Management Decision: Volume 61 Issue 12

Rethinking workplace collaboration – an old topic with a practical view

Ryan Drake, Wendy D. Chen

Research has long lauded collaboration at work as one of the best management strategies to increase employee engagement, raise productivity and enhance innovation. In real life…

Do all roads lead to Rome? A multi-case analysis of informal learning and team innovation

Joyce Klein Marodin, Heidi Wechtler, Miikka J. Lehtonen

In this study, the authors use the actor-network theory (ANT) as a theoretical framework to better understand constructing learning as part of the networking process to produce…

Trends in the thematic landscape of HR analytics research: a structural topic modeling approach

Priyanka Thakral, Praveen Ranjan Srivastava, Sanket Sunand Dash, Sajjad M. Jasimuddin, Zuopeng (Justin) Zhang

The growth of the global labor force and business analytics has significantly impacted human resource management (HRM). Human resource (HR) analytics is an emerging field that…

CEO personality and corporate sustainability performance

Ajith Venugopal, Sridhar Nerur, Mahmut Yasar, Abdul A. Rasheed

This study aims to examine how chief executive officer's (CEO) personality traits influence the corporate sustainability performance (CSP) of firms. The paper also examines the…

Corporate social irresponsibility: a contingent social media crisis management perspective

Yongyuan Ma, Liguo Xue

Today's business world has been tarnished with numerous corporate irresponsible behaviors. It is thus of great importance for firms to carry out crisis management on the condition…

Environmental, social and governance controversies: the role of European bank boards

Paolo Agnese, Massimiliano Cerciello, Emanuela Giacomini, Simone Taddeo

In recent years, European banks have been required to integrate environmental and social objectives into their business practices. At the same time, they have become increasingly…

Post-offshoring manufacturing strategies: decision-making and implementation

Marco Bettiol, Maria Chiarvesio, Eleonora Di Maria, Cristina Di Stefano, Luciano Fratocchi

The advantages of offshoring are increasingly under scrutiny, and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has advanced the debate, calling for a redefinition of firms' production…

Too much psychological capital? Exploring curvilinear relationships between OPsyCap and performance prior to and after the COVID-19 crisis

Vivien Jancenelle

Past research has generally purported and tested for a positive linear relationship between psychological capital and organizational outcomes such as firm performance. Yet, recent…

Do board and ownership factors affect Chinese companies in reporting sustainability development goals?

Yuan Jiang, Emma García-Meca, Jennifer Martinez-Ferrero

Sustainability development goals (SDGs) cannot be achieved without a concerted effort from businesses and other organisations, being the corporate level is one of the keys to the…