International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management: Volume 70 Issue 3

Is performance evaluation gendered for behavioural dimension?

Rachana Chattopadhyay

Researches have already pointed out the linkage between pro-male bias and performance evaluation system. The main aim of this study is to understand how far different dimensions…

Heat-related productivity loss: benefits derived by working in the shade or work-time shifting

Marco Morabito, Alessandro Messeri, Alfonso Crisci, Junzhe Bao, Rui Ma, Simone Orlandini, Cunrui Huang, Tord Kjellstrom

Agricultural workers represent an important part of the population exposed to high heat-related health and productivity risks. This study aims to estimate the heat-related…

Factors influencing swift and effective resolution of supplier problems

Rebecca Clemons, Swathi Reddy Baddam, Raymond M. Henry

How might an organization swiftly resolve supplier problems such that the issue does not reoccur? The purpose of this study seeks to understand the impact of different…

Low interest rate environment: inventory management in Finland and Baltic states

Olli-Pekka Hilmola, Weidong Li, Andres Tolli

For decades, it was emphasized that manufacturing and trading companies should aim to be lean with very small inventories. However, in the recent decade, time-significant change…

Process-oriented improvement: a modern look at drawing the organizational progress roadmap

Alireza Naser SadrAbadi, Seyed Mahmood Zanjirchi, Negar Jalilian

In Iran, the Bank A is one of the largest and most effective banks of the banking network. The continued success of Bank A in improving the economic level of the country and…

Understanding the role of trade unions in improving construction productivity through the institutional framework

Shang Gao, Sui Pheng Low, Serene Simin Ng

Sluggish performance in construction productivity (CP) is a common occurrence worldwide. This phenomenon is also observed in Singapore. In this context, the role of trade unions…

Dealing with “abnormal” business growth by leveraging local area common goods: an outside-in stakeholder collaboration perspective

Carmine Bianchi, Vincenzo Vignieri

The purpose of this paper is to illustrate how for a business located in a local area that does not portray the characteristics of the “Silicon Valley” stereotype, developing a…

Corporate governance mechanisms and corporate investments: evidence from India

Samridhi Suman, Shveta Singh

The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the influence of corporate governance variables relating to the board of directors, audit and ownership on the agency…

Exploring employee performance dimensionality in Indian public sector units

Subhra Pattnaik, Susmita Pattnaik

Performance is considered to be a multi-dimensional construct with three underlying dimensions such as Task Performance (TP), Interpersonal Facilitation (IPF), and Job Dedication…

Lean thinking and higher education management: revaluing the business school programme management

Saad Zighan, Ahmed EL-Qasem

This paper explores the applications of lean thinking in re-evaluating the business school curriculum, syllabus and intended learning objectives to enhance the employability of…

Improving research labs’ performance through project management guidelines: a case study analysis

Marco Antonio Pacheco Junior, Rosley Anholon, Izabela Simon Rampasso, Walter Leal Filho

The article aims to critically analyze the project management developed by research laboratories of a Brazilian university in order to enhance their performance. For this, a…