Management Decision: Volume 58 Issue 5

Perceived forgiveness climate and punishment of ethical misconduct

Rommel Salvador

The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether, and under what conditions, an individual’s punitive intent in response to ethical misconduct is shaped by their perceived…

Institutional incentives and pressures in Chinese manufacturing firms’ innovation

Yongli Tang, Xinyue Hu, Claudio Petti, Matthias Thürer

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how Chinese firms’ innovation is related to their perceived incentives and pressures from the transitioning institutional environment.

Empowerment in service recovery: the role of self-regulation process of frontline employee

Mo Zhang, Ruoqi Geng

In accordance with the commitment–trust theory, employee attitudes and behaviours mediate the impact of empowerment on service recovery performance. The purpose of this paper is…

Inter-project knowledge transfer in project-based organizations: an organizational context perspective

Xu Ren, Zi Yan, Zhaojing Wang, Jingwen He

Numerous studies highlight the importance of knowledge transfer between projects, but the influence factors are still debated. As a contribution to the identified gap, the purpose…

Relationship between job embeddedness and innovative work behaviour

Pattanee Susomrith, Albert Amankwaa

The purpose of this paper is to enable management decisions to develop innovation within an organisation by examining the relationship between job embeddedness (JE) and innovative…

Reaching organizational ambidexterity in the merger process: a temporal switching

Anne-Sophie Thelisson, Audrey Missonier, Gilles Guieu

The purpose of this paper is to explore how a company reaches organizational ambidexterity during a merger process. Organizational ambidexterity refers to the proactive…

Human capital and innovation: mixing apples and oranges on the board of high-tech firms

Fabrizia Sarto, Sara Saggese, Riccardo Viganò, Marianna Mauro

The purpose of this paper is to provide insights into the implications of board human capital heterogeneity for company innovation by focusing on the educational and the…

Business model design and performance in nascent markets

Morten Rask, Franziska Günzel-Jensen

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the nascent market settings from a business model innovation perspective with the research questions: How do incumbents and start-ups…

A competitive dynamics perspective on evolutionary game theory, agent-based modeling, and innovation in high-tech firms

Ruihan Zhang, Bing Sun

The purpose of this paper is to determine how high-tech firms should choose between independent research and development and technology introduction as well as to ascertain the…

Does leader humility matter? Effects on altruism and innovation

Fermín Mallén, Emilio Domínguez-Escrig, Rafael Lapiedra, Ricardo Chiva

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effect of leader humility in firm innovativeness. The study highlights the importance of promoting altruism within organizations as a…

Adding a new dimension to the spirituality at work concept: Scale development and the impacts on individual performance

Maria Joelle, Arnaldo Coelho

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to a better understanding and measure of the concept of spirituality at work (SW) by adding a new dimension to traditional…