New Papers & Columns
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The art of marketing blind boxes with eyes wide open2021-05-18Blind boxes, in terms of how they reach the consumers, are an innovation. Digging deeper into the issue, you will learn the very marketing of blind boxes is called probabilistic selling. More
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Bluff and bluster won’t stop competitor attacks when it comes to earnings reports2021-05-17When it comes to announcing earnings that are lower than expected, companies are often tempted to mask realities behind a convoluted wall of words. But is this approach really in their best interest? More
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A Matter of Time: CEO Temporal Focus and Succession Planning in Family Firms2021-05-10For any family-held business, the question of succession is a compelling and often time-sensitive one. A recent study now examines the effects of a CEO’s temporal focus (to what extent they focus on p… More
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How donors’ regulatory focus changes the effectiveness of a sadness-evoking charity appeal2021-05-04What does it take for charities to get the 'just right' level of emotional appeal in their marketing approaches? More
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Position stability, competence and warmth: Why leaders decide to enact procedural justice2021-04-26Procedural justice has been widely examined for its beneficial impact on factors such as employee well-being and organisational climate. More
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Is favouritism harming your team’s performance?2021-04-19In any leader-follower work group, the leader will differentiate amongst group members, creating individual leader–member exchange (LMX) relationships and a form of social hierarchy amongst the group. More
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The Effects of Competitive Climates on Prosocial Identity and Performance2021-04-12A recent sampling of more than 400 subordinates and 90 supervisors in China has revealed new insights into how prosocial employees (employees who are concerned with helping and empathising with others… More
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The way to real freedom is through self-regulation2021-04-08What is freedom? It is actually a matter of belief. Management might have the answer, as a method for exploring ultimate truth. More
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Dealing with visibility: Are employees sabotaging your accounting system?2021-03-29The implementation of new accounting systems is not a simple, linear process, but one that is fundamentally subject to the interests and behaviours of different implementing actors, as well as wider s… More
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The pivotal role of subsidiary CEOs’ entrepreneurial leadership on MNEs’ subsidiary performance2021-03-22A recent study we conducted has found that subsidiary CEOs’ entrepreneurial leadership plays a pivotal role in affecting multinational enterprises’ (MNEs) overseas subsidiary performance. More