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Publication date: 11 April 2022

Qiwei Zhou, Jih-Yu Mao, Shuting Xiang, Ran Huang and Bowei Liu

Encountering work failures is not uncommon for employees. Employee learning from work failures is critical to knowledge management and employee development. This study aims to…

Abstract

Purpose

Encountering work failures is not uncommon for employees. Employee learning from work failures is critical to knowledge management and employee development. This study aims to examine leaders’ role in facilitating employee learning from work failures.

Design/methodology/approach

A two-wave survey featuring full-time employees in China was conducted to test the hypotheses. Linear regression analyses were adopted.

Findings

Leader consideration and leader structure initiation are positively related to employee learning from work failures. Leader structure initiation strengthens the positive relationship between leader consideration and employee learning from work failures. Employee intrinsic motivation mediates the interactive effect of leader consideration and leader structure initiation on employee learning from work failures, such that leader structure initiation strengthens the positive relationship between leader consideration and employee learning from work failures through employee intrinsic motivation.

Originality/value

Despite the importance of employee learning from work failures, little is known about leaders’ role in facilitating such behavior. Whereas leader consideration and structure initiation are distinct and sometimes even competing, this study suggests that they complement each other to exert positive influences on employee learning from work failures. In addition, this study identifies an underlying influence mechanism.

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Journal of Knowledge Management, vol. 27 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1367-3270

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Article
Publication date: 17 January 2022

Fan Wu, Guoquan Chen and Shuting Xiang

Existing research regarding the value of school education focuses primarily on the effects of educational level on core task performance after graduation. However, it is worth…

Abstract

Purpose

Existing research regarding the value of school education focuses primarily on the effects of educational level on core task performance after graduation. However, it is worth noting that knowledge, skills and abilities are not the only individual gains from school education. For part-time Master of Business Administration (MBA) students, the impact of MBA education on their real-time work during their two-year or so study journey has not been reported. This study aims to provide theoretical reasoning and empirical insights to clarify the impact of psychological safety at school on psychological capital (PsyCap) at work for part-time MBA students and examines the moderating role of constructive controversy at school in this relationship.

Design/methodology/approach

A survey of 286 part-time MBA students was conducted in a university located in Beijing to address the theoretical issue.

Findings

Students’ psychological safety at school is positively related to PsyCap at work. Constructive controversy at school acts as a positive moderator in the relationship between psychological safety at school and PsyCap at work.

Originality/value

This study establishes a link between the school and the workplace. It explores the relationship between an individual’s psychological states at school and at work and contributes to the literature on human resources and management education. Furthermore, the findings prove that students not only gain knowledge, skills and abilities from education but also positive psychological states, such as psychological safety.

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Nankai Business Review International, vol. 13 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 2040-8749

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Article
Publication date: 7 June 2019

Shuting Xiang, Guoquan Chen, Wei Liu, Qiwei Zhou and Shuo Xing

Ambidexterity is the source of organizational sustainable development and long-term success. However, understanding the role of individual ambidexterity in organizations remains…

Abstract

Purpose

Ambidexterity is the source of organizational sustainable development and long-term success. However, understanding the role of individual ambidexterity in organizations remains underdeveloped. Recently, scholars have increasingly emphasized the importance of individual ambidexterity, calling for more research on the topic. This study aims to explore the factors influencing individual ambidexterity. It proposed that goal orientation would be related to individual ambidexterity, and perceived cooperative goal interdependence and constructive controversy would play moderating roles in this relationship.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper opted for a survey study. Questionnaires were distributed to enterprise managers from a part-time MBA program at a university located in Beijing, China. They were also asked to bring copies to their colleagues, so they could fill them out. The authors obtained 229 valid questionnaires and used hierarchical regression analysis to test the relationships.

Findings

The results revealed that both learning goal orientation and performance goal orientation were significantly and positively related to individual ambidexterity. Perceived cooperative goal interdependence and constructive controversy positively moderated the relationship between learning goal orientation/ performance goal orientation and individual ambidexterity.

Practical implications

The paper provides beneficial suggestions for both managers and employees. It offers a reference for managers regarding how to promote employee ambidexterity. It also provides suggestions for employee career development.

Originality/value

The paper explored the factors influencing ambidextrous activities at the individual level, a very scare approach in extant studies. It also constructed a systematic process mechanism of individual ambidexterity, integrating both internal and external factors.

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Nankai Business Review International, vol. 10 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 2040-8749

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Article
Publication date: 23 August 2018

Wei Liu and Shuting Xiang

A self-regulatory framework to explore the positive effects of negative emotions on proactive outcomes for employees is discussed. The purpose of this paper is to examine how and…

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Abstract

Purpose

A self-regulatory framework to explore the positive effects of negative emotions on proactive outcomes for employees is discussed. The purpose of this paper is to examine how and when employee feedback can facilitate feelings of guilt and result in positive learning behaviors in the workplace.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors test the research model using data from field surveys based on a two-wave data collection from 176 employees. Participants completed two paper-based surveys with a time lag of one week.

Findings

The results demonstrate that the feelings of guilt work as a mediator in the association between feedback and employee learning. As a specific negative emotion, guilt has a significant and positive impact on employee learning in the workplace. The findings also demonstrate that transformational leadership can make employees aware of the gap between expectations and their performance. Transformational leaders motivate guilty employees to engage in learning activities through the promotion of regulatory focus.

Originality/value

This study contributes to the literature on emotions and employee learning in several ways. First, the study raises the association between feedback and employee learning through guilt in the workplace. Second, the study considers the boundaries for facilitating learning behaviors.

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Leadership & Organization Development Journal, vol. 39 no. 7
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0143-7739

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Article
Publication date: 4 June 2018

Shuting Xiang, Guoquan Chen and Wei Liu

This paper aims to explore the relationship between team learning and individual performance and examine the mediating effect of individual reflection on such relations. As a…

Abstract

Purpose

This paper aims to explore the relationship between team learning and individual performance and examine the mediating effect of individual reflection on such relations. As a contextual factor, the moderating role of psychological safety is investigated in the team learning–individual reflection relationship.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper is based on a survey with 229 effective participants, which included enterprise managers and their colleagues from part-time MBA program in one university located in Beijing, China. Path model is conducted to test the hypotheses proposed in this paper.

Findings

The results indicate that team learning is positively associated with individual reflection and performance. Individual reflection plays a mediating role between the relationship between team learning and individual performance. Perceived team psychological safety positively moderates the relationship between perceived team learning and individual reflection, such that the positive relation is more significant when employees perceived higher psychological safety.

Originality/value

This paper has both theoretical and practical implications. Theoretically, the authors establish the direct and indirect relationship between team learning and individual performance and aim to find additional support for Edmonson’s view suggesting that psychological safety would facilitate learning behavior. In terms of practical implications, the authors point the importance of developing learning teams and promoting individual learning.

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Nankai Business Review International, vol. 9 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 2040-8749

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Article
Publication date: 12 March 2018

Shuting Fang, Xiang Ji, Xinghua Ji and Jie Wu

The purpose of this paper is to develop a suitable framework of sustainable urbanization performance evaluation from the view of efficiency for mitigating the unbalance between…

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to develop a suitable framework of sustainable urbanization performance evaluation from the view of efficiency for mitigating the unbalance between the theoretical research of sustainable urbanization and the practical need of sustainable urbanization.

Design/methodology/approach

A slack-restricted slack-based measure data envelopment analysis (DEA) model and two sustainable urbanization benchmarking methods with individual and centralized view, respectively, are developed based upon the classical DEA theory.

Findings

The empirical results show that China is now suffering a relatively low level of sustainable urbanization. Too much waste water emission, too small an urban population proportion, and too much resource wastage are the major factors that drive China’s urbanization away from sustainability.

Originality/value

Having the overall aim of practical urbanization, the proposed framework can help stakeholders recognize different sustainable urbanization performance levels by offering them accurate sustainable urbanization performance scores. The framework can also direct governments to improve the sustainable urbanization performance. The empirical analysis of China’s provincial region sustainable urbanization performance with the proposed framework further demonstrates the theoretical and practical value of this research.

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Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, vol. 29 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1477-7835

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Article
Publication date: 29 June 2022

Shuting Tao and Hak-Seon Kim

This study aims to explore the hidden connectivity among words by semantic network analysis, further identify salient factors accounting for customer satisfaction of coffee shops…

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Purpose

This study aims to explore the hidden connectivity among words by semantic network analysis, further identify salient factors accounting for customer satisfaction of coffee shops through analysis of online reviews and, finally, examine the moderating effect of business types of coffee shops on customer satisfaction.

Design/methodology/approach

Two typical major procedures of big data analytics in the hospitality industry were adopted in this research: one is data collection and the other is data analysis. In terms of data analysis, frequency analysis with text mining, semantic network analysis, CONCOR analysis for clustering and quantitative analysis with dummy variables were performed to dig new insights from online customer reviews both qualitatively and quantitatively.

Findings

Different factors were extracted from online customer reviews contributing to customer satisfaction or dissatisfaction, and among these factors, the brand-new factor “Sales event” was examined to be significantly associated with customer satisfaction. In addition, the moderating effect of business types on the relationship between “Value for money” and customer satisfaction was verified, indicating differences between customers from different types of coffee shops.

Research limitations/implications

The present study broadened the research directions of coffee shops by adopting online customer reviews through relative analytics. New dimensions such as “Sales event” and detailed categorization of “Coffee quality”, “Interior” and “Physical environment” were revealed, indicating that even new cognition could be generated with new data source and analytical methods. The industry professionals could develop their decision-making based on information from online reviews.

Originality/value

The present study used online reviews to understand coffee shop costumer experience and satisfaction through a set of analytical methods. The textual reviews and numeric reviews were concerned simultaneously to unearth qualitative perception and quantitative data information for customers of coffee shops.

目的

本研究的目的在于通过网络评论分析了解网络评论中关键词之间的隐含联系, 然后探究影响咖啡店顾客满意度的因素, 最后验证不同咖啡店经营类型的调节作用。

设计/方法

本研究使用文本挖掘的频率分析、语义网络分析、聚类分析和通过虚拟变量进行的定量分析, 从网络评论中挖掘对咖啡店行业的新见解。此外, 还检验了咖啡店经营类型的调节作用。

结果

从网络评论中提取影响顾客满意度的不同因素, 探索出“销售活动”对顾客满意度的显著影响。同时, 相较于连锁咖啡店, 独立经营咖啡店对“物有所值”到顾客满足度的关系具有调节作用。  

研究局限性/启示意义

本研究通过使用相关的分析方法对顾客网络评论进行分析, 拓宽了咖啡店研究的方向。研究结果发现“销售活动”和“咖啡品质”的细分等新方面, 揭示了利用新的数据源和分析方法可以为相关产业提供全新的认知。本研究的研究结果表明行业从业者可以根据顾客网络评论来制定相应的营销策略。

原创性/价值

本研究利用网络顾客评论及相关分析方法, 了解顾客咖啡店体验及满意度。本研究同时利用文本评论和数字评论来挖掘和分析咖啡店顾客的定性感知和定量数据信息。

关键词咖啡店 在线顾客评论 文本挖掘 语义网络分析 经营类型

文章类型: 研究型论文

Propósito

Este estudio intenta explorar las relaciones encubiertas de palabras, mediante el análisis de redes semánticas, pero aún más, identificar los factores destacados que explican la satisfacción de los clientes de las cafeterías a través del análisis de reseñas online y, por último, examinar el efecto moderador de los tipos de negocios de cafeterías en la satisfacción al cliente.

Diseño/metodología/enfoque

En esta investigación se adoptaron dos procedimientos principales de análisis de “Big Data” en la industria hotelera, uno es la recopilación de datos y el otro es el análisis de datos. En términos de análisis de datos, se efectuó un análisis de frecuencia con minado de texto (text mining), análisis de red semántica, análisis CONCOR para agrupamiento y análisis cuantitativo con variables ficticias para extraer nuevas perspectivas de las reseñas de los clientes online, tanto cualitativa como cuantitativamente.

Hallazgos

Diferentes factores fueron extraídos de las reseñas de clientes online que contribuyen a la satisfacción o insatisfacción de estos y, entre estos factores, se examinó que el nuevo factor “Evento de Ventas” está significativamente asociado con la satisfacción al cliente. Además, se verificó el efecto moderador de los tipos de negocios entre la relación de “Valor por Dinero” y la satisfacción del cliente, indicando las diferencias entre los clientes de distintos tipos de cafeterías.

Limitaciones/implicaciones de la investigación

El presente estudio amplia la perspectiva de investigación de las cafeterías, al adoptar las reseñas de clientes online a través de un análisis relativo. Se revelaron nuevas dimensiones como “Evento de Ventas” y la categorización detallada de la “Calidad del Café”, “Interior” y “Entorno Físico”, lo que indica que se podría generar una nueva cognición con una nueva fuente de datos y métodos analíticos. Los profesionales de la industria podrían llevar a cabo la toma de decisiones en función de la información obtenida a través de las reseñas en línea.

Originalidad/valor

El presente estudio utilizó reseñas de clientes online para comprender la experiencia y satisfacción de los clientes de las cafeterías a través de un conjunto de métodos analíticos. Las revisiones numéricas y de texto se tomaron en cuenta simultáneamente para revelar la percepción tanto cualitativa como cuantitativa de la información de los clientes de las cafeterías.

Palabras claves

Cafetería, Reseñas de clientes online, Minado de texto, Análisis de redes semánticas, Tipos de negocios

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Tourism Review, vol. 77 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1660-5373

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Article
Publication date: 2 January 2023

Hashem Abdullah AlNemer

This study aims to analyse the nature and trends in the knowledge discovery process on COVID-19 and food insecurity using a comprehensive bibliometric analysis based on the…

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Abstract

Purpose

This study aims to analyse the nature and trends in the knowledge discovery process on COVID-19 and food insecurity using a comprehensive bibliometric analysis based on the indexing literature in the Scopus database.

Design/methodology/approach

Data were extracted from Scopus using the keywords COVID-19 and food security to ensure extensive coverage. A total of 840 research papers on COVID-19 and food security were analysed using VOSviewer and RStudio software.

Findings

The findings of the bibliometric analysis in terms of mapping of scientific research across countries and co-occurrence of research keywords provide the trends in research focus and future directions for food insecurity research during times of uncertainty. Based on this analysis, the focus of scientific research has been categorised as COVID-19 and food supply resilience, COVID-19 and food security, COVID-19 and public health, COVID-19 and nutrition, COVID-19 and mental health and depression, COVID-19 and migration and COVID-19 and social distancing. A thematic map was created to identify future research on COVID-19 and food security.

Practical implications

This analysis identifies potential research areas such as food supply and production, nutrition and health that may help set future research agendas and devise policy supports for better managing food insecurity during uncertainty.

Originality/value

This analysis provides epistemological underpinnings for knowledge generation and acquisition on COVID-19 and food insecurity.

Details

International Journal of Social Economics, vol. 50 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0306-8293

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