'Informal learning and career identity formation: the mediating role of work engagement', Personnel Review, vol. 52, no. 1, pp. 363-381.
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PurposeThe aim of the study is to extend prior research on career identity formation by investigating whether individuals' participation in informal workplace learning activities positively relates to career identity. The study also examines whether work engagement significantly mediates the participation in informal learning and career identity relationship.Design/methodology/approachUsing data from a survey of 313 individuals in Iran, the study developed and tested measurement and structural models and employed partial least squares structural equation modelling to test the hypotheses.FindingsThe findings suggest that work engagement substantially mediates the positive relationship between participation in informal learning and career identity. Furthermore, the learning potential of the workplace and the propensities of individuals to actively approach situations that provide them with opportunities to learn and seek feedback on their performance have positive although varying relations with levels of participation in informal learning.Practical implicationsHuman resource management and career management specialists must be cognisant of the central role that employee participation in informal learning plays in strengthening their work engagement and career identity. Learning and development specialists should seek to create conditions in the work environment that are favourable to informal learning and work engagement.Originality/valueAlthough the role of formal development programmes in ca...
Aliyev, N & He, X-Z 2023, 'Ambiguous price formation', Journal of Mathematical Economics, vol. 106, p. 102842.
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This paper investigates the impact of informational ambiguity and attitude to it on security prices. Attention is focused on equilibria in which a market maker has an ambiguity in his probability assessment. We show that the equilibrium ambiguous bid-ask spread can be decomposed into the probabilistic spread and an “ambiguity premium/discount” component characterizing the ambiguity aversion/seeking of the market maker. In particular, for a sufficiently ambiguity averse market maker, the bid-ask spread widens with the informational ambiguity of the market maker, which provides an explanation to drying liquidity and price inefficiency during financial turmoils. An extension to different trade sizes shows that informed traders are more likely to trade large orders when there is a major ambiguous shock to the economy.
Almaskati, N, Bird, R, Yeung, D & Lu, Y 2023, 'Corporate governance, market conditions and investors’ reaction to information signals', Australian Journal of Management, vol. 48, no. 1, pp. 38-66.
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We examine and compare the extent to which the reaction of investors to earnings announcements is influenced by a firm’s governance profile and prevailing market conditions. We find that firms with better governance characteristics experience a larger initial reaction to both good and bad earnings announcements regardless of the prevailing sentiment and uncertainty conditions. However, the influence of governance is constrained to the announcement period. We demonstrate that changes in market uncertainty and/or investor sentiment are related to the post-earnings announcement drift. We also find that a major channel through which greater corporate governance influences the market response to unexpected earnings news is by lowering information uncertainty and so providing greater clarity of the implication of the news for firm value. Finally, we establish that two types of uncertainties (market and information) have very different influence on investor’s response to information signals. JEL Classification: D81, G10, G14, G30, G32
Alsoibi, I, Agarwal, R, Bharathy, G, Samarawickrama, M, Unhelkar, B & Prasad, M 2023, 'A Systematic Review and Taxonomy of Data Analytics in Non-profit Organizations', Asia Pacific Journal of Information Systems (APJIS), vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 33-68.
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Nonprofit organisations (NPOs) use data analytics and corresponding visualisations to discover and interpret
patterns of donations and donor behaviours, predict future funds, and analyse time series to undertake decisions
and resolve issues. Further detailed understanding of these activities in the context of NPOs is required for
efficient and effective utilisation of data analytics. This article reports a systematic review of available literature
on data analytics applications in NPOs to answer three research questions: (1) What are the proposed approaches
and frameworks for adopting and applying data analytics in NPOs? (2) What aspects of data analytics are used
for NPO activities and missions? (3) What challenges and barriers face NPOs regarding the adoption and application
of data analytics for their missions? We answered the three research questions by collecting and examining
data and using it to develop a new taxonomy. The results show the utilisation of data analytics applications
by NPOs has not been examined in depth, indicating the need for further research. This study contributes
to the literature by providing insights on the existing use of data analytics applications in various domains,
and their benefits and drawbacks for NPOs. This study also presents future research directions.
Alsolbi, I, Agarwal, R, Bharathy, G, Samarawickrama, M, Unhelkar, B & Prasad, M 2023, 'A Systematic Review and Taxonomy of Data Analytics in Nonprofit Organisations', Asia Pacific Journal of Information Systems, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 39-68.
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Alsolbi, I, Shavaki, FH, Agarwal, R, Bharathy, GK, Prakash, S & Prasad, M 2023, 'Big data optimisation and management in supply chain management: a systematic literature review', Artificial Intelligence Review, vol. 56, no. S1, pp. 253-284.
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AbstractThe increasing interest from technology enthusiasts and organisational practitioners in big data applications in the supply chain has encouraged us to review recent research development. This paper proposes a systematic literature review to explore the available peer-reviewed literature on how big data is widely optimised and managed within the supply chain management context. Although big data applications in supply chain management appear to be often studied and reported in the literature, different angles of big data optimisation and management technologies in the supply chain are not clearly identified. This paper adopts the explanatory literature review involving bibliometric analysis as the primary research method to answer two research questions, namely: (1) How to optimise big data in supply chain management? and (2) What tools are most used to manage big data in supply chain management? A total of thirty-seven related papers are reviewed to answer the two research questions using the content analysis method. The paper also reveals some research gaps that lead to prospective future research directions.
An, J, Briley, D, Danziger, S & Levi, S 2023, 'The Impact of Social Investing on Charitable Donations', Management Science, vol. 69, no. 2, pp. 1264-1274.
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We examine the impact of social investing on charitable donations using a unique data set consisting of investment behaviors and donation transactions for more than 10,000 customers of an investment app platform. We find that investors switching to a recently introduced social fund reduced their donations, mainly in charities supporting causes similar to those of the social fund. However, 79% of the investors that switched to the social fund did not donate before switching, so the social fund attracted more people to fund social causes. Still, because of the substitution effect, we estimate social funds have a positive effect on society only if their annual contributions to social causes are greater than 3.2% of the balance invested. This paper was accepted by David Simchi-Levi, finance. Funding: This work was supported by the Henry Crown Institute of Business Research and the Jeremy Coller Foundation. Supplemental Material: Data files are available at https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2022.4339 .
Anufriev, M, Borissov, K & Pakhnin, M 2023, 'Dissonance minimization and conversation in social networks', Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, vol. 215, pp. 167-191.
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Anufriev, M, Tichý, T, Lamantia, F & Radi, D 2023, 'An asset pricing model with accuracy-driven evolution of heterogeneous expectations', Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, vol. 117, pp. 106975-106975.
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Avraham, E & Beirman, D 2023, 'From SARS through Zika and up to Covid-19: destination recovery marketing campaigns in response to pandemics', Annals of Leisure Research, vol. 26, no. 5, pp. 737-758.
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Bachmann, RL & Spiropoulos, H 2023, 'CSR Restatements: Mischief or Mistake?', Journal of Management Accounting Research, vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 21-50.
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ABSTRACT
Using a sample of Australian Securities Exchange Ltd. (ASX) 500 firms over the 2004–2020 period, we find that contracting on corporate social responsibility (CSR) increases the likelihood of CSR restatements and that these restatements are biased toward showing improvements in CSR performance for the current period. This is especially the case when firms contract on social CSR performance measures. We also find that CEOs’ short-term incentive compensation is significantly greater when restatements result in improved comparative performance, but only for firms that contract on CSR. Overall, our results suggest that contracting on CSR is another explanation for the increasing prevalence of CSR restatements and that standard setters should address metrics and measures when formulating policies with respect to CSR reporting.
Data Availability: Data are available from the public sources cited in the text.
JEL Classifications: M12; M14; M52.
Bachmann, RL, Bedford, A, Ghannam, S & Yang, JS 2023, 'A shock to CEOs' external environment: terrorist attacks and CEO pay', Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, vol. 77, pp. 101935-101935.
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Baker, M & Clegg, S 2023, 'Policies and practices of gender-based equality and diversity in Australian project-based organizations', Project Leadership and Society, vol. 4, pp. 100087-100087.
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Balzer, B & Schneider, J 2023, 'Mechanism design with informational punishment', Games and Economic Behavior, vol. 140, pp. 197-209.
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Bardon, T, Josserand, E, Sferrazzo, R & Clegg, S 2023, 'Tensions between (Post)Bureaucratic and Neo‐normative Demands: Investigating Employees’ Subjective Positions at EurAirport', British Journal of Management, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 57-71.
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AbstractThe introduction of a neo‐normative discourse in a (post)bureaucratic organization can result in tensions between the neo‐normative injunction to be authentic and exhortations to fit with the ideal (post)bureaucratic organizational subject. Focusing on how shopfloor workers subjectively experience the tensions between neo‐normative and (post)bureaucratic demands, this empirical investigation yielded three major contributions. First, it pinpointed and addressed significant gaps in existing studies of normative and neo‐normative discourse. Second, the study better distinguished normative and neo‐normative control on the basis of two tensions: (1) authenticity versus conformity; and (2) conflation versus differentiation between life and work. Third, the study identified four distinct subject positions that demonstrated how organizational participants creatively appropriate and strive to resolve these two tensions in a work setting that mixes normative and neo‐normative control.
Barkemeyer, R, Linnenluecke, M, Markovic, S & Samara, G 2023, 'Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility: Taking stock and looking forward', Business Ethics, the Environment and Responsibility, vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 1123-1125.
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Barlatier, PJ, Josserand, E, Hohberger, J & Mention, AL 2023, 'Configurations of social media-enabled strategies for open innovation, firm performance, and their barriers to adoption', Journal of Product Innovation Management, vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 30-57.
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The use of social media offers tremendous innovation potential. Yet, while current research emphasizes success stories, little is known about how firms can leverage the full potential of their social media use for open innovation. In this paper, the authors address this gap by conducting a configurational analysis to develop an integrative taxonomy of social media-enabled strategies for open innovation. This analysis stems from the integration of internal and external variables such as social media communication activities, organizational innovation seekers, potential innovation providers, the stages of the open innovation process, and their relationship with different performance outcomes and barriers to social media adoption for open innovation. Through an empirical study of 337 firms based in eight countries, four clusters have been identified that are characterized as distinct strategies: “marketing semi-open innovators,” “cross-department semi-open innovators,” “cross-department full process semi-open innovators” and “broad adopters open innovators.” The findings reveal the trade-offs associated with different strategies for implementing social media for open innovation and provide insights of the use of these strategies. By doing so, they suggest a more nuanced approach that contrasts with the traditionally positive (or even rosy) depiction of the effects of social media on open innovation. Accordingly, managers are encouraged to contemplate their organizational competencies, capabilities, and their strategic intent when drafting social media strategies for open innovation. Selective approaches, along with greater adoption leading to greater benefits, are shown to be more rewarding than a middle way that spreads things too thin. Avenues for further research include qualitative explorations of the trajectories unfolding through implementing social media strategies for innovation activities and the use of objective performance measures rather than s...
Bedford, A, Bugeja, M, Czernkowski, R & Bond, D 2023, 'Is the effect of shared auditors driven by shared audit partners? The case of M&As', The British Accounting Review, vol. 55, no. 2, pp. 101100-101100.
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Bedford, A, Bugeja, M, Czernkowski, R & Bond, D 2023, 'Is the effect of shared auditors driven by shared audit partners? The case of M&As', British Accounting Review.
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Bedford, A, Ghannam, S, Grosse, M & Ma, N 2023, 'CEO Power and the Strategic Selection of Accounting Financial Experts to the Audit Committee'.
Bedford, A, Ghannam, S, Grosse, M & Ma, N 2023, 'CEO power and the strategic selection of accounting financial experts to the audit committee', Contemporary Accounting Research.
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We examine the role of CEO power in the appointment of accounting financial experts (AFEs) to firm audit committees. Our results show that firms with powerful CEOs have a lower likelihood of appointing AFEs to their audit committees. Additionally, effective AFEs—those characterized by experience, high status, and social independence from the CEO—are less likely to be appointed in firms with powerful CEOs. In the presence of powerful CEOs, effective AFEs are also less likely to be designated audit committee chair. The absence of effective AFEs is associated with the use of accounting discretion by powerful CEOs to meet or just beat analyst earnings forecasts. We find no evidence that AFEs choose to avoid serving on the boards of firms with powerful CEOs. Our findings are consistent with powerful CEOs influencing board appointments post-SOX through informal channels, including through their social ties with nominating committees. Our results suggest that current regulations prohibiting CEO involvement in the director nomination process and specifying who qualifies as a financial expert may be insufficient to ensure audit committee effectiveness and financial reporting quality.
Belli, A, Carrillat, FA, Zlatevska, N & Cowley, E 2023, 'How Does Time Pressure Influence Risk Preferences? Answers from a Meta-Analysis', Journal of Consumer Research.
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Abstract Four decades of research into the influences of time pressure on risky decisions have produced widely contrasting findings: 38.5% of the effects indicate that time pressure increases risk preferences, whereas 61.5% show the opposite. A theoretical framework with four conceptual categories of moderators is proposed to explain these heterogeneous findings: nature of the time constraint, negative outcome salience, negative outcome severity, and vulnerability to the outcomes. This framework is tested through a meta-analysis of 213 effect sizes reported in 83 papers, representing 65,574 unique respondents. The four categories of moderators effectively resolve notable conflicts. For example, regarding the nature of the time constraint, an absolute versus relative constraint increases risk preferences, but an ambiguous versus objective constraint decreases risk preferences. In terms of negative outcome salience, risk preferences decrease if the risk is learned about from a description (vs. experience) or the outcome is framed as a loss (vs. gain). Negative outcome severity also exerts an effect, as discrete choices lower risk preferences compared with attitudinal risk. In addition to managerial and public policy implications based on simulations, a comprehensive research agenda that builds on the robust insights of this meta-analysis is offered.
Berti, M & Cunha, MPE 2023, 'Paradox, Dialectics or Trade‐Offs? A Double Loop Model of Paradox', Journal of Management Studies, vol. 60, no. 4, pp. 861-888.
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AbstractParadox literature is emerging as one of the most vital streams in management studies, but it is affected by some growing pains. First, the concept of paradox is still too fuzzy, which impacts empirical research and hinders communication with other literatures. Second, the assumption that paradoxes are always best met with acceptance and search for balance is problematic because it limits the heuristic potential of a paradox lens, because it constrains the range of sustainable responses to contradictions, and because it may induce to appeasement in face of injustice. In this paper we propose to strengthen paradox theory by incorporating the contributions of two alternative perspectives on organizational tensions: trade‐offs and dialectics. We thus present a model which expands organizational paradox theory by: (1) clarifying the concept of organizational paradox; and (2) offering a model that better describes the varied phenomenology, causes and consequences of organizational tensions and paradoxes.
Best, R, Marrone, M & Linnenluecke, M 2023, 'Meta-analysis of the role of equity dimensions in household solar panel adoption', Ecological Economics, vol. 206, pp. 107754-107754.
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Bignoux, S, Gray, D & Booth, AT 2023, 'Developing an alternative approach to the measurement of B2B relationship health', Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics, vol. 35, no. 8, pp. 2066-2092.
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PurposePsychotherapy is often used to treat dysfunctional inter-personal relationships, but it is rarely used to treat dysfunctional B2B relationships. Yet many of the variables found in inter-personal relationships are also found in B2B relationships and both types of relationships have similar fail rates. The authors take a multi-disciplinary approach by adapting an instrument from marriage therapy into a new measure called the Business Relationship Health Index (BRHI). In the process we re-evaluate the drivers of B2B relationships.Design/methodology/approachThe authors apply the Global Assessment of Relational Functioning (GARF) psychiatric system to B2B relationships. The GARF instrument incorporates three components: interaction/problem solving, organization/structure and emotional climate. Using US panel data of 500 B2B relationships based in the USA, the authors use partial least squares analysis and develop a structural equation model to test the validity and reliability of the BRHI with some well-known relationship measures including, satisfaction, trust, commitment and performance.FindingsThe findings support a strong link between the BRHI (emotion, interaction and organization) and relationship performance. The proposed measure shows a strong link between BRHI and relationship performance (R2 = 0.54).Originality/valueThe GARF instrument has never been applied to a B2B context. BRHI is a holistic instrument used for assessing the specific relational characteristics of B2B relationships. The BRHI can benefit relationship stakeholders when use...
Boersma, M & Bedford, DS 2023, 'The role of market devices in addressing labour exploitation: An analysis of the Australian cleaning industry', The British Accounting Review, vol. 55, no. 3, pp. 101129-101129.
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Borghei, Z, Linnenluecke, M & Bui, B 2023, 'Disclosure of climate-related risks/opportunities in firm financial statements: the UK FTSE 100', Meditari Accountancy Research.
Brammer, S, Branicki, L & Linnenluecke, M 2023, 'Disrupting Management Research? Critical Reflections on British Journal of Management COVID‐19 Research and an Agenda for the Future', British Journal of Management, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 3-15.
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AbstractResearch interest in extreme contexts was growing before the COVID‐19 pandemic and has intensified since. The climate crisis, significant geo‐political conflict, political polarization and upheaval, and economic/financial crises that present existential challenges to organizations have all contributed to rising interest in extreme‐context research. COVID‐19 itself has generated an enormous body of research across all sub‐fields of management. However, the substantive, methodological and conceptual implications of this large volume of research remain unclear. In this introduction to the British Journal of Management COVID‐19 Online Virtual Issue, we describe and analyse COVID‐19 research so far published in the British Journal of Management. The Journal was proactive in seeing the profound implications of COVID‐19 for management research and practice, issuing an early call for contributions, and publishing several exploratory commentaries as early as July 2020. In this paper, we situate COVID‐19 research within the broader extreme‐context research, analyse contributions made so far, and build upon an extended taxonomy of extreme contexts to suggest ways for future research to generate further impactful insights.
Branicki, L, Brammer, S, Linnenluecke, M & Houghton, D 2023, 'Accounting for resilience: the role of the accounting professions in promoting resilience', Accounting and Business Research, vol. 53, no. 5, pp. 508-536.
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Brown, DA, Ma, N, Yang, JS, Sutton, N, McAllister, G, Parker, D, Rawlings-Way, O & Lewis, RL 2023, 'The impact of business model workforce configurations on value creation and value appropriation in the Australian aged care sector', Australian Journal of Management, vol. 48, no. 3, pp. 495-523.
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This article examines the influence of business model workforce configurations on value creation and capture in a skills-based service setting, extending previous research on business model performance. We investigate workforce configurations (higher versus lower stability and skills) and value creation and appropriation in aged care organisations. More skilled and stable workforces are associated with greater value creation but not appropriation, while less skilled and less stable workforces are associated with lower value creation and higher appropriation. This informs a substantive challenge in delivering value creation while ensuring financially viable business models in a sector with significant consequences for quality failure. JEL Classification: J24 - Human Capital • Skills • Occupational Choice • Labor Productivity; L2 - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior; M12 - Personnel Management; I11 - Analysis of Health Care Markets
Bugeja, M, da Silva Rosa, R, Shan, Y, Walter, T & Yermack, D 2023, 'Lower Defeat Thresholds for Minority Shareholders and Corporate Governance: Evidence from the Australian “Two-Strikes” Rule', The Accounting Review, vol. 98, no. 7, pp. 61-96.
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This study assesses the impact of minority shareholder empowerment via lower defeat thresholds in “say-on-pay” votes on CEO compensation and career prospects for directors. We exploit the adoption of the Australian “two-strikes” rule as a quasi-exogenous shock, which empowers shareholders to vote on board dismissal if a firm’s remuneration report receives 25 percent or more dissent votes for two consecutive years. Using a difference-in-differences methodology, we find that firms respond to a “strike” by curbing excessive CEO pay. Under the two-strikes regime, independent directors are held more accountable for poor oversight and experience significant reputational penalties in terms of turnover and the loss of outside directorships subsequent to receiving a strike. The results are mainly driven by firms receiving a nonmajority strike, indicating that the effectiveness of the two-strikes regime stems largely from the lower defeat threshold.
Data Availability: Data are available from the public sources cited in the text.
JEL Classifications: G34.
Buhalis, D, Leung, XY, Fan, D, Darcy, S, Chen, G, Xu, F, Wei-Han Tan, G, Nunkoo, R & Farmaki, A 2023, 'Editorial: Tourism 2030 and the contribution to the sustainable development goals: the tourism review viewpoint', Tourism Review, vol. 78, no. 2, pp. 293-313.
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Burke, PF, Rose, J, Fifer, S, Masters, D, Kuegler, S & Cabrera, A 2023, 'A New Subjective Well-Being Index Using Anchored Best-Worst Scaling'.
Burke, PF, Schuck, S & Kearney, M 2023, 'Teachers’ Experiences of Emergency Remote Schooling During the Pandemic: Drivers for Student and Teacher Wellbeing', Australian Journal of Education, vol. 67, no. 2, pp. 124-142.
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This article discusses findings from a recent survey ( n = 297) of teachers’ views of both their own and their students’ experiences during the 2021 enforced emergency remote schooling period occurring in New South Wales Australia, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The quantitative analysis reported here explores teachers’ views regarding teaching and learning during this challenging period. It identifies three latent constructs, learning, assessment, and interaction, and then uses structural equation modelling to identify the perceived impact of these constructs on student and teacher wellbeing. The remote schooling period had a significant negative impact for teachers and their students across a range of elements of teaching and learning, as well as wellbeing. Student learning experiences and their peer interactions were found to be strong predictors of students’ wellbeing outcomes. Assessment design and teachers’ feedback to students were significant in predicting levels of teacher wellbeing. Future research directions are also provided.
Camilleri, AR 2023, 'An investigation of big life decisions', Judgment and Decision Making, vol. 18.
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What are life’s biggest decisions? In Study 1, I devised a taxonomy comprising 9 decision categories, 58 decision types, and 10 core elements of big decisions. In Study 2, I revealed people’s perceptions of and expectations for the average person’s big life decisions. In the flagship Study 3, 658 participants described their 10 biggest past and future decisions and rated each decision on a variety of decision elements. This research reveals the characteristics of a big life decision, which are the most common, most important, and most positively evaluated big life decisions, when such decisions happen, and which factors predict ‘good’ decisions. This research contributes to knowledge that could help people improve their lives through better decision-making and living with fewer regrets.
Camilleri, AR, Dankova, K, Ortiz, JM & Neelim, A 2023, 'Increasing worker motivation using a reward scheme with probabilistic elements', Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, vol. 177, pp. 104256-104256.
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Cao, W, Linnenluecke, M, Tian, J, Xue, R & Yang, H 2023, 'How does investor attention affect energy firms’ managerial opportunistic behavior? New evidence from China', Business Strategy and the Environment, vol. 32, no. 7, pp. 5025-5043.
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AbstractThe energy sector plays a crucial role in facilitating the low‐carbon energy transition. However, in the absence of appropriate environmental regulation, managerial opportunistic behavior in energy firms can manipulate ethical investor perceptions and hinder the real transition process towards clean energy. Using Chinese listed energy firms as the research setting, this paper examines the impact of investor attention on energy firms' earnings management practices. In both clean and traditional energy firms, the results show a significant U‐shaped association between investor attention and earnings management, with the U‐shaped curve for clean energy firms being smoother. This U‐shaped relationship is more pronounced in energy firms with larger size and weaker external monitoring. Moreover, the mediating analysis shows that internal control quality transmits the impact of investor attention onto earnings management practices in the energy sector. Our key findings remain robust to a battery of robustness tests and endogeneity controls. Therefore, given the growing attention on the energy sector, this study extends the existing literature on energy firms' managerial opportunistic behavior by analyzing the nonlinear effect for investor attention and provides practical implications for curbing energy firms' managerial opportunistic activities and guiding managerial attention towards making real sustainable investments, thereby promoting clean energy transition and sustainable development.
Cao, Y, Hu, Y, Liu, Q, Lu, M & Shan, Y 2023, 'Job creation or disruption? Unraveling the effects of smart city construction on corporate employment in China', Technological Forecasting and Social Change, vol. 195, pp. 122783-122783.
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Cerdan Chiscano, M & Darcy, S 2023, 'Making cultural and tourist attractions accessible and inclusive for people with disability through value co-creation amidst COVID-19: a critical discourse analysis', Tourism Recreation Research, vol. 48, no. 6, pp. 856-870.
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Chan, K, Khamis, S, Taylor, M & Waller, D 2023, 'Indigenous Research Methods to Build an Uncontested Space for Marketing Insight', International Journal of Market Research, vol. 65, no. 6, pp. 796-811.
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Many countries have ethnically diverse populations and marketing practitioners need to consider these diversities when undertaking research, particularly when exploring sensitive topics. In Australia, Indigenous Australians make up 3.3% of the population and are a commonly researched audience to gauge attitudes and ensure cultural offense does not occur due to unintended consequences of marketing activity. However, obtaining information from such a vulnerable group using quantitively based surveys is often inappropriate or insensitive. This paper introduces to Euro-western market researchers the concepts of flipping and yarning as a market research approach that has been used by Indigenous Australians for thousands of years. This circular market research approach demonstrates that ensuring a cultural understanding of the community can provide a foundation for a research approach that is ‘considered’ and respectful. It is hoped that this type of methodology can be used with other vulnerable communities as well as other diverse groups.
Chapman, KM, Richardson, FJ, Forster, CY, Middleton, EJT, White, TE, Burke, P & Latty, T 2023, 'Artificial flowers as a tool for investigating multimodal flower choice in wild insects', Ecology and Evolution, vol. 13, no. 11.
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Chen, S & Wang, J-X 2023, 'A New Channel for Global Volatility Propagation'.
Chen, X, Lu, M, Shan, Y & Zhang, Y 2023, 'Securities class actions and conditional conservatism: Evidence from two legal events', Accounting & Finance, vol. 63, no. 2, pp. 2441-2471.
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AbstractWe use two US court rulings as exogenous shocks to firms' litigation environment and examine the changes in conservative financial reporting following these court decisions. The Silicon Graphics ruling in 1999 imposed a heightened pleading standard and discouraged the filing of shareholder lawsuits against firms with headquarters in the Ninth Circuit. The Tellabs ruling in 2007, however, effectively reversed the Silicon Graphics ruling and made it easier to file securities litigation against Ninth Circuit firms. We predict and find that the reduced litigation risk following the Silicon Graphics ruling discourages conservative reporting for Ninth Circuit firms. By contrast, the elevated threat of shareholder lawsuits following the Tellabs ruling encourages conservative reporting for Ninth Circuit firms relative to non‐Ninth Circuit firms. The disciplining effect of the threat of shareholder lawsuits on conservatism is stronger for firms facing higher ex ante litigation risk. The litigation‐risk‐induced increase (decrease) in reporting conservatism leads to higher (lower) firm valuations.
Chen, XC, Jones, S, Hasan, MM, Zhao, R & Alam, N 2023, 'Does strategic deviation influence firms’ use of supplier finance?', Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, vol. 85, pp. 101787-101787.
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Chen, Z, Cao, Y, Feng, Z, Lu, M & Shan, Y 2023, 'Broadband infrastructure and stock price crash risk: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment', Finance Research Letters, vol. 58, pp. 104026-104026.
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Choi, S, Park, J & Xu, S 2023, 'The strategic use of corporate philanthropy: Evidence from bank donations', Review of Finance, vol. 27, no. 5, pp. 1883-1930.
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Abstract This article examines the strategic nature of banks’ charitable giving by studying bank donations to local nonprofit organizations. Relying on the application of antitrust rules in bank mergers as an exogenous shock to local deposit market competition, we find that local competition affects banks’ local donation decisions. Using county-level natural disaster shocks, we show that banks with disaster exposure reallocate donations away from nonshocked counties, where they operate branches, and toward shocked counties. The reallocation of donations represents an exogenous increase in the local share of donations in nonshocked counties for banks with no disaster exposure and leads to an increase in the local deposit market shares of such banks. Furthermore, banks can potentially earn greater profits from making donations and tend to donate to nonprofits that have the most social impact. Overall, our evidence suggests that banks participate in corporate philanthropy strategically to enhance performance.
Chowdhury, MMH, Chowdhury, M, Khan, EA & Sajib, S 2023, 'Supply chain relational capital for sustainability through governance: the moderating effect of network complexity', Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 347-362.
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Purpose
This study aims to investigate the conditional direct and indirect effects of supply chain relational capital (RC) on supply chain sustainability via sustainability governance.
Design/methodology/approach
In line with the study’s aims, a quantitative survey-based approach was adopted. This study uses a random sample of 272 manufacturing firms from the apparel industry in Bangladesh. This study assesses the measurement model using partial least square-based structural equation modelling and test the proposed hypotheses using the Hayes PROCESS.
Findings
The results reveal that the indirect effect of supply chain RC on supply chain sustainability via sustainability governance is significant. While at low levels of network complexity (NC), the conditional indirect effect of supply chain RC on supply chain sustainability via sustainability governance is significant, this study finds that such indirect effects are insignificant at high levels of NC. This study further shows that NC positively moderates the relationship between supply chain RC and supply chain sustainability.
Originality/value
While previous studies have demonstrated the role of RC in adopting sustainability practice, this study explores this link further by investigating the conditional direct and indirect effects of supply chain relational capital on supply chain sustainability via sustainability governance.
Chowdhury, MMH, Mahmud, AKMS, Khan, E, Hossain, M & Barua, Z 2023, 'Lessons learnt from COVID-19 vaccine operations and distribution performance: challenges and resilience strategies', Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics, vol. 35, no. 9, pp. 2317-2343.
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PurposeGrounded in dynamic capability view, this research develops a decision support model, which enables determining consistent and sufficient configurations of resilience strategies to mitigate vaccine operations and distributions (O&D) challenges and thus improve O&D performance (i.e. O&DP).Design/methodology/approachThrough qualitative in-depth interviews, the authors first identified challenges and resilience strategies related to vaccine O&D. Next, using the quality function deployment technique, three quantitative case studies were performed to determine the most important challenges and resilience strategies. Finally, utilising fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis, the authors determine sufficient conditions of challenges and strategies leading to improve vaccine O&DP.FindingsThe findings reveal that strategies alone are not effective instead a combination of strategies and nullification of challenges is needed to enhance vaccine O&DP. Further, the findings revealed that not only the presence of challenges, but also the lack of strategies reduces the vaccine O&DP.Practical implicationsThe authors' findings will assist the health service decision-makers for strategizing an effective and efficient vaccination program by selecting the right combination of challenges and resilience strategies.Originality/valueThe authors' study develops a novel decision support model and offers significant learning for the future vaccine O&DP.
Chowdhury, MMH, Quaddus, M & Chowdhury, M 2023, 'Managing relational practices for performance improvement in a complex supply chain network: the mediating roles of proactive and reactive resilience in apparel industry of Bangladesh', The International Journal of Logistics Management, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 34-59.
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PurposeGrounding on relational view and contingent resource-based views, the authors investigate the conditional indirect effect of Supply Chain Relational Practices (SCRPs) on supply chain performance (SCP) through proactive and reactive supply chain resilience (SCRE) capabilities at different levels of network complexity (NC).Design/methodology/approachThe authors adopt an “exploratory sequential mixed methods design” combining the qualitative and quantitative approaches under a positivist paradigm. The qualitative method is primarily used to contextualize and develop better measurements of the factors and variables using content analysis of the field studies. This then informs the quantitative phase which conducts a questionnaire survey among the apparel manufacturing firms in Bangladesh. The authors analyzed the quantitative data using Partial Least Square based Structural Equation Modelling. The authors also used PROCESS integrated regression analysis to test conditional indirect effects.FindingsOur research findings indicate that the indirect effect of SCRPs on SCP through proactive and reactive SCRE is positive and significant. It also finds that the conditional indirect effect is high at higher NC.Practical implicationsThe results have immense practical implications as it proposes to enhance relational practices in order to develop SCRE as a contingent resource to mitigate disruptions. This will also help the supply chain (SC) managers to work through smoothly at different levels of supply chain NC and improve SCP....
Chowdhury, MMH, Rahman, S, Quaddus, MA & Shi, Y 2023, 'Strategies to mitigate barriers to supply chain sustainability: an apparel manufacturing case study', Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, vol. 38, no. 4, pp. 869-885.
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Purpose
This research aims to develop a decision support framework to determine the optimal strategies for mitigating supply chain sustainability (SCS) barriers.
Design/methodology/approach
To operationalize the research objectives, both qualitative and quantitative methods were adopted. The qualitative phase comprised a field study, while a quality function deployment approach and optimisation technique were used in the quantitative phase.
Findings
This study finds that a lack of support from top management and cost and utility supply problems are the primary barriers to SCS. This study also finds that incentives for suppliers to implement sustainability practices, awareness building among supply chain members and supplier development are the main strategies to mitigate the barriers.
Practical implications
The findings of this study will assist the supply chain managers in prioritizing sustainability barriers and implementing the optimal strategies to mitigate the barriers.
Originality/value
Founded on the stakeholder theory and dynamic capability view, this study developed a unique decision support framework to identify appropriate strategies for mitigating SCS barriers while optimizing the social, environmental and economic objectives of the supply chain.
Chowdhury, NR, Paul, SK, Sarker, T & Shi, Y 2023, 'Implementing smart waste management system for a sustainable circular economy in the textile industry', International Journal of Production Economics, vol. 262, pp. 108876-108876.
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Christodoulou, D, Samuell, D, Slonim, R & Tausch, F 2023, 'Counteracting dishonesty strategies: A field experiment in life insurance underwriting', Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, vol. 36, no. 2.
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AbstractIndividuals often face financial incentives that challenge their desire to behave honestly. Strategically making excuses to justify dishonesty allows them to give in to the temptation of financial benefit and retain their moral self‐image. In the context of insurance underwriting, the stakes are high, as providing false information or redacting information allows customers to reduce premiums. This is particularly true for smoking disclosures that carry great weight in life insurance. We conduct a field study with a large insurance company with the aim of neutralizing justification strategies that individuals deploy for reducing the costs of dishonest smoking disclosures to insurers. First, we raise awareness of the negative consequences dishonesty could have on other policy holders to counteract that individuals could attenuate or ignore such adverse consequences. Second, we make salient the pro‐social efforts of the insurer to work against a potentially negative perception of the insurance industry that may feed the excuse of insurance companies being deserving of harm. The study presents field evidence that messages containing information about the social consequences of one's actions or the pro‐social behavior of a second party can influence normative behavior, particularly honesty.
Clegg, S & Ninan, J 2023, 'Unravelling governmentality in project ecologies', Project Leadership and Society, vol. 4, pp. 100099-100099.
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Under the rubric of project governance, governmentality has been defined as a general mode of governing people in projects, whether these projects are organized in an authoritarian, liberal, or neo-liberal mode in their approach to authority relations. We argue that governmentality is a specifically neo-liberal form of social integration, one that stresses the freedom of its subjects, and discuss how it extends governance beyond enforcing contracts and includes all stakeholders. Examples of governmentality in the modern era of projects are discussed as a proactive strategy conceptualized in five contexts in which the concept of governmentality, as governing through freedoms, has been applied in project ecologies. These include governance by contract, governance by alliancing, governance by influence, governance by co-optation, and governance by incorporation. The degree of governmentality in play increases through the sequence.
Clegg, S, Sarkar, S, Waldman-Brown, A & Roy, R 2023, 'Socialized leadership and improvisational responding to COVID-19 supply voids', Project Leadership and Society, vol. 4, pp. 100088-100088.
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Cobb-Clark, DA, Kettlewell, N, Schurer, S & Silburn, S 2023, 'The Effect of Quarantining Welfare on School Attendance in Indigenous Communities', Journal of Human Resources, vol. 58, no. 6, pp. 2072-2110.
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Darcy, S, Collins, J & Stronach, M 2023, 'Entrepreneurs with disability: Australian insights through a social ecology lens', Small Enterprise Research, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 24-48.
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Darzi Ramandi, M, Bafruei, MK, Ansaripoor, AH, Paul, SK & Chowdhury, MMH 2023, 'Coordination mechanisms in a two‐stage green supply chain: analyzing the impact of transportation decisions on environment', International Transactions in Operational Research, vol. 30, no. 6, pp. 4170-4207.
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AbstractIn this study, the distributor in charge of freight transport is responsible for replenishing the buyer's inventory level, with the government intervening in the supply chain to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In the proposed model, a periodic review replenishment policy is applied by the buyer, whereby the distributor is responsible for determining the optimal review period. Therefore, a game theory approach is used to show how government intervention influences the replenishment decisions, transportation, and safety factor. Due to the government constraint imposed to control GHG emissions, the distributor has to set a longer review period involving fewer trucks, resulting in his/her decision leading to more shortage costs for the buyer. The results of four numerical examples indicate that the buyer is not given any incentives to cooperate with the distributor due to his/her reduced revenue. Hence, this study proposes two‐part tariff (TPT) and cost‐sharing (CS) contracts to increase the profitability of both players. Finally, the results show that both coordination mechanisms can effectively coordinate the supply chain, but the TPT contract can also reduce GHG emissions. Furthermore, in all scenarios where the government constraint is implemented, the number of unfilled trucks in each replenishment inventory has been decreased.
Day, C, Bugeja, M, Spiropoulos, H & Matolcsy, Z 2023, 'Non‐executive directorship importance and takeover hostility: Australian evidence', Accounting & Finance, vol. 63, no. 1, pp. 769-793.
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AbstractThis study investigates the importance of the target firm directorship to target firm non‐executive directors during takeovers. Using Australian data and a size‐based measure of directorship importance, we find a positive association between takeover hostility and directorship importance after controlling for takeover premiums and target firm size. Further analysis reveals that directorship importance leads to a greater likelihood of offer price revisions following initial rejection of a takeover bid, but not the likelihood of bid success. Our findings are consistent with target firm non‐executive directors exhibiting self‐serving behaviour at directorships which they consider more important to their reputation.
Dearden, JA, Goldbaum, D & Shi, Q 2023, 'Customized Product Return Policies'.
Deranty, J-P, Rhodes, C & Yeoman, R 2023, 'Does work have a future? The need for new meanings and new valuings of work', Organization, vol. 30, no. 5, pp. 799-808.
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This introduction to the special section “Does Work Have a Future?” begins by reviewing the main ways work stands at the crossroads today. We identify three core disputes with the potential to disrupt the future of work but which also harbor resources for affirmative futures of work: the precariousness of work and lives under existing economic arrangements; the emergence of care work as a source of social and environmental value; and technological change. We then consider the demands for new meanings and new valuings that the manifold disputed status of work formulates. Finally, we highlight the contributions the four pieces making up this special section give to that momentous question of whether work has a future.
Deroover, K, Knight, S, Burke, PF & Bucher, T 2023, 'Why do experts disagree? The development of a taxonomy', Public Understanding of Science, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 224-246.
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People are increasingly exposed to conflicting health information and must navigate this information to make numerous decisions, such as which foods to consume, a process many find difficult. Although some consumers attribute these disagreements to aspects related to uncertainty and complexity of research, many use a narrower set of credibility-based explanations. Experts’ views on disagreements are underinvestigated and lack explicit identification and classification of the differences in causes for disagreement. Consequently, there is a gap in existing literature to understand the range of reasons for these contradictions. Combining the findings from a literature study and expert interviews, a taxonomy of disagreements was developed. It identifies 10 types of disagreement classified under three dimensions: informant-, information- and uncertainty-related causes for disagreement. The taxonomy may assist with adoption of more effective strategies to deal with conflicting information and contributes to research and practice of science communication in the context of disagreement.
Du, J, Zhu, S & Li, WH 2023, 'Innovation through internationalization: A systematic review and research agenda', Asia Pacific Journal of Management, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 1217-1251.
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In this paper we perform a systematic literature review of the diverse and somewhat fragmented current state of research on firms’ internationalization and innovation. We analyze 207 key works from 1989 through 2020 and synthesize them into an internationalization process framework that conceptually maps key internationalization-related antecedents and moderators that influence innovation behaviors and outcomes. Through an internationalization process framework, we categorize existing relevant studies into three key stages: (a) the pre-internationalization stage, (b) the internationalization entry stage, and (c) the post-internationalization stage. Furthermore, we review how firms’ various strategic decisions and operations in different stages influence their innovations by elaborating the moderating role of external country/region institutions and firm internal characteristics. Building on this review, we provide suggestions for future research to advance the developments of this domain.
Dwivedi, A, Chowdhury, P, Agrawal, D, Paul, SK & Shi, Y 2023, 'Antecedents of digital supply chains for a circular economy: a sustainability perspective', Industrial Management & Data Systems, vol. 123, no. 6, pp. 1690-1716.
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PurposeA digital supply chain (DSC) positively enhances circular economy (CE) practices. However, what factors and conditions lead to the implementation of DSC for transitioning toward CE is not yet clear. Therefore, this study aims at identifying and subsequently analyzing the antecedents of DSC for CE.Design/methodology/approachThe study identifies major antecedents of DSC for CE to achieve sustainability objectives through literature review and expert opinions. In this study, 19 potential antecedents of DSCs for CE are established from the literature and suggestions from industry professionals. A trapezoidal fuzzy Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) approach is applied quantitatively to investigate the antecedents identified.FindingsConducted in the context of Indian automobile manufacturing industry, the findings of the study reflect that advanced information sharing arrangement, effective government policies for DSC and CE implementation and digitalizing the supply chains are the top three potential antecedents of DSC for a CE.Originality/valueIn the existing literature, few studies are specific to investigating the DSC and CE paradigm. The present study will help organizations develop a practical and integrated strategic approach that will foster DSC through improved knowledge of CE.
Dwivedi, A, Chowdhury, P, Paul, SK & Agrawal, D 2023, 'Sustaining circular economy practices in supply chains during a global disruption', The International Journal of Logistics Management, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 644-673.
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PurposeCircular economy (CE) practices are critical to achieving sustainable development goals. However, the recent global disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted sustainable practices. The literature shows a significant research gap in analyzing factors that sustain CE practices in supply chains during a global disruption. This study fills the research gap by developing a mix-method approach to analyze factors for sustaining CE practices during a global disruption.Design/methodology/approachTo fulfill the objectives of this study, the list of factors that sustain CE practices was first identified by conducting a literature review and finalized through an expert opinion survey. The survey finalized 18 different factors for sustaining CE practices. The finalized factors were further analyzed using the grey decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) method. The quantitative analysis confirmed the priority of the factors and their cause-and-effect relationships.FindingsThe results revealed that continued stakeholder pressure, retention of CE and sustainability culture, continued implementation of cleaner technology, feedback system and ongoing CE training for resilience issues are the top five factors that sustain CE practices during a global disruption. The study also revealed ten factors as belonging to the cause group and eight to the effect group.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the literature by exploring factors for sustaining CE practices during a global disruption. Moreover, the study’s findings are important in real-life situations, as de...
Dwyer, L 2023, 'Resident well-being and sustainable tourism development: the ‘capitals approach’', Journal of Sustainable Tourism, vol. 31, no. 9, pp. 2119-2135.
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Dwyer, L 2023, 'Tourism development and sustainable well-being: a Beyond GDP perspective', Journal of Sustainable Tourism, vol. 31, no. 10, pp. 2399-2416.
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The Beyond GDP approach to development is gaining widespread support from policy makers and researchers worldwide. While not formulated specifically for tourism activity, the approach serves as a guide to measuring the current and future well-being of destination residents associated with tourism development. Inspired by the Beyond GDP approach, a framework comprising the main dimensions of well-being is argued to provide valuable input into an action agenda to achieve sustainable tourism development. The paper discusses some key responsibilities of tourism industry stakeholders structured according to several different senses of ‘beyond’ that characterise the Beyond GDP research agenda. The paper concludes that research on destination tourism development can learn much from the Beyond GDP approach in respect of conceptual advance, industry practice and policy implementation.
Dwyer, L 2023, 'Why tourism economists should treat resident well-being more seriously', Tourism Economics, vol. 29, no. 8, pp. 1975-1994.
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Recognising that well-being is a primary policy objective, tourism economics must incorporate resident well-being outcomes into conceptual analysis, empirical findings and policy assessment in a more inclusive way. Use of a well-being lens allows the research effort in tourism economics to convert tourism development impacts into resident well-being outcomes and better align with the broader Beyond GDP research agenda to measure societal progress. Several areas of tourism research are identified where determination of well-being outcomes can enrich economic analysis and its input into policymaking. This requires new concepts and new systems of measurement to support tourism policymaking with tourism economists expected to play an important role in the research effort.
Dymock, A, Wells, P & Govendir, B 2023, 'Should asset impairments be included in earnings when evaluating stewardship by management?', Pacific Accounting Review, vol. 35, no. 5, pp. 863-880.
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PurposeThis paper aims to consider the relevance of asset impairments when evaluating stewardship by management.Design/methodology/approachThis paper considers association of earnings (including and excluding asset impairments) with contemporaneous stock returns which are used as a measure of management performance and demonstration of stewardship.FindingsEvidence is provided of earnings including asset impairments (an accounting measure of current measure firm performance) having a higher explanatory power for contemporaneous stock returns (an objective evaluation of current period firm performance) than earnings exclusive of asset impairments. Consistent with this, recognized asset impairments are significantly associated with contemporaneous stock returns. These results occur across firm years generally, as well as for firm years exhibiting indicators of impairment and firm years recognizing asset impairments.Research limitations/implicationsThis paper adds to the literature providing evidence of asset impairments not being recognised on a timely basis. Additionally, challenges are identified in evaluating the relevance of accounting information for so-called growth firms.Practical implicationsThese findings support continued recognition of asset impairments in the Statement of Profit or Loss if stewardship is accepted as an objective for financial reporting. It also suggests issues with the recognition of asset impairments that might be addressed by enhanced disclosure.<...
Eckert, C & Hohberger, J 2023, 'Addressing Endogeneity Without Instrumental Variables: An Evaluation of the Gaussian Copula Approach for Management Research', Journal of Management, vol. 49, no. 4, pp. 1460-1495.
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The availability and quality of instrumental variables (IV) are frequent concerns in empirical management research when trying to overcome endogeneity problems. For endogeneity that does not arise from sample selection, management scholars have recently started to apply the Gaussian Copula (GC) approach as an alternative to IV regression. Although the GC approach has various promising features, its limitations and usefulness in a management context are still not fully understood. We discuss the GC approach as a flexible, instrument-free approach to correct for endogeneity and examine its suitability for applied management research. We use simulations to explore the limitations and practical usefulness of the GC approach relative to ordinary least squares (OLS), IV regression, and a Higher Moments (HM) estimator by simulating the impact of different degrees of violation of the key underlying assumptions of the GC approach. We show that the GC approach can recover the true parameters remarkably well if all of its assumptions are met but that its absolute and relative performance in terms of parameter recovery and estimation precision can deteriorate quickly if these assumptions are violated. This is of particular concern as some of these assumptions are not testable and violations of them are likely in many empirical management contexts. Based on our results, we provide a series of recommendations and practical guidelines for scholars who consider using the GC approach when dealing with endogeneity.
English, M, Canuto, K, Schulenkorf, N, Evans, J, Curry, C, Slater, C & Caperchione, CM 2023, 'Co-designing a health promotion program for Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander girls: lessons learnt.', Health Promotion International, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 1-14.
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Despite progression in the ethical and methodological conduct of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research, disparities still pervade, indicating limitations in knowledge translation. One identified gap is a lack of documented experiences detailing how ethical guidelines may be practically applied. This paper aims to (i) describe the research processes involved in co-designing a physical activity and psychosocial health program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander girls and (ii) highlight learnings of the collaborative research journey. The Criteria for Strengthening Reporting of Health Research involving Indigenous Peoples (CONSIDER) statement was used to document participatory research activities undertaken with an Aboriginal community partner. Building upon the CONSIDER statement, Aboriginal (N = 3), Torres Strait Islander (N = 1) and non-Indigenous (N = 4) research team members engaged in critical reflection to identify lessons learnt. Researchers identified a tension between participatory research principles and the expectations of funding agencies and research institutions. Consequently, timelines must be flexible to foster meaningful community engagement and participatory processes. Additionally, researchers and community stakeholders are encouraged to embrace tensions that may associated with participatory research or the pressures Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander researchers face from their community and organization. Furthermore, differences in professional (i.e. occupational) and cultural knowledge systems need to be acknowledged and accounted for within the early stages of a project to ensure informed decision-making. Identified lessons will assist relevant stakeholders in the development of future Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health programming, ensuring the most appropriate health solutions are devised with community.
Fam, K-S, Waller, DS & Grohs, R 2023, 'Celebrity Endorsements in Liked Advertisements: A Study of Asian Countries', Journal of Asia-Pacific Business, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 39-54.
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Fleming, P 2023, '“Never Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste”: How Consulting Firms Are Using COVID-19 as a Pretext to Transform Universities and Business School Education', Academy of Management Learning & Education, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 425-438.
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Fleming, P, Godfrey, R & Lilley, S 2023, 'Conceptualizing business logistics as an ‘apparatus of security’ and its implications for management and organizational inquiry', Human Relations, vol. 76, no. 10, pp. 1545-1566.
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Global commodity capitalism necessitates the fast and efficient movement of all manner of entities across the globe. Importantly, this commercial flow needs to be secured against the undocumented and unregulated flow of illegitimate people, finance and information, counterfeits, drugs, terror and other undesirables. The organizational practices of business logistics are central for achieving this objective. Yet they have received little attention in management and organization studies to date. We suggest a fruitful avenue is via Foucault’s notion of ‘biopower’ – particularly his less discussed concept (in management studies, at least) of an apparatus of security. This is useful for understanding the emergent organizational/management practices of security in the border spaces in which business logistics operate. If ‘Society Must Be Defended’, as Foucault ironically notes in his famous lecture series that introduces biopower, then so too must contemporary organizations and their net-like activities within the global economy.
Foley, C, Darcy, S, Hergesell, A, Almond, B, McDonald, M, Nguyen, LT & Morgan-Brett, E 2023, 'Extracurricular activities, graduate attributes and serious leisure: competitive sport versus social-cultural clubs in campus life', Leisure Studies, vol. ahead-of-print, no. ahead-of-print, pp. 1-18.
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Research indicates that students’ participation in university-based extracurricular activities contributes to their graduate attributes such as leadership, teamwork, communication and resilience. However, it has yet to be determined which types of extracurricular activities are more impactful. This study inquired if participation in competitive sporting activities compared to social-cultural clubs have a greater impact on graduate attributes. Students attending a large metropolitan university in Sydney, Australia, who participated in extracurricular activities were surveyed (n = 844) with an instrument adapted to measure their degree of club engagement and questions on the skills, knowledge and experience they acquired. The findings indicate that engagement in competitive sport is more effective at contributing to graduate attributes when compared to social-cultural clubs. The study drew on the theories of serious leisure and leisure constraints to interpret this phenomenon. Participation in competitive sport was found to relate to more aspects of serious leisure such as study/work-life balance, stress reduction and skill development such as teamwork, time management and leadership skills. However, there are greater constraints to participating in competitive sport. The study concludes with implications for university administrators and recommendations for facilitating greater student opportunities to participate in all types of extracurricular activities.
Frawley, S & Bond, D 2023, 'Participation Legacy and International Sport Events Hosted in Australia'.
Garvey, AM, Kim, T & Duhachek, A 2023, 'Bad News? Send an AI. Good News? Send a Human', Journal of Marketing, vol. 87, no. 1, pp. 10-25.
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The present research demonstrates how consumer responses to negative and positive offers are influenced by whether the administering marketing agent is an artificial intelligence (AI) or a human. In the case of a product or service offer that is worse than expected, consumers respond better when dealing with an AI agent in the form of increased purchase likelihood and satisfaction. In contrast, for an offer that is better than expected, consumers respond more positively to a human agent. The authors demonstrate that AI agents, compared with human agents, are perceived to have weaker intentions when administering offers, which accounts for this effect. That is, consumers infer that AI agents lack selfish intentions in the case of an offer that favors the agent and lack benevolent intentions in the case of an offer that favors the customer, thereby dampening the extremity of consumer responses. Moreover, the authors demonstrate a moderating effect, such that marketers may anthropomorphize AI agents to strengthen perceived intentions, providing an avenue to receive due credit from consumers when the agent provides a better offer and mitigate blame when it provides a worse offer. Potential ethical concerns with the use of AI to bypass consumer resistance to negative offers are discussed.
Gavin, M & Stacey, M 2023, 'Enacting autonomy reform in schools: The re-shaping of roles and relationships under Local Schools, Local Decisions', Journal of Educational Change, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 501-523.
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AbstractLocal Schools, Local Decisions (LSLD) was a package of school autonomy reforms operating in the state of New South Wales, Australia from 2012 to 2020. The set of reforms centred on the devolution of additional powers and responsibilities to school principals, namely enhanced capacity to manage staffing and financial functions in response to local conditions. Using a conceptual lens of policy enactment, we analyse interview data gathered from 31 teachers and school leaders on how these reform areas were understood and enacted at the school level. Our findings highlight the tensions in enacting devolutionary reform in schools. While the centrality of the school principal’s role was emphasised, including in relation to contested levels of principal discretion, the enactment of devolved powers and responsibilities also produced a fracturing of staff relationships within schools, notably between principals and teaching staff. This finding is understood within a context of heightened workload and unclear expectations which attended the policy’s introduction. We contribute to the school autonomy literature through: (a) the inclusion of teachers’ voices, a stakeholder perspective often missing in the autonomy literature, enabling the impact of the reforms on interpersonal, relational dynamics to come to the fore; and (b) exploring implications for future reform suggested by the fate of LSLD. In doing so, this article deepens knowledge on the enactment of autonomy reforms in schools, drawing implications for understanding school autonomy reform around the globe.
Girsberger, EM, Hassani-Nezhad, L, Karunanethy, K & Lalive, R 2023, 'Mothers at work: How mandating a short maternity leave affects work and fertility', Labour Economics, vol. 84, pp. 102364-102364.
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Glover, KJ, Johnson, PV, Evatt, GW & Cheng, M 2023, 'Capital ideas: optimal capital accumulation strategies for a bank and its regulator', The European Journal of Finance, vol. 29, no. 18, pp. 2075-2106.
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We formulate a continuous-time model of a deposit taking bank, operating subject to capital adequacy regulation, and where the bank's loans are exposed to default risk. The bank maximises its market value of equity by appropriately controlling loan and equity issuance, dividend payments, and endogenous closure. Of interest to regulators, we show how the bank responds to the span of capital adequacy requirements and to changes in default variance. We find a nonmonotonic response of bank lending to increased capital requirements (initially increasing and then decreasing). We also find that the probability of early closure (through either insolvency or endogenous closure) can be minimised for a well-chosen capital adequacy ratio. Moreover, the level of capital requirement that minimises the probability of early closure and maximises lending is fairly robust to changes in the bank's default variance/risk; contributing to the ongoing discussion on optimal bank capital.
Goldbaum, D 2023, 'False Leaders and Other Disruptions to a Leader’s Influence'.
Golder, PN, Dekimpe, MG, An, JT, van Heerde, HJ, Kim, DSU & Alba, JW 2023, 'Learning from Data: An Empirics-First Approach to Relevant Knowledge Generation', Journal of Marketing, vol. 87, no. 3, pp. 319-336.
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A theory-first paradigm tends to be the dominant approach in much academic marketing research. In this approach, a theory is borrowed, refined, or developed and then tested empirically. In this challenging-the-boundaries article, the authors make a case for an empirics-first approach. “Empirics-first” refers to research that (1) is grounded in (originates from) a real-world marketing phenomenon, problem, or observation, (2) involves obtaining and analyzing data, and (3) produces valid marketing-relevant insights without necessarily developing or testing theory. The empirics-first approach is not antagonistic to theory but rather can serve as a stepping-stone to theory. The approach lends itself well to today’s data-rich environment, which can reveal novel research questions untethered to theory. The present article describes the underlying principles of an empirics-first approach, which consists of exploring a domain purposefully without preconceptions. Using a rich set of published examples, the authors offer guidance on how to implement empirics-first research and how it can lead to valuable knowledge development. Advice is also offered to scholars on how to report empirics-first research and to reviewers and to editorial teams on how to evaluate it. The ultimate objective is to pave a way for the empirics-first approach to enter the mainstream of academic marketing research.
Goswami, M, Daultani, Y, Paul, SK & Pratap, S 2023, 'A framework for the estimation of treatment costs of cardiovascular conditions in the presence of disease transition', Annals of Operations Research, vol. 328, no. 1, pp. 577-616.
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AbstractThe current research aims to aid policymakers and healthcare service providers in estimating expected long-term costs of medical treatment, particularly for chronic conditions characterized by disease transition. The study comprised two phases (qualitative and quantitative), in which we developed linear optimization-based mathematical frameworks to ascertain the expected long-term treatment cost per patient considering the integration of various related dimensions such as the progression of the medical condition, the accuracy of medical treatment, treatment decisions at respective severity levels of the medical condition, and randomized/deterministic policies. At the qualitative research stage, we conducted the data collection and validation of various cogent hypotheses acting as inputs to the prescriptive modeling stage. We relied on data collected from 115 different cardio-vascular clinicians to understand the nuances of disease transition and related medical dimensions. The framework developed was implemented in the context of a multi-specialty hospital chain headquartered in the capital city of a state in Eastern India, the results of which have led to some interesting insights. For instance, at the prescriptive modeling stage, though one of our contributions related to the development of a novel medical decision-making framework, we illustrated that the randomized versus deterministic policy seemed more cost-competitive. We also identified that the expected treatment cost was most sensitive to variations in steady-state probability at the “major” as opposed to the “severe” stage of a medical condition, even though the steady-state probability of the “severe” state was less than that of the “major” state.
Han, JJ, Smale, MC & Lee, J 2023, 'How power increases preference for experiential purchases but not for material purchases', Psychology & Marketing, vol. 40, no. 6, pp. 1089-1102.
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AbstractWhile recent research indicates that experiential purchases lead to greater happiness than material purchases (i.e., experiential advantage), we have a limited understanding of when and why consumers prefer experiential purchases. In this paper, we address this topic and find that consumers' feelings of power play a significant role in their preference for experiential purchases. Across four experimental studies, using multiple manipulations and stimuli, we demonstrate that feelings of high (vs. low) power lead to increased consumer preference for experiential, but not material, purchases. Mediation (Study 3) and moderation (Study 4) analyses revealed that this phenomenon is driven by greater expected happiness from experiential purchases for consumers feeling high (vs. low) power. We contribute to the experiential purchase literature by identifying consumer power as an important antecedent of consumers' preference for experiences and also add to the consumer power literature by documenting how perceived power affects consumer evaluations and decision‐making. Furthermore, our paper suggests that managers should target people in powerful positions or seek to facilitate feelings of greater power in potential customers when marketing experiential products.
Happy, A, Chowdhury, MMH, Scerri, M, Hossain, MA & Barua, Z 2023, 'Antecedents and consequences of blockchain adoption in supply chains: a systematic literature review', Journal of Enterprise Information Management.
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Purpose: Despite the availability of several published reviews on the adoption of blockchain (BC) in supply chain (SC), at present, the literature lacks a comprehensive review incorporating the antecedents and consequences of BC adoption. Moreover, the complex adoption of BC in SC, explained with the mediating and moderating relationships, is not fully consolidated. Thus, the aim of this study was to conduct a systematic literature review (SLR) on BC technology adoption (BCTA) in SC by integrating its antecedents and consequences. Design/methodology/approach: Keyword searches were performed in multiple databases resulting 382 articles for evaluation and verification. After careful screening with respect to the purpose of the study and systematic processing of the retrieved articles, a total of 211 peer-reviewed articles were included in this study for review. Findings: Various technological, organisational, individual, social, environmental, operational and economic factors were found as the antecedents of BCTA in SC. In addition, numerous applications of BC Technology (BCT) were identified, including asset management, identity management, transaction management, data management and operations management. Finally, the consequences of BCTA were categorised as operational, risk management, economic and sustainability outcomes. Practical implications: This study can assist relevant decision-makers in managing the factors influencing BCTA and the potential uses of the technology to enhance SC performance. Originality/value: By integrating the antecedents, applications and consequences of BCTA in SC, including the mediators and moderators, an integrated framework was developed that can potentially assist researchers to develop theoretical models. Further, the results of this SLR provide future directions for studying BCTA in supply chain management (SCM).
Hasan, KW, Ali, SM, Paul, SK & Kabir, G 2023, 'Multi-objective closed-loop green supply chain model with disruption risk', Applied Soft Computing, vol. 136, pp. 110074-110074.
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Hemsley, B, Darcy, S, Given, F, Murray, BR & Balandin, S 2023, 'Going thirsty for the turtles: Plastic straw bans, people with swallowing disability, and Sustainable Development Goal 14, Life Below Water', International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 1-5.
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Hirata, D, Kasuya, Y & Tomoeda, K 2023, 'Weak stability against robust deviations and the bargaining set in the roommate problem', Journal of Mathematical Economics, vol. 105, pp. 102818-102818.
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Horak, S, Kakabadse, N & Clegg, SR 2023, 'Head versus Heart - An Ethics as Paradoxical Practice Perspective on Social Enterprise Leadership', Academy of Management Proceedings, vol. 2023, no. 1.
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Hossain, MA, Chowdhury, MMH, Pappas, IO, Metri, B, Hughes, L & Dwivedi, YK 2023, 'Fake news on Facebook and their impact on supply chain disruption during COVID-19', Annals of Operations Research, vol. 327, no. 2, pp. 683-711.
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AbstractSocial media (SM) fake news has become a serious concern especially during COVID-19. In this study, we develop a research model to investigate to what extent SM fake news contributes to supply chain disruption (SCD), and what are the different SM affordances that contribute to SM fake news. To test the derived hypotheses with survey data, we have applied partial least square based structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) technique. Further, to identify how different configurations of SC resilience (SCR) capabilities reduce SCD, we have used fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA). The results show that SM affordances lead to fake news, which increases consumer panic buying (CPB); CPB in turn increases SCD. In addition, SM fake news directly increases SCD. The moderation test suggests that, SCR capability, as a higher-order construct, decreases the effect of CPB on SCD; however, neither of the capabilities individually moderates. Complimentarily, the fsQCA results suggest that no single capability but their three specific configurations reduce SCD. This work offers a new theoretical perspective to study SCD through SM fake news. Our research advances the knowledge of SCR from a configurational lens by adopting an equifinal means towards mitigating disruption. This research will also assist the operations and SC managers to strategize and understand which combination of resilience capabilities is the most effective in tackling disruptions during a crisis e.g., COVID-19. In addition, by identifying the relative role of different SM affordances, this study provides pragmatic insights into SM affordance measures that combat fake news on SM.
Huang, C, Cao, Y, Lu, M, Shan, Y & Zhang, Y 2023, 'Messages in online stock forums and stock price synchronicity: Evidence from China', Accounting & Finance, vol. 63, no. 3, pp. 3011-3041.
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AbstractOnline stock forums allow investors to share information and exchange opinions, which facilitates the incorporation of firm‐specific information into prices and reduces stock price synchronicity. However, prior research presents mixed evidence as to the value of messages in online forums. Using the information of the Eastmoney Guba online forum in China, we find a causal and negative relation between Guba messages and stock price synchronicity. The finding is robust after accounting for media reports and firm fixed effects and using both an instrumental variable analysis and an experimental design that exploits exogenous changes in the authenticity of Guba messages. We find the impact of Guba information is attributed to its roles in both information dissemination and investor interaction and is more pronounced for messages with a negative narrative tone. Additional tests suggest Guba messages improve firm information disclosure quality, reduce stock price crash risk and decrease stock return volatility synchronicity.
Incekara-Hafalir, E, Lee, GHY, Siah, AKL & Xiao, E 2023, 'Incentives to Persevere', Management Science, vol. 69, no. 9, pp. 5378-5393.
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Achieving success often requires persistent effort. We study the effectiveness of two reward mechanisms, all-or-nothing and piece-rate, to incentivize full completion of repeated tasks over time. Our theoretical analysis shows that exogenously imposing the all-or-nothing mechanism can be ineffective due to the potential discouragement effect. In contrast, empowering individuals to choose between the two reward mechanisms can significantly improve the full completion rate. Data from a series of field experiments and follow-up replications provide robust evidence that the all-or-nothing mechanism is effective only when it is presented as an option. Our results highlight the importance of choice in incentivizing persistent effort. This paper was accepted by Yan Chen, behavioral economics and decision analysis. Funding: This work was supported by Monash University [Grant MUM-BTBL-2016-010], Australia-Malaysia 2021–2022 Research Collaboration Development Scheme (Monash Faculty of Business and Economic), and University of Technology Sydney Business School. Supplemental Material: The data files and online appendix are available at https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2022.4649 .
Iversen, NM, Foley, C & Hem, LE 2023, 'The Role of Immersive Festival Experiences, Identity, And Memory in Cultural Heritage Tourism', Event Management, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 33-50.
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This article provides insights for attracting short-haul visitors to cultural heritage festivals. We show how a set of experience dimensions work as value drivers to enhance a cultural heritage experience. Drawing on the experience literature we use structural equation modeling to test the relationships between attitude, memory, and revisit intentions. Empirical data were collected from short-haul visitors (from Scandinavia, Europe, and UK) at five Norwegian Viking festivals. Through an integrative framework we examine how appraisals of the experience are impacted by (1) identification with a festival theme, (2) entertainment value, (3) storytelling, and (4) personal interest. Key findings: attendee perceptions of experience dimensions have a positive influence upon their attitudes, memories, and revisit intentions; the formation of good and abundant memories strengthens the attitude–loyalty relationship; self-identification with heritage theme strengthens revisit intentions. The findings are timely as global emergencies increase the appeal of short-haul tourism.
Jasovska, P, Rammal, HG, Rhodes, C & Logue, D 2023, 'Tapping foreign markets: Construction of legitimacy through market categorization in the internationalizing craft beer industry', Journal of World Business, vol. 58, no. 4, pp. 101425-101425.
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Kearney, M, Young, K & Burke, PF 2023, 'An Examination of Special Education Teachers’ Digital Practices', Journal of Special Education Technology, vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 016264342210947-016264342210947.
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The aim of this study is to understand how mobile devices are being used to support students’ learning (i.e., mobile learning) in specialist schools, and in specialist support units within mainstream schools. A validated survey instrument is used to examine these practices through the lens of a sociocultural digital framework that highlights distinctive mobile learning approaches. One hundred and twenty-six teachers responded to the survey. The findings provide a nuanced understanding of teachers’ current digital pedagogical approaches, and show potential benefits for students, including increased agency. Possible directions for the development of special education teachers’ digital practices are also provided.
Keddie, A, MacDonald, K, Blackmore, J, Boyask, R, Fitzgerald, S, Gavin, M, Heffernan, A, Hursh, D, McGrath-Champ, S, Møller, J, O’Neill, J, Parding, K, Salokangas, M, Skerritt, C, Stacey, M, Thomson, P, Wilkins, A, Wilson, R, Wylie, C & Yoon, E-S 2023, 'What needs to happen for school autonomy to be mobilised to create more equitable public schools and systems of education?', The Australian Educational Researcher, vol. 50, no. 5, pp. 1571-1597.
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AbstractThe series of responses in this article were gathered as part of an online mini conference held in September 2021 that sought to explore different ideas and articulations of school autonomy reform across the world (Australia, Canada, England, Ireland, the USA, Norway, Sweden and New Zealand). It centred upon an important question: what needs to happen for school autonomy to be mobilised to create more equitable public schools and systems of education? There was consensus across the group that school autonomy reform creates further inequities at school and system levels when driven by the logics of marketisation, competition, economic efficiency and public accountability. Against the backdrop of these themes, the conference generated discussion and debate where provocations and points of agreement and disagreement about issues of social justice and the mobilisation of school autonomy reform were raised. As an important output of this discussion, we asked participants to write a short response to the guiding conference question. The following are these responses which range from philosophical considerations, systems and governance perspectives, national particularities and teacher and principal perspectives.
Khan, EA, Chowdhury, MMH, Hossain, MA, Baabdullah, AM, Giannakis, M & Dwivedi, Y 2023, 'Impact of fake news on firm performance during COVID-19: an assessment of moderated serial mediation using PLS-SEM', International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, vol. 53, no. 7/8, pp. 838-859.
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PurposeFake news on social media about COVID-19 pandemic and its associated issues (e.g. lockdown) caused public panic that lead to supply chain (SC) disruptions, which eventually affect firm performance. The purpose of this study is to understand how social media fake news effects firm performance, and how to mitigate such effects.Design/methodology/approachGrounded on dynamic capability view (DCV), this study suggests that social media fake news effects firm performance via SC disruption (SCD) and SC resilience (SCR). Moreover, the relation between SCD and SCR is contingent upon SC learning (SCL) – a moderated mediation effect. To validate this complex model, the authors suggest effectiveness of using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). Using an online survey, the results support the authors’ hypotheses.FindingsThe results suggest that social media fake news does not affect firm performance directly. However, the authors’ serial mediation test confirms that SCD and SCR sequentially mediate the relationship between social media fake news and firm performance. In addition, a moderated serial mediation test confirms that a higher level of SCL strengthens the SCD–SCR relationship.Research limitations/implicationsThis work offers a new theoretical and managerial perspective to understand the effect of fake news on firm performance, in the context of crises, e.g. COVID-19. In addition, this study offers the advancement of PLS as more robust for real-world applications and more advantageous when models are complex.Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, vol. 51, no. 4, pp. 785-801.
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Kim, T, Usman, U, Garvey, A & Duhachek, A 2023, 'Artificial Intelligence in Marketing and Consumer Behavior Research', Foundations and Trends in Marketing, vol. 18, pp. 1-98.
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Lakisa, D, Taylor, T & Adair, D 2023, 'Managing Psychological Contracts: Employer-Employee Expectations and Non-Athlete Pasifika Professionals in the National Rugby League (NRL)', Journal of Global Sport Management, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 139-160.
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© 2020, © 2020 Global Alliance of Marketing & Management Associations (GAMMA). In Australia, a substantial proportion of men’s National Rugby League (NRL) players are of Pasifika (Pacific Islander and Māori) origin; however, this cultural group is a more modest proportion of the NRL’s non-athlete workforce. Using psychological contract (PC), we explored workplace expectations of non-athlete Pasifika employees and their employers in the NRL, either within the league or clubs. In terms of methodology, a ‘talanoa’ approach to interpersonal dialogue provided the framework for culturally relevant conversations, stories and ideas exchange with 30 individuals, including 20 Pasifika NRL employees and 10 non-Pasifika employers. Additionally, 21 sessions of fieldwork, including participant observations at Pasifika rugby league events were also used to collect data. Results indicate Pasifika knowledge and contribution are important in the NRL workplace. It is clear there is a positive shift to a ‘balanced’ psychological contract based on increased visibility and intercultural sharing of experiences and knowledge systems by Pasifika employees. However, non-Pasifika employers are still grappling to understand Pasifika socio-cultural sensibilities and to translate that, as appropriate, into management approaches. Diversity management is a tentative work in progress, with little knowledge about how management practices might optimize the skills and expectations of Pasifika employees with a view to better understanding and managing PC in professional sport.
Lewis, RL, Sutton, N & Brown, DA 2023, 'How senior managers use interactive control to manage strategic uncertainties: An attention-based view', Management Accounting Research, pp. 100864-100864.
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Li, J, Mukherjee, A & Vasconcelos, L 2023, 'What Makes Agility Fragile? A Dynamic Theory of Organizational Rigidity', Management Science, vol. 69, no. 6, pp. 3578-3601.
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We present a novel explanation of why organizations tend to lose their agility over time despite their efforts to foster worker initiative in adapting to local information. Worker initiative ensures efficiency but requires strong incentives. When incentives are relational and the firm faces shocks to its credibility, it may adopt standardized work processes that ignore local information but yield satisfactory (though suboptimal) performance. The adoption of such standardized processes helps the firm survive the current shock but inflicts inefficiencies in the future. Although the firm may recover, it becomes more vulnerable to future shocks, and consequently, more reliant on the standardized work procedures. This paper was accepted by Joshua Gans, business strategy.
Locatelli, G, Ika, L, Drouin, N, Müller, R, Huemann, M, Söderlund, J, Geraldi, J & Clegg, S 2023, 'A Manifesto for project management research', European Management Review, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 3-17.
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AbstractProject management research has evolved over the past five decades and is now a mature disciplinary field investigating phenomena of interest to academics, practitioners and policymakers. Studies of projects and project management practices are theoretically rich and scientifically rigorous. They are practically relevant and impactful when addressing the pursuit of operational, tactical and strategic advancements in the world of organisations. We want to broaden the conversation between project management scholars and other scholars from cognate disciplines, particularly business and management, in a true scholarship of integration and cross‐fertilisation. This Manifesto invites the latter scholars to join efforts providing a foundation for further creative, theoretical and empirical contributions, including but not limited to tackling grand challenges such as climate change, pandemics, and global poverty. To this end, we identify five theses:
Projects are often ‘agents of change’ and hence fundamental to driving the innovation and change required to tackle grand challenges.
Much project management research leverages and challenges theories across disciplines, including business, organisation and management studies, contributing to developing new theories, including those specific to projects and temporary organisations.
‘Projects’ are useful units of analysis, project management research is ideal for scientific cross‐fertilisation and project management scholars welcome academics from other communities to engage in fruitful conversations.
As in many other fields of knowledge, the project management research community embraces diversity, welcoming researchers of different genders and various scientific and social backgrounds.
Lu, S & Mintz, O 2023, 'Marketing on the metaverse: Research opportunities and challenges', AMS Review, vol. 13, no. 1-2, pp. 151-166.
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Lu, SQ, Singh, S & de Roos, N 2023, 'Effects of online and offline advertising and their synergy on direct telephone sales', Journal of Retailing, vol. 99, no. 3, pp. 337-352.
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Luong, TM, Scheule, H & Wanzare, N 2023, 'Impact of mortgage soft information in loan pricing on default prediction using machine learning', International Review of Finance, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 158-186.
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AbstractWe analyze the impact of soft information on US mortgages for default prediction and provide a new measure for lender soft information that is based on the interest rates offered to borrowers and incremental to public hard information. Hard and soft information provide for a variation in annual default probabilities of approximately 3%. Soft information has a lesser impact over time and time since origination. Lenders rely more on soft information for high‐risk borrowers. Our study evidences the importance of soft information collected at loan origination.
Mashhadi Rajabi, M 2023, 'Carbon tax accompanied by a revenue recycling increases Australia's GDP: A dynamic recursive CGE approach', Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 418, pp. 138187-138187.
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McAllister, G, Sutton, N, Brown, DA, Rawlings-Way, O, Parker, D, Lewis, R, Yin, J & Harrison, B 2023, 'Using Public Inquiries as a Data Source for Accounting Research: A Systematic Review', European Accounting Review, pp. 1-27.
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Mehreen, H, Rammal, HG & Clegg, SR 2023, 'Managing International Knowledge in MNEs – What Aids its Effectiveness and Efficiency?', Academy of Management Proceedings, vol. 2023, no. 1.
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Menkveld, AJ, Dreber, A, Holzmeister, F, Huber, J, Johannesson, M, Kirchler, M, Razen, M, Weitzel, U, Abad, D, Abudy, MM, Adrian, T, Ait-Sahalia, Y, Akmansoy, O, Alcock, J, Alexeev, V, Aloosh, A, Amato, L, Amaya, D, Angel, J, Bach, A, Baidoo, E, Bakalli, G, Barbon, A, Bashchenko, O, Bindra, PC, Bjonnes, GH, Black, J, Black, BS, Bohorquez, S, Bondarenko, O, Bos, CS, Bosch-Rosa, C, Bouri, E, Brownlees, CT, Calamia, A, Cao, VN, Capelle-Blancard, G, Capera, L, Caporin, M, Carrion, A, Caskurlu, T, Chakrabarty, B, Chernov, M, Cheung, WM, Chincarini, LB, Chordia, T, Chow, SC, Clapham, B, Colliard, J-E, Comerton-Forde, C, Curran, E, Dao, T, Dare, W, Davies, RJ, De Blasis, R, De Nard, G, Declerck, F, Deev, O, Degryse, H, Deku, S, Desagre, C, van Dijk, MA, Dim, C, Dimpfl, T, Dong, Y, Drummond, P, Dudda, TL, Dumitrescu, A, Dyakov, T, Dyhrberg, AH, Dzieliński, M, Eksi, A, El Kalak, I, ter Ellen, S, Eugster, N, Evans, MDD, Farrell, M, Félez-Viñas, E, Ferrara, G, FERROUHI, EM, Flori, A, Fluharty-Jaidee, J, Foley, S, Fong, KYL, Foucault, T, Franus, T, Franzoni, FA, Frijns, B, Frömmel, M, Fu, S, Füllbrunn, S, Gan, B, Gehrig, T, Gerritsen, D, Gil-Bazo, J, Glosten, LR, Gomez, T, Gorbenko, A, Güçbilmez, U, Grammig, J, Gregoire, V, Hagströmer, B, Hambuckers, J, Hapnes, E, Harris, JH, Harris, L, Hartmann, S, Hasse, J-B, Hautsch, N, He, X, Heath, D, Hediger, S, Hendershott, T, Hibbert, AM, Hjalmarsson, E, Hoelscher, SA, Hoffmann, P, Holden, CW, Horenstein, AR, Huang, W, Huang, D, Hurlin, C, Ivashchenko, A, Iyer, SR, Jahanshahloo, H, Jalkh, N, Jones, CM, Jurkatis, S, Jylha, P, Kaeck, A, Kaiser, G, Karam, A, Karmaziene, E, Kassner, B, Kaustia, M, Kazak, E, Kearney, F, van Kervel, V, Khan, S, Khomyn, M, Klein, T, Klein, O, Klos, A, Koetter, M, Krahnen, JP, Kolokolov, A, Korajczyk, RA, Kozhan, R, Kwan, A, Lajaunie, Q, Lam, FYE, Lambert, M, Langlois, H, Lausen, J, Lauter, T, Leippold, M, Levin, V, Li, Y, Li, MH, Liew, CY, Lindner, T, Linton, OB, Liu, J, Liu, A, Llorente, G, Lof, M, Lohr, A, Longstaff, FA, Lopez-Lira, A, Mankad, S, Mano, N, Marchal, A, Martineau, C, Mazzola, F, Meloso, D, Mihet, R, Mohan, V, Moinas, S, Moore, D, Mu, L, Muravyev, D, Murphy, D, Neszveda, G, Neumeier, C, Nielsson, U, Nimalendran, M, Nolte, S, Norden, LL, O'Neill, P, Obaid, K, Ødegaard, BA, Östberg, P, Painter, M, Palan, S, Palit, I, Park, A, Pascual, R, Pasquariello, P, Pastor, L & et al. 2023, 'Non-Standard Errors'.
Michailova, S, Fee, A & DeNisi, A 2023, 'Research on host-country nationals in multinational enterprises: The last five decades and ways forward', Journal of World Business, vol. 58, no. 1, pp. 101383-101383.
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Mintz, O 2023, 'Harnessing post-pandemic customer trends to fuel business growth', World Economic Forum.
Mintz, O 2023, 'Metrics for Marketing Decisions: Drivers and Implications for Performance', NIM Marketing Intelligence Review, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 18-23.
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Abstract Marketers are using metrics to diagnose, coordinate and monitor customer relationships and marketing efforts, set benchmarking goals to guide marketing implementation, and communicate the results of marketing outcomes with internal and external stakeholders. Even if the number of available metrics is striking, some studies found support for the idea that the more metrics managers employed for their decisions, the better the marketing performance. Studies by the author also showed that using non-financial marketing metrics, such as awareness, willingness to recommend and loyalty, seemed to be associated with better marketing mix performance outcomes than using financial metrics, such as target volume, NPV and net profit. Developing a customer-centric organizational structure encourages managers to consider and develop a greater reliance on metrics.
Mintz, O, Currim, I & Deshpande, R 2023, 'National customer orientation: an empirical test across 112 countries', Marketing Letters, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 189-204.
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AbstractCustomer orientation is a central tenet of marketing. However, less is known about how customer orientation varies across countries and time. Mintz, Currim, and Deshpandé (Eur. J. Mark., 56: 1014–1041, 2022) propose a country-level construct, national customer orientation, and develop theoretical propositions on how a country’s wealth and average customer price sensitivity affect national customer orientation during and after global economic shocks without providing an empirical test. This paper tests drivers of national customer orientation by employing World Economic Forum and World Bank annual panel data from 112 countries between 2007 and 2017. The results show that customer orientation is a greater luxury of richer nations and price sensitivity is a partial mediator of that relationship; however, both relationships only transpire in non-recessionary times. The empirical test furthers scholarly research on national customer orientation and provides managers with country-level customer orientation benchmarks across countries and time.
Moasa, H, Cunha, MPE, Clegg, S & Sorea, D 2023, 'Romancing leadership: temporality and the myths of Vlad Dracula', Management & Organizational History, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 119-150.
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Moktadir, MA, Paul, SK, Kumar, A, Luthra, S, Ali, SM & Sultana, R 2023, 'Strategic drivers to overcome the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic: implications for ensuring resilience in supply chains', Operations Management Research, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 466-488.
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Noguti, V, Ho, H, Padigar, M & Zhang, SX 2023, 'Do Individual Ambidexterity and Career Experience Help Technological Startup Founders Acquire Funding?', IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, vol. 70, no. 12, pp. 4162-4174.
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O’Brien, E, Coneybeer, J, Boersma, M & Payne, A 2023, 'Political investorism: Conceptualising the political participation of shareholders and investors', International Political Science Review, vol. 44, no. 5, pp. 609-626.
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This article establishes a new basis for examining the participation, mobilisation and impact of investors at a time when market-based activism for social change is rising in prominence. Existing terminology describing the expression of political values through investment decisions lacks conceptual clarity. Political participation by shareholders and other investors is variously described as shareholder activism or socially responsible investment, and currently conceptualised under the banner of political consumerism. However, this term fails to capture the unique political role and diverse actions of investors. We put forward ‘political investorism’ as a cohering term for investment-based political participation to remedy existing conceptual confusion, to distinguish between investors and consumers as political actors and to set an agenda for the future study of market-based activism. This article defines and develops the concept of political investorism, drawing upon illustrative cases from Australia to identify hallmarks, actors and tactics of this form of political participation.
Ortmann, A, Ryvkin, D, Wilkening, T & Zhang, J 2023, 'Defaults and cognitive effort', Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, vol. 212, pp. 1-19.
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Paul, SK, Chowdhury, P, Chowdhury, MT, Chakrabortty, RK & Moktadir, MA 2023, 'Operational challenges during a pandemic: an investigation in the electronics industry', The International Journal of Logistics Management, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 336-362.
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PurposeThe recent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic poses numerous challenges to supply chains. This pandemic is quite unique when compared to previous epidemic disruptions and has had a severe impact on supply chains. As a result, the operational challenges (OCs) caused by COVID-19 are still unknown among practitioners and academics. It is critical to comprehensively document current OCs so that firms can plan and implement strategies to overcome them. Consequently, this study systematically identifies and ranks COVID-19-related OCs.Design/methodology/approachThis study uses an integrated methodology combining expert interviews and the best-worst method (BWM) to analyze the results. The data have been collected from the electronics industry of Bangladesh, an emerging economy. This study also conducts a sensitivity analysis to check the robustness of the results.FindingsThe results reveal 23 COVID-19-related OCs under five categories: sourcing, production and inventory management, demand management and distribution, return management and after-sales service, and supply chain-wide challenges. The quantitative investigation reveals that overstock in finished goods inventory, low end-customer demands, order cancellations from dealers and retailers, high inventory holding costs and lack of transportation are the top five OCs.Practical implicationsThe findings will help practitioners to understand the OCs and allow them to prepare for future major disruptions and formulate long-term strategies for operations during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Paul, SK, Moktadir, MA, Sallam, K, Choi, T-M & Chakrabortty, RK 2023, 'A recovery planning model for online business operations under the COVID-19 outbreak', International Journal of Production Research, vol. 61, no. 8, pp. 2613-2635.
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Payzan-LeNestour, E, Pradier, L & Putniņš, TJ 2023, 'Biased risk perceptions: Evidence from the laboratory and financial markets', Journal of Banking & Finance, vol. 154, pp. 106685-106685.
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Perdomo-Charry, G, Clegg, S & Schweitzer, J 2023, 'Do start-up ecosystems foster start-up performance? The moderating role of network learning capability', The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, pp. 146575032311698-146575032311698.
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This study investigates the relationship between start-up ecosystem (SE) and start-up performance (SP) in two distinct environments. It analyses SE as a critical antecedent of SP by considering the underlying effects of network learning capability (NLC). We test the hypothesized relationships by a study of 221 start-ups in Colombia and 203 start-ups in Australia and validate the theoretical model using survey information. We apply a structural equation modelling partial least squares structural equation modelling and multi-group approaches. The results verify the positive influence of SE on SP independently of NLC development. Nevertheless, network learning as a capability acts as a moderator by establishing the impact of the SE on SP. The moderating is determined by a strong NLC linking the SE's government, financial and organisational support. The findings contribute to the literature on entrepreneurship and innovation with relevant management implications by providing new evidence regarding the benefits of SE in terms of SP effectiveness.
Phua, K, Tham, M & Wei, C 2023, 'Peer Effects in Equity Research', Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, vol. 58, no. 2, pp. 647-676.
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AbstractWe study the importance of peer effects among sell-side analysts who work at the same brokerage house, but cover different firms. By mapping the information network within each brokerage, we identify analysts who occupy central positions in the network. Central analysts incorporate more information from their coworkers and produce better research. Using shocks to network structures around brokerage mergers, we identify the influence of peer effects and the importance of industry expertise on analysts’ performance. A portfolio strategy that exploits the forecast revisions of central analysts earns up to 24% per annum.
Pina e Cunha, M, Rego, A, Berti, M & Simpson, AV 2023, 'Understanding pragmatic paradoxes: When contradictions become paralyzing and what to do about it', Business Horizons, vol. 66, no. 4, pp. 453-462.
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Pontes, V, Greer, DA, Pontes, N & Beatson, A 2023, 'Need for distinction moderates customer responses to preferential treatment', Journal of Services Marketing, vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 409-419.
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Purpose
This paper aims to examine how individuals’ need for distinction moderates the effect of perceived harm to others as a result of preferential treatment on customers’ attitudes towards the service provider.
Design/methodology/approach
Two experiments test the hypothesis that when a customer receives preferential treatment, the effect of perceived harm to others on the customer’s attitudes towards the service provider is moderated by their need for distinction and mediated by negative moral emotions, such that mediation occurs for customers with a lower (but not higher) need for distinction.
Findings
When customers have a lower need for distinction, they scan the environment to seek information about others when judging their own experience. In contrast, customers with a higher need for distinction tend to disregard others’ opinions and feelings, focusing solely on the benefits they receive from the service provider and avoiding moral emotions. Our results show that customers with a higher need for distinction tend to evaluate the service provider more favourably than those with a lower need for distinction in scenarios where the benefit given to an advantage customer imposes a disadvantage on other customers.
Originality/value
To the best of author’s knowledge, this research is the first to examine the interaction between perceived harm to others and one’s need for distinction as drivers of customers’ response to preferential treatment. The authors are the first to show that negative moral emotions may arise for customers with a lower need for distinction but not for those with a high...
Pradies, C, Berti, M, Pina e Cunha, M, Rego, A, Tunarosa, A & Clegg, S 2023, 'A Figure is Worth a Thousand Words: The role of visualization in paradox theorizing', Organization Studies, vol. 44, no. 8, pp. 1231-1257.
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Visualization (i.e., the use of figures and images to represent findings and conceptual models) is central to theorizing. Yet, by focusing solely on the textual content of papers, analysis has inadvertently marginalized the graphic representations of key ideas. We review the paradox literature not just in terms of what authors have written but also how they have visualized models concisely. An analysis of figures in paradox articles captures the essential role that visuals play in our understanding of competing tensions, leveraging the power of imagery. We explore paradox visually, searching for the figurative materialization of paradox; more particularly, we seek visual signs that render abstract ideas more saliently and concretely. We contribute to paradox theory in three ways. First, we show how visuals constitute the lynchpin between convergent and divergent forces, allowing scholars to simultaneously reinforce and challenge current understanding. Second, we offer a tool for scholars to theorize competing demands based on three key antinomies, or dualities, that define the terrain of research in our field. Third, we reveal the performative effect of figures by identifying the ongoing dominance of certain classes of paradox visuals, which allows us to point to uncharted territories for paradox research.
Pratap, S, Jauhar, SK, Daultani, Y & Paul, SK 2023, 'Benchmarking sustainable E‐commerce enterprises based on evolving customer expectations amidst COVID‐19 pandemic', Business Strategy and the Environment, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 736-752.
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AbstractThe 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) pandemic has seriously impacted the performance of all types of businesses. It has given a tremendous structural boost to e‐commerce enterprises by forcing customers to online shopping over visiting physical stores. Moreover, customer expectations of the digital and operational capabilities of e‐commerce firms are also increasing globally. Thus, it has become crucial for an e‐commerce enterprise to reassess and realign its business practices to meet evolving customer needs and remain sustainable. This paper presents a comprehensive performance evaluation framework for e‐commerce enterprises based on evolving customer expectations due to the COVID‐19 pandemic. The framework comprises seven primary criteria, which are further divided into 25 sub‐criteria, including two sustainability factors, namely, environmental sustainability and carbon emissions. The evaluation approach is then practically demonstrated by analyzing the case of three Indian e‐commerce firms. The results are obtained using a multi‐criteria decision‐making (MCDM) method, namely, Fuzzy VIKOR, to capture the fuzziness of the inherent decision‐making problem. Further, numerical analysis is conducted to evaluate and rank various e‐commerce enterprises based on customer expectations and satisfaction benchmarks. The findings explain the most important criteria and sub‐criteria for e‐commerce businesses to ensure customer expectations along with their economic and environmental sustainability.
Rahman, HF, Chakrabortty, RK, Paul, SK & Elsawah, S 2023, 'Optimising vaccines supply chains to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic', International Journal of Systems Science: Operations & Logistics, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 1-33.
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Rahman, T, Paul, SK, Shukla, N, Agarwal, R & Taghikhah, F 2023, 'Dynamic supply chain risk management plans for mitigating the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic', International Journal of Systems Science: Operations & Logistics, vol. 10, no. 1.
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Reshad, AI, Biswas, T, Agarwal, R, Paul, SK & Azeem, A 2023, 'Evaluating barriers and strategies to sustainable supply chain risk management in the context of an emerging economy', Business Strategy and the Environment, vol. 32, no. 7, pp. 4315-4334.
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AbstractWith increasing awareness about society and the environment, industries are urged to develop and implement sustainable supply chain (SSC) processes. However, the risk of non‐compliance against these SSC processes to manage overall business risks, namely, avoiding reputational damage and managing financial losses, is increasingly receiving senior management attention. Given these shortcomings, the objective of this research is twofold, namely, (i) to identify and evaluate barriers adopting sustainable supply chain risk management (SSCRM) processes and (ii) to prioritize SSCRM strategies to overcome these barriers in an emerging economy, namely, Bangladesh. To achieve the objectives, this study develops a framework by integrating the technique for order of preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) and VIsekriterijumska optimizacija i KOmpromisno Resenje (VIKOR). The results show that the “information‐related barriers” are most prevalent among the categories of barriers, and “lack of coordination and collaboration” has been identified as the most significant barrier. Evaluating the strategies, “top management commitment” is the best strategy. These findings can help managers develop strategies to overcome the most significant barriers to adopting SSCRM. The proposed framework, which integrates quantitative and qualitative approaches, can be used by decision‐makers to make accurate, prompt, and systematic decisions compliant with SSCRM business processes.
Rhodes, C 2023, 'The Ethics of Organizational Ethics', Organization Studies, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 497-514.
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This Perspectives article reviews research on organizational ethics presented in a select group of articles from Organization Studies, each of which draws inspiration, directly or indirectly, from the ethical philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas. This work is commended for how it has wrestled the locus of ethicality away from organizational authority and instead examined ethics in relation to the actions and interactions of those subject to that authority. Collectively, these articles articulate organizational ethics as an affective, relational and embodied response to the needs of others. Such ethics motivates political engagement in resistance to oppression and domination meted out by organizational authority. Acknowledging the significance of this contribution, the present article examines how the research reviewed is remiss for its latent humanism and the attendant risk of assuming that the actions of individual ethical subjects are morally superior to organized forms of ethics. The source of this ethical privileging of individual subjects comes from a failure to distinguish between the practice of ethics in organizations and the originary ethics of ethics. Following Levinas, the latter is understood as the passive and pre-subjective call to responsibility for the other with whom one is organized and that precedes any concrete proposal for an organizational ethics. By acknowledging the ethics of ethics, we see that affective, interpersonal ethics and more formally organized ethics can both be translations of the ethics of ethics, each being necessarily imperfect. The tension between authoritative and interpersonal forms of ethics in organizations is not a problem for ethics, but rather a condition of the possibility of organizational ethics itself.
Rhodes, C & Pullen, A 2023, 'The good business school', Organization, vol. 30, no. 6, pp. 1273-1280.
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As Organization celebrates its 30th Anniversary, this paper asks: what might it mean to be a good business school? The paper reviews research published in this journal to assess the current state of business schools, revealing a somewhat dismal picture of institutions beholden to instrumental managerialism, top-down hierarchical control, obsession with metrics, and narrow and elitist research agendas. This state of affairs is re-assessed though Raewyn Connell’s idea of The Good University. Through this analysis, we are able to identify the good business school as one serves society by educating citizens and creating knowledge that leads to shared prosperity, social equality and human flourishing.
Saengchote, K, Putnins, T & Samphantharak, K 2023, 'Does DeFi Remove the Need for Trust? Evidence From a Natural Experiment in Stablecoin Lending', Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, vol. 40, pp. 1-13.
Sameti, A 2023, 'Strategic horizon of market success: comparing alternative “strategic landscapes” of the new product development process', Journal of Product & Brand Management, vol. 32, no. 7, pp. 1063-1081.
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Purpose
The success rate of new products is stubbornly low. This paper aims to explore the differences in how product designers and product managers approach the new product development task by comparing their perspectives on the process.
Design/methodology/approach
This study conducted a worldwide survey of professional product designers and managers and compared their perspectives.
Findings
Managers struggle to understand the problem to be solved until they see the solution in the form of an outstanding product design. Designers struggle to develop new products until they have a specific and insightful understanding of the problem that needs to be solved.
Practical implications
Designers’ and managers’ ways of thinking are different, and effective collaboration depends on them being cognizant of each other’s ways of thinking; the success of their work is highly interdependent.
Originality/value
To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first study that simultaneously investigates both product designers and managers to reveal the paradoxical dynamics between their perspectives.
Schaltegger, S, Linnenluecke, MK, Dijkstra-Silva, S & Christ, KL 2023, 'Revisiting Renewable Energies: Liberating, Pacifying, and Democratizing', Business & Society.
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We all know that renewable energies are important for environmental reasons. However, recent developments should open our eyes to the fact that they are even more critical for sustainable development. In this commentary, we argue that societal benefits should be included in renewable energy decisions. Specifically, we discuss their contributions to freedom, peace, and democracy.
Schweinsberg, S 2023, 'Religion, spirituality, and the formation of tourism knowledge', Tourism Recreation Research, vol. 48, no. 4, pp. 593-604.
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Sepehr, S, Carlson, J, Rosenberger III, P & Pandit, A 2023, 'Social media discussion forums, home country and immigrant consumer acculturation: the case of Iranian immigrants in Australia', Journal of Consumer Marketing, vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 136-149.
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Purpose
Social media has transformed communication possibilities for immigrant consumers with their home country in their acculturation efforts. However, the acculturative outcomes of consumer interactions with the home country through social media are largely overlooked in previous research. This study aims to investigate the acculturative processes and outcomes resulting from interacting with the home country through social media.
Design/methodology/approach
A netnographic approach is used to collect data from a social media platform that provides an interactive social context in which Iranian immigrants in Australia share their experiences of immigration with non-immigrants who are considering and planning to migrate to Australia.
Findings
Findings show how both immigrants and non-immigrant users via social media reflexively contribute to the formation of two competing collective narratives, namely, the dominant, romanticizing narrative and counter, pragmatic narratives. Findings highlight how notions of the home and host countries, and the idea of migrating from home to host, are constructed as the result of the circulation of the dominant and counter narratives. Further findings include how these two collective narratives come into play in the formation of three acculturative outcomes, namely, self-validating, ordinary experts and wellbeing. These insights extend consumer acculturation theory through highlighting the acculturative processes and outcomes of interactions with the home country via a social media platform. This includes, for example, how interacting with the home culture can take on assimilationist properties through the construction of a romanticized representation of th...
Sepehr, S, Holzmüller, H & Rosenberger, PJ 2023, 'City, Consumption and Interculturalism: How Cities Can Facilitate Consumer Acculturation', Australasian Marketing Journal, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 303-313.
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With the rise of interculturalism as an alternative paradigm to the dominant multicultural integration policies in immigration countries, the importance of cities, as landscapes of intercultural interactions and consumption has become more and more important. This study aims to investigate how cities and city-related consumption practices play a role in consumer acculturation, an area that is largely overlooked in previous research. A hermeneutic approach is used to analyse and interpret the data collected through semi-structured and unstructured go-along interviews with 18 Iranian immigrants who live in Dortmund, Germany. Beyond the dichotomy of the home and host countries, the findings of this study show how city-related activities and interactions can lead to the construction of a sense of belonging to the hosting society. We show how such a sense of belonging can be constructed through immigrant consumers’ involvement in city-related rituals, private appropriation of public space and reterritorialisation.
Shan, Y & Wright, S 2023, 'Contemporary Challenges: Spotlight on Climate, Cryptocurrencies and SME Practices', Australian Accounting Review, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 229-229.
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Shan, Y & Wright, S 2023, 'Editorial', Australian Accounting Review, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 3-4.
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Shan, Y & Wright, S 2023, 'Keeping up with the Changing World of Accounting', Australian Accounting Review, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 109-109.
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Sharp, P, Oliffe, JL, Bottorff, JL, Rice, SM, Schulenkorf, N & Caperchione, CM 2023, 'Connecting Australian Masculinities and Culture to Mental Health: Men’s Perspectives and Experiences', Men and Masculinities, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 112-133.
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Masculinities and culture are intertwined and have significant implications for men’s mental health. This study aimed to explore influences of Australian masculinities and culture on men’s mental health. Five focus groups were conducted with men ( N = 43) living in New South Wales, Australia. Three overarching themes were identified: (1) a history of strength and self-reliance: taketh as we are, she’ll be right, (2) social and geographical divides: surrounded by men but never actually connecting, and (3) male socialisation and generational dissidence: not getting the wisdom from the men that have gone before me. Participants’ perspectives and experiences offer a reference point and lens for understanding challenges and enhancing efforts to promote Australian men’s mental health. Gender transformative program strategies are proposed to promote men’s mental health and help-seeking.
Shi, Y, Zheng, X, Venkatesh, VG, Humdan, EAI & Paul, SK 2023, 'The impact of digitalization on supply chain resilience: an empirical study of the Chinese manufacturing industry', Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 1-11.
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Purpose
Facing turbulent environments, firms have strived to achieve greater supply chain resilience (SCR) to leverage the resources and knowledge of supply chain members. Both SCR and supply chain integration (SCI) require digitization in the supply chain, but their interrelationships have rarely been researched empirically. This paper aims to uncover the impact of digital technology (DT) on SCR and SCI and the role of SCI in mediating between DT and SCR.
Design/methodology/approach
China manufacturing enterprises were surveyed through a Web-based questionnaire, and 96 responses were received. Structural equation modeling was used to test the conceptual model.
Findings
The level of enterprise digitization is not directly related to supply chain resilience, but the level of enterprise digitization has a positive impact on the improvement of SCI and SCI also has a positive effect on SCR. Therefore, SCI has a complete intermediary effect between the level of DT and SCR.
Originality/value
This is a pioneer study to examine the relationships among DT, SCI and SCR. The findings of this study present that firms need to improve DT, SCI and SCR consequently.
Silva, USKD, Paul, A, Hasan, KW, Paul, SK, Ali, SM & Chakrabortty, RK 2023, 'Examining risks and strategies for the spice processing supply chain in the context of an emerging economy', International Journal of Emerging Markets, vol. 18, no. 5, pp. 1124-1146.
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PurposeManaging supply chain risk is a crucial element in ensuring the long-term sustainability of any organization or industry. As such, identification of risks and deploying their mitigation strategies should be the focal point to sustain in the long run. The risks that are faced by food processing supply chains are gaining prominence, given more consumers requiring higher quality products while ensuring traceability. In essence, this research focuses on the supply chain risks and mitigation strategies in the spice industry of an emerging economy, Sri Lanka.Design/methodology/approachThis paper integrates two popular multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) techniques, such as the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) to assess the supply chain risks and to derive their mitigation strategies for the spice industry.FindingsFindings show that “inability to meet quality requirements” has been established as the most significant risk in the Sri Lankan spice industry. On the other hand, “vertical integration” (backward integration) has been discovered as the key mitigation strategy to ameliorate the effects of supply chain risks in this sector.Research limitations/implicationsThis study is exploratory, and more empirical data and statistical analyses are needed to further validate the outcomes of the study.Originality/valueDespite being one of the largest trade exporters in Sri Lanka, the spice industry gets scant attention to the ident...
Simpson, AV, Panayiotou, A, Berti, M, e Cunha, MP, Kanji, S & Clegg, S 2023, 'Pandemic, power and paradox: Improvising as the New Normal during the COVID-19 crisis', Management Learning, vol. 54, no. 1, pp. 3-13.
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The global COVID-19 pandemic made salient various paradoxical tensions, such as the trade-offs between individual freedom and collective safety, between short term and long-term consequences of adaptation to the new conditions, the power implications of sameness (COVID-19 was non-discriminatory in that all were affected in one way or another) and difference (yet not all were affected equally due to social differences), whereas most businesses became poorer under lockdown, others flourished; while significant numbers of workers were confined to home, some could not return home; some thrived while working from home as others were challenged by the erosion of barriers between their private and working lives. Rapid improvisational responding and learning at all levels of society presented itself as a naturally occurring research opportunity for improvisation scholars. This improvisation saw the arrival of a ‘New Normal’, eventually defined as ‘learning to live with COVID-19’. The five articles in this special issue capture critical aspects of improvisation, paradoxes and power made salient by the COVID-19 pandemic in contexts ranging from higher-education, to leadership, to medical care and virtue ethics. In their own ways, each breaks new ground by contributing novel insights into improvisation scholarship.
Smith, AE, Zlatevska, N, Chowdhury, RMMI & Belli, A 2023, 'A Meta-Analytical Assessment of the Effect of Deontological Evaluations and Teleological Evaluations on Ethical Judgments/Intentions', Journal of Business Ethics.
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Song, C, Wu, Z, Dong, RK & Dinçer, H 2023, 'Greening south Asia: Investing in sustainability and innovation to preserve natural resources and combat environmental pollution', Resources Policy, vol. 86, pp. 104239-104239.
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Spanjaard, D & Freeman, L 2023, 'Supermarket tribes and the temple of Aldi: A comparison between the UK and Australia', Journal of Consumer Culture, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 3-26.
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This research began as an investigation into consumer responses to the increasing number of supermarket own brands appearing in the grocery aisles of Australia when compared with the United Kingdom (UK) where retailer brands tend to dominate. Where the study ended was with the revelation of consumer ‘supermarket tribes’ and that this connectedness is linked to the consumption space as a way to endorse a lifestyle. We propose that the significance of spatial structure to ordinary practices, such as grocery shopping, may have been previously overlooked due to assumptions around its relative unimportance, when in fact this activity makes a valuable contribution to the culture of consumption. People do not always make economically rational decisions and instead support cultural theories that their lives are fashioned around the consumption experience, which ultimately contributes to their multiple realities. This study reveals that these realities can be made up of a series of fleeting moments as part of a grocery shop from which a perceived uniqueness, or not, is formed, and this is influenced by different market offerings. This was an unexpected outcome. Using a mix of focus groups and ethnographic data, we uncovered the presence of consumer tribes within the UK market, but which were not replicated in Australia. The exception to this was Aldi, where Australian shoppers revealed higher devotion to the store. This article contributes to theory by investigating the presence of consumer tribes for supermarket retailers where the number of different stores, and the type of customer interactions influence the likelihood of such a phenomenon to occur. This is a departure from the conventional retailer perspective and recognising this change to consumer expectations and consumption is important for retailer growth and improved market presence.
Spanjaard, D, Garlin, F & Mohammed, H 2023, 'Tell Me a Story! Blending Digital Storytelling Into Marketing Higher Education for Student Engagement', Journal of Marketing Education, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 167-182.
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Multimodal learning via the use of smart devices, online social interactions, and intuitive communication platforms are fundamentally changing teaching and learning settings. Consequently, educators face unique challenges around student engagement as learners increasingly look to the use of technology-enabled activities for meaningful collaboration. Within this context, this research explores the role of digital storytelling in promoting perceived individual student and group engagement, and how these interact with group functioning, in a postgraduate marketing subject. We evaluate the implementation of this assessment as an avenue to optimize the benefits of the blended learning setting. It contributes to understanding by incorporating the concept of collective, or collaborative engagement where there is a scarcity of research despite the widespread application of group assessment in business education, and marketing education in particular. We employed canonical correlation analysis as an exploratory technique to gain initial insight into its efficacy for student engagement. We contend that digital storytelling shows promise as an inherently social and interactive learning task to provide an authentic assessment for a range of marketing problems. In turn, these attributes provide a stimulating vehicle for student engagement that can promote learning and satisfaction.
Spiropoulos, H & Zhao, R 2023, 'Stock liquidity, cash flow sensitivity and the value of cash', International Review of Economics & Finance, vol. 88, pp. 1565-1581.
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Stacey, M, McGrath-Champ, S & Wilson, R 2023, 'Teacher attributions of workload increase in public sector schools: Reflections on change and policy development', Journal of Educational Change, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 971-993.
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Suggett, DJ, Edwards, M, Cotton, D, Hein, M & Camp, EF 2023, 'An integrative framework for sustainable coral reef restoration', One Earth, vol. 6, no. 6, pp. 666-681.
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Suzuki, T 2023, 'Endogenous ambiguity and rational miscommunication', Journal of Economic Theory, vol. 211, pp. 105686-105686.
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Taylor, S & Wakefield, J 2023, 'Business school doctoral programs and the future of business research', Australian Journal of Management, vol. 48, no. 3, pp. 471-494.
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We apply a neo-institutional theoretical lens to interpret the extent of any significant similarities or differences in doctoral programmes across business schools in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ). Overall, we characterise the state of doctoral education in business as lacking adequate funding, primarily attracting students with limited professional or industrial experience but having diverse approaches to the role of formal training as part of the doctoral programme. Although we view these findings as somewhat inevitable given institutional and isomorphic pressures, they are of concern if ANZ business schools are to produce research that is both rigorous and relevant beyond the academy. Comparisons across institutional groupings and discipline areas largely suggest relatively common approaches to doctoral programme design and administration across and within institutions. JEL Classification: M00
Temnyalov, E 2023, 'An Information Theory of Efficient Differential Treatment', American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 323-358.
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When are differential treatment policies—such as preferential treatment, affirmative action, and gender equity policies—justified by efficiency concerns? I propose a nonparametric assignment model where a policymaker assigns agents to different treatments or positions to maximize total surplus, based on the agents’ characteristics and noisy information about their types. I provide necessary and sufficient conditions on the agents’ signal structures, which characterize whether surplus maximization requires differential treatment or not, and study how the bias and informativeness of signal structures determine the efficiency implications of differential treatment. I examine implications of this model for inequality, decentralization, and empirical work. (JEL D63, D82, D83, I23, I24, J71)
Toner, P, Agarwal, R, Li, H, Bajada, C, Paul, S, Phan, Y, Pugalia, S & Green, R 2023, 'AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS: A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT', Journal of Australian Political Economy, vol. 2023, no. 91, pp. 31-55.
Vafadarnikjoo, A, Moktadir, MA, Paul, SK & Ali, SM 2023, 'A novel grey multi-objective binary linear programming model for risk assessment in supply chain management', Supply Chain Analytics, vol. 2, pp. 100012-100012.
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Van Essen, M & Wooders, J 2023, 'Dual auctions for assigning winners and compensating losers', Economic Theory, vol. 76, no. 4, pp. 1069-1114.
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Veal, AJ 2023, 'Cultural participation as a human right: holding nation states to account', International Journal of Cultural Policy, vol. 29, no. 6, pp. 686-700.
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Veal, AJ 2023, 'Everyday life and Everyday Leisure', International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 225-248.
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AbstractA substantial body of theory exists on the concept of everyday life, including the sociology of everyday life, but it has barely featured in the mainstream of the sociological study of leisure or leisure studies more broadly. This paper explores this theoretical work and considers the place of leisure in it, and how it might inform the further development of the study of leisure. It is argued that the time is right to broaden the scope of leisure research to incorporate consideration of the way in which all forms of everyday time-use interact.
Veal, AJ 2023, 'Sport and human rights: assessing the performance of nation states in assuring the right to sport participation', European Journal for Sport and Society, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 140-160.
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Veal, AJ 2023, 'The 4-day work-week: the new leisure society?', Leisure Studies, vol. 42, no. 2, pp. 172-187.
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Current campaigns for a four-day, 32-hour standard working week to replace the five-day, 40-hour model have attracted the attention of employers, trade unions, political parties, governments and the communications media but, seemingly, not of leisure scholars. This is in contrast to the leisure society concept of the 1960s/1970s, some versions of which anticipated a 30-hour working week. This paper examines the 4-day work-week proposition from a leisure point of view. It summarises: some of the antecedent twentieth century calls for shorter working weeks; the twenty-first-century advocacy literature for the 4-day week; and the growing list of live trials of the concept. An analysis is offered of the goals of the 4-day week proposition and its proponents’ response to anticipated opposition. It is concluded that, in the interests of social relevance, there is a role for leisure scholars to play in critically evaluating the 4-day work-week proposition, in general and in regard to its implications for leisure.
Wakefield, J & Tyler, J 2023, 'Does active participation via integrated questions in large lectures matter?', Heliyon, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. e15873-e15873.
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Wang, KK, Cheng, MM & Chang, LJ 2023, 'Reducing Strategy Surrogation: The Effects of Performance Measurement System Flexibility and Environmental Dynamism', The Accounting Review, vol. 98, no. 4, pp. 435-456.
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Prior research shows that individuals exhibit a propensity to surrogate performance measures for their underlying strategy, resulting in suboptimal strategic decisions. We investigate whether the incorporation of flexibility in contemporary performance measurement systems (PMSs) reduces surrogation propensity in the context of product innovation and whether this effect varies depending on environmental dynamism. We conduct a 2 × 2 experiment and find that PMS flexibility significantly lowers managers' surrogation propensity when the business environment is more dynamic and when the investment decisions have opportunity costs. Our study contributes to the literature by identifying a viable way to reduce managers' surrogation propensity.
Wang, KK, Dyball, MC & Wang, A 2023, 'The link between formality and procedural fairness: The influences of precision, sensitivity and role clarity', Accounting & Finance, vol. 63, no. S1, pp. 1571-1598.
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AbstractThis study investigates the complex and not straight‐forward association between formality and procedural fairness. It examines the mediating roles of precision of performance measures, sensitivity of performance measures and role clarity. Using survey responses of functional managers of Australian manufacturing firms, the study finds that the link between formality and procedural fairness is mediated by sensitivity of performance measures and role clarity. Role clarity also mediates the link between sensitivity of performance measures and procedural fairness. Our study contributes to the literature by identifying two important factors through which formal performance evaluation can enhance procedural fairness, which is a source of performance motivation.
Wang, L, Wu, B, Pechmann, C & Wang, Y 2023, 'The performance effects of creative imitation on original products: Evidence from lab and field experiments', Strategic Management Journal, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 171-196.
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AbstractResearch SummaryA market entrant often challenges the incumbent using creative imitation: The entrant creatively combines imitated aspects of the original with its own innovative characteristics to create a distinct offering. Using lab and field experiments to examine creative imitation in China, we find the effects of creative imitations on the originals depend on the creative imitation's quality. We explore the underlying mechanisms, and show that including a low‐quality creative imitation in the retail choice set increases satisfaction with and choice of the original, while a moderate‐quality creative imitation does the opposite. Moreover, creative imitation affects consumers' satisfaction with the original by influencing whether their experience with the original verifies their expectations. Our paper reveals creative imitation effects to help incumbent firms effectively address them.Managerial SummaryWhen the incumbent is challenged by an entrant using creative imitation, consumers may react differently to the incumbent, and understanding consumers' reactions allows the incumbent to make better strategic decisions about how to address the challenge. Using lab and field experiments, we investigate creative imitations with two quality levels common in our empirical context, low quality and moderate quality, and examine how and why they differentially affect the originals. We find the presence of a low‐quality creative imitation actually increased choice of the original by enhancing consumers' satisfaction with it, while a moderate‐quality creative imitation reduced choice of the original by undermining satisfaction with it. Our research suggests the incumbent should address moderate‐quality creative imitations' challenges to customer satisfaction, while tempora...
Whitley, MA, Welty Peachey, J, Leitermann, J, Shin, N & Cohen, A 2023, 'University–Organization Collaboration in Sport for Development: Understanding Practitioners’ Perspectives and Experiences in Research and Evaluation Partnerships', Journal of Sport Management, vol. 37, no. 6, pp. 389-402.
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Despite a growing body of scholarship exploring university–organization collaborations in the sport for development (SfD) field, there has been limited consideration of the experiences of practitioners and partnering organizations in these partnerships. The purpose of this study was to examine their experiences when partnering with academic institutions, programs, scholars, and/or students, with a specific focus on research and evaluation partnerships. Interviews were conducted with 22 participants working at 20 SfD organizations in the United States. Findings were organized into six main categories (e.g., motivations, factors that facilitate or impede collaboration, collaboration outcomes). A conceptual process framework for university–organization collaboration emerged from the data. This study is one of the first in the SfD field to examine practitioners’ perspectives of university–organization collaborations centered on research and evaluation activities. The findings help advance the SfD field, identifying the various factors at play as these partnerships are formed, activated, and sustained.
Wright, CEF 2023, 'Board Games: Antecedents of Australia’s Interlocking Directorates, 1910–2018', Enterprise & Society, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 589-616.
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Interlocking directorates can encourage innovation, cooperation, and adherence to best practices or can contribute to collusion, corruption, and the stagnation of ideas. Research has identified the contingent nature of director networks, with outcomes dependent on the nature of the tie; the firms and individuals involved; and the institutional, sociopolitical, and cultural context. Distinguishing between helpful and harmful interlocks thus requires understanding the foundations on which they were built. This article is the first systematic, longitudinal analysis of the antecedents of interlocking directorates in Australia, complementing substantial international efforts to understand and compare director networks across the twentieth century. The network has been characterized by a relatively consistent long-run level of connection but substantial variation in the causes of interlocks. The director network in Australia has responded to the pragmatics of the board member occupation, with corporate governance regulations, the progress of the professions, banking and prudential practices, and the form of large organizations encouraging ties that were built on professional expertise and geographic proximity. These findings are important for policy makers, regulatory bodies, and scholars, highlighting the importance of understanding the contextual foundations of interlocks when assessing their potential for harm.
Xue, R, Wang, H, Yang, Y, Linnenluecke, MK, Jin, K & Cai, CW 2023, 'The adverse impact of corporate ESG controversies on sustainable investment', Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 427, pp. 139237-139237.
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Yan, L & Murray, KB 2023, 'The motivational dynamics of arousal and values in promoting sustainable behavior: A cognitive energetics perspective', International Journal of Research in Marketing, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 679-699.
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Yang, JS, Bedford, A & Bugeja, M 2023, 'Director expertise and co‐option in industry superannuation funds?', Accounting & Finance, vol. 63, no. S1, pp. 1249-1283.
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AbstractThis study examines whether independent directors who possess financial expertise and are independent from the CEO (i.e., non‐co‐opted) are associated with improved outcomes for industry superannuation funds. Our results highlight that independence alone is insufficient to improve fund outcomes. Instead, we find that only non‐co‐opted independent directors benefit fund members in terms of higher performance and lower fees. Moreover, we find that independent directors' financial expertise is not associated with fund performance and fees. Our study has implications for regulators and superannuation funds who are currently debating the need for one‐third independent directors on the board of Australian superannuation funds.
Zhou, Y, Liu, Z, Wang, M, Dong, RK & Yue, X-G 2023, 'Evaluating the impacts of education and digitalization on renewable energy demand behaviour: new evidence from Japan', Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 1-13.
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Zlatevska, N, Barton, B, Dubelaar, C & Hohberger, J 2023, 'Navigating Through Nutrition Labeling Effects: A Second-Order Meta-Analysis', Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, pp. 074391562311581-074391562311581.
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Nutrition labeling interventions are designed to provide consumers with easily interpretable nutritional information at the point of purchase. Despite the widespread implementation of these interventions and numerous research studies, there is little consensus as to their effect on consumer behavior. To address this issue, a novel methodology of second-order meta-analysis was utilized to provide a comprehensive synthesis of prior research on nutrition labeling effects. The difference in effects across published first-order meta-analyses was investigated based on whether the aim of the intervention was to prevent the consumption of unhealthy food or promote the consumption of healthy food (prevention vs. promotion focus). The extent to which the aim of the intervention impacts other intervention and study characteristics in study outcomes was additionally examined. Analysis of 93 first-order meta-analysis effect sizes highlighted differences according to whether the aim of the intervention was to prevent the consumption of unhealthy food or promote the consumption of healthy food. Differences were identified in the size of nutrition label effects for various label types, label location, and study and sample characteristics. In addition to important public policy implications, this research contributes to the ongoing discussion on the merits and limitations of meta-analysis methodology.
