Management Decision: Volume 61 Issue 1

Equity theory in action: how to attract locals into nursing jobs

James C. Ryan

The current paper explores the use of equity theory in understanding the challenges of workforce localization of healthcare professionals in an international context.

Obliterating rating distortions: role of rater disposition and rating context

Malik Ikramullah, Ammad Ahmed Khan Khalil, Muhammad Zahid Iqbal, Faqir Sajjad Ul Hassan

Recent performance appraisal (PA) literature suggests that alongside cognitive biases, rating distortions may stem from rater disposition and PA context. The study investigated…

Risky combination: the role of managerial perceptions of social media use and entrepreneurial orientation on SME innovation

Stoney Brooks, Arvin Sahaym, Avimanyu Datta, Smita Srivastava

This study examines the conditions when “managerial perception of the contribution of social media” (SMC) enhances and inhibits entrepreneurially oriented small and medium-size…

Family–work enrichment and entrepreneurial intentions: a family affective support perspective

Zuhui Xu, Yan Zhou, Yue Zhang, Yingying Zhang, Zhe Ouyang

Although research on entrepreneurial intentions has outlined the role of family instrumental support, little is known about the impact of family affective support. Building on…

Team knowledge management: how leaders’ expertise recognition influences expertise utilization

Suyang Ye, Teng Zhao

This paper aims to extend the literature on how to harness the expertise of team members. This paper suggests that the leader’s expertise recognition plays an important role in…

Top management team internal social capital, market dynamics and business model design: a dynamic managerial capability perspective

Yunhui Wang, Yaqun Yi, Zelong Wei

Drawing on the dynamic managerial capability perspective and the dynamic capability perspective of business model (BM) literature, this paper aims to investigate how top…

Assessing social capital and knowledge sharing in the high-tech industry: a moderating role of hypercompetition

Chieh-Peng Lin, Tse-Yao Huang

Although the literature has somewhat discussed social capital and knowledge sharing, the mediating and moderating mechanisms that influence team workers to move from connecting…

Competitive rivalry in the digital market: an action-configuration perspective

Hui Qi, Xiaotao Yao, Weiguo Fan

The purpose of this paper is to explore the nature of a competitive action and its impact on the response of rivals in the digital market. Specifically, this paper introduces the…

Institutional distance, internationalization speed and cross-border e-commerce platform utilization

Zichun Yan, Xiying Lu, Yan Chen, Kai Wang

From the perspective of the institution and internationalization speed, the article discusses the internal mechanism of cross-border e-commerce selection mode, as well as the…

Determinants of intention to adopt big data and outsourcing among SMEs: organisational and technological factors as moderators

Mohammad Iranmanesh, Kok Hong Lim, Behzad Foroughi, Meen Chee Hong, Morteza Ghobakhloo

Present research aims to study the determinants of big data analytics (BDA) adoption intention and outsourcing in the context of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Corporate opinion leadership on professional social media

Pawel Korzynski, Jordi Paniagua, Grzegorz Mazurek

This study investigates online corporate opinion leadership on professional social media from two different perspectives: first, how corporate opinion leadership indicated by…

Marketing strategies for fintech companies: text data analysis of social media posts

Sungwon Oh, Min Jae Park, Tae You Kim, Jiho Shin

This study aimed to present the methodology of the text data analysis to establish marketing strategies for fintech companies in a practical way. Specifically, the methodology was…

Exploring a market-like organizational system’s performance by considering the efficiency/effectiveness trade-off in micro-level exchanges

Lin Shi

The study explores how a market-like organizational system realizes efficient and/or effective development by investigating the efficiency/effectiveness trade-off in micro-level…

Effects of green human resource management practices on green innovation and behavior

Naimatullah Shah, Bahadur Ali Soomro

This study explores green human resource management in Pakistan's automobile industry.

A theory of planned behaviour: perspective on rehiring ex-offenders

Fatin Nadirah Khasni, J.S. Keshminder, Soo Cheng Chuah, T. Ramayah

Using the theory of Planned Behaviour as the basis, the study investigates the impact of attitude, subjective norm and perceived behavioural control on rehiring intention. The…

Dual effects of regulatory focus on work-related consequences: the mediating roles of psychological contracts

Huai-Liang Liang

This paper aims to examine the potential mechanisms through which regulatory focus influences employee work-related outcomes. The effects of a dual model of regulatory focus on…