Management Decision: Volume 61 Issue 10

Performance implications of financial resource allocation in new hiring: the case of major league baseball

Ho Wook Shin, Sungho Cho, Jong Kwan Lee

Integrating the resource-based view (RBV) with pay dispersion research, the authors examine how the allocation of resources between hiring new employees and compensating current…

Linking paradoxical leadership and individual in-role and extra-role performance: a multilevel examination

Yasir Mansoor Kundi, Mohammed Aboramadan, Ahmad Abualigah

Leaders in the hospitality industry encounter daily conflicting demands and paradoxes which call for adjusting their leadership philosophy from “either/or” to “both/and”…

The impact of audit members' self-esteem and narcissism on organizational knowledge sharing among audit firms

Mahdi Salehi, Safoura Rouhi

This study examines whether the auditor's self-esteem and narcissism affect sharing their knowledge with their colleagues and, if practical, increase or decrease knowledge sharing.

Being proactive in the age of AI: exploring the effectiveness of leaders' AI symbolization in stimulating employee job crafting

Guohua He, Pei Liu, Xinnian Zheng, Lixun Zheng, Patricia Faison Hewlin, Li Yuan

This study aims to explore whether, how and when leaders' artificial intelligence (AI) symbolization (i.e. the demonstration of leaders' acceptance of and support for AI by…

Systematic literature review of human–machine collaboration in organizations using bibliometric analysis

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

This study aims to systematically map the state of work on human–machine collaboration in organizations using bibliometric analysis.

How do non-family CEOs influence family firm innovation performance?

Wei Sun, Chengyixue Huang, Zhongfeng Su

While the relationship between non-family CEOs and corporate innovation in China has been widely studied, the results remain inconclusive. This study explores the relationship…

Innovative technology services: the human side of knowledge

Daniele de Lourdes Curto da Costa, Giancarlo Gomes, Felipe Mendes Borini, Joaquin Alegre

Among the existing literature, transformational leadership (TL), organizational culture (OC) and work–life balance (WLB) act as determinants of service innovation (SI)…

The social side of innovation: peer influence in online brand communities

Nan Wang, Tian Lv, Liya Wang, Aifang Guo, Zhenzhong Ma

Online brand communities (OBCs) are important platforms to obtain consumers' ideas. The purpose of this study is to examine how peer influence and consumer contribution behavior…

The social side of business: content, traffic and visibility

Deiyali Angélica Carpio Pacheco, Teresa Briz, Beatriz Urbano

The aim of this research is to explore content, traffic and visibility on four social platforms to boost social visibility.

Trustworthy brand signals, price fairness and organic food restaurant brand loyalty

Faruk Anıl Konuk

This research aims to examine the influence of brand signals (transparency, innovativeness and reputation) on brand trust and price fairness toward organic food restaurant brand.

Supply chain performance: a novel integrated decision-making model

Jianlan Zhong, Han Cheng, Hamed Gholami, L. Thiruvarasu Letchumanan, Şura Toptancı

Knowledge management (KM) significantly affects supply chain management (SCM) and its performance in today's highly competitive corporate climate. It is crucial to consider this…

The influence of Italian board characteristics on environmental, social and governance dimensions

Elisa Menicucci, Guido Paolucci

This study explored how board diversity affects environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance in the Italian banking sector. Specifically, this study examined whether…

Corporate social responsibility, business strategy and governance performance

Moataz Elmassri, Cemil Kuzey, Ali Uyar, Abdullah S. Karaman

This study aims to examine the effect of corporate social responsibility (CSR) adoption on differentiation and cost leadership strategies and how governance structure moderates…

Corporate social responsibility and dividend policy in India

Monika Dahiya, Shveta Singh, Neeru Chaudhry

The study investigates the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and dividend policy in the context of Indian firms, as well as how regulatory interventions…

Corporate social responsibility and firm value during the COVID-19 pandemic

Seung Uk Choi, Woo Jae Lee, Nak Hwan Choi

This study aims to investigate the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on the relationship between buyer firms' corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities toward…

The influence of volunteering on Chinese firm reputation

Jun Yu, Jieli Liu, Qin Xu

This study empirically explores how firms configure the strength and the temporal and spatial features of corporate volunteering (CV) events to promote corporate reputation (CR).