Chinese Management Studies

Retraction notice: The impact of knowledge governance on knowledge sharing: the mediating role of the Guanxi effect

How do digital ­oriented firms perform superior environmental performance? A natural resource ­based view

A global industrial revolution driven by carbon neutrality and digital technologies (DTs) is fast gaining momentum. However, the present understanding of how firms should leverage…

How leader–subordinate (In)congruence in narcissism influences leaders’ effectiveness: the mediating role of relationship conflict

Previous research on narcissism and leadership seldom takes into account the leader–subordinate dyadic relationship and ignores the role of subordinate. Drawing on the contextual…

Digitalization and green innovation: a fuzzy­set qualitative comparative analysis based on 30 provinces in China

Amid the pressing global need for sustainable development and environmental protection, exploring effective pathways to foster green innovation has become crucial. This study aims…

Predicting team effectiveness in Chinese IT companies: development and validation of team processes and emergent states (TPES) scale

This study aims to develop a comprehensive measurement that consists of the most significant indicators of team effectiveness. Based on the input-mediator-outcome model, this…

Why illegitimate tasks should be reduced? Investigating their impact on employee well-being

This study aims to use psychological contract theory to explore the substantial impact of illegitimate tasks on the well-being of hospitality employees. It also examines the…

A mechanistic study of the influence of quantum leadership on employees’ constructive deviance

This paper aims to understand how quantum leaders influence employee work behavior through effective tasks.

Structure of high-performance work system and new product entry strategy: configuration based on manufacturing enterprises in China

There is a clear correspondence between different types of high performance work systems (HPWS), economic rents and market entry strategies. This correspondence is manifested…

How does CEO personality affect new product development performance? The partial mediating role of strategic schema change

This study aims to explore the direct impact of various personality traits of the CEO on new product development (NPD) performance, as well as the mediating role of strategic…

Leader emergence as mediator of the relationship between individual career management and career success: a perspective of implicit leadership theory

This study aims to investigate how individual career management (ICM) affects career success in Chinese organizations. Leader emergence was examined through the theoretical lens…

Female entrepreneurship: systematic literature review and research framework

The rise of digitalization brings new opportunities and challenges to female entrepreneurship (FE). This paper aims to systematically review the intellectual landscape of FE…

Cross-level interaction mechanism for high growth among digital start–ups: an fsQCA analysis

In the field of digital entrepreneurship, achieving high growth in digital start-ups is crucial. This paper aims to explore how causal conditions at the individual, organizational…

Digitization and radical innovation: the serial mediation effect of absorptive capacity

Radical innovation involves significant technological advances that have a critical impact on both firm growth and society development. Therefore, there is a growing need to…

Antecedents of i-deals: a transaction cost economics perspective

Idiosyncratic deals (i-deals) are designed to benefit both the employees and employers. While plenty of previous studies uncover the outcomes of i-deals, little research has…

Family roots, green shoots: exploring the impact of work–family interpersonal capitalization on employee green behavior

This study aims to explore the influence of extra-workplace factors, specifically work−family interpersonal capitalization, on employee green behavior. Based on the conservation…

Impact of firm’s supply chain network position on digital transformation: evidence from China

Given 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

This paper aims to explore the nexus between family involvement and environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance based on socioemotional wealth theory, and it also…

Are senior management with academic experience more cautious? Empirical evidence from corporate risk-taking

Based on upper echelons theory, this study aims to explore the impact of senior management’s academic experience on corporate risk-taking and analyze the pathways and potential…

Balancing power and growth in start-ups: an investigation of founder control, board size, and fundraising efficiency

The purpose of this study is to scrutinize the relationship between the founder’s control level over the startup and the startup’s board size on fundraising efficiency, in…

Playing it ethical or safe? Examining the effects of executive military experience on earnings management

This study aims to investigate whether and how the executive military experience influences accrual-based earnings management and real earnings management.

The influence mechanism of relational capital on adaptive behaviors of Chinese expatriates in Latin America

In line with the theory of planned behavior, this study aims to examine the mediating effect of cultural identity and role identity between relational capital and adaptive…

How do team faultlines damage team voice behavior? Comparing the effects of objective and perceived faultlines

The continuous upgrading of new technologies and rapid changes in their external environment have made organizations more dependent than ever on the ability of their employees to…

Strategic orientation, strategic flexibility and firm performance: the important role of strategic human resource management

Previous investigations into the connection between strategic orientation (SO) and firm performance (FP) have generated inconsistent outcomes. The authors aim to reconcile and…

The impact of corporate social responsibility on green innovation: a test based on meta-analysis

This study aims to investigate the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on green innovation by considering the three dimensions of green innovation cognition, behavior…

The expectancy violation effect: how negative performance feedback affects firms’ M&A intensity

Building on expectancy violations theory, this study aims to investigate the role of negative performance feedback in firm’s mergers and acquisitions (M&A) intensity, a typical…

Navigating uncertainty: configurations of entrepreneurial behaviors for new venture performance

The entrepreneurial process often cannot be explained by a single entrepreneurial theory. Instead, it is more likely the result of the interaction between various entrepreneurial…

Does knowledge search enhance innovation performance in Chinese enterprises? A meta analysis

This 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

Drawing 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…

The employability consequences of grit: examining the roles of job involvement and team member proactivity

Responding 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

This 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

Medical disruptive innovation is essential for deepening the reform of health-care system. The theory of general disruptive innovation assumes that innovations can diffuse by…

Influence of employee job crafting in Chinese manufacturing enterprises on safety innovation performance: a moderated mediation model

The 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…

Evaluation of market transformation efficiency of urban investment and development companies based on the three-stage DEA model

This study aims to explain the market-oriented transformation dilemma of Chinese urban investment and development companies (UIDCs; also known as local government investment and…

How can firms achieve sustainable high growth? A case study based on the integrating orchestration of digital elements and traditional resources

This 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…

Career variety and turnover intention: mediating role of job crafting and moderating role of HR innovators and integrators

Previous 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

Prior studies have consistently treated participative leadership as a given leadership style. Conversely, this study aims to prove that participative leadership can be predicted…

Voluntary overqualification: conceptualization, scale development and validation

With 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

The 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…

Slowing down in the final lap: investigating the effect of CEO career horizon on green innovation in China

Drawing 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…

Sustainable competitive advantage under digital transformation: an eco-strategy perspective

This 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

Circular economy firms, unlike those in a linear economy, encounter significant challenges due to the nature of nonstandardized products, such as asymmetric information on product…

Can digital transformation improve sustainable performance of manufacturing firms? Empirical evidence based on core technology capabilities

The 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

This 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…

The effects of geographical and business proximity on affiliates’ R&D investment: a proximity theory perspective

This 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…

Keeping pace with competitors in CSR: from a perspective of competitive dynamics

This 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

This 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

The 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…

Artificial intelligence applications implication for ESG performance: can digital transformation of enterprises promote sustainable development?

In the global context, artificial intelligence (AI) technology and environmental, social and governance (ESG) have emerged as central drivers facilitating corporate transformation…

Does digital transformation help mitigate firm innovation dilemma? A quasi-natural experiment based on the COVID-19 pandemic in China

The 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…

Mechanism of digital business model innovation for common prosperity: based on resource orchestration perspective

By exploring the microimplementation mechanism of common prosperity, this paper aims to offer a strategic direction for Chinese enterprises to achieve sustainable development. It…

Innovation with Chinese characteristics: theory and practice

This 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…