{"title":"Understanding the Relation between HR Practices and Pull Approach to Knowledge Sharing: Case Study","authors":"A. Rudawska, Katarzyna Gadomska-Lila","doi":"10.5771/0949-6181-2023-1-151","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5771/0949-6181-2023-1-151","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this study is to identify the relationship between human resource (HR) practices, knowledge seeking and knowledge giving by applying the lenses of the motivation-opportunities-abilities framework in the context of the multinational enterprise subsidiary located in Central Europe. The article presents the research results using qualitative methodology, mainly based on semi-structured interviews among employees of a quality assurance department. As a result of this research, the situations when employees seek knowledge and give knowledge in response to a request were identified together with motivations, abilities and opportunities related to those behaviours. We then identified HR practices and determined which of these practices enhance or develop conditions related to pull knowledge sharing. These results extend the knowledge on knowledge seeking and giving behaviour by introducing antecedences not studied earlier.","PeriodicalId":45202,"journal":{"name":"Journal of East European Management Studies","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82495625","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editorial Statistics 2022","authors":"","doi":"10.5771/0949-6181-2023-1-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5771/0949-6181-2023-1-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45202,"journal":{"name":"Journal of East European Management Studies","volume":"172 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77261139","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Moderately developed employee performance appraisal systems in Hungarian hospitals","authors":"Norbert Zétény Sárga, Richárd Kása","doi":"10.5771/0949-6181-2023-1-72","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5771/0949-6181-2023-1-72","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of the study is to assess and present the structure of the performance management system and the practice of performance appraisal in Hungarian state-run hospitals in the framework of an exploratory, descriptive research. Objective data may be used to support performance appraisal practices, primarily alongside a strategic performance management goal. The performance measurement and evaluation practice emerging from the research can be considered to be of adequate quality on the basis of the recommendations formulated in the literature. It is found that moderately developed performance appraisal systems exist in Hungarian hospitals. When observing work performance, the direct results of employees’ work are the primary basis for performance appraisal. A scale for measuring the development of a performance appraisal system has been developed.","PeriodicalId":45202,"journal":{"name":"Journal of East European Management Studies","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82658182","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ágnes Mosolygó-Kiss, B. Heidrich, Nicholas Chandler
{"title":"Knowing me, knowing you: A study of the types of knowledge transferred during the succession process in intra-family takeover of family businesses in Hungary","authors":"Ágnes Mosolygó-Kiss, B. Heidrich, Nicholas Chandler","doi":"10.5771/0949-6181-2023-1-94","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5771/0949-6181-2023-1-94","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims to examine the role of knowledge in ensuring the successor’s readiness for intra-family succession in Hungarian family businesses. The study investigates the research question: which types of knowledge shape the successor’s readiness for succession from both the founder and successor perspectives? A dyadic approach is employed, examining both the founders’ and successors’ perspectives through semi-structured interviews. Based upon the findings, propositions are set out for further research directions. For practitioners, the findings uncover the key types of knowledge when preparing for succession and the order in which these should take place. Practitioners can thus develop strategies for improving the development of successor’s knowledge capital, increasing the chances of a successful succession process.","PeriodicalId":45202,"journal":{"name":"Journal of East European Management Studies","volume":"37 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85664859","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bojan Leković, Renata Amidžić, D. Vojinović, Maja Ivanović-Đukić
{"title":"Drivers for the Internationalization of Nascent Entrepreneurs and New Business Owners in Southeast European Countries","authors":"Bojan Leković, Renata Amidžić, D. Vojinović, Maja Ivanović-Đukić","doi":"10.5771/0949-6181-2023-1-182","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5771/0949-6181-2023-1-182","url":null,"abstract":"This article investigates drivers for the internationalization of nascent entrepreneurs and new business owners during the age of the digital transformation of Southeast European countries (SEE). Empirical research conducted on a sample of 4,066 international entrepreneurs in seven SEE countries has provided empirical evidence of the impact that individual characteristics, innovation, technology, motivation, perception of national culture, and business environment factors have on early internationalization. Empirical research has been conducted on data derived from The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) and The World Bank. The empirical research methodology included a presentation of statistical research using Principal Components Analysis and the Ordinary Logistics Regression method. Results have shown that innovation, new technology, opportunity, and motivation are important drivers for the early internationalization of entrepreneurs in the SEE region. Early-stage entrepreneurs, who use new technology and prefer radical innovations, are more oriented towards foreign markets and customers. Increase-wealth opportunity motivated early-stage entrepreneurs to internationalize more frequently than necessity entrepreneurs, or early-stage entrepreneurs, driven by the motive of independence. Additionally, there is a significant influence from external factors such as GDP per capita, openness, financial development, unemployment, corruption, government effectiveness, rule of law, regulatory quality, political stability, the voice of accountability, economic stability, and institutional factors on the early internationalization of entrepreneurs in the SEE region.","PeriodicalId":45202,"journal":{"name":"Journal of East European Management Studies","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81384165","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Drivers of Market Orientation and its Impact on Export Performance of Serbian Firms","authors":"Katarina Njegić, V. Milanovic, Biljana Stankov","doi":"10.5771/0949-6181-2023-1-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5771/0949-6181-2023-1-9","url":null,"abstract":"In the field of international business, examination of the link between a market orientation (MO) and an export performance (EP) is quite popular. However, mechanisms through which MO affects EP have not been sufficiently investigated. The aim of this paper was to examine direct and indirect impact of MO on EP, as well as drivers of MO. In this paper, MO is defined as organisational culture. Based on the structure-conduct-performance paradigm and Resource-Based View, a model was formulated and tested on a sample of 121 large and medium-sized exporters operating in the Republic of Serbia. The method applied was partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM). Obtained results indicate that there is a direct and positive effect of relational resources and competitive intensity on MO. It was also found that MO affects EP directly, and that differentiation strategy partially mediates the relationship between MO and EP.","PeriodicalId":45202,"journal":{"name":"Journal of East European Management Studies","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77166868","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Zorić, M. Nikolić, Nemanja Berber, Edit Terek Stojanović, Dobrivoje Martinov, B. Svitlica
{"title":"The impact of ethical climate and the LMX relationship on nurses’ burnout in hospitals in Serbia","authors":"K. Zorić, M. Nikolić, Nemanja Berber, Edit Terek Stojanović, Dobrivoje Martinov, B. Svitlica","doi":"10.5771/0949-6181-2023-1-43","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5771/0949-6181-2023-1-43","url":null,"abstract":"Burnout contributes to the emergence of numerous negative organisational phenomena. Nurses are exposed to high stress working conditions every day, making it important to study burnout among nurses in health care systems. The aim of the paper is to investigate the impact of ethical climate and the LMX relationship on burnout among nurses, as well as to examine the effects of the three moderators (gender, self-awareness and social skills among nurses) on the observed relationships. The sample consists of 326 nurses from 23 hospitals in Serbia. Standardised questionnaires were used, while correlation analysis and hierarchical regression analysis were employed for statistical processing. The dimensions of the ethical climate and LMX relationship have statistically significant impacts and predictive effects on the burnout dimensions. Raising the level of the ethical climate and LMX relationship positively affects burnout: it reduces emotional exhaustion and depersonalisation, and increases personal accomplishment and involvement. An adverse ethical climate and unfavourable LMX relationships among men cause greater emotional exhaustion. For nurses with high self-awareness and high social skills, a favourable ethical climate and positive LMX relationships reduce emotional exhaustion, and increase personal accomplishment. For nurses with low self-awareness and low social skills, a favourable ethical climate and positive LMX relationships reduce depersonalisation. Recommendations are made for improving the ethical climate and LMX relationships in hospitals in Serbia.","PeriodicalId":45202,"journal":{"name":"Journal of East European Management Studies","volume":"41 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74139808","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Political instability, resources, and political networking of firms in transition economies","authors":"Yang Chun, Pan Yini, M. Yuan","doi":"10.5771/0949-6181-2023-1-121","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5771/0949-6181-2023-1-121","url":null,"abstract":"Firms engaging in political networking is a widely witnessed phenomenon in transition states where the economy shifts from central planning to market mechanism. In this article, we integrate the institutional-based and resource-based perspectives to propose that firms located in transition countries with higher political instability tend to invest more in political networking; firms with substantial specific resources help enhance/devalue the political networking as political instability increases. This paper tests these arguments by using a sample of 24,959 firms in former communist countries. Our results reveal an inverted U-shaped influence of political instability on firm political networking. Specifically, with the political environments getting increasingly unstable, innovation investment and industrial experience motivate firms to maintain political networks, while financial capital demotivates firms’ investment in political networking. These findings shed light on deepening understandings of when and how political environments shape firms’ strategic behaviors in transition economies.","PeriodicalId":45202,"journal":{"name":"Journal of East European Management Studies","volume":"233 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77483631","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"CFO and CEO Characteristics and Managerial Accounting Techniques (MAT’s) Usage: An Upper-Echelons Perspective","authors":"Vlora Berisha,Iliriana Miftari","doi":"10.5771/0949-6181-2022-2-348","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5771/0949-6181-2022-2-348","url":null,"abstract":"This research examines the relationship between the individual characteristics of the CEO/CFO and the usage of management accounting techniques (MATs). The essence of Upper Echelons Theory (UET) states that top management characteristics can influence the prediction of organizational outcomes. Based on this statement, we hypothesize that CFO/CEO education, experience and the participation of accountants in the processes of strategic decision making are important determinants in the use of MATs. The analysis of MATs was done based on the IFAC (1998) study, by dividing all MATs into four stages: Stage I: Cost determination and financial control (5 units); Stage II: Information on managerial planning and control (8 units); Stage III: Reduction of waste in business resources (4 units); and Stage IV: Creation of value through effective resource use (9 units). Our empirical analysis is based on a survey of 154 small, medium, and large-sized Kosovar manufacturing enterprises. A Chi-squared test, regression analysis, t-test, and determination coefficients are used for the evaluation of the models performed, as well as to prove the importance of the factors and testing the hypotheses raised in the study. The results of the study showed that the experience of CFO and CEO expressed in years had a positive relationship with the frequency of MATs usage, with the exception of the MATs for the fourth Stage, meaning that the less experienced the executive and financial director, the more frequent the use of the MATs of the fourth Stage. Executive and financial directors of business, economics, and engineering fields tend to use MATs of the second, third, and fourth Stage, compared with those in other fields. Positive connections for the estimated coefficients showed that the higher the involvement of accountants in strategic decision-making processes, the more frequent the use of managerial accounting techniques of Stages I, II, II and IV.","PeriodicalId":45202,"journal":{"name":"Journal of East European Management Studies","volume":"9 1","pages":"348-375"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138503215","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Are SMEs locked in relationships with their banks?","authors":"Krzysztof Jackowicz, Łukasz Kozłowski","doi":"10.5771/0949-6181-2022-1-11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5771/0949-6181-2022-1-11","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, we investigate whether SMEs are locked in relationships with their banks. We combine data concerning Polish SMEs, including a survey about relationships with main banks. After estimating dynamic panel models, we find that the length of a bank-firm relationship increases firms’ interest costs, slows down investments and sales growth but is irrelevant for firms’ profitability. Therefore, our evidence supports the view that the collection of private data by a bank may “lock” a firm in the existing relationship with the bank, permit this lender to extract information monopoly rents, and force the SME to incur the so-called hold-up costs.","PeriodicalId":45202,"journal":{"name":"Journal of East European Management Studies","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72734515","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}