Michael A. Zaggl , Marc Linzmajer , Gianfranco Walsh , Ronny Reinhardt , Judith Pottbäcker
{"title":"Success of mass customization toolkits: Product design typicality as boundary condition","authors":"Michael A. Zaggl , Marc Linzmajer , Gianfranco Walsh , Ronny Reinhardt , Judith Pottbäcker","doi":"10.1016/j.jbusres.2025.115669","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jbusres.2025.115669","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Mass customization toolkits are often unsuccessful in inducing purchases of self-designed products. By adopting a user-centric view, the current study proposes that category involvement might function as an antecedent of purchase intentions, mediated by customers’ category–self-connection and moderated by perceived product design typicality. Leveraging attachment and categorization theory, we hypothesize that highly involved users already possess a strong sense of category–self-connection, which interferes with their purchase decisions if self-designed products appear typical of the product category rather than unique. Three studies test this theorizing. Study 1 (field study) demonstrates that category involvement increases actual purchase intentions. Study 2 (experiment) shows that the relationship between category involvement and purchase intentions is mediated by category–self-connection, as well as negatively moderated by perceived product design typicality. Study 3 (field study) corroborates the findings in another context (cars). The combined findings lead to theoretical and practical implications for user toolkits and their design.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Research","volume":"200 ","pages":"Article 115669"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144931621","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":"Achieving a balance between positive and negative aspects of pain consumption: The central role of coping strategies in counter-hedonic experiences","authors":"Sarah Péronne, Sandra Camus","doi":"10.1016/j.jbusres.2025.115663","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jbusres.2025.115663","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Contrary to the hedonic view of tourism and leisure, many tourists willingly participate in unwelcoming and even painful experiences. In this paper, we conceptualize the underlying mechanisms that contribute to the success or failure of these counter-hedonic experiences. To this end, we conducted an ethnography involving four different counter-hedonic experiences. We have found that when the experience is perceived as “balanced”, the participant derives immediate pleasure and/or perceives delayed personal benefits. This balance is achieved by (1) implementing adequate coping strategies to deal with painful stimuli, (2) regulating the co-activation of positive and negative emotions, and (3) feeling pain that is sufficiently stimulating. The positive emotions created and the resulting positive outcome prompt us to reconsider the use of the term <em>counter</em>-<em>hedonic</em> to describe these experiences. We propose the alternative term <em>bittersweet</em> experiences, to emphasize this crucial balance between positive and negative aspects, and between pain and personal satisfaction.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Research","volume":"200 ","pages":"Article 115663"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144931619","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":"Futures of market society, seeing and studying market topographies editorial for the special issue “Exploring futures of market society”","authors":"Hans Kjellberg , Ashlee Humphreys","doi":"10.1016/j.jbusres.2025.115667","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jbusres.2025.115667","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This editorial article introducing the special issue on futures of market society proposes a topographical lens to the study of markets and market societies. Four topographical aspects are outlined and exemplified using the contributions to the issue: the socio-political, the material, the socio-practical, and the representational. Three key areas for future research on market topographies are outlined: interactions across topographical aspects; how to transition from the topography of individual markets to market societies; and, how to address topographical dynamics. We discuss practical and conceptual insights on doing topography from the nine original contributions to the special issue, before presenting the central arguments and findings of each article. The editorial ends with a brief concluding discussion on the interrelations of markets and society that brings together our topographical lens and the specific insights of the individual contributions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Research","volume":"200 ","pages":"Article 115667"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144922178","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}
Kyoung Yong Kim , Riki Takeuchi , Kevin D. Clark , Pankaj C. Patel
{"title":"Entrepreneurial Team Design and Outcomes: Exploring the Influence of Ownership Structure, Team Size, and Gender Composition","authors":"Kyoung Yong Kim , Riki Takeuchi , Kevin D. Clark , Pankaj C. Patel","doi":"10.1016/j.jbusres.2025.115651","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jbusres.2025.115651","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>How does gender diversity within a venture team impact venture failure? Bridging two different perspectives on gender diversity––the social categorization view and cognitive models of variation––and based on the gender leadership literature, we investigate the influence of gender diversity on venture failure, as moderated by primary owner gender (i.e., two-way interaction), with team size and ownership structure serving as additional moderators (i.e., three-way interaction). Using panel data from 3,594 venture teams, we found that gender diversity was negatively related to venture failure. In support of our predicted two-way and three-way interaction effects, we also found that primary owner gender (i.e., female) moderated the gender diversity-venture failure relationship, and this moderating effect was further strengthened by team size or male equity ownership. Specifically, gender diversity reduced the probability of venture failure when the primary owner was female <em>and</em> team size was large, or male equity ownership was high.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Research","volume":"200 ","pages":"Article 115651"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144922179","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":"Micro-power dynamics within teams when implementing corporate social responsibility − A case of SMEs in Vietnam","authors":"Mai Chi Vu , Hyemi Shin","doi":"10.1016/j.jbusres.2025.115672","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jbusres.2025.115672","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A micro-turn in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) research has been growing scholarly attention on what happens internally when CSR is developed and implemented in firms. A critical yet underexplored dimension of CSR implementation lies in the internal dynamics of CSR teams, where members with differing goals, values, and professional backgrounds must collaborate, often amid competing priorities, limited resources, and moral ambiguity. While existing research tends to portray CSR teams as internally cohesive and unified agents of change, less attention has been paid to the intra-team negotiations, tensions, and power struggles that shape how CSR is enacted on the ground. This gap is particularly salient given the cross-functional and morally complex nature of CSR teams, where collaboration is not always seamless, and alignment is not guaranteed. Based on interviews with 56 team members in 16 CSR project teams in Vietnam, we explore the power dynamics of CSR implementation within SMEs. Our findings illustrate how three forms of power—relational, discursive, and performative—are embedded in the micro-dynamics of CSR teams within Vietnamese SMEs, shaping implementation processes in ways that extend beyond top-down directives. By revealing the heterogeneity of CSR managers and showing how resource scarcity and informal networks intensify intra-team tensions, the study challenges the prevailing assumption that CSR teams function as unified and harmonious entities. Instead, it uncovers the political struggles and power conflicts among team members, highlighting the complexity of intra-team power dynamics and exposing how these dynamics can contribute to symbolic rather than transformative CSR outcomes in resource-constrained settings.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Research","volume":"200 ","pages":"Article 115672"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144916679","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":"A meta-analytic investigation of digital transformation: Antecedents, consequences, and contingencies","authors":"Qin Lin","doi":"10.1016/j.jbusres.2025.115643","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jbusres.2025.115643","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Digital transformation (DT) has become a strategic imperative for enterprises to drive innovation and sustain competitiveness in the digital economy. Despite the vast literature on DT, the empirical findings remain mixed and inconsistent, leading to a lack of consensus regarding the relationships between DT and its factors and outcomes. This study proposes an integrated theoretical framework and conducts a <em>meta</em>-analysis of 74 primary studies, in order to clarify the links of DT with its antecedents and consequences and determine their boundary conditions. The results confirm the significant positive associations of DT with technology-organization-environment (TOE) factors as well as competency and performance outcomes. Particularly, DT is more susceptible to digital technology usage and dynamic capabilities, whereas it exerts greater influence on enterprise resilience and supply chain performance. Furthermore, measurement method, industry type, and national economy function as contingencies that moderate these linkages, with stronger effects observed in subjective measurement, manufacturing industry, and advanced economy. This study resolves the inconsistency and yields a conclusive takeaway on the above relationships, which provides new insights into the DT field and important implications for practitioners and policymakers.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Research","volume":"200 ","pages":"Article 115643"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144920151","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":"Emphasizing self-control related values buffers adverse effects of ancestral experiences of resource scarcity and harshness on offspring consumption traits","authors":"Justina Baršytė , Bob M. Fennis","doi":"10.1016/j.jbusres.2025.115666","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jbusres.2025.115666","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In three studies, we show that self-regulation related consumption traits in offspring depend on ancestral experiences of resilience under conditions of resource scarcity and harshness. These intergenerational effects hinge on (grand-)parents' socialization behavior, highlighting self-control related values in their offspring (a critical component of resilience), which in turn affect offspring’s self-control and two self-regulation related consumption traits: the tendency to resist impulse buying and the tendency to resist (unwanted) peer pressure. Moreover, given the functionality of self-control related values in resilience to conditions of adversity, scarcity, and harshness, we demonstrate that parents high in trait self-control emphasize and cultivate these values in their offspring, particularly when present conditions are adverse, i.e., when living in countries with higher levels of resource scarcity and harshness. As such, our research contributes to the increasing literature on consumer resilience and on intergenerational transmission of consumption-related values by showing downstream consequences in the consumer self-regulation domain.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Research","volume":"200 ","pages":"Article 115666"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144916678","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":"What do we know about climate change and multinational enterprises?: A systematic review and an integrated theoretical framework for future research","authors":"Fang Lee Cooke , Jingtian Wang , Geoffrey Wood","doi":"10.1016/j.jbusres.2025.115631","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jbusres.2025.115631","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Multinational enterprises’ (MNEs) strategy and actions to deal with climate change have increasingly attracted research and practical attention since the 2000s, although the literature is rather fragmented. Based on a systematic review of 182 articles published between January 1976 and January 2024, we provide a comprehensive review to identify the theories used in research on climate change and the role of MNEs. It is recognized that much of the literature on business and climate change remains concentrated in specialized journals, many of which are relatively modestly ranked according to various journal guides. We offer an integrated framework for future research on climate change and MNEs, underpinned by a contextual approach and legitimacy theory, and indicate several research themes for future investigations. We call for more research on the topic from the international business and management field. Our review study contributes to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 1—Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts—by generating research insights and challenging the status quo that have policy implications and societal relevance.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Research","volume":"200 ","pages":"Article 115631"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144913249","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":"Unlocking the potential: Examining Chile’s 2007 temporary worker labor reform as a key to boosting productivity in micro-firms","authors":"Pankaj C. Patel","doi":"10.1016/j.jbusres.2025.115659","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jbusres.2025.115659","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Microfirms often rely on temporary workers to lower costs and maintain flexibility, but this can also hinder their ability to attract high-quality employees and build valuable human capital. Using Atkinson’s flexible firm theory, we explore the 2007 reform in Chile that equalized pay, rights, and protections for temporary agency workers (TAWs). We find a significant treatment effect on labor productivity but not on overall productivity. Despite fears of significantly increased labor costs from such laws for microfirms, microfirms experienced neutral to positive effects on performance. As businesses increasingly rely on temporary workers, the findings have organizational and policy implications for legal mandates on providing them equal rights.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Research","volume":"200 ","pages":"Article 115659"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144908714","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}
Gertraud M. Gänser-Stickler , Katrin Burmeister-Lamp , Johanna Kuske , Christian Schwens
{"title":"Fostering individual entrepreneurial orientation among employees: the role of leaders communicating entrepreneurial visions and goals","authors":"Gertraud M. Gänser-Stickler , Katrin Burmeister-Lamp , Johanna Kuske , Christian Schwens","doi":"10.1016/j.jbusres.2025.115637","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jbusres.2025.115637","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Drawing on insights from construal level theory, this study examines the cognitive process linking leader communication to individual entrepreneurial orientation (IEO) among employees. Testing our theory on data obtained from an online vignette experiment with 719 employees, we find that employees’ perceived construal fit mediates the influence of construal (mis)fit between their social distance of leaders and the abstractness of the communicated message on employee IEO. In an additional analysis, we refine our theory by showing that being a managerial or non-managerial employee influences our results. We contribute to prior research by taking a cognitive perspective on IEO formation and introducing the effect of leader communication of entrepreneurial visions and goals into the emerging literature on IEO. Further, we advance research on construal level theory by explaining why managerial and non-managerial employees react differently to coherent leader communication.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Research","volume":"200 ","pages":"Article 115637"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144908715","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}