Management Decision: Volume 53 Issue 3

Network position and cooperation partners selection strategies for research productivity

Chih-Hsing(Sam) Liu

The purpose of this paper is to explore how individuals can leverage interpersonal relationships and critical network position to acquire knowledge and information for generate…

Integrating nonmarket and market action, response, and initiating firm performance in competitive dynamics

Wu Wei, Xiang Hu, Yanping Li, Peng Peng

The purpose of this paper is to seek to advance the understanding of competitive interaction framework based on competitive dynamics theory that investigates how nonmarket and…

The characteristics of Portuguese management academics and their fit with teaching accreditation standards

Cláudia S. Sarrico, Margarida M. Pinheiro

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the debate on the quality and accreditation of management education by examining the fit between the characteristics of current…

Investigating the relationship between director’s profile, board interlocks and corporate social responsibility

Hazar Ben Barka, Ali Dardour

The purpose of this paper is to discuss a research model that presents three metrics of corporate social performance (CSP): board interlocks, director’s profile and corporate…

Investor reactions to socially responsible investment

Carmen Pilar Martí-Ballester

– The purpose of this paper is to analyze investor reactions to ethical screening by pension plan managers.

The moderating role of perceived organizational support on the relationship between emotional labor and job-related outcomes

Won-Moo Hur, Su-Jin Han, Jeong-Ju Yoo, Tae Won Moon

The purpose of this paper is to attempt to investigate how emotional labor strategies (i.e. surface acting and deep acting) affect job performance through job satisfaction…

The inconvenient truth of the relationship between open innovation activities and innovation performance

Colin C.J. Cheng, Eric C. Shiu

Despite extensive published research into the relationship between open innovation (OI) activities and performance, the nature and direction of the relationship remain…

Environmental proactivity and firm performance: a fuzzy-set analysis

Kaja Primc, Tomaž Čater

The purpose of this paper is to explore causal complexity in the relationship between environmental proactivity and firm performance. Using data collected from 27 Australian firms…

A multidimensional view of intellectual capital: the impact on organizational performance

Kaveh Asiaei, Ruzita Jusoh

The purpose of this paper is to empirically explore intellectual capital (IC) from a multidimensional perspective and its relationship with organizational performance (OP) within…

Consumer responses to corporate offshoring practices

Silvia Grappi, Simona Romani, Richard P Bagozzi

The purpose of this paper is to investigate consumer responses to company communication of offshoring strategies and tries to discover which psychological mechanisms govern these…

Strategic delegation, quality competition, and new product profitability

Hyun Shin, Jongtae Shin, Shijin Yoo, Joon Song, Alex Kim

– The purpose of this paper is to present a new perspective on the marketing-R & D interface by modelling firms that develop new products in a duopolistic market.

Should retail trade companies avoid recruiting maximisers?

Yu-Lun Liu, Kathleen A. Keeling, K. Nadia Papamichail

The purpose of this paper is to investigate differences in characteristics, job outcome experiences and attitudes of maximiser and satisficer decision-making style groups working…