Management Research News: Volume 31 Issue 11

The relationship between self‐leadership behaviors and organization variables in a self‐managed work team environment

David F. Elloy

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between self‐leadership behaviors in a self‐managed work team environment and relevant organizational variables, i.e…

Patterns of institutional cooperation in R&D for Spanish innovative firms in the manufacturing and service sectors

Concepción López‐Fernández, Ana Ma Serrano‐Bedia, Gema García‐Piqueres

The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors that influence innovative firms in the manufacturing and service sectors in Spain to cooperate with research institutions in…

Technology usage and innovation: Its effect on the profitability of SMEs

Leonora C. Hamilton, Ramachandra Asundi

The purpose of this paper is to determine if firms that invest in information technology (IT) and innovate are more profitable than those that do not and to analyze how firms in…

Supply risk management vs supplier selection to manage the supply risk in the EPC supply chain

Guido J.L. Micheli, Enrico Cagno, Marta Zorzini

The purpose of this paper is to understand whether a link between the use of supplier selection (SS) and supply risk management (SRM) exists and whether further contextual factors…

Commitment in the workplace: The impact of income and age on employee commitment in Nigerian banking sector

Ike‐Elechi Ogba

The purpose of this paper is to extend previous research on employee commitment to their organisation within the Nigerian banking sector. This paper aims to use income and age as…

Knowledge creation processes in small innovative hi‐tech firms

Martin Spraggon, Virginia Bodolica

The purpose of this paper is to explore knowledge creation processes in small innovative hi‐tech firms operating in the software industry.

Key Concepts in Work

Nicola McNeil