Team processes and business performance of youth ventures in Taiwan: The moderating role of social capital

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Chi-Chung Tsai ◽  
Dengfeng Li
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Team Management ◽  
Team Processes ◽  
Entrepreneurial Team ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Practical Implications

We analyzed how entrepreneurial team processes affect business performance, and the mediating effect of social capital in youth small business ventures in Taiwan. Participants were predominantly young entrepreneurs between 20 and 40 years of age in Taiwan venture industries. Empirical analysis results showed that the entrepreneurial team had a significant positive impact on social capital and business performance. However, social capital was not a mediator between team management and firm performance. Practical implications are that when an entrepreneurial team is in a state of high cohesion and communicates well, more social capital will be captured for the improvement of business performance.

scholarly journals Investigating the moderating role of work experience on students` entrepreneurial intentions: evidence from Romania

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-78
Author(s):  
Gheorghe Militaru ◽  
Dana-Corina Deselnicu ◽  
Alexandra Ioanid
Keyword(s):  
Work Experience ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
Entrepreneurial Education ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Practical Implications

Abstract The purpose of this study is to explore the moderating role of work experience on the relationships between entrepreneurial education, self-efficacy and students’ entrepreneurial intentions. Quantitative data were collected via a questionnaire based by investigating whether engineering students have sufficient entrepreneurial skills to evaluate opportunity, developing new products, and recognizing potential market applications. Engineering students need to be able to exploit opportunities that rely on scientific and technical knowledge to create and capture value by launch new venture. Our important findings have a series of important practical implications for managers, engineering students, engineers, and academic staff interested in encouraging economic growth. The results show that entrepreneurial education and self-efficacy have a positive impact on students’ entrepreneurial intentions. Work experience only has a partial influence on students’ entrepreneurial intentions, it exerts a significant indirect effect does not have a significant moderating effect. The findings of the study also provide practical implications suggest that increasing engineering students understanding and awareness of entrepreneurship lead to greater levels of interest in entrepreneurship careers. To the knowledge of the authors, this study is the first to investigate the mediating effect of work experience on students’ entrepreneurial intentions.

The Role of Leader’s Humility in Facilitating Frontline Employees’ Deep Acting and Turnover: The Moderating Role of Perceived Customer-Oriented Climate

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 353-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinyi Zhou ◽  
Yawen Li
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Labor ◽  
Service Industry ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Archival Data ◽  
Frontline Employees ◽  
Deep Acting ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Strong Situation ◽  
Practical Implications

Many cultures recognize humility as an important human virtue. However, there is scant research on a possible relationship between leader’s humility and employees’ emotional labor. The current study, based on strong-situation hypothesis, posits that within the service industry, leader’s humility could determine and facilitate employee’ deep acting and turnover. Moreover, the mediating effect of deep acting is moderated by employees’ perceptions of the organization’s customer-oriented climate. The study is based on self-reported and archival data of 157 frontline employees at a hospital in China. The results generally support the hypotheses. The theoretical and practical implications of these results are also discussed.

The impact of perceived brand interactivity on customer purchases. The mediating role of perceived brand fairness and the moderating role of brand involvement

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Gligor ◽  
Sıddık Bozkurt
Keyword(s):  
Process Model ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Brand Involvement ◽  
Customer Purchases ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Moderating Role

Purpose This study aims to investigate the effect of perceived brand interactivity on customer purchases along with the mediating effect of perceived brand fairness. To increase the explanatory power of the model, this study also examines the moderating role of brand involvement. Design/methodology/approach An online survey was conducted to measure the constructs of interest. The direct, indirect (mediation) and conditional (moderation) effects were evaluated using linear regression, PROCESS Model 4 and PROCESS Model 59, respectively. Further, the Johnson Neyman (also called floodlight analysis) technique was used to probe the interaction terms. Findings The study results indicate that perceived brand interactivity directly and indirectly (via perceived brand fairness) impact customer purchases. The results also reveal that the positive impact of perceived brand interactivity on perceived brand fairness is greater when brand involvement is lower. In the same vein, the positive impact of perceived brand fairness on customer purchases is greater when brand involvement is lower. However, brand involvement does not moderate the impact of perceived brand involvement on customer purchases. Originality/value This study examines the effect of perceived brand interactivity on customer purchases (as a customer engagement behavior) while accounting for the mediating role of perceived brand fairness and the moderating role of brand involvement. The results provide noteworthy theoretical and managerial implications.

Silence and proactivity in managing supervisor ostracism: implications for creativity

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sadia Jahanzeb ◽  
Dave Bouckenooghe ◽  
Rabia Mushtaq
Keyword(s):  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Social Control Theory ◽  
Employee Creativity ◽  
Complete Understanding ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Theory Framework

PurposeAnchored in a social control theory framework, this study aims to investigate the mediating effect of defensive silence in the relationship between employees' perception of supervisor ostracism and their creative performance, as well as the buffering role of proactivity in this process.Design/methodology/approachThe hypotheses were tested using three-wave survey data collected from employees in North American organizations.FindingsThe authors found that an important reason for supervisor ostracism adversely affecting employee creativity is their observance of defensive silence. This mechanism, in turn, is less prominent among employees who show agency and change-oriented behavior (i.e. proactivity).Practical implicationsFor practitioners, this study identifies defensive silence as a key mechanism through which supervisor ostracism hinders employee creativity. Further, this process is less likely to escalate when their proactivity makes them less vulnerable to experience such social exclusion.Originality/valueThis study establishes a more complete understanding of the connection between supervisor ostracism and employee creativity, with particular attention to mediating mechanism of defensive silence and the moderating role of proactivity in this relationship.

scholarly journals Research on the influence of team i-deals level on team innovation-from the perspective of collective thriving

2021 ◽  
Vol 251 ◽  
pp. 03087
Author(s):  
Weiwei Hu ◽  
Di Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognition ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Team Innovation ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Empirical Analysis ◽  
Moderating Role

Based on the social cognition theory, this study explores how the median value of i-deals group influences team innovation through collective thriving, and the moderating role of chaxu climate in it. Through the empirical analysis of 367 questionnaires (70 supervisors’ questionnaires and 297 employees’ questionnaires) from 70 teams, it is proved that collective thriving has an mediating effect between team i-deals and team innovation, while chaxu climate positively regulates the positive impact of collective thriving on team innovation, that is, the higher the chaxu climate, the stronger the positive impact of collective thriving on team innovation.

scholarly journals Entrepreneurial Leadership and Creativity in Projects

2022 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Keyword(s):  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Work Behavior ◽  
Entrepreneurial Leadership ◽  
Innovative Work Behavior ◽  
Innovative Work ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Practical Implications

This paper aims to investigate the relationship between entrepreneurial leadership (EL) and creativity in projects. Additionally, the study also examine the mediating effect of innovative work behavior (IWB) and the moderating role of entrepreneurial self-efficacy (ESE). Employing a questionnaire survey, the researcher collected 210 responses. Multiple regression were used to analyze the data. the results of the study demonstrates a positive relationship between EL and creativity in projects. Furthermore, IWB partially mediate the relationship between EL and creativity in projects. the results also suggest that ESE moderates the relationship between EL and IWB. Theoretical and practical implications of the current study were highlighted at the end of the paper.

Does product display quantity increase purchase intention? The mediation of diminished pain of payment

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tengfei Guo ◽  
Shiquan Zhong ◽  
Xuelian Wang ◽  
Geng Li
Keyword(s):  
Purchase Intention ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Online Purchase ◽  
Psychological Mechanism ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Moderating Role

PurposeIn this research, the authors aim to investigate the impact of product display quantity on consumers' online purchase intention through the diminished pain of payment, in light of signaling theory and mental accounting theory. Additionally, the authors test the role of price in this psychological mechanism.Design/methodology/approachThe authors use a combination of online studies and field experiments to test our predictions. Four online studies are conducted to test the main effect of product display quantity on purchase intention (Studies 1A and 1B), the mediating effect of the diminished pain of payment (Study 2), and the moderating role of price (Study 3). Two field experiments are conducted to strengthen the robustness of our findings.FindingsThe findings suggest that product display quantity has a significantly positive impact on purchase intention, mediated by the diminished pain of payment, and this effect is moderated by price.Originality/valueThis is the first study to investigate the effect of product display quantity on online purchase intention. This research advances the discussion of product display quantity, which provides retailers and consumers with a convenient way to communicate with each other and leads to a more relaxed purchase experience.

scholarly journals Mediation of firm innovativeness and moderation of environment turbulence on entrepreneurial orientation and firm performance

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-26
Author(s):  
Khawar Naheed ◽  
◽  
Muhammad Aamir ◽  
Naveed Ahmad ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Environmental Turbulence ◽  
Firm Innovativeness ◽  
Market Turbulence ◽  
Value Of Firm ◽  
Moderating Role

The objectives of this study are to examine; the direct effect of entrepreneurial orientation, firm innovativeness on firm performance; the indirect effect of firm innovativeness between entrepreneurial orientation and firm performance; and the moderating role of market turbulence between firm innovativeness and firm performance. Using a quantitative approach, this study has collected data through a survey questionnaire from a sample of 300 Pakistani IT-based SMEs operating in South Punjab, Pakistan. The data was analyzed in SPSS and PLS-SEM software. The results revealed a significant direct positive impact of entrepreneurial orientation and firm innovativeness on business performance. The result also confirmed the partial mediation of firm innovativeness between entrepreneurial orientation and business performance. The moderating role of environmental turbulence indicated that SMEs owners’ market and technological environment decrease the firm performance. Overall, these findings highlighted the importance of entrepreneurial orientation, firm innovativeness, market turbulence and technological competition jointly influence the direction and strength of the SMEs performance. This study enhanced firm performance and innovation-based research by identifying the configurationally market conditions that augment or limit the value of firm innovativeness. Besides, the study has highlighted the role of environmental turbulence on firm performance as the studies on this issue is scarce.

Self-sacrificial leadership and employees' unethical pro-organizational behavior: Roles of identification with leaders and collectivism

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianchun Yang ◽  
Lu Lu ◽  
Nan Yao ◽  
Chaochao Liang
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Employee Behavior ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Practical Implications

Employee behavior that is unethical but that may potentially benefit the organization is termed unethical pro-organizational behavior. Based on social identity theory, we examined the influence of a self-sacrificial leadership style on employees' unethical pro-organizational behavior, as well as the mediating effect of identification with leader and the moderating role of collectivism. Participants were 336 Chinese employees in different industries including telecommunications, manufacturing, and catering. Results show that self-sacrificial leadership was positively related to the employees' unethical proorganizational behavior, and the positive influence was mediated by identification with leader. Additionally, collectivism moderated the relationship between self-sacrificial leadership and the employees' unethical pro-organizational behavior, such that the positive relationship between self-sacrificial leadership and unethical proorganizational behavior was stronger when collectivism was higher. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

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