Climate Change Adaptation: New Vistas for Management Research

Journal of Management Studies, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Фев. 12, 2025

Abstract Climate change adaptation has for a long time been the neglected half of climate equation, as most attention directed toward mitigation. Yet, catastrophic effects changing are already occurring, unavoidable, and in many cases irreversible. Organizations need to identify ways adapting present future climatic conditions. In this editorial, we make case research topic on par with We outline how why management organizational scholarship should work an integrated approach mitigation responding change, suggesting three key avenues inquiry. so doing, encourage more impactful ecologically relevant that will difference society at large.

Язык: Английский

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The Mission (Im)possible of Climate Action through Quixotic Institutional Work

Journal of Management Studies, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Фев. 22, 2025

Abstract The ‘iron cage’ of the (neo‐) liberal‐capitalist system prioritizes economic returns over climate protection. Formerly powerful nation‐states are subordinated to rule markets, whereas business elites have been freed from substantial responsibility for social and environmental concerns. While we agree in principle with Point that a reassertion state power may facilitate more decided action, our Counterpoint adopts cultural institutionalist perspective highlights embeddedness actors broader order. From this perspective, enact scripts while often lacking substantive agency towards protecting natural environment. Cultural change meanings, myths, practices, rituals is needed remodel currently dominant templates modern, ‘world society’, including script actorhood. We suggest notion ‘quixotic institutional work’ as way envisioning prefiguring alternative when both physical reality start showing cracks due crisis. Quixotic work follows logic appropriateness rather than consequential purposiveness, thus constitutes different, overlooked mocked, form systems relevant light forces maintaining an unsustainable world

Язык: Английский

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System Change, Not Climate Change: Charting Alternative Responses to the Climate Crisis through International Comparative Research

Journal of Management Studies, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Фев. 28, 2025

Abstract The climate crisis challenges management scholars to address the system‐level factors that constrain and enable firms' action. We argue meet this challenge, we need study action capacity of alternative systems political‐economic power. proceed in three steps. First, develop a historically grounded map four main types power systems: ‘Oligarchy’, ‘Localism’, ‘Authoritarianism’, ‘Democratization’. These represent analytical categories – not clichéd labels examine responses crisis. Second, use compare cases taxi transportation sector, sector which exemplifies confluence digital green revolutions today's landscape. Our analysis these suggests Oligarchy's is weak because its limited what profitable for dominant firms. Oligarchy has been challenged by Authoritarianism, whereas Localism Democratization have yet yield stable alternatives. Building on insights, third step identify priorities strengthening our field's relevant research: (a) focus within firms are embedded, (b) power, (c) programme international comparative research.

Язык: Английский

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Technostress in entrepreneurship: focus on entrepreneurs in the developing world

Information Technology and People, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Янв. 8, 2025

Purpose This study analyzes technostress in African entrepreneurship. It advances contextualized theoretical explanations of depicting its impact on entrepreneurs who excessively consume digital technology Africa. The also describes how research linking transactional benefits to has created an imbalanced literature that ignores and well-being Design/methodology/approach Considering the study’s derived at technostress–entrepreneurship–well-being nexus, structural equation modeling (SEM) was deemed appropriate. Unlike qualitative–based methods, SEM experiments 643 observations early–stage South Africa enabled robust statistical interpretations their social settings. Thus, strengthening our analysis focus interplay between variables technostress, including overload, invasion, complexity uncertainty, entrepreneurship intentions defined through perceived behavior control, passion self-efficacy. Findings these revealed dimensions uncertainty as moderators entrepreneurial actions encompassing behaviour control connection with intentions. results suggested passion, self-efficacy influenced Research limitations/implications Besides inspiring more studies varied contexts, this initiates debate policy reforms geared toward considered vulnerable excessive consumption. Originality/value novelty lies nexus. conceptual overlay elevates findings beyond averages information (IT) research. Specifically, it increases inferential value by revealing subtle hard dictate interactions inherent are impacted they pursue endeavors.

Язык: Английский

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Leveraging Multisectoral Expertise and International Knowledge: Business Group Influence on Overseas Subsidiary Formation

Journal of World Business, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 101627 - 101627

Опубликована: Фев. 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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A disaggregated view of soft skills: Entrepreneurship education systems of Africa

Journal of Small Business Management, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown, С. 1 - 33

Опубликована: Июнь 7, 2024

Much of the literature on entrepreneurship education describes teaching concept as a whole, which means that additional work must be done to tease out its individual components. Accordingly, this study focuses soft skills—a core component represents entrepreneurial behaviors, attitudes, and attributes. It examines mechanisms underlying skills readiness by drawing mediated model 300 observations aspiring South African entrepreneurs. Regression tests reveal while determine these entrepreneurs, their impact ability start, innovate, finance, grow new ventures is processes define journeys. This has academic, policy, social implications it increases importance developing contextual insights into facets in an country inspire policy reforms support entrepreneurship.

Язык: Английский

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CEOs’ Pre‐Career Exposure to Religion and Corporate Tax Avoidance

Journal of Management Studies, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Март 29, 2024

Abstract In response to the burgeoning interest in CEOs’ pre‐career experience, this study focuses on their exposure religion. We argue that CEOs who were exposed religion before starting professional career will be imbued with values prioritize social obligations. Moreover, these imprinted become activated context of corporate tax payment, such firms a CEO attended religious university are less likely avoid tax. further explore how present context, including political corruption, performance and religion, provides situational cues moderate baseline relationship. An analysis sample US listed from 2000 2019 general support for our predictions.

Язык: Английский

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Motivating People to Work: The Value Behind Diverse Assumptions

Journal of Management Studies, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Май 29, 2024

Abstract Agency theory and self‐determination have contrasting assumptions about what motivates human beings and, accordingly, suggest differing methods of motivating others – from extrinsic rewards aimed at controlling agency to facilitating agentic behaviour. These different are consequential organizations societies would look wildly with the adoption one or other perspectives, important implications for welfare wellbeing. The introduction this Point Counterpoint (PCP) calls on prominent scholars in both perspectives clarify as well question their motivation. An invitation take a step back one's beliefs precision, elucidating ideas data they based on. At same time, PCP constitutes an explore how own personal preferences values might be guiding (selection of) research argumentation. We hope such internal reflection external dialogue moves conversation us‐versus‐them shared passion, contradictory paradoxical, stalemates practical solutions that sufficiently integrative address today's complex societal challenges.

Язык: Английский

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Shifting Gears Amid COVID‐19: Information Availability, Pandemic Imprints and Firms’ PPE Production

Journal of Management Studies, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Июнь 17, 2024

Abstract We examine the role of available information in imprinting processes and investigate how a significant environmental shock can have long‐lasting effects on future decision‐making corporate leaders. argue that about local infection rates Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) 2003 left pandemic imprint those who were young adults at time. The more strongly imprinted leaders would then be alert to respond faster COVID‐19 outbreak 2020, new but similar infectious disease. study this connection by examining sample Chinese publicly traded firms’ initiation personal protective equipment (PPE) production. further past informational factors, such as media sentiment regarding SARS 2003, recent contemporary online‐reported population mobility from Wuhan, China, where started, influenced strength effects. Results support our hypotheses, we discuss contributions theory well literature authoritarian regimes.

Язык: Английский

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Understanding the Emergence of Ill‐being at Work in a Post‐colonial Context: A Qualitative Analysis

British Journal of Management, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Янв. 9, 2025

Abstract Little is known about how ill‐being at work produced in a post‐colonial context. In this study, we explore process through the lens of Critical Theory, examining interplay between heteronomous obedience and politicization belonging multinational company Pakistan. Drawing on data from 33 interviews, trace production as employees navigate pressures to conform via (i) mimicking behaviours, (ii) gendering (iii) concealing their values identities. Our findings reveal that shaped by hybrid dynamics global corporate progressiveness deeply ingrained local `Seth’ culture. This negotiation results internal conflicts, reinforcing feelings inadequacy, guilt isolation, particularly socio‐cultural gender norms complicate workplace. By integrating our with literature, offer new insights into non‐Western settings highlight future research directions.

Язык: Английский

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