Society and Business Review 

About: Society and Business Review is an academic journal published by Emerald Publishing Limited. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Corporate social responsibility & Corporate governance. It has an ISSN identifier of 1746-5680. Over the lifetime, 443 publications have been published receiving 7417 citations.

Great Minds in Management: The Process of Theory Development

Abstract: INTRODUCTION 1. The Process of Developing Mangement Theory PART I: INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT 2. The Evolution of Social Cognitive Theory 3. Image Theory 4. The Road to Fairness and Beyond 5. Proactive Individualism 6. Upper Echelons Theory: Origins, Twists and Turns, and Lessons Learned 7. Goal Setting Theory: Theory Building by Induction 8. How Job Characteristics Theory Happened 9. Do Employee Attitudes Towards Organizations Matter? The Study of Employee Commitment to Organizations 10. Developing Psychological Contract Theory 11. The Escalation of Commitment: Steps Toward an Organizational Theory 12. On the Origins of Expectancy Theory PART II: BEHAVIOR OF ORGANIZATIONS 13. Double-Loop Learning in Organizations: A Theory of Action Perspective 14. Where Does Inequality Come From? The Personal and Intellectual Roots of Resource-Based Theory 15. Organizational Effectiveness: Its Demise and Re-Emergence Through Positive Organizational Scholarship 16. Managerial and Organizational Cognition: Islands of Coherence 17. Develping Theory About the Development of Theory 18. Managing Organizational Knowledge: Theoretical and Methodological Foundations 19. The Experience of Theorizing: Sensemaking as Topic and Resource PART III: ENVIRONMENTAL CONTINGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS 20. The Development of Stakeholder Theory: An Idiosyncratic Approach 21. Developing Resouce Dependence Theory: How Theory is Affected by its Environment 22. Institutional Theroy: Contributing to a Theoretical Research Program 23. Transaction Cost Economics: The Process of Theory Development 24. Developing Evolutionary Theory for Economics and Management 25. An Evolutionary Approach to Institutions and Social Construction: Process and Structure CONCLUSION 26. Learning How to Develop Theory from the Masters

Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism

Abstract: Despite his even-handed writing style and quite voice, Muhammad Yunus puts forth a bold vision in his book, Creating a World Without Poverty. His boldness is not captured in his statements concerning global inequality and financial imperialism. No, the depth of his boldness is best captured in his belief that the poor themselves are agents of the economy not objects, and that we need to make a place in our capitalist world economy for companies that do not intend to make a profit. In this way, he challenges some core tenants of capitalism as we know it today.

Green products and corporate strategy: an empirical investigation

Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of the study is to examine the influence of multiple factors on the green purchase intention of customers in Australia.Design/methodology/approach – A conceptual model is proposed and was subjected to empirical verification with the use of a survey of metropolitan and regional households in Victoria, Australia. The data were analyzed using both descriptive measures and exploratory factor analysis to identify and validate the items contributing to each component in the model. AMOS structural modeling was used to estimate the measure of respondents' overall perception of green products and their intention to purchase.Findings – The results indicate that customers' corporate perception with respect to companies placing higher priority on profitability than on reducing pollution and regulatory protection were the significant predictors of customers' negative overall perception toward green products. The only positive contribution to customers' perception was their past experience with th...