scholarly journals The role of innovative ideas in business sustainability: Evidence from textile industry

2022 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 285-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sasiwimon Wongwilai ◽  
Pongtep Phudetch ◽  
Pitiphoj Saelek ◽  
Aekachai Khuptawatin ◽  
Kitichai Wongcharoensin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Textile Industry ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Business Sustainability ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Innovative Process ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect

The objective of the current study was to examine the role of innovative ideas in business sustainability. The mediating role of innovative process, innovative production and innovative supply chain was also examined. Therefore, the relationship between innovative ideas, innovative process, innovative production, innovative supply chain and business sustainability was examined. Data was collected from the employees of textile companies. As the Indonesian textile companies were under investigation in the current study. Data was collected from Indonesian textile company employees. 300 questionnaires were sent to the textile companies with the help of email. Hence, email surveys were preferred with the help of questionnaires. Results of the study highlights that the innovative ideas had a major role in business sustainability. Introduction of new ideas inside the boundaries of the organization expedites the business sustainability. Additionally, innovative ideas have a positive effect on innovative production and innovative supply chains. Moreover, innovative production and innovative supply chain have a positive effect on business sustainability. Therefore, innovative ideas increase the innovative production and supply chain which further shows a positive effect on business sustainability.

How does renqing influence purchase intentions in the Chinese business-to-business context?

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xun Zhang ◽  
Biao Xu ◽  
Jun Wu
Keyword(s):  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Purchase Intentions ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Chinese Business ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Business To Business ◽  
Positive Effect

Purpose This study aims to examine the relationship between renqing and purchase intentions and the mechanism of its impact in the Chinese business-to-business (B2B) context. Design/methodology/approach Renqing in China has played an important role in business relationships and has been receiving increased attention in both practice and theory. However, little is known about whether it can influence purchase intentions in a rational B2B condition. This research aims to examine the relationship between renqing and purchase intentions and the mechanism of its impact in the Chinese B2B context. Based on a survey of 1,010 industry buyers from 468 Chinese downstream buyer companies, the empirical findings indicate a positive relationship between renqing and purchase intentions and the mediating role of long-term orientation (LTO) for increasing purchase intentions. In addition, this study also finds that product involvement (PI) has a negative moderating effect on the relationship between renqing and purchase intentions, which means that renqing has a big positive effect on purchase intentions in low PI conditions. The results highlight several implications for B2B companies that sell products to Chinese enterprises. Findings The empirical findings indicate a positive relationship between renqing and purchase intentions and the mediating role of LTO for increasing purchase intentions. In addition, this study also finds that PI has a negative moderating effect on the relationship between renqing and purchase intentions, which means that renqing has a big positive effect on purchase intentions in low PI conditions. Originality/value First of all, by answering the research question, this study shows that renqing has a positive effect on purchase intentions in Chinese B2B context. Second, this study elucidates the influence mechanism of renqing on purchase intention and identifies the mediating effect of LTO and the moderating effect of PI.

scholarly journals The Relationship among Emotional Leadership, Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment: Taking China’s Hotel Industry as an Example

2020 ◽  
Vol 218 ◽  
pp. 04014
Author(s):  
Yixing Jin ◽  
Peiying Wu ◽  
Cheng Lin ◽  
Yingda Wang
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Hotel Industry ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Emotional Leadership ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect

This study investigated the impact of emotional leadership of leaders on organizational commitment of hotel employees, as well as the mediating role of job satisfaction. The results indicate that: (1) Emotional leadership and job satisfaction have positive effects on organizational commitment. (2) Emotional leadership has a positive effect on job satisfaction. (3) Job satisfaction plays a mediating role between emotional leadership and organizational commitment.

Private Tutoring and Academic Achievement: Self-Study as a Mediator

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 823-830 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eun Hee Seo
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Private Tutoring ◽  
Study Time ◽  
School Students ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Self Study ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect

I examined the relationships among private tutoring in mathematics, self-study, and academic achievement, in particular, the potential mediating role of self-study in the relationship between private tutoring and academic achievement. The responses of 3,689 Korean middle school students were analyzed. Results showed that private tutoring time positively predicted self-study time and academic achievement. Number of hours of self-study also predicted academic achievement and mediated the relationship between private tutoring and academic achievement. These findings showed that private tutoring increased the time students spent on self-study rather than replacing it. In addition, the positive effect of private tutoring on academic achievement was mediated by increased self-study time. Practical and theoretical implications are discussed.

Leader positive humor and employee creativity: The mediating role of work engagement

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (7) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Guodong Yang
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Employee Creativity ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect

Leader humor plays an important role in organizations because it affects employees' attitude and behavior. The positive effect of humor in organizations has been widely touted; however, research on the effect of leader humor on employee creativity is still rare. This study addressed how leader positive humor affects employee creativity and whether work engagement mediates this relationship. Data were collected from 233 supervisor–subordinate dyads in 23 Chinese hightech companies. Results of structural equation modeling indicate that leader positive humor was positively related to work engagement, and that work engagement was positively related to employee creativity. Additionally, work engagement mediated the relationship between leader positive humor and employee creativity. Thus, organizations should encourage managers to use positive humor to enhance employees' engagement at work, which will, in turn, lead to creative outcomes. This research extends understanding of the leader positive humor–employee creativity relationship.

How does coopetition affect radical innovation? The roles of internal knowledge structure and external knowledge integration

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Huanhuan Chen ◽  
Yanhong Yao ◽  
Ao Zan ◽  
Elias G. Carayannis
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Integration ◽  
Knowledge Structure ◽  
Radical Innovation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
External Knowledge ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Architectural Knowledge ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect

Purpose Building on the resource- and knowledge-based views, this paper aims to explore how coopetition affects radical innovation and the roles of knowledge structure and external knowledge integration in the relationship between coopetition and radical innovation. Design/methodology/approach This study proposes a research model to examine the mediating role of external knowledge integration on the coopetition-radical innovation link, where the mediation is moderated by the firm’s knowledge structure (including component knowledge and architectural knowledge). The authors use regression and bootstrapping to test the proposed model with survey data from 241 Chinese technology firms. Findings This study finds that coopetition positively affects radical innovation and the effect is fully mediated by external knowledge integration. Additionally, component knowledge negatively moderates the coopetition-external knowledge integration link and architectural knowledge positively moderates this relationship. Further, the mediating effect of external knowledge integration is also moderated by component knowledge and architectural knowledge. Practical implications Firms should engage in coopetition to promote radical innovation. Further, it is necessary for firms to appropriately manage coopetition according to their internal knowledge structure. Originality/value This study explains why scholars have different ideas about the relationship between coopetition and radical innovation by exploring the mediating role of external knowledge integration and the moderating effect of knowledge structure. Firms possess increased possibilities for knowledge leakage and partner opportunism with high levels of component knowledge, which will reduce the positive effect coopetition on external knowledge integration; thus, they are less likely to realize radical innovation. Instead, firms possess increased opportunities for resource sharing with high levels of architectural knowledge, thus improving the positive effect coopetition on external knowledge integration and they are more likely to achieve radical innovation.

The Role of Relational Mediators in the CRM-Performance Link

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 21-35
Author(s):  
Chandrasekaran Padmavathy
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Integrated Model ◽  
Customer Relationships ◽  
Relationship Development ◽  
Relationship Maintenance ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Bank Managers ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect

CRM literature has considered the role of relationship quality (satisfaction, trust and commitment), but its respective effects on relationship maintenance (retention) and relationship development (cross-buying) are unnoticed. This research proposes an integrated model of CRM and investigates its impact on relationship quality, relationship maintenance, and relationship development. Specifically, it examines the effect of CRM on satisfaction, trust, retention and cross-buying. The results indicate significant and positive effect of CRM on satisfaction; satisfaction has a positive effect on trust, retention and cross-buying, and trust positively influences retention. Satisfaction plays a mediating role in the relationship between CRM and its outcomes. The results imply bank managers to focus on satisfying customers primarily to maintain and develop customer relationships.

scholarly journals Examining the Role of Top Management in Corporate Sustainability: Does Supply Chain Position Matter?

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (18) ◽  
pp. 7518 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhasmina Tacheva ◽  
Natalie Simpson ◽  
Anton Ivanov
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Corporate Sustainability ◽  
Top Management ◽  
Sustainability Research ◽  
Business To Consumer ◽  
Sustainability Initiatives ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Business To Business ◽  
Positive Effect

A burgeoning stream of sustainability research explores the role of companies’ top management team (TMT) characteristics in corporate sustainability efforts, while another stream investigates the effect of a company’s supply chain position on its likelihood of engaging in sustainability. This study shows the importance of integrating the two research streams by demonstrating that supply chain position moderates the relationship between TMT characteristics and sustainability and thus establishes boundary conditions for this relationship. By matching 758 corporate sustainability initiatives with control observations, our results show that the size of the top executive team and the average age of its members, two well-known predictors of corporate sustainability, are distinctly moderated by supply chain position. While business-to-business (B2B) companies are less likely to report a sustainability initiative compared to business-to-consumer (B2C) organizations, we found that B2B TMT size has a greater positive effect on sustainability initiative likelihood than B2C TMT size. Conversely, average B2C TMT age has greater predictive power in explaining sustainability initiative likelihood than average B2B TMT age. The implications of these findings in advancing corporate sustainability and organizational change are discussed.

The Role of Relational Mediators in the CRM-Performance Link

2014 ◽  
pp. 932-947
Author(s):  
Chandrasekaran Padmavathy
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Integrated Model ◽  
Customer Relationships ◽  
Relationship Development ◽  
Relationship Maintenance ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Bank Managers ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect

CRM literature has considered the role of relationship quality (satisfaction, trust and commitment), but its respective effects on relationship maintenance (retention) and relationship development (cross-buying) are unnoticed. This research proposes an integrated model of CRM and investigates its impact on relationship quality, relationship maintenance, and relationship development. Specifically, it examines the effect of CRM on satisfaction, trust, retention and cross-buying. The results indicate significant and positive effect of CRM on satisfaction; satisfaction has a positive effect on trust, retention and cross-buying, and trust positively influences retention. Satisfaction plays a mediating role in the relationship between CRM and its outcomes. The results imply bank managers to focus on satisfying customers primarily to maintain and develop customer relationships.

scholarly journals A Multilevel Research on the Factors Influencing Employee Loyalty Under the New Employer Economics

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Xin Zhong ◽  
You Xin Zhang ◽  
Sheng Li ◽  
Yue Liu
Keyword(s):  
Management Practices ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Basic Psychological Needs ◽  
Employee Loyalty ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Human Resource Management Practices ◽  
Employer Brand ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect

Existing research shows that scholars try to achieve the goal of employee loyalty through human resource management practices at the organization level. However, the new employer economics proposes a tendency from “employer-centered” to “employee-centered”. Through a multi-level research method, this paper used 40 teams and found that employer brands had a significantly positive effect on employee loyalty. Basic psychological needs played a mediating role between employer brand and employee loyalty, but the team identification didn’t mediate the relationship between employer brand and employee loyalty. At last, the moderating role of servant leadership between employer brand and employee loyalty was not proved.

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