{"title":"The Economic and Labour Relations Review","authors":"","doi":"10.1177/03128962241252559","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/03128962241252559","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47209,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140624666","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":"Digital fashion and metaverse platforms: Do platform attributes drive shopper’s purchase intention?","authors":"Atul Prashar, Anupama Prashar","doi":"10.1177/03128962241246696","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/03128962241246696","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims to understand consumer behavior in fashion shopping on the Metaverse platforms. It proposes a behavioral model grounded on a stimulus-organism-response (S-O-R) framework, where the platform attributes namely interactivity, personalization, and sociability act as stimuli to activate the experiential (utilitarian and hedonic value) and immersive responses, which in turn drive the purchase intention of digital fashion shoppers. The moderating role of shoppers’ personal characteristics is also tested. Survey data of 327 users of Metaverse platforms are used to test the proposed model. DRESSX, a multibrand fashion retailer offering branded nonfungible tokens (BNFTs) in the form of digital clothing and accessories, is used to simulate the Metaverse. The results show that personalization is the strongest platform attribute offering experiential value, and sociability features of the platform play the key role in driving immersiveness. Furthermore, both experiential value and immersiveness drive the shoppers’ purchase intention.JEL Code: M30 Marketing and Advertising: General","PeriodicalId":47209,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140631097","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 penetration of robotic technology, task content routinisation and job satisfaction: Evidence from China","authors":"Yuhong Du, Hazrul Shahiri, Xiahai Wei","doi":"10.1177/03128962241240105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/03128962241240105","url":null,"abstract":"Faced with a surge in labour costs, companies are strongly incentivised by local governments’ aggressive promotion to embrace robotic technology, triggering intense media debates. This, in turn, inevitably shapes workers’ attitudes towards their current jobs and brings uncertainty about their future workplace. This study investigates the connection between robotisation, routinisation and job satisfaction in China’s labour market. The results show that there is an observed positive relationship between an individual’s job satisfaction and exposure to robots in the local labour market, which may be related to the overwhelming benefits of these new technologies about certain work dimensions. However, fear of automation is not groundless. Our findings show that job satisfaction decreased with an increase in the routinisation of task content, particularly in areas that are increasingly exposed to robot adoption. This supports the routine-biased technological change hypothesis, which connects technology-induced unemployment with job routinisation. JEL Classification: J28, O33","PeriodicalId":47209,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140213609","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 birthplace cultural tightness of provincial party secretaries and innovation in their jurisdictions: Empirical evidence from 31 provinces in China","authors":"Ye Shi, Xiaomin Fan, Mary Han","doi":"10.1177/03128962241230666","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/03128962241230666","url":null,"abstract":"While the Chinese government has played an important role in China’s tremendous progress in innovation, and provincial party secretaries serve as the main body of regional management, less is known about how the key characteristics of these key leaders play a role in promoting innovation development. From the perspective of cultural tightness, we use patent data for 31 Chinese provinces from 2000 to 2019 to explore the impact of cultural tightness of provincial party secretaries’ birthplaces in influencing innovation in their jurisdictions. Drawing on upper echelons theory and imprinting theory, we find that party secretaries born in provinces with higher cultural tightness promote innovation more in their jurisdictions, but this effect is prominent only for incremental innovation, not for radical innovation. The potential underlying mechanism is that party secretaries with high birthplace cultural tightness (BCT) tend to invest more in infrastructure construction and thus enhance incremental innovation. In addition, the positive relationship between BCT of provincial party secretaries and the innovation in their jurisdictions is weaker when the jurisdiction is more market-oriented but becomes stronger as the tenure of the provincial party secretary increases. Theoretical contributions and managerial implications of these findings are discussed. JEL Classification: M0, M2","PeriodicalId":47209,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140430207","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}
Megan Gu, Henry Cutler, Mona Aghdaee, Yuanyuan Gu, Anam Bilgrami
{"title":"The role of refundable accommodation deposits in financing aged care capital expenditure: Views from the sector","authors":"Megan Gu, Henry Cutler, Mona Aghdaee, Yuanyuan Gu, Anam Bilgrami","doi":"10.1177/03128962241230665","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/03128962241230665","url":null,"abstract":"Residential aged care providers rely on refundable accommodation deposits (RADs) to finance capital expenditure, but changing consumer accommodation payment preferences may reduce their access. Our study evaluated the potential impact of a significant reduction in provider RAD balances. We surveyed 300 providers across Australia in 2020 and conducted focus groups and interviews with stakeholder executives, to develop key themes using an inductive constant comparative method couched within grounded theory. We found preferences for RADs vary across providers, with those seeking to undertake capital expenditure mostly preferring RADs. Stakeholder views suggested RADs facilitate low cost capital investment for some providers and allow banks to offer more debt to more providers. However, stakeholders suggested RADs may also create a more volatile financial structure and impose barriers to entry for equity. Stakeholders suggested a significant and sustained reduction in RADs would negatively impact capital expenditure and increase provider financial risk. Our study proposes that government intervention to stop a significant reduction in provider RAD balances should only occur if access to care is threatened. Intervention options could include enforcing liquidity and capital adequacy requirements, increasing investor returns to attract more equity and facilitate more commercial debt and establishing a government backed accommodation capital facility.JEL Classification: D14, G41, G51, G53, I18","PeriodicalId":47209,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139980355","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":"Latent profiles of challenge, hindrance, and threat appraisals on time pressure and job complexity: Antecedents and outcomes","authors":"A. Kunzelmann, Thomas Rigotti, Monique F. Crane","doi":"10.1177/03128962231222825","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/03128962231222825","url":null,"abstract":"This research challenges the a priori classification of time pressure and job complexity as challenge stressors and seeks to illuminate the emergence of different appraisal configurations using a latent profile approach. The sample consisted of 629 employees (66.1% male). Employees who appraised time pressure and job complexity as challenges reported higher job satisfaction and work engagement and felt less emotionally exhausted and mentally stressed compared to those with dominant hindrance/threat appraisals. Employees who report to be more resilient and have autonomy are more likely to fall into a Dominant Challenge Appraisal profile. Those who face high emotional demands are more likely to be in a Dominant Hindrance/Threat Appraisal profile. This research offers a fresh perspective on why it is essential for employers to consider their teams’ perceptions and resources when introducing new tasks or deadlines. By providing employees with adequate resources, organizations can promote a more adaptive approach to work challenges. JEL Classification: L20, L29, L00","PeriodicalId":47209,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-02-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139866602","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":"Latent profiles of challenge, hindrance, and threat appraisals on time pressure and job complexity: Antecedents and outcomes","authors":"A. Kunzelmann, Thomas Rigotti, Monique F. Crane","doi":"10.1177/03128962231222825","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/03128962231222825","url":null,"abstract":"This research challenges the a priori classification of time pressure and job complexity as challenge stressors and seeks to illuminate the emergence of different appraisal configurations using a latent profile approach. The sample consisted of 629 employees (66.1% male). Employees who appraised time pressure and job complexity as challenges reported higher job satisfaction and work engagement and felt less emotionally exhausted and mentally stressed compared to those with dominant hindrance/threat appraisals. Employees who report to be more resilient and have autonomy are more likely to fall into a Dominant Challenge Appraisal profile. Those who face high emotional demands are more likely to be in a Dominant Hindrance/Threat Appraisal profile. This research offers a fresh perspective on why it is essential for employers to consider their teams’ perceptions and resources when introducing new tasks or deadlines. By providing employees with adequate resources, organizations can promote a more adaptive approach to work challenges. JEL Classification: L20, L29, L00","PeriodicalId":47209,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-02-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139806982","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":"A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit: Top managerial career setback experience and accounting conservatism","authors":"Zhong‐qin Su, Yiting Zhu, W. Su, Zuoping Xiao","doi":"10.1177/03128962231222770","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/03128962231222770","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigates the relationship between chief executive officers (CEOs) and chief financial officers (CFOs) with career setbacks and firms’ accounting conservatism. Using manually collected data from Chinese listed firms, this study finds that firms run by CEOs/CFOs who experienced career setbacks adopt more conservative accounting policies. In addition, the degree and timing of career setbacks and the experience of demotion and penalization by regulations affect CEOs’/CFOs’ decision-making. The results are robust to a battery of checks and analyses, including the propensity score matching procedure, the difference-in-differences method, and alternative measures. Further evidence suggests that the positive association between CEOs/CFOs with career setbacks and firms’ accounting conservatism is more pronounced at firms with better corporate governance, effective internal control, and higher financial constraints. This study also shows that financially conservative firms have more cash holding, which is positively correlated with career setbacks. JEL Classification: G34, M41, G41","PeriodicalId":47209,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139868269","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":"A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit: Top managerial career setback experience and accounting conservatism","authors":"Zhong‐qin Su, Yiting Zhu, W. Su, Zuoping Xiao","doi":"10.1177/03128962231222770","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/03128962231222770","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigates the relationship between chief executive officers (CEOs) and chief financial officers (CFOs) with career setbacks and firms’ accounting conservatism. Using manually collected data from Chinese listed firms, this study finds that firms run by CEOs/CFOs who experienced career setbacks adopt more conservative accounting policies. In addition, the degree and timing of career setbacks and the experience of demotion and penalization by regulations affect CEOs’/CFOs’ decision-making. The results are robust to a battery of checks and analyses, including the propensity score matching procedure, the difference-in-differences method, and alternative measures. Further evidence suggests that the positive association between CEOs/CFOs with career setbacks and firms’ accounting conservatism is more pronounced at firms with better corporate governance, effective internal control, and higher financial constraints. This study also shows that financially conservative firms have more cash holding, which is positively correlated with career setbacks. JEL Classification: G34, M41, G41","PeriodicalId":47209,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139807998","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}
Duy Thanh Nguyen, David Michayluk, Gerhard Van de Venter, Scott Walker
{"title":"Improvement in sustainability: Evidence from the mergers and acquisitions market","authors":"Duy Thanh Nguyen, David Michayluk, Gerhard Van de Venter, Scott Walker","doi":"10.1177/03128962231222824","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/03128962231222824","url":null,"abstract":"One approach to improve a firm’s Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) rating is to acquire a target with a higher relative ESG rating. We explore changes in an acquirer’s ESG rating around merger and acquisition (M&A) announcements and provide empirical evidence of a positive relationship between the change in an acquirer’s ESG rating and the target’s relative ESG rating. Of the three components of an ESG rating, an acquirer’s environmental rating displays the largest increase, with social and governance ratings exhibiting a smaller but still significant post-merger increase. This relationship is weaker for cross-border deals or cross-industry deals. However, deals that are both cross-border and same-industry are associated with a larger increase in an acquirer’s ESG rating. In addition to improved ESG ratings, the acquisition of a firm with a superior ESG rating is also associated with higher bid premiums and improved post-merger financial performance which suggests that acquirers act in shareholders’ best interests.JEL Classification: G14, G34","PeriodicalId":47209,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139946917","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}