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The relationship between universal network perceptions and dyadic network perceptions and their effect on employees’ behavioral reactions to organizational change. (2017)
Journal Article
Hatjidis, D., & Parker, A. (2017). The relationship between universal network perceptions and dyadic network perceptions and their effect on employees’ behavioral reactions to organizational change. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 30(7), 1030-1043. https://doi.org/10.1108/JOCM-05-2016-0106

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine empirically the relationships formed between the universal network quality perceptions and the dyadic network quality perceptions that an individual formulate through social ties at work and their effe... Read More about The relationship between universal network perceptions and dyadic network perceptions and their effect on employees’ behavioral reactions to organizational change..

How Long Can Cultural Events Elevate Group Identity Salience? The Mediating Role of Affective Adaptation (2017)
Journal Article
Chen, S., Hui, C., Ng, J., & Guan, Y. (2019). How Long Can Cultural Events Elevate Group Identity Salience? The Mediating Role of Affective Adaptation. Self and Identity, 18(2), 126-143. https://doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2017.1391874

Cultural events have been found to make one’s group identity temporarily more salient. How long such an elevated sense of identity can endure remains, however, an empirical question. Building upon the model of affective adaptation, we propose that th... Read More about How Long Can Cultural Events Elevate Group Identity Salience? The Mediating Role of Affective Adaptation.

Exploring the influence of political connections and managerial overconfidence on R&D intensity in China's large-scale private sector firms (2017)
Journal Article
Wang, D., Sutherland, D., Ning, L., Wang, Y., & Pan, X. (2018). Exploring the influence of political connections and managerial overconfidence on R&D intensity in China's large-scale private sector firms. Technovation, 69, 40-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2017.10.007

Political ties and managerial cognitive biases, specifically overconfidence, have been identified as affecting firm-level R&D processes and outcomes. Here we further conceptually and empirically explore how these two factors may influence R&D intensi... Read More about Exploring the influence of political connections and managerial overconfidence on R&D intensity in China's large-scale private sector firms.

Exploring the relationship between upgrading and capturing profits from GVC participation for disadvantaged suppliers in developing countries (2017)
Journal Article
Choksy, U. S., Sinkovics, N., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2017). Exploring the relationship between upgrading and capturing profits from GVC participation for disadvantaged suppliers in developing countries. Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, 34(4), 356-386. https://doi.org/10.1002/cjas.1455

The existing literature on global value chains (GVCs) suggests that functional upgrading is a key determinant of whether suppliers are able to capture higher profits in GVCs. However, it is unclear whether the same argument holds for disadvantaged su... Read More about Exploring the relationship between upgrading and capturing profits from GVC participation for disadvantaged suppliers in developing countries.

Mood regulation, customer participation, and customer value creation in hospitality services (2017)
Journal Article
Taheri, B., Coelho, F., Sousa, C., & Evanschitzky, H. (2017). Mood regulation, customer participation, and customer value creation in hospitality services. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 29(12), 3063-3081. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijchm-07-2016-0389

Purpose Customers play a key role in value creation. Not surprisingly, research has investigated customers' motivations to engage in the creation of value. However, the link between mood regulatory processes and customer participation in value creati... Read More about Mood regulation, customer participation, and customer value creation in hospitality services.

The retrospective (im)moralization of self-plagiarism: Power interests in the social construction of new norms for publishing (2017)
Journal Article
Callahan, J. (2018). The retrospective (im)moralization of self-plagiarism: Power interests in the social construction of new norms for publishing. Organization, 25(3), 305-319. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350508417734926

The ‘scourge of self-plagiarism’ has begun to find a place in the discourse of organization and management scholarship. Whether a real issue of concern or a moral panic, self-plagiarism has captured the attention of authors, editors, publishers, and... Read More about The retrospective (im)moralization of self-plagiarism: Power interests in the social construction of new norms for publishing.

‘No More Heroes’: Critical Perspectives on Leadership Romanticism (2017)
Journal Article
Collinson, D., Smolović Jones, O., & Grint, K. (2018). ‘No More Heroes’: Critical Perspectives on Leadership Romanticism. Organization Studies, 39(11), 1625-1647. https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840617727784

This paper revisits Meindl et al’s (1985) ‘romance of leadership’ thesis and extends these ideas in a number of inter-related ways. First, it argues that the thesis has sometimes been neglected and/or misinterpreted in subsequent studies. Second, the... Read More about ‘No More Heroes’: Critical Perspectives on Leadership Romanticism.

Antecedents, marketing capabilities contingencies and performance consequences of innovative imitation orientation: a resource orchestration perspective (2017)
Book Chapter
Sousa, C., Li, Y., & He, X. (2017). Antecedents, marketing capabilities contingencies and performance consequences of innovative imitation orientation: a resource orchestration perspective. In L. Leonidou, C. Katsikeas, S. Samiee, & B. Aykol (Eds.), Advances in global marketing : a research anthology (169-186). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61385-7_8

Innovative imitation orientation, conceptualized as a multidimensional knowledge reconfiguration process composed of learning for adaptation, strategic direction focused on innovative imitation, and transfunctional support mechanism that encourages f... Read More about Antecedents, marketing capabilities contingencies and performance consequences of innovative imitation orientation: a resource orchestration perspective.

‘You End Up with Nothing’: The Experience of Being a Statistic of ‘In-Work Poverty’ in the UK (2017)
Journal Article
McBride, J., Smith, A., & Mbala, M. (2018). ‘You End Up with Nothing’: The Experience of Being a Statistic of ‘In-Work Poverty’ in the UK. Work, Employment and Society, 32(1), 210-218. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017017728614

Set in the context of the recent unprecedented upsurge of in-work poverty (IWP) in the UK – which currently exceeds out of work poverty – this article presents an account of the realities of experiencing poverty and being employed. Central issues of... Read More about ‘You End Up with Nothing’: The Experience of Being a Statistic of ‘In-Work Poverty’ in the UK.

Highway Passenger Transport Based Express Parcel Service Network Design: Model and Algorithm (2017)
Journal Article
Jiang, Y., Sun, B., Li, G., Lin, Z., Zheng, C., & Shen, X. (2017). Highway Passenger Transport Based Express Parcel Service Network Design: Model and Algorithm. Journal of Advanced Transportation, 2017, Article 1712325. https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/1712325

Highway Passenger Transport based Express Parcel Service (HPTB-EPS) is an emerging business which uses unutilised room of coach trunk to ship parcels between major cities. While it is reaping more and more express market, the managers are facing diff... Read More about Highway Passenger Transport Based Express Parcel Service Network Design: Model and Algorithm.

Big-Data Analytics Framework For Incorporating Smallholders In Sustainable Palm Oil Production (2017)
Journal Article
Shukla, M., & Tiwari, M. (2017). Big-Data Analytics Framework For Incorporating Smallholders In Sustainable Palm Oil Production. Production Planning and Control, 28(16), 1365-1377. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2017.1375145

This paper aims to address the constraints faced in incorporating smallholders in sustainable palm oil production. There exists literature that acknowledges the need for incorporating smallholders in the production of sustainable palm oil but none ha... Read More about Big-Data Analytics Framework For Incorporating Smallholders In Sustainable Palm Oil Production.

To be or not to be an internal consultant (2017)
Book Chapter
Hodges, J. (2017). To be or not to be an internal consultant. In G. Manville, & O. Matthias (Eds.), Management consultancy insights and real consultancy projects (65-74). Routledge

Internal consultancy is often characterized as the poor cousin of its external counterpart. Although there are some who support this view there are also those who point to the value of internal consultancy. In order to consider these conflicting view... Read More about To be or not to be an internal consultant.

A Primer on the Risk Structure and Contractual Accrual Rate of DB Pensions (2017)
Report
Clacher, I., Keting, C., & Tilba, A. (2017). A Primer on the Risk Structure and Contractual Accrual Rate of DB Pensions. University of Leeds, European Federation of Financial Analysts Societies (EFFAS), Newcastle University

Integration-responsiveness, local hires and subsidiary performance amidst turbulence: Insights from a survey of Chinese subsidiaries (2017)
Journal Article
Williams, C., Colovic, A., & Zhu, J. (2017). Integration-responsiveness, local hires and subsidiary performance amidst turbulence: Insights from a survey of Chinese subsidiaries. Journal of World Business, 52(6), 842-853. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2017.09.006

We study MNE subsidiary performance in a turbulent, emerging economy, focusing on how locally hired managers and integration − responsiveness (I-R) influence performance outcomes. We augment I-R by considering how locally hired managers support or hi... Read More about Integration-responsiveness, local hires and subsidiary performance amidst turbulence: Insights from a survey of Chinese subsidiaries.

In defence of the case study methodology for research into strategy practice (2017)
Journal Article
Hughes, J., & McDonagh, J. (2017). In defence of the case study methodology for research into strategy practice. The Irish Journal of Management, 36(2), 129-145. https://doi.org/10.1515/ijm-2017-0013

Performance and Business Relatedness as Drivers of Exit Decision: A Study of MNCs from an Emerging Country (2017)
Journal Article
Tan, Q., & Sousa, C. (2018). Performance and Business Relatedness as Drivers of Exit Decision: A Study of MNCs from an Emerging Country. Global Strategy Journal, 8(4), 612-634. https://doi.org/10.1002/gsj.1170

Research summary This study examines the exit behavior of emerging market MNCs in the context of the parent company (PC)–foreign affiliate (FA) relationship. Specifically, we consider business relatedness as a moderating variable and examine its impa... Read More about Performance and Business Relatedness as Drivers of Exit Decision: A Study of MNCs from an Emerging Country.

Engagement in European Social Dialogue: an investigation into the role of social partner structural capacity (2017)
Journal Article
Bechter, B., Brandl, B., & Prosser, P. (2017). Engagement in European Social Dialogue: an investigation into the role of social partner structural capacity. Industrial Relations Journal, 48(4), 365-382. https://doi.org/10.1111/irj.12192

Despite the importance of social dialogue for the European social model, there has been little attention to the factors that account for social partner engagement with European social dialogue. On the basis of data from 28 European sectoral social di... Read More about Engagement in European Social Dialogue: an investigation into the role of social partner structural capacity.

How Do Motivations for Commitment in Online Brand Communities Evolve? The Distinction Between Knowledge- and Entertainment-Seeking Motivations (2017)
Journal Article
Tseng, T., Huang, H., & Setiawan, A. (2017). How Do Motivations for Commitment in Online Brand Communities Evolve? The Distinction Between Knowledge- and Entertainment-Seeking Motivations. Computers in Human Behavior, 77, 326-335. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.09.016

The current study used the concept of motivational hierarchy to investigate how commitment is developed in online brand communities. By examining the online brand communities of two functional (Canon and Nikon) and two symbolic brands (Coca-Cola and... Read More about How Do Motivations for Commitment in Online Brand Communities Evolve? The Distinction Between Knowledge- and Entertainment-Seeking Motivations.

Flexibility as firm value driver: Evidence from offshore outsourcing (2017)
Journal Article
Choi, J. J., Ju, M., Kotabe, M., Trigeorgis, L., & Zhang, X. T. (2018). Flexibility as firm value driver: Evidence from offshore outsourcing. Global Strategy Journal, 8(2), 351-376. https://doi.org/10.1002/gsj.1181

This article tests real options theory predictions that uncertainty and flexibility are key value drivers for offshore outsourcing moderated by switching costs. Examining firm-specific and market data for outsourcing cases by U.S. firms, we find that... Read More about Flexibility as firm value driver: Evidence from offshore outsourcing.

Wind Turbine Accidents: A Data Mining Study (2017)
Journal Article
Asian, S., Ertek, G., Haksöz, Ç., Pakter, S., & Ulun, S. (2017). Wind Turbine Accidents: A Data Mining Study. IEEE Systems Journal, 11(3), 1567-1578. https://doi.org/10.1109/jsyst.2016.2565818

While the global production of wind energy is increasing, there exists a significant gap in the academic and practice literature regarding the analysis of wind turbine accidents. This paper presents the results obtained from the analysis of 240 wind... Read More about Wind Turbine Accidents: A Data Mining Study.