scholarly journals Accountability disclosure of SOEs: comparing hybrid and private European news agencies

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Yetano ◽  
Daniela Sorrentino
Keyword(s):  
Hybrid Organizations ◽  
Web Content ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Private Organizations ◽  
News Agencies ◽  
Financial Disclosures ◽  
Simultaneous Comparisons ◽  
Disclosure Patterns

Purpose This paper aims to explore the financial and non-financial accountability disclosure patterns of state-owned enterprises (SOEs), as hybrid organizations. Design/methodology/approach Adopting the hybridity concept and resorting to stakeholder theory, this paper works on a comparison between the accountability disclosure patterns of hybrid and private organizations operating in the same industry. European national news agencies are selected as units of analysis and an extensive web content analysis is performed on three categories of information. Findings SOEs are found to disclose a broader spectrum of information than private organizations, and differences between them have been found. Nevertheless, both financial and non-financial disclosures are underdeveloped in the two organizational types. Research limitations/implications This paper illustrates how hybridity explains SOEs’ accountability disclosure patterns. Results could not be complemented through information on disclosure through alternative channels. Future studies are encouraged to perform simultaneous comparisons among hybrid, public and private organizations, as well as considering industry specifics. Practical implications As web accountability disclosure helps to address the demands of distant stakeholders, efforts are needed to enhance SOEs’ web accountability disclosures and not to undermine democratic accountability relationships. Originality/value This paper contributes to the ongoing debate on the accountability mechanisms and style of SOEs. Using a framework for hybrid organizations provides an understanding of how SOEs, as hybrid organizations, disclose information for accountability. In turn, this allows, and then promotes, the investigation of social phenomena by conceiving hybridity as a standalone institutional space.

Capturing toleration on social networks sites using internet-mediated research: June 30th Egyptian revolution case study

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Noha A. Nagy ◽  
Amira S.N. Tawadros ◽  
Amal S. Soliman
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Web Content ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
Egyptian Revolution ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Analysis Process ◽  
Egyptian Culture

Purpose This paper aims at understanding the dynamics underlying toleration as a complex social phenomenon and its pattern on Facebook during the June 30th revolution in Egypt. Thanks to the huge advances in ICT, internet-mediated research (IMR) has become one of the most prominent research methodologies in social sciences. Discussions on social network sites cannot be neglected in studying the dynamics complex and emerging social phenomena such as changes in public opinion, culture, attitudes and virtues. Design/methodology/approach To fulfill this aim, the researchers used web content analysis as a method inside IMR paradigm to analyze the discussions on Tamarrod’s Facebook page in the period from June 30th to July 5th and to examine the emerging overall pattern of toleration. Findings The results show indications that toleration is inherent in the Egyptian culture, and that the Egyptian society still keeps its reputation as a highly tolerant society, even in crises periods where tensions are witnessed everywhere. Moreover, the results also show that the web content analysis process proposed in this study is highly reliable and valid. Originality/value The importance of the study lies in introducing a computational and empirical approach to analyze web content in a semi-automated way and proving its validity and reliability to study social phenomena such as toleration.

Drivers and differentiators: a grounded theory study of procurement in public and private organizations

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 265-285
Author(s):  
Dolores Kuchina-Musina ◽  
John Charles Morris ◽  
Joshua Steinfeld
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Private Organizations ◽  
Contracting Process ◽  
Federal Contracting ◽  
Grounded Theory Approach

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine procurement professionals’ perceptions of public-private partnerships in contract arrangements and to explore decision-making that takes place in the contracting process. Design/methodology/approach A grounded theory approach is applied to Simon’s (1947) model of decision-making to better understand the perceptions of procurement professionals, especially because it pertains to public vs private sector contexts. The researchers collected data by conducting interviews and observing a compliance webinar of federal contracting employees. Findings The results show that in the decision-making process, Simon’s illustration of a means-end hierarchy is applicable for procurement decision-making because it is driven by activities that are evaluated using aims established by the organization. Practical implications The implications are that, in the procurement decision-making process, a means-end hierarchy is driven by the activities that are evaluated using aims established by the organization. Essentially, the activities are associated to a mean, a mean is associated to a sub-goal and the sub-goal supports the main aim of the organization. Social implications This study supports the notion that training, information and procedures are a way for organizations to control behaviors and promote consistent results from their subordinates. Originality/value This study contributes by examining the drivers of procurement decision-making. Despite previous literature that focuses on practitioner discretion or emphasizes on socio-economic factors, this study highlights the linkages between practitioner decision-making and organizational aims and objectives. As such, the paper serves to illustrate the vital connection between procurement activities and outputs.

The relationship between learning transfer climates and innovation in public and private organizations in Korea

2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (7) ◽  
pp. 956-972 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hee Jun Choi ◽  
Ji-Hye Park
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Innovation ◽  
Learning Transfer ◽  
Public Organizations ◽  
Performance Outcomes ◽  
Performance Expectations ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Organizational Type ◽  
Private Organizations ◽  
And Performance

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the results of an empirical exploration of the relationship between learning transfer climates and organizational innovation. Additionally, factors associated with learning transfer climate that could account for innovation in Korean public and private organizations have been explored. Design/methodology/approach – This study relies on quantitative data obtained from two survey questionnaires. The sample consists of 390 employees working for seven private and five public organizations; further, each employee has completed at least one training program within a one-year period. Findings – Results of the study demonstrate that private, rather than public organizations, have significantly higher mean scores for all five learning transfer climate variables and for perceived organizational innovation. The results of multiple regression analyses reveal that openness to change and performance coaching have common and significant impacts on perceived innovation in both private and public organizations. However, the other three variables (i.e., transfer effort-performance expectations, performance-outcomes expectations, and performance self-efficacy) have varied effects on perceived innovation depending on organizational type. Specifically, transfer effort-performance expectations has a relatively meaningful impact on perceived innovation in public organizations. Performance-outcomes expectations and performance self-efficacy have relatively meaningful effects on perceived innovation in private organizations. Research limitations/implications – The sample for this study consists of employees solely from Korean organizations. Therefore, further studies encompassing a greater sampling variety are required to determine the generalizability of these results. In addition, this study is limited to an investigation of the possible differences between public and private organizations with respect to their learning transfer climates and innovation. In studies to follow, researchers can further investigate these relationships in segmented organizations. Originality/value – The results of this study will assist human resource practitioners to promote innovation effectively and efficiently based on organizational type.

scholarly journals Social media advertising efficiency on higher education programs

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-262
Author(s):  
Rebeca Cordero-Gutiérrez ◽  
Eva Lahuerta-Otero
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Private Organizations ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Measuring Efficiency ◽  
Social Advertising ◽  
Advertising Efficiency

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the different results and the level of success obtained with advertising campaigns developed on Facebook to promote postgraduate programs to create awareness and engagement. Design/methodology/approach This study combined the data envelopment analysis technique to measure advertising efficiency with multidimensional scaling (MDS) representation, thus offering alternatives for practitioners and organizations on how to evaluate social advertising performance. Findings Investments on social paid advertising are an affordable and effective way both to promote postgraduate programs and create engagement with prospective students. Facebook advertisements maximize visibility, which improves social and online positioning and encourages student recruitment. Practical implications Higher education institutions can efficiently promote their programs with a minimal social investment contributing to dissemination and engagement. Compared to other forms of traditional or digital advertising, social media ads can be efficient and affordable with wider segmentation and targeting options. Moreover, results are immediate and measurable and campaigns can be instantly modified to better suit the audience’s requirements. Originality/value This study is unique as it offers a new, alternative way of measuring efficiency, in addition to the classic ratios of payment models in digital advertising that combine clicks and impressions, on a sector where there are few empirical studies. Moreover, it can be easily applied to many other sectors in public and private organizations.

A review of Spanish consumers’ product-country image of China

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 589-615 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haritz Gorostidi-Martinez ◽  
Weimin Xu ◽  
Xiaokang Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Personal Data ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Country Image ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Future Research Agenda ◽  
Private Organizations ◽  
Product Image ◽  
Image Variables ◽  
Data Informed

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to facilitate and clarify the perceptions of Spanish consumers towards China, its people, and its products, while outlining the overall contemporary Chinese product-country image (PCI) within the Spanish market. Design/methodology/approach A 52-item construct was adapted from former PCI scales from cross-cultural equivalence, including “country image”, “personal image”, “product image”, “general knowledge about China”, and “personal data”. Overall, 215 valid structured questionnaires were gathered. Findings The current study provides: a PCI literature review; hypotheses results concerning Spanish citizens’ views of Chinese products’ price, quality, technicality, inventiveness, and known brands concepts; descriptive statistics and results graphs for each of the PCI sections; and correlations of other variables with the five product image variables within the construct. Research limitations/implications Implementing standardized, longitudinal consumer studies that facilitate better comprehension of PCI evolution within a specific market emerged as a future research agenda. Originality/value The data informed both the Chinese public and private organizations’ managers of the importance of adapting to the market and non-market environments within Spain to avoid the liability of country of origin effect.

scholarly journals Authentic leadership, happiness at work and affective commitment

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 337-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Suzete Semedo ◽  
Arnaldo Coelho ◽  
Neuza Ribeiro
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Authentic Leadership ◽  
Affective Commitment ◽  
Cape Verde ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Private Organizations

Purpose This study aims to investigate the relationship between perceptions of authentic leadership (AL) and affective commitment (AC) both directly and indirectly through the mediating effect of happiness at work. Design/methodology/approach Empirical research has analyzed the data from a questionnaire administered to a sample of 543 employees belonging to various public and private organizations in Cape Verde. Structural equation modeling was used to test the model. Findings It was found that the perceptions of AL explain employees’ happiness at work. Perceptions of AL also predict AC both directly and through the mediating effect of happiness at work. Practical implications The findings suggest that AL predicts happiness at work, which, in turn, explain employees` emotional bond to the organization. These results provide evidence that the quality of working environment created by leaders plays an important role in the extent to which employees develop a better emotional bond at work. So, the organizations, particularly in Cape Verde, should focus on training leaders with authentic characteristics. Originality/value In addition to verifying the direct relationship between AL and AC, this study introduced the mediating effect of the happiness, providing a model that depicts the chain effect between AL, AC and happiness, integrating these concepts in a single study.

scholarly journals Brokers or platforms? A longitudinal study of how hybrid interorganizational partnerships for regional innovation deal with VUCA environments

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 636-671 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula Ungureanu ◽  
Fabiola Bertolotti ◽  
Diego Macri
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Longitudinal Design ◽  
Environmental Turbulence ◽  
Regional Innovation ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Turbulent Environments ◽  
Private Organizations ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role played by turbulent environments in the evolution of hybrid (i.e. multi-party, cross-sector) partnerships for regional innovation. Although extant research suggests that organizations decide to participate in such partnerships to cope with their turbulent environments, little is known about how actual perceptions of turbulent environments influence the setup and evolution of a partnership. Design/methodology/approach The qualitative study adopts a longitudinal design to investigate the evolution of a cross-sector regional innovation partnership between ten very different organizations. With the help of the VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity) model proposed by Bennett and Lemoine (2014a), the authors study the relation between partners’ initial perceptions of environmental turbulence and the models adopted for the partnership throughout its lifecycle (emergent, brokering and platform). Findings The authors show that partners’ intentions to solve perceived environmental turbulence through collaboration can have the unexpected consequence of triggering perceived turbulence inside the collaboration itself. Specifically, the authors show that perceived partnership VUCA at each stage is a result of partners’ attempts to cope with the perceived VUCA in the previous stage. Practical implications The study highlights a set of common traps that both public and private organizations engaged in hybrid partnerships might fall into precisely as they try to lower VUCA threats in their environments. Originality/value The work accounts for the relationship between external and internal perceptions of VUCA in hybrid partnerships for regional innovation, and, in particular, provides a better understanding of what happens when organizations choose to enter hybrid partnerships in order to deal with perceived threats in their environments.

Strategic drivers to promote employee suggestion schemes in GCC organizations

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 273-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fauzia Jabeen ◽  
Khalid Mehmood ◽  
Mehrajunnisa Mehrajunnisa
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Employee Participation ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Private Organizations ◽  
Gcc Countries ◽  
Middle East Countries

PurposeThis study applies a decision support tool to prioritize the various drivers that influence employee suggestion schemes (ESSs) in both public and private organizations based in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries for better organizational performance.Design/methodology/approachUsing theories of organizational creativity, an analytic hierarchy process (AHP) model was developed with 5 criteria and 24 sub-criteria. Data were collected from executives (n = 48) from both public and private organizations in the GCC. Later, the data were interpreted with a priority vector assigned to each criterion and sub-criterion.FindingsThe results indicate that leaders/management support, individual traits and organization culture are the key drivers that influence employees' involvement in an ESS.Research limitations/implicationsThe study is limited to a small sample size, and data were collected only in three GCC countries. The study provides insights into ESS in the context of developing countries and is a relevant contribution to both theory and practice. The results will be of interest to businesses and academics for improving understanding on the various enablers of successful employee participation programme implementation and subsequent increase in organizational performance in the GCC.Originality/valueThe novelty of this study is that it resolves the lack of empirical research in the Middle East countries/GCC. The transition phase of knowledge-based economies highlights the significance of innovation and creativity through active employee participation to improve business results. The study attempts to prioritise both individual- and organizational-level drivers for promoting ESS by leveraging theories of creativity in alignment with the GCC National Innovation Agenda. This study can be generalized from the GCC context due to homogeneity in organizational governance and cultural aspects.

scholarly journals Motivational Differences? Comparing Private, Public and Hybrid Organizations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dag Ingvar Jacobsen
Keyword(s):  
Representative Sample ◽  
Public Organizations ◽  
Hybrid Organizations ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Prosocial Motivation ◽  
Private Organizations ◽  
Important Trend ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Large Survey

AbstractWhile studies of motivational differences between managers in private and public organizations proliferate, few have compared managers’ motivation in hybrid organizations to the motivation of managers in private and public organizations. This lack of studies is surprising, as corporatization has been an important trend in the public sector over the last decades. Using a large survey covering almost 3000 managers from a representative sample of organizations in Norway, this study fills this hole by comparing how managers in hybrid organizations differ on extrinsic, intrinsic and prosocial motivation from their counterparts in public and private organizations.

scholarly journals Exploring differences between private and public organizations in business excellence models

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (12) ◽  
pp. 1795-1816 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hendry Raharjo ◽  
Henrik Eriksson
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Public Organizations ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Business Results ◽  
Private Organizations ◽  
Business Excellence ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Key Driver

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the differences between public and private organizations in the paths of business excellence models and to identify the key drivers for creating business results and customer satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach The partial least squares structural equation modeling technique is used to compare the path coefficients and to identify the key driver constructs for creating business results. Findings The variation in endogenous constructs is found to be more difficult to explain or predict for private organizations than for public organizations, despite the fact that the performance of private organizations is almost always higher than or equal to the performance of public ones in all criteria. The effect of “leadership” on “management of processes” is significantly higher in public organizations than in private ones. However, “management of processes” in public organizations does not seem to translate into “results.” The effect of “strategic planning” on creating business “results” is negative for public organizations and remains inconclusive, due to insufficient evidence, for private organizations. Research limitations/implications The results may not be generally applicable to other countries. However, they do support the move toward more tailor-made models for specific sectors. Practical implications It is necessary to review the national business excellence model in order to fit specific sectors. Originality/value This is the first study to investigate the differences between private and public organizations in the Swedish business excellence model.

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