Showing papers in "Contemporary Management Research in 2022"
TL;DR: In this paper , the impact of the in-store factors on the impulse purchasing behavior of Pakistani footwear consumer was investigated. But no researcher has studied the in store factors of impulse buying behavior in Pakistan's footwear industry, which no researcher have studied until now.
Abstract: The current research aimed to ascertain the impact of the in-store factors on the impulse purchasing behavior of Pakistani’ footwear consumer’. Do the in-store factors, store environment, store promotions, friendly employees, hedonic motivation, good mood, and impulse buying tendency influence the consumers when they visit the store or not? The research design took a deductive approach and survey strategy as methodological tools. The consumers of the footwear industry were approached and asked to complete the questionnaires. The study took a total sample size of 250. The recollected questionnaires were 218 out of 250, making it a response rate of 87 percent. The structural equation modeling technique (SEM) was used with AMOS’s help to analyze the data. The finding elaborated on the positive and significant impact of all the in-store factors, like the atmosphere,friendly staff, sales, etc., on consumers’ impulse buying behavior. The urge to buy impulsively plays a pivotal part in the in-store factors and impulse buying behavior. This study took the in-store factors of impulse buying behavior in Pakistan’s footwear industry, which no researcher has studied until now.
TL;DR: In this paper , a self-report questionnaire administered to employees working in five micro-finance institutions in Ranga Reddy district, Telangana, India yielded 159 responses, indicating severe job dissatisfaction and withdrawal predisposition.
Abstract: Employee turnover is a crucial Human Resource (HR) challenge faced by Microfinance Institutions (MFIs), which are labour-intensive businesses providing financial services to the poor and underprivileged section of society. Despite the extreme attrition rate, there is limited empirical research on factors inducing turnover intention among microfinance employees. Hence, this study aims to explore employee turnover intention in MFIs and identify its critical determinants from the Indian perspective. A self-report questionnaire administered to employees working in five MFIs in Ranga Reddy district, Telangana, India, yielded 159 responses. The results showed that 46.5 per cent of the respondents often thought about quitting their job, indicating severe job dissatisfaction and withdrawal predisposition. The logistic regression established that a mix of individual (psychological capital), job-related (person-job fit, work pressure, emotional labour), and organisation-related factors (pay, rewards and promotion, supervisor support, organisational support) influenced respondents’ turnover intention in MFIs. Based on the results, this study made suggestions for how MFIs could improve their HR management practices and cut down on employee turnover.
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors explored the opinion of incumbent CEOs of family businesses on the critical issue of the sustainability of a family business, succession, and found that the successors' management ability was the most important factor, followed by the relationship with a successor, succession plan, and successors' self-efficacy.
Abstract: This research explored the opinion of incumbent CEOs of family businesses on the critical issue of the sustainability of a family business, succession. The incumbent CEO has the irreplaceable rights to make important decisions with regard to business succession. We used Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) methodology by dividing variables into two tiers. The first-tier has four categories 1) the relationship with a successor, 2) a successor’s management ability, 3) a successor’s self-efficacy, and 4) a succession plan. Each first-tier has three sub-dimensions which comprise the second-tier. The findings showed that the successors’ management ability was the most important factor, followed by the relationship with a successor, succession plan, and successors’ self-efficacy. In the second-tier the importance of successors’ interpersonal management ability is highlighted. Successors are expected to maintain good relationship with both family and non-family members. Implications for the successful succession of a family business are drawn.
TL;DR: In this article , the authors identify the intellectual structure of dynamic capabilities view within the scientific field of strategic management by analyzing 823 research articles published on the Web of Science Core Collection.
Abstract: The dynamic capabilities view has been established as one of the most influential theoretical perspectives in contemporary strategic management, raising the need to use bibliometric tools. The work aims to identify the intellectual structure of dynamic capabilities view within the scientific field of strategic management by analyzing 823 research articles published on the Web of Science Core Collection. The results obtained from the analysis of 13,144 cited references have provided important conclusions to one of the most vibrant debates of this study approach, the confrontation between two of the seminal contributions of the dynamic capabilities literature. In addition to shedding light on the ongoing debate in the literature, this paper has achieved some research findings. First, it improves the comprehensive theoretical justification of the need to implement bibliometric techniques in the study field. It lets the researcher could better understand the foundations of the analyses performed. Furthermore, the author and co-citation analysis served to build the respective network and to group the most-cited references into four clusters. These results have been of great use in understanding the current intellectual structure and how to propose the relevant research currents in this field of study. Finally, the conclusions obtained are subject to certain limitations. On the one hand, this research is based on a sample of documents published on the Web of Science Core Collection database. On the other hand, emphasis must be placed on those limitations more closely associated with utilizing bibliometric techniques, which allows us to propose interesting lines of future research.
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors present a systematic literature review to summarize the developments in academic literature related to the gratification discrepancy (GO-GS) approach and assess the articles using the GO-GS approach published from 1979 to 2020.
Abstract: Uses and gratifications theory helps in studying the underlying needs for using media that lead to positive behavioral intention and satisfaction. One of its approaches is gratification discrepancies (i.e., the difference between gratifications obtained and gratifications sought [GO-GS]) helps to explore the gratifications of using media and the results obtained after using media. The GO-GS approach provides an opportunity to collect the data two times, both before and after the usage of media. Several researchers have suggested this approach as a suitable method for investigating attitudinal change, beliefs, satisfaction, and behavioral intentions. Despite the importance of the GO-GS approach, there is a lack of systematic literature review to summarize the developments in academic literature related to GO-GS. Therefore, this review addresses this gap by assessing the articles using the GO-GS approach published from 1979–2020. A research string was developed using Boolean operators to search the literature. A total of 4,184 articles were considered for the initial screening, but only 23 articles met the inclusion criteria. These articles were critically analyzed, and seven main realms are proposed, grounded in developments in the literature, such as research context, regions of research, media, gratifications, consumer behavior, other theories or models, and different conceptualizations to study gratification discrepancies.
TL;DR: In this article , the authors proposed demand-side contingent factors that would reduce the extent of mirroring between product and organization, and used logit regression to test the proposed hypotheses on the cross-sectional data collected from 173 computer systems integration firms (177 strategic business units).
Abstract: Much of the literature on modularity suggests that increased product modularity is associated with advantageous increases in organizational modularity, otherwise known as the mirroring hypothesis. However, there is growing contradictory evidence. This study proposes demand-side contingent factors that would reduce the extent of mirroring between product and organization. Specifically, it is proposed that firms adopting industry-standard modular architecture would “break the mirror” (i.e., remain relatively more integrated) if the target customers have high performance or reliability demands. Logit regression is employed to test the proposed hypotheses on the cross-sectional data collected from 173 computer systems integration firms (177 strategic business units). Results support the proposed demand-side contingent factors, i.e., an increase in target customers’ performance and reliability demand indeed reduces the extent of mirroring for systems integration firms in this industry.
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors analyzed the rise and fall of mobile phone companies from the perspective of patent analysis and found that the pioneer and legendary mobile phone grants no longer hold their competitive advantage.
Abstract: The mobile phone has been one of the most critical technological innovations in the last three decades. However, the pioneer and legendary mobile phone grants no longer hold their competitive advantage. Nowadays, many major mobile phone manufacturers are just newcomers of the past ten or fifteen years. The development of the mobile phone industry is a massive example of revealing the sustainability of competitive advantage and exploring the role of the patented invention in the competitive position of technology products. The current study analyses the rise and fall of mobile phone companies from the perspective of patent analysis. We summarize the key market shareholders of mobile phones between 1990 and 2019 and search the patent database to obtain the number of patented inventions of these mobile phone companies. The study analyses the yearly trend of patented inventions in different technology fields. By correspondence analysis, the study figures out the technological competitive advantage of these mobile phone companies in different periods. We aim to explore the rise and fall of mobile phone companies from the perspective of patented innovation and to realize the role of technology advantage as the roots of competitiveness in the mobile phone industry.