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Does Market Performance (Tobin’s Q) Have A Negative Effect On Credit Ratings? Evidence From South Korea (2023)
Journal Article
Lim, H. J., & Mali, D. (2023). Does Market Performance (Tobin’s Q) Have A Negative Effect On Credit Ratings? Evidence From South Korea. Asia-Pacific Financial Markets, 31(1), 53-80. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10690-023-09406-x

Tobin’s Q is an established measure of firm performance, based on investor confidence. However, the association between Tobin’s Q and credit ratings is not well-established in the literature. Using a sample of Korean listed firms over the 2001–2016 s... Read More about Does Market Performance (Tobin’s Q) Have A Negative Effect On Credit Ratings? Evidence From South Korea.

An analysis of audit effort/hour demand based on shareholder ownership power (2023)
Journal Article
Mali, D., & Lim, H. (2023). An analysis of audit effort/hour demand based on shareholder ownership power. Asian Review of Accounting, 31(4), 583-611. https://doi.org/10.1108/ara-10-2022-0248

Purpose: Audit hour reporting is rare internationally. Thus, to what extent shareholders have the power to influence audit effort/hour demand is a question left unanswered. This study aims to use unique South Korean data to determine whether the incr... Read More about An analysis of audit effort/hour demand based on shareholder ownership power.

Co-worker undermining, emotional exhaustion and organisational commitment: the moderating role of servant leadership (2023)
Journal Article
Mostafa, A., Yunus, S., Au, W., & Cai, Z. (2023). Co-worker undermining, emotional exhaustion and organisational commitment: the moderating role of servant leadership. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 38(3), 194-209. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMP-07-2022-0351

Purpose Not much is known about the conditions under which the negative relationship between co-worker undermining and employee outcomes may wax or wane. This study seeks to address this issue by analysing the role of leadership in mitigating the ne... Read More about Co-worker undermining, emotional exhaustion and organisational commitment: the moderating role of servant leadership.

The influence of protean attitude for women in STEM careers: coping-self efficacy as foundational and strong career identity as outcome (2023)
Journal Article
Blaique, L., Pinnington, A., & Aldabbas, H. (2023). The influence of protean attitude for women in STEM careers: coping-self efficacy as foundational and strong career identity as outcome. Gender in Management: An International Journal, 38(8), 1092-1116. https://doi.org/10.1108/GM-06-2022-0200

Purpose The under-representation of women working in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) careers is a persistent problem worldwide. This dilemma is exacerbated by the fact that an insufficient number of women enroll in STEM studi... Read More about The influence of protean attitude for women in STEM careers: coping-self efficacy as foundational and strong career identity as outcome.

Reflections on Peer Interviewing among Paid, Migrant, Live-in Carers in London (2023)
Journal Article
Hewitt, S., Ahlberg, M., Davies, D., Emberson, C., Hussein, S., Milankovics, K., & Turnpenny, A. (2023). Reflections on Peer Interviewing among Paid, Migrant, Live-in Carers in London. British Journal of Social Work, 53(3), 1552-1560. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcad043

We have chosen to write about our experiences of peer research among paid, migrant, live in carers in London. The role of a live-in carer is a unique employment arrangement where there are very few legal guidelines and a lack of clear boundaries and... Read More about Reflections on Peer Interviewing among Paid, Migrant, Live-in Carers in London.

Chief financial officer overconfidence and earnings management (2023)
Journal Article
Qiao, L., Adegbite, E., & Nguyen, T. (2023). Chief financial officer overconfidence and earnings management. Accounting Forum, https://doi.org/10.1080/01559982.2023.2196045

This study explores the relationship between overconfident Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) and earnings management. Through the lens of upper echelons and overconfidence theories, and using a large sample of 14,156 observations of US firms from 1999... Read More about Chief financial officer overconfidence and earnings management.

The Covid-19 outbreak, corporate financial distress and earnings management (2023)
Journal Article
Aljughaiman, A. A., Nguyen, T., Trinh, V. Q., & Du, A. (2023). The Covid-19 outbreak, corporate financial distress and earnings management. International Review of Financial Analysis, 88, Article 102675. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2023.102675

This study explores the association between the Covid-19 outbreak, corporate financial distress and earnings management practices in China. We investigate whether firms took advantage of the downturn in economic conditions during the pandemic to adju... Read More about The Covid-19 outbreak, corporate financial distress and earnings management.

Green securities policy and the environmental performance of firms: Assessing the impact of China's pre-IPO environmental inspection policy (2023)
Journal Article
Wu, S., Zhang, J., & Elliott, R. J. (2023). Green securities policy and the environmental performance of firms: Assessing the impact of China's pre-IPO environmental inspection policy. Ecological Economics, 209, Article 107836. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2023.107836

China has experimented with a wide range of policies to encourage firms to improve their environmental performance, often with mixed results. This paper investigates the effectiveness of combining two different policies at the same time: (1) a more c... Read More about Green securities policy and the environmental performance of firms: Assessing the impact of China's pre-IPO environmental inspection policy.

Corporate strategy, political contributions and corporate risk-taking (2023)
Journal Article
Halari, A., Ahmad, S., Ullah, S., & Amankwah-Amoah, J. (2023). Corporate strategy, political contributions and corporate risk-taking. Corporate Governance, 23(7), 1484-1505. https://doi.org/10.1108/CG-07-2022-0310

Purpose: Despite the importance and prevalence of corporate political activities in modern organizations, there remains limited insight on the potential relationship between political contributions and companies’ risk-taking activities. This study ai... Read More about Corporate strategy, political contributions and corporate risk-taking.

Unconventional luxury: The reappropriation of time and substance (2023)
Journal Article
Malone, S., Tynan, C., & McKechnie, S. (2023). Unconventional luxury: The reappropriation of time and substance. Journal of Business Research, 163, Article 113939. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2023.113939

This study addresses the transformational role time and substance play in an unconventional luxury experience. Adopting a giving, as opposed to having, perspective of unconventional luxury, in-depth interviews were carried out with tourists in a luxu... Read More about Unconventional luxury: The reappropriation of time and substance.

The role of capabilities in digital service development and delivery: the case of start-up organisations (2023)
Journal Article
Zhang, G., & Ravishankar, M. N. (2024). The role of capabilities in digital service development and delivery: the case of start-up organisations. Information Technology and People, 37(3), 1156-1184. https://doi.org/10.1108/ITP-05-2021-0404

Purpose: Digital technologies create myriad innovation opportunities and have inspired the establishment of many new start-ups in recent years. Despite the growing knowledge on digital entrepreneurship, few studies explore how start-ups exploit these... Read More about The role of capabilities in digital service development and delivery: the case of start-up organisations.

The potential of responsible business to promote sustainable work – An analysis of CSR/ESG instruments (2023)
Journal Article
Torres, L., Ripa, D., Jain, A., Herrero, J., & Leka, S. (2023). The potential of responsible business to promote sustainable work – An analysis of CSR/ESG instruments. Safety Science, 164, Article 106151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2023.106151

In the last few years important efforts have been made to rationalise the growing corporate sustainability or CSR/ESG standards field aiming at achieving some degree of harmonisation. Yet, these efforts might be unable to capture the diversity of CSR... Read More about The potential of responsible business to promote sustainable work – An analysis of CSR/ESG instruments.

A cautionary tale: Lessons from the strategic use of financial reporting (2023)
Book Chapter
Lucas, G. J. M., & Klangboonkrong, T. (2023). A cautionary tale: Lessons from the strategic use of financial reporting. In Measuring sustainability and CSR: From reporting to decision-making (133-140). Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26959-2_13

Sustainability and CSR reporting has been undergoing a rapid development due to the increasing relevance of sustainability and CSR considerations for investors and other stakeholders. As sustainability and CSR reporting develops a similar level of so... Read More about A cautionary tale: Lessons from the strategic use of financial reporting.

Using Shopping Data to Improve the Diagnosis of Ovarian Cancer: Computational Analysis of a Web-Based Survey (2023)
Journal Article
Dolan, E., Goulding, J., Tata, L., & Lang, A. (2023). Using Shopping Data to Improve the Diagnosis of Ovarian Cancer: Computational Analysis of a Web-Based Survey. JMIR Cancer, 9, Article e37141. https://doi.org/10.2196/37141

Background Shopping data can be analysed using machine learning techniques to study population health. It is unknown if use of such methods can successfully investigate pre-diagnosis purchases linked to self-medication of symptoms of ovarian cance... Read More about Using Shopping Data to Improve the Diagnosis of Ovarian Cancer: Computational Analysis of a Web-Based Survey.

Pedagogical features of interactive apps for effective learning of foundational skills (2023)
Journal Article
Huntington, B., Goulding, J., & Pitchford, N. J. (2023). Pedagogical features of interactive apps for effective learning of foundational skills. British Journal of Educational Technology, 54(5), 1273-1291. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjet.13317

Interactive apps are commonly used to support the acquisition of foundational skills. Yet little is known about how pedagogical features of such apps affect learning outcomes, attainment and motivation—particularly when deployed in lower‐income conte... Read More about Pedagogical features of interactive apps for effective learning of foundational skills.

Female Board Representation as Determinant of Coupled Open Innovation: Evidence from Emerging Market Multinational Enterprises (2023)
Journal Article
Attah-Boakye, R., Adams, K., Yu, H., & Johansson, J. (2023). Female Board Representation as Determinant of Coupled Open Innovation: Evidence from Emerging Market Multinational Enterprises. Technovation, 124, Article 102749. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2023.102749

Little research has been done on female board representation in emerging market multinational enterprises (EMNEs). Our paper considers the role of female board representation and its impact on open innovation (OI) in the unique context of emerging ma... Read More about Female Board Representation as Determinant of Coupled Open Innovation: Evidence from Emerging Market Multinational Enterprises.

Does national culture impact trade credit provision of SMEs? (2023)
Journal Article
Hoang, C. H., Ly, K. C., Xiao, Q., & Zhang, X. (2023). Does national culture impact trade credit provision of SMEs?. Economic Modelling, 124, Article 106288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2023.106288

Trade credit provision considerably varies from country to country, especially among small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). However, there is scant literature on the determinants of such variations. Thus, this study determines how cultural diffe... Read More about Does national culture impact trade credit provision of SMEs?.

The viewer value co-creation process on sports live streaming platforms (2023)
Journal Article
Liu, H., & Tan, K. H. (2023). The viewer value co-creation process on sports live streaming platforms. Industrial Management and Data Systems, 123(5), 1523-1547. https://doi.org/10.1108/imds-04-2022-0251

Purpose-The Sports Live Streaming Platforms (SLSPs) have taken centre stage in broadcasting sporting events. This study adopts the value creation sphere (VCS) model and the service dominant logic (SDL) to unpack the value co-creation process on SLSP... Read More about The viewer value co-creation process on sports live streaming platforms.

Gifts to whom? Towards a network view of gift receivers (2023)
Journal Article
Branco-Illodo, I., Heath, T., & Tynan, C. (2023). Gifts to whom? Towards a network view of gift receivers. European Journal of Marketing, 57(10), 2860-2892. https://doi.org/10.1108/EJM-04-2022-0272

Purpose This research paper aims to understand how givers characterise and manage their gift giving networks by drawing on attachment theory (AT). This responds to the need to illuminate the givers–receivers’ networks beyond traditional role-based t... Read More about Gifts to whom? Towards a network view of gift receivers.

Minimizing total weighted latency in home healthcare routing and scheduling with patient prioritization (2023)
Journal Article
Akbari, V., Sadati, I., Salman, F. S., & Shiri, D. (2023). Minimizing total weighted latency in home healthcare routing and scheduling with patient prioritization. OR Spectrum, 45, 807-852. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00291-023-00713-3

We study a home healthcare routing and scheduling problem, where multiple healthcare service provider teams should visit a given set of patients at their homes. The problem involves assigning each patient to a team and generating the routes of the te... Read More about Minimizing total weighted latency in home healthcare routing and scheduling with patient prioritization.