International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management: Volume 67 Issue 9
Table of contents
Economic performance and efficiency determinants of crop-producing farms in Norway
Habtamu Alem, Gudbrand Lien, J. Brian HardakerThe purpose of this paper is to explore the economic performance of Norwegian crop farms using a stochastic frontier analysis.
Performance analysis and strategic planning of dairy supply chain in Indonesia: A comparative study
Aries Susanty, Arfan Bakhtiar, Nia Budi Puspitasari, Della MustikaThe purpose of this paper is to measure and evaluate the performance of the relationships between farmers, dairy cooperatives and industrial milk processors.
Measurement invariance of employee engagement across race groups
Wesley Herscelle Gallant, Nico MartinsThe testing of measurement invariance is important in cross-cultural research to establish whether the psychometric properties of an instrument remain valid and reliable across…
Best supply chain management practices and high-performance firms: The case of Gulf manufacturing firms
Moh’d Anwer AL-Shboul, Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes, Vikas KumarThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the best supply chain management (SCM) practices that are implemented in medium- and large-sized Gulf manufacturing firms (MFs).
Interpersonal antecedents to employee upward voice: mediating role of psychological safety
Sriji Edakkat Subhakaran, Lata DyaramDespite the increasing prominence of employee voice in organizational innovation and productivity, employees continue to struggle to influence matters that affect them at work…
A performance analysis of Brazilian public health: TOPSIS and neural networks application
Claudia Affonso Silva Araujo, Peter Wanke, Marina Martins SiqueiraThe purpose of this paper is to estimate the performance of Brazilian hospitals’ services and to examine contextual variables in the socioeconomic, demographic and institutional…
The relationship between cost stickiness and financial reporting quality in Tehran Stock Exchange
Mahdi Salehi, Nasrin Ziba, Ali Daemi GahThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between financial reporting and cost stickiness in companies listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange.
Determinants of liquidity in Malaysian SMEs: a quantile regression approach
Shaista WasiuzzamanThe management of liquidity has always been seen as a critical but often ignored issue in finance. Despite the abundance of studies on liquidity management, these studies mainly…
How authentic leadership promotes individual performance: Mediating role of organizational citizenship behavior and creativity
Neuza Ribeiro, Ana Patrícia Duarte, Rita FilipeThe purpose of this paper is to provide a more comprehensive understanding of how authentic leadership (AL) can affect individual performance through creativity and organizational…
Four facets of learning in performance measurement
Jason Martin, Mattias Elg, Andreas Wallo, Henrik KockThe purpose of this paper is to contribute to a better understanding of the role of learning in performance measurement.
Income diversification and bank performance: evidence from BRICS nations
Shweta Sharma, Anand AnandThe purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of income diversification on bank performance in BRICS countries as a structural response to concentration risk. The authors…
Flexible budgeting influence on organizational inertia and flexibility
José Carlos Tiomatsu Oyadomari, Paulo Sérgio Lima Pereira Afonso, Ronaldo Gomes Dultra-de-Lima, Octavio Ribeiro Ribeiro Mendonça Neto, Maria Carolina Gazso RighettiThe purpose of this paper is to investigate how the use of flexible budgets may influence different institutional logics (organizational inertia and flexibility).
A transformed fixed effect stochastic frontier approach for productivity evaluation in Indian electricity sector
Pavan KhetrapalThe purpose of this paper is to evaluate the utility-level productivity changes in Indian electricity sector during a period that witnessed structural reforms through several…
The influence of time on employee engagement in the SA business environment
Nico Martins, Hester NienaberThe purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to investigate the influence of time on the results of the dimensions of employee engagement; and second, to determine whether there…
Prioritizing warehouse performance measures in contemporary supply chains
Tritos Laosirihongthong, Dotun Adebanjo, Premaratne Samaranayake, Nachiappan Subramanian, Sakun Boon-ittDue to the importance of efficiency and responsiveness measures rather than just efficiency measures, this research recognizes both measures when considering overall performance…
Assessing Egyptian construction projects performance using principal component analysis
Mohamed Mahdy Marzouk, Emad Fayez GaidThe construction sector is a major contributor to the Egyptian economy and gross domestic products, plus considered as one of its fastest-growing sectors. Various deficiencies…
The impacts of leadership support and coworker support on employee creative behavior
Michel Zaitouni, Mohamed Laid OuakouakPrevious research has emphasized how leadership style and collegial relationships can foster creativity in the workplace; in a related sense, understanding how support from…
A valid and applicable measurement method for knowledge worker productivity
Jalil Heidary Dahooie, Mohammad Reza Ghezel Arsalan, Ali Zolghadr ShojaiThe purpose of this paper is to propose a new method for knowledge worker productivity measurement which is based on valid principles and appropriate viewpoints.
Productivity growth of Indonesian rice production: sources and efforts to improve performance
Joko MariyonoThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the productivity of rice production by decomposing the growth of total factor productivity (TFP) into four components: technological…
Critical success factors for Kaizen implementation in the Nigerian construction industry
Temitope Seun Omotayo, Udayangani Kulatunga, Bassam BjeirmiKaizen in construction is a new paradigm stemming out of lean production systems. Construction companies in developing economies, such as Nigeria, have a task to innovate to…
Aligning product variety with supply chain and business strategy
Juneho Um, Neungho Han, Tonci Grubic, Asad GhalibThe purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the strategic alignment between product variety and supply chain (SC) focus through cost leadership or differentiation to improve…
Measuring resource efficiency and resource effectiveness in manufacturing
Mangesh Gharfalkar, Zulfiqur Ali, Graham HillierThe purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to identify and analyse existing resource efficiency (RE) and resource effectiveness measures and indicators (REMIs); and second, to…
Cost of quality measurement in food manufacturing companies: the Greek case
Evangelos Psomas, Christina Dimitrantzou, Fotis Vouzas, Nancy BourantaThe purpose of this paper is to focus on the cost of quality (CoQ) of food manufacturing companies. The study aims at empirically validating the conceptual structure of the core…
How transformational leadership predicts employees’ affective commitment and performance
Neuza Ribeiro, İlhami Yücel, Daniel GomesThe purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of transformational leadership (TL) on employees’ individual performance (IP) through the mediating role of affective commitment…
Productivity paradox? The impact of office redesign on employee productivity
Erlinda N. Yunus, Erni ErnawatiThe purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to investigate the relationship between office redesign and employee productivity; and second to highlight the impact of privacy on…
Can artificial neural networks predict lawyers’ performance rankings?
Susana Almeida Lopes, Maria Eduarda Duarte, João Almeida LopesThe purpose of this paper is to propose a predictive model that could replace lawyers’ annual performance rankings and inform talent management (TM) in law firms.
The impact of corporate finance decisions on market value in emerging markets
Guler Aras, Filiz Mutlu YildirimThe purpose of this paper is to analyze the conformity of the impact of corporate finance decisions on market value with the basic theoretical approaches in the two emerging…
Retail supply chain responsiveness: Towards a retail-specific framework and a future research agenda
Erik Sandberg, Hamid JafariThe purpose of this paper is to review existing research on retail supply chain responsiveness, develop categories to be included in a retail-specific responsiveness framework…
Human resource management, commitment and performance links in Iran and Turkey
N. Gökhan Torlak, Cemil Kuzey, Maral RagomThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the influences of human resource management (HRM) practices on organizational commitment (OC), individual job performance (IJP) and…
Effects of strategic information systems on competitive strategy and performance
Adilson Carlos Yoshikuni, Alberto Luiz AlbertinThis study argues that strategic information systems (SISs) are necessary for organizations’ survival and corporate performance in turbulent economic environments. Applying Miles…
Exploring the relationships of strategic entrepreneurship and social capital to sustainable supply chain management and organizational performance
Syed Awais Ahmad Tipu, Kamel FantazyThe purpose of this paper is to draw upon the resource-based view (RBV) of the firm in an attempt to explore how a firm’s resources (i.e. assets and capabilities) such as social…
Authentic leadership and creativity: The intervening role of psychological meaningfulness, safety and work engagement
Richa Chaudhary, Chinmay PandaThe purpose of this paper is to develop and test a conceptual model which explains whether and how authentic leadership, through psychological meaningfulness, safety and work…
The relationship between managerial entrenchment, earnings management and firm innovation
Mahdi Salehi, Mahbubeh Mahmoudabadi, Mohammad Sadegh AdibianThe purpose of this paper is to evaluate the qualitative effect of corporate governance components, in the form of managerial entrenchment index, on earnings management and…
Proposing an improved economic value model for human resource valuation
Sasan Ghasemi, Arash Shahin, Ali SafariThe purpose of this paper is to propose an improved economic value model for human resource valuation. For this purpose, the probability of promoting people to a higher position…
Efficiency in European football teams using WindowDEA: analysis and evolution
Lucía Isabel García-Cebrián, Fabíola Zambom-Ferraresi, Fernando Lera-LópezThe purpose of this paper is to analyze efficiency and its evolution in teams that played in the UEFA Champions League during nine seasons. The aim is to present a research…
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hybridEditors:
- Dr Luisa Huatuco
- Dr Nicky Shaw