Chinese Management Studies
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Impact of family supportive leadership on taking charge behaviour: resource-gain-development framework perspective
Shan Jin, Xiaoxia Fu, Yanling YanBased on the resource-gain-development framework, this study aims to explore the mediating mechanism of work–family enrichment (WFE) and psychological distress, and the potential…
Antecedents of voice endorsement: a communication perspective
Tingxi Wang, Yue Xu, Jie LiThe final effectiveness of employee voice largely depends on voice endorsement. This study aims to review, assess, analyze and synthesize the emerging literature on voice…
Does corporate social responsibility always lead to positive effects?
HaeJin Seo, Xiyuan Liu, Tae Ho SongBrand crisis has become an increasingly common phenomenon recently. While corporate social responsibility (CSR) plays a role in mitigating the negative consequences of brand…
Financial misconduct and corporate innovation: evidence from China
William Mbanyele, Fengrong WangThis study aims to examine the real effects of financial misconduct on corporate innovation.
A configurational analysis of innovation ambidexterity: evidence from Chinese niche leaders
Qinghua Xia, Qing Zhu, Manqing Tan, Yi XieInnovation ambidexterity is crucial for fostering growth and gaining a competitive advantage in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Previous research indicates that achieving a…
Outward foreign direct investment, dynamic capabilities and radical innovation performance: empirical evidence from Chinese high-tech companies
Xiyue Zheng, Fusheng Wang, Shiyu Liu, Han Wang, Dongchao ZhangThis paper aims to conduct an analysis of the influence of both the breadth and depth of outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) undertaken by Chinese high-tech listed companies…
Exploring the effect of supervisor bottom-line mentality on subordinate work well-being: a self-determination theory perspective
Nan Zhao, Bin He, Xu Sun, Weimin HuThis study aims to investigate the effect of supervisor bottom-line mentality (SBLM) on subordinate work well-being using self-determination theory. Furthermore, it examines the…
Ecosystems of doing business and living standards: a configurational analysis based on Chinese cities
Jiaxin Li, Yunzhou Du, Ning Sun, Zhimin XieThis paper aims to explain the causal complexity between ecosystems of doing business and living standards based on the theoretical model of the ecosystem of doing business…
How entrepreneurial implementation intention moves toward subsequent actions: affordable loss and environmental uncertainty
Liang-Xing He, Teng LiThe purpose of this paper is to bridge the gap between entrepreneurial implementation intention and subsequent actions, addressing the isotropic issue under uncertain…
Insight into the risk-resistant function of ESG performance: An organizational management perspective
Yue Zhang, Changjiang Zhang, Sihan Zhang, Yuqi Yang, Kai LanThis study aims to examine the risk-resistant role of environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance in the capital market, focusing on an organizational standpoint…
Performance variability, prior failure experience and entrepreneurs’ physical health
Song Lin, Ru ZhangPast studies have mainly concentrated on the impact of stress and self-employment on physical health. However, little research has paid attention to firm-level determinants of…
How do entrepreneurial activities at different levels promote business growth: a review and research agenda
Wu Wei, Jia DuanThis study aims to solve the realistic dilemma between the importance of entrepreneurship and the high rate of entrepreneurial failure, and to point out the direction of…
How performance pressure influences firms’ cross-boundary growth: the moderating effect of managerial discretion
Lin Yang, Jingyi Yang, Liangliang Lu, Shouming ChenIn today's complex and rapidly changing business environment, cross-boundary growth is increasingly critical to the survival or even success of organizations. The purpose of this…
Corporate social responsibility, brand value and corporate governance: new evidence from a 3SLS model
Di Ke, Ximeng Jia, Yuanyuan Li, Peipei WangTaking a dynamic endogenous perspective, this study aims to examine neglected endogeneity issues in the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and brand value…
Corruption, democracy and the location decisions of emerging multinationals: evidence from China’s cross-border mergers and acquisitions
Jiang Wang, Xiaohua ShenThis study investigated the moderating role of democracy in the relationship between corruption and foreign direct investment. The purpose of this study is to understand whether…
The impact of work–leisure facilitation on employees’ turnover intentions: the perspective of positive emotions
Feng Wang, Zihui Zhang, Wendian ShiWork and leisure, as important activity domains, play important roles in the lives of individuals. However, most previous studies focused on only the interference and negative…
Financial performance feedback, institutional ownership and green innovation: evidence from China
Jiayi Yang, Xiafei ChenThe purpose of this study is to examine whether and how financial performance feedback influences green innovation performance by drawing on the behavioral theory of the firm…
Subjective status perception of entrepreneurs and firm-level international behavior: evidence from Chinese private firms
Wei Sheng, Zhiyong Niu, Xiaoyan ZhouThe purpose of this paper is to explore the determinants of entrepreneurs’ subjective social status perception (SSP) on firm international behaviors based on the upper echelons…
Impact of corporate social responsibility on carbon emission reduction in supply chains
Weijie Zhou, Jianhua Zhu, Ce ZhangThis paper aims to introduce corporate social responsibility into the green supply chain and analyse the impact of different decision makers’ decision-making schemes on carbon…
The coordination mechanism of a risk-averse green supply chain
Yuhong Wang, Xiaoqi Sheng, Yudie XieThis study aims to establish a centralized decision-making game model and manufacturer-led Stackelberg game model based on factors of risk aversion of supply chain members and…
Enterprise digitalization, employee digital literacy and R&D cooperation: the moderating role of organizational inertia
Hui Lei, Shiyi Tang, Yuxin Zhao, Shou ChenThis study aims to explore the effect of digitalization on the promotion of enterprise R&D cooperation, and it analyzes the microimpact mechanism and boundary conditions of…
Co-creating values for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements: research on the structural hole filling behavior of stakeholders
Jiayuan LiuThis study aims to explore how stakeholders leverage their guanxi and structural holes to promote knowledge mobilization to increase the performance of sci-tech achievement…
Emerging IT investments and firm performance: a perspective of the digital options
Jie Sun, Hao JiaoThis study aims to explore the mediating effect of digital options on the relationship between emerging information technology investments (ITIs) and firm performance (FP). In…
Tackling organizational wicked problems: a heuristics study based on a qualitative comparative analysis approach
Xuan Wang, Mimi Xiao, Liangding JiaOrganizational wicked problems are ill-defined phenomena arising in complex environments with intertwined and evolving interests. This paper aims to use a nonlinear…
Do repeated alliances within patent pools encourage enterprise innovation? Evidence from MPEG LA
Liubin Lai, Yunsheng ZhangThe purpose of this study is to investigate whether repeated alliances between two members of a patent pool boost enterprise innovation. Furthermore, this paper intends to…
Getting organizational adaptability in the context of digital transformation
Xinbo Sun, Zhiwei He, Yu QianThe purpose of this paper is to explore what organizational adaptability means in the digitized context and to discuss how manufacturing companies achieve organizational…
Perceived work identity deprivation: the construct, measurement, and validity
Jie Huang, Chunyong Tang, Yali LiThis research aims to present the results of a study that operationalizes the construct of perceived work identity deprivation (PWID) and examines its validity.
Influence of substantive corporate social responsibility attribution on salespeople’s value-based selling: a resource perspective
Aimin Yan, Biyun Jiang, Zhimei ZangDrawing upon the conservation of resources theory, this study aims to investigate whether, how and when salespeople’s substantive attribution of the organization’s corporate…
Stay ahead: CEO education and entry timing within industry merger waves
Meiling Tang, Xi Zhao, Xiangyu Li, Xiaotong NiuThis study aims to explore the effect of chief executive officer education on firms’ action timing and acquisition performance in industry merger waves. In addition, this study…
Abusive supervision and employee unethical pro-organizational behavior: a moderated mediation model of moral disengagement and traditionality
Wei Yan, Huan Chen, Yan He, Cuilian ZhangThis study aims to understand how abusive supervision influences employees’ unethical pro-organizational behavior (UPB). In particular, the mediating effect of moral disengagement…
What happens when leader is ambivalent and employee is indifferent? A moderated mediation model of LMX ambivalence and employee creativity
Xinyue Lin, Juan DuLeader–member exchange (LMX) relationship is a crucial context for individuals’ generation of creative ideas. Unlike the fruit research between LMX quality and employee…
Impact of participation in the belt and road initiative on regional economic resilience at province level
Wei Yang, Xiaoyun Lao, Qing Zhou, Jian LiuThis study aims to examine how participation in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) affects province-level regional economic resilience. In the context of dual circulation – the…
Returnee entrepreneurs’ effects on external and internal CSR in China: the moderating role of market embeddedness and government endorsement
Lun Li, Jiguo Qi, Jizhen LiLittle attention has been given to the effects of returnee entrepreneurs on external and internal corporate social responsibility (CSR). This study aims to investigate whether…
Freedom or bondage? The double-edged sword effect of work connectivity behavior after-hours on employee occupational mental health
Fuyun Zhu, Ying Gao, Xiaotun ChenThis study aims to explore the double-edged sword effect of work connectivity behavior after-hours (WCBA) on employees’ occupational mental health. Drawing on job demand-resource…
How corporate social responsibility moderates the relationship between distributive unfairness and organizational revenge: a deontic justice perspective
Wei Deng, Ming Jia, Zhe ZhangThis paper aims to investigate the differential moderating effects of two types (internal/external) of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on the relationship between…
Performance shortfalls and financialization of non-financial enterprises in China
Shanshan WangBased on the theory of performance feedback, this study aims to explore the theoretical relationship between performance shortfalls and the financialization of non-financial…
Management control matching pattern and company strategic aggressiveness: empirical test based on annual report text information
Xiangfei Zeng, Ting Zhang, Yafei ZuThis paper aims to investigate the law and logic mechanism of management control matching pattern and company strategy aggressiveness under different strategies by textual…
How do peer listed stars affect corporate social responsibility? Evidence from China
Xue Yang, Luying Zhao, Yanli Yang, Chang LiThis study aims to complement existing studies by investigating the impact of different corporate social responsibility (CSR) information disclosed by peer listed stars (i.e…
Firm age and Chinese firms’ OFDI in developing and developed countries: the moderating roles of industry munificence and state ownership
Qunyong XieApplying the internationalization process model (IPM) and the strategic fit perspective, this research aims to test the effects of firm age on Chinese firms’ outward foreign…
Do subsidy increases promote or inhibit innovation? Evidence from Chinese enterprises listed on the SSE STAR Market
Peng Xiaobao, Jian WuThis study aims to comprehensively investigate the relationship between government subsidies and innovation performance in Chinese enterprises listed on the SSE STAR Market.
The curvilinear relationship between hindrance stressors and bootlegging: the moderate role of state ownership
Mengsang Chen, Xiaohui Wang, Haibo Wu, Aiqiong YouThe purpose of this study is to provide insights into bootleg innovation by investigating whether perceived hindrance stressors play an important role in bootlegging and how…
Bibliometric approach to inclusive entrepreneurship: what has been written in scientific academia?
Margarida Rodrigues, Rui Silva, Mário Franco, Cidália OliveiraThe year 2020 was heavily marked by an unprecedented pandemic affecting society as a whole. However, under-represented groups may have seen their financial and social situation…
How authentic leadership affects green creativity: the role of self-reflection and psychological capital
Zhining Wang, Chunjie Guan, Shaohan CaiBased on social cognitive theory, this study aims to explore the effect of authentic leadership on employee green creativity by studying the mediating role of reflection and…
Do CSR awards enhance firms’ market value? Evidence from China
Min Zhang, Ruixi Long, Qingmei Tan, Keke WeiThis study aims to examine the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) awards on firms’ market value considering these awards as a signal and proxy for the effectiveness…
How does deviance tolerance enhance innovative behavior? The mediating role of cognitive crafting and the moderating role of regulatory focus
Shengxian Yu, Shanshi Liu, Xiaoxiao Gong, Wenzhu Lu, Chang-e LiuDrawing on the social information processing theory, this study aims to adopt a moderated mediation model to investigate the mediation role of cognitive crafting and the…
How do developmental I-deals promote team creativity: the role of team creative-efficacy and error management atmosphere
Zili Fan, Hao Sun, Pingli Zhu, Mengting Zhu, Xuan ZhangAs a new human resource management practice, developmental idiosyncratic deals (developmental I-deals) play an important role in attracting, retaining and motivating employees to…
Balancing work and family in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: the role of work conditions and family-friendly policy
Yangyang Fan, Erbolat Tulepbayev, Hyun Jung Lee, Xiaojun LyuWork from home has become as regular as the traditional commuting system after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Previous studies have discussed the influence of working at…
The effect of changes in negative feedback on task performance: the role of goal orientation and feedback utility
Shih Cheng Chang, Feng Wei, Lixing Xu, Zhaoyu Chen, Yifei WangDrawing upon the feedback intervention theory, this study aims to focus on the concept of negative feedback change (increase or decrease) to analyze the dynamics of performance…
Expanding branding: effects of multiple brand types on organizational attractiveness
Lusi Wu, Brian R. DineenThis study aims to examine the relative effects of three organizational brand types (product, employment and corporate social responsibility brands) on organizational…
Evaluation of the integration of industrialization and information-based entropy AHP–cross-efficiency DEA model
Jianhua Zhu, Luxin Wan, Huijuan Zhao, Longzhen Yu, Siyu XiaoThe purpose of this paper is to provide scientific guidance for the integration of industrialization and information (TIOII). In recent years, TIOII has promoted the development…
Be close to government and academy: TMT social capital, network prestige and firm’s innovation performance
Yu Zhou, Huaiqian Zhu, Li Zhu, Guangjian Liu, Yufeng ZouDrawing from social capital theory and resource dependence theory, this paper aims to test the relationship between top management team (TMT) government social capital and firm’s…
Influence of big data analytical capability on new product performance – the effects of collaboration capability and team collaboration in high-tech firm
Chi-hsiang ChenAs the application of artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more prevalent, many high-tech firms have employed AI applications to deal with emerging societal, technological and…
Flexible human resource management systems and employee innovation performance in China – based on the moderated mediation effect
Yan Xu, Han Qian, Min Zhang, Feng Tian, Lulu Zhou, Shuming ZhaoThis paper aims to explore the impact of flexible human resource management system (FHRMS) on employee innovation performance in Chinese context. The boundary conditions of…
How does differential leadership affect team decision-making effectiveness? The role of thriving at work and cooperative goal perception
Lixia Niu, Rui Zhao, Yisong WeiThe purpose of this paper is to explore the mechanism and boundary conditions in the relationship between differential leadership and team decision-making effectiveness.
Entrepreneurship and innovation efficiency: the moderating role of absorptive capacity
Furong Qian, Jin Hong, Nana Yang, Xiaoyong YuanThis study aims to investigate the relationship between entrepreneurship and innovation efficiency (IE), as well as the moderating role of absorptive capacity.
Better safe than sorry: the role of anticipated regret and organizational ethical climate in predicting workplace safety behavior
Hsien-Chun Chen, Szu-Yin Lin, I-Heng ChenBased on the theory of reasoned action, this study aims to illustrate how employees’ safety behavior can be enhanced in the workplace by specifically examining how anticipated…
Chinese multinationals post-merger integration evolutions in developed markets from autonomy to actual-form integration: a lens of ambidexterity
Yanan YangThis paper aims to examine how Chinese multinational enterprises’ (CMNEs) autonomy-style post-merger integration (PMI) modes of managing developed-market targets evolve into…
Research on executive equity incentives and corporate innovation performance: the role of corporate social responsibility
Ya-ru Yang, Xiao-lin Han, Xin Wang, Jing-yi YuBased on the principal–agent and stakeholder theories, this study aims to put forward an intermediary model to verify the intermediary role of corporate social responsibility…
Managerial Coase theorem: evidence from China
Shaohui Gao, Yiming HeThis paper aims to take a step in this direction and use the high dimensional fixed effects and quantile regression discontinuity design to test the managerial Coase theorem…
COVID-19, business continuity management and standardization: case study of Huawei
Shumei Chen, Jia XuThis paper aims to theoretically and empirically demonstrate the role played by business continuity management (BCM) to address risks such as trade conflicts and natural…
Gaining legitimacy or exploiting opportunities? MNCs’ response to the belt and road initiative in China
Ping Lv, Jakob Arnoldi, Anders Ryom VilladsenThis study aims to investigate whether and why multinational corporations (MNCs) seek to reduce institutional costs of foreign direct investments (FDIs) by aligning with…
The effects of executives’ overseas background on enterprise digital transformation: evidence from China
Dongmei Hu, Yang Peng, Tony Fang, Charles Weizheng ChenThe purpose of this study is to examine the effects of executives’ overseas education and work experience on enterprise digital as executives’ overseas background is critical to…
Timing, paths and contents of the intergenerational inheritance of family firm from the perspective of HeXie theory
Lixia Wang, Xin Zhang, Beibei Yan, Vigdis BoassonThis paper aims to examine the internal logical relationship between two intergenerational inheritance ways of passing property rights and residual control rights (RCR) and to…
How and when top management green commitment facilitates employees green behavior: a multilevel moderated mediation model
Xinfeng Ye, Shaohan Cai, Xinchun Li, Zhining WangThe purpose of this paper is to argue that green hope (GH) and green organizational identification (GOI) play critical roles in transforming top management green commitment (TMGC…
CEO transformational leadership and firm innovation: the role of strategic flexibility and top management team knowledge diversity
Kui Yin, Can Li, Oliver J. Sheldon, Jing ZhaoDrawing upon a dynamic managerial capabilities perspective, this study aims to unpack how and when chief experience officer (CEO) transformational leadership influences firm…
Innovation with Chinese characteristics: theory and practice
Zheng Li, Jun Li, Jin Chen, Tsvi VinigThis is a special issue of Chinese Management Studies and this study aims to engage with debates on innovation in China and to provide new insights for innovation research in the…
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