Journal of Managerial Issues

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The influence of leader humor on relationships between leader behavior and follower outcomes.
Although it is widely suspected that a leader's use of humor can have an enhancing effect on follower performance, relatively little empirical evidence has been gathered that clearly substantiates t . . .

Comparative effects of race/ethnicity and employee engagement on withdrawal behavior.
An old saw about productivity goes along the lines of "90% of success is just showing up." Nowhere is this truer than when one considers the role of employee attendance at work. If employees don't " . . .

Affiliation or situation: what drives strategic decision-making in crisis response?
Temporary inter-organizational teams, such as a "Joint Operations Center" (JOC), are a common organizational form for military and government response to rare high magnitude events such as natural d . . .

R&D intensity, marketing intensity, and organizational performance.
Companies have recognized that one of the routes to sustainable competitive advantage is to invest in both marketing and R&D. In the past, in technologically-intensive industries, internal R&D was a . . .

Determinants of institutional investor activism: a test of the Ryan-Schneider model (2002).
Corporate experiences with consequences of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX), changes in the listing standards for the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. (NASDAQ), recen . . .

The effectiveness of communities of practice: an empirical study.(Report)
Knowledge Management (KM) is an emerging discipline with increasing popularity among large organizations. Greater importance than ever before is being placed by companies on their ability to share k . . .

Perceptions of organizational politics: a demonstration of the reliability generalization technique.
Although validity evidence in its many forms (e.g., content, construct, criterion-related) is an admittedly large part of the psychometric pie, reliability is also a critical piece (Nunnally and Ber . . .

Using a repeated-measures approach to validating personality tests in small samples: a feasibility study with implications for s
In the last 20 years or so, as large businesses have been reducing their workforces, small businesses have contributed substantially to job growth in the United States (Gatewood and Feild, 2001). Ad . . .

Adapting human and social capital to impact performance: some empirical findings from the U.S. personal banking sector.
The basic assertions of the resource-based view (RBV) are widely understood and accepted. Even most undergraduate business students will assert that firms have a competitive advantage when they cont . . .

The role of agent negotiation behaviors in buyer-supplier relationships.
Opportunism and relationship continuance are behaviors that express themselves in several different buyer-supplier contexts (Conner and Prahalad, 1996; Morgan et al., 2007; Morgan and Hunt, 1994). H . . .

The moderating effect of communication network centrality on motive to perform interpersonal citizenship.(organizational citizen
The motive to perform extra-role behaviors such as organizational citizenship remains a compelling and unresolved issue. Researchers are beginning to explore alternative causes for organizational ci . . .

Egoism and commitment: a multidimensional approach to understanding sustained volunteering.
Attracting and retaining volunteers are two great challenges facing agencies that are dependent on individuals to give their time and talents without financial remuneration. Agency recruiting and re . . .

Extending the group engagement model: an examination of the interactive effects of prestige, respect, and employee role identity
Social identification is an individual's cognitive connection with a group or the perceived overlap between the individual's identity and a group's identity (Elsbach, 1999). According to social iden . . .

Successful project sponsor behaviors during project initiation: an empirical investigation.
In the two leading project management bodies of knowledge, A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK[R] Guide) and the Syllabus for the APMP Examination, the executive sponsor has l . . .

Employee alignment with strategic change: a study of strategy-supportive behavior among blue-collar employees.
It may not be surprising that poor organizational strategies often fail, but research in strategy implementation demonstrates that even good strategies fail during implementation (Bonoma, 1984; Huff . . .

The role of subordinates' trust in a social exchange-driven psychological empowerment process.
The intensely competitive global environment demands creative management and utilization of employees' capabilities and potentials in the organization through the use of both extrinsic and intrinsic . . .

Understanding criterion choice in hiring decisions from a prescriptive gender bias perspective.
Research has clearly established the effects of job sex-typing on employee selection decision processes (see Eagly and Karau (2002) for a review) which continue to impact modern work contexts, inclu . . .

The complex contribution of information technology capability to business performance.
Annual spending on information technology capability--specifically on computer hardware, software, and related devices--will increase to $1.2 trillion by 2008, representing the single largest capita . . .

A knowledge-based view of IPO success: superior knowledge, isolating mechanisms, and the creation of market value.(initial publi
Knowledge is a fundamental asset for firms in our increasingly knowledge-based global economy (Sambamurthy and Subramani, 2005). The ability to create, acquire, and integrate knowledge has emerged a . . .

Supply chain orientation and balanced scorecard performance.
A recent Journal of Managerial Issues article noted that "the purpose of strategic management research is to learn why some organizations outperform others and then convey this knowledge to managers . . .

The role of dispositions in politics perception formation: the predictive capacity of negative and positive affectivity, equity
Theoretical frameworks have suggested that a combination of individual influences, job/work environment influences, and organizational influences combine to contribute to the formation of individual . . .

Characteristics of the supervisor-subordinate relationship as predictors of psychological contract breach.
Researchers have described the psychological contract as an individual's beliefs regarding the terms and conditions of the reciprocal exchange agreement between that employee and the employing organ . . .

Employee discrimination claims and employee-initiated lawsuits: does procedural justice climate moderate the claims [right arrow
The number and costs of employment discrimination legal claims have skyrocketed in the last 20 years (e.g., Goldman, 2001). These claims can have an enormous impact on both the employee (e.g., finan . . .

The impact of exercised responsibility, experience, autonomy, and role ambiguity on job performance in public accounting.
The major investment for accounting firms is in human capital. The personal attributes of the professionals employed and the conditions under which they work lead to important consequences for the a . . .

Investigating unethical decisions at work: justification and emotion in dilemma resolution.
Although philosophers have been discussing normative models of ethical decision making for hundreds of years, descriptive models of the process emerged only in the last half-century (Ferrell and Gre . . .

Why don't entrepreneurial firms internationalize more?
The area of "international entrepreneurship" has received significant scholarly attention with the development of strong conceptual models during the last decade (e.g., McDougall and Oviatt, 2000; D . . .

The interaction of work stressors and organizational sanctions on cyberloafing.
The Internet has changed the way organizations do business by offering rapid communication and enhanced information access and distribution. Further, the Internet enables organizations to decrease e . . .

An exploratory study on attitude persistence using sales promotion.
Research on the impact of consumer sales promotion has focused on price-oriented promotions (e.g., price-off coupons) and behavioral effects (e.g., buy promoted products now rather than later) in pr . . .

In the shadow of failure: asset preferences and competing interests in distressed firms *.
Do creditors influence the asset investment decisions of distressed firms and, if so, is that influence exercised by contract or by more direct forms of control? And how do these forms of control co . . .

Incremental effectiveness of two key IT recruitment methods *.(information technology workers)
The recruitment of Information Technology professionals has reemerged as an important issue in the workplace. In "The State of the CIO 2006 Survey," 55 percent of IT executives indicated they plan t . . .

Politics and justice: a mediated moderation model.(Leader-member exchange theory and work locus of control)
Organizational politics are complex phenomena, particularly because their existence is interpreted through the perceptions of individual organizational members. Each individual's perception of organ . . .

Gender effects on bias in complex financial decisions.
Overconfidence in decision making is known to negatively affect performance (Sieck and Arkes, 2005) and task satisfaction (McGraw et al., 2004). If individuals cannot accurately judge their own perf . . .

Douglas McGregor's Theory X and Y: toward a construct-valid measure *.
Douglas McGregor's landmark book, The Human Side of Enterprise (1960), changed the path of management thinking and practice. Questioning some of the fundamental assumptions about human behavior in o . . .

A production self-efficacy scale: an exploratory study.
Self-efficacy is defined as people's judgments of their capabilities to organize and execute courses of action required to attain designated types of performances (Bandura, 1986). Self-efficacy perc . . .

Impact of peer mentor training on creating and sharing organizational knowledge.
Researchers in applied psychology and management have recently argued that mentoring relationships provide a means for firms to share knowledge, encourage learning, and build intellectual capital (A . . .

The performance implications of financial slack during economic recession and recovery: observations from the software industry
Much has been written in the strategic management literature on whether slack resources help or hinder the successful management of the firm (e.g., O'Brien, 2003; Cheng and Kesner, 1997; Nohria and . . .

Accessing knowledge through acquisitions and alliances: an empirical examination of new market entry *.
The number of acquisitions and alliances increased to record levels in the 1990s with high levels of this activity continuing into the current decade (Bradley et al., 2000). Many acquisitions and al . . .

Corporate values, workplace decisions and ethical standards of employees *.
Faith in Corporate America has not been so fragile since the early 1900s, when the public's anger over the monopoly powers of big business led to a prolonged period of trust-busting by Theodore Roos . . .

Organizational sexual harassment investigations: observers' perceptions of fairness.
Government statistics indicate that the number of sexual harassment claims filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and state and local Fair Employment Practice agencies rose from . . .

Leadership style and organizational commitment: mediating effect of role stress.
Commitment to an organization involves three attitudes: (1) a sense of identification with the organization's goals, (2) a feeling of involvement in organizational duties, and (3) a feeling of loyal . . .

The multidimensionality of the equity sensitivity construct: integrating separate benevolence and entitlement dimensions for enh
Equity theory (Adams, 1965) proposes that individuals evaluate the fairness of their situation relative to that of others by assessing the ratio of their own outcomes (e.g., salaries, rewards) to in . . .

Top management team prestige and organizational legitimacy: an examination of investor perceptions (*).
The examination of top management teams represents one of the more significant areas of research in strategic management (Buchholtz et al., 2005; Finkelstein and Hambrick, 1996; Hambrick and Mason, . . .

Cost-volume-profit analysis incorporating the cost of capital.
Cost-volume-profit (CVP) analysis is a mathematical representation of the economics of producing a product. The relationships between a product's revenue and cost functions expressed within the CVP . . .

Mechanisms linking nationality and subjective well-being in managers in China and the United States.(Survey)
Subjective well-being (SWB) refers to satisfaction with one's life and experience of more frequent pleasant emotions as compared to unpleasant emotions (Diener et al., 1999). In the workplace, SWB a . . .

Perceived organizational support: evidence for a mediated association with work performance.
The Human Relations school of managerial thought (e.g., Roethlisberger and Dickson, 1967), which basically argues that employee performance will improve as the employment relationship improves, has . . .

The link between communication and financial performance in simulated organizational teams.
Synchronized teamwork, supported by a healthy communication environment, is a primary means by which organizational decisions are made, strategy is developed, and performance is measured (Miller, 20 . . .

Reciprocating perceived organizational support through citizenship behaviors *.
Organizational viability in complex, fast-changing, and turbulent economic times requires employees willing to exceed the roles and responsibilities defined by formal job descriptions (Jordan and Se . . .

From dot bomb implosion to the printing industry: my personal and professional journey.(dialoguewith Richard Lancaster of Printi
EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW Since its founding in 1974, Printing Control Graphics (PCG), a recent acquisition of Houston-based Consolidated Graphics (NYSE: CGX), has been known as a high-end, boutique, com . . .

Enhancing product recovery value in closed-loop supply chains with RFID.(radiofrequency identification)
The downstream movement of goods from the manufacturer to the retailer for sale to consumers is referred to as a forward supply chain. When consumers return their purchases to the retailer for a ref . . .

The knowledge strategy orientation scale: individual perceptions of firm-level phenomena.
One of the most serious threats to the relatively new field of strategic management research is poor construct measurement (Boyd et al., 2005). Due to the relatively complex nature of strategic mana . . .