{"title":"“Who can I blame and what can I do?”: making sense of psychological contract evaluations between Belgian and Chinese employees","authors":"Jiahong Du, T. Vantilborgh","doi":"10.1186/s11782-021-00105-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s11782-021-00105-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54175,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Business Research in China","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2021-08-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44124673","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":"Multiple large shareholders and corporate fraud: evidence from China","authors":"Xibo Zhao, Dan Yang, Zhengguang Li, L. Song","doi":"10.1186/s11782-021-00106-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s11782-021-00106-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54175,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Business Research in China","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2021-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/s11782-021-00106-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"65919782","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":"Does the target market affect bank performance? Evidence from the geographic diversification of city commercial banks in China","authors":"Xiaonan Li, Changyao Song","doi":"10.1186/s11782-021-00104-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s11782-021-00104-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54175,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Business Research in China","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2021-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/s11782-021-00104-x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"65919722","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":"Role of authentic leadership and personal mastery in predicting employee creative behavior: a self-determination perspective","authors":"Adnan Fateh, Norizah Mustamil, Fakhar Shahzad","doi":"10.1186/s11782-021-00100-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s11782-021-00100-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Personality dispositions and their role in inducing employee creative behavior are well documented in the literature. However, much is unexplored about the collective and relative contribution of personality orientations and environmental factors in explaining creative behavior. This study used a framework based on self-determination theory (SDT) to measure the combined and relative contribution of personal mastery orientation and authentic leadership in predicting employee creative behavior as mediated by autonomous motivation. A self-reported survey was conducted among software developers working in software houses. The results of the study show that both personal mastery and authentic leadership are significant predictors of employee creative behavior. In addition, autonomous motivation significantly mediates the relationship between personal mastery, authentic leadership, and creative behavior. The findings of the study lend support to the combined effect of personality orientation and environmental factors in predicting employee creative behavior and test the SDT framework’s efficacy in predicting creative behavior.</p>","PeriodicalId":54175,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Business Research in China","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2021-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138530869","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":"Resource integration optimization of convenience service platforms adopting dynamic service modes in new retail","authors":"Yang Yang, Jianming Yao","doi":"10.1186/s11782-021-00101-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s11782-021-00101-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54175,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Business Research in China","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2021-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/s11782-021-00101-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"65919665","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":"How different types of financial service providers support small- and medium- enterprises under the impact of COVID-19 pandemic: from the perspective of expectancy theory","authors":"Hua Song, Yudong Yang, Zheng Tao","doi":"10.1186/s11782-020-00095-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s11782-020-00095-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54175,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Business Research in China","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2020-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/s11782-020-00095-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"65919558","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":"Crisis challenges of small firms in Macao during the COVID-19 pandemic","authors":"Jose C. Alves, Tan Cheng Lok, Yubo Luo, Wei Hao","doi":"10.1186/s11782-020-00094-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s11782-020-00094-2","url":null,"abstract":"This research develops a framework that combines crisis stages, stakeholder engagement, and crisis challenges. The framework is applied to small firms in Macao during the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic crisis. We conduct a qualitative study based on semi-structured interviews with the leaders of six small firms in Macao. The findings suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic has turned into a “normal” context, which blurs the traditional crisis termination stage. We also find that participating firms engage more with internal stakeholders than external ones. The strategies adopted by small firms include flexible human resource (HR) practices, cost reduction, enhancing customer relations, and using government support schemes. These strategies are effective in the short term; firms need to pay attention to diversity and learning for the long term.","PeriodicalId":54175,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Business Research in China","volume":"74 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2020-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138530871","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 influence of the corporate social responsibility disclosures on consumer brand attitudes under the impact of COVID-19","authors":"Fengjun Liu, Lu Meng, Yijun Zhao, Shen Duan","doi":"10.1186/s11782-020-00096-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s11782-020-00096-0","url":null,"abstract":"This study focuses on the use of we-media by small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to disclose internal corporate social responsibility (ICSR) under the impact of the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Study 1 interprets the catalyst effect of COVID-19 on the externalization of SMEs’ ICSR. The fuzzy grading evaluation method is initially verified. Under the impact of COVID-19, SMEs fulfilling their ICSR can enhance consumer brand attitudes. Study 2 uses a structural equation model and empirical analysis of 946 effective samples and finds that consumers perceive the self-sacrifice of corporations during the coronavirus disease period. SMEs can fulfill their ICSR to enhance the internal explanation mechanism of consumer brand attitudes and the moderating role of enterprise losses.","PeriodicalId":54175,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Business Research in China","volume":"43 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2020-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138530883","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":"Identifying the key purchase factors for organic food among Chinese consumers","authors":"Shimiao Li, N. Jaharuddin","doi":"10.1186/s11782-020-00093-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s11782-020-00093-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54175,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Business Research in China","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2020-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"65919988","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":"Home purchase restriction, real estate investment, and corporate innovation","authors":"Weida Kuang, Chang-Jen Chen, Qilin Wang","doi":"10.1186/s11782-020-00091-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s11782-020-00091-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54175,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Business Research in China","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2020-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/s11782-020-00091-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"65919936","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}