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Effects of organisational, individual and contextual factors on employees’ intentions to adopt green practices (2024)
Journal Article

Building on the perspectives of the theory of planned behaviour, behaviour spillover, and social bond, this study develops and tests an integrative framework that explores the linkages between hotel employees’ organisational commitment (OC) and pro-e... Read More about Effects of organisational, individual and contextual factors on employees’ intentions to adopt green practices.

Sunk costs, large domestic market, and the re-entry dilemma: export process in SMEs from a developing economy (2024)
Journal Article

As domestic markets become more competitive, small and mid-sized firms (SMEs) from developing economies search for opportunities in foreign countries. Some of these companies exit and re-enter those markets several times. This study explores the role... Read More about Sunk costs, large domestic market, and the re-entry dilemma: export process in SMEs from a developing economy.

A conceptual model of individuals’ decision to engage in global mobility: integrating self-determination theory and theory of planned behavior (2024)
Journal Article

Purpose Companies target globally mobile workers and face the war for talent, while individuals are more reluctant to engage in global mobility. This scenario led us to propose a model to understand the individuals' decision process to engage in glo... Read More about A conceptual model of individuals’ decision to engage in global mobility: integrating self-determination theory and theory of planned behavior.

Workplace accentism as a postcolonial and intersectional phenomenon: The experiences of Brazilians in Portugal (2023)
Journal Article

What insights can postcolonialism and decoloniality offer into workplace accentism? Drawing upon these two strands of literature, this paper contributes to workplace research through proposing a view of accentism as an intersectional phenomenon, root... Read More about Workplace accentism as a postcolonial and intersectional phenomenon: The experiences of Brazilians in Portugal.

The influence of Malaysian students’ travel motives on their intentions to discover new places and things (2017)
Journal Article

According to the WTTC [2015. “Travel and Tourism Economic Impact 2015 Malaysia”] Economic Impact Report on Malaysia, outbound tourism expenditure in 2014 was 37.3 billion Malaysian Ringgit (approximately USD 9 billion). It is expected to reach 78.7 b... Read More about The influence of Malaysian students’ travel motives on their intentions to discover new places and things.

Does travel interest mediate between motives and intention to travel? A case of young Asian travellers (2016)
Journal Article

The rising income level of the middle class in Thailand has also raised the disposable income and interest to visit tourism destinations abroad. In last seven years the number of outbound tourists has doubled suggesting a growth rate of 15% per annum... Read More about Does travel interest mediate between motives and intention to travel? A case of young Asian travellers.

The Transfer of ‘International Best Practice’ in a Brazilian MNC: A Consideration of the Convergence and Contingency Perspectives (2016)
Journal Article

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 antecedents of export performance of Brazilian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs): The non-linear effects of customer orientation (2015)
Journal Article

This article examines the determinants of customer orientation and the quadratic effects of customer orientation on export performance. The relationship between customer orientation and export performance has been assumed to have a linear relationshi... Read More about The antecedents of export performance of Brazilian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs): The non-linear effects of customer orientation.

Service experience through the Eyes of Budget Hotel Guests: Do factors of importance influence performance dimensions? (2015)
Journal Article

The aim of this study is to test the influence of dimensions of importance (expectations) in hotel services on performance (actual experience) within the context of budget hotels in China. A theoretical model and nine hypotheses are tested to indicat... Read More about Service experience through the Eyes of Budget Hotel Guests: Do factors of importance influence performance dimensions?.

Exploring the Antecedents of Staff Turnover within the Fast-food Industry: The case of Hamilton, New Zealand (2014)
Journal Article

The purpose of this study is to investigate, within four multinational fast-food chains, the relationships between job satisfaction and job turnover in Hamilton, New Zealand. The study seeks to reveal the antecedents of intention to leave the current... Read More about Exploring the Antecedents of Staff Turnover within the Fast-food Industry: The case of Hamilton, New Zealand.

Publicidad conjunta marca-causa: el papel de la implicación del individuo hacia la publicidad en la comprensión y evaluación del mensaje. = Brand/cause advertising: The role of the individual's involvement toward the understanding and evaluation of the ad message (2014)
Journal Article

El efecto que tienen los anuncios que incorporan mensajes de marketing con causa (MCC) sobre el comportamiento del consumidor es uno de los aspectos que mayor interés ha despertado en la literatura reciente. La implicación hacia la marca o la causa e... Read More about Publicidad conjunta marca-causa: el papel de la implicación del individuo hacia la publicidad en la comprensión y evaluación del mensaje. = Brand/cause advertising: The role of the individual's involvement toward the understanding and evaluation of the ad message.

Testing for Linear and Quadratic Effects between Price Adaptation and Export Performance: The Impact of Values and Perceptions (2013)
Journal Article

Managerial perceptions are essential in explaining strategic decisions. It is, therefore, surprising that despite a number of studies that have examined the impact of managerial characteristics in exporting, little research has been reported in the e... Read More about Testing for Linear and Quadratic Effects between Price Adaptation and Export Performance: The Impact of Values and Perceptions.