Management Decision: Volume 60 Issue 11

Remaking capitalism: The movement for sustainable business and the future of the corporation

Wendy D. Chen, Christopher Marquis

This article examines the relationship between stakeholders and shareholders and identifies the key lessons from the B Corp movement that serve as practical tools for businesses  

Influences of political connections on entrepreneurs' subjective well-being: a multilevel investigation

Feng Xu, Xueru Yang, Xiaogang He

Political connections are widely acknowledged as an effective political strategy for achieving firm value. However, surprisingly little is known about the association between…

The choice and acquisition of external knowledge in startups: matching improvisation to strategic flexibility

Jianmin Song, Shouxun Wen, Qingzhong Ren, Lu Zhang

Although knowledge has become a decisive factor in the development of firms, there has been no detailed investigation into how start-ups acquire external knowledge. In order to…

Understanding opportunism in buyer–supplier–supplier triadic relationships: the role of power asymmetry

Qi Zou, Yuan Wang

Firms often struggle with opportunistic behavior from supply chain partners. Relying on Transaction Cost Economics and its extensions, this study developed a conceptual model…

Does corporate social responsibility mitigate earnings management?

Cristina Gaio, Tiago Gonçalves, Maria Verónica Sousa

This study aims to examine the association between earnings management (EM) and corporate social responsibility (CSR), as well as whether a firm's CSR orientation moderates the…

Leadership and its influence on employee absenteeism: a qualitative review

Ann-Kristina Løkke

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the last 50 years of empirical research on leaders' influence on employee absenteeism. Furthermore, the aim is to direct…

Positive affective tone as an underlying mechanism between leader's motivating language and career outcomes

Fauzia Syed, Saima Naseer, Fatima Bashir, Tasneem Fatima

Recent evidence suggests that leaders' communication is central to an organization's success. The purpose of the current research is to examine how the leader's motivating…

The impact of work engagement and meaningful work to alleviate job burnout among social workers in New Zealand

Kim-Lim Tan, Peik Foong Yeap

Grounding our research in the conservation of resources (COR) theory and the job demands-resources (JD-R) theory, this study addresses the research gap of examining the…

Does TMX affect instigated incivility? The role of negative reciprocity and psychological contract violation

Deborah Gervasi, Guglielmo Faldetta, Lamberto Zollo, Sara Lombardi

Pervasive and rampant workplace incivility effects have called for more studies on antecedents and possible deterrents of the onset of negative organizational behaviors. Based on…

Salesmanship: the influence of social networks on sales-service ambidexterity

Xiaoyong Zheng

Although social networks play an important role in individual ambidexterity, few studies have examined the impact of salespeople's social networks on sales-service ambidexterity…

From ambiguity to action: integrating collective sensemaking and rational decision making in management pedagogy and practice

Kailash Awati, Natalia Nikolova

Managers are increasingly presented with complex, ambiguous decision problems that affect multiple stakeholder groups. Such problems cannot be tackled solely by classical…

Networking of corporate universities in knowledge management: evidence from China

Yunqi Chen, Yusen Xu, Qingguo Zhai

A corporate university is a knowledge management institution established within an enterprise. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the evolution of knowledge activities of…