Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration: Volume 13 Issue 2

Corporate social responsibility, job pursuit intention, quality of work life and employee performance: case study from Indonesia controversial industry

Josua Tarigan, Amelia Rika Sanchia Susanto, Saarce Elsye Hatane, Ferry Jie, Foedjiawati Foedjiawati

This paper aims to examine whether companies in Indonesian controversial industries can rely on their corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices to improve potential…

Relative effectiveness of celebrity and product match-up for two high consumer involvement situations

Danish Hussain, Arham Adnan, Maaz Hasan Khan

The study attempted to gauge the relative effectiveness of celebrity and product image match-up in comparison to non-celebrity attractive endorsers for two distinct high…

Exploring Fayol's management process in a traditional Mayan dance (Pochó Dance): an ethnographic study

Manuel F. Suarez-Barraza, Jose Angel Miguel Davila

Well into the 21st century, it is difficult to deny the contribution that Mayan culture has made to the history of the world, and not only because of its contribution to universal…

The capital structure decision of Islamic and conventional banks: empirical evidence from Malaysia

Moncef Guizani, Ahdi Noomen Ajmi

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how Islamic banks (IBs) and conventional banks (CBs) in Malaysia choose their capital structure and what are the most significant…

Moderation effect of social support and personal resources between emotional work and employee wellbeing

Poonam Mehta, Jyoti Sharma

There is dearth of studies in the literature which have discussed the relevance of personal and social resources of employees to protect them from adverse impacts of emotional job…

Understanding the interplay between support agencies and small and medium-sized enterprises in a conflict environment from an institutional theory perspective

Mohammad Nisar Khattak, Noor Muhammad, David Robinson

This study determines the relationship between small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and their support providers during three phases: pre-conflict environment, during conflict…

Social media usage in business decision-making: the case of Malaysian small hospitality organisations

A.K. Siti-Nabiha, Norfarah Nordin, Boon Kar Poh

The purpose of this paper was to examine how small- and medium-sized hospitality organisations engage with social media and how social media data are used by their managers to…