{"title":"The impartial spectator and the pursuit of interest in commercial society: A dual-text reading of Adam Smith for contemporary business and management","authors":"Juan Enrique Castro C","doi":"10.1016/j.emj.2024.08.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emj.2024.08.004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48290,"journal":{"name":"European Management Journal","volume":"388 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142181546","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":"Strategic communication in organizational change: Exploring the impact of two-sided messages on legitimacy judgments and commitment to change","authors":"Luca Joachim Scheuer, Julia Thaler","doi":"10.1016/j.emj.2024.08.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emj.2024.08.005","url":null,"abstract":"Employees' commitment to organizational change largely determines the success of change initiatives, and communication arguably can strengthen this commitment. By building on attribution theory and knowledge about legitimacy judgments, the current research investigates how two-sided messages, which contain both negative and positive information, affect employees’ commitment to change, through the serial mediation of credibility and legitimacy judgments. A vignette experiment with 227 participants reveals, in findings that conflict with some prior contributions, that in a change context, two-sided messages directly reduce credibility. Two-sided messages are also indirectly linked to commitment to change through the proposed serial mediation. Contrary to our hypotheses, the indirect association is negative. The study thereby adds to research on strategic communication and legitimacy during organizational change and provides valuable insights for practitioners regarding the use and context-specific limited persuasiveness of two-sided messages.","PeriodicalId":48290,"journal":{"name":"European Management Journal","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142181547","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":"Time is running out: How design thinking shapes team innovation under time constraints","authors":"Marco Balzano, Guido Bortoluzzi","doi":"10.1016/j.emj.2024.08.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emj.2024.08.003","url":null,"abstract":"Design thinking as a problem-solving framework has garnered significant attention for its reliance on abductive reasoning and human-centeredness. Existing literature has underscored the importance of these elements in fostering an array of organizational outcomes and enhancing the overall stakeholder satisfaction. However, less is known about how these reasoning approaches influence team innovation quality, particularly in time-constrained settings. The present study aims to fill this gap by focusing on team dynamics and examining the effects of abductive reasoning and human-centeredness on team innovation quality. We conduct an empirical analysis involving seven teams, each undertaking multiple innovation decisions under time constraints in a laboratory game context. Our results suggest an interplay between the reasoning approaches and team innovation quality. Specifically, teams that relied more on abductive reasoning in time-constrained tasks tended to make lower-quality decisions, while teams that were highly human-centered produced decisions of higher quality. Importantly, team size emerged as a key moderating variable. Larger teams were found to exert an even more negative impact of abductive reasoning on team innovation quality while amplifying the positive effects of human-centeredness.","PeriodicalId":48290,"journal":{"name":"European Management Journal","volume":"89 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141936541","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":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emj.2024.08.001","url":null,"abstract":"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.","PeriodicalId":48290,"journal":{"name":"European Management Journal","volume":"121 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-02","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}
Tomislav Hernaus , Kristina Potočnik , Eva M. Lira , James M. LeBreton
{"title":"Multilevel empirical research: A call for more mixed-methods approaches","authors":"Tomislav Hernaus , Kristina Potočnik , Eva M. Lira , James M. LeBreton","doi":"10.1016/j.emj.2024.06.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.emj.2024.06.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Organizations are complex multilevel social systems, in which individual members frequently execute diverse tasks within their functional units or teams to advance strategic goals over a period of time. Diverse organizational phenomena are, therefore, inherently shaped by factors from different levels and can be comprehensively studied by embracing multilevel research designs. In this introductory paper, we review different multilevel approaches used in management and organization studies to contextualize four papers published as part of this management focus on multilevel research. We also discuss several directions for future research. We strongly advocate for scholars to conduct more multilevel qualitative and mixed-methods studies that can address complex business and societal challenges. The need for such research designs is urgent and important in our scholarly field, and your contribution can make a significant difference.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48290,"journal":{"name":"European Management Journal","volume":"42 4","pages":"Pages 452-461"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0263237324000859/pdfft?md5=7575220e56598a7511f21822b1780b08&pid=1-s2.0-S0263237324000859-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141769579","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":"Strategic corporate venturing in interlinked ambidextrous units: An exploratory model","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.emj.2023.02.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.emj.2023.02.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>With scarce research on the intersection of corporate venturing and firm strategy, few companies succeed in using their dedicated corporate venturing units (CVUs) for strategic renewal. This study examines this intersection in so-called interlinked-ambidextrous CVUs. Through relational interlinks with internal and external stakeholders, these organizational entities combine the exploration of new market opportunities with the exploitation of existing core competencies to develop new competitive advantages for their parent companies. That way, they aim to create organizationally consequential new business that can change the competitive positioning of a company. To investigate such strategic corporate venturing, the study collects and analyses qualitative data from interlinked-ambidextrous units in 16 European companies. The resulting key themes and their relationships are mapped onto an exploratory model of strategic corporate venturing that includes organizational context factors as antecedents; process activities, relational mechanisms and dynamic capabilities as enablers; and an ambidextrous orientation as a mediator for the intended strategic renewal task. Embedding these key findings within existing theory provides valuable contributions to the development of the strategic corporate venturing concept and the understanding of interlinked-ambidextrous CVUs. This can help practitioners tackle the strategic renewal challenge through corporate venturing.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48290,"journal":{"name":"European Management Journal","volume":"42 4","pages":"Pages 595-610"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49603630","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":"Standardization cycles in sustainability reporting within the Global Reporting Initiative","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.emj.2024.04.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.emj.2024.04.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>To analyze whether Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards could reduce transparency in sustainability reporting, we performed a longitudinal content analysis of sustainability reports for 15 large Norwegian organizations from 2010 to 2020 (inclusive). The content of reports increased by 90%, in contrast to an increase of only 18% in transparency. The content of GRI standards increased by more than 500%. For further examination, we develop a system dynamics model using a multilevel perspective including the standardization organizations, the organizations writing sustainability reports, and their audiences. Our model demonstrates how multilevel interactions may produce unintended results. More standards could impede transparent reporting for organizations, which in turn hinders stakeholders in making fair judgments about the sustainability of organizations. This condition then may trigger a new cycle in which standardization organizations define even more standards. We conclude that for sustainability reporting standards, less is more. Our findings have implications for both researchers and practitioners.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48290,"journal":{"name":"European Management Journal","volume":"42 4","pages":"Pages 492-502"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0263237324000537/pdfft?md5=98c518249a895b022fd2941116c6db65&pid=1-s2.0-S0263237324000537-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140564848","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":"Effects of internal and external corporate social responsibility on employee job satisfaction during a pandemic: A medical device industry perspective","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.emj.2023.04.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.emj.2023.04.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed human lifestyles and contributed to the creation of a new normal in the business environment. This study examines the direct and indirect impacts of internal and external corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices on employee job satisfaction through organisational identification, conditional on employee age. A total of 236 valid responses were received from eight multinational medical device manufacturers in Malaysia. Partial least squares and PROCESS algorithms were employed to assess the hypothesised interactions between the predictors and criterion variables. The empirical results showed that internal CSR (i.e., <em>CSR to employee</em>) could significantly drive a greater sense of belonging and work satisfaction. Surprisingly, however, external CSR (i.e., <em>CSR to community</em>) negatively affects job fulfilment in the medical devices industry during the pandemic. Nevertheless, the findings also showed that ongoing CSR activities in the community could build organisational identification and subsequently improve job satisfaction. Conversely, <em>CSR to environment</em> did not statistically influence job satisfaction, either directly or indirectly. The mediating effects of organisational identification were not associated with employee age. This study provides a practical framework for effective CSR strategies amid the pandemic that can help organisations align with social responsibility, enhance their reputation, and contribute to society.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48290,"journal":{"name":"European Management Journal","volume":"42 4","pages":"Pages 584-594"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10081885/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9687586","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":"The role of organizational innovation in the development of green innovations in Spanish firms","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.emj.2023.01.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.emj.2023.01.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>An exploration of the links between organizational and green innovation has been the subject of an impressive quantity of literature during recent years. In this study, the ability of firms to refine their organizational practices in accordance with external developments has been considered, particularly in the context of the introduction of updated environmental regulations and advanced technologies, with the aim of surviving and competing globally. In this study, it was postulated that organizational innovation was one of the main drivers of green innovation at the level of the firm. Hence, the intention here was to study whether green innovation was affected when businesses adapted their environmental strategies in alignment with organizational structures. Moreover, the paper aimed to explore whether there was any major disproportion in green innovation between firms in dirty and in clean sectors. To address these main points, a two-step regression using the generalized method of moments (GMM) was run on data relating to organizational innovation factors and green innovation constructs at the level of the firm, this information being drawn from the Technological Innovation Panel (PITEC) database. These panel data, based on the Community Innovation Surveys (CIS) framework, were used to detect innovations in Spanish firms by investigating long-term relationships between variables to control for nonobservable heterogeneity. The principal findings confirm that the organizational innovation variables studied did promote green innovation and that the dirty sector firms were more likely to undertake green innovations than those in the cleaner sectors.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48290,"journal":{"name":"European Management Journal","volume":"42 4","pages":"Pages 527-538"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0263237323000063/pdfft?md5=9b34b4ce55555eaee0d771b8cdfdfc7c&pid=1-s2.0-S0263237323000063-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43726055","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":"When performance demands enable change: How employees can overcome emotional dissonance and organizational underappreciation","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.emj.2023.02.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.emj.2023.02.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study investigates the unexplored relationship between employees' experience of emotional dissonance and their engagement in change-oriented citizenship behavior, with a particular focus on the mediating role of organizational underappreciation and the moderating role of a performance-oriented work climate in this process. Survey data collected among employees across various industries show that experienced discrepancies between felt and organizationally desired emotions curtail employees’ voluntary efforts to improve the organizational status quo because they develop a belief that their organization does not value them. When they operate in work environments that focus on performance comparisons though, this harmful dynamic becomes subdued. Organizations accordingly should avoid giving employees a reason to criticize their employer for treating them as unworthy members because this criticism generates a channel by which conflicting emotions escalate into work-related complacency, which might prevent the experienced hardships from being addressed. Instead, organizations should try to nurture stimulating work cultures that focus on performance to disrupt this counterproductive process.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48290,"journal":{"name":"European Management Journal","volume":"42 4","pages":"Pages 565-575"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46615588","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}