Giving Rise to Creative Leadership: Contextual Enablers and Redundancies

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 288-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy E. Randel ◽  
Kimberly S. Jaussi
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Contextual Factors ◽  
Levels Of Analysis ◽  
Contextual Variables ◽  
Motivation To Lead ◽  
Creative Leadership ◽  
Substitutes For Leadership Theory ◽  
Substitutes For Leadership ◽  
Practical Implications

Creative leadership plays a key role in realizing the competitive advantage of creativity for organizations, yet little is known about the contextual factors that give rise to creative leadership. We propose a model that includes enabling contextual variables that facilitate individuals with the motivation to lead for creativity to engage in creative leadership. In addition, building on substitutes for leadership theory, contextual redundancies that reduce the necessity for creative leadership as a means for realizing creative outcomes are proposed. This model provides new insights about the role of contextual enablers and redundancies at the organizational and external environmental levels of analysis for creative leadership. Theoretical and practical implications of this model are also discussed.

Revisiting the concept of a competitive “cash advantage”

2015 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 38-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Calandro, Jr.
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Corporate Strategy ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Cash Holdings ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Cash Reserves ◽  
Changing Role ◽  
Viable Method ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to profile how ample cash holdings can serve as a competitive advantage by first mitigating the risk of becoming a forced seller during times of distress, and then positioning a firm to take strategic advantage of forced selling and other forms of distress-generated opportunities. Design/methodology/approach – The author reviews the changing role of cash over time in corporate strategy, and how inadequate cash has caused or contributed to corporate failures. Findings – The findings of this paper, which are supported by historical and contemporary examples, are that ample cash reserves can be a powerful source of comparative advantage. Practical implications – This article supports earlier work published in Strategy & Leadership that shows how Graham-and-Dodd-based analysis is a viable avenue of academic research and a viable method with which to assess and formulate corporate strategic initiatives such as mergers and acquisitions, share buy-backs, risk management and, in this case, the strategic uses of cash. Originality/value – This paper offers leaders and financial executives a practical explanation of how ample cash holdings can serve as a competitive advantage.

Considering Diversity as a Source of Competitive Advantage in Organizations

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Orlando C. Richard ◽  
Carliss D. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Contextual Factors ◽  
Levels Of Analysis ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Valuable Resource ◽  
Research Framework ◽  
Team Diversity ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Large Groups

This chapter serves as a research framework for academics and practicing managers interested in understanding the conditions in which diversity, especially visible attributes such as race, gender, age, and nationality, positively or negatively affects organizational performance. This chapter differs from previous articles and books with a predominantly micro approach because the focus shifts from the individual, dyadic, and team diversity levels of analysis to diversity in large groups, subunits, and organizations. The key assumption throughout this chapter is that diversity represents a unique and valuable resource for organizations. The chapter concludes with suggestions for future research on other contextual factors that might aid in unleashing a “diversity advantage.”

Strategic Divestments in Family Firms: Role of Family Structure and Community Culture

2005 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 293-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pramodita Sharma ◽  
S. Manikutty
Keyword(s):  
Family Structure ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
Community Culture ◽  
Path Dependencies ◽  
Practical Implications

Timely acquisition and divestment of resources is essential for sustaining the competitive advantage and longevity of family firms. A combination of past successes, emotional attachments, and path dependencies can lead to extensive inertia toward divestment in these firms. This article develops a framework to understand the influence of community culture and family structure on divestment decisions in family firms. Propositions on the varying levels of inertia to divest—depending on the values held by the owning family and the culture prevailing in their community—are developed. Research and practical implications are discussed.

On the (Mis)Categorization of Unattractive Brides and Attractive Prostitutes

2008 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 182-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirsten I. Ruys ◽  
Ap Dijksterhuis ◽  
Olivier Corneille
Keyword(s):  
Social Categorization ◽  
Social Category ◽  
Contextual Variables ◽  
Matching Hypothesis ◽  
Practical Implications

Abstract. Numerous studies have shown that social categorization is a flexible process that partly depends on contextual variables. However, little is known about the role of affect in people's access to categorical dimensions. We investigated the hypothesis that social category activation is facilitated on evaluatively congruent dimensions. Two studies provide support for this evaluative-matching hypothesis, in which social categorization was found to be faster and more accurate for evaluatively congruent categories (i.e., unattractive foreigners, unattractive prostitutes, attractive fellow-citizens and attractive brides) than for evaluatively incongruent categories (i.e., attractive foreigners, attractive prostitutes, unattractive fellow-citizens and unattractive brides). We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of these findings.

Drivers of multiple eco-innovation and the impact on sustainable competitive advantage: evidence from manufacturing SMEs in Egypt

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Khalid Mady ◽  
Muhammad Abi Sofian Abdul Halim ◽  
Khatijah Omar
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽  
Environmental Orientation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Process Innovations ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This study aims to investigate the drivers of three main eco-innovation types within the manufacturing small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Egypt, as well as to examine the impact of these types in sustaining competitive advantage. Design/methodology/approach The positivist methodological paradigm is adopted in this study, with 183 valid questionnaires collected from the owners and executives of manufacturing SMEs. The SmartPLS has been used to analyse the data. Findings Results show that internal drivers (organisational capabilities, absorptive capacity and strategically environmental orientation) affect eco-innovation types. External drivers (regulation, eco-friendly products demand and competitive advantage) do not significantly affect eco-innovation types. The results also reveal that both eco-organisational and eco-process innovations significantly affect sustainable competitive advantage. Practical implications This study has presented valuable insights for owners and executives of SMEs and policymakers in the business and manufacturing industry. Originality/value This study has presented valuable insights for literature on eco-innovation, owners and executives of SMEs and policymakers manufacturing industry to depth-understanding of drivers of eco-innovation types. in addition, the role of eco-innovation types in sustaining competitive advantage for SMEs has been a significant contribution to eco-innovation literature.

scholarly journals The Role of Values in Coping with Health and Economic Threats of COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Lemay ◽  
Arie W. Kruglanski ◽  
Erica Molinario ◽  
Maximilian Agostini ◽  
Jocelyn Belanger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Virus Transmission ◽  
International Study ◽  
Levels Of Analysis ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Health Threats ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Over Time

The current research examined the role of values in guiding people’s responses to COVID-19. Results from an international study involving 115 countries (N = 61,490) suggest that health and economic threats of COVID-19 evoke different values, with implications for controlling and coping with the pandemic. Specifically, health threats evoked prioritization of communal values related to caring for others and belonging, whereas economic threats predicted prioritization of agentic values focused on competition and achievement. Concurrently and over time, prioritizing communal values over agentic values was associated with enactment of prevention behaviors that reduce virus transmission, motivations to help others suffering from the pandemic, and positive attitudes toward outgroup members. These results, which were generally consistent across individual and national levels of analysis, suggest that COVID-19 threats may indirectly shape important responses to the pandemic through their influence on people’s prioritization of communion and agency. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

The Role of Behavioral Models in the Ontological Structure of Modern Macroeconomics

2013 ◽  
pp. 98-110
Author(s):  
M. Likhachev
Keyword(s):  
Economic System ◽  
Government Regulation ◽  
Institutional Structure ◽  
Economic Environment ◽  
Behavioral Models ◽  
Macroeconomic Models ◽  
Basic Characteristics ◽  
Practical Implications

Behavioral models are considered in the paper as the link between the description of the institutional structure of the economic system and the formation of macro-aggregates, reflecting the results of its operations. The degree of homogeneity of the private sector’s economic environment and complementary goals of private entities and government regulation are noted as basic characteristics of behavioral models. The author examines the differences in the estimates of these characteristics as one of the most important factors underpinning the architecture of modern macroeconomic models and their practical implications.

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