Management Decision: Volume 60 Issue 9

Second chance hiring: exploring consumer perception of employers who hire individuals with criminal histories

Nicole Young, Jessica Keech

Many employers express concern over consumer response to employees with criminal histories. However, consumers' responses may be less negative than employers assume. The authors…

Employees' job insecurity perception and unsafe behaviours in human–machine collaboration

Tung-Ju Wu, Jia-Min Li, Yenchun Jim Wu

This study aimed to explore the relationship between job insecurity and unsafe behaviour in human–machine collaboration, as well as investigating the mediating roles of emotional…

Effects of equity, perceived organizational support and job satisfaction on organizational commitment in Macao's gaming industry

Wai Ming To, Guihai Huang

This study explores the relationships between equity, perceived organizational support, job satisfaction, organizational commitment and counterproductive work behavior in Macao's…

Influence of informal institutions on commitment to customer service in Confucian Asia

Andreas Klein, Sven Horak, Henning Ahlf, Katrin Nihalani

Research on the commitment to customer service (CCS) typically considers either trainable behavior or external stimuli such as financial incentives vital to CCS. Utilizing the…

Effects of perceived brand localness and perceived brand globalness on consumer behavioral intentions in emerging markets

Asif Ali Safeer, Muhammad Abrar, Hancheng Liu, He Yuanqiong

This study examined the effects of perceived brand localness (PBL) and perceived brand globalness (PBG) on consumer behavioral intentions (CBIs) (PI – purchase intentions, PP  

Social capital and corporate entrepreneurship: the role of absorptive capacity in emerging markets

Yasmin Fayad, Raghda El Ebrashi

This paper studies the role of inter-firm supply chain social capital and intra-firm social capital in enabling Corporate Entrepreneurship (CE), and also investigates the…

The influence of leadership on strategic flexibility and business performance: the mediating role of talent management

Dimitrios Kafetzopoulos, Evangelos Psomas, Nancy Bouranta

The aim of this paper is to determine whether leadership affects strategic flexibility and business performance taking into consideration the mediating role of talent management…

Do switching costs hurt new product development performance? The role of relationship quality and customer involvement

Yi Li, Nelson Oly Ndubisi, Jinpeng Xu, Gang Li

From the dedication–constraint perspective, this study aims to complement ongoing discussions on the effects of switching costs on performance and explain the role of customer…

Proactive behaviors and the micro-foundations of strategy: exploring employees’ strategic voice

Lorenzo Bizzi, Brent Evans

This paper aims to build a new bridge between the literature in organizational behavior and the micro-foundations of strategy. The authors elaborate the concept of strategic…

Sustainable agribusiness entrepreneurship during the Covid-19 crisis: the role of social capital

Le Dang Lang, Nguyen Trung Dong, João J.M. Ferreira, Abhishek Behl, Le Trung Dao

The crucial action program of United Nations is sustainable development. In the context of lockdown and food supply chain disruptions in many developing countries due to COVID-19…

European tech startups' responses to the COVID-19 pandemic: integrating McKinsey's 5R's paradigm and the Newtonian gravitational field

George Bogdan Dragan, Gianita Bleoju, Alexandru Capatina, Arch Woodside

Given the nature of corona chaos, tech startups confront strategic disorientation; therefore, this study aims to constructively engage with the theory development process in the…