Management Research Review: Volume 41 Issue 4

Political connections, family firms and earnings quality

Muhammad Arsalan Hashmi, Rayenda Khresna Brahmana, Evan Lau

This paper aims to investigate the effect of political connections on earnings quality by simultaneously controlling the firm characteristics; to test whether Pakistani firms’…

Timeline of engagement research and future research directions

Manjiri Kunte, Parisa Rungruang

Studies suggest that engagement is related with organizationally desired outcomes, including performance, productivity, profitability, employee retention, organization citizenship…

The proxies conundrum

Rubeena Tashfeen, Tashfeen Mahmood Azhar

No systematic models are being used in empirical research that provide assurance for the choice of proxies that are being used. The purpose of this paper is to examine the…

Coverage bias in business news: evidence and methodological implications

Tomi Nokelainen, Juho Kanniainen

This paper aims to investigate whether the assumption of bias-free journalism is violated. If there is systematic news coverage bias inherent in business journalism, certain kinds…

Service operations in DMV (division of motor vehicles) offices of the USA - a comparative study

James B. Martin, Joyendu Bhadury, James Cordeiro, Melissa L. Waite, Kwasi Amoako-Gyampah

Division of motor vehicle (DMV) offices serve a wide swath of Americans in all states and can therefore serve as excellent vehicles to study the quality of public services in the…