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The effects of servant leadership and despotic leadership on employees’ happiness at work (HAW): the role of job crafting 服务型领导和专制型领导对员工工作幸福感(HAW)的影响:工作制作的作用
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Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration Pub Date : 2024-05-02 DOI: 10.1108/apjba-07-2023-0344
Zeeshan Hamid
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Supervisor incivility and service employee creativity: a moderated mediation model of negative affect state and core self-evaluation 主管不文明行为与服务员工创造力:负面情绪状态与核心自我评价的调节中介模型
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Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration Pub Date : 2024-05-02 DOI: 10.1108/apjba-04-2023-0187
Anjaly A., Nemat Sheereen S.
{"title":"Supervisor incivility and service employee creativity: a moderated mediation model of negative affect state and core self-evaluation","authors":"Anjaly A., Nemat Sheereen S.","doi":"10.1108/apjba-04-2023-0187","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/apjba-04-2023-0187","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>The present study examines the effect of supervisor incivility on service employee creativity and the mediating mechanism of negative affect state on the said relationship with the aid of Affective Events Theory (AET) and Social Power Theory. Additionally, the study explores the mitigating role of core self-evaluation in the dual stage of the moderated mediation model.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>Survey data were collected from 420 frontline employees working in four-star and five-star hotels across India and PROCESS macro in SPSS 23.0 was employed to test the hypotheses proposed in the study.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>The study findings observe that frontline employees experiencing supervisor incivility face a negative affect state and it further diminishes service employee creativity. Also, the indirect effect gets attenuated at dual stages when frontline employees are equipped with a high level of core self-evaluation.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Practical implications</h3>\u0000<p>The study findings provide various insights to the managers to understand the deleterious effect of supervisor incivility at work and to develop interventions to manage supervisor incivility and the negative affect state among frontline hotel employees.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>The present study is the first and unique attempt to investigate the role of supervisor incivility experienced by frontline hotel employees in India with reference to their creativity towards customers and mediating mechanism of negative affect state. The study adds value to the literature by establishing the role of core self-evaluation in the moderated mediation model. Further, the study also provides a unique contribution to the management of frontline hospitality employees.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":45401,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140828041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The impacts of Fintech adoption, green finance and competitiveness on banks’ sustainable performance: digital transformation as moderator 采用金融科技、绿色金融和竞争力对银行可持续绩效的影响:以数字化转型为调节因素
IF 3.8
Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration Pub Date : 2024-04-16 DOI: 10.1108/apjba-10-2023-0497
Imdadullah Hidayat-ur-Rehman, Md Nahin Hossain
{"title":"The impacts of Fintech adoption, green finance and competitiveness on banks’ sustainable performance: digital transformation as moderator","authors":"Imdadullah Hidayat-ur-Rehman, Md Nahin Hossain","doi":"10.1108/apjba-10-2023-0497","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/apjba-10-2023-0497","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>The global emphasis on sustainability is driving organizations to embrace financial technology (Fintech) solutions as a means of enhancing their sustainable performance. This study seeks to unveil the intermediary role played by green finance and competitiveness, along with the moderating impact of digital transformation (DT), in the intricate relationship between Fintech adoption and sustainable performance.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>Drawing on existing literature, we construct a comprehensive conceptual framework to thoroughly analyse these interconnected variables. To empirical validate of our model, a dual structural equation modelling–artificial neural network) SEM–ANN approach was employed, adding a robust layer of validation to our study’s proposed framework. A sample of 438 banking employees in Pakistan was collected using a simple random sampling technique, with 411 samples deemed suitable for subsequent analysis. Initially, data scrutiny and hypothesis testing were carried out using Smart-PLS 4.0 and SPSS-23. Subsequently, the ANN technique was utilized to assess the importance of exogenous factors in forecasting endogenous factors.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>The findings from this research underscore the direct and significant influence of Fintech adoption and DT on the sustainable performance of banks. Notably, green finance and competitiveness emerge as pivotal mediators, bridging the gap between Fintech adoption and sustainable performance. Moreover, DT emerges as a critical moderator, shaping the relationships between Fintech adoption and both green finance and competitiveness. The integration of the ANN approach enhances the SEM analysis, providing deeper insights and a more comprehensive understanding of the subject matter.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>This study contributes to the enhanced comprehension of Fintech, green finance, competitiveness, DT and the sustainable performance of banks. Recognizing the importance of amalgamating Fintech adoption, green finance and transformational leadership becomes essential for elevating the sustainable performance of banks. The insights garnered from this study hold valuable implications for policymakers, practitioners and scholars aiming to enhance the sustainable performance of banks within the competitive business landscape.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":45401,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140578083","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Why might home-based work duties be perceived by female academics as extreme? A qualitative study 为什么女学者会认为在家工作是一种极端行为?定性研究
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Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration Pub Date : 2024-04-05 DOI: 10.1108/apjba-08-2023-0365
Mohamed Mousa, Beatrice Avolio
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Effect of augmented reality applications on attitude and behaviours of customers: cognitive and affective perspectives 增强现实应用对顾客态度和行为的影响:认知和情感视角
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Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration Pub Date : 2024-04-02 DOI: 10.1108/apjba-07-2023-0292
Mohammad Iranmanesh, Madugoda Gunaratnege Senali, Behzad Foroughi, Morteza Ghobakhloo, Shahla Asadi, Erfan Babaee Tirkolaee
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Leadership behavioural integrity and employee engagement: role of organisational career development and feedback self-efficacy 领导行为完整性与员工敬业度:组织职业发展和反馈自我效能的作用
IF 3.8
Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration Pub Date : 2024-03-19 DOI: 10.1108/apjba-03-2023-0109
Lipsa Jena, Subash Chandra Pattnaik, Rashmita Sahoo
{"title":"Leadership behavioural integrity and employee engagement: role of organisational career development and feedback self-efficacy","authors":"Lipsa Jena, Subash Chandra Pattnaik, Rashmita Sahoo","doi":"10.1108/apjba-03-2023-0109","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/apjba-03-2023-0109","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>The present study purports to unravel the mechanism in relationship among leadership behaviour integrity, organisational career development and employee engagement. Further, it also aims to understand if the employee feedback self-efficacy has any moderating influence on the relationship between leader behavioural integrity and organisational career development.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>Pre-existing questionnaires are used for collecting data from a total of 417 employees working in the information technology industry operating within India. Analysis of the data is done using structural equation modelling technique.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>Results of the study show that organisational career development partially mediates the relationship between leadership behavioural integrity and employee engagement. It is also found that feedback self-efficacy plays a moderating role in the relationship between leadership behavioural integrity and organisational career development.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>The study helps to understand the mechanism of the relationship between leadership behavioural integrity and employee engagement through organisational career development with the support of ethical theory and social exchange theory. It also shows the moderating role played by feedback self-efficacy in the relationship between leadership behavioural integrity and organisational career development using social learning perspective.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":45401,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140168864","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Drivers of smartwatch use and its effect on environmental sustainability: evidence from SEM-ANN approach 智能手表使用的驱动因素及其对环境可持续性的影响:SEM-ANN 方法提供的证据
IF 3.8
Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration Pub Date : 2024-02-19 DOI: 10.1108/apjba-10-2023-0490
Eiman Almheiri, Mostafa Al-Emran, Mohammed A. Al-Sharafi, Ibrahim Arpaci
{"title":"Drivers of smartwatch use and its effect on environmental sustainability: evidence from SEM-ANN approach","authors":"Eiman Almheiri, Mostafa Al-Emran, Mohammed A. Al-Sharafi, Ibrahim Arpaci","doi":"10.1108/apjba-10-2023-0490","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/apjba-10-2023-0490","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>The proliferation of smartwatches in the digital age has radically transformed health and fitness management, offering users a multitude of functionalities that extend beyond mere physical activity tracking. While these modern wearables have empowered users with real-time data and personalized health insights, their environmental implications remain relatively unexplored despite a growing emphasis on sustainability. To bridge this gap, this study extends the UTAUT2 model with smartwatch features (mobility and availability) and perceived security to understand the drivers of smartwatch usage and its consequent impact on environmental sustainability.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>The proposed theoretical model is evaluated based on data collected from 303 smartwatch users using a hybrid structural equation modeling–artificial neural network (SEM-ANN) approach.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>The PLS-SEM results supported smartwatch features’ effect on performance and effort expectancy. The results also supported the role of performance expectancy, social influence, price value, habit and perceived security in smartwatch usage. The use of smartwatches was found to influence environmental sustainability significantly. However, the results did not support the association between effort expectancy, facilitating conditions and hedonic motivation with smartwatch use. The ANN results further complement these outcomes by showing that habit with a normalized importance of 100% is the most significant factor influencing smartwatch use.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>Theoretically, this research broadens the UTAUT2 by introducing smartwatch features as external variables and environmental sustainability as a new outcome of technology use. On a practical level, the study offers insights for various stakeholders interested in smartwatch use and their environmental implications.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":45401,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration","volume":"133 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139761698","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Toward digitalization strategic perspective in the European food industry: non-linear nexuses analysis 欧洲食品工业的数字化战略视角:非线性联系分析
IF 3.8
Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration Pub Date : 2023-12-26 DOI: 10.1108/apjba-07-2023-0298
Alhamzah Alnoor, Abbas Gatea Atiyah, Sammar Abbas
{"title":"Toward digitalization strategic perspective in the European food industry: non-linear nexuses analysis","authors":"Alhamzah Alnoor, Abbas Gatea Atiyah, Sammar Abbas","doi":"10.1108/apjba-07-2023-0298","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/apjba-07-2023-0298","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p> Organizations deal with digital technologies to achieve their strategic goals. The shift toward digitization is a major challenge because it requires companies to create a digital outlook that influences organizational design. As a result, investigation of institutional theory and entrepreneurial orientation theory in the European food industry has become the focus of research in recent times.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p> To this end, data were collected from 83 companies related to the food industry in the European context. By applying a hybrid phase of the partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) and artificial neural network (ANN) methods, this study captured the causal–non-linear relationships among the study constructs.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p> The findings revealed that the variables of institutional theory and entrepreneurial orientation theory affect the adoption of the digital strategy. There is also a dual interaction role for e-business capabilities and digital transformation. The results of non-linear relationships confirmed that digital strategy adoption is highly influenced by digital transformation, followed by risk-taking, digital leadership, e-business capabilities, organizational agility, proactiveness and innovativeness.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Research limitations/implications</h3>\u0000<p> The authors provided significant implications for practitioners and academics about the most influential determinants of digital strategy – businesses must move swiftly toward digitization across its various units to achieve their objectives. An organization’s leadership must realize that equipping the employees with necessary skills is the first step toward digitalization.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p> The current study underscores the digital strategy, which is usually an overlooked area of investigation, in the food industry. The study identifies some important predictors of digital strategy adoption with the interaction’s role of digital transformation and e-business capabilities. Such relationships have been rarely discussed. In addition, the adoption of a hybrid SEM-AAN approach makes the study an original one.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":45401,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration","volume":"75 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139030427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Entrepreneurial orientation, social media and SME performance: an emerging economy perspective 创业导向、社交媒体和中小企业绩效:新兴经济视角
IF 3.8
Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration Pub Date : 2023-12-12 DOI: 10.1108/apjba-12-2022-0514
Patrick Amfo Anim, Emmanuel Arthur, George Kofi Amoako
{"title":"Entrepreneurial orientation, social media and SME performance: an emerging economy perspective","authors":"Patrick Amfo Anim, Emmanuel Arthur, George Kofi Amoako","doi":"10.1108/apjba-12-2022-0514","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/apjba-12-2022-0514","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p> This study examines the role of social media adoption (SMA), opportunity recognition (OR) and opportunity exploitation (OE) in mediating the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and the performance of newly established small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in emerging economies, with a particular emphasis on Ghana.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p> This study adopts a post-positivist philosophical stance and uses a quantitative approach and a survey design. A purposive sampling technique was used to select 336 SME owners and managers from Ghana’s manufacturing, trading and service sectors. Questionnaires were administered to source the empirical data for this study. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was used to analyse the proposed hypotheses.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p> The results reveal that EO positively and significantly influences the performance of new-born SMEs. SMA, OR and OE partially mediated this relationship.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Practical implications</h3>\u0000<p> This study is a wakeup call to policymakers, practitioners, managers and owners of recently established businesses. Policymakers should provide support and resources for newly established SMEs to adopt effective social media marketing strategies, bolstering their online presence and customer engagement. Simultaneously, they should invest in entrepreneurship education and create an environment conducive to innovation to cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset among fresh SMEs. Business owners and managers should proactively monitor market trends and consumer preferences, adapting their strategies to identifying and seizing emerging opportunities.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p> This study introduces a significant novelty to previous literature and one of the first to employ the dynamic capability theory to examine the interplay between EO, SMA, OR and OE in influencing the performance of new SMEs in the context of emerging markets. Furthermore, it extends the scope of understanding of the mechanisms through which SMEs can prosper in these dynamic environments. This unique combination of theoretical framework, comprehensive variables and contextual focus sets this study apart from existing research, enriching the literature on SME performance in emerging markets.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":45401,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138562685","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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PENGARUH KOMPETENSI SDM TERHADAP KINERJA KARYAWAN PADA HOTEL KEMBANG BANDUNG 万隆弹性酒店员工能力的影响
Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration Pub Date : 2023-11-06 DOI: 10.61317/js.v2i2.67
Aty Fadjariaty, Tina Purnama Sari, Tata Dibrata
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