Management Decision: Volume 54 Issue 4

Minimizing the cost of emotional dissonance at work: a multi-sample analysis

Sushanta Kumar Mishra, Kunal Kamal Kumar

The present study is based on two samples from two occupational groups (one among medical representatives in pharmaceutical industry and other among frontline employees in…

Relationships between work values, communication satisfaction, and employee job performance: The case of international joint ventures in Iran

Mohammad Jalalkamali, Anees Janee Ali, Sunghyup Sean Hyun, Davoud Nikbin

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationships between work values (cognitive, instrumental, social, and prestige), communication satisfaction (informational and…

Examining the association between stakeholder culture, stakeholder salience and stakeholder engagement activities: An empirical study

Giacomo Boesso, Kamalesh Kumar

The purpose of this paper is to examine the association between stakeholder culture, stakeholder salience and firm response to stakeholder demands, based on the stakeholder…

Family ownership and busy boards: impact on performance

Ellen Rouyer

– The purpose of this paper is to empirically assess the effect, if any, of family ownership and busy boards on companies’ Tobin’s Q and cash holdings in France.

The effect of employer brand dimensions on job satisfaction: gender as a moderator

Karnica Tanwar, Asha Prasad

The purpose of this paper is to identify key dimensions of employer brand (EB) and empirically examine the impact of different dimensions of EB upon job satisfaction. A six-factor…

An inductive typology of the interrelations between different components of intellectual capital

Elisabeth Albertini

– The purpose of this paper is to enhance knowledge of the full set of interrelations between IC components by providing an inductive typology of their strategic interactions.

Operational efficiency-based ranking framework using uncertain DEA methods: An application to the cement industry in Iran

Mehdi Abbasi, Mohamad Amin Kaviani

Competition in dynamic markets requires operational excellence and effective operations strategy. Hence, organizations have to evaluate their operational performance in comparison…

Identity and initial structure in inter-firm alliances: a social identity perspective

Ikenna Uzuegbunam

The purpose of this paper is to examine how firms use the identities of their alliance partners in choosing initial governance structures in strategic alliances. It proposes that…

Perceived convenience retailer innovativeness: how does it affect consumers?

Chen-Yu Lin

The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of consumers’ perceptions of convenience retailer innovativeness on their perceived value (PV) and store patronage intentions…

How to deploy multiunit organizations’ dynamic capabilities?

Po-Yen Lee, Meng-Ling Wu, Cheng-Chung Kuo, Chun-Sheng Joseph Li

The purpose of this paper is to provide a more robust understanding of how to deploy multiunit organizations’ dynamic capabilities (DCs) by examining the roles of embedded social…

Stretching the value-satisfaction-loyalty chain by adding value dimensions and cognitive and affective satisfactions: A causal model for retailing

Martina G. Gallarza, Maria Eugenia Ruiz-Molina, Irene Gil-Saura

Consensus on how value dimensions are drivers of overall perceived value is a widespread reality in consumer behaviour literature. But scanty research has been done on which of…

Configurations and entrepreneurial orientation of young firms: Revisiting theoretical specification using crisp-set qualitative comparative analysis

Krishna Chandra Balodi

Extant literature highlights the inadequacy of using just four domains – leadership, strategy, structure, and environment – for identifying firms’ configurations. The purpose of…