{"title":"When does justice drive alliance success? Direct and moderating effects based on transaction cost theory","authors":"Mi Che, Xu Jiang, Yun-Long Pei","doi":"10.1007/s10490-023-09898-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10490-023-09898-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Although the role of justice has long been documented in organizational contexts, little is known about the relative effects of distinct types of justice in inter-organizational relationships. Building on transaction cost theory (TCT), our research investigates how procedural justice and distributive justice affect alliance success differentially and under what conditions these effects are amplified or weakened. Results derived from a sample of 410 Chinese alliance firms involving two key informants per firm suggest that procedural justice has a greater influence on alliance success than distributive justice and that such a comparative effect varies across types of trust and conflict. Specifically, when alliance firms share a high level of goodwill trust or constructive conflict, they rely to a greater extent on procedural justice than on distributive justice to achieve alliance success. In contrast, when there is a high level of constructive conflict, alliance firms depend more heavily on distributive justice than on procedural justice to achieve success. Our study extends TCT to explain how, in the context of Chinese culture, firms employ appropriate tools of justice in ongoing alliances.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8474,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Management","volume":"41 4","pages":"1927 - 1961"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2023-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47320094","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":"Art of saying no: linking trust structural hole to knowledge hiding and creativity","authors":"Chengcheng Xia, Chuanjia Li","doi":"10.1007/s10490-023-09888-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10490-023-09888-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Although the positive effects of structural holes on creativity have been well explored, little research has explored why structural holes damage creativity. Based on social network theory and impression management theory, we propose that the influence of structural holes of knowledge hiders in trust networks vary by dimensions (i.e., evasive hiding, playing dumb, and rationalized hiding) of knowledge hiding, and structural holes have various indirect effects on creativity via knowledge hiding. Following a two-wave survey of 217 R&D employees, our results show that trust structural holes positively affect all the dimensions of knowledge hiding, and their effect on rationalized hiding is stronger than that on evasive hiding and playing dumb. Furthermore, we prove that evasive hiding has a positive mediating effect on the creativity of brokers, whereas playing dumb and rationalized hiding have adverse effects. Thus, trust structural holes have positive indirect effects on creativity via evasive hiding, while the indirect effects on creativity via playing dumb and rationalized hiding are negative. Moreover, we reveal that perspective taking mitigates the positive effect of structural holes on evasive hiding and playing dumb.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8474,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Management","volume":"41 4","pages":"1891 - 1925"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2023-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49418969","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}
Fawad Ahmed, Naveed Ahmad Faraz, Zhengde Xiong, Ying Ma
{"title":"The multilevel interplay of responsible leadership with leader identification and autonomous motivation to cultivate voluntary green behavior","authors":"Fawad Ahmed, Naveed Ahmad Faraz, Zhengde Xiong, Ying Ma","doi":"10.1007/s10490-023-09893-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10490-023-09893-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Implementing environmental regulations in Pakistan remains an ideological thought with little or no enforcement. In this context, an organization’s sincerity towards corporate social responsibility initiatives is proven when it operates responsibly without regulatory pressures. Aimed at advancing the discourse on social identity and self-determination theories, this paper examines the influencing mechanism of multilevel responsible leadership on employees’ voluntary green behavior from a vertical perspective through leader identification and autonomous motivation for the environment. The sample included 357 employees working in 97 teams from pharmaceutical, cement manufacturing, and textile sector companies. Multi-source data were collected in two phases and analyzed with multilevel structural equation modeling through MPlus 8.3 software. The results support the hypothesized direct and mediating mechanisms of responsible leadership in shaping employees’ voluntary green behavior. Theoretical and managerial implications, limitations, and future research suggestions are discussed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8474,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Management","volume":"41 4","pages":"1861 - 1889"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2023-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49665929","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":"Excess IPO funds as an imprint: An imprinting perspective of acquisition activity","authors":"Yanyu Wang, Rui Wu, Jun Xia, Zhouyu Lin","doi":"10.1007/s10490-023-09890-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10490-023-09890-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study focuses on the unique feature of Chinese firms’ excess funds raised from initial public offerings (IPOs) and examine why these funds have persistent impacts on the IPO firms’ acquisition activities. We extend the imprinting perspective by incorporating the notion that sudden wealth from IPOs may become a resource imprint that persistently influences the strategy of newly public firms. We argue that excess IPO funds (i.e., actual subscription value received exceeding the expected value), as sudden wealth, may create a lasting effect on IPO firms to engage in acquisition activities during the transformation from private to public status. We also introduce corporate leaders as carriers of such imprints and suggest that their stability, political experience, and social status strengthen the firm’s imprinting effect. Using a sample of Chinese IPO firms, we find evidence that supports our predictions.</p>","PeriodicalId":8474,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Management","volume":"41 4","pages":"1819 - 1860"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2023-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43041599","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 influence of founders’ membership status on transgenerational succession intention in family business: Evidence from China","authors":"Zhiyong Niu, Hongzhou Pei, Wei Sheng, Yani Wu","doi":"10.1007/s10490-023-09895-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10490-023-09895-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this study, we examine the impact of the membership status of the founders of family firms on transgenerational succession intention in a Chinese context. Based on data concerning 1983 family firms in China, we find that certain forms of organizational membership on the part of founders (i.e., party, political or business membership) are positively associated with succession intention. In addition, we consider two kinds of moderating effect: family control and institutional environment. Family control weakens the relationship between social identity and succession intention; however, institutional environment strengthens this relationship. These results are robust to a variety of sensitivity tests. The study extends our understanding of how and why family firms’ succession behavior varies as a result of individuals’ sociological traits, particularly in the context of Chinese family firms, and has important implications for the task of sustainable family firm development.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8474,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Management","volume":"41 3","pages":"1729 - 1764"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2023-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42731854","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. Rezaei, R. Sadraei, Vahid Jafari‐Sadeghi, D. Vrontis
{"title":"Knowledge is of no value unless to be shared. A synthesis of knowledge-sharing drivers in born-globals","authors":"M. Rezaei, R. Sadraei, Vahid Jafari‐Sadeghi, D. Vrontis","doi":"10.1007/s10490-023-09896-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10490-023-09896-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8474,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Management","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2023-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46503919","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}
Xiaofeng Xu, Miaomiao Li, Ho Kwong Kwan, Xiaomeng Zhang
{"title":"The antecedents of moral identity: A meta-analytic review","authors":"Xiaofeng Xu, Miaomiao Li, Ho Kwong Kwan, Xiaomeng Zhang","doi":"10.1007/s10490-023-09891-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10490-023-09891-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Moral identity is an important self-concept. Taking a social cognitive perspective, we propose an integrative framework to examine the relationships between moral identity and its antecedents, including demographic variables, personality traits, and organizational contexts (specifically leadership style and ethical climate). An analysis of the effect sizes in 110 studies involving 44,441 participants shows that gender, personality traits, and organizational context are strongly associated with moral identity. The moral identity measure used, cultural tendencies toward individualism or collectivism, and demographic characteristics moderate the relationships between moral identity and its antecedents. The significance and implications of the factors that influence moral identity are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":8474,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Management","volume":"41 3","pages":"1697 - 1728"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2023-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10490-023-09891-8.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134974335","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":"Uncover the veil of power: The determining effect of subordinates’ instrumental value on leaders’ power-induced behaviors","authors":"Jieying Xu, Yuting Li","doi":"10.1007/s10490-023-09892-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10490-023-09892-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Leaders’ sense of power is often found to induce abusive and aggressive behaviors toward subordinates, which consequently undermines interactional justice. Drawing on moral exclusion theory, we predict that subordinates’ instrumental value determines whether leaders’ sense of power prompts abusive supervisory behaviors or actions of showing goodwill toward subordinates, which, in turn, reshapes interactional justice. We theorize that leaders’ outcome dependence on subordinates is the key indicator of subordinates’ instrumental value. The results of two field studies lend support to our propositions. When leaders have low outcome dependence on subordinates, their sense of power is more likely to trigger abusive supervisory behaviors and then hamper interactional justice. Conversely, when leaders have high outcome dependence on subordinates, their sense of power is more likely to promote goodwill toward subordinates and consequently foster interactional justice. We further find that subordinates’ power distance influences the relationship between power-induced behaviors and interactional justice.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8474,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Management","volume":"41 3","pages":"1661 - 1696"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2023-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49264199","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":"How does the needs-supplies fit of developmental job experience affect employees’ proactive behavior?","authors":"Qishan Chen, Miaosi Li, Honglan Fan","doi":"10.1007/s10490-023-09894-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10490-023-09894-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Based on person-organization fit and social exchange theory, this study investigates the effect of the needs-supplies fit of developmental job experience (DJE) on proactive behavior and explores the mediating role of affective organizational commitment (AOC). A lagged survey design in two-wave was used, and hypotheses were tested using polynomial regression and response surface analysis. The results show that different fit combinations between individuals’ needs for DJE and organizations’ supplies affect proactive behavior. Employees engaged in more proactive behavior when high-high fit (vs. low-low fit) and undersupply (vs. oversupply) were present. Furthermore, the effect of the needs-supplies fit of DJE on the different foci of proactive behavior is different. As hypothesized, the relationship between the needs-supplies fit of DJE and proactive behavior is mediated by AOC. The results of this study can deepen researchers’ understanding of the role of DJE in employees’ organizational, interpersonal, and personal proactive behavior and provide support for the effective mechanisms of DJE on proactive behavior based on social exchange theory and person-organization fit theory.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8474,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Management","volume":"41 3","pages":"1633 - 1660"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2023-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46110534","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":"Doing well by doing good: unpacking the black box of corporate social responsibility","authors":"Li Xia, Zhi Li, Jiuchang Wei, Shuo Gao","doi":"10.1007/s10490-023-09878-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10490-023-09878-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Businesses worldwide have increasingly embraced the corporate social responsibility (CSR) concept in their operations, and hence the popular saying ‘doing well by doing good’. Previous literature has not yet reached a consensus on the nature of the relationship between CSR and corporate financial performance (CFP). To contribute to the resolution of the issue, this article examines the relationship through evidence from China’s renewable energy enterprises. To evaluate the effect of CSR on CFP, this study takes CSR as a construct that consists of corporate responsibilities for (i) shareholders, (ii) employees, (iii) customers, suppliers, and consumers, (iv) the natural environment, and (v) social contributions. Based on data of the listed firms in China’s renewable energy from 2010 to 2016, this study shows that overall CSR can enhance CFP. For China’s renewable energy industry, shareholder and environmental dimensions of CSR positively affect CFP, while the responsibility for non-shareholder stakeholders, particularly for customers, suppliers and consumers, demonstrates a negative effect. No significant effect is identified between the responsibility for social contributions and CFP, and neither is between employee responsibility and CFP.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8474,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Management","volume":"41 3","pages":"1601 - 1631"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2023-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10490-023-09878-5.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46868874","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}