European Journal of Management Studies : Volume 29 Issue 2 , Open Access

What are the contrasting types of proactivity that manifest at work? A systematic literature review, content analysis, and future directions

Rawia Ahmed, Said Al-Riyami, Nisar Ahmad, Aqsa Bibi

This study summarizes widely dispersed literature on proactivity at work in its many different forms and highlights contrasts between the various themes in detail.

Gender differences in the attitudes toward cutting people vs pay

Yeongjoon Yoon, Sukanya Sengupta

The current research investigates the gender difference in the attitudes of current employees and job seekers (or “future” employees) to payroll cost reduction methods (downsizing…

GVC embeddedness and innovation performance – an analysis across 28 European countries

Alissa Lysanne van Zijl, Ferry Koster

This study has the following aims. First, it tries to clarify the relationship between global value chain (GVC) participation and innovation performance. To date, research…

The close complementarity of museums and theme parks as a tourist package in European capital cities

Lázaro Florido-Benítez

The purpose of this paper is to analyse museums and theme parks as a tourist package and how the proximity of airports to the city and public transport influence the development…

Covid-19 pandemic trouble? An exploratory study on German acquisitions in Japan

Kevin Massmann, Ralf Bebenroth

This study investigated how the Covid-19 pandemic impacted cross-border acquisitions. Though literature suggests that cross-border investments decreased during the pandemic, there…