Management Research Review: Volume 43 Issue 3

Examining the effect of eWOM on the customer purchase intention through value co-creation (VCC) in social networking sites (SNSs): A study of select Facebook fan pages of smartphone brands in India

Sambashiva Rao Kunja, Acharyulu GVRK

The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of electronic word of mouth (eWOM) on the value co-creation (VCC) and purchase intentions of consumers in Facebook fan pages…

An application of the instrumental-symbolic framework in Maritime industry: A study on employer branding among seafarers

Alka Rai

To deal with the agenda of extensive research to establish employer branding as a valuable Human Resource (HR) practice, this study aims to examine perception of seafarer to…

Creditworthiness and access to finance: a study of SMEs in the Malaysian manufacturing industry

Shaista Wasiuzzaman, Nabila Nurdin, Aznur Hajar Abdullah, Gowrie Vinayan

The purpose of this study is to empirically assess the relationship between the dimensions of creditworthiness and access to finance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs…

Exploring patterns of organizational capability alignment: a contingency approach

Saurabh Srivastava, Derrick E. D’Souza

The purpose of the study is to investigate whether the alignment between organizational capabilities is idiosyncratic to an organization or a predictable pattern of alignments can…

Linking knowledge management processes to innovation: A mixed-method and cross-national approach

Eduardo Kunzel Teixeira, Mirian Oliveira, Carla Curado

This paper aims to analyse the relationship between knowledge management processes and innovation (KM-IN) in Brazilian and Portuguese companies.

Research opportunities for determining the elements of early trust in virtual teams

Ross Gardner, Ad Kil, Nick van Dam

This paper aims to analyze cognitive-based trust development during the beginning phase of virtual teams (VT) before any trustor’s firsthand, knowledge-based trust of a trustee…