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Employee Participation in Change Programs (2018)
Book Chapter
Clarke, N., & Higgs, M. (2018). Employee Participation in Change Programs. In R. G. Hamlin, A. D. Ellinger, & J. Jones (Eds.), Evidence-Based Initiatives for Organizational Change and Development (179-199). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-6155-2.ch009

This chapter aims to assist those responsible for implementing change to think more about how employee participation or involvement is undertaken during the change process. The chapter starts by providing an overview of the theoretical explanations a... Read More about Employee Participation in Change Programs.

Desirable attributes in the ideal partner: can they vary according to gender and place of residence? (2018)
Journal Article
Pereira Gonçalves, M., Veloso Gouveia, V., Medeiros Cavalcanti, T., de Castro Bezerra, C., Diógenes de Medeiros, É., Farias de Oliveira, G., Menezes, I. G., Carlos Alchieri, J., Pereira da Silva, J., Coelho de Oliveira, L., Pontes de França-Freitas, M. L., Mendes Éleres de Figueiredo, R., Nunes Cavalcanti, T., & Silva dos Santos, W. (2018). Desirable attributes in the ideal partner: can they vary according to gender and place of residence?. Trends in psychology, 26(3), 1221-1234. https://doi.org/10.9788/TP2018.3-04Pt

Comprehending the choice of romantic partner is important in order to minimize possible problems stemming from confl ictive loving relationships. This study aimed to identify to what extent the preference for desirable attributes in an ideal partner... Read More about Desirable attributes in the ideal partner: can they vary according to gender and place of residence?.

ISO 9000, activity based costing and organizational performance (2018)
Journal Article
Vetchagool, W., Augustyn, M. M., & Tayles, M. (in press). ISO 9000, activity based costing and organizational performance. Total quality management & business excellence, 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1080/14783363.2018.1549938

This study investigates the potential complementarity between ISO 9000 and Activity Based Costing (ABC). This is undertaken by examining associations between the extent of ISO 9000 implementation and the extent of ABC use and by examining the impact... Read More about ISO 9000, activity based costing and organizational performance.

Classifying residents’ roles as online place-ambassadors (2018)
Journal Article
Uchinaka, S., Yoganathan, V., & Osburg, V.-S. (2019). Classifying residents’ roles as online place-ambassadors. Tourism Management, 71, 137-150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2018.10.008

Residents are pivotal in the competitiveness of tourism destinations. Yet, their role as place-brand ambassadors needs better understanding, particularly in relation to social media, which directly link visitors to residents through user-generated-co... Read More about Classifying residents’ roles as online place-ambassadors.

An evidence-based policy for improving choice in global health access through medical travel (2018)
Journal Article
Ruggeri, K., Ivanović, N., Razum, J., Kácha, O., Menezes, I. G., Zafari, Z., & Garcia-Garzon, E. (2018). An evidence-based policy for improving choice in global health access through medical travel. Health Policy, 122(12), 1372-1376. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2018.09.017

Global medical travel has had an increasing trend without a comprehensive, evidence-driven policy to ensure safe and effective practice. To identify key factors that influence medical travel, we conducted a series of studies culminating with a prefer... Read More about An evidence-based policy for improving choice in global health access through medical travel.

Effects of ethical certification and ethical eWoM on talent attraction (2018)
Journal Article
Osburg, V. S., Yoganathan, V., Bartikowski, B., Liu, H., & Strack, M. (in press). Effects of ethical certification and ethical eWoM on talent attraction. Journal of Business Ethics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-018-4018-8

Whilst previous studies indicate perceived company ethicality as a driver of job seekers’ job-pursuit intentions, it is poorly understood how and why ethical market signals actually affect their application decisions. Perceptions of company ethicalit... Read More about Effects of ethical certification and ethical eWoM on talent attraction.

Examining customers’ experience with the Nigerian Bank Verification Number (BVN) policy from the perspective of a dual-lens theory (2018)
Journal Article
Emeka Izogo, E., Jayawardhena, C., & Ogbonna Udu Kalu, A. (2018). Examining customers’ experience with the Nigerian Bank Verification Number (BVN) policy from the perspective of a dual-lens theory. International Journal of Emerging Markets, 13(4), 709-730. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJoEM-09-2016-0246

Purpose - Although customer experience has been widely researched, its effects on behaviour towards a government policy is still unclear. This paper draws on two theories with some similar and opposing perspectives to investigate the effect of three... Read More about Examining customers’ experience with the Nigerian Bank Verification Number (BVN) policy from the perspective of a dual-lens theory.

Development and validation of the Multidimensional Turnover Intentions Scale (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Menezes, I. G., Menezes, A. C., Ruggeri, K., Moraes, E. R., Lozado, J. A., Sandbrand, D., & Muszynski, P. Development and validation of the Multidimensional Turnover Intentions Scale

The purpose of this study is to make available to researchers and practitioners a new instrument to measure turnover intentions based on a compensatory Multidimensional Item Response Theory (MIRT) model. Since extrinsic and intrinsic aspects are meas... Read More about Development and validation of the Multidimensional Turnover Intentions Scale.

Sensory stimulation for sensible consumption: Multisensory marketing for e-tailing of ethical brands (2018)
Journal Article
Yoganathan, V., Osburg, V.-S., & Akhtar, P. (2019). Sensory stimulation for sensible consumption: Multisensory marketing for e-tailing of ethical brands. Journal of business research, 96, 386-396. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2018.06.005

© 2018 Elsevier Inc. Amidst strong competition and lack of resources and functional superiority, ethical brands may seek an experiential approach to marketing online. A between-subjects online experiment (N = 308) shows that ethically-congruent visua... Read More about Sensory stimulation for sensible consumption: Multisensory marketing for e-tailing of ethical brands.

The Negative Core Beliefs Inventory (NCBI): Development and Psychometric Properties (2018)
Journal Article
Osmo, F., Duran, V., Wenzel, A., De Oliveira, I., Nepomuceno, S., Madeira, M., & Menezes, I. (2018). The Negative Core Beliefs Inventory (NCBI): Development and Psychometric Properties. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 32(1), https://doi.org/10.1891/0889-8391.32.1.67

Although the core belief construct is central in A. T. Beck's cognitive theory, little empirical research has been conducted to date to establish its psychometric properties as well as the way it explains manifestations of psychopathology. The aims o... Read More about The Negative Core Beliefs Inventory (NCBI): Development and Psychometric Properties.

Shared leadership in commercial organizations: A systematic review of definitions, theoretical frameworks and organizational outcomes (2018)
Journal Article
Sweeney, A., Clarke, N., & Higgs, M. (2019). Shared leadership in commercial organizations: A systematic review of definitions, theoretical frameworks and organizational outcomes. International Journal of Management Reviews, 21(1), 115-136. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijmr.12181

The importance of context has been well established in studies of leadership (Bryman, A. and Stephens, M. (1996). The importance of context: qualitative research and the study of leadership. Leadership Quarterly, 7, pp. 353–371; Pettigrew, A. and Whi... Read More about Shared leadership in commercial organizations: A systematic review of definitions, theoretical frameworks and organizational outcomes.

Reimagining the scales, dimensions, and fields of socio-ecological sustainability (2018)
Journal Article
O'Reilly, L., Allen, S., & Reedy, P. (2018). Reimagining the scales, dimensions, and fields of socio-ecological sustainability. British Journal of Management, 29(2), 220-234. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12278

This paper critiques the two-dimensional (hierarchical–spatial) focus on scales evident in management and organizational studies, and the capitalist ecological modernization (CEM) paradigm that dominates current corporate and governmental approaches... Read More about Reimagining the scales, dimensions, and fields of socio-ecological sustainability.

Risks and drivers of hybrid car adoption: A cross-cultural segmentation analysis (2018)
Journal Article
McLeay, F., Yoganathan, V., Osburg, V.-S., & Pandit, A. (2018). Risks and drivers of hybrid car adoption: A cross-cultural segmentation analysis. Journal of cleaner production, 189, 519-528. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.04.031

Throughout the developed world, consumers are increasingly being encouraged to adopt cleaner, more eco-friendly behaviours. However, hybrid car adoption remains low, which impedes the move towards a lower carbon economy. In this paper, we examine the... Read More about Risks and drivers of hybrid car adoption: A cross-cultural segmentation analysis.

The role of negative and positive forms of power in supporting CSR alignment and commitment between large firms and SMEs (2018)
Journal Article
Harness, D., Ranaweera, C., Karjaluoto, H., & Jayawardhena, C. (2018). The role of negative and positive forms of power in supporting CSR alignment and commitment between large firms and SMEs. Industrial marketing management, 75, 17-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2018.03.006

Do large firms exert power to shape the CSR behavior of their SME partners?” We answer this question by proposing a model built on the stakeholder theory and the shareholder theory, and go on to explain how this impact influences the commitment of th... Read More about The role of negative and positive forms of power in supporting CSR alignment and commitment between large firms and SMEs.

Ageing and intergenerational care in rural China: a qualitative study of policy development (2018)
Journal Article
Liu, J., & Cook, J. (2020). Ageing and intergenerational care in rural China: a qualitative study of policy development. Contemporary Social Science, 15(3), 378-391. https://doi.org/10.1080/21582041.2018.1448943

The large-scale migration of younger workers from rural to urban China since the 1990s has separated many adult children from their ageing parents, thereby challenging traditional patterns of familial support in rural villages. Existing studies on ag... Read More about Ageing and intergenerational care in rural China: a qualitative study of policy development.

Selecting decision-relevant ethical product attributes for grocery shopping (2018)
Journal Article
Hasanzade, V., Osburg, V.-S., & Toporowski, W. (2018). Selecting decision-relevant ethical product attributes for grocery shopping. Management Decision, 56(3), 591-609. https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-12-2016-0946

© 2018, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: Despite the existence of various approaches for promoting ethical consumption, it remains a challenge to determine which ethical product features are actually decision relevant for consumers. Based on the... Read More about Selecting decision-relevant ethical product attributes for grocery shopping.

A review of service quality and service delivery: Towards a customer co-production and customer-integration approach (2018)
Journal Article
Alzaydi, Z. M., Al-Hajla, A., Nguyen, B., & Jayawardhena, C. (2018). A review of service quality and service delivery: Towards a customer co-production and customer-integration approach. Business process management journal, 24(1), 295-328. https://doi.org/10.1108/bpmj-09-2016-0185

© 2018, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide researchers with an overview of the service quality and delivery domain, focussing on the inclusion of customer co-production and customer integration. Specifically,... Read More about A review of service quality and service delivery: Towards a customer co-production and customer-integration approach.

Lost in delegation? (Dis)organizing for sustainability (2018)
Journal Article
Allen, S., Brigham, M., & Marshall, J. (2018). Lost in delegation? (Dis)organizing for sustainability. Scandinavian Journal of Management, 34(1), 29-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scaman.2017.11.002

Using actor-networks as our conceptual lens for appreciating complex sociomaterial interdependencies, we explore how a vision to “do things differently” for sustainability becomes enacted and significantly diluted at a major brownfield development pr... Read More about Lost in delegation? (Dis)organizing for sustainability.