European Journal of Management and Business Economics , Open Access

The interplay between firms’ capabilities and ownership in explaining environmental performance

Beatriz Forés, César Camisón-Zornoza, José María Fernández-Yáñez

This study empirically assesses the effects of two key types of organizational and managerial capabilities—dynamic capabilities, and coordination and cohesion…

Genetic algorithm modeling of European Union firms' competitive advantage

Alexandre Teixeira Dias, Henrique Cordeiro Martins, Valdeci Ferreira Santos, Pedro Verga Matos, Greiciele Macedo Morais

This research aims to identify the optimal configuration of investment which leads firms to their best competitive positions, considering the degree of concentration in the market.

The mediating effect of job satisfaction between inclusive leadership and commitment to change: evidence from Brazil and Spain

Alfonso J. Gil, Gabriela Mosegui, Rosana Zenezi Moreira, Mauro J. Eguizabal

In the current context of change, leadership is significant in developing employees' commitment to change. In this work, the authors analysed the relationship between…

The directional spillover effects and time-frequency nexus between stock markets, cryptocurrency, and investor sentiment during the COVID-19 pandemic

Hayet Soltani, Jamila Taleb, Mouna Boujelbène Abbes

This paper aims to analyze the connectedness between Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) stock market index and cryptocurrencies. It investigates the relevant impact of…

The “industrial halo” and its impact on the assessment of corporate reputation

Emilio Calvo-Iriarte, María Victoria Esteban-González, Arturo Rodríguez-Castellanos

The gap that this research attempts to fill is to analyse the explanatory factor “industry” when assessing the reputation of a corporate group. In other words, this…

Assessing the entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial intentions of current and future labor forces: the role of entrepreneurial orientation

Azra Bičo, Emil Knezović

The study aims to examine whether there is a difference in entrepreneurial intentions (EI) and intrapreneurial intentions (II) between current labor force (CLF) and future…

Structure of REDEE and EJMBE research: a bibliometric analysis

Ricardo Ramos, Paulo Rita

Evaluating existing literature can lead to a better understanding of a scientific journal's state of the art. In this sense, this study aims to analyze the global research…

Are gold and cryptocurrency a safe haven for stocks and bonds? Conventional vs Islamic markets during the COVID-19 pandemic

Michaelia Widjaja, Gaby, Shinta Amalina Hazrati Havidz

This study aims to identify the ability of gold and cryptocurrency (Cryptocurrency Uncertainty Index (UCRY) Price) as safe haven assets (SHA) for stocks and bonds in both…

Servant leadership, innovative work behavior and innovative organizational culture: the mediating role of perceived organizational support

Emre Burak Ekmekcioglu, Kürşad Öner

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of servant leadership (SL) and innovative organizational culture (IOC) on employees' innovative work behavior (IWB). In…

Does digital transformation increase firms' productivity perception? The role of technostress and work engagement

Beatriz Picazo Rodríguez, Antonio Jose Verdú-Jover, Marina Estrada-Cruz, Jose Maria Gomez-Gras

To understand how organizations, public or private, must increase their productivity perception (PP), independently of the sector. This article aims to analyze PP in the…

The interplay of servant leadership behaviors and Machiavellianism on perceived leader effectiveness: the role of team conflict management

Lin Xiu, Feng Lv, Dirk van Dierendonck

This paper aims to examine the influence of the interplay between servant leadership behaviors and Machiavellianism on leader effectiveness.

Multi-frequency information transmission among constituents and global equity returns: a sustainable and conventional way of investing

Emmanuel Asafo-Adjei, Anokye M. Adam, Peterson Owusu Junior, Clement Lamboi Arthur, Baba Adibura Seidu

This study investigates information flow of market constituents and global indices at multi-frequencies.

Board of directors and business transformation: a bibliometric analysis

Luis de Enrique Arnau, María José Pinillos-Costa

This paper aims to analyze the thematic content of research addressing the relation between board of directors (BoD) and business transformation (BT) to obtain better…

Leadership style, knowledge sharing and audit quality

Ali Hassanzadeh Mohassel, Reza Hesarzadeh, Mohammad Ali Bagherpour Velashani

This paper aims to examine how leadership style in audit firms influences audit quality. The paper further explores the mediating role of knowledge sharing in the…

Organizational culture and innovation: exploring the “black box”

Tomás Vargas-Halabi, Rosa Maria Yagüe-Perales

This research aimed to conceptualize organizations as open and purposeful systems to study how organizational culture (OC) influences firms' Innovative Performance (IP)…

Interlinkages of cryptocurrency and stock markets during the COVID-19 pandemic by applying a QVAR model

Nguyen Hong Yen, Le Thanh Ha

This paper aims to study the interlinkages between cryptocurrency and the stock market by characterizing their connectedness and the effects of the COVID-19 crisis on…

Pricing reinsurance and determining optimal retention based on the criterion of maximizing social expected utility

Hong Mao, Krzysztof Ostaszewski

The authors consider the mutual benefits of the ceding company and reinsurance company in the design of reinsurance contracts. Two objective functions to maximize social…

Efficient scale and scope of business models used in municipal solid waste management

Massimo Beccarello, Giacomo Di Foggia

The paper aims to compare the efficiency of alternative municipal solid waste (MSW) management business models: a single provider against multiple providers.

Precursors and outcomes of satisfaction of fair trade coffee consumers

Samira Mili, Carlos Ferro-Soto

This paper aims to identify the antecedents and postcedents of customer satisfaction, including utilitarian, social and emotional factors, in a fair trade (FT) coffee…

The determinants of internal audit quality

António Samagaio, Teresa Felício

This study aims to understand the behavior of internal auditors towards quality and analyze if some organizational and individual factors influence internal audit quality.

The common welfare human resource management system and innovativeness: the mediating role of altruism

Francisco Fermín Mallén-Broch, Ricardo Chiva, Alma Rodríguez-Sánchez, Jacob Guinot

The paper analyzes and develops Chiva's (2014) proposal on the common welfare HRM system and uncovers its relationship with innovativeness, using altruism as a mediator.

Impact of “mindfulness” or full awareness meditation on learning abilities

Giovanni Lucero-Romero, Leopoldo G. Arias-Bolzmann

This study experimentally aims to determine the degree of influence that mindfulness training exerts on learning capacity at the university level and contrasts it with…

B2B value co-creation influence on engagement: Twitter analysis at international trade show organizer

Skania Geldres-Weiss, Inés Küster-Boluda, Natalia Vila-López

This paper studies, based on the theory of service-dominant logic, the effect of value co-creation practices (linking and materializing) on engagement dimensions…

Anchor investors and equity crowdfunding for entrepreneurs

Pau Sendra-Pons, Alicia Mas-Tur, Dolores Garzon

This empirical study uses herd behavior model to explore the role of anchor investors in ensuring fundraising success and overfunding of crowdfunded ventures.

Insights on NGO brand equity: a donor-based brand equity model

Maria Jesus Rios Romero, Carmen Abril, Elena Urquia-Grande

The growth in the number of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) worldwide has led to increased competition for donations. A stronger NGO brand equity will make donors…

Location factors and agglomeration economies in the hotel industry: the case of Spain

Andrea Valenzuela-Ortiz, Jorge Chica-Olmo, José-Alberto Castañeda

This research investigates the effect of accessibility to points of tourist interest (buffer) and direct and indirect spatial spillover effects of agglomeration economies…

Exploring the roles of self-determined motivation and perceived organizational support in organizational change

Rui-Ting Huang

The primary purpose of this study is not only to examine the connections between self-determined motivation, attitudes toward change and participation in change, but also…

Explanatory power of the tourist destination competitiveness index on the control of the first wave of COVID-19

Juan Dempere, Kennedy Modugu

This article intends to analyse the explanatory power of the Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI) and some of its constituent factors on national success…

Survival of Russian banks: how efficient are the control measures?

Angel Barajas, Victor Krakovich, Félix J. López-Iturriaga

In this paper, the authors study the failure of Russian banks between 2012 and 2019.

Rule with an iron hand: powerful CEOs, influential shareholders and corporate performance in Russia

Marina Zavertiaeva, Tatiana Ershova

This study examines whether CEO power influences the book-based and market-based performance of Russian companies when it is restricted by the presence of essential…

A sentiment analysis of Michelin-starred restaurants

Paulo Rita, Celeste Vong, Flávio Pinheiro, João Mimoso

With the growing popularity of social media, it has become common practice for consumers to write online reviews to share their opinion and experience as well as consider…

Disruptive human resource management technologies: a systematic literature review

K.G. Priyashantha, A. Chamaru De Alwis, Indumathi Welmilla

The disruptive human resource management (HRM) technologies are now considered a significant facilitator to change and benefit the entire HRM landscape. This view needs to…

Connectedness between cryptocurrencies, gold and stock markets in the presence of the COVID-19 pandemic

Achraf Ghorbel, Sahar Loukil, Walid Bahloul

This paper analyzes the connectedness with network among the major cryptocurrencies, the G7 stock indexes and the gold price over the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19…

The learning effect on organizational performance during a crisis: a serial mediation analysis with knowledge creation, storage and sharing

Usman Ahmad Qadri, Mazuri Binti abd Ghani, Shumaila Bibi, Abdul Haseeb Tahir, Muhammad Imran Farooq, Abdul Rauf Kashif

The aim of this study is to investigate the serially mediating effect of knowledge management (KM) practices (namely, knowledge creation, storage and sharing) on the…

Zooming into paternalistic leadership: evidence from high power distance culture

Talat Islam, Saleha Sharif, Hafiz Fawad Ali, Saqib Jamil

Nurses' turnover intention has become a major issue in developing countries with high power distance cultures. Therefore, the authors attempt to investigate how turnover…

Saving the moral self: unethical leadership and employee behaviors – a moral cleansing perspective

Shakil Adnan Malik, Samina Nawab, Khurram Shafi

The purpose of this study is to investigate the concept of vicarious moral cleansing and scrutinize whether unethical behavior of leaders initiate moral cleansing in…

Environmental disclosures and corporate attributes, from the lens of legitimacy theory: a longitudinal analysis on a developing country

Fahmida Akhter, Mohammad Rokibul Hossain, Hamzah Elrehail, Shafique Ur Rehman, Bashar Almansour

The study seeks to evaluate the extent and quality of environmental reporting following a longitudinal analysis and covering a wide spectrum of industries in a single…

The rise of online food delivery culture during the COVID-19 pandemic: an analysis of intention and its associated risk

Wai Chuen Poon, Serene En Hui Tung

This study aims to understand consumer behaviour in the context of online food delivery (OFD), especially given the mandatory lockdown imposed in some countries that have…

Impacts of transformational leadership on organizational change capability: a two-path mediating role of trust in leadership

Thanh Thi Cao, Phong Ba Le

Given the important role of change capability for organizational development and competitive advantage, the purpose of this study is to clarify the influences of…