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Critical realism and ANT/Deleuzian thinking: a critical comparison in the area of information systems, technology and organisation studies (2016)
Book Chapter
McLean, C., & Aroles, J. (2016). Critical realism and ANT/Deleuzian thinking: a critical comparison in the area of information systems, technology and organisation studies. In L. Introna, D. Kavanagh, S. Kelly, W. Orlikowski, & S. Scott (Eds.), Beyond interpretivism? new encounters with technology and organization (58-72). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49733-4_4

Much debate has encircled studies of information systems (IS), technology and organizations with regards to ideas of process, stability and change, performance and materiality. This encapsulates different ways of viewing dualities (e.g. subjective/ob... Read More about Critical realism and ANT/Deleuzian thinking: a critical comparison in the area of information systems, technology and organisation studies.

Personality and the creativity of frontline service employees: Linear and curvilinear effects (2016)
Journal Article
Coelho, F., Lages, C., & Sousa, C. (2018). Personality and the creativity of frontline service employees: Linear and curvilinear effects. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 29(17), 2580-2607. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2016.1255982

Previous studies have investigated the relationship between the Five-Factor model of personality and creativity. As this model has been criticised for providing a limited account of an individual’s personality, this study considers additional persona... Read More about Personality and the creativity of frontline service employees: Linear and curvilinear effects.

Licht in de duisternis: Inzicht in de werking van de donkere kant van persoonlijkheid in organisaties. Introductie op het thema [Light in the darkness: Insight in the effects of the dark side of personality in organizations] (2016)
Journal Article
Wisse, B., De Hoogh, A., & Rietzschel, E. (2016). Licht in de duisternis: Inzicht in de werking van de donkere kant van persoonlijkheid in organisaties. Introductie op het thema [Light in the darkness: Insight in the effects of the dark side of personality in organizations]. Gedrag & Organisatie, 29(4), 309-315

Lange tijd is er in organisaties voornamelijk aandacht uitgegaan naar de invloed van positieve kenmerken van individuen. Meer en meer realiseert men zich – zowel in de wetenschap als in de praktijk – dat aandacht voor de donkere kant van persoonlijkh... Read More about Licht in de duisternis: Inzicht in de werking van de donkere kant van persoonlijkheid in organisaties. Introductie op het thema [Light in the darkness: Insight in the effects of the dark side of personality in organizations].

Transformational leadership and employee voice behavior: A Pygmalion mechanism (2016)
Journal Article
Duan, J., Li, C., Xu, Y., & Wu, C.-H. (2017). Transformational leadership and employee voice behavior: A Pygmalion mechanism. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 38(5), 650-670. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2157

We theorized and examined a Pygmalion perspective beyond those proposed in past studies in the relationship between transformational leadership and employee voice behavior. Specifically, we proposed that transformational leadership influences employe... Read More about Transformational leadership and employee voice behavior: A Pygmalion mechanism.

The role of aesthetic, cultural, utilitarian and branding factors in young Chinese consumers' repurchase intention of smartphone brands (2016)
Journal Article
Filieri, R., & Lin, Z. (2017). The role of aesthetic, cultural, utilitarian and branding factors in young Chinese consumers' repurchase intention of smartphone brands. Computers in Human Behavior, 67, 139-150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.09.057

Despite the exponential growth of smartphone consumption, to date, very few studies have investigated the factors that influence consumers' repurchase intention of smartphone brands. China has become the world's largest consumer markets for smartphon... Read More about The role of aesthetic, cultural, utilitarian and branding factors in young Chinese consumers' repurchase intention of smartphone brands.

“Facing” leaders: Facial expression and leadership perception (2016)
Journal Article
Trichas, S., Schyns, B., Lord, R., & Hall, R. (2017). “Facing” leaders: Facial expression and leadership perception. The Leadership Quarterly, 28(2), 317-333. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2016.10.013

This experimental study investigated the effect of a leader's expression of happy versus nervous emotions on subsequent perceptions of leadership and ratings of traits associated with implicit leadership theories (ILTs). Being fast and universally un... Read More about “Facing” leaders: Facial expression and leadership perception.

The different paths to post-merger identification for employees from high and low status pre-merger organizations (2016)
Journal Article
Lipponen, J., Wisse, B., & Jetten, J. (2017). The different paths to post-merger identification for employees from high and low status pre-merger organizations. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 38(5), 692-711. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2159

A well‐known downside of organizational mergers is that employees fail to identify with the newly formed organization. We argue that developing an understanding of factors that affect post‐merger identification requires taking the pre‐merger status o... Read More about The different paths to post-merger identification for employees from high and low status pre-merger organizations.

Exploring Value as the Foundation Of Value Proposition Design (2016)
Journal Article
Powell, T., & Hughes, M. (2016). Exploring Value as the Foundation Of Value Proposition Design. Journal of Business Models, 4(1), 29-44

Purpose: Business models de ne the activity system that an organization employs to create and capture value. As such, business models are essentially the application of strategic management. The term business model, however, suffers from definitional... Read More about Exploring Value as the Foundation Of Value Proposition Design.

Product launch performance in hi-tech SMEs: newness to the firm and the role of management controls (2016)
Journal Article
Williams, C., & van Triest, S. (2017). Product launch performance in hi-tech SMEs: newness to the firm and the role of management controls. International Journal of Innovation Management, 21(3), Article 1750022. https://doi.org/10.1142/s1363919617500220

We investigate the impact of management control mechanisms on the success of new product launches in high-technology small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). We argue that internal management controls will alleviate problems associated with produc... Read More about Product launch performance in hi-tech SMEs: newness to the firm and the role of management controls.

Complementary person-supervisor fit: An investigation of supplies-values (S-V) fit, leader-member exchange (LMX) and work outcomes (2016)
Journal Article
Marstand, A., Martin, R., & Epitropaki, O. (2016). Complementary person-supervisor fit: An investigation of supplies-values (S-V) fit, leader-member exchange (LMX) and work outcomes. The Leadership Quarterly, 28(3), 418-437. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2016.10.008

By applying the supplies-values (S-V) fit approach from the complementary person-environment (P-E) fit literature to the leader-employee perspective, and drawing upon social exchange theory, we examine how fulfillment of different work values is rela... Read More about Complementary person-supervisor fit: An investigation of supplies-values (S-V) fit, leader-member exchange (LMX) and work outcomes.

Leadership and followership identity processes: A multilevel review (2016)
Journal Article
Epitropaki, O., Kark, R., Mainemelis, C., & Lord, R. (2017). Leadership and followership identity processes: A multilevel review. The Leadership Quarterly, 28(1), 104-129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2016.10.003

A growing body of leadership literature focuses on leader and follower identity dynamics, levels, processes of development and outcomes. Despite the importance of the phenomena, there has been surprisingly little effort to systematically review the w... Read More about Leadership and followership identity processes: A multilevel review.

Introduction (2016)
Book Chapter
Westhead, P., & Wright, M. (2016). Introduction. In The habitual entrepreneur (1-11). Routledge

Internationalization of Chinese Firms: What Role Does Guanxi Play for Overcoming Their Liability of Outsidership in Developed Markets? (2016)
Journal Article
Chen, J. (2017). Internationalization of Chinese Firms: What Role Does Guanxi Play for Overcoming Their Liability of Outsidership in Developed Markets?. Thunderbird International Business Review, 59(3), 367-383. https://doi.org/10.1002/tie.21877

This article explains how managers of Chinese firms can use guanxi when entering and expanding in developed markets. The empirical basis for the investigation is formed by interviews with 29 managers at 17 Chinese business-to-business firms internati... Read More about Internationalization of Chinese Firms: What Role Does Guanxi Play for Overcoming Their Liability of Outsidership in Developed Markets?.

Real options theory in strategic management (2016)
Journal Article
Trigeorgis, L., & Reuer, J. J. (2017). Real options theory in strategic management. Strategic Management Journal, 38(1), 42-63. https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.2593

This article provides a review of real options theory (ROT) in strategic management research. We review the fundamentals of ROT and provide a taxonomy of this research. By synthesizing and critiquing research on real options, we identify a number of... Read More about Real options theory in strategic management.

The Transfer of ‘International Best Practice’ in a Brazilian MNC: A Consideration of the Convergence and Contingency Perspectives (2016)
Journal Article
Geary, J., Aguzzoli, R., & Lengler, J. (2016). The Transfer of ‘International Best Practice’ in a Brazilian MNC: A Consideration of the Convergence and Contingency Perspectives. Journal of International Management, 23(2), 194-207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intman.2016.09.003

This study examines the transfer of a Brazilian MNC's HR model to its subsidiaries in the UK, Canada, Switzerland and Norway. It enquires where the model was sourced from, to what extent it bore a distinct Brazilian complexion, and whether it was ada... Read More about The Transfer of ‘International Best Practice’ in a Brazilian MNC: A Consideration of the Convergence and Contingency Perspectives.

The Strange Non-Death of Employer and Business Associations: An Analysis of their Representativeness and Activities in Western European Countries (2016)
Journal Article
Brandl, B., & Lehr, A. (2019). The Strange Non-Death of Employer and Business Associations: An Analysis of their Representativeness and Activities in Western European Countries. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 40(4), 932-953. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831x16669842

Against the background that corporatism is on the decline in recent decades, one could expect that the representativeness of employer and business associations is also declining. In this article it is argued and shown that, contrary to this expectati... Read More about The Strange Non-Death of Employer and Business Associations: An Analysis of their Representativeness and Activities in Western European Countries.

Miners, politics and institutional caryatids: Accounting for the transfer of HRM practices in the Brazilian multinational enterprise (2016)
Journal Article
Geary, J., & Aguzzoli, R. (2016). Miners, politics and institutional caryatids: Accounting for the transfer of HRM practices in the Brazilian multinational enterprise. Journal of International Business Studies, 47(8), 968-996. https://doi.org/10.1057/jibs.2016.24

This article contributes to the growing stream of research on power and micro-politics in the MNE. It is situated in the critical realist epistemology. It adopts Burawoy’s extended case study method together with a context-sensitive and an actor-cent... Read More about Miners, politics and institutional caryatids: Accounting for the transfer of HRM practices in the Brazilian multinational enterprise.