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The available literature has explored the various psychosocial determinants of well-being to some extent. The earlier works have focused primarily on hedonic well-being with little focus on eudaimonic aspects. Therefore, this study aims to understand the role of parent–child religious attendance during childhood, religious connectedness, and financial-material stability on eudaimonic well-being among adults in India.

The authors used the India data from Global Flourishing Study – Wave 1 that addressed flourishing among adults above 18 years. The authors considered 9,076 Indian adults and used descriptive and correlation statistics. In addition, the authors conducted path analysis and t-test.

The likelihood of eudaimonic well-being increased with parent–child religious attendance during childhood (ß = −0.044, p < 0.01) along with religious connectedness (ß = −0.112, p < 0.01) and financial-material stability (ß = 0.145, p < 0.01) as an adult. In addition, a significant difference existed in terms of religious connectedness and eudaimonic well-being with income and perceived feelings about income.

This study emphasizes financial stability’s relevance in well-being and suggests the importance of considering religious factors during childhood and adulthood. Emphasizing factors influencing eudaimonic well-being is relevant due to its influence on mental health and quality of life.

Diversity policies have become widespread in modern organizations. Such policies often have the goal of improving the workplace experiences of marginalized groups, and understanding dominant group reactions to such policies is vital to their effectiveness. This paper investigated the dominant group (i.e. White individuals) response to diversity policies, specifically how White individuals’ modern racism beliefs influence their organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) intentions when exposed to a diversity policy.

Using experimental methodology and a combination of social exchange theory and literature on modern racism, the two studies explore how exposure to a diversity (versus neutral) policy influences White individuals’ OCB intentions in two different settings (lab and field).

The results of these studies make clear that certain people respond negatively to diversity policies. In Study 1, White participants with relatively high modern racism beliefs showed lower OCB intentions directed at their organization when exposed to a diversity versus neutral policy. No differences emerged for White participants with relatively low modern racism beliefs. In Study 2, the results were replicated using a field sample of working adults in which they indicated their likelihood of OCB toward their employing organization.

The findings suggest that diversity policies can have unintended, adverse consequences for organizations, but are dependent upon employees’ modern racism beliefs. The results of the two studies provide a richer understanding of dominant group reactions to diversity policies by examining a downstream consequence of great organizational importance, i.e. OCB.

This research empirically establishes that the interpersonal population diversity of executive board members partly explains the differences in financial misconduct across US banks. It advances the hypothesis that heterogeneity in the composition of an interpersonal population and diverse traits of board members, originating from the prehistoric course of the exodus of Homo sapiens from East Africa tens of thousands of years ago, is an important factor explaining the effectiveness of executive board monitoring with respect to a bank engaging in financial misconduct. The underlying intuition is that population-fragmented societies, characterized by mistrust, preference heterogeneity and corruption, find it difficult to sustain collective integrity action.

Employing a panel of US banks from 1998 to 2019 we find that adding directors from countries with different levels of interpersonal population diversity is positively associated with financial misconduct as measured by enforcement and class action litigation against banks by the main regulatory agencies. Furthermore, we document that the more population-diverse bank boards are more likely to commit misconduct, consistent with a mechanism of inter-generational transmission of cultural norms of mistrust and non-cooperation.

We find that adding directors from countries with different levels of interpersonal population diversity is positively associated with financial misconduct as measured by enforcement and class action litigation against banks by the main regulatory agencies. These results are robust to controlling for bank-specific variables, including other board characteristics, and to the use of instrumental variables.

The findings suggest that reducing financial misconduct by banks likely requires reducing the interpersonal population diversity of banks’ executive boards.

We show how bank boards with different interpersonal population diversity impact the likelihood of engaging in misconduct provides evidence of the microeconomic effects of interpersonal population diversity. We show the negative results of diversity that they can have on the management of a firm given that populated diverse boards are more likely to lead to higher levels of misconduct. Our evidence reveals that banks having interpersonal population fragmented boards are more likely to commit misconduct given the cultural norms of mistrust and the lack of societal cohesiveness.

Framing by dual concern theory (DCT), this study aims to examine how personality traits influence conflict resolution strategies and their impact on fascination and relationship maintenance among romantic partners within the unique context of romantic travel. By focusing on the influence of the travel environment, this research explores how shared travel experiences may alter typical relationship dynamics.

Using composite-based structural model analysis and importance–performance map analysis (IPMA), the study prioritizes factors contributing to relationship quality, with a specific focus on how the travel environment shapes gender differences in conflict resolution preferences. IPMA ranks these traits and strategies based on their impact on fascination and relationship maintenance in a travel context. Data were collected from romantic partners during travel and analyzed for gender-specific trends.

The findings reveal that personality traits, particularly openness, play a critical role in shaping conflict resolution strategies such as integrating, obliging and compromising, which in turn enhance fascination and relationship maintenance. Factors such as openness should be prioritized for their significant impact on relationship quality, especially among women, while integrating, agreeableness and obliging are likely to be more influential among men. In addition, the study highlights gender differences in conflict resolution preferences and their impact on relationship dynamics.

This study extends DCT by demonstrating how the romantic tourism environment influences established relationship dynamics, particularly the role of personality traits in conflict resolution. It offers novel insights into how travel settings affect the maintenance of romantic relationships, revealing that relationship practices can shift during travel. Practically, tourism practitioners and destination marketers can leverage these findings by designing romantic travel experiences that foster collaborative conflict resolution and address gender-specific needs. Policymakers are encouraged to create supportive environments for romantic travelers, enhancing satisfaction and relational outcomes.

本研究以双重关注理论为框架, 探讨了在浪漫旅行的独特背景下, 人格特质如何影响冲突解决策略以及其对浪漫伴侣之间的吸引力和关系维持的影响。通过关注旅行环境的影响, 本研究探讨了共享旅行体验如何改变典型的关系动态。

该研究使用基于复合的结构模型分析和重要性——绩效图分析（IPMA）, 优先考虑影响关系质量的因素, 特别关注旅行环境如何塑造在冲突解决偏好中的性别差异。IPMA根据这些特征和策略在旅行环境中对吸引力和关系维持的影响来对其进行排名。在旅行过程中从浪漫伴侣那里收集数据, 并分析特定性别的趋势。

研究结果显示, 人格特质, 特别是开放性, 在制定冲突解决策略（如整合、乐于助人和妥协）方面发挥着关键作用, 这反过来又增强了吸引力和关系维持。开放性等因素应优先考虑, 因为其对关系质量有重大影响, 特别是在女性中, 而整合性、亲和性和乐于助人在男性中可能更具影响力。此外, 该研究还强调了冲突解决偏好中的性别差异及其对关系动态的影响。

本研究通过展示浪漫旅游环境如何影响既定的关系动态, 特别是人格特质在解决冲突中的作用, 扩展了双重关注理论。它为旅行环境如何影响浪漫关系的维持提供了的全新见解, 揭示了旅行过程中关系实践可能会发生变化。实际上, 旅游从业者和目的地营销人员可以通过设计浪漫的旅行体验来利用这些发现, 这些体验可以促进合作解决冲突, 满足特定性别的需求。鼓励政策制定者为浪漫旅行者创造支持性环境, 提高满意度和关系成果。

Enmarcado en la teoría de la doble preocupación, este estudio examina cómo los rasgos de personalidad influyen en las estrategias de resolución de conflictos y su impacto en la fascinación y el mantenimiento de la relación entre parejas románticas dentro del contexto único de los viajes románticos. Al centrarse en la influencia del entorno del viaje, esta investigación explora cómo las experiencias de viaje compartidas pueden alterar la dinámica típica de las relaciones.

Mediante el análisis de modelos estructurales basados en composiciones y el Análisis de Mapas de Importancia-Rendimiento (IPMA), el estudio prioriza los factores que contribuyen a la calidad de las relaciones, centrándose específicamente en cómo el entorno del viaje determina las diferencias de género en las preferencias de resolución de conflictos. El IPMA clasifica estos rasgos y estrategias en función de su impacto en la fascinación y el mantenimiento de la relación en un contexto de viaje. Se recogieron datos de parejas románticas durante el viaje y se analizaron en busca de tendencias específicas de género.

Los resultados revelan que los rasgos de personalidad, en particular la apertura, desempeñan un papel fundamental en la conformación de estrategias de resolución de conflictos como la integración, la obligación y el compromiso, que a su vez potencian la fascinación y el mantenimiento de la relación. Factores como la apertura deberían ser prioritarios por su impacto significativo en la calidad de las relaciones, especialmente entre las mujeres, mientras que la integración, la complacencia y la actitud servicial son probablemente más influyentes entre los hombres. Además, el estudio destaca las diferencias de género en las preferencias de resolución de conflictos y su impacto en la dinámica de las relaciones.

Este estudio amplía la teoría de la doble preocupación al demostrar cómo el entorno turístico romántico influye en la dinámica de las relaciones establecidas, en particular en el papel de los rasgos de personalidad en la resolución de conflictos. Ofrece nuevas perspectivas sobre cómo el entorno del viaje afecta al mantenimiento de las relaciones románticas, revelando que las prácticas relacionales pueden cambiar durante el viaje. En la práctica, los profesionales del turismo y los comercializadores de destinos pueden aprovechar estos resultados para diseñar experiencias de viajes románticos que fomenten la resolución colaborativa de conflictos y aborden las necesidades específicas de cada sexo. Se anima a los responsables políticos a crear entornos propicios para los viajeros románticos, mejorando la satisfacción y los resultados relacionales.

Previous work has explored the ability of auditors to expand successfully into seemingly unrelated fields, referred to as new audit spaces. The present paper focuses on how auditors respond to challenges when entering a new audit field and devising strategies to sensemake and sensegive about those challenges.

This study builds on findings from 32 interviews with auditors and participant observation of interactions between auditors and blockchainers to understand how auditors approached a new audit space.

We find that when auditors enter a new audit space, they endeavour to impose a logic of auditability. First, they determine an acceptable knowledge basis for this target audit space by developing a codified set of rules to organize knowledge, then develop a codified set of practices to verify conformity to the auditor’s set of rules. Next, auditors engage in three strategic tactics to influence members of the target audit space: appealing to the financial benefits of adopting a logic of auditability; appealing to their credentials from established audit markets; and appealing to bona fides in the target audit space to establish credibility. We posit that these sensemaking and sensegiving strategies do not take hold in the blockchain space because auditors are approaching these activities from a different mental model than blockchain natives. Because auditors are unable to adopt the mental model of the blockchain space, they are unable to devise strategies to compellingly influence blockchain natives and secure a stronghold in this new audit space. We developed a model for sensemaking and sensegiving when auditors enter new audit spaces.

This paper challenges and contrasts prior accounts of the seemingly unending expansion of audit firms into new spaces. The study demonstrates that there are limitations to auditors’ abilities to transplant their verification skills in the blockchain field.

The purpose of this study is to (1) identify the factors that affect the adoption of virtual reality (VR) for spectator sports, (2) examine the differences in the factors among the four adopter categories (i.e. continuers, discontinuers, potentials and resistors) and (3) determine whether these factors are useful for discriminating among the adopter categories, based on the “diffusion of innovation” and “uses and gratification” theories.

In total, 216 participants were included in the analysis. Logistic regression and multiple analyses of variance were conducted to identify the factors that affect the adoption of VRS and examine the differences in the factors between adopter and non-adopter as well as between the continuers, discontinuers, potentials and resistors.

This study found that actualized innovativeness, complexity, companionship and gender significantly affect user adoption of VR for spectator sports. There were significant differences in the factors among the four adopter categories. The factors were also useful in discriminating between the four adopter categories.

This study highlights how individuals embrace emerging technologies differently based on their adopter category characteristics. From a marketing perspective, the insights gained from this study can inform the development of targeted strategies, campaigns and user experiences for VR spectator sports (VRS). This approach promises new revenue streams for the spectator sport industry and offers solutions to challenges like declining viewership and digital marginalization. It underscores the potential success of VR technology in transforming the spectator sport industry.

This research offers clarity regarding process supply chain integration through two deliverables: (1) developing six constructs (both integrative mechanisms and integrative practices for internal, customer, and supplier integration); and (2) empirically testing a theoretically grounded supply chain process model using three distinct datasets (internal, customer, and supplier integration).

The construct development procedure involved a continuous improvement cycle for identifying 1,450 items previously used to measure internal, customer, and/or supplier integration constructs; classifying the items into one of six categories; and refining the instruments based on pilot data and peer feedback. Three surveys (targeted key informants based on their specialized knowledge on internal, customer, or supplier integration) were disseminated for evaluating the measurement instruments and testing the theoretically grounded supply chain management process models, by performing the Covariance-Based Structural Equation Modeling (CB-SEM) analysis technique.

The findings revealed consistencies across all three dimensions of supply chain integration where integrative mechanisms and integrative practices are distinct constructs; integrative mechanisms make it possible for integrative practices and supply chain orientation to occur in a supply chain company; and integrative practices and supply chain orientation improve business performance.

Our study contributes to answering how process-oriented supply chain management occurs, responding to calls for research in the supply chain management discipline and advancing theory development around supply chain integration. The theoretical and managerial contributions of developing six constructs and testing three supply chain management process models relate to identifying the specific aspects of supply chain integration that improves business performance. The three tested models also reveal both direct and mediating effects of integrative practices and supply chain orientation, which contributes to the practical understanding of effective supply chain management implementation.

Given that African Americans are at the bottom of household income, understanding how individuals can improve their financial well-being is critical. Cultural background influences family financial socialization processes, with cultural values shaping family roles and communication patterns. This study explores African Americans’ financial well-being by examining how the intermix of affect, perception and familism influences financial intentions.

The study analyzes the value–attitude–behavior hierarchy, the impact of subjective financial knowledge on financial behaviors and perceived behavioral control among African Americans. The research sample comprised 346 African Americans of a broad range of ages. A partial least squares structural equation model (SmartPLS 3) was used for the analysis.

The study found a positive and significant influence of the cultural value of familism on financial attitudes, consistent with previous studies. The influence of the cultural value of familism on financial well-being through financial attitudes without further mediation was found to be positive but insignificant. The influence of the cultural value of familism on perceived control was shown to have an insignificant impact on financial well-being, which is inconsistent with previous literature on the value–attitude–behavior hierarchy; this is particularly relevant among African Americans.

The findings illustrate the importance of the positive impact of interpersonal family relationships on actual financial behaviors (intentions), allowing individuals to improve their financial situations. However, subjective financial knowledge lacks significance when mediated through the influence of financial intentions on financial well-being.

Integrating green (sustainable) practices in logistics management play a crucial role in accelerating the transition to a circular economy, realizing its sustainability potential and position in the net zero emission target by 2050. Over the past decade, this integration has attracted significant attention in both academic and industrial discourse. Despite the increasing recognition of the benefits of green logistics practices (GLPs), only a few firms have implemented green-oriented or sustainable logistics practices; hence, a comprehensive understanding of what could drive its implementation as well as how and when firms can benefit from GLPs is of key importance for theory, policy and practice. Drawing on dual theoretical lenses, this study investigated how supply chain ethical leadership (SCEL) could stimulate green logistics practices by building green core competencies (GCC) under varying conditions of corporate green culture (CGC).

An integrated model motivated by social learning and contingency theories was tested using responses from 208 managers of logistics firms in Ghana. SPSS 23 and covariance-based structural equation modeling (CB-SEM) were used for data analyses.

Both SCEL and GCC significantly influenced GLPs. The findings also showed that GLPs significantly enhanced carbon-neutral supply chain performance (CNSCP). The results further showed that GCC mediates the SCEL–GLPs link. We also found that the effect of SCEL on GLPs was amplified at a high level of CGC.

This study offers fresh insight into how managers can leverage SCEL to support GLP and when they can also combine green competence and green culture to achieve enhanced benefits in the form of carbon-neutral SCP. This further implies that building ethical leadership and competencies alone may not be sufficient to drive superior emission reduction and subsequent sustainability; rather, cultivating a green-oriented culture that values sustainable logistics is crucial to fully realize the potential of ethical leadership and competencies in enabling the implementation of GLPs and subsequently enhancing carbon-neutral SCP.

The novelty of the present study lies in the integration of social learning and contingency theories to unearth the mechanism and conditional roles of green competence and green culture in optimizing the SCEL–GLPs–GLP relationship. The study is also among the few attempts to shed light on how firms can leverage GLPs to enhance carbon-neutral supply chain performance, which is rare.

Research in managerial cognition has proved the influence of managerial perceptions in strategic renewal. Moreover, contingency theory argues that strategic renewal is an organisational reaction to perceived contingencies. Nevertheless, previous literature has rarely examined the interaction of these two theoretical approaches in the context of perceived gender issues. This paper explores how managers' perceptions of gender issues and stakeholder pressure, independently and in combination, influence organisations’ strategic renewal.

This study collected quantitative data through an online survey sent to managers in Sweden. The final sample consisted of 101 valid responses examined using linear regression analysis. This analysis consisted of three models. Two models examined the direct impact of perceptions of gender issues and stakeholder pressure on strategic renewal, while a third model investigated their interactive effect.

The regression analysis showed a positive relationship between managers’ perceptions of gender issues and strategic renewal. Moreover, stakeholder pressure experienced by managers was positively associated with strategic renewal, and the interaction between the perception of gender issues and strategic renewal did not significantly influence strategic renewal.

The results provide at least three theoretical contributions, demonstrating the importance of managerial cognition in strategic renewal through the lens of perceived gender issues. Also, the results show that the interaction of perception of gender issues and stakeholder pressure does not automatically translate into strategic renewal, highlighting more complexity than generally assumed. Finally, our findings underscore the significance of perceived gender issues, even within a context widely regarded as advanced in gender equality, such as Sweden, thereby adding value and relevance to the research.