International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management: Volume 71 Issue 8
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The pricing of information asymmetry based on environmental uncertainty and accounting conservatism
Mohsen RashidiThe purpose of this study is to investigate the information asymmetry pricing (relation between information asymmetry and expected return) based on environmental uncertainty and…
Levels and dimensions of diversity in small businesses: contributions for performance
Carla Curado, Silvio H.T. Tai, Mírian Oliveira, Joaquim Miranda SarmentoThe purpose of this study is to propose and test a model on the impact of diversity over performance using a Portuguese national wide comprehensively matched employee–employer…
Determinants of the performance of small and medium-sized enterprises in emerging markets
The Nguyen HuynhThe aim of this article is to investigate the determinants of the performance of small and medium-sized enterprises in emerging markets: evidence from Vietnam.
Enhancing employee innovativeness and job performance through a culture of workplace innovation
Mohsin Khan, Rampalli Prabhakara Raya, Rajeesh ViswanathanThe creative employees with innovative ideas tend to engage with the latest technologies and the needed organizational processes for the survival of the companies. The culture of…
Risk disclosures and firm value: the role of governance in an emerging market
Surbhi Jain, Mehul RaithathaThe objective of this paper is to investigate the impact of risk disclosures on firm value. We further investigate whether effective governance moderates the relation between risk…
Measuring technology and performance differentials among the Norwegian dairy farms
Habtamu AlemThe study measures the technology gap and performance of the Norwegian dairy farms accounting for farm heterogeneity.
Kaizen transferability in non-Japanese cultures: a combined approach of total interpretive structural modeling and analytic network process
Ammar Mohamed Aamer, Mohammed Ali Al-Awlaqi, Nabeel Mandahawi, Farid Triawan, Faisal Al-MadiThe literature on Kaizen transferability to non-Japanese culture is still evolving. The results suggest that the relevant research is still at a descriptive and explanatory stage…
Dynamic capabilities: antecedents and implications for firms' performance
Ricardo Jorge Correia, Mário Sérgio Teixeira, José G. DiasThis paper aims to explore a new causal link between learning, market and entrepreneurial orientations and firms' performance by introducing dynamic capabilities and competitive…
Role of leader and followers' well-being, engagement and the moderating role of psychological capital
Beena Prakash Nair, T. Prasad, Shreekumar K. NairThe present study had two objectives, first objective was to examine the impact of authentic leadership on followers' well-being and work engagement. The second objective was to…
What drives the performance of different bank-ownership types in Indonesia? The pre- and post-GFC analysis
Apriani Dorkas Rambu Atahau, Tom CronjeThe Indonesian banks play crucial roles in the economy, especially because of less developed bond and stock markets. It has undergone drastic changes in bank-ownership composition…
Efficacy beliefs and employee voice: the role of perceived influence and manager openness
R. Prince, M.K. RaoThe purpose of this study is to explore how and when an employee's belief in their voice self-efficacy leads to promotive and prohibitive voice behavior. By banking on social…
An evidence-based multilevel framework of talent management: a systematic review
Amro Aljbour, Erica French, Muhammad AliPast research provides mixed evidence of the various elements of talent management. This review consolidates that research evidence to present a comprehensive evidence-based…
A conceptual model of Lean culture adoption in healthcare
Marc Dorval, Marie-Hélène JobinThis work seeks to offer a greater understanding of Lean healthcare implementation challenges conceptually taking a situated cultural organizational change perspective.
Impacts of marketing decisions on delivery performance and flexibility of the operations area
Marcos Eduardo Finger, Daniel Pacheco Lacerda, Luis Riehs Camargo, Fábio Sartori Piran, Ricardo Augusto Cassel, Maria Isabel Wolf Motta MorandiThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the relations in the Marketing/Operations interface through the analysis of data of the operational reality of a Brazilian company with…
The contingent nature of warehouse flexibility
Adam Sadowski, Piotr Wojciechowski, Per EngelsethIn a volatile marketplace, warehouse management is fundamentally contingent of changes in its supply network environment. Flexibility is therefore a key logistics issue in…
Measurement development for eco-innovation capabilities of Malaysian oil and gas firms
Russell Tatenda Munodawafa, Satirenjit Kaur JohlTo combat concerns over the state of the natural environment, energy security and deteriorating air quality, the oil and gas sector needs to implement eco-innovations. Interest in…
Influence of organizational life cycle on performance management design in the software industry
Salete Verginia Fontana Baiochi, Guilherme Corredato Guerino, Gislaine Camila Lapasini Leal, Renato Balancieri, Syntia Lemos Cotrim, Edwin Vladimir Cardoza GaldamezThis work investigates the influence of the organizational life cycle (OLC) on the performance management system (PMS) design and the performance of projects in Brazilian…
Servant leadership and employee productivity: a mediating and moderating role
Sudarmo, Pratiwi Dwi Suhartanti, Wahyu Eko PrasetyantoThis study aims to determine the relationship between servant leadership, innovation self-efficacy, corporate work culture and employee productivity in mediating and moderating…
Two sides, but not of the same coin: digitalization, productivity and unemployment
Oxana Krutova, Pertti Koistinen, Tuuli Turja, Harri Melin, Tuomo SärkikoskiThis paper aims to examine how input from the digital restructuring of the workplace and productivity affects the risk of job loss and unemployment.
Transfer mechanisms for lean implementation with OHS integration in the garment industry
Abu Hamja, Peter Hasle, David HansenLean manufacturing has the potential for simultaneously improving the competitiveness and the social sustainability of the apparel industry in developing countries. However, there…
Effects of market orientation, innovation strategies and value-based pricing on market performance
Deonir De Toni, Ricardo Antonio Reche, Gabriel Sperandio MilanThis study aims to propose and test a theoretical model that contemplates antecedent constructs of organizational performance, as well as the interaction among them.
Practical implications of cost of quality: a systematic literature review
Evangelos Psomas, Christina Dimitrantzou, Fotios VouzasThe present study focuses on the cost of quality (CoQ) based on which organizations can evaluate their quality-related activities in economic terms. The purpose of the study is to…
Analysis of lean implementation barriers in Indian ceramic industries: modeling through an interpretive ranking process
Jagdish Bhadu, Dharmendra Singh, Jaiprakash BhamuThe purpose of this paper is to identify and prioritize the lean implementation (LI) barriers in the context of labor intensive Indian ceramic industries through a statistically…
How does ownership by corporate managers affect R&D in the UK? The moderating impact of institutional investors
Ahmed Hassanein, Mahmoud Marzouk, Mohsen Ebied A.Y. AzzamThis paper tests for a positive, a negative and a nonlinear relationship between the share of ownership controlled by firm managers and the management decision to invest in…
Information seeking and collaborative decision-making behaviour in consultancy project teams: a network theoretic viewpoint
Sulafa Badi, Hanxiao Ji, Edward G. OchiengThis study aims to examine how embeddedness influences consultants' information seeking when making decisions within a social network of relationships, and how these social…
Financial efficiency of commercial banks listed in Egyptian stock exchange using data envelopment analysis
Mahmoud Abdelrahman Kamel, Mohamed El-Sayed Mousa, Randa Mohamed HamdyThis study used data envelopment analysis (DEA) models to measure financial efficiency of twelve commercial banks listed in the Egyptian stock exchange (CBLSE), along with…
Does meaningful work encompass support towards supervisory, worker and engagement relationship?
Umair Ahmed, Irene Seok-Ching Yong, Munwar Hussain Pahi, Sarfraz Ahmed DakhanThis study aimed at examining the influence of two important elements of social supports, namely supervisor support and coworker support, on work engagement among employees in the…
A proposed maturity model to improve warehouse performance
Loay Salhieh, Waed AlswaerThe purpose of this paper is to propose a maturity model to improve warehouse performance.
Impact of basic psychological needs on organizational justice and helping behavior: a self-determination perspective
Shih Yung Chou, Thuy Nguyen, Charles Ramser, Tree ChangIntegrating the social exchange perspective of helping behavior with self-determination theory (SDT), this study seeks to examine the impact of employees' psychological needs on…
Analyzing the operational barriers of government-supported healthcare supply chain
Anuj Dixit, Srikanta Routroy, Sunil Kumar DubeyThe purpose of this study is to develop a methodology for the identification, categorization and prioritization of operational government-supported healthcare supply chain…
Predictive power of training design on employee performance: an empirical approach in Pakistan's health sector
Mitho Khan Bhatti, Bahadur Ali Soomro, Naimatullah ShahThe purpose of this study is to ascertain the role of training design on employee performance in the health sector of Pakistan.
Transformational leadership and organizational performance of Omani SMEs: the role of market orientation
Khalid Abed Dahleez, Fadi Abdelmuniem AbdelfattahThis study proposed and tested a model on the relationship between transformational leadership (TL) and organizational performance (OP) with a possible intervening effect of…
A control chart pattern recognition methodology for controlling information technology-enabled service (ITeS) process customer complaints
Boby JohnThe purpose of this paper is to develop a control chart pattern recognition methodology for monitoring the weekly customer complaints of outsourced information technology-enabled…
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- Dr Luisa Huatuco
- Dr Nicky Shaw