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The pathway to winning: optimizing small and medium enterprises performance in the construction industry through tailored success factors 制胜之路：通过量身定制的成功因素优化建筑行业中小企业的绩效

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European Research on Management and Business Economics Pub Date : 2025-06-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.iedeen.2025.100282

Yenus Muhammed Argaw, Yingqi Liu

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Consumer preferences for super app services: E-commerce, social media, and banking dominate 消费者对超级应用服务的偏好：电子商务、社交媒体和银行占主导地位

IF 7.1 3区管理学

European Research on Management and Business Economics Pub Date : 2025-05-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.iedeen.2025.100284

Marc Hasselwander, Daniel Weiss

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Brand activism: Research trends and cluster analysis 品牌行动主义：研究趋势与聚类分析

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European Research on Management and Business Economics Pub Date : 2025-05-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.iedeen.2025.100279

Jorge Luna-Amador , Alexander Caraballo-Payares , Andres Escobar-Espinoza

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Unravelling the complex link between managers’ disclosure of abnormal tone and opportunistic behaviour 揭示经理人披露异常语气与机会主义行为之间的复杂联系

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European Research on Management and Business Economics Pub Date : 2025-05-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.iedeen.2025.100277

Azam Pouryousof , Farzaneh Nassirzadeh , Davood Askarany

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Military experience and entrepreneurship: An imprinting perspective 军事经验与创业：烙印视角

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European Research on Management and Business Economics Pub Date : 2025-05-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.iedeen.2025.100281

Mingzhi Hu , Yinxin Su

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Innovative governance for the future: Will gender diversity on boards enhance business performance in the European insurance industry? 面向未来的创新治理：董事会性别多元化是否会提高欧洲保险业的业务绩效？

IF 7.1 3区管理学

European Research on Management and Business Economics Pub Date : 2025-05-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.iedeen.2025.100283

María Encina Morales de Vega , María-Carmen García-Centeno , Ricardo Palomo-Zurdo

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The association between technology group, working from home behaviour and preferred communication tools in disruptive times: A micro and small enterprise perspective 颠覆时代科技集团、在家工作行为与首选通信工具之间的关系：一个微型和小型企业的视角

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European Research on Management and Business Economics Pub Date : 2025-04-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.iedeen.2025.100280

Alain Neher , Lucia Wuersch , Alfred Wong , Marc K. Peter

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The role of AI as an unconventional salesperson in consumer buying decisions, satisfaction and happiness 人工智能作为非传统销售人员在消费者购买决策、满意度和幸福感中的作用

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European Research on Management and Business Economics Pub Date : 2025-04-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.iedeen.2025.100278

Pedro Cuesta-Valiño , Sergey Kazakov , Patricia Durán-Álamo , Pablo Gutiérrez-Rodríguez

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Knowledge donation, hoarding, and hiding behaviors of high performers: Mediation role of deviant silence 高绩效者的知识捐赠、囤积与隐藏行为：异常沉默的中介作用

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European Research on Management and Business Economics Pub Date : 2025-03-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.iedeen.2025.100276

Muhammad Waseem Bari , Qurratulain Khan , Francesca Di Virgilio

{"title":"Knowledge donation, hoarding, and hiding behaviors of high performers: Mediation role of deviant silence","authors":"Muhammad Waseem Bari , Qurratulain Khan , Francesca Di Virgilio","doi":"10.1016/j.iedeen.2025.100276","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.iedeen.2025.100276","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>High performance punishment occurs when organizations distribute more work responsibilities to their best performers without offering supplementary compensation or recognition. The lack of appreciation through additional rewards creates burnout and employee resentment in such situations. Drawing on social exchange theory, this study examines the impact of high-performance punishment on high performers’ knowledge behaviors: knowledge donation, hoarding, and hiding. Besides, how deviant silence mediates these relationships. The sample data are collected from 534 employees of IT organizations across countries, and data are analyzed using the PLS-SEM technique with the Smartpls 4 software. The results show that high-performance punishment positively impacts knowledge hoarding and hiding behaviors but does not significantly impact knowledge donation. Deviant silence partly mediates the relationship between high-performance punishment and knowledge behaviors. It is deduced that although high-performance punishment promotes negative knowledge behaviors, but it does not affect willingness to donate knowledge until an employee indulges in deviant silence. The paper concludes with practical implications for organizations and submissions for future studies on managing high-performing employees.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45796,"journal":{"name":"European Research on Management and Business Economics","volume":"31 2","pages":"Article 100276"},"PeriodicalIF":7.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143724560","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The influence of eco-innovation on high-performing firms: The dynamics of productivity in the context of circular economy 生态创新对高绩效企业的影响：循环经济背景下的生产力动态

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European Research on Management and Business Economics Pub Date : 2025-03-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.iedeen.2025.100275

David Córcoles , Ángela Triguero

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