scholarly journals Machiavellians, Unethical Workmates And Intention To Stay: An Empirical Exploration

2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo Ruiz Palomino ◽  
Ricardo Martinez Canas
Keyword(s):  
Unethical Behavior ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Individual Characteristic ◽  
Human Interaction ◽  
Influential Factor ◽  
Business Professionals ◽  
Intention To Stay ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
Personal Trait ◽  
The Empirical Analysis

Machiavellianism is usually studied as an individual characteristic affecting an individual’s ethical/unethical behavior in organizations, turning into an important influential factor in that matter. However, no studies have been conducted to date testing the influence of this personal trait on the individual’s intention to stay, which on the basis of the theoretical perspective of the Resource-Based View of the Firm, have important valuable implications for the organization. Furthermore, no empirical research has been conducted in relation to test the comfort that Machiavellians experiment when an unethical climate is perceived in the organization. This paper will study the effect that a Machiavellian personality has on the individual’s intention to stay and what happens if Machiavellians are within the organization in company of workmates who behave unethically in human interaction. Results obtained through the empirical analysis in a sample of Spanish banking employees are discussed and conclusions and implications both for academics and business professionals are presented.

scholarly journals A network model approach to enhance knowledge sharing for internationalization readiness of SMEs

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Domitilla Magni ◽  
Roberto Chierici ◽  
Monica Fait ◽  
Kelly Lefebvre
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
International Markets ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
Foreign Markets ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Multiple Regression Technique ◽  
Managerial Perspective

PurposeBuilding upon the insights of the resource-based view and internationalization theories, the purpose of this paper is to examine the role networks play in SMEs' readiness for internationalization. By investigating three different types of knowledge sharing, namely economic-setting, market-specific and customer-specific, the study analyzes their effect on SMEs' readiness for internationalization.Design/methodology/approachThe four research hypotheses derived by from the analysis of the literature have been investigated by applying the multiple regression technique. By means of an online survey, 300 valid questionnaires were collected and information from a sample of Italian SMEs belonging to 11 agro-food consortia have been analyzed.FindingsThe results suggest that SMEs' readiness for internationalization could be supported by sharing customer-specific, market-specific and economic-setting knowledge with other firms operating within the same agro-food consortium. Additionally, data analysis highlights a negative relation between the risk perception in the process and readiness for internationalization, suggesting the importance of knowledge sharing in reducing the criticality issues of being a newcomer entering international markets.Originality/valueFrom a theoretical perspective, this study aims to fill the gap in knowledge management and international relationship marketing literature. Since proposes a combination of different kinds of knowledge that contribute to reducing the criticalities SMEs must face by identifying useful information to be conveyed within the network. From a managerial perspective, the study provides useful insights for the agro-food sector, highlighting how experiential and network knowledge constitutes a pre-condition for managing internationalization complexity and discovering opportunities on foreign markets.

Knowledge, Innovation, and Profitability

2018 ◽  
pp. 140-159
Author(s):  
Monica Longo-Somoza
Keyword(s):  
Innovation Activity ◽  
Strategic Decisions ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
Analysis Methodology ◽  
Knowledge Innovation ◽  
Biotechnology Companies ◽  
Knowledge Intensive ◽  
The Empirical Analysis

This chapter studies the identification of the profile of knowledge-intensive firms, analyzing if their innovation activity is a characteristic related with their profitability and employing as framework the ‘Resource-based view of the firm (RBV)'. Using a sample of 202 Spanish biotechnology companies, drawn from SABI database, the author has identified these firms' available data until 31st December, 2013. It has been used the cluster analysis methodology rarely employed in the preceding literature to characterise the firms of the sample. The empirical analysis results clarify the profile of the analysed firms, helping stakeholders and policy-makers to understand the dynamics of these kinds of firms and making strategic decisions accordingly over their characteristics. This would help them to grow in an orderly way and, thus, promote socio-economic changes to improve competitiveness and economic growth.

Polluted Morality: Air Pollution Predicts Criminal Activity and Unethical Behavior

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 340-355 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jackson G. Lu ◽  
Julia J. Lee ◽  
Francesca Gino ◽  
Adam D. Galinsky
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Unethical Behavior ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Causal Effect ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Criminal Activity ◽  
Health Costs ◽  
Standard Errors ◽  
Clean Environment

Air pollution is a serious problem that affects billions of people globally. Although the environmental and health costs of air pollution are well known, the present research investigates its ethical costs. We propose that air pollution can increase criminal and unethical behavior by increasing anxiety. Analyses of a 9-year panel of 9,360 U.S. cities found that air pollution predicted six major categories of crime; these analyses accounted for a comprehensive set of control variables (e.g., city and year fixed effects, population, law enforcement) and survived various robustness checks (e.g., balanced panel, nonparametric bootstrapped standard errors). Three subsequent experiments involving American and Indian participants established the causal effect of psychologically experiencing a polluted (vs. clean) environment on unethical behavior. Consistent with our theoretical perspective, results revealed that anxiety mediated this effect. Air pollution not only corrupts people’s health, but also can contaminate their morality.

scholarly journals Immigrants and poverty, and conditionality of immigrants’ social rights

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 452-470 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beatrice Eugster
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Social Rights ◽  
Wage Setting ◽  
Migration Literature ◽  
Welfare Benefits ◽  
State Research ◽  
Paid Employment ◽  
Industrialised Countries ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Empirical Analysis

It is not only immigration and the incorporation of immigrants into society that serve as challenges for post-industrialised countries, but also rising inequality and poverty. This article focuses on both issues and proposes a new theoretical perspective on the determinants of immigrant poverty. Building on comparative welfare state research and international migration literature, I argue that immigrants’ social rights – here understood as their access to paid employment and welfare benefits – condition the impact which both the labour market and welfare system have on immigrants’ poverty. The empirical analysis is based on a newly collected dataset on immigrants’ social rights in 19 advanced industrialised countries. The findings confirm the hypotheses: more regulated minimum wage setting institutions and generous traditional family programmes reduce immigrants’ poverty more strongly in countries where they are granted easier access to paid employment and social benefits.

scholarly journals Pathologies and kitsch in the workplace - theoretical perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-30
Author(s):  
Stanisław Ciupka
Keyword(s):  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Unethical Behavior ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Situational Factors ◽  
Professional Burnout ◽  
Basic Form ◽  
Economic Organizations ◽  
The Rich

In this article we would like to touch upon the problem of reprehensible practices, pathologies that are present in many economic organizations today. We would like to consider how much unethical behavior should be largely attributed to employees, and how much it is associated with external cultural, organizational and situational factors. With this perspective, the author wants to associate pathologies in the workplace with the rich in associations, synonymous with the word kitsch, which can also be applied to economic and business issues. It is worth emphasizing that kitsch and pathology seem to permeate, and maybe even one of them can result from another. This is a paradox that the author wants to address in this article. The proper tracking of the activities of organizations by their management is the basic form of preventing pathologies in the organization. It is also associated with a significant impact on the economy, because the effectiveness of work is closely related to the problems of anxiety or embarrassment in the workplace. Some researchers may conclude that kitsch, pathology and frustration that leads to professional burnout can often be related to workaholism or even law violations in specific companies. This article is based on the method of critical analysis of literature and the method of deduction in observing behavior in organizations.

scholarly journals A Systematic Review of Eco-Innovation and Performance from the Resource-Based and Stakeholder Perspectives

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (21) ◽  
pp. 6067 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell Tatenda Munodawafa ◽  
Satirenjit Kaur Johl
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Stakeholder Group ◽  
Best Interests ◽  
Environmental Pressures ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Performance Literature

The growing concerns surrounding the precarious state of the biosphere have triggered organizations to develop and implement innovations that curb environmental degradation (eco-innovation). However, eco-innovation is a risky proposition for organizations and their stakeholders, due to uncertainty of outcome. Despite the high investment risk of eco-innovation, the literature that assesses eco-innovation outcomes from an organizational performance perspective is scant. Thus, this paper uses a systematic approach to review eco-innovation and performance literature. The eco-innovation and performance literature reviewed in this paper is sourced from the Scopus and Web of Science (WoS) scientific databases. Results from this systematic review suggest that the capital market stakeholder group—an essential stakeholder group—has received little attention in the eco-innovation and performance literature. This is alarming, as this stakeholder group is expected to act in the best interests of the organization—as well as the other stakeholders—especially during strategy formulation and implementation. This paper also finds that the resource-based view and stakeholder theory are frequently utilized in explaining eco-innovation. However, the natural resource-based view is least utilized, despite growing environmental pressures. A multi-theoretical perspective can help to overcome the limitations of one theory, as well as help to unearth additional organizational factors which could potentially catalyze the eco-innovation and performance relationship.

The `Little Extra' That Alleviates Suffering

2007 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 372-386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Arman ◽  
Arne Rehnsfeldt
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Clinical Evidence ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Good Health ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Human Interaction ◽  
Caring Science ◽  
Ethical Care ◽  
Good Health Care

Nursing, or caring science, is mainly concerned with developing knowledge of what constitutes ideal, good health care for patients as whole persons, and how to achieve this. The aim of this study was to find clinical empirical indications of good ethical care and to investigate the substance of ideal nursing care in praxis. A hermeneutic method was employed in this clinical study, assuming the theoretical perspective of caritative caring and ethics of the understanding of life. The data consisted of two Socratic dialogues: one with nurses and one with nursing students, and interviews with two former patients. The empirical data are first described from a phenomenological approach. Observations of caregivers offering `the little extra' were taken to confirm that patients were `being seen', not from the perspective of an ideal nursing model, but from that of interaction as a fellow human being. The study provides clinical evidence that, as an ontological response to suffering, 'symbolic acts' such as giving the `little extra' may work to bridge gaps in human interaction. The fact that `little things' have the power to preserve dignity and make patients feel they are valued offers hope. Witnessing benevolent acts also paves the way for both patients and caregivers to increase their understanding of life.

Modern Information Technology, Global Risk, and the Challenges of Crime in the Era of Late Modernity

2020 ◽  
pp. 985-1000
Author(s):  
Ajibade Ebenezer Jegede
Keyword(s):  
Global Economy ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Global Risk ◽  
Human Environment ◽  
Modern Information Technology ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
The Empirical Analysis

The rapidity and efficient use of most communication technologies remain the driver of accelerated developments across the major societies of the world today. This is quite exciting when compared to what existed in the past. However, current happenings indicate that the contribution of these technologies to sporadic development of nations is fraught with recordable socio-economic risks whose effect is unprecedented and affecting the nature of trust required for social continuity in human environment. Consequently, this paper considers the nature of risks and vulnerabilities affecting e-connectivity from a modernist theoretical perspective and contextualized this in the double edged implication affecting the use of the Internet. The first section of this paper is devoted to review on the nature of affinity between the Internet and crime while the final section engages the empirical analysis of secondary data on the consequences of cyber-crime to the global economy.

Development of international corporate social responsibility framework and typology

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 719-744 ◽  
Author(s):  
Som Sekhar Bhattacharyya
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Stakeholder Theory ◽  
Review Paper ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Theoretical Contribution ◽  
Corporate Social

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a framework on international corporate social responsibility (ICSR). This ICSR framework would help portray the nature and process of internationalization of CSR activities of a firm. Further, this review paper presents a typology on the internationalization of corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities of a firm. Design/methodology/approach In this conceptual review paper, the author based upon inputs from a diverse set of the extant literature on international business strategy, resource-based view, stakeholder theory, strategic planning and implementation applied logical argumentation incrementally and sequentially to develop the ICSR framework and subsequently ICSR typology (consisting of archetypes). Findings This conceptual review paper offers a novel and rich theoretical perspective on an integrated framework on ICSR. This expands the extant theoretical knowledge boundaries on internationalization of CSR. Further, the proposed ICSR framework not only provides insight into the process of internationalization of CSR but also on typology regarding the nature of internationalization of CSR activities of a firm. Research limitations/implications There are two major theoretical contributions. First, this is one of the first integrated frameworks on ICSR that encompasses perspectives from diverse literature domains such as business environment, stakeholder theory, resource-based view, bounded rationality, bounded reliability, strategy planning and strategy execution. The second major theoretical contribution is towards categorization of firm international CSR activities based on CSR characteristics and mechanisms of deployment. The author prescribed four typologies for ICSR based upon variances in CSR perspective and CSR management. This ICSR categorization or archetypes is also a theoretical contribution. Practical implications The International Corporate Social Responsibility (ICSR framework developed would help both strategy and CSR managers to design ICSR programs and CSR activities of a firm based on a firms’ transferable resources and capabilities, replicable organizational process and activities, strategic focus and expected organizational benefits. Originality/value This is the first scholarly work on developing an integrated ICSR framework and ICSR typology (read archetypes). In this review paper, a holistic but comprehensive theoretical perspective on strategy and typology of ICSR has been provided. CSR and strategy managers for the first time would have a tool to design and manage firm international CSR initiatives in an effective and efficient manner.

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