Polarizing influence of power distance on country of origin effect

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoyu Wang ◽  
Chenhong Ding
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Power Distance ◽  
Country Of Origin ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Origin Effect

PurposeCountry of origin (COO) effect refers to the influence of COO on consumers' perception and evaluation of a product. This research explores the impact of consumers' power distance on COO effect.Design/methodology/approachWe conducted two experiments to test the relevant hypotheses.FindingsThe results indicate that power distance has a polarizing influence on COO effect. That means, for products from countries with good images, the higher the consumers' power distance, the better their evaluation of the products; while for products from countries with poor images, the higher the power distance, the worse their evaluation of the products. The research also finds the moderating effect of consumers' competence–related country-related affect (CRA). When holding positive competence–related CRA, for products from countries with good images, the higher the consumers' power distance, the better their evaluation of the products; for products from countries with poor images, consumers' power distance has no effect. When having negative competence–related CRA, for products from countries with poor images, the higher the consumers' power distance, the worse their evaluation of the products; for products from countries with good images, power distance has no effect.Originality/valueThis study finds that depending on the perception of COO image, power distance not only improves the evaluation of products but also lows such evaluation, reflecting a two-way polarizing feature.

Impact of national culture on organizations’ use of selection practices

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 1145-1161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Ryan Prince ◽  
Rüdiger Kabst
Keyword(s):  
National Culture ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Power Distance ◽  
Uncertainty Avoidance ◽  
Psychometric Tests ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Ability Tests ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Panel Interviews ◽  
Selection Practices

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of national culture on organizations’ use of selection practices, specifically to investigate the impact of in-group collectivism, uncertainty avoidance and power distance on interview panels, one-on-one interviews, applications forms, references, ability, technical and psychometric tests. Design/methodology/approach This study uses survey data from the 2008–2010 CRANET database. It uses OLS regression analysis to test the impact of national culture on organizations’ use of selection practices. Findings In-group collectivism increases the use of panel interviews and technical tests, and decreases the use of one-on-one interviews and application forms. Uncertainty avoidance increases the use of panel interviews and technical tests, and a decrease in one-on-one interviews, applications ability, and psychometric tests. Power distance leads to an increase in one-on-one interviews, applications and ability tests, and a decrease in panel interviews, psychometric tests and references. Originality/value This paper investigates the use of the impact of national culture on selection practices. Specifically, it looks at the use of a large number of selection practices panel interviews, one-on-one interviews, applications and references, and several different tests, ability, technical and psychometric.

Leaders’ courage in showing humility

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 28-30
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Psychological Empowerment ◽  
Power Distance ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Power Distance Orientation ◽  
Hierarchical Position ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Leader Humility

Purpose In line with emerging conceptualizations of humility in organizations, the purpose of this paper is to examine how leader humility and distance-based factors [i.e. power distance orientation (PDO) and hierarchical distance] interact to predict follower psychological empowerment. Design/methodology/approach The authors tested the hypotheses using a sample of 294 employees in South Korea. Moderated regression and bootstrapping analyses were conducted to test for direct and moderated relationships. Findings Results indicated that leader humility positively predicted follower psychological empowerment, and followers’ PDO positively moderated this relationship. Results of a three-way interaction indicated that the impact of leader humility on follower psychological empowerment was the strongest when both followers’ levels of PDO and hierarchical distance were high. Originality/value This is the first study to provide empirical evidence for the moderating effect of PDO and hierarchical distance on the relationship between leader humility and follower empowerment. The findings highlight the benefits of understanding the roles of followers’ cultural value orientation and hierarchical position in the effectiveness of leader humility.

scholarly journals The impact of board and hotel characteristics on biodiversity reporting: market diversification as a moderator

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Edzuwyn Fathin Binti Haji Mahyuddin ◽  
Mohammad Iranmanesh ◽  
Azlan Amran ◽  
Behzad Foroughi
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Environmental Organizations ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This study aims to explain how board and hotel characteristics affect biodiversity reporting and to test the moderating effect of market diversification. Design/methodology/approach The annual reports of 105 hotels were examined for the period between 2016 and 2017 to analyse these hotels’ biodiversity reporting using content analysis. The partial least squares technique was used to test the proposed relationships. Findings The results show that the number of board members who are also on the corporate social responsibility committee, number of board members who are in environmental organizations, the star rating of the hotel, hotel size and hotel location have significant positive effects on the extent of biodiversity reporting. In addition, market diversification moderates positively the effects of number of board members with environmental experience and number of board members from environmental organizations on the extent of biodiversity reporting. Practical implications The results of this study will be useful in enabling hotel manager and investors to become knowledgeable about these aspects of boards, which lead to higher biodiversity reporting. This study can also inform policymakers about the types of hotels that are less likely to disclose biodiversity reports and to develop effective enforcement of regulations. Originality/value These findings extend the literature on biodiversity reporting by exploring the importance of board and hotel characteristics on the extent of biodiversity reporting and testing the moderating effect of market diversification.

scholarly journals Country-of-origin effect and millennials’ wine preferences–a comparative experiment

2019 ◽  
Vol 122 (8) ◽  
pp. 2425-2441
Author(s):  
Pantea Foroudi ◽  
Maria Teresa Cuomo ◽  
Matteo Rossi ◽  
Giuseppe Festa
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Country Of Origin ◽  
Marketing Mix ◽  
Comparative Experiment ◽  
Educational Marketing ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Wine Consumption ◽  
The Past ◽  
Generation Z ◽  
Origin Effect

Purpose For wine consumers, the country-of-origin effect still exerts significant influence, even though probably differently from what it was earlier, especially for newer consumer segments. Among these, millennials represent the most interesting segment of the present and future, even though studies on millennials’ behaviour are insidious and newer consumer segments are emerging (Generation Z). The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach This study focusses on this parameter through a comparative analysis of French and Italian wines – first, on the country-of-origin effect on millennials’ wine preferences, and second, on the possibility of managing this influence by adopting a wine marketing mix based on the innovative 4Es model. Findings The outcomes of the experiment on 121 millennials, despite the limitations of the study, highlight interesting changes – compared with the wine consumption behaviours of the past – regarding the country-of-origin effect and the possibility of managing it. Originality/value The results confirm, similar to the literature on the 4Es model, the possibility of wide areas of action for wine educational marketing initiatives that can change or enhance the country-of-origin perception.

Impact of environmental performance and policy on firm environmental reputation

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta De Miguel De Blas
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Policy ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Corporate Reputation ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Unique Combination ◽  
Corporate Environmentalism ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Complementary Effect ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThis study investigates the impact of corporate environmentalism on corporate environmental reputation. Corporate environmentalism comprises both environmental performance and environmental policy, thus distinguishing a firm's actual environmental performance from the intent of its environmental policy. The moderating effect of advertising is also investigated.Design/methodology/approachThe study derives four hypotheses from the literature and tests these by means of a Tobit model and a unique combination of databases.FindingsResults show a link between environmental policy and corporate environmental reputation, but not between environmental performance and corporate environmental reputation. Additionally, results reveal the moderating effect of advertising to be negative, suggesting that advertising contributes only marginally toward improving corporate environmental reputation.Originality/valueThis study is one of the first to investigate the complementary effect of environmental management, environmental policy and advertising on corporate reputation.

Researchers show women at Spanish SMEs respond positively to high-involvement HRMs

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 49-50
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Affective Commitment ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
High Involvement ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Hrm Practices ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The authors wanted to look at the impact of both the overall HRM system and HRM sub-systems, in this case training, information, participation and autonomy. Design/methodology/approach The authors tested four hypotheses on thousands of employees from 104 Spanish SMEs. Previous studies of high-involvement HRM systems were done in large US firms Findings The results showed women are more likely than men to reciprocate employer offerings of supportive HRM. They are also more likely to withdraw their commitment when the work environment is unsupportive. However, the results showed that the moderating effect of gender on the relationship between autonomy and affective commitment was not significant Originality/value The authors said that few previous studies had tried to explain the different impacts on men and women of perceived HRM practices. Their study was also unusual in investigating the impact of both the overall HRM system and HRM sub-systems, in this case training, information, participation and autonomy.

scholarly journals Evaluating cognitive processing and preferences through brain responses towards country of origin for wines: the role of gender and involvement

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Karina Munari Pagan ◽  
Janaina de Moura Engracia Giraldi ◽  
Vishwas Maheshwari ◽  
André Luiz Damião de Paula ◽  
Jorge Henrique Caldeira de Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Processing ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Country Of Origin ◽  
High Involvement ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Level Of Involvement ◽  
Brain Responses ◽  
The Impact

Purpose This study aims to analyse the impact of the country of origin of wines on cognitive processing and preferences through brain responses for consumers from the perspective of gender and the level of involvement. Design/methodology/approach A wine tasting experiment was performed using electroencephalography (EEG). The sample consisted of 40 students from an important Brazilian university. In the first group, the participants tasted two glasses of wine with Brazilian then French origins. In the second group, the participants only tasted one glass of wine, without the origin information. The wine was the same in both groups and from Brazilian origin. Throughout the tasting process, participants had their brain responses recorded via the EEG. Findings The main findings suggest that the country of origin did not have a significant influence on cognitive processing or preferences for consumers in general, neither for women nor consumers of high involvement. For men, there was greater cognitive processing for Brazilian wines. However, there was no preference for men among the origins of wines. For consumers with low involvement, there was a difference in cognitive processing, presenting a greater value for Brazil and without origin information. Also, for low-involvement consumers, a greater preference for wine from France was seen. Originality/value This study presents a new contribution to the literature by analysing the cognitive processing and preferences through brain responses for consumers from the perspective of gender and the level of involvement.

scholarly journals Relating open innovation, innovation and management systems integration

2016 ◽  
Vol 116 (8) ◽  
pp. 1540-1556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfonso Hernandez-Vivanco ◽  
Merce Bernardo ◽  
Claudio Cruz-Cázares
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Product And Process Innovation ◽  
Product And Process ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Integration Of Management Systems

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of the level of integration of management systems (IMS) over product and process innovation capabilities (IC), by considering the role of open innovation (OI) activities as a moderating effect of those relationships. Design/methodology/approach A longitudinal empirical study was performed on an existing Spanish panel database that contains information related to innovation, where 9,765 companies were selected for the panel analysis. A logit approach with random effects was considered. Findings The level of IMS positively influences process and product IC. Moreover, external cooperation, and using it to a high extent not only positively moderates the effects of the level of IMS over process IC, but also of process over product IC, where it becomes indispensable for its effect to be positive. Finally, investing in external knowledge is a positive moderator of the effects of the level of IMS over both: process and product IC. Originality/value This is one of the first studies on empirically finding evidence of the impact of the level of IMS on process and product IC, and of the moderating effect of performing OI activities in order to achieve higher process and product IC through the IMS.

scholarly journals Does directors’ experience positively moderate the impact of board busyness on firm efficiency? Evidence from Asia-Pacific

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 232-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khar Mang Tan ◽  
A.N. Bany-Ariffin ◽  
Fakarudin Kamarudin ◽  
Norhuda Abdul Rahim
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
Panel Regression ◽  
Firm Efficiency ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Laws And Policies ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of board busyness on firm efficiency in the context of directors’ experience, specifically on directors’ experience that moderates the impact of board busyness on firm efficiency. Directors’ experience is examined by exploring both depth (board tenure) and breadth (number of former listed directorship) of experience. Design/methodology/approach This paper employs data envelopment analysis (DEA) to examine firm efficiency. Then, fixed effect panel regression analysis is applied to test the direct and moderating effect based on a sample of firms in the selected Asia-Pacific countries. Findings Significant positive evidence for the moderating effect of directors’ experience on the impact of board busyness on firm efficiency is documented. Practical implications Findings are essential for managers, country policymakers and potential investors as inputs to improve the current company practices, laws and policies through the notion that directors’ experience does enable the busy board to contribute to improved firm efficiency. Originality/value This paper contributes to the debated perspectives on board busyness by providing initial evidence that directors’ experience positively moderates the impact of board busyness on firm efficiency.

Do different genders' knowledge sharing behaviors drive different innovative behavior? The moderating effect of social capital

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyedeh Zahra Fatemi ◽  
Samaneh Sadeghian ◽  
S. Fatemeh Ghasempour Ganji ◽  
Lester W. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Content Type ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Gender Groups ◽  
The Impact

PurposeConsidering the importance of innovation in organizations and the formation of innovative behaviors (IBs) in the life of the organization, the authors study the effect of moderating social capital (SC) and gender in the link between knowledge sharing (KS), including sharing best practices and sharing mistakes with IB.Design/methodology/approachIn this research, a random sampling method was used. A questionnaire was completed by 310 employees working in five prestigious companies in the energy sector located in Mashhad province, Iran.FindingsThe findings of the research indicate the influence of KS on IB. Also, SC moderates the effect of KS on IB. However, the moderating effect of gender was not significant, sharing best practices more likely to lead IB in women. Moreover, the men are more likely to show IB as they share their mistakes in comparison with women.Originality/valueThis research aims to break the black box on the link between employee KS and his/her own innovativeness, which is not frequently investigated. To the authors' best knowledge, there is a lack of deep empirical study that has delved into analyzing the impact of gender-groups and SC on this relation.

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