Management Decision: Volume 58 Issue 2

How can NGOs prevent volunteers from quitting? The moderating role of the NGO type

Jose Miguel Lorente-Ayala, Natalia Vila-Lopez, Ines Kuster-Boluda

The rise of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) during the last decades has made the volunteer a key element. Motivation and satisfaction have been indicated as predictive…

A proposed model for sustainable business excellence

Naceur Jabnoun

The purpose of this paper is to develop an excellence model that combines noble ends and noble means to achieve sustainable business excellence (SBE).

Proximity and centrality in inter-organisational collaborations for innovation: A study on an aerospace cluster in Italy

Francesco Capone, Vincenzo Zampi

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of the different drivers of the establishment of innovation relationships in an aerospace cluster. In particular, the work…

The effects of political orientation on corporate social (ir)responsibility

Nara Jeong, Nari Kim

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of political orientation on corporate social (ir)responsibility. In specific, it investigates CEO political liberalism, and its…

Are corporate social responsibility disclosures relevant for lenders? Empirical evidence from France

Amal Hamrouni, Ali Uyar, Rim Boussaada

The purpose of this paper is to test whether or not CSR disclosure (i.e. aggregate as well as its three sub-indicators) reduces the cost of debt for French corporations listed in…

Financial fraud contagion through board interlocks: the contingency of status

Yusi Jiang, Yapu Zhao

The purpose of this paper is to explore the implications of the relative status between two interlocking firms for financial fraud or non-fraud contagion through interlock ties.

Female directors and corporate cash holdings: monitoring vs executive roles

Domenico Rocco Cambrea, Paolo Tenuta, Vincenzo Vastola

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of gender diversity on corporate cash holdings by scrutinizing different positions covered by female board directors.

Lean manufacturing implementation in regions with scarce resources: A survey in the Amazon Region of Brazil

Léony Luis Lopes Negrão, Moacir Godinho Filho, Gilberto Miller Devós Ganga, Sunil Chopra, Matthias Thürer, Mário Sacomano Neto, Giuliano Almeida Marodin

The purpose of this paper is to explore the adoption of lean practices by manufacturing companies in regions of low economic and technological development and to compare findings…

How managerial ties impact opportunity discovery in a transition economy? Evidence from China

Hai Guo, Jintong Tang, Zelong Wei

By integrating the resource management perspective and the optimal distinctiveness perspective, the purpose of this paper is to explain how firms configure their managerial ties…

Is internal CSR really less impactful in individualist and masculine Cultures? A multilevel approach

Dima Jamali, Georges Samara, Lamberto Zollo, Cristiano Ciappei

Drawing on signaling theory and adopting a multilevel approach, the purpose of this paper is to investigate how meso-organizational attributes interact with the macro cultural…

Promoting strategic performance through strategic orientation and strategic renewal: A moderated mediation model

Hassan Ahmed Shah, Muhammad Yasir, Abdul Majid, Muhammad Yasir, Asad Javed

The purpose of this paper is to explore the ways in which strategic orientation (SO) and strategic renewal (SR) could create the possibility for improving strategic performance…