{"title":"A journey into women's managerial career development through the social cognitive career lens","authors":"Sara Bonesso, Laura Cortellazzo","doi":"10.1016/j.emj.2024.10.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.emj.2024.10.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This article presents a computational literature review that aims to disentangle the themes that have marked the academic debate on women's career development in management positions through the lens of social cognitive career theory. Relying on the novel methodology of topic modeling, the research inductively conceptualizes 12 topic-based themes that have contributed to academic debate in the last decades. In interpreting the landscape that emerged, the topics have been aggregated into three main categories: individual characteristics and learning experiences, contextual factors, cognitive mechanisms, and regulation of behavior. The fine-grained conceptualization of the topics and the derived framework contribute to systematizing the literature and to emphasizing the different facets of women's career journeys in attaining leadership positions. Through a discussion of the contributions and limitations identified in each category, the study provides recommendations for future research.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48290,"journal":{"name":"European Management Journal","volume":"43 6","pages":"Pages 980-990"},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145645888","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The leadership gap between full-time and part-time female employees","authors":"Stephanie Funk, Susanne Warning","doi":"10.1016/j.emj.2024.09.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.emj.2024.09.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Employers interpret high numbers of contractual working hours of part-time employees as a signal for high work engagement, qualifying them for a leadership position. However, signals do not work equally well in all environments. We suggest that the value of a signal depends on corporate culture, being relatively low in companies with strict work regimes where employees are expected to be available and visible. We test this prediction combining data on female employees and their employers. Our analyses show that the positive effect of contractual hours on leadership positions varies systematically with the difference between the contractual working hours of full-time and part-time employees. The smaller the working time difference between a full-time and a part-time employee, the more likely it is that the part-timer is in a leadership position. In addition, the more a firm relies on overtime and requires strict presence at work, the larger is the statistical association between high contractual hours and leadership positions at individual level. In a world where work-life balance is increasingly important, this research provides new insights into the heterogeneity of part-time workers and the design of corporate cultures and policies to create sustainable work environments.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48290,"journal":{"name":"European Management Journal","volume":"43 5","pages":"Pages 764-775"},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145323249","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Thwarted by fear of failure, reignited by psychological resilience: Entrepreneurs’ responses to a health crisis (COVID-19) and passion for developing","authors":"Linlin Jin , Feng Xu","doi":"10.1016/j.emj.2024.09.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.emj.2024.09.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Crises always have an effect on entrepreneurship and the recent COVID-19 pandemic amplified the impact. Research has provided ample evidence on influences of the COVID-19 pandemic as a socioeconomic crisis for entrepreneurs and their ventures. However, considered a highly infectious disease, COVID-19 is also a personal health crisis that has posed a health threat to entrepreneurs. This research aims to develop and test a model of how and when entrepreneurs' psychological responses to COVID-19 can affect passion for developing based on the job demands-resources theory. Using a time-lag design, results reveal that entrepreneurs' COVID-19 representations can thwart the components of passion for developing through arousing fear of failure. Further, entrepreneurs’ psychological resilience impact changes in these negative, indirect effects. These findings provide important implications for the literature on the linkage between entrepreneurship and crisis and the manifestation process of entrepreneurial passion from the demands-resources process perspective.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48290,"journal":{"name":"European Management Journal","volume":"43 5","pages":"Pages 875-888"},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145323934","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Valentina Carbone , Lucy McCarthy , Anne Touboulic
{"title":"Practically re-imagining business education for sustainability","authors":"Valentina Carbone , Lucy McCarthy , Anne Touboulic","doi":"10.1016/j.emj.2025.04.015","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.emj.2025.04.015","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this reflection piece, we discuss the urgency of transforming business school education in the context of the climate breakdown and biodiversity collapse. We unpack prevailing problematic assumptions in business school education and propose a reflexive framework for business educators based on the heart, head, hand model of pedagogy. We embed this discussion in considerations for place and context. Building on our personal journeys and experiences, we offer tangible examples of how the framework can be used to enable a re-imaging of business education.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48290,"journal":{"name":"European Management Journal","volume":"43 5","pages":"Pages 744-751"},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145323252","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Intercultural competence in the context of intercultural service encounters: A multilevel and dynamic approach","authors":"Zorana Jerinic-Ivic , Sabrina Loufrani , Djamila Elidrissi","doi":"10.1016/j.emj.2024.08.010","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.emj.2024.08.010","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This article proposes a multilevel and dynamic approach to analyzing intercultural competence (IC) to understand how IC components at individual and collective levels articulate in intercultural service encounters (ICSEs). The articulation of IC levels is analyzed using a dynamic approach that covers the three service experience phases: pre-core, core, and post-core ICSEs. Analysis of data collected from a French language services business unit shows that service businesses need to adjust the two levels of IC in each service experience phase in order to achieve a quality service experience. A multilevel approach is taken to illuminate the role of the team as a whole, rather than individual staff members, in service encounter outcomes. The study represents a contextualized explanation of the dynamic nature of intercultural interactions within the team and between staff and customers, validates the concept of collective IC, and contributes to the literature on ICSEs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48290,"journal":{"name":"European Management Journal","volume":"43 5","pages":"Pages 850-864"},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145323932","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Ángeles Jurado-Caraballo, Cristina Quintana-García
{"title":"Disability inclusion in workplaces, firm performance, and reputation","authors":"M. Ángeles Jurado-Caraballo, Cristina Quintana-García","doi":"10.1016/j.emj.2024.08.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.emj.2024.08.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Despite the existence of laws on reserve quotas for people with disabilities (PwD), this group continues to experience high unemployment rates and social exclusion. This research has aimed to empirically analyze the influence of the hiring of PwD on the performance and reputation of the firm. We have carried out a quantitative study of European companies to highlight the value and benefits that these workers can bring, and thus overcome prejudices and stereotypes of employers that consider them problematic or unproductive. Our longitudinal research demonstrates that the hiring of PwD contributes positively to the performance and reputation of the firm, helping companies obtain competitive advantages and acting as a brand for the firm. This study gives rise to theoretical, managerial, practical, and political implications.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48290,"journal":{"name":"European Management Journal","volume":"43 5","pages":"Pages 752-763"},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141936542","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The role of focal leaders in collective leadership behavior: A historiometric analysis of socialized and personalized leaders","authors":"Ares Boira Lopez, Shane Connelly","doi":"10.1016/j.emj.2024.08.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.emj.2024.08.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The increasing adoption of collectivistic leadership approaches in organizations has sparked a growing interest in understanding factors influencing their emergence and effectiveness. In their collective leadership framework, Friedrich, Vessey, Schuelke, Ruark, and Mumford (2009) underscore the pivotal role of focal leaders in sharing aspects of the leadership role and facilitating conditions for the emergence of informal leadership. Despite the imperative of power sharing in this process, no study to date has explored the relationship between power orientation and collective leadership behaviors. To address this gap, we conducted a historiometric leader analysis to compare collective leadership behavior between focal leaders with socialized and personalized orientations. Furthermore, there is a pressing need for additional empirical work investigating the relationships between collective leadership behaviors and outcomes, especially among leaders with different power orientations. Consequently, we conducted a series of correlations for each leader type to gain insight into these relationships. Our results indicate that personalized leaders exhibit less engagement in collective leadership behaviors compared to socialized leaders, and these behaviors successfully discriminate between the two power orientations. Additionally, we observed that personalized leaders who demonstrated greater engagement in collective leadership behaviors achieved more positive and fewer negative outcomes. Implications of these findings are discussed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48290,"journal":{"name":"European Management Journal","volume":"43 5","pages":"Pages 812-830"},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142181545","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Contextual complexity: Understanding unique appraisal reactions of top subsidiary managers","authors":"Jane F. Maley","doi":"10.1016/j.emj.2024.09.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.emj.2024.09.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div><span>Effective performance appraisals are essential for managerial success and heavily depend on positive employee reactions, vital indicators of appraisal effectiveness. This study explores how isolation from supervisors and poor communication channels critically shape appraisal reactions among top subsidiary managers. Through an in-depth qualitative analysis of 34 managers, we investigate the unique adverse effects of these contextual factors. Using the leader–member exchange theory within the framework of subsidiary–headquarters interactions, we reveal complex, multidimensional communication challenges that are absent in conventional remote work settings. These challenges contribute to deteriorating relationships between managers and supervisors, highlighting the urgent need for enhanced communication strategies. Significantly, our findings highlight the distinct appraisal context of top subsidiary managers, whose experience diverges significantly from that of typical routine workers, necessitating tailored strategies to improve appraisal processes. This research establishes a robust agenda for enhancing these interactions, boosting appraisal effectiveness in </span>multinational corporations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48290,"journal":{"name":"European Management Journal","volume":"43 5","pages":"Pages 889-899"},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145323244","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fuelling perceived employability through Leader's expert power: Role of empowerment climate and thriving","authors":"Faisal Qamar , Shuaib Ahmed Soomro , Asif Nawaz , Olivier Roques","doi":"10.1016/j.emj.2024.07.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.emj.2024.07.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>After COVID-19, pre-existing perceptions of employability have dramatically changed. Consequently, challenges of workforce sustainability prompt managers to develop non-traditional survival strategies. However, there is limited understanding of how these strategies impact employability perceptions. This study applies self-determination theory and aims to address this gap by investigating how a leader's expert power enhances followers' perceived employability through serial mediation of empowerment climate and thriving at work. Findings reveal a positive relationship between a leader's expert power and follower perceptions of employability. Empowerment climate is positively linked with thriving at work, which in turn is positively linked with perceived employability. Findings indicate that empowerment climate and thriving at work serve as mediators for the relationship between leader's expert power and followers' perceived employability. Support for serial mediation signifies that empowerment climate and thriving at work serially mediate between a leader's expert power and followers' perceived employability. These findings have significant theoretical and managerial implications. Managers should leverage expert power to foster employees' sense of employability by creating an empowering workplace. This enhances employees' thriving and subsequently improves their perceived employability.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48290,"journal":{"name":"European Management Journal","volume":"43 5","pages":"Pages 865-874"},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141769580","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Talent scouting to accelerate technological innovation during the COVID-19 global health crisis: The role of organizational innovation in China","authors":"Yipeng Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.emj.2024.11.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.emj.2024.11.007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div><span>From a behavioral perspective, talent drives innovation, influences its developmental trajectory, and largely determines the likelihood of its success. Against the background of the COVID-19 global health crisis and disruption, it became a pressing challenge for organizations to seek out and employ top-level talent to accelerate technological innovation, especially with talent mobility being sharply hampered by travel restrictions. By juxtaposing the </span>talent management<span> and organizational innovation theories, we aim to explore novel approaches to talent scouting that involve innovative organizational arrangements. By examining the role played by organizational innovation in China, we uncover why and how innovative organizational arrangements of talent scouting can provide a promising pathway to foster technological innovation from a multi-level perspective. We point out theoretical, managerial, and policy implications for talent management and innovation research.</span></div></div>","PeriodicalId":48290,"journal":{"name":"European Management Journal","volume":"43 5","pages":"Pages 700-709"},"PeriodicalIF":7.3,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145323245","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}