scholarly journals The Relationship between Action Logics of Business Leaders and CSR Behaviours in the Ready Made Garment Sector of Bangladesh

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 154-169
Author(s):  
Nika Salvetti ◽  
Andre Nijhof
Keyword(s):  
Business Leaders ◽  
Action Logics ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals The Quality Of Leader/Employee Relationship

2006 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
F. J. Carstens ◽  
Neil Barnes
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Business Leaders ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Sufficient Condition ◽  
Employee Relationship ◽  
The Relationship

This study set out to investigate what role the quality of the relationship between business leaders and their employees played in the performance of their business. The study compared the business performance of forty-five area managers in one of the major listed banks in South Africa with their specific leader/employee relationship profiles. The research approach was quantitative and of a correlational nature. The results indicate that although certain elements within the relationship between business leaders and employees indeed have an influence on business performance this alone was not a sufficient condition. The study suggested that the dimensions relating to vision, trust, accountability and decision- making have the strongest influence on business performance. Further research in this area is suggested.

The effect of small business leaders' organisational mindfulness and social learning on opportunistic behaviour to survive the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luluk Lusiantoro ◽  
Bernardinus Maria Purwanto ◽  
Rokhima Rostiani
Keyword(s):  
Social Learning ◽  
Small Business ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Business Leaders ◽  
Small Business Owners ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Opportunistic Behaviour ◽  
Small Business Leaders ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThis research aims to test the relationships between organisational mindfulness, social learning and opportunistic behaviour of small business leaders during the COVID-19 pandemic.Design/methodology/approachSemi-structured interviews were conducted with six small business leaders from various sectors to explore and better grasp the unprecedented phenomenon. An online survey on small business owners and managers in Indonesia was then employed as the main study, resulting in 291 valid responses for further analysis. The data were analysed using regression on SmartPLS 3.0 software.FindingsThis research finds that organisational mindfulness and social learning have positive and significant associations with the ability of small business leaders to discover and exploit opportunities. The path analysis suggests that organisational mindfulness plays a pivotal role as it also partially mediates the relationship between social learning and opportunistic behaviour.Originality/valueThis is the first paper to test the relationships between organisational mindfulness, social learning and opportunistic behaviour, particularly in the context of COVID-19 pandemic. This work also contributes by emphasising the critical linkages between internal and external capabilities triggered by small business leaders to survive the pandemic.

scholarly journals The relationship between a market orientation and financial performance in South African organisations

2000 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 84-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. S. Loubser
Keyword(s):  
Market Orientation ◽  
South African ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Core Competencies ◽  
Business Leaders ◽  
Business Culture ◽  
Business Excellence ◽  
Organisational Dynamics ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Business Philosophy

Organisations are in constant flux and with powerful universal trends such as globalisation, technological discontinuity, deregulation and new competencies within a continuously changing environment, both business leaders and academics are searching for new insights into organisational dynamics. In recent years more and more academics have suggested that a market orientation should be considered as a business philosophy and/or business behaviour that will lead to better business performance. However, not much research has been done on this organisational phenomenon and it is not well understood. Market orientation has been defined in this study as the business culture that is focused on creating mutually rewarding relationships between customers and the organisation based on a foundation where (I) the interests of all stakeholders are actively pursued: (2) competitive advantage is based on the organisation's ability to learn from the market itself, and to mobilise core competencies in response: (3) a set of beliefs exists that puts the customer's interests first: and (4) processes exist that support this belief. This study differs from previous empirical research on market orientation in that it takes a systemic view of market orientation, rather than a cause-effect view. It considered 449 unlisted and 51 listed organisations, and found that a market orientation leads to better financial results. Also, market orientation is a necessary, but maybe not sufficient, condition for business excellence, and further research needs to be done in this regard.

scholarly journals "Building Today for the Womanhood of Tomorrow": Businessmen, Boosters, and the YWCA, 1890-1930

2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 225-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Pedersen
Keyword(s):  
Fund Raising ◽  
Business Leaders ◽  
Business Community ◽  
Women Reformers ◽  
Progressive Movement ◽  
Young Women's Christian Association ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
American Cities ◽  
The City

Women's organizations played an active part in the Progressive movement for the reform of North American cities in the early twentieth century. Women reformers could and did cooperate with men but had their own distinct perception of the city and their own definition of urban reform. Lacking capital and political power, however, women were forced to depend on the support of male reformers and had to address themselves to the men's concerns. This study examines the relationship between the Young Women's Christian Association and Canadian businessmen as it was manifested in a number of successful fund-raising campaigns for YWCA buildings in Canadian cities between 1890 and 1930. YWCA women "sold" their building to the business community as a sound investment and an asset that would reflect well on the reputations of enterprising business leaders and a modern progressive community.

Performance aspiration, industrial search and R&D investment among chinese firms

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 270-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yiyi Su ◽  
Taoyong Su
Keyword(s):  
Investment Decision ◽  
Business Leaders ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Behavioral Determinants ◽  
Investment In China ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
D Investment ◽  
Moderating Role

Purpose This paper aims to examine the behavioral determinants of firm research and development (R&D) investment in China by looking into the interaction between performance aspiration and industrial search. Design/methodology/approach The author argues that the performance aspiration effect is strengthened in R&D-intensive industries based on the isomorphism rationale, whereas it is weakened by high industry R&D intensity owing to the differentiation rationale. Deriving from the isomorphism and differentiation rationales, the author developed a set of competitive hypotheses and empirically tested them by using a large panel data of 6,539 company-years from China for the period 2001-2003. Findings First, R&D intensity is positively related to the deviation of firm performance from aspiration. Second, industry R&D intensity negatively moderates the relationship between performance aspiration and firm R&D intensity for firms performing above aspiration. Therefore, the results provide support for the differentiation rationale. Originality/value The study contributes to the ongoing research that provides and tests the behavioral explanations for R&D and innovation. By delving into the moderating role of industry R&D intensity, the author advocate the need for contextualizing performance aspiration in industrial environments. The study informs policymakers and business leaders about the interaction between the external environment and internal decision process in R&D investment decision.

scholarly journals Effects of the Imposter Phenomenon on Measures of Assertiveness in Female Professionals in South Africa

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 46-56
Author(s):  
Lyapa Nakazwe-Masiya ◽  
Gavin Price ◽  
Karl Hofmeyr
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Business Leaders ◽  
Job Functions ◽  
Imposter Phenomenon ◽  
Internal Experience ◽  
Female Professionals ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Industry Sectors ◽  
The Relationship

Assertiveness is arguably one of the strongest predictors of success among business leaders and professionals. The study focuses on imposter phenomenon (IP), which occurs when an individual, normally considered to be a high achiever, undergoes an internal experience of feeling like an intellectual fraud or experiences a fear of failure upon achieving success, and the relationship of IP with assertiveness. Due to an absence of research on the relationship between IP and assertiveness, particularly in professionals in South Africa, this study investigates the way these two variables relate to each other. The purpose of this study is to 1) investigate whether IP is prevalent in female professionals in South Africa, 2) investigate whether IP and assertiveness are correlated and 3) determine whether IP is a predictor of assertiveness. The study was conducted on working professionals in South Africa (N = 165) and questionnaires were distributed online. The instruments used were the Clance Imposter Phenomenon Survey and elements of the Adaptive and Aggressive Assertiveness Scales. The professionals assessed were drawn from different industry sectors and across all job functions. The results suggest that IP is prevalent in professionals in South Africa and bears a moderately negative relationship to assertiveness. Another finding was that IP is a negative predictor of assertiveness. Gender also had an effect on the relationship between the two variables; the relationship was only found to be significant among women when the sample was split.

scholarly journals Moderated Mediation Analysis of Leader Technology Orientation: A Study of Operations and Manufacturing Leaders of India

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-80
Author(s):  
Sumi Jha ◽  
Som Sekhar Bhattacharyya
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Mediation Analysis ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Business Leaders ◽  
Years Of Experience ◽  
Technology Orientation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This article aims to understand the impact of the relationship between operations leader employee orientation (LEO) and leader information orientation (LIO) on leader long-term orientation (LLTO). The relationship is mediated by leader inclusivity orientation (LINCO) and moderated by leader technology orientation (LTO). The data were collected from business leaders who had more than 15 years of experience in the domain of supply chain, operations, and manufacturing. The total number of questionnaires sent to respondents was 620. Authors received 446 filled responses, out of which 360 responses were usable. The response rate was 58 percent. Moderated mediation analysis was performed to analyze the data and to test the proposed hypothesis. The findings revealed that the relationship between LEO LIO has a significant effect on LLTO. The relationship was positively mediated by LINCO. Further, LTO was found to be significantly related to LEO–LINCO–LTO and LIO–LINCO–LTO in a way that the relationship is strong when LTO is high and weak when LTO is low.

CEO Awards and Financial Misconduct

2020 ◽  
pp. 014920632092143
Author(s):  
Jiangyan Li ◽  
Wei Shi ◽  
Brian Connelly ◽  
Xiwei Yi ◽  
Xin Qin
Keyword(s):  
Business Leaders ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Psychological Entitlement ◽  
Award Winning ◽  
Self Worth ◽  
The Media ◽  
Financial Misconduct ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Meaningful Event

We propose that CEOs are more likely to engage in financial misconduct after the media names them as being among the best business leaders. We theorize this occurs because winning such an award is a meaningful event that increases the CEO’s self-worth but also increases the CEO’s sense of psychological entitlement, including the freedom to break rules. We test our ideas by examining scenarios where award-winning CEOs feel especially entitled and therefore are most likely to commit misconduct. Using a sample of award-winning CEOs from Chinese publicly listed firms, we find that award-winning CEOs are more likely to commit financial misconduct in the post-award period than in the pre-award period. In addition, the effect of winning a CEO award on financial misconduct is stronger when CEOs are underpaid or from industries in which awards are rare and therefore more special. We also validate aspects of our theory that are difficult to observe. First, we use bivariate probit models with partial observability to confirm that our results hold when accounting for unobserved misconduct. Second, we use survey data that capture the psychological entitlement of a subsample of CEOs to confirm the mediating effect of psychological entitlement on the relationship between winning an award and committing financial misconduct.

The Effect of Respect: Respectful Communication at Work Drives Resiliency, Engagement, and Job Satisfaction among Early Career Employees

2021 ◽  
pp. 232948842110165
Author(s):  
Danielle LaGree ◽  
Brian Houston ◽  
Margaret Duffy ◽  
Haejung Shin
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Business Leaders ◽  
Job Engagement ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Young Workers ◽  
Job Outcomes ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Today’s business leaders face an unprecedented challenge of engaging and retaining young workers. We examined two facets of workplace respect to determine how leaders might combat this issue. A model was tested to examine the relationship of respectful engagement, autonomous respect, and occupational resilience on job outcomes. A survey of 1,036 U.S. young workers aged 21 to 34, employed full-time, revealed that autonomous respect was a stronger predictor of occupational resilience than respectful engagement. Additionally, there was a significant positive relationship between occupational resilience and job satisfaction, employee loyalty, and job engagement. Finally, the relationship of both respectful engagement and autonomous respect on job outcomes was positively mediated by occupational resilience, further substantiating the positive benefits of respectful communication on employees’ wellbeing and, ultimately, positive long-term business benefits.

The mediating effect of mindfulness and self-compassion on leaders' communication competence and job satisfaction

2022 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie Ramos Salazar
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Communication Competence ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Business Leaders ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Self Compassion ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to examine the interrelationships between leaders' communication competence, mindfulness, self-compassion and job satisfaction. Barge and Hirokawa's (1989) communication-centered theoretical approach of leadership and Gilbert's (2005) social mentality offered frameworks to examine mindfulness and self-compassion as co-mediators of the relationship between business leaders' communication competence and job satisfaction.Design/methodology/approachA cross-sectional online survey was conducted with 219 business leaders in the USA via snowball sampling.FindingsThe results showed that communication competence served as an antecedent of mindfulness and self-compassion. Additionally, self-compassion served as a significant mediator between the positive relationship between communication competence and job satisfaction.Practical implicationsManagers and business leaders may gain insights about the benefit of developing self-compassion and communication competence skills to enhance their job satisfaction via courses, workshops and certifications.Originality/valueThis study is the first to examine the effect of two well-being constructs (self-compassion and mindfulness) on the relationship between leaders' communication competence and job satisfaction.

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