scholarly journals Linking Cluster Characteristics and Organizational Capabilities for Sustainability—Framework Development and Application

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1068
Author(s):  
Maria Clara da Cunha Bezerra ◽  
Cláudia Fabiana Gohr ◽  
Sandra Naomi Morioka
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Corporate Sustainability ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Industrial Clusters ◽  
Organizational Capabilities ◽  
Research Propositions ◽  
Framework Development ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Sustainability Framework

Despite previous research in the literature indicating the relationship between corporate sustainability, organizational capabilities and industrial clusters, this interconnection has not yet been satisfactorily explored and requires further investigation. Therefore, this paper proposes a theoretical framework that relates five cluster characteristics (CC) in developing seven Organizational Capabilities for Sustainability (OCS), which are identified in the literature review. To refine the theoretical framework, seven companies were inserted in a Brazilian footwear cluster. Out of the 29 proposed relationships in the theoretical framework, 16 were evidenced and they generated our research propositions. This study primarily expands the literature by providing theoretical and empirical evidence for the role that clusters can have in enabling companies to develop OCS and in turn improve their corporate sustainability.

scholarly journals Like grandparents, like parents: Empirical evidence and psychoanalytic thinking on the transmission of parenting styles

2018 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pietro De Carli ◽  
Angela Tagini ◽  
Diego Sarracino ◽  
Alessandra Santona ◽  
Valentina Bonalda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Intergenerational Transmission ◽  
Parenting Styles ◽  
Parenting Behaviors ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Harsh Parenting ◽  
Childhood Experience ◽  
Psychoanalytic Perspective ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Intergenerational Transmission Of Parenting

The authors discuss the issue of intergenerational transmission of parenting from an empirical and psychoanalytic perspective. After presenting a framework to explain their conception of parenting, they describe intergenerational transmission of parenting as a key to interpreting and eventually changing parenting behaviors. Then they present (1) the empirical approach aimed at determining if there is actually a stability across generations that contributes to harsh parenting and eventually maltreatment and (2) the psyphoanalytic thinking that seeks to explain the continuity in terms of representations and clinical phenomena. The authors also discuss the relationship between the attachment and the caregiving systems and hypothesize a common base for the two systems in childhood experience. Finally, they propose the psychoanalytic perspective as a fruitful theoretical framework to integrate the evidence for the neurophysiological mediators and moderators of intergenerational transmission. Psychoanalytically informed research can provide clinically relevant insights and hypotheses to be tested.

scholarly journals Music Listening in Classical Concerts: Theory, Literature Review, and Research Program

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie Wald-Fuhrmann ◽  
Hauke Egermann ◽  
Anna Czepiel ◽  
Katherine O’Neill ◽  
Christian Weining ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Research Program ◽  
Aesthetic Experience ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Musical Experience ◽  
Specific Situation ◽  
Music Listening ◽  
Listening Experience

Performing and listening to music occurs in specific situations, requiring specific media. Empirical research on music listening and appreciation, however, tends to overlook the effects these situations and media may have on the listening experience. This article uses the sociological concept of the frame to develop a theory of an aesthetic experience with music as the result of encountering sound/music in the context of a specific situation. By presenting a transdisciplinary sub-field of empirical (concert) studies, we unfold this theory for one such frame: the classical concert. After sketching out the underlying theoretical framework, a selective literature review is conducted to look for evidence on the general plausibility of the single elements of this emerging theory and to identify desiderata. We refer to common criticisms of the standard classical concert, and how new concert formats try to overcome alleged shortcomings and detrimental effects. Finally, an empirical research program is proposed, in which frames and frame components are experimentally manipulated and compared to establish their respective affordances and effects on the musical experience. Such a research program will provide empirical evidence to tackle a question that is still open to debate, i.e., whether the diversified world of modern-day music listening formats also holds a place for the classical concert – and if so, for what kind of classical concert.

scholarly journals Work motivation as a determinant of organisational and professional commitment in temporary organisations: theoretical lenses and propositions

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ravikiran Dwivedula ◽  
Christophe Bredillet ◽  
Ralf Müller
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Work Motivation ◽  
Employee Commitment ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Professional Commitment ◽  
Organisational Commitment ◽  
Internal Motivation ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
And Task ◽  
External Motivation

The purpose of this paper is to present a theoretical framework to investigate the relationship between work motivation, organisational commitment and professional commitment in temporary organisations. Through a review of theory, we contend that work motivation has two major patterns — internal motivation (which includes intrinsic, need-based and self-deterministic theories), and external motivation (which includes cognitive or process-based theories of motivation) through which it has been investigated. We also hold the nature of employee commitment to be of three types — affective, continuance and normative. This commitment may be towards either the organisation or the profession. A literature review revealed that the characteristics of the temporary organisation — specifically tenure and task — regulate the relationship between work motivation, organisational commitment and professional commitment. Testable propositions are presented

scholarly journals The Linkage between Sustainability and Innovation Performance in IT Hardware Sector

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (16) ◽  
pp. 4275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesca Michelino ◽  
Antonello Cammarano ◽  
Andrea Celone ◽  
Mauro Caputo
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Sustainability ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Patent Data ◽  
Optimal Value ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Sustainability Framework ◽  
Innovation Processes ◽  
Hardware Industry

This work investigates the relationship between sustainability and innovation performance. Despite the relevance of the issue, few contributions deepen such a relationship after both a conceptual and a quantitative perspective. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to suggest a measure of sustainability for innovation processes and to define which innovation strategies can lead to more sustainable processes. The role of ambidexterity within the corporate sustainability framework is underlined: Ambidextrous organizations are able to improve the innovation performance and better use their resources, improving the sustainability of research and development (R&D) processes. By employing patent data and testing the framework on a sample of worldwide top R&D spending companies in the IT hardware industry, this work suggests which optimal value of ambidexterity will lead to more sustainable innovation. In addition, R&D processes with non-optimal levels of ambidexterity can be managed in a better way. Indeed, results show the usefulness of open innovation adoption to improve the performance of exploration processes. Moreover, R&D activities based on a preponderance of exploitation strategies are more sustainable if they fall into technological domains in which the focal company is highly specialized. The work also contributes to the conceptualization of sustainability and to definition of patent-based metrics related to sustainability.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Sustainability– Oriented Innovation Practices and Organizational Performance: Empirical Evidence from Slovenian Organizations

Organizacija ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matjaž Maletič ◽  
Damjan Maletič ◽  
Jens J. Dahlgaard ◽  
Su Mi Dahlgaard-Park ◽  
Boštjan Gomišček
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Corporate Sustainability ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Service Industries ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Sustainability Practices ◽  
Performance Results ◽  
Innovation Practices ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Background and Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to empirically analyse the effects of sustainability-oriented innovation practices on the overall organizational performance. Further, this paper also aims to advance understanding of the measurement of corporate sustainability practices with the focus on innovation dimensions. Design/Methodology/Approach - The study uses data obtained from a survey of 116 organizations encompassing both the manufacturing and service industries in Slovenia. Descriptive statistics were used in order to determine the level of sustainability-oriented innovation practices deployment. Exploratory factor analysis was applied to extract the underlying factors and to provide a basis for assessing their reliability and validity. In addition, regression analysis was used to quantify the effect of sustainability practices on the organizational performance. Results - Data analysis result showed that sustainability-oriented innovation practices are significantly associated with organizational performance. Therefore, empirical evidence from this research confirmed the premise that building innovation competencies and integrating innovation activities in organization’s processes lead to performance benefits. This contributes to the debate about the potential for organizations to be sustainable and competitive. Conclusion - The presented research on corporate sustainability provides important theoretical and practical insights on which the deployment of sustainability-oriented innovation practices are conducive to fostering a broader set of performance benefits. As such, managers should increase organizations’ capacity for innovation which can be beneficial in terms of performance implications and achieving sustainability goals

Duration Dependence in Migration Behaviour: Cumulative Inertia versus Stochastic Change

1995 ◽  
Vol 27 (12) ◽  
pp. 1961-1975 ◽  
Author(s):  
I R Gordon ◽  
I Molho
Keyword(s):  
Length Of Stay ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Duration Dependence ◽  
Cumulative Stress ◽  
Relative Value ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
General Household Survey

In this paper a new theoretical framework and supporting empirical evidence on the relationship between movement probabilities and length of stay are presented. Individuals' evaluations of the relative value of alternative locations are assumed to evolve stochastically, with a possible tendency either to cumulative inertia or to cumulative stress. In general this yields a nonmonotonic duration function, with probabilities of movement starting at zero, rising and then falling—a pattern consistent with either cumulative tendency, or neither. A version of the model fitted to data on household movement intentions, from the UK General Household Survey, confirms the hypothesised form of this function and indicates a dominance of cumulative stress over cumulative inertia.

The Research Model

2015 ◽  
pp. 140-159
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Organizational Capacity ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Mediation Effect ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Trust Theory ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this chapter is to draw upon the findings from previous literature review on e-business diffusion and collaboration, together with the theories of Trust and organizational capacities. The related theories are DOI theory and Trust theory, while trust, organizational capacity, collaboration, diffusion of e-business and business performance are regarded as the five ‘constructs' of the theoretical framework. The research theoretical framework consists of six hypotheses emerging from the interrelationships. Relationships between research question, research objectives and hypotheses are clearly established. The mediation effect of e-business diffusion between the relationship of collaboration and business performance also would be examined as the main research question.

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