International Journal of Organizational Analysis: Volume 31 Issue 3

Disaggregating emotional intelligence: building job satisfaction through emotional abilities

Bradley Gene Winton

The changing environment of today’s organizations creates an atmosphere ripe for emotions. This ebb and flow of emotions need to be managed to facilitate positive outcomes such as…

Improving investment promotion agencies performance in attracting foreign direct investment

Hongmei Dickinson, Ron Fisher, Hammad Akbar

This study aims to investigate how investment promotion agencies (IPAs) attract funds effectively from emerging to established countries.

Sensing and seizing in the apparel industry: the role of dynamic capabilities in fostering sustainable strategic orientations

Nicolas Chevrollier, Fons Kuijf

This paper aims to explore how the dynamic capabilities sensing and seizing could support a sustainable (either instrumental or stewardship) strategic orientation in the apparel…

Looking for meanings at work: unraveling the implications of smart working on organizational meaningfulness

Rocco Palumbo, Giulia Flamini, Luca Gnan, Massimiliano Matteo Pellegrini

This study aims to shed light on the ambiguous effects of smart working (SW) on work meaningfulness. On the one hand, SW enables people to benefit from greater work flexibility…

Can do and reason to: when are proactive employees willing to share negative information?

Laura E. Marler, Susie S. Cox, Marcia J. Simmering, Bryan L. Rogers, Curtis F. Matherne

Information sharing is vital to organizational operations, yet employees are often reluctant to share negative information. This paper aims to gain insight into which employees…

Cosmopolitanism and organizational commitment: a mediation effect of organizational citizenship behavior within the UAE

Mohamed Behery

This study aims to examine the effects of cosmopolitanism on organizational commitment (OC), with a particular focus on the mediating impact of the employees’ challenge-oriented…

Social psychological aspects of inter-organizational collaboration in a total defense context: a literature review

Gerry Larsson, Aida Alvinius, Bjørn Bakken, Thorvald Hœrem

This paper aims to systematically review the extant research on social psychological aspects of civil-military inter-organizational collaboration, particularly in a total defense…

A systematic review of work-life integration and role of flexible work arrangements

Sourabh Kumar, Sankersan Sarkar, Bhawna Chahar

The growing demands of work and life have shifted the concept of work-life balance to work-life integration (WLI). The success of integration depends upon the flexibility to…

Decoding leadership to leverage employee engagement in virtual teams

Prapti Mutha, Manjari Srivastava

Virtual teams are characterized by short social exchanges and a lack of para-verbal and non-verbal communication. This poses several challenges to virtual leaders. This study aims…

Innovation for organizational sustainability: the role of HR practices and theories

Preeti Dwivedi, Vijit Chaturvedi, Jugal Kishore Vashist

This paper aims to estimate the influence of HR practices and theories on organizational sustainability. The research also examines the role of innovation as a mediator among the…

Impact of psychological contract fulfillment on well-being through the mediation of psychological distress: unveiling the evidences from banking sector

Anushree M. Karani, Revati Chandrashekhar Deshpande, Mitesh Jayswal

This paper aims to explore the content of the psychological contract (PC), i.e. work-family conflict (WFC), family-work conflict (FWC), work overload (WO) and work autonomy (WA…

Skills and competencies for digital transformation – a critical analysis in the context of robotic process automation

Dennis Schlegel, Patrick Kraus

Digital transformation of organizations has major implications for required skills and competencies of the workforce, both as a prerequisite for implementation, and, as a…

Job satisfaction and leadership behavior brief measures: a development and validation study

Julio César Acosta-Prado, Arnold Alejandro Tafur-Mendoza, Rodrigo Arturo Zárate-Torres, Geli Mercedes Pautt-Torres

Job satisfaction and leadership behavior are recognized by the organizational world as fundamental elements that influence the overall effectiveness of a company. However, as the…

Empowerment leadership as a predictor of expatriates job performance and creative work involvement

Hanan AlMazrouei

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between empowering leadership and organizational commitment and its effect on job performance and creative work…

Towards protecting organisations’ data by preventing data theft by malicious insiders

Abir Al-Harrasi, Abdul Khalique Shaikh, Ali Al-Badi

One of the most important Information Security (IS) concerns nowadays is data theft or data leakage. To mitigate this type of risk, organisations use a solid infrastructure and…