Showing papers by "IE University published in 2021"
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of board gender diversity on renewable energy consumption was examined using a panel of 11,677 firm-year observations from the USA for 2008-2016, and they found a positive relationship between gender diversity and renewable energy.
107 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on the importance of the entrepreneurial mindset (EM) for entrepreneurial behavior and its importance rests on a key assumption: EM matters for entrepreneurial behaviour, however, to date, EM conceptualizations are limited.
Abstract: Research on entrepreneurial mindset (EM) has proliferated in recent years. Its importance rests on a key assumption: EM matters for entrepreneurial behavior. However, to date, EM conceptualizations...
64 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of forced cohabitation and economic stress on intimate partner violence was disentangled using an online survey data set, and it was shown that the impact of economic consequences is twice as large as the impact on domestic violence.
62 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the impact of the sudden shift to remote working, triggered by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis, on management control (MC) practices in professional service firms (PSFs).
Abstract: Purpose The authors examine the impact of the sudden shift to remote working, triggered by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis, on management control (MC) practices in professional service firms (PSFs). In addition, employee responses to these changes are explored. Design/methodology/approach The authors carried out a field study of MC changes in PSFs in Italy, the first country in Europe that was severely impacted by COVID-19. Interviews with PSF employees form the primary data source. Pattern matching was used to identify similarities and differences and investigate how employees respond to the MC changes. Findings As a response to the shift to remote working, managers at PSFs made various MC-related changes. For instance, they increased the number of online meetings and made use of technologies to monitor employees from a distance. Employees reacted to this by engaging in "voluntary visibilizing practices", i.e. by trying to make sure they got noted by their superiors, for instance by doing overtime. In addition, collected evidence suggests increased stress levels among employees, changes to employee autonomy, changed perceptions of hierarchies and a weakened sense of relatedness with others in the organization. Originality/value This is one of the first studies to examine the impact of the sudden shift to remote working on MC. In addition, this paper contributes by exploring employee responses to the MC-related changes. The findings add to the growing literature on MC and motivation, and the notion of voluntary visibilizing practices is mobilized to warn against over-commitment and self-exploitation.
41 citations
TL;DR: This article critically concentrates on the interplay between technology‐enabled intrusive monitoring and the managerial prerogatives augmentation in physical and digital workplaces.
Abstract: COVID-19-induced digital surveillance has ballooned in an unprecedented fashion, causing a reconfiguration of power relationships in professional settings. This article critically concentrates on the interplay between technology-enabled intrusive monitoring and the managerial prerogatives augmentation in physical and digital workplaces. It portrays excessive control as the common denominator for "essential" and "remotable" activities, besides discussing the various drawbacks of the two categories of workers during the pandemic. It also assesses the adequacy of the current EU legal framework in addressing the expansion of data-driven management. Social dialogue, empowerment and digital literacy are identified as effective solutions to promote organisational flexibility, well-being and competitiveness.
35 citations
TL;DR: The authors examined whether the results of a guilt-free strategy recently proposed to lessen this constraint are generalizable across twelve countries, and whether the treatment effect varies across subgroups, concluding that the inclusion of this strategy should be the new standard for survey research that aims to provide crucial data on the current pandemic.
Abstract: Studies of citizens' compliance with COVID-19 preventive measures routinely rely on survey data. While such data are essential, public health restrictions provide clear signals of what is socially desirable in this context, creating a potential source of response bias in self-reported measures of compliance. In this research, we examine whether the results of a guilt-free strategy recently proposed to lessen this constraint are generalizable across twelve countries, and whether the treatment effect varies across subgroups. Our findings show that the guilt-free strategy is a useful tool in every country included, increasing respondents' proclivity to report non-compliance by 9 to 16 percentage points. This effect holds for different subgroups based on gender, age and education. We conclude that the inclusion of this strategy should be the new standard for survey research that aims to provide crucial data on the current pandemic.
34 citations
TL;DR: This article explored the relationship between the study of entrepreneurs and the entrepreneurs we study and found that while scholars typically adopt a detached, third-person stance for the purpose of explaining themselves, the authors of this paper adopt a second-person approach for explaining themselves.
Abstract: This paper explores the relationship between the study of entrepreneurs and the entrepreneurs we study. While scholars typically adopt a detached, third-person stance for the purpose of explaining ...
34 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify and delineate a way forward for companies to support resilience, particularly by companies recognizing the wider communities they are nested in and resources that exist there.
30 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined whether firms' corporate social performance (CSP) varies when local firms have foreign CEOs, and they proposed that the difference in CSP between foreign and local CEO-led firms will be larger for more authentic and thus trust-enhancing CSR activities and in those socioeconomic environments where the salience of CEO foreignness and thus the need to build trustworthiness with locals is more pronounced.
Abstract: This study examines whether firms’ corporate social performance (CSP) varies when local firms have foreign CEOs. Building on the social identity perspective, we argue that because foreign CEOs are perceived as outgroup (or nonprototypical) leaders by the local firms’ stakeholders, local firms with foreign CEOs need to achieve a higher level of CSP than do local firms with local CEOs to enhance their legitimacy and trustworthiness. Furthermore, we propose that the predicted difference in CSP between foreign and local CEO-led firms will be larger (a) for more authentic and thus trust-enhancing CSR activities and (b) in those socio-economic environments where the salience of CEO foreignness and thus the need to build trustworthiness with locals is more pronounced. In a sample of 1001 local firms across 18 developed countries during the period between 2003 and 2015, our empirical results support most of our predictions.
28 citations
TL;DR: Employing an inductive approach, it is found that competitors engage in market shaping, where they actively change their market through their purposeful actions, contributing to market resilience, with benefits to market actors.
27 citations
TL;DR: High-achieving employees, the "stars" of an organization, are widely credited with producing indispensable, irreplaceable, value-enhancing contributions as mentioned in this paper, and are considered to be the leaders of organizations.
Abstract: High-achieving employees, the “stars” of an organization, are widely credited with producing indispensable, irreplaceable, value-enhancing contributions. From the recruitment of celebrity chief exe...
TL;DR: The authors investigated the extent to which the high levels of joblessness resulting from the Great Recession across Europe have translated into higher school attendance among youth, using repeated cross-sectional and longitudinal data from the EU-SILC for 28 countries, establishing a robust countercyclical relationship between rising unemployment rates and school enrolment.
Abstract: This paper is the first to investigate the extent to which the high levels of joblessness resulting from the Great Recession across Europe have translated into higher school attendance among youth. Using repeated cross‐sectional and longitudinal data from the EU‐SILC for 28 countries, we establish a robust counter‐cyclical relationship between rising unemployment rates and school enrolment. The same is true of transitions back to education. Our analysis by subgroups reveals a worrying trend, with youths from the most disadvantaged backgrounds (measured by low household income) less likely to enrol in tertiary studies when unemployment rises.
TL;DR: Regression analyses reveal that among adolescents with high levels of resilience, cyberbullying victimization was associated with fewer symptoms of depression and a smaller reduction in life satisfaction, highlighting the importance of working on resilience in adolescents as a mechanism to deal with cyberbullies victimization.
Abstract: The present cross-sectional research examined the moderating role of resilience in the relationship between cyberbullying victimization and mental health outcomes, measured based on depression symp...
TL;DR: Real-world data collection is conducted to measure the impact of social comparisons in player perceived enjoyment, online social gaming self-efficacy and game continuance and the results indicate that upward identification and downward contrast are the most influential comparison elements in game Continance.
TL;DR: Using data from Sina Weibo and Sina Finance, it is shown that social media does influence mass media sentiment emergence for financial news and the sentiment consistency between social media reaction and prior news articles amplifies the persistence ofmass media sentiment over time.
Abstract: Mass media sentiment of financial news significantly influences investment decisions of investors. Hence, studying how this sentiment emerges is important. In years past, this was straightforward, often dictated by journalists who cover financial news, but this has become more complex now. In this paper, we focus on how social media sentiment affects mass media sentiment. Using data from Sina Weibo and Sina Finance (around 60 million weibos and 6.2 million news articles), we show that social media does influence mass media sentiment emergence for financial news. The sentiment consistency between social media reaction and prior news articles amplifies the persistence of mass media sentiment over time. By contrast, we found limited evidence of social media reducing the persistence of mass media sentiment over time. The results have significant implications for understanding how 2 types of media, treated separately in the literature, may be connected.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an understanding of how frontline employees turn assets into useful resources under tensions, and how to manage resources and tensions at the front line of an organization.
Abstract: Managing resources and tensions at the front line is crucial for organizational success. To advance our understanding of how frontline employees turn assets into useful resources under tensions, we...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify the channel using a regulatory spillover shock to the cross-section of mortgage-backed security prices: the U.S. liquidity coverage ratio.
Abstract: Author(s): Gete, Pedro; Reher, Michael | Abstract: Abstract We show how securitization affects the size of the nonbank lending sector through a novel price-based channel. We identify the channel using a regulatory spillover shock to the cross-section of mortgage-backed security prices: the U.S. liquidity coverage ratio. The shock increases secondary market prices for FHA-insured loans by granting them favorable regulatory status once securitized. Higher prices lower nonbanks’ funding costs, prompting them to loosen lending standards and originate more FHA-insured loans. This channel accounts for 22% of nonbanks’ growth in overall mortgage market share over 2013–2015. While the shock creates risks for financial stability, homeownership also increases.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose that massive open online courses (MOOCs) are the learning technology with the fastest adoption rates in recent years, and they have the potential to transform corporate development practices.
Abstract: Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are the learning technology with the fastest adoption rates in recent years, and they have the potential to transform corporate development practices. There is, ...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that the state is a deep-rooted cultural phenomenon existing in the cognitive structures of key actors in the accounting field in China, thereby drawing attention to further reaching forms of state influence than have hitherto been recognised in extant literature on accounting fields.
Abstract: Literature examining dynamics between the state and self-styled professional fields is well established and points towards the crucial interrelations between the two. However, this literature evinces an occidental orientation, largely privileging the notion of a state characterised by self-limiting, liberal ideology and that is captured by dominant interests. More recent work on Asia describes a different context within which to understand how the state influences both the structure of accounting fields and the behaviour of actors therein. We build upon this literature here by reporting the results of a detailed empirical study on the dynamics of the accounting field in China. Drawing on archival analysis and interviews with 63 regulators, state actors and accounting practitioners, we show that the state successfully exercises symbolic power in the implementation of state strategies. Conceptually, we argue that the state is a deep-rooted cultural phenomenon existing in the cognitive structures of key actors in the accounting field in China, thereby drawing attention to further reaching forms of state influence than have hitherto been recognised in extant literature on accounting fields. Specifically, we point towards the importance of doxa (Bourdieu, 1977, 1992, 2014), exemplified by the taken-for-granted principles of classification and ranking produced by the state, in the form of firms and individuals ‘thinking like the state’ as the basis of symbolic power in the accounting field in China. We also reflect on the limits of such power.
TL;DR: In this paper, Zhao et al. investigated employees' unethical pro-supervisor behavior as a negative consequence of perceived supervisor support and found that this effect can be accentuated by employees' Machiavellianism.
Abstract: Perceived supervisor support is widely studied in terms of its positive outcomes. This paper, in contrast, investigates employees’ unethical pro-supervisor behavior as a negative consequence of perceived supervisor support. Drawing upon the multifoci approach of social exchange theory and the reciprocity principle, we hypothesized that perceived supervisor support can engender unethical pro-supervisor behavior via employees’ feelings of reciprocity towards the supervisor. Building on the instrumental reasons that underlie social exchanges, we further hypothesized that this mediation relationship is stronger for employees high in Machiavellianism. We collected data for three experimental studies from full-time MBA students of a European business school (Study 1: N = 72) and from U.S. working professionals (Study 2: N = 320; Study 3: N = 325), and the results provided consistent support for our proposed model. Taken together, the current study highlights the “dark side” of perceived supervisor support, in that it can lead to unethical behavior and that this effect can be accentuated by employees’ Machiavellianism.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that tougher competition due to import penetration leads to a decrease in technological exploration and an increase in technological exploitation, and that these effects are heterogeneous across industries, firms, and time.
Abstract: Do firms respond to tougher competition by searching for completely new technological solutions (exploration), or do they work to defend their position by improving current technologies (exploitation)? Considering the different times to fruition for exploration versus exploitation, in the presence of heightened competition, we argue that firms might not be able to wait for the benefits of technological exploration to materialize. With a panel data set of U.S. manufacturing firms, we show that tougher competition, due to import penetration, leads to a decrease in technological exploration and an increase in technological exploitation. These effects are heterogeneous across industries, firms, and time. To obtain exogenous variation in competition we rely on both instrumental variable regressions and a difference-in-differences design exploiting large changes in import tariffs.
TL;DR: In this article, the relationship between CEO temporal focus and family business succession planning is examined and the moderating effects of family interactions and environmental uncertainty are assessed and the theoretical contributions and practical implications of the study are also discussed.
Abstract: In this study, the relationship between CEO temporal focus and family business succession planning is examined and the moderating effects of family interactions and environmental uncertainty are assessed. Based on data from 198 CEOs of family businesses and additional data from 15 semi-structured interviews in China, we find that CEO temporal focus (i.e., past, present, or future focus) is positively associated with succession planning. In addition, family interactions strengthen the relationship between CEO past focus and succession planning and weaken the relationship between CEO future focus and succession planning. Moreover, in uncertain environments, past-focused CEOs are more likely to plan for succession than present-focused CEOs. The theoretical contributions and practical implications of the study are also discussed.
TL;DR: The United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are challenging the world to work towards a more sustainable future as discussed by the authors, requiring concerted and system-based effort to achieve them.
Abstract: The United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are challenging the world to work towards a more sustainable future. Its 17 goals are ambitious, requiring concerted and system-based effort...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compare the International Labour Organization (ILO) and European Union (EU) agendas concerning the digital transformation of work, and address possible policy gaps and their implications for international and EU labour law.
Abstract: This article compares the International Labour Organization (ILO) and European Union (EU) agendas concerning the digital transformation of work, and addresses possible policy gaps and their implications for international and EU labour law. It critically reviews the current social acquis of both institutions and concentrates on the key analogies between the ILO’s Centenary Declaration for the Future of Work and some of the various regulatory initiatives taken by EU institutions in the context of the Pillar of Social Rights. The article finds that, despite the often articulated calls for urgent and original measures, both institutions’ programs present largely a prudent continuation of traditional narratives, failing to strengthen the adequacy of existing labour regulation regimes. Besides their predominantly non-binding nature, the efficacy of the most future-oriented instruments is profoundly undermined by the unreasonable exclusion of those workers who bear most of the brunt of social disparities accelerated by digitization and casualization of work. Also, the implementation of these initiatives may be jeopardized by complex governance methods and never soothed tensions between conflicting approaches and objectives. The study concludes that, although positive signs are emerging in the supranational legal order, much remains to be done to address the multifarious challenges brought about by the digital transformation.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore how individual differences in holistic-analytic thinking style affect people's donation intentions and decisions and find that individuals with a more holistic thinking style are more likely to make donations compared to individuals with less holistic thinking styles and the effect is mediated by the belief that every penny counts.
TL;DR: In this article, the efficacy of RUSI for improving motor control exercises (MCE) programs compared with no feedback and other feedback methods was evaluated using MEDLINE, PubMed, SCOPUS and Web of Science databases.
Abstract: Rehabilitative ultrasound imaging (RUSI) is used by physical therapists as a feedback tool for measuring changes in muscle morphology during therapeutic interventions such as motor control exercises (MCE). However, a structured overview of its efficacy is lacking. We aimed to systematically review the efficacy of RUSI for improving MCE programs compared with no feedback and other feedback methods. MEDLINE, PubMed, SCOPUS and Web of Science databases were searched for studies evaluating efficacy data of RUSI to improve muscular morphology, quality, and/or function of skeletal muscles and MCE success. Eleven studies analyzing RUSI feedback during MCE were included. Most studies showed acceptable methodological quality. Seven studies assessed abdominal wall muscles, one assessed pelvic floor muscles, one serratus anterior muscle, and two lumbar multifidi. Eight studies involved healthy subjects and three studies clinical populations. Eight studies assessed muscle thickness and pressure differences during MCE, two assessed the number of trials needed to successfully perform MCE, three assessed the retain success, seven assessed the muscle activity with electromyography and one assessed clinical severity outcomes. Visual RUSI feedback seems to be more effective than tactile and/or verbal biofeedback for improving MCE performance and retention success, but no differences with pressure unit biofeedback were found.
TL;DR: In this paper, a combination of theoretical reflection rooted in transaction cost economics and an empirical analysis of Indian Railways supply chain is presented, where the authors argue that in the case of bilateral dependency, the "benign approach" is more efficient than the "muscular approach".