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{"title":"Book Review: Sustainability – We Need to Talk","authors":"Karen Cripps","doi":"10.1177/03063070231157652","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/03063070231157652","url":null,"abstract":"counting system concerning financial reporting and financial management. With regard to the importance of applied economics, therefore, one cannot separate economics, business and management. Likewise, the author combined the concept in economic theories and its applications to contribute to these theories in other fields. Using these theories, the relationship between management and economics was explored with contexts and implications on market structure and industries, thus providing a clear linkage between economics and business administration (Daft, 2008). With the given contribution, there are weaknesses, which include missing exercises at the end of each chapter, among others. Exercise usefulness to students and instructors at colleges or universities remains inadequate because of the gap that should be covered by providing exercise questions to enhance understanding of the subject matter. This book elaborates on Ostrom’s principles for managing commons. However, detailed understanding of this context belong to new institutional economics where the main focus is market and rationality, which the author admitted that it was beyond the book’s scope. Based on Ostrom’s findings (p. 136), there is a further debate on common goods could be applied in institutional governance. Notwithstanding the book’s prominent contribution, chapter 4 has failed to provide rigorous discussion on demand and supply factors such as tax, interest rates and regulations. The author has to explain how the modern economy is driven by different taxation approaches that affect consumers and producers. Reserve banks have also experienced fast economic growth; thus, other monetary policies have been issued, which include the change of interest rates associated with various regulations in different sectors.","PeriodicalId":46142,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF GENERAL MANAGEMENT","volume":"48 1","pages":"331 - 333"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49559071","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}

{"title":"From research to action and back again: The long journey of organizational climate – A review of the literature and a summative framework","authors":"A. D'Amato","doi":"10.1177/03063070231152010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/03063070231152010","url":null,"abstract":"Within management studies and practice, the construct of organizational climate has long been studied, its theoretical value, support to human resource management and organizational development. Despite the sustained interest in this construct, theoretical and terminological inconsistencies have hindered the development of a shared framework. For the vested interest of companies and their persistent use for change management, a summative framework is essential. This study is a systematic review of the major frameworks that are available in the field, and it attempts to surface and summarize the major components of organizational climate. Thirteen compelling dimensions consistently emerged at the foundation of the construct, and these dimensions are Communication, Supervision/Leadership, Team Cohesion, Autonomy/self-governance, Psycho-Physical Environment, Reward Systems/Structures, Innovation, Decision-making, Job Description, Role Meaning and Goals, Coherence between Strategy and Operational Implementation/Fairness, Integration and Dynamism and Freedom of Expression. For each dimension, an operational definition is provided. Therefore, a comprehensive map of the construct is provided for the benefit of academics and practitioners to have a common language and for the development of analytics to be validated across and beyond hierarchy, sector and regional boundaries and an instrument of benchmark.","PeriodicalId":46142,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF GENERAL MANAGEMENT","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48025555","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}

{"title":"The effect of COVID-19 on managerial leadership style within Australian public sector organizations","authors":"Hanan AlMazrouei","doi":"10.1177/03063070231152976","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/03063070231152976","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigates the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on leadership styles within Australian public sector organizations during the COVID-19 pandemic. A qualitative methodology was employed for this research consisting of semi-structured interviews with 50 managers. The study results suggest the pandemic affected managers’ leadership style, managers’ and employees’ emotions, stress and anxiety, and organizational performance and productivity. Changes in leadership style to incorporate being supportive, informative, and motivational to match the change in situation were found to be effective. This addresses a gap in the literature by identifying these three leadership styles as being important for employee support during the pandemic.","PeriodicalId":46142,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF GENERAL MANAGEMENT","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48543435","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}

{"title":"Simultaneous multi-stakeholder value creation: How Volkswagen made it happen in Wolfsburg","authors":"T. A. Hart, Adrien Bouchet","doi":"10.1177/03063070221148870","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/03063070221148870","url":null,"abstract":"Recent work in stakeholder theory argues that additional research into how multi-stakeholder value creation happens is an important focus for the field. However, despite calls for greater attention to this area, there are few examples of how that can happen or what it looks like. This study examines how Volkswagen did just that: created value for multiple stakeholders, nearly simultaneously, over a multi-generational time period, all while overcoming an epic scandal.","PeriodicalId":46142,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF GENERAL MANAGEMENT","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49394162","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}

{"title":"Family director board governance index: An analysis of family directors and firm performance in Malaysia","authors":"Lynn Ling, L. Jong, Wendy Law, F. Chieng","doi":"10.1177/03063070221149680","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/03063070221149680","url":null,"abstract":"This study constructs a family director board governance index (FBGI) and examines its impact on the firm performance. This motivation is prompted by the literature and theoretical gaps. Despite the pervasiveness of family firms around the world and their significant contribution to the economy, past studies have not developed a board governance index to address the Type II agency conflict in family firms. A panel data of 1105 firm-year observations based on 221 family firms from 2016 to 2020 is used in this study. Two-way fixed-effects estimation with cluster-robust standard errors is employed to examine the association between the proposed FBGI and firm performance. System generalized method of moments is adopted to validate the results. The statistical results report a significant negative association between FBGI and firm performance. The findings suggest that Malaysian family firms have the tendency to tailor the board composition, and such composition is detrimental to the firm performance. The proposed index may be useful for the policy-makers and regulators to assess the board composition and governance role of family directors in Malaysian family firms. Furthermore, the index may be of interest to the potential investors of family firms when evaluating the board governance and making investment decisions.","PeriodicalId":46142,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF GENERAL MANAGEMENT","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42874975","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}

{"title":"Linking organizational justice with positive behavior in temporary organization: The mediating role of cooperative willingness","authors":"Xinhua Liu, Peng Guo, Ning-sheng Guo, Juana Du","doi":"10.1177/03063070211064587","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/03063070211064587","url":null,"abstract":"This article associates cooperative willingness and positive behavior to fairness preference in temporary cooperation. Drawing on social exchange theory and project citizenship behaviors, the analysis indicates that cooperative positivity for temporary organizations is essentially built on organizational justice by constructing the structural equation and the multiple mediator models. The findings show that the comprehensive effect of organizational justice, especially distributive justice, has a driving effect on the willingness of inter-organizational cooperation and positive behaviors. Further, cooperative willingness, as a mediating factor, is helpful for facilitating voluntary behaviors, both in the willingness of additional investment and communication. Specifically, effective communication among cooperators is considered the perfect way for eliciting proactivity under temporary relationships, for improving cooperative perception and satisfaction. In sum, this study offers ideas on how organizational fairness preferences fare in cooperative behavior in temporary organizations to promote inter-organizational cooperation effectively.","PeriodicalId":46142,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF GENERAL MANAGEMENT","volume":"48 1","pages":"127 - 140"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44662083","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}

{"title":"Book Review: Green HRM: A Climate Conscious Route to Triple Bottom Line","authors":"Parul Choudhary, Amit Datta","doi":"10.1177/03063070221080559","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/03063070221080559","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46142,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF GENERAL MANAGEMENT","volume":"48 1","pages":"222 - 223"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46068956","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}

{"title":"Organisational support for healthcare innovation in hospitals: Towards a commitment framework","authors":"Anna Żukowicka-Surma, Albrecht Fritzsche","doi":"10.1177/03063070211070251","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/03063070211070251","url":null,"abstract":"The article investigates organisational drivers and restrainers of innovation in hospitals on the background of different institutional logics. It presents evidence from a multiple case study in Polish hospitals, which reveals different dynamics on the micro-, meso- and macro-level of organisations in enabling and implementing new procedures and technologies. In particular, the study documents an ambiguous influence of medical professionalism as a specific logic in the healthcare sector, which can affect innovation positively as well as negatively. The article therefore proposes a managerial framework based in innovation action commitment to control the effects of professionalism in healthcare.","PeriodicalId":46142,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF GENERAL MANAGEMENT","volume":"48 1","pages":"355 - 369"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49043658","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}

{"title":"The increasing importance of the alternate real estate sectors for institutional investors","authors":"G. Newell, M. Marzuki","doi":"10.1177/03063070221147742","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/03063070221147742","url":null,"abstract":"The alternate real estate sectors (including healthcare, data centres, self-storage, university student accommodation and infrastructure) have taken on increased importance in recent years with institutional investors, as they have sought to broaden their real estate sector exposure. This has been driven by key real estate investment factors, including the changing global demographics, advances in technology and the impact of COVID-19. Importantly, this trend is expected to continue and has a major influence on real estate management and strategies by institutional investors going forward. Using a range of alternate real estate sectors across several countries (US, UK and globally) in the direct, non-listed and listed real estate spaces, this paper examines the risk-adjusted performance and portfolio diversification benefits of these alternate real estate sectors compared to the standard asset classes in the portfolios of institutional investors. The real estate management and strategic implications for institutional investors going forward are also assessed.","PeriodicalId":46142,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF GENERAL MANAGEMENT","volume":"49 1","pages":"46 - 64"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45424428","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}

{"title":"Book reviews: Principles of microeconomics: An integrative approach","authors":"Damian Boniface Sambuo","doi":"10.1177/03063070221128379","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/03063070221128379","url":null,"abstract":"Principles of Microeconomics by Martin Kolmer is an economic book focusing on microeconomics that contributes to understanding the modern economy with an insight into economic theories linked with emerging social science and cultural issues. The current economy is driven by the digital era that has affected market forces and new research opportunities. In this regard, world economic issues such as comparative advantages, economic growth, price discrimination, and labour issues need to be explored (Donepudi et al., 2020; Murdock, 2020). Therefore, the book is a guiding resource for scholars engaged in economic issues. The book has fourteen (14) chapters, chapter 1 deals with introduction to economics, its scope and definitions. Describing the concept of opportunity cost in this chapter, author argues that individuals’ opportunity cost may also be irrational. The argument considers a behaviour like volunteering may substitute employment for the same job with effective use of money allocated to that job. Therefore, effective altruism is required. Chapter 2 (p. 25) discusses the theory of comparative advantage as a robust to the laws governing production. Chapter 3 covers market, market structure and contract law that support market institutions (Elsner et al., 2015: 49–53). Chapter 4 analyse the competitive market under the theories of supply and demand with inclusion of factors such as price of good, quantity, customers’ income (wealth), taste (preferences), resources for inputs, changes in technology and expectations (Berry and Haile, 2021). The author explores the interrelationship of these factors; however, there is a rare discussion given on how changes in taxes, regulations, employment and production could affect demand and supply. Chapter 5 and 6 emphasises the performance of market coordination in various economic activities with the influence of the institution’s role. In this chapter, Pareto efficiency was the main discussion elaborated as the first theorem of welfare economics (pp. 83–97). Chapter 7 discusses consumer behaviour, axioms with respective assumptions. Regarding this chapter, choices influence a firm’s decisions for a given cost analysis using substitution effects and indifference curves. Different costs and analyses were described in chapter 8 using the Cost treatment approach (p. 188). Chapter 9 elaborates on profit maximisation based on the supply behaviour of a firm, application of marginal and average cost functions. Several graphical representations were used to show a relationship between costs, revenue and marginal costs (Syverson, 2019). The monopolistic market behaviour of a firm has been discussed in chapter 10 with an in-depth clarification of price discrimination as an essential tool. The main argument is on brands are important for customers in a monopolistic market structure to increase competition in an economy. Meanwhile, chapter 11 is a game theory discussion. Chapter 12 elaborates different strategies to max","PeriodicalId":46142,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF GENERAL MANAGEMENT","volume":"48 1","pages":"330 - 331"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46668709","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}