Authors are invited to submit theoretical and empirical papers in all categories of business such as e-business, general management, international business, strategy, marketing, supply chain management, organization studies, entrepreneurship, enterprise, innovation and human resource management. This list is not meant to be exhaustive, but rather an indication of the areas of concern of the journal.
We welcome paper submissions on the basis that the material has not been published elsewhere. We also aim to develop a journal that will appeal to both business and management practitioners. On that basis, papers that include practical applications to any business and management field are welcomed.
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Herbst, T.D.
This conceptual study analyzes how digital technologies can create opportunities for component suppliers in multi-tier supply chains facing the issue of commoditization and it develops a strategic framework based on prior studies. This study finds that modularity facilitates the understanding of the dynamics of commoditization and knowledge sharing. Furthermore, modularization ...
Singh, K.S.D., Ravindran, S., Ganesan, Y., Abbasi, G.A., & Haron, H.
Cognizant of the growing importance of internal control as a corporate governance mechanism in organizations, this paper investigates factors that are associated with internal audit effectiveness. Additionally, this paper also investigates the relationship between internal audit effectiveness and internal audit quality. A total of 102 questionnaires were collected from internal auditors ...
Letmathe, P., & Noll, E.
We tested the influence of time pressure and to what extent time pressure interacts with the contextual factors ("payoff scheme" and "level of costs for information that can be acquired") in three laboratory experiments. Participants had to decide how many pieces of information they wanted to purchase non-sequentially in order ...
Chan, H.L., Toh, P.S., Ng, S.I., & Zawawi D.
Employees are encouraged to undergo expatriation to develop cross-cultural competencies that meet global workforce standards. However, most expatriates struggle to adjust and eventually withdraw from their assignments. The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the role of perceived organisational support (POS), host country national (HCN) support, and adjustment ...
Memon, K.R., Ooi, S.K., Khalid, S., & Ghani, B.
The purpose of this article is to explore the impact of corporate social responsibility on employees' promotive voice behavior through the mediation-moderation mechanism within the framework of a developing country. This is an empirical study, administered through two self-reported questionnaires. Employees of 25 manufacturing units of Pakistan are the source of ...
Manika, D., Blokland, Y., Smith, L., Mansfield, L., & Klonizakis, M.
Sedentary lifestyles have adverse effects on health and wellbeing and are especially prevalent amongst office-based employees. This project goes above and beyond currently existing physical activity initiatives in the workplace, by examining the feasibility of using a "Bait-and-Tease" stealth marketing intervention promoting increased physical activity and reduction of sedentary behaviour ...