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View article: When Performance Appraisals Fail: Emotion Regulation and the Direction of Organizational Routines
When Performance Appraisals Fail: Emotion Regulation and the Direction of Organizational Routines Open
Despite their ubiquity, there is much uncertainty as to whether performance appraisals work, and considerable evidence as to their shortfalls. Drawing on the sociological literature on routine dynamics, we examine the embeddedness of the p…
View article: Effects of thermal modification on the flexure properties, fracture energy, and hardness of western hemlock
Effects of thermal modification on the flexure properties, fracture energy, and hardness of western hemlock Open
This study investigates the effect of thermal modification on the flexural properties, transverse fracture energy, and hardness of western hemlock. Flexure tests on specimens featuring longitudinal and transverse grains showed that thermal…
View article: The impact of ownership on global strategy: Owner diversity and non‐financial objectives
The impact of ownership on global strategy: Owner diversity and non‐financial objectives Open
Research Summary In this special issue introduction, we analyze how a firm's international ownership affects its global strategy. We reinterpret the literature by grouping dominant owners into four categories: (1) individuals (entrepreneur…
View article: The remaking of local government in the Eastern Cape: economic, demographic and political challenges
The remaking of local government in the Eastern Cape: economic, demographic and political challenges Open
This paper focuses on the problems and prospects of urban local government in the Eastern Cape region of South Africa. It commences with an overview of the institutional framework of local government in South Africa. Secondly, it assesses …
View article: Common Institutional Ownership and Corporate Carbon Emissions
Common Institutional Ownership and Corporate Carbon Emissions Open
There has been a growing interest in comparative work exploring when and why firms embark on green paths. It has been concluded that in national contexts where inter‐firm ties are stronger, progress has been stronger. In turn, this raises …
View article: Digital transformation in public-private collaborations: The success of humanitarian supply chain operations
Digital transformation in public-private collaborations: The success of humanitarian supply chain operations Open
Recent years have seen the extensive use of big data analytics, related technological infrastructure, and machine learning applications for digital transformation. The resource dependency related to data-driven applications elicits public-…
View article: Technology rhetoric and institutional ownership
Technology rhetoric and institutional ownership Open
This article compares actual R&D spend with the managerial rhetoric around technology and innovation contained within corporate disclosures of US-listed firms. We find that, whilst actual R&D spend and patents do not entice institutional i…
View article: The Formal and Informal Regulation of Labor in AI: The Experience of Eastern and Southern Africa
The Formal and Informal Regulation of Labor in AI: The Experience of Eastern and Southern Africa Open
The spread of AI technologies has had far reaching consequences for work and employment regulation around the world. This conceptual paper explores the case of AI and formal and informal regulation in southern and east Africa, according pa…
View article: The public as a definitive stakeholder of corporate environmental sustainability practices: A cross-national institutional approach
The public as a definitive stakeholder of corporate environmental sustainability practices: A cross-national institutional approach Open
An emerging body of literature connects the well-known Varieties of Capitalism framework (and its variants) with the propensity of nations to move away from hydrocarbons. Our study extends this work by exploring how macro-level institution…
View article: Articulating scholarship in human resource management: Guidance for researchers
Articulating scholarship in human resource management: Guidance for researchers Open
HRMJ is a business and management journal: we seek to publish excellent work that deals not simply with people and organisations, but with the management of people and the issues and tensions around the latter. As such, the journal is broa…
View article: Building higher value-added firm practices in challenging contexts: Formal networks and talent management in Turkey
Building higher value-added firm practices in challenging contexts: Formal networks and talent management in Turkey Open
Where do high-impact human resources management practices thrive, and how do they make a difference in environments with limited institutional support? This study delves into the realm of talent management (TM) in Turkey, where institution…
View article: Achieving sustainable development goals through common-good HRM: Context, approach and practice
Achieving sustainable development goals through common-good HRM: Context, approach and practice Open
This introduction to the special issue Achieving Sustainable Development Goals through Common-Good HRM: Context, approach and practice draws the links between the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the concept of Common-G…
View article: Managing upward and downward through informal networks in Jordan: The contested terrain of performance management
Managing upward and downward through informal networks in Jordan: The contested terrain of performance management Open
This study explores how local managers, in practicing Human Resource management (HRM), may pursue their own interests that are out of line with the agendas of headquarters in multinational companies (MNCs). It is widely acknowledged that i…
View article: Generative Artificial Intelligence in Business: Towards a Strategic Human Resource Management Framework
Generative Artificial Intelligence in Business: Towards a Strategic Human Resource Management Framework Open
As businesses and society navigate the potentials of generative artificial intelligence (GAI), the integration of these technologies introduces unique challenges and opportunities for human resources, requiring a re‐evaluation of human res…
View article: The adverse consequences of quantitative easing (QE): international capital flows and corporate debt growth in China
The adverse consequences of quantitative easing (QE): international capital flows and corporate debt growth in China Open
The economic institutionalist literature often suggests that sub-optimal institutional arrangements impart unique distortions in China, and excessive corporate debt is a symptom of this condition. However, lax monetary policies after the g…
View article: Disaggregating the liberal market economies: Institutions and HRM
Disaggregating the liberal market economies: Institutions and HRM Open
It has been argued that the different ways human resource management is conducted in different countries can be at least partly explained by theories of comparative capitalisms. Earlier work has highlighted much diversity between coordinat…