Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration
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An empirical investigation of the impact of marketing analytics capability on SME performance: a resource-based view approach
Kwabena Abrokwah-LarbiThe aim of this study is to empirically investigate the impact of marketing analytics capability on business performance from the perspective of RBV theory.
The effects of servant leadership and despotic leadership on employees’ happiness at work (HAW): the role of job crafting
Zeeshan HamidDrawing on the conservation of resources (COR) theory, this study aims to examine the effects of servant leadership and despotic leadership on employees’ happiness at work (HAW…
Supervisor incivility and service employee creativity: a moderated mediation model of negative affect state and core self-evaluation
Anjaly A., Nemat Sheereen S.The present study examines the effect of supervisor incivility on service employee creativity and the mediating mechanism of negative affect state on the said relationship with…
Directors with supply chain experience as heterogeneous network pipes: how does it affect M&A efficiency
Xudong Pei, Juan SongThe link between interlocking directors and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) efficiency has been analyzed in an information asymmetry environment. Despite an abundance of evidence…
Female CEOs and SME’s financing decision: evidence from firm-level data
Muntazir Hussain, Ramiz Rehman, Usman BashirThis study investigates the relationship between female CEOs and SMEs’ financing decisions. The study also examined the moderating role of ownership structure (female, foreign…
Beyond Industry 4.0: a systematic review of Industry 5.0 technologies and implications for social, environmental and economic sustainability
Morteza Ghobakhloo, Mohammad Iranmanesh, Masood Fathi, Abderahman Rejeb, Behzad Foroughi, Davoud NikbinThe study seeks to understand the possible opportunities that Industry 5.0 might offer for various aspects of inclusive sustainability. The study aims to discuss existing…
How does COVID-19 affect employee innovation performance and environmental responsibility engagement in the banking sector? A moderated-mediated perspective
Madher E. Hamdallah, Manaf Al-Okaily, Anan F. Srouji, Aws Al-OkailyThe purpose of the article is to shed light on how COVID-19 affects employee involvement in environmental responsibility and innovative performance in the banking industry, and…
The impacts of Fintech adoption, green finance and competitiveness on banks’ sustainable performance: digital transformation as moderator
Imdadullah Hidayat-ur-Rehman, Md Nahin HossainThe global emphasis on sustainability is driving organizations to embrace financial technology (Fintech) solutions as a means of enhancing their sustainable performance. This…
The role of green innovation in the relationship between green HRM practices and sustainable business performance; evidence from the mining industry
Abdul-Razak Suleman, Michael Kyei-Frimpong, Bridget Akwetey-SiawDrawing on the natural resource-based view (NRBV) theory, the study aimed to examine the mediating role of green innovation (GI) in the nexus between green human resource…
Why might home-based work duties be perceived by female academics as extreme? A qualitative study
Mohamed Mousa, Beatrice AvolioThis study aims to answer the following question: Why might home-based work duties be perceived by female academics as extreme?
Effect of augmented reality applications on attitude and behaviours of customers: cognitive and affective perspectives
Mohammad Iranmanesh, Madugoda Gunaratnege Senali, Behzad Foroughi, Morteza Ghobakhloo, Shahla Asadi, Erfan Babaee TirkolaeeUnderstanding how to retain users of augmented reality (AR) shopping apps and to motivate them to purchase is vital to the success of AR apps. This study assessed the chain effect…
Drivers of smartwatch use and its effect on environmental sustainability: evidence from SEM-ANN approach
Eiman Almheiri, Mostafa Al-Emran, Mohammed A. Al-Sharafi, Ibrahim ArpaciThe proliferation of smartwatches in the digital age has radically transformed health and fitness management, offering users a multitude of functionalities that extend beyond mere…
Leadership behavioural integrity and employee engagement: role of organisational career development and feedback self-efficacy
Lipsa Jena, Subash Chandra Pattnaik, Rashmita SahooThe present study purports to unravel the mechanism in relationship among leadership behaviour integrity, organisational career development and employee engagement. Further, it…
Toward digitalization strategic perspective in the European food industry: non-linear nexuses analysis
Alhamzah Alnoor, Abbas Gatea Atiyah, Sammar AbbasOrganizations deal with digital technologies to achieve their strategic goals. The shift toward digitization is a major challenge because it requires companies to create a…
Entrepreneurial orientation, social media and SME performance: an emerging economy perspective
Patrick Amfo Anim, Emmanuel Arthur, George Kofi AmoakoThis study examines the role of social media adoption (SMA), opportunity recognition (OR) and opportunity exploitation (OE) in mediating the relationship between entrepreneurial…
Does economic policy uncertainty matter for a firm's leverage and speed of adjustment?
Muhammad Aftab, Saman Shehzadi, Fiza QureshiThis research intends to investigate the impact of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) on the firm's leverage and its adjustment speed.
How green sustainability efforts affect brand-related outcomes
Amy WongUtilizing the Stimulus-Organism-Response framework, this study examines how stimuli such as green sustainability efforts and brand image affect organisms namely brand experience…
From harasser tourists to above the law managers: female tour guides strategies for coping with sexual harassment
Mohamed Mousa, Hala Abdelgaffar, Islam Elbayoumi Salem, Walid Chaouali, Ahmed Mohamed ElbazThis study examines how far female tour guides in Egypt experience sexual harassment and how they cope with it.
The interaction of organizational politics and political skill on employees' exposure to workplace cyberbullying: the conservation of resources theory perspective
Peerayuth CharoensukmongkolConsidering the detrimental impact of workplace cyberbullying on employees and organizations, it is necessary to understand factors that potentially induce employees to engage in…
Intellectual capital and performance: evidence from SMEs in Vietnam
Seh Young Kim, Dai Binh TranThis paper investigated the relationship between intellectual capital (IC)/its components, and the business performance of Vietnamese small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
Role of authentic leadership in enhancing employees' voice behavior through psychological capital during COVID-19 pandemic
Noman Rafique, Gul Afshan, Farooque AhmedConsidering the importance of employees' voice behavior (VB) and psychological capital (PC) amidst the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), this study highlights the role of…
Cronyism as a coping strategy: how do female academics deal with the lack of emancipative support?
Mohamed Mousa, Doaa Althalathini, Hala AbdelgaffarThis paper aims to explore how female academics use cronyism to cope with the lack of emancipative support resulting from their intense teaching and research duties, poor…
Environmental concerns in brand love and hate: an emerging market’s purview of masstige consumers
Swati Singh, Ralf WagnerFashion brands are one of the strongest means of expressing consumers identity. This study explores and empirically validates the concepts of brand love and hate for masstige…
Role-play of employees' protean career and career success in affective organizational commitment
Muhammad Latif Khan, Rohani Salleh, Amjad Shamim, Mohamad Abdullah HemdiThis paper aims to investigate the role-play of Protean Career Attitude (PCA) and Career Success (CS) in Affective Organizational Commitment (AOC).
The impact of team support, financial incentives and public sector motivation on employee motivation: an empirical study of the public sector in Vietnam
Hoa Dinh Nguyen, Thi Ngoc Chau, Quyen Vo Thuc HuynhThis study aims to investigate the relationship of employee motivation to team support, financial incentives and public sector motivation in various agencies under the Binh Dinh…
How much does an employer's attractiveness matter to youth employment? Evidence from a developing country
Elvira К. Buitek, Saule A. Kaliyeva, Ardak N. Turginbayeva, Marziya K. Meldakhanova, Aijaz A. ShaikhDrawing on the contemporary literature and the theory of employer attractiveness, the authors aimed to examine key antecedents and consequences of employer attractiveness by…
The interplay of abusive supervision and coworker incivility on the turnover intention of frontliners: a mediation effect of work stress
Md Mostafizur RahmanDrawing on the conservation of resources theory, the present study aims to design and explore the influence of abusive supervision and coworker incivility on turnover intention…
Job embeddedness and life satisfaction during pandemic: the impacts of work-from-home stressors and emotional exhaustion
Decha DechawatanapaisalThis study applies the job demands-resources model the conservation of resources theory to explain and examine the impacts of home-work conflict, perceived insufficient…
Organic food purchases: does green trust play a part?
Irfana Rashid, Aashiq Hussain LoneOrganic food consumption has received great attention due to the increase in consumer environmental and health concerns. This study intends to analyse how customers' green…
Does basic need satisfaction foster engagement by serving as a personal demand? A mediation model based on a self-determination perspective
Muhammad Waqas, Tehreem Fatima, Zafar Uz Zaman AnjumTaking job demand-resource (JD-R) and self-determination perspective, the current study focused to see how basic need satisfaction (BNS) – as a personal demand – impacts work…
Understanding consumers' intentions to use drone food delivery services: a perspective of the theory of consumption values
Kian Yeik Koay, Mei Kei LeongThe purpose of this study is to examine the factors influencing consumers' intentions to use drone food delivery services from the perspective of the theory of consumption values…
Leadership and knowledge management practices for frugal innovation of firms in the emerging market: moderating role of collaborative culture
Phong Ba Le, Dat Tho Tran, Thuy Minh Thu Phung, Khoa Dinh VuThe purpose of this study is to explore the influence of transformational leadership (TL) on firm's frugal innovation. It also deepens understanding of appropriate mechanisms and…
The impact of corporate governance and firm-specific characteristics on dividend policy: an emerging market case
Muhammad Farooq, Qadri Al-Jabri, Muhammad Tahir Khan, Muhamamad Akbar Ali Ansari, Rehan Bin TariqThe present study aims to investigate the impact of corporate governance proxies by ownership structure and firm-specific characteristics, i.e. firm size, leverage, growth…
A bundle of human resource practices and employee resilience: the role of employee well-being
Suthinee RurkkhumThe purpose of this study was to examine the mediating effect of employee well-being on the relationship between a bundle of human resource practices (HR practices) and employee…
Calmness instead of panicking: re-thinking the resource allocation strategies in an era of uncertainty: a case of a developing country
Riffat Blouch, Muhammad Majid KhanDrawing on the concept of superior resource, capability and processes of the resource-based theory of the firm, the purpose of the current study is to analyze the influence of…
Impact of athlete performance and brand social value on product involvement: a mediation role of celebrity endorsement in social media
Nan Jiang, Kok Wei Khong, Jen Ling Gan, Jason James Turner, ShaSha Teng, Jesrina Ann XavierNowadays, star athletes are global brand personalities. The increased popularity of the professional sport has contributed to elevating exceptional athletes to international star…
Organizational career development and retention of millennial employees: the role of job engagement and organizational engagement
Lipsa Jena, Umakanta NayakThe study examines the mediating mechanisms of job engagement (JE) and organizational engagement (OE) in the relationship between organizational career development (OCD) and…
The greenwashing effects on corporate reputation and brand hate, through environmental performance and green perceived risk
Célia Santos, Arnaldo Coelho, Alzira MarquesWhen a company practices greenwashing, it violates consumers' expectations by deliberately deceiving them about their environmental practices or the benefits of their…
Identification of critical success factors for leveraging Industry 4.0 technology and research agenda: a systematic literature review using PRISMA protocol
Poonam Sahoo, Pavan Kumar Saraf, Rashmi UchilThe purpose of the paper is to identify existing and common critical success factors adapted for implementing Industry 4.0 technology, which is essential to survive in the…
Impact of difficult coworkers on employees' turnover intention: the mediating roles of perceived organizational support and affective commitment
Wai Ming To, Billy T.W. YuThis study explores the impact of difficult coworkers on employees' turnover intention. Additionally, this study investigates the roles of employees' attitude toward difficult…
The role of consumer characteristics on cultural consumption tendency
Feyza Nur Ozkan, Sema KurtulusThis study aims to identify the role of consumer characteristics in cultural consumption tendencies. Additionally, the study examines whether country differences and prior…
Enhancing employee advocacy of the firm's corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities
Rojanasak Chomvilailuk, Ken ButcherThe paper aims to investigate how perceived psychological benefits from employee participation in corporate social responsibility activities affect organizational citizenship…
Linking workplace incivility and frontline employees' subjective well-being: the role of work-home enrichment and coping strategies
Do Uyen Tam, Nguyen Thi Mai TrangWorkplace incivility (WI) has been extensively studied. However, less is known about how WI spills over into employees' lives. Building on the work-home resources model, the…
The impact of lean production on operational performance: a case study
Ashkan Memari, Hamid Reza Panjehfouladgaran, Abd. Rahman Abdul Rahim, Robiah AhmadThis paper aims to investigate the impact of adopting lean manufacturing principles on operational efficiency by eliminating seven major lean wastes (or Muda) in a Malaysian…
M-commerce adoption in Chinese family businesses: does IT investment matter?
Lai Wan HooiThis study aims to investigate the relationship between all three dimensions of perceived strategic value of m-commerce (operational support, managerial productivity and strategic…
Light magic at workplace due to empowering leadership: situation strength conceptions for intrapreneurial behaviour
Muhammad Zubair Alam, Muhammad Rafiq, Sobia Nasir, Chaudhary Abdul RehmanThe present study enriches the person-situation debate by developing and testing a theoretical model on the nexus between empowering leadership (EL) and intrapreneurial behaviour…
Determinants of idiosyncratic risk: evidence from BRICS countries
Saba Kausar, Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah, Abdul RashidThis study examines the determinants of idiosyncratic risk (IR) or unsystematic risk. The study also examines the determinants of IR by dividing the firms into different…
All's (not) fair in motherhood and work? Post-partum psychological contract breach experiences of Indian first-time mothers
Aparna M. Varma, Rahul SivarajanTo understand how Indian first-time mothers in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) organisations returning to work cope with the perceived ideological psychological…
The influences of telecommunication technology and gender differences on private savings in the Asia–Pacific region
Chor Foon Tang, Salah AbosedraThe purpose of this study is to examine empirically the impacts of gender differences, telecommunication technology (ICT) and other determinants on private savings in 28 selected…
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- Dr Saeed Pahlevan Sharif