Showing papers by "Bryan W. Husted published in 2022"

The Grand Challenge of Human Health: A Review and an Urgent Call for Business–Health Research

Abstract: Considering the urgency of addressing grand challenges that affect human health and achieving the ambitious health targets set by the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the role of business in improving health has become critical. Yet, our systematic review of the business–health literature reveals that business research focuses primarily on occupational health and safety, health care organizations, and health regulations. To embrace the health externalities generated by business activities, we propose that future research should investigate the conditions under which business (a) articulates and participates in health challenges, (b) engages in multilevel actions toward tackling health challenges, and (c) improves health outcomes and its impact on the health of external stakeholders, including customers and local communities. We also urge business scholars to engage with the public health research community to increase impact.

Tracing the connections between international business and communicable diseases

Abstract: We posit that international business and the emergence and spread of communicable diseases are intrinsically connected. To support our arguments, we first start with a historical timeline that traces the connections between international business and communicable diseases back to the sixth century. Second, following the epidemiology of communicable diseases, we identify two crucial transitions related to international business: the emergence of epidemics within a host country and the shift from epidemics to global pandemics. Third, we highlight international business contextual factors (host country regulatory quality, urbanization, trade barriers, global migration) and multinationals’ activities (foreign direct investment, corporate political activity, global supply chain management, international travel) that could accelerate each transition. Finally, building on public health insights, we suggest research implications for business scholars on how to integrate human health challenges into their studies and practical implications for global managers on how to help prevent the emergence and spread of communicable diseases.

Business and health: A research agenda post‐Covid‐19

Abstract: Abstract Despite some work dealing with occupational health and marketing unhealthy products, the business and society largely ignores the impacts of business on health. Focusing on employees and consumers, the literature does not take into account the impacts of business on the health of community members in general. Given work in such fields as public health, geography, and history, there is an ample basis upon which to construct a new line of research for business and society scholars—business and health. This essay develops ideas on how such a line of inquiry might proceed.

Skilled Workforces and Law-abiding Organizational Climates in Emerging Markets

Abstract: Scarcity of skilled workers in the emerging market context is considered a severe challenge facing organizations since it limits the quality and depth of their labour force. Despite the prevalence of the issue, and the wide-spread illegality that often characterizes emerging markets, the relationship between skilled workers at the organizational-level and law-abiding climate, a measure of an organization's adherence to the rule of law, has not been examined. In this paper, we investigate this relationship, hypothesizing that skilled workforce negatively affects law-abiding organizational climate, by reducing an organization's ability to adapt to its environment. Furthermore, we explain the impact that managerial ties have on this relationship, hypothesizing how ties with industry firms and ties with government influence a firm’s adherence to law-abiding norms. Hypotheses were tested with survey data collected from 150 Mexican companies.