{"title":"Policy Growth and Its Impacts on Policy Implementation: Changes, Challenges and Chances","authors":"Yves Steinebach, Christoph Knill, Mattia Casula","doi":"10.1111/rego.70041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/rego.70041","url":null,"abstract":"In this Special Issue titled “Policy Growth and Its Impacts on Policy Implementation,” we present a collection of articles examining the relationship between the policy growth and policy implementation. The issue is organized around three key themes: changes, challenges, and chances. In the “changes” section, we feature scholarly work that investigates how policy growth influences the evolution of implementation structures and practices. The “challenges” section offers analyses on how the increasing complexity and volume of policies affect the effectiveness and operational practices of public authorities. Finally, the “chances” section highlights strategies that can be employed to manage policy growth and thus bolster countries' implementation capabilities. By addressing these issues, we contribute to various strands of literature, including studies on ungovernability, policy growth, policy implementation, and street‐level bureaucracy. In this introduction, we underscore our contributions to these areas of research and provide a brief overview of the within this Special Issue contributions structured around the three core themes.","PeriodicalId":21026,"journal":{"name":"Regulation & Governance","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144547098","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ashraf Khalil , Reeti Agarwal , Muhammad Zafar Yaqub , Armando Papa
{"title":"Unlocking the AI-Productivity paradox in HR: Qualitative insights across organizational levels","authors":"Ashraf Khalil , Reeti Agarwal , Muhammad Zafar Yaqub , Armando Papa","doi":"10.1016/j.jbusres.2025.115456","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jbusres.2025.115456","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Artificial Intelligence (AI) is widely expected to boost productivity and economic growth. As with other technological innovations, a productivity paradox emerges, stating that productivity falls upon its introduction. Therefore, while organizations consistently augment their investments in AI, they might fall short of significant productivity improvements. This study delves into this productivity paradox using a longitudinal qualitative research design with two waves of data collection. We explored four critical themes: AI’s evolving role in organizations, its tangible effects on HR productivity, the underlying reasons behind the productivity paradox, and its multifaceted impact on the employee, team, and organizational levels. Our findings reveal compelling insights into why increased AI investments may not always translate into immediate productivity gains. In addition to providing a framework outlining the relationship between AI and the productivity paradox in HR operations, the findings offer insightful information that can be extremely helpful to industry practitioners.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Research","volume":"199 ","pages":"Article 115456"},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144523538","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction to “Climate Politics in Latin America: The Cases of Chile and Mexico”","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/rego.70054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/rego.70054","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21026,"journal":{"name":"Regulation & Governance","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144534082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Impact of Power States and Belonging on Masstige Luxury Consumption","authors":"Shayan Shaikh, Michaela Gummerum","doi":"10.1111/ijcs.70078","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ijcs.70078","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Recent research has established that masstige marketing is neither a myth nor a buzz word but very much a phenomenon that can lead brand managers to achieve a competitive advantage. Drawing on three studies, the aim of this paper was to examine the impact of need for belonging on consumers' intention to purchase masstige luxury fashion goods and to assess whether state of (low vs. high) power moderates this relationship. Study 1 confirmed that there was a positive correlation between consumers' need for belonging and their evaluation of masstige luxury fashion goods. Study 2 established that individuals with a strong need for belonging have a greater affinity with masstige luxury fashion goods than those with a weak need for belonging. Further, using Hayes PROCESS Macro for SPSS, Study 3 demonstrated that consumers' state of power moderates the relationship between the need for belonging and masstige luxury fashion consumption. This paper concludes with implications for luxury brand managers which extend insights into the psycho-social disposition of individuals who comprise current and potential market segments of masstige luxury fashion brands.</p>","PeriodicalId":48192,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Consumer Studies","volume":"49 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ijcs.70078","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144537022","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Unpacking AI at work: Data work, knowledge work, and values work","authors":"Elmira van den Broek","doi":"10.1016/j.infoandorg.2025.100584","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.infoandorg.2025.100584","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The rise of data-driven artificial intelligence (AI) technologies has sparked intense debates about their implications for work. These discussions often portray AI as an agentic force that turns data into knowledge and ultimately, “better” decisions, casting shadows over the labor that sustains and supports these technologies. This paper argues that to develop a grounded understanding of how AI contributes to transformations in the workplace, we must unpack <em>AI at work</em>, that is, how algorithms are shaped by, and in turn, shape everyday work practices. Building on a longstanding tradition of research that examines the interplay between technology and work, this study foregrounds three types of work that gain renewed significance in the context of AI: <em>data work, knowledge work</em>, and <em>values work</em>. Drawing on the empirical example of hiring, this study illustrates how these forms of work are critical not only for understanding how AI technologies are brought to life but also for recognizing deeper, often unforeseen changes in the workplace. By surfacing the hidden, interrelated, and ever-evolving nature of work for AI, the AI at work lens put forward in this study offers critical implications for information systems and organizational research, as well as practical insights for practitioners, policymakers, and regulators.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47253,"journal":{"name":"Information and Organization","volume":"35 3","pages":"Article 100584"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144522954","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Adrienne Davidson, Elizabeth Dhuey, Michal Perlman, Jamie Waese‐Perlman, Linda A. White
{"title":"Are Citizens Responsive to the Regulatory State? The Effect of Regulation on Evaluations of Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC)","authors":"Adrienne Davidson, Elizabeth Dhuey, Michal Perlman, Jamie Waese‐Perlman, Linda A. White","doi":"10.1111/puar.70001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.70001","url":null,"abstract":"Public service delivery has increasingly involved mixed markets, with for‐profit, not‐for‐profit, and government‐delivered programs. In such contexts, regulation can protect the public interest by enhancing safety, expanding consumer choice, or improving the quality of goods or services. In this article, we explore how citizens experience varying regulated markets, and whether regulatory stringency shapes citizen perceptions of service quality in the context of early childhood education and care (ECEC) services in the United States. We rely on automated textual analysis of online Google reviews of ECEC alongside a dataset of state policy stringency that tracks whether states allow for unlicensed care environments. Using a regression discontinuity design to test the impact of regulatory systems on reviews of care, we find evidence that parents in states with less stringent regulations are more likely to post negative reviews and express anger and anxiety, relative to parents in states with robust regulatory regimes.","PeriodicalId":48431,"journal":{"name":"Public Administration Review","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144547189","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Emotions and Reputation Learning by Audience Networks: A Research Agenda in Bureaucratic Politics","authors":"Moshe Maor, Dovilė Rimkutė, Tereza Capelos","doi":"10.1111/puar.70004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.70004","url":null,"abstract":"Audiences that observe and interact with government agencies play a crucial role in shaping these agencies' reputations. However, existing research often treats these audience networks as monolithic, overlooking the inherent diversity in their cognitive and emotional processing of reputational information. This approach fails to account for the variations in how audiences experience and evaluate agencies. To address this gap, we propose a new research agenda focused on the role of emotions in bureaucratic politics. We introduce a novel theoretical framework of <jats:italic>Reputation Learning</jats:italic>, informed by Affect‐as‐Information Theory and Affective Intelligence Theory, to explore the downstream effects of emotions as <jats:italic>content</jats:italic> and as <jats:italic>process</jats:italic> in shaping judgment formation and information processing. Specifically, we identify emotion‐based components of bureaucratic reputation and examine how emotions influence audience decision‐making processes and perceptions of government agencies. We conclude by outlining four key contributions of this framework to advancing the study of emotions in bureaucratic politics.","PeriodicalId":48431,"journal":{"name":"Public Administration Review","volume":"51 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144534076","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The More They Engage, the More They Consume: A Meta-Analysis of the Impact of Brand's Owned Social Media User Engagement on Sales","authors":"Tao Yin, Andy Wei Hao, Tianshu Chu, Xiaorong Fu","doi":"10.1111/ijcs.70090","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ijcs.70090","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Brand's owned social media (OSM) user engagement has become an influential concept in marketing. The phrase refers to user responses—such as likes, comments, shares, and favorites—to content on brand-controlled platforms, forums, or channels. However, as yet, there is no consensus among scholars about the impact of brand's OSM user engagement on sales. This study is a meta-analysis of 1240 effect size data from 40 publications with a sample size of 1,880,154. The findings show that OSM user engagement has a positive effect on sales. Moderation analysis indicates that this effect depends on factors such as the OSM content, firm-related characteristics (brand type: hedonic vs. utilitarian; product type: service vs. product; product life cycle: new vs. mature products), and social media-related characteristics (platform type: microblogs vs. social networks; platform advertising). Our results reveal that the impact of brand's OSM user engagement on sales is more pronounced and effective for hedonic brands (vs. utilitarian brands), in new products (vs. mature products), in microblogs (vs. social networks), and in the absence of platform advertising (vs. presence of platform advertising). These results provide novel insights into the relationships between brand's OSM user engagement, sales, and other key variables and offer avenues to assist marketers in effectively managing their social media marketing initiatives.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48192,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Consumer Studies","volume":"49 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144537021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dwi Suhartanto , Ani Kartikasari , Fatya Alty Amalia , Syifaa Novianti , Iwan Awaludin , Tuan Ahmad Tuan Ismal
{"title":"Unravelling the eco-motivated journey: The role of gender and motivation in shaping loyalty in mangrove ecotourism","authors":"Dwi Suhartanto , Ani Kartikasari , Fatya Alty Amalia , Syifaa Novianti , Iwan Awaludin , Tuan Ahmad Tuan Ismal","doi":"10.1016/j.jort.2025.100915","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jort.2025.100915","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Mangrove ecosystems represent vital ecotourism destinations that integrate conservation, cultural heritage, and wellness. This study examines how push and pull motivations as independent variables influence tourist satisfaction and loyalty as dependent variables, with gender acting as a moderating variable. A survey of 403 domestic ecotourists across major Indonesian mangrove destinations confirms that both push (e.g., relaxation, wellness seeking) and pull factors (e.g., biodiversity, environmental appeal) significantly influence tourist experiences, with pull factors demonstrating stronger effects. Experience quality positively affects wellness and satisfaction, while satisfaction strongly predicts loyalty. Multi-group analysis reveals significant gender-based differences in how motivations affect experience and satisfaction, supporting social role theory. This study aims to clarify these relationships and contribute to the ecotourism literature by highlighting how motivational factors, experience quality, and demographic characteristics shape conservation-driven loyalty. Practical implications suggest that managers should prioritize environmental quality, educational interpretation, and tailored offerings to engage diverse tourist segments and foster sustainable behaviors.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46931,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism-Research Planning and Management","volume":"51 ","pages":"Article 100915"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144522295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tianyang Yu , Jingyang Dong , Xingtang Wang , You Qu
{"title":"Manufacturers’ channel strategy with consumer disappointment aversion and blockchain anti-counterfeiting","authors":"Tianyang Yu , Jingyang Dong , Xingtang Wang , You Qu","doi":"10.1016/j.jretconser.2025.104394","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jretconser.2025.104394","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigates a scenario in which a manufacturer’s original direct channel (OD channel) is exposed to counterfeiting risks. Consumers encountering such counterfeits experience disappointment, which subsequently triggers disappointment aversion behavior. The blockchain-enabled retail channel (BR channel) can eliminate counterfeiting risks but may raise consumer privacy concerns. To explore the manufacturer’s strategy of introducing a BR channel under consumer disappointment aversion, we develop a game-theoretic model. The results reveal that: (1) Counterintuitively, even though the BR channel is free of counterfeit risk, the manufacturer does not always introduce it; and even though the OD channel carries counterfeit risk, the manufacturer does not necessarily shut it down. (2) When consumer privacy concern is high, the manufacturer does not introduce the BR channel; when the privacy concern is moderate, the manufacturer adopts the <em>unrestricted introduction</em> strategy to introduce the BR channel; when the privacy concern is low, if consumer receptiveness of the OD channel is low (high), the manufacturer adopts the <em>parity restriction</em> (<em>substitution introduction</em>) strategy to introduce the BR channel. (3) Interestingly, although disappointment aversion reduces consumers’ valuation of products from the OD channel—thus enhancing the competitiveness of the BR channel—this behavior does not always lead to a profit gain for the retailer or a loss for the manufacturer. Furthermore, the two extensions incorporating blockchain implementation cost and consumer return confirm the robustness of the core findings.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48399,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services","volume":"87 ","pages":"Article 104394"},"PeriodicalIF":11.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144522913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}