Michael Wang, Ricky Y.K. Chan, Ki-Soon Hwang, Ming K. Lim
{"title":"The influence of learning orientation on corporate sustainability: Serial mediation of supply chain practices","authors":"Michael Wang, Ricky Y.K. Chan, Ki-Soon Hwang, Ming K. Lim","doi":"10.1016/j.emj.2024.01.007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emj.2024.01.007","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Based on the theory of organizational learning, supply chain practice view, and stakeholder theory, this paper presents an empirical analysis of the influence of learning orientation on corporate sustainability through supply chain relationships and supply chain agility. A learning orientation strengthens supply chain practices, potentially extending its impact beyond mere business transactions to enhance sustainability through knowledge transfer. Empirical results reveal the relationships among the constructs and serial mediation of supply chain relationship and supply chain agility. The empirical data were collected from organizations in the United Arab Emirates. The structural equation modeling approach is applied to validate the models in the study. Mediation analysis was performed to better understand the organizational and supply chain phenomenon. In addition, this study provides empirical support for serial mediation, with supply chain relationships and supply chain agility mediating the relationship between learning orientation and corporate sustainability. The study draws managers' attention to the importance of learning orientation as well as supply chain relationship and supply chain agility post-COVID-19. The findings may guide firms toward designing their sustainable supply chain strategies under organizational learning. This paper contributes to the sustainable supply chain management literature.</p>","PeriodicalId":48290,"journal":{"name":"European Management Journal","volume":"176 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139677621","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}
Tuuli Turja , Tuomo Särkikoski , Pertti Koistinen , Oxana Krutova , Harri Melin
{"title":"Job well robotized! – Maintaining task diversity and well-being in managing technological changes","authors":"Tuuli Turja , Tuomo Särkikoski , Pertti Koistinen , Oxana Krutova , Harri Melin","doi":"10.1016/j.emj.2022.08.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.emj.2022.08.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In an era of emerging service work robotization, this article investigates how workers perceive job diversity in robotized work, and how those perceptions relate to job satisfaction and the perceived meaningfulness of a job. The study used a nationwide Quality of Work Life survey (QWLS) data collected in Finland in 2018 (N = 4110), and its subsample of salary earners working in a robotized workplace at the time of the study (n = 535). The data were analyzed using a correlative cross-sectional study design, descriptive statistics, ANOVA, and OLS regression analysis. Against a common belief and previous studies, the findings show that intrinsic job satisfaction at work is on the average lower in robotized workplaces than in nonrobotized workplaces. The aggregate higher job satisfaction and perceived meaningfulness of work were mostly associated with perceived task diversity depending on whether, or how extensively, the employee worked with robots. The study contributes to the scientific robotization discussions with unique empirical evidence of job diversity and well-being. Moreover, the study produces information for working life, organizations, and change management by disclosing the importance of maintaining job diversity in and after implementing technological changes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48290,"journal":{"name":"European Management Journal","volume":"42 1","pages":"Pages 67-75"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0263237322000949/pdfft?md5=cdbe484a2efb0640ccc4deca72d5b006&pid=1-s2.0-S0263237322000949-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46081154","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Managing inconsistencies in medical decision-making: An eight-fold typology","authors":"Martin Svensson , Mattias Jacobsson","doi":"10.1016/j.emj.2022.09.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.emj.2022.09.008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper serves to deepen the understanding of how inconsistencies between feeling, thinking, and doing are managed by decision-makers in emergency settings. We use a practice approach and investigate the emergency physicians in an Emergency Department (ED), by means of 200 h of observations, 12 in-depth interviews, and organizational documentation. Data are analyzed using an abductive template-based approach. The configuration of three different decision-making modes, namely an experiential-based mode, an ostensive-based mode, and an action-based mode, provide an eight-fold typology of emergency physicians' decision-making praxis. “Weak” signals are the starting point for clinical assessment, and inconsistencies among the modes are strategically used and surprisingly often associated with positive treatment outcomes. The praxis perspective used in this article bridges literature on choice and interpretation—processes usually separated in organizational and decision-making literature. Inconsistency between the modes allow physicians to create an action space where decision-making is about more than providing the “right” answer. Making use of the eight-fold typology helps physicians identify “blind spots”, improve practice in both mundane and medically rare cases, as well as aid in revision of existing routines. This awareness also provides for high-quality care, an increased acceptance of inconsistencies by the public, with a potential to reduce litigation issues.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48290,"journal":{"name":"European Management Journal","volume":"42 1","pages":"Pages 130-141"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45358898","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}
Aleksandar Radonjić , Henrique Duarte , Nádia Pereira
{"title":"Artificial intelligence and HRM: HR managers’ perspective on decisiveness and challenges","authors":"Aleksandar Radonjić , Henrique Duarte , Nádia Pereira","doi":"10.1016/j.emj.2022.07.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.emj.2022.07.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Focus</h3><p>The transformative power of today's big data (BD) has allowed many companies, i.e., decision-makers, to evolve at an unprecedented pace. With regard to decision-making, artificial intelligence (AI) takes task delegation to a new level, and by employing AI-assisted tools, companies can provide their HR departments with the means to manage the existing data and HR altogether.</p></div><div><h3>Objectives</h3><p>To determine how HR managers assess whether BD management is facilitated by AI, and how they frame the changes necessary to meet the trends related to AI and its implementation, namely their willingness to master its implementation and to meet the possible challenges.</p></div><div><h3>Methodology</h3><p>Content analysis was conducted on interviews held with a sample of 16 HR practitioners from a spectrum of areas, and the findings were analysed using the big data maturity model (BDMM) framework. Domains covered by this model allow the study of decision-making trends, in terms of preparedness and willingness to tackle disruptive technology with the aim of improving and gaining the competitive edge in decision-making.</p></div><div><h3>Findings</h3><p>The central potential of AI lies in faster data storage and processing power, thereby leading to more insightful and effective decision-making. This article contains closer insights into the challenges underlying the implementation of AI in decision-making processes, specifically in terms of strategic alignment, governance, and implementation. The results reflect the notions regarding the nature of AI – in assisting HR – and lay out the path that precedes the extraction of BD, through the delivery of advantageous intelligence, to augment decision-making in HR.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48290,"journal":{"name":"European Management Journal","volume":"42 1","pages":"Pages 57-66"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47666334","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":"Letter from the Outgoing Editor in Chief: Journal curating through difficult times","authors":"Sarah Robinson","doi":"10.1016/j.emj.2024.01.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.emj.2024.01.006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48290,"journal":{"name":"European Management Journal","volume":"42 1","pages":"Pages 2-3"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139639405","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":"Social media entrepreneurship: A study on follower response to social media monetization","authors":"Maggie Qiuzhu Mei, Corine Genet","doi":"10.1016/j.emj.2022.04.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.emj.2022.04.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper studies a new group of entrepreneurs which has emerged on social media platforms, i.e., social media entrepreneurs. Arguing that followers are critical stakeholders in social media platforms, we examine how they respond to the monetization efforts of social media entrepreneurs. We draw on self-determination theory to explore how the authenticity of social media entrepreneurs is affected by their commercialization activities and to explore mechanisms that can help them address the authenticity penalty imposed by their followers. We use the Tanya Burr YouTube beauty and fashion channel as our empirical setting to show that sponsorship is associated with followers imposing a penalty, whereas affiliation links and own-brand promotion do not lead to a negative follower response. Our findings show that the negative effect of sponsorship on follower responses can be mitigated by revealing and concealing strategies. We discuss the contribution in terms of the digital media entrepreneurship literature and self-determination theory.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48290,"journal":{"name":"European Management Journal","volume":"42 1","pages":"Pages 23-32"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46256991","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}
Filomena Canterino , Marco Guerci , Stefano Cirella , Abraham B. (Rami) Shani
{"title":"The intertwined effect of HRM practices and transformational leadership on employees’ attitudes in an M&A context: Evidence from a collaborative and mixed-methods study","authors":"Filomena Canterino , Marco Guerci , Stefano Cirella , Abraham B. (Rami) Shani","doi":"10.1016/j.emj.2022.09.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.emj.2022.09.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This mixed-methods study investigates transformational leadership in the context of a recent merger through a collaborative research project aimed at co-producing scientifically rigorous and practically relevant knowledge. Using qualitative and quantitative data, this study contributes to the growing stream of literature aimed at exploring how two key organisational levers, specifically leadership and HRM, impact the development of positive employees' attitudes, which is central to the success of any M&A process. In particular, this paper shows that in M&A contexts, HRM opportunity-enhancing practices (aimed at allowing employees to exercise their competencies and efforts in engaging with the organisation's decision-making processes) mediate the relationships between transformational leadership and both employees' job satisfaction and affective commitment. This suggests that organisations interested in developing employees' affective commitment and job satisfaction in merger and acquisition (M&A) contexts should complement transformational leadership with contextualized HRM practices to support employees coping with issues related to the perception of reduced opportunities. In addition, attention should be paid to leadership behaviours of local leaders, and not necessarily of those at the apex of the organisational hierarchy guiding the merger.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48290,"journal":{"name":"European Management Journal","volume":"42 1","pages":"Pages 46-56"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44193770","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":"Best Paper and Best Reviewer Awards 2023","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.emj.2024.01.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.emj.2024.01.009","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48290,"journal":{"name":"European Management Journal","volume":"42 1","pages":"Page 1"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0263237324000094/pdfft?md5=484152eee73487be1bbeefc9da789051&pid=1-s2.0-S0263237324000094-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139677460","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Successful complaint handling on social media predicts increased repurchase intention: The roles of trust in company and propensity to trust","authors":"Doga Istanbulluoglu , Ezgi Sakman","doi":"10.1016/j.emj.2022.06.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.emj.2022.06.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study investigates the relationships between company responses to social media complaints and consumers' repurchase intentions. An online survey collected data from 325 participants who complained on social media. The relationship between repurchase intention and the five dimensions of complaint handling (timeliness, redress, apology, credibility, and attentiveness) as mediated by consumers' trust in company were examined and consumers’ propensity to trust was studied as a moderator in this relationship. The results suggest receiving a response and four dimensions of the response (redress, apology, credibility, and attentiveness) are related to stronger repurchase intention through the mediation of increased trust in company. Furthermore, consumers who are low on propensity to trust report a stronger repurchase intention when they perceive the credibility of the company to be high in handling the complaint.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48290,"journal":{"name":"European Management Journal","volume":"42 1","pages":"Pages 11-22"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0263237322000871/pdfft?md5=025019636e94640e23eb4587f94ebde8&pid=1-s2.0-S0263237322000871-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44084740","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Robert J. Pidduck, Daniel R. Clark, Yejun (John) Zhang
{"title":"Generating entrepreneurial imaginativeness from intercultural Janusian thinking","authors":"Robert J. Pidduck, Daniel R. Clark, Yejun (John) Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.emj.2024.01.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emj.2024.01.008","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Research on the importance of entrepreneurial imaginativeness in new venture development continues to grow. Empirical studies so far have focused predominantly on its ideation-based outcomes—the number and quality of ideas produced. Knowledge remains scant, however, on imaginativeness' antecedent mechanisms and mediating role in nascent venturing (the activities that often precede formal launches). We integrate another growing research stream in entrepreneurship—multicultural experience—to probe how the creative, social, and practical cognitive schemas underpinning entrepreneurial imaginativeness can be generated through dimensions of perhaps the most distinctive form of cultural exposure: living abroad. Drawing upon schema theory and combining precepts of Janusian-cognition and abductive thinking, we find support for our theorizing that depth and breadth of experiences of living abroad relate to imaginativeness facets differentially, which in turn can help us understand the extent to which entrepreneurs attempt to launch ventures. We consider both the theoretical and broader practical applications that deliberative imaginativeness cultivation might have, discussing some of wide-reaching and constructive implications this holds for the development of innovative economies.</p>","PeriodicalId":48290,"journal":{"name":"European Management Journal","volume":"74 4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139677739","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}