Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration
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Intellectual capital and performance: evidence from SMEs in Vietnam
Seh Young Kim, Dai Binh TranThis paper investigated the relationship between intellectual capital (IC)/its components, and the business performance of Vietnamese small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
The interplay of abusive supervision and coworker incivility on the turnover intention of frontliners: a mediation effect of work stress
Md Mostafizur RahmanDrawing on the conservation of resources theory, the present study aims to design and explore the influence of abusive supervision and coworker incivility on turnover…
Impact of difficult coworkers on employees' turnover intention: the mediating roles of perceived organizational support and affective commitment
Wai Ming To, Billy T.W. YuThis study explores the impact of difficult coworkers on employees' turnover intention. Additionally, this study investigates the roles of employees' attitude toward…
Enhancing employee advocacy of the firm's corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities
Rojanasak Chomvilailuk, Ken ButcherThe paper aims to investigate how perceived psychological benefits from employee participation in corporate social responsibility activities affect organizational…
Organizational career development and retention of millennial employees: the role of job engagement and organizational engagement
Lipsa Jena, Umakanta NayakThe study examines the mediating mechanisms of job engagement (JE) and organizational engagement (OE) in the relationship between organizational career development (OCD…
All's (not) fair in motherhood and work? Post-partum psychological contract breach experiences of Indian first-time mothers
Aparna M. Varma, Rahul SivarajanTo understand how Indian first-time mothers in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) organisations returning to work cope with the perceived ideological…
A bundle of human resource practices and employee resilience: the role of employee well-being
Suthinee RurkkhumThe purpose of this study was to examine the mediating effect of employee well-being on the relationship between a bundle of human resource practices (HR practices) and…
Calmness instead of panicking: re-thinking the resource allocation strategies in an era of uncertainty: a case of a developing country
Riffat Blouch, Muhammad Majid KhanDrawing on the concept of superior resource, capability and processes of the resource-based theory of the firm, the purpose of the current study is to analyze the…
The greenwashing effects on corporate reputation and brand hate, through environmental performance and green perceived risk
Célia Santos, Arnaldo Coelho, Alzira MarquesWhen a company practices greenwashing, it violates consumers' expectations by deliberately deceiving them about their environmental practices or the benefits of their…
Linking workplace incivility and frontline employees' subjective well-being: the role of work-home enrichment and coping strategies
Do Uyen Tam, Nguyen Thi Mai TrangWorkplace incivility (WI) has been extensively studied. However, less is known about how WI spills over into employees' lives. Building on the work-home resources model…
Light magic at workplace due to empowering leadership: situation strength conceptions for intrapreneurial behaviour
Muhammad Zubair Alam, Muhammad Rafiq, Sobia Nasir, Chaudhary Abdul RehmanThe present study enriches the person-situation debate by developing and testing a theoretical model on the nexus between empowering leadership (EL) and intrapreneurial…
Credit booms and bank risk in Southeast Asian countries: does credit information sharing matter?
Son Tran, Dat Nguyen, Khuong Nguyen, Liem NguyenThis study investigates the relationship between credit booms and bank risk in Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries, with credit information sharing…
Leadership and knowledge management practices for frugal innovation of firms in the emerging market: moderating role of collaborative culture
Phong Ba Le, Dat Tho Tran, Thuy Minh Thu Phung, Khoa Dinh VuThe purpose of this study is to explore the influence of transformational leadership (TL) on firm's frugal innovation. It also deepens understanding of appropriate…
The corporate risk-taking and performance of politically connected firms: evidence from Malaysia
Alice Chin, Ooi Chin Lye, Khakan NajafOne of the significant components of a firm's overall sustainability is establishing and nurturing governance. This study attempts to understand how politically connected…
Customers create customers!–Assessing the role of perceived personalization, online advertising engagement and online users' modes in generating positive e-WOM
Uzma Noor, Mahnaz Mansoor, Amjad ShamimThis study examined the relationship between perceived personalization and positive electronic word of mouth, as well as the mediating impact of online advertising…
The impact of corporate governance and firm-specific characteristics on dividend policy: an emerging market case
Muhammad Farooq, Qadri Al-Jabri, Muhammad Tahir Khan, Muhamamad Akbar Ali Ansari, Rehan Bin TariqThe present study aims to investigate the impact of corporate governance proxies by ownership structure and firm-specific characteristics, i.e. firm size, leverage, growth…
Impact of athlete performance and brand social value on product involvement: a mediation role of celebrity endorsement in social media
Nan Jiang, Kok Wei Khong, Jen Ling Gan, Jason James Turner, ShaSha Teng, Jesrina Ann XavierNowadays, star athletes are global brand personalities. The increased popularity of the professional sport has contributed to elevating exceptional athletes to…
Identification of critical success factors for leveraging Industry 4.0 technology and research agenda: a systematic literature review using PRISMA protocol
Poonam Sahoo, Pavan Kumar Saraf, Rashmi UchilThe purpose of the paper is to identify existing and common critical success factors adapted for implementing Industry 4.0 technology, which is essential to survive in the…
The role of consumer characteristics on cultural consumption tendency
Feyza Nur Ozkan, Sema KurtulusThis study aims to identify the role of consumer characteristics in cultural consumption tendencies. Additionally, the study examines whether country differences and prior…
An empirical study on individual performance and turnover intention among university employees: a multiple mediation model
Muhammad Aftab, Syed Asad Abbas Bokhari, Murad AliThe purpose of this study is to investigate the behavior of individual employee's performance concerning their organizational citizenship and turnover intention in the…
The impact of lean production on operational performance: a case study
Ashkan Memari, Hamid Reza Panjehfouladgaran, Abd. Rahman Abdul Rahim, Robiah AhmadThis paper aims to investigate the impact of adopting lean manufacturing principles on operational efficiency by eliminating seven major lean wastes (or Muda) in a…
M-commerce adoption in Chinese family businesses: does IT investment matter?
Lai Wan HooiThis study aims to investigate the relationship between all three dimensions of perceived strategic value of m-commerce (operational support, managerial productivity and…
Determinants of idiosyncratic risk: evidence from BRICS countries
Saba Kausar, Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah, Abdul RashidThis study examines the determinants of idiosyncratic risk (IR) or unsystematic risk. The study also examines the determinants of IR by dividing the firms into different…
Corporate integrity, external assurance and sustainability reporting quality: evidence from the Malaysian public listed companies
Moses Elaigwu, Salau Olarinoye Abdulmalik, Hassnain Raghib TalabThis paper aims to examine the effect of corporate integrity and external assurance on Sustainability Reporting Quality (SRQ) of Malaysian public listed companies.
The influences of telecommunication technology and gender differences on private savings in the Asia–Pacific region
Chor Foon Tang, Salah AbosedraThe purpose of this study is to examine empirically the impacts of gender differences, telecommunication technology (ICT) and other determinants on private savings in 28…
Development and validation of scale to measure responsible consumption
Vijay Kumar Jain, Aditi Dahiya, Vikas Tyagi, Preeti SharmaThe objective of this paper is to identify dimensions of responsible consumption from consumer perspective and develop a reliable and valid measurement scale.
Modelling services continuance intention: evidence from apps stores
Sze Ling Ng, Sajad Rezaei, Naser Valaei, Mohammad IranmaneshThe objective of this study is to examine the drivers of retail apps satisfaction and continuance intention. An integrative theoretical framework was developed based on…
Subjective norms as a moderator in the consumption behaviour of branded functional beverages post-COVID-19 pandemic: a pragmatic view
Thamaraiselvan Natarajan, Jayadevan Geetha Raveendran Nair, Jegan JayapalThis study aims to experimentally investigate branded functional beverage (BFB) consumption behaviour post-COVID-19 through the lens of a conceptual framework built on…
Balancing is a necessity not leisure: a study on work–life balance witnessing healthcare sector of Pakistan
Attia Aman-Ullah, Hadziroh Ibrahim, Azelin Aziz, Waqas MehmoodThis study aimed to examine the direct impact of work–life balance on employee retention and turnover intentions among doctors in Pakistan. Further, it also aimed to test…
To explain and to predict: analysis of opportunity recognition on the relationship between personal factors, environmental factors and entrepreneurs' performance
Md. Abdul Alim, Kim-Lim Tan, Teck Weng Jee, Boo Ho Voon, Md. Julhaz Hossain, Md. Uzzal MiaThis paper focuses on the factors that affect entrepreneurs' performance in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the context of a developing nation. Despite the advances…
Emotional attachment: a bridge between brand reputation and brand advocacy
Arash Ahmadi, Afsoon AtaeiThis study aims to identify and examine the effect of brand reputation on brand advocacy by evaluating the mediating effect of emotional attachment. The study also tests…
The contagion effect of decreasing audit's quality on financial statement audit engagement: the Indonesian case
Totok Budisantoso, Heni KurniawanThe main objective on this research is providing evidence of the contagion effect of decreasing audit's quality. Audit failure affects the quality of the financial…
Understanding the purchase intention of fitness wearables: using value-based adoption model
Bushan Mathavan, Ali Vafaei-Zadeh, Haniruzila Hanifah, T. Ramayah, Sherah KurniaThis paper aims to investigate the key enablers and inhibitors that influence the intention to use fitness wearables using the value-based adoption model (VAM).
Investigating the impact of restaurants' sustainable practices on consumers' satisfaction and revisit intentions: a study on leading green restaurants
Pallavi Chaturvedi, Kushagra Kulshreshtha, Vikas Tripathi, Durgesh AgnihotriThis study aims at analyzing the impact of green restaurants' sustainable practices (food safety, food sustainability practices, food quality, and environmental…
Information transmission between energy commodities and emerging Asian stock markets during crises: an analysis of oil importing countries
Maria Babar, Habib Ahmad, Imran YousafThis study examines the information transmission (return and volatility spillovers) among energy commodities (crude oil, natural gas, Brent oil, heating oil, gasoil…
The effect of social support on job performance through organizational commitment and innovative work behavior: does innovative climate matter?
Bui Nhat Vuong, Hasanuzzaman Tushar, Syed Far Abid HossainThe purpose of this study is to explore the influence of social support (SS) on job performance (JP) through the mediating role of organizational commitment (OC) and…
Other customers' service failure and recovery encounters: a qualitative exploration
Niharika Gupta, Harsh V. VermaService failure and recovery encounters are often witnessed by other customers, but little is known about how these encounters impacts other customers. With an aim to…
Tax enforcement: incentive or inhibition? Evidence from debt aggressiveness and capital structure in China
Liu Xiaomei, Yao Yao, Aws AlHares, Yasir Shahab, Sun YueTo investigate the impact of tax enforcement on (a) debt aggressiveness (DEA) and (b) dynamic adjustment of capital structure in Chinese listed firms.
Exploring the psychological contract breach of nurses in healthcare: an exploratory study
Saba Gulzar, Kanwal Hussain, Ather Akhlaq, Zuhair Abbas, Shagufta GhauriRecent advancements in the field of organizational psychology have transformed the employees’ perceptions related to the reactions of the employment relationship. The main…
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the nexus between the investor’s sentiment and the financial market dynamics: evidence from the Chinese market
Hayet Soltani, Mouna Boujelbene AbbesThis study aims to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on both of stock prices and investor's sentiment in China during the onset of the COVID-19 crisis.
Do CEO's attributes increase risk-taking? Empirical evidence from France
Nadia Loukil, Ouidad YousfiThe current paper studies how CEO attributes could influence corporate risk-taking. The authors examine the effects of CEO demographic attributes and CEO position's…
Linking entrepreneurial competencies, innovation and sustainable performance of manufacturing SMEs
Ibraheem Saleh Mokbel Al Koliby, Haim Hilman Abdullah, Norazah Mohd SukiThe purpose of this study is twofold: to examine the impact of entrepreneurial competencies and innovation on manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises' (SMEs…
Exploring private university attractiveness from students’ perspective to ensure sustainable institutes: an empirical investigation from Indian perspective
Radha Yadav, Atul Shiva, Sumit NarulaThis study aims to explore various determinants of university attractiveness and its relationship with sustainable institutes. Further, the study examines the mediating…
Strategic stances and organizational performance: Are strategic performance measurement systems the missing link?
Hasan Yousef Aljuhmani, Bashar Ababneh, Lawrence Emeagwali, Hamzah ElrehailAlthough prior researchers have consistently established a significant relationship between different strategic stances and organizational performances across different…
Levelling up or down: leader’s strategies to encounter downward envy in family-owned software houses
Shafaq Aftab, Irfan Saleem, Rakesh BelwalThis study aims to invoke social comparison theory and researches mainly on leaders’ downward envy at workplaces in a collectivist culture. The study also aims to infer…
Occupational stress for employee turnover intention: mediation effect of service climate and emotion regulation
Dhruba Kumar Gautam, Prakash Kumar GautamThis study examines the effect of occupational stress on turnover intention of employees working in the banking industry. The authors examine the mediating effects of…
An examination of relationship between cognitive biases and customer satisfaction: empirical evidence from Thailand
Noppanon Homsud, Nopadol RomphoThis study aims to determine the effect of cognitive biases, that is, anchoring effect, illusion of control, and endowment effect, on customer satisfaction.
Intellectual capital and bank performance: the moderating role of income diversification
Peter Nderitu GithaigaThis study examines whether income diversification moderates the relationship between intellectual capital and bank performance among East African banks.
Political regimes and its influence on the diversity–performance relationship in Malaysia
Calvin W.H. CheongThe purpose of this study is to investigate the gender and ethnic diversity–performance relationship in Malaysia from two angles: (1) the impact of political regimes; and…
A nexus between intra-ASEAN outward FDI, intra-ASEAN exports and economic growth of ASEAN-10: evidence using panel causality analysis
Koi Nyen Wong, Bee Wah Tan, Soo Khoon GohThe Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has evolved into ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), which aims to pursue a single market and production base to transform…
International expansion or stagnation: market development for mature products
Bo RundhThe purpose of this paper is to explore international market development for mature products and practices used in a novel business context.
Mapping the landscape of organizational theories for future research themes in supply chain risk management
Sibel Yildiz Çankaya, Yesim Can Saglam, Bülent SezenThe aim of this conceptual study is to analyze the effects of state-of-the-art research streams on supply chain risk management (SCRM) based on organizational theoretical…
The moderating role of board diversity in the nexus between the quality of financial disclosure and dividends in Jordanian-listed banks
Ahmad Ibrahim KarajehThis study covers all banks listed on the Amman Stock Exchange. It used (1) dividend-paying status, dividend changes and dividend persistence to measure dividend quality…
Till death do us part – customer commitment after negative publicity: the role of relational variables and cognitive dissonance
Shubhomoy Banerjee, Abhijit GhoshThe purpose of this study is to study the impact of relationship marketing orientation (RMO) and relationship quality on customers' commitment and pro-marketer behavior…
Social marketing, social media and eudaimonic well-being: a qualitative exploration
Tala Abuhussein, Sima MagatefThis research considers the role of social media platforms and their impact on individuals' eudaimonic well-being, and aims to help develop a social marketing programme in…
COVID-19 catastrophes and stock market liquidity: evidence from technology industry of four biggest ASEAN capital market
Sherin Priscilla, Saarce Elsye Hatane, Josua TariganThis study examines the influence of various COVID-19 catastrophes variables on the stock market liquidity, considering the market depth and market tightness in the…
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- Dr Ken Yeoh
- Prof. Martin Lockett
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