International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior: Volume 21 Issue 4

Chaos theory, uncertainty, and organizational learning: What the Ebola incident in Dallas teaches us about organizations

Laura M. Keyes, Abraham David Benavides

The purpose of this paper is to juxtapose chaos theory with organizational learning theory to examine whether public organizations co-evolve into a new order or rather…

The impact of law, religion, and culture on the ease of starting a business

Dana L. Haggard, K. Stephen Haggard

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of culture, legal origin and religion on four measures of the ease of starting a new business; the number of procedures…

Do workplace flexibilities influence employment stability? An analysis of alternative work schedules, turnover intent and gender in local government

Lori Wadsworth, Jared L. Llorens, Rex L. Facer

The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between the determinants of public employee turnover intent and the use of workplace flexibilities, with particular…

The role of knowledge complexity in administration–society collaborations on knowledge: Theory-building from social movement and knowledge management theories

Vadym Pyrozhenko

This paper engaged in theory-building from social movement and knowledge management (KM) theories and applied the case study method to explore the role of knowledge complexity in…

The art of orienteering small firms’ innovation: Illuminating the link between innovation and strategy making

Rocco Palumbo, Rosalba Manna

Even though innovation is widely understood as a critical success factor, little is still known about the top management ability to steer small firms’ innovativeness. In an…

Transformational leadership and positive work outcomes: A framework exploring the role of LMX and distributive justice

Ankur Nandedkar, Roger S. Brown

A significant amount of research has examined the relationship between transformational leadership and positive follower outcomes such as organizational citizenship behavior (OCB…