Management Decision: Volume 60 Issue 1

The will to still manage: over a half-century of Management Decision

Brandon Randolph-Seng

Perceived organizational politics and quitting plans: an examination of the buffering roles of relational and organizational resources

Dirk De Clercq, Renato Pereira

The goal of this research is to examine the link between employees' beliefs that organizational decision-making processes are guided by self-serving behaviors and their own…

The curvilinear effect of top management team task-related demographic faultlines on over-investment

Qing Xie, Wuwei Li, Yuanyuan Zhang

This study empirically examines the curvilinear relationship between top management team task-related demographic faultlines and over-investment, as well as how biodemographic…

Language and discounting future value: language as a moderator of internationalization–innovation performance relationships

Eunah Lim, K. Skylar Powell

Research on relationships between firms' degree of internationalization (DOI) and innovation performance has been mixed, and moderators of these relationships need to be explored…

Applying design thinking to the decision-making process: a field study in Swedish local authorities

Jane Elisabeth Frisk, Frank Bannister

This study aims to examine the application of design thinking to complex decision-making processes in local government and to link the design thinking to the theoretical work of…

Antecedents of women entrepreneurs’ performance: an empirical perspective

Pooja Jha, Md. Moddassir Alam

This study investigates the antecedents of women entrepreneurs’ performance in an emerging economy. Based on the review of extant literature, six antecedents of women…

Too much of a good thing? An assessment of the effects of competitive and cooperative action repertoires on firm performance

Kyle Turner, Matthew C. Harris, T. Russell Crook, Annette L. Ranft

The purpose of this study is to integrate research on competitive and cooperative repertoires and to simultaneously assess the direct, indirect and curvilinear effects of…

Agile strategies for middle managers

Joachim Kahl, Saskia de Klerk, Robert Ogulin

This paper takes a holistic and process-based view on agility from a Middle Management (MM) perspective. Its purpose is to identify subjective factors of agility emerging from…

Market ranking and network structure: pathway to dominance

Yasaman Sarabi, Matthew Smith, Heather McGregor, Dimitris Christopoulos

The relationship between interlocking directorates and firm performance has been increasingly debated, with a focus on whether firm's centrality in interlock networks is…

Economic benefits and the geographic aspect of business behaviour

Deusdedit Augustine Rwehumbiza, Tumpale Sakijege

While existing research confirms that hazardous locations increase fear and decrease entrepreneurial intentions, there is only limited knowledge on why and how business managers…

Understanding environmental tweets of for-profits and nonprofits and their effects on user responses

Sumin Shin, Eyun-Jung Ki

Organizations are communicating with the public about their thoughts and behaviors relevant to the environment via social networking sites. The purpose of this paper is to explore…

A novel approach to assess sustainability of supply chains

Majid Kalantary, Reza Farzipoor Saen

This paper discusses how learning-by-doing (LBD) criterion can be used to evaluate the sustainability of supply chains. This paper assesses the impacts of teamwork on the LBD…

Exploring organizational problem-solving modes: a dynamic capabilities approach

Matin Mohaghegh, Andreas Größler

Adopting the dynamic capability perspective, this study aims at exploring which problem-solving capabilities result in fundamental solutions with a potentially low likelihood for…

Scientific collaboration networks and firm innovation: the contingent impact of a dynamic environment

Jing Yang, Jing Zhang, Deming Zeng

The environment in high-tech industries is highly dynamic, and after COVID-19, it has become even more unpredictable. Hence, it has become critical for firms to develop strategies…