Chinese Management Studies
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Impact of firm’s supply chain network position on digital transformation: evidence from China
Haifeng Yan, Xinyue YangGiven the complexity and increasing interdependence of supply chain networks, a broader perspective beyond a simple binary relationship is needed to analyse the impact of supply…
Who cares about environmental, social and governance performance? Family versus non-family firms
Jiyang Zhao, Xiaohong WangThis paper aims to explore the nexus between family involvement and environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance based on socioemotional wealth theory, and it also…
Playing it ethical or safe? Examining the effects of executive military experience on earnings management
Yekun Xu, Yameng Zhang, Jiayu ZhaoThis study aims to investigate whether and how the executive military experience influences accrual-based earnings management and real earnings management.
Does knowledge search enhance innovation performance in Chinese enterprises? A meta analysis
Zeming Song, Guangyu Zhang, Haiwen DaiThis paper aims to extract the universal results or conclusions with high value from the existing research conclusions, further compares the research results of knowledge search…
Does subordinate moqi ignite employee creativity? The role of self-efficacy and face consciousness
Lan Li, Xingshan ZhengDrawing on the self-concept-based theory, this study aims to consider subordinate moqi as a source of forming self-concept to develop a conceptual model to examine the…
Does corporate social responsibility influence corporate innovation in China? Combining innovation investment and dynamic capabilities theory
Jiajia Liu, Yahan Wang, Meilin Chen, Zhe Yang, Ye ZhangAccording to reputation theory, enterprises that adopt a proactive approach to corporate social responsibility (CSR) are known to actively invest in corporate innovation. However…
Influence of employee job crafting in Chinese manufacturing enterprises on safety innovation performance: a moderated mediation model
Jiaoping Yang, Ziru Qi, Jianhua ZhuThe purpose of this paper is to explore the influence of employees’ job crafting on safety innovation performance through psychological empowerment and the moderation effects of…
Navigating uncertainty: configurations of entrepreneurial behaviors for new venture performance
Xiaoyu Yu, Wenjing Zhao, Yida TaoThe entrepreneurial process often cannot be explained by a single entrepreneurial theory. Instead, it is more likely the result of the interaction between various entrepreneurial…
Voluntary overqualification: conceptualization, scale development and validation
Yi Li, Menghan Yan, Jianfeng Fang, Feng WeiWith the diversification of professional values, an increasing number of individuals voluntarily choose positions that demand less than their personal knowledge, skills and…
Research on the influence of the digital economy on the development of China’s small household appliance industry and enhancement countermeasures
Gang Sheng, Huabin Wu, Xiangdong XuThe implementation of the digital economy has had a considerable influence on the manufacturing industry, and this paper aims to address the important issues of how to capture the…
Managerial ability, digital transformation and innovation efficiency: empirical evidence from Chinese manufacturing listed companies
Hui Shan, Daeyoung Ko, Lan Wang, Gang WangThis study aims to examine the relationship between managerial ability and innovation efficiency, the mediating effect of digital transformation and the moderating effect of…
The employability consequences of grit: examining the roles of job involvement and team member proactivity
Lin Jiang, Svetlana N. Khapova, Wenjing Cai, Xiaopei GaoResponding to the call for more research on the consequences of grit, this study aims to examine the relationship between grit and employees’ perceived employability. Drawing on…
CEO self-transcendent values influence top managers’ socially responsible behaviors: from a social learning perspective
Yingya Jia, Ziqi Yin, Xiaoyu Wang, Manci FangThis study aims to explore the impact of chief executive officers’ (CEOs) values on the socially responsible behaviors (SRBs) of top management teams. Drawing from the social…
How can a single spark kindle a Prairie fire? Diffusion process and mechanism of medical disruptive innovation
Xiuping Lai, Wenhong Zhang, Silei ChenMedical disruptive innovation is essential for deepening the reform of health-care system. The theory of general disruptive innovation assumes that innovations can diffuse by…
Does perceived overqualification lead to cyberloafing? A moderated-mediation model based on social cognitive theory
Min Wang, Yuqi Liu, Yi LangBased on social cognitive theory, this study aims to investigate the influence of perceived overqualification (POQ) on employees’ cyberloafing behavior. The mediating role of…
Evaluation of market transformation efficiency of urban investment and development companies based on the three-stage DEA model
Wenbin Tang, Xia Chen, Xue Zhang, Zhihong PengThis study aims to explain the market-oriented transformation dilemma of Chinese urban investment and development companies (UIDCs; also known as local government investment and…
Filling institutional voids: interactions between digital and individual intermediaries in facilitating corporate social entrepreneurs for building inclusive markets
Tian Wei, Qianwen WanThis study aims to explore how digital intermediaries interact with individual intermediaries to assist corporate social entrepreneurs (CSEs) in building inclusive markets. In…
Confucianism and technology for social good: evidence from Chinese listed firms
Guozhang Xu, Wanming Chen, Yongyuan Ma, Huanhuan MaDrawing on the tenets of institutional theory, the purpose of this study is to examine the impact of Confucianism on technology for social good, while also considering the…
Effects of intergovernmental fiscal transfers on technological innovation in China
Liangliang Liu, Miaomiao Lv, Wenqing ZhangThe purpose of this paper is to analyze whether and how intergovernmental fiscal transfers (IFTs) affect technological innovation.
How can firms achieve sustainable high growth? A case study based on the integrating orchestration of digital elements and traditional resources
Juanjuan Wang, Xiao Zhang, Yu ChiThis study aims to analyze the paths and mechanisms of firms’ sustainable high growth. Firms’ high growth is susceptible to interruption, stagnation or reversal. Thus, how firms…
How host-country firms’ information transparency affects MNEs’ joint venture entry mode of OFDI: evidence from Chinese listed manufacturing firms
Naihao Li, Zijie Li, Banruo Zhang, Yan WangInformation transparency is an important factor in enhancing trust and promoting interfirm cooperation. By combining transaction cost theory and institutional theory, this study…
Career variety and turnover intention: mediating role of job crafting and moderating role of HR innovators and integrators
Meiqi Yue, Xiji Zhu, Fei ZhuPrevious studies have indicated that career variety offers numerous benefits in the work environment; however, knowledge regarding the mechanisms that retain employees with…
The effect of leader-team (in-)congruence in future orientation on leader’s participative leadership: the moderating role of leader workload
Qin Xu, Hao Huang, Shuming ZhaoPrior studies have consistently treated participative leadership as a given leadership style. Conversely, this study aims to prove that participative leadership can be predicted…
Investment efficiency, ESG performance and corporate performance: evidence from Chinese listed enterprises
Daquan Gao, Songsong Li, Yan ZhouThis study aims to propose a moderated mediation model to investigate the moderating effects of environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance on the relationship between…
Digital transformation, management efficiency and excess employees − evidence from Chinese listed firms
Mengyun Zhang, Hongjing Pu, Tianmuzi Yu, Shuyang QuThe purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between digital transformation and excess employees. This research investigates the questions of when human−machine…
Cautious or confident? Directors’ and officers’ liability insurance and enterprise strategic change: a model of mediating effect and joint moderating effects
Chao Li, Mengjun Huo, Renhuai LiuThe purpose of this paper is to empirically analyze the impact of directors’ and officers’ (D&O) liability insurance on enterprise strategic change. It also explores the mediating…
Slowing down in the final lap: investigating the effect of CEO career horizon on green innovation in China
Nianwei Yin, Ruzhou Wang, Liangding JiaDrawing on upper echelons theory, the authors study how the career horizon of a CEO promotes green innovation through the incentive mechanism. Meanwhile, from the perspective of…
How do algorithms influence platform workers’ behavior? Relationship between algorithmic autonomy support and platform workers’ stress and incivility
Ting Deng, Chunyong Tang, Ang Zhou, Yanzhao LaiDrawing upon the needs–supplies fit theory, this study aims to examine how the expected and perceived algorithmic autonomy support (AAS) influences platform workers’ work stress…
Sustainable competitive advantage under digital transformation: an eco-strategy perspective
Xiaomin Du, Nuoyan Wang, Shan Lu, Ao Zhang, Sang-Bing TsaiThis study aims to investigate how a firm’s sustainable competitive advantage is influenced by the combination of entrepreneurial ecological orientation, digital transformation…
Exploring business model diversification and circular value creation in digital platforms for circular economy: insights from Chinese preowned electronics industry
Xiaoling Chen, Caiyun Shen, Wenying ZhengCircular economy firms, unlike those in a linear economy, encounter significant challenges due to the nature of nonstandardized products, such as asymmetric information on product…
The influence of brands’ internationalization degree on consumers’ attitudes toward cross-border philanthropy: based on theory of legitimacy
Zelin Tong, Huilin Liu, Diyi Liu, Ling ZhouThis study aims to explore how brands’ degree of internationalization influences consumers’ attitudes toward brands’ engagement in cross-border philanthropy by taking legitimacy…
CEO’s early-life extreme experiences and corporate social responsibility: the moderating role of CEO power
Yanzhao Liu, Wooi Chee HooyThis study aims to explore the relation between CEO’s early-life extreme experiences and firm’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) taking while also examining the moderating…
Workplace small talk and task performance: the chain mediation role of relational energy and positive affect
Yuling Chen, Jingzhi Shao, Charles Weizheng Chen, Fang WanSmall talk, often regarded as a superficial interaction unrelated to work, is a pervasive and inescapable aspect of daily life and professional settings. In China, where the…
Can digital transformation improve sustainable performance of manufacturing firms? Empirical evidence based on core technology capabilities
Xi Xi, Jing Yang, Ce WangThe purpose of this study is to solve the problem that existing researches ignore the long-term and staged nature of digital transformation, failing to conduct specific…
Does task-technology fit suppress employee innovation in digital transformation? The role of positive emotions and creative self-expectations
Zhao-Yu Sun, Xue Zhong, Liang Meng, Yu-Yan ZhaoThis study aims to provide a nuanced understanding of the relationship between task-technology fit and employee innovative behavior, as well as the role of creative…
Friend or foe in the eyes of the beholder? How and when LMX increases and decreases workplace ostracism
Yi Ji, Fangmin Li, Waiseng Lou, Haixin Liu, Guiquan LiThis study aims to build on social comparison theory to develop a theoretical model of leader–member exchange (LMX) relationship to workplace ostracism through perceived…
The effects of geographical and business proximity on affiliates’ R&D investment: a proximity theory perspective
Yuejiao Zhao, Li Zheng, Ruofan ZhaoThis study aims to examine the impact of geographical and business proximity between parent companies and affiliates on R&D investments in business groups. Furthermore, it…
Employees’ unethical pro-organizational behavior and subsequent internal whistle-blowing
Lixin Chen, Suchuan ZhangThis paper aims to investigate how perpetrators who engage in unethical pro-organizational behavior (UPB) feel and respond in the aftermath of such behavior.
Can corporate ESG investing boost zombie firms back to normal? Evidence from Chinese firms
Guangqian Ren, Junchao Li, Mengjie Zhao, Minna ZhengThis study aims to examine the ramifications of corporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing in zombie firms and considers how external funding support may…
CEO childhood trauma experience and firm internationalization
Yongzhi Du, Yi Xiang, Hongfei RuanThe purpose of this study is to examine how the childhood trauma experiences of CEOs influence firms’ internationalization.
The unintended consequences of temporal leadership: a multilevel investigation of the effects of temporal leadership on employee silence
Yu Zhu, Wenjuan Mei, Meilan Nong, Yanfei WangExisting research has generally viewed that temporal leadership has positive impacts on employees but ignores its potential drawbacks. This study aims to develop a model to…
Beauty premium: the impact of CEO facial attractiveness on corporate social responsibility
Shiquan Wang, Xuantong Wang, Qianlin LiFace is the most intuitive and representative feature at the individual level. Many studies show that beautiful faces help individuals and enterprises obtain economic benefits and…
Female leadership in sports coaching: a case analysis of Chinese coaches through the ability–motivation–opportunity framework
Qiuling Gao, Xiaolin Zhuang, Zijie Li, Yan WangThis study aims to investigate how the role of female leadership works in sports coaching. Drawing key insights from the ability–motivation–opportunity (AMO) framework of human…
Effect of team identification on employee constructive deviance: the role of moral justification and environmental instability
Tingting Liu, Danping Shao, Yulei Li, Chang-E Liu, Wei HeDespite an emerging interest in constructive deviance, the exploration of its antecedents is still limited, particularly from an ethical perspective. This study aims to uses moral…
More is better? The role of strategic data management in a lean manufacturing process
Chao-Lung Yang, Chun-Fu Chen, Jin-Yu Chen, Hendri SutrisnoLean manufacturing has been pivotal in emphasizing the reduction of cycle times, minimizing manufacturing costs and diminishing inventories. This research endeavors to formulate a…
Does digital transformation help mitigate firm innovation dilemma? A quasi-natural experiment based on the COVID-19 pandemic in China
Yaru Yang, Yingming Zhu, Jiazhen DuThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on company innovation, specifically centering on the quantity and quality of innovation. The paper…
Entrepreneurial collective efficacy and team effectiveness in new venture teams: an investigation of moderated mediation mechanisms
Ying Chen, Kim Klyver, Xiaohu ZhouBased on the collective agentic perspective of social cognitive theory and supplemented by social support theory, this study aims to investigate how the entrepreneurial collective…
Mechanism of digital business model innovation for common prosperity: based on resource orchestration perspective
Fang Sun, Jia Li, Fu-ping BaiBy exploring the microimplementation mechanism of common prosperity, this paper aims to offer a strategic direction for Chinese enterprises to achieve sustainable development. It…
How and when negative workplace gossip influences service sabotage behavior? A study among hotel frontline employees in China
Yajun Zhang, Yang Liu, Junwei Zhang, Muhammad Naseer Akhtar, Yongqi WangDrawing upon the conservation of resources (COR) theory, this study aims to examine whether ego depletion mediates the relationship between negative workplace gossip and…
Leadership empowerment behavior and employee referrals: chain mediation of perceived challenge stress and employee experience
Teng Li, Lingfeng YiInternal employees of firms are a reliable source of information for potential job seekers. However, few studies have focused on why internal employees actively recommend their…
Marketing capability, technology capability and complementor performance: the mediating role of platform network centrality
Enhui Yan, Jianlin Wu, Jibao GuThe purpose of this paper is to investigate how complementors’ marketing capability and technology capability affect their performance. Drawing on social capital theory, the…
Keeping pace with competitors in CSR: from a perspective of competitive dynamics
Hailiang Zou, Xiyuan Yang, Ruijing WangThis study aims to investigate the antecedents of corporate social responsibility (CSR) from the perspective of competitive dynamics and proposes a correlation of CSR between…
Enterprise digital transformation and labor structure evolution: evidence from China
Kangjuan Lv, Ye Zhao, Siwei Zhu, Lei ZhuThis paper aims to clarify the relationship between digital transformation and labor structure from the perspectives of microenterprise business strategies and factor allocation…
Windows of opportunity, strategic cognition and enterprise digital transformation
Shuwei Zang, Mengyuan Sun, Qimeng Wang, Haofu Wang, Shanwu TianThe purpose of this paper is to discuss how enterprises can effectively perceive and use the digital opportunities brought about by digital technologies and dynamic environments…
Does supply chain concentration promote or inhibit corporate R&D investment?
Shukuan Zhao, Xueyuan Fan, Dong Shao, Shuang WangThis study aims to investigate the impact of supply chain concentration (SCC) on corporate research and development (R&D) investment and determine the moderating roles of industry…
Artificial intelligence applications implication for ESG performance: can digital transformation of enterprises promote sustainable development?
Rongxin Chen, Tianxing ZhangIn the global context, artificial intelligence (AI) technology and environmental, social and governance (ESG) have emerged as central drivers facilitating corporate transformation…
Innovation with Chinese characteristics: theory and practice
Zheng Li, Jun Li, Jin Chen, Tsvi VinigThis is a special issue of Chinese Management Studies and this study aims to engage with debates on innovation in China and to provide new insights for innovation research in the…
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