Academia Revista Latinoamericana de Administración: Volume 37 Issue 2

Editorial: Issue 37–2: Summary of articles and transition of editorial team

Enrique Ogliastri

Firm-specific investor sentiment and earnings management: evidence from Brazil

Alexandre Esteves, Pedro Piccoli

The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of firm-specific investor sentiment on Brazilian companies’ accrual-based earnings management between 2010 and 2018. The…

Industry 4.0 as an enabler of sustainability for small and medium enterprises

André de Mendonça Santos, Adriano Machado Becker, Néstor Fabian Ayala, Ângelo Márcio Oliveira Sant’Anna

The aim of this paper is to investigate the potential impact of Industry 4.0 (I4.0) digital technologies on promoting sustainability in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs…

Antecedents to service quality in the National Parks of Ecuador: leadership, talent management, work climate and training

Carolina Rivas, Juan José Tarí, Jorge Pereira-Moliner

This paper analyzes how quality management in Ecuador’s national parks is explained through the quality practices contained in Deming’s quality principles from the point of view…

The impact of environmental innovation and national culture on ESG practices: a study of Latin American companies

Paulo Vitor Souza de Souza, Kátia Dalcero, Denize Demarche Minatti Ferreira, Edilson Paulo

This paper aims to examine how environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices are influenced by environmental innovations and how cultural dimensions moderate this…

Factors influencing entrepreneurial intentions among Chilean secondary vocational students

Jorge Torres-Ortega, Javier Loyola-Campos, Davor Ibarra-Pérez, Valentina Hernández-Muñoz

This paper aims to determine the effect of a set of factors (attitude toward entrepreneurship, perceived behavioral control or entrepreneurial self-efficacy, previous experience…

Navigating organizational diversity: addressing transphobia among human resources professionals

José Baptista, Dália Costa, Sónia P. Gonçalves

This study aims to analyze the relationship between attitudes towards organizational diversity and towards trans people, correlating them with the levels of transphobia among HR…

The mediating role of organizational culture between transformational leadership and organizational performance in SMEs

Jorge Peña, Percy Caruajulca

Considering the entrepreneurship nature and the high number of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Latin American region, this study seeks to empirically test the…

Export manager profile in small and medium-sized enterprises: a gender issue?

Marta M. Vidal-Suárez, Cristina López-Duarte, Pilar L. González-Torre

The purpose is to explore the existence of different export manager profiles in terms of managerial attributes and personal traits according to gender. The study aims to answer…