Journal of Asia Business Studies: Volume 18 Issue 1

Supervisor support, religiosity, work engagement, and affective commitment: evidence from a Middle Eastern emerging market

Ahmad Abualigah, Tamer K. Darwish, Julie Davies, Muhibul Haq, Syed Zamberi Ahmad

Drawing on job demands-resources (JD-R) theory, this study aims to develop a model of how work engagement mediates the relationship between supervisor support and affective…

Identifying prosperity characteristics in small and medium-sized enterprises of Pakistan: firm, strategy and characteristics of entrepreneurs

Muhammad Arsalan Nazir, Raza Saleem Khan, Mohsin Raza Khan

The link between SME performance, growth and development is well established; however, the characteristics of SMEs that allow firms to be successful in the long run in an…

Identification of the determinants of public trust in e-government services and participation in social media based on good governance theory and the technology acceptance model

Trang Thi Uyen Nguyen, Phuong Van Nguyen, Hien Thi Ngoc Huynh, Demetris Vrontis, Zafar U. Ahmed

This study aims to investigate the determinants of public trust in e-government services (Te-GS) and participation in social media.

Intentional model of MSMEs growth: a tripod-based view and evidence from Indonesia

Satria Utama, Rizaldi Yusfiarto, Ruspita Rani Pertiwi, Annes Nisrina Khoirunnisa

The purpose of this study is to explore growth models based on “industry-based capabilities”, “resources-based capabilities” and “institution-based capabilities” in the context of…

Impact of COVID-19 stress on employee performance and well-being: role of trust in management and psychological capital

Rabindra Kumar Pradhan, Madhusmita Panda, Lopamudra Hati, Kailash Jandu, Manolina Mallick

The COVID-19 pandemic presents an unprecedented case of organisation–environment interaction in the occupational settings. Using Palmer and colleagues (2003) model of work stress…

Leadership perspectives on resilience capabilities for navigating disruption

Asha Albuquerque Pai, Amitabh Anand, Nikhil Pazhoothundathil, Lena Ashok

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted organizations, bringing in unforeseen situations and highlighting the need for organizational leaders to develop a capacity for resilience, i.e…

International price earnings and country risk model in an Asian context

Mahmoud Arayssi, Noura Yassine

This paper aims to estimate a statistical model of the country risk determination as represented by the country price earnings ratio (PE) to identify potentially mispriced…

Emotional intelligence and psychological capital as moderators in the relationship between employee commitment and work engagement: evidence from employees in banking from India

Sangeetha Narayanasami, Michael Sammanasu Joseph, Satyanarayana Parayitam

This study aims to empirically examine the effect of employee commitment (EC) (affective, normative and continuance) and emotional intelligence (EI) on work engagement (WE…

Understanding perceived risk factors toward mobile payment usage by employing extended technology continuance theory: a Vietnamese consumers’ perspective

Minh Tri Ha, Khoa Tien Tran, Georgia Sakka, Zafar Uddin Ahmed

This study aims to examine the impact of perceived risk dimensions, confirmation, perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use on user satisfaction and their continuance…

Working for a better future: exploring how network capital fosters Laotian migrant workers in Thai family SMEs

Hanvedes Daovisan, Sayamol Charoenratana, Motoki Akitsu

Transnational migration is a key challenge in migrant-sending and host-receiving countries. However, relatively little is known about how migrants use network capital to foster…

Exploring the influence of government social media on cybersecurity compliance: employee attitudes, motivation and behaviors

Dien Van Tran, Phuong Van Nguyen, Anh Thi Chau Nguyen, Demetris Vrontis, Phuong Uyen Dinh

This study aims to investigate the impact of employees’ engagement in government social media (GSM) on their cybersecurity compliance attitude, protection motivation and…

What motivates consumers’ continued usage intentions of food delivery applications in post-COVID-19 outbreak? Comparing Generations X, Y and Z

Warinrampai Rungruangjit, Kitti Charoenpornpanichkul

Food delivery applications (FDAs) are becoming more and more well-liked across Generations X, Y and Z, with Asia experiencing the biggest growth. These three generations of…

Self-leadership: qualitative leadership research using deductive pattern matching approach

Puja Khatri, Harshleen Kaur Duggal, Arup Varma, Asha Thomas, Sumedha Dutta

The contemporary business environment steered by forces of globalization, digitization and automation can only be navigated by a resilient workforce. This requires inculcating…