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Website design quality and usage behavior : unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (2014)
Journal Article
Al-Qeisi, K., Dennis, C., Alamanos, E., & Jayawardhena, C. (2014). Website design quality and usage behavior : unified theory of acceptance and use of technology. Journal of business research, 67(11), 2282-2290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2014.06.016

A well designed website brings numerous benefits to firms. Some of these benefits are well established. But what elements of the website design quality really matter and how do these elements in turn influence website usage behavior? Building upon th... Read More about Website design quality and usage behavior : unified theory of acceptance and use of technology.

Gaining access to agency and structure in industrial marketing theory: A critical pluralist approach (2014)
Journal Article
Nicholson, J. D., Brennan, R., & Midgley, G. (2014). Gaining access to agency and structure in industrial marketing theory: A critical pluralist approach. Marketing Theory, 14(4), 395-416. https://doi.org/10.1177/1470593114538994

This article is concerned with gaining greater insight into the interplay between agency and structure in industrial marketing (IM) scholarship. The article’s intent is to embed Midgley’s notion of critical pluralism within this endeavour. The articl... Read More about Gaining access to agency and structure in industrial marketing theory: A critical pluralist approach.

Intention to use mobile customer relationship management systems (2014)
Journal Article
Karjaluoto, H., Töllinen, A., Pirttiniemi, J., & Jayawardhena, C. (2014). Intention to use mobile customer relationship management systems. Industrial management + data systems, 114(6), 966-978. https://doi.org/10.1108/IMDS-11-2013-0480

© Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to investigate the behavioral intentions of business-to-business (B2B) sales managers to use mobile customer relationship management (CRM) systems in the course of their day-t... Read More about Intention to use mobile customer relationship management systems.

Adaptação transcultural do Teste de Conhecimento Emocional: avaliação neuropsicolόgica das emoções (2014)
Journal Article
Andrade, N. C., Abreu, N., Menezes, I., Mello, C. B. D., Duran, V. R., & Moreira, N. D. A. (2014). Adaptação transcultural do Teste de Conhecimento Emocional: avaliação neuropsicolόgica das emoções. Psico-USF, 19(2), 297--306. https://doi.org/10.1590/1413-82712014019002001

Emotions play a central role in children's relationships. Deficits in emotional understanding have been associated with several neuropsychiatric disorders. In Brazil, however, few psychological instruments are available to assess young children's emo... Read More about Adaptação transcultural do Teste de Conhecimento Emocional: avaliação neuropsicolόgica das emoções.

Talk up or criticize? Customer responses to WOM about competitors during social interactions (2014)
Journal Article
Ranaweera, C., & Jayawardhena, C. (2014). Talk up or criticize? Customer responses to WOM about competitors during social interactions. Journal of business research, 67(12), 2645-2656. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2014.04.002

Popular metrics such as the Net Promoter Score (NPS) highlights many benefits of word of mouth (WOM) to firms. Is WOM all it is claimed to be? Building on social identity theory, this research develops a conceptual model of WOM exchange in social set... Read More about Talk up or criticize? Customer responses to WOM about competitors during social interactions.

Survival through networks: the 'grip' of the administrative links in the Russian post-Soviet context (2014)
Journal Article
Afanassieva, M. (2015). Survival through networks: the 'grip' of the administrative links in the Russian post-Soviet context. Public management review, 17(9), 1261-1281. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2014.906964

© 2014 Taylor & Francis. Based on an analysis of the post-Soviet transformation experience of four defence sector organizations in a Russian region where the defence sector occupies a substantial part of the local economy, this article develops a t... Read More about Survival through networks: the 'grip' of the administrative links in the Russian post-Soviet context.

Is the speed of post-acquisition integration manageable? Case study: post-acquisition integration of HSBC with the Mercantile Bank, 1959–84 (2014)
Journal Article
Lu, Q. (2014). Is the speed of post-acquisition integration manageable? Case study: post-acquisition integration of HSBC with the Mercantile Bank, 1959–84. Business history, 56(8), 1262-1280. https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2013.876533

This study aims to fill in the gaps in existing business history research regarding post-acquisition integration by adopting a case study of the post-acquisition integration process between HSBC and Mercantile Bank (MB) 1959–84. It explores the impac... Read More about Is the speed of post-acquisition integration manageable? Case study: post-acquisition integration of HSBC with the Mercantile Bank, 1959–84.

Amorphous Family Nexus: An Analytical Tool in Considering Community/m-MGO Haritika's Ties in Bundelkhand, Central India (2014)
Journal Article
Saxena, G., & Singh, A. M. (2014). Amorphous Family Nexus: An Analytical Tool in Considering Community/m-MGO Haritika's Ties in Bundelkhand, Central India. Environment & planning. A, 46(10), 2419-2434. https://doi.org/10.1068/a130348p

In this paper we apply the notion of the amorphous family nexus (AFN) to examine the underinvestigated implications of family-like ties existing between minor NGOs (m-NGOs) and communities in sustaining the momentum of developmental activities despit... Read More about Amorphous Family Nexus: An Analytical Tool in Considering Community/m-MGO Haritika's Ties in Bundelkhand, Central India.

Psychometric analysis of the scale for the predisposition to the occurrence of adverse events in nursing care provided in ICUs (2013)
Journal Article
Lobão, W., & Menezes, I. (2013). Psychometric analysis of the scale for the predisposition to the occurrence of adverse events in nursing care provided in ICUs. Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 21(1), 396-403. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692013000100015

OBJECTIVE: to present the result of the validity and reliability studies concerning the Scale for the Predisposition to the Occurrence of Adverse Events (EPEA). METHOD: construct validity was based on Principal Components Analysis. RESULTS: relia... Read More about Psychometric analysis of the scale for the predisposition to the occurrence of adverse events in nursing care provided in ICUs.

Validação do teste Need For Cognition: um estudo em contabilidade comportamental (2013)
Journal Article
Filho, R. N. L., Bruni, A. L., & Menezes, I. G. (2013). Validação do teste Need For Cognition: um estudo em contabilidade comportamental. Psicologia: Ciência e Profissão, 33(1), 112--131. https://doi.org/10.1590/s1414-98932013000100010

This study aimed to validate the Need for Cognition scale (NFC) in behavioral accounting. In addition, we sought to measure the possible correlations between the level of need for cognition and the existence of cognitive biases in decisions in accoun... Read More about Validação do teste Need For Cognition: um estudo em contabilidade comportamental.

Gestão de estoque organizacional: relato de experiência (2013)
Journal Article
Miriam Barbosa Guimarães, Z., Ribeiro Santos Rodrigues, G., Barros Freitas, N., & Gomes Menezes, I. (2013). Gestão de estoque organizacional: relato de experiência. Revista Baiana de Enfermagem‏, 27(2), 193-199. https://doi.org/10.18471/rbe.v27i2.6931

A gestão de estoque é parte fundamental de qualquer organização que produza itens ou serviços de valor econômico. O objetivo do estudo é descrever a experiência de enfermeiras no gerenciamento de materiais em um serviço ambulatorial de um hospital un... Read More about Gestão de estoque organizacional: relato de experiência.

Indicadores como instrumento de qualidade para a prática da enfermagem: relato de experiência (2013)
Journal Article
Guimarães, Z. B., Santos Rodrigues, G. R., & Menezes, I. G. (2013). Indicadores como instrumento de qualidade para a prática da enfermagem: relato de experiência. Revista Baiana de Enfermagem‏, 27(1), 93-97. https://doi.org/10.18471/rbe.v27i1.6915

Indicadores são variáveis desenvolvidas devido à necessidade de tratar a informação, na forma original, tornando-a quantificável. O objetivo deste estudo é descrever a experiência sobre a utilização de indicadores como ferramenta da produtividade do... Read More about Indicadores como instrumento de qualidade para a prática da enfermagem: relato de experiência.

Balancing individual and organizational goals in global talent management: A mutual-benefits perspective (2013)
Journal Article
Farndale, E., Pai, A., Sparrow, P., & Scullion, H. (2014). Balancing individual and organizational goals in global talent management: A mutual-benefits perspective. Journal of world business : JWB, 49(2), 204-214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2013.11.004

Drawing from the talent management and global mobility literatures, there is simultaneous pressure to address both organizational goals to place talent internationally, and individual goals of self-initiated expatriation. This raises important questi... Read More about Balancing individual and organizational goals in global talent management: A mutual-benefits perspective.

Evaluating the business impact of social science (2013)
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Orr, K., Sturgeon-Adams, L., Terry, M., Smith, R., Bettany, S., & Johnson, S. (2013). Evaluating the business impact of social science

The University of Hull is pleased to submit this proposal to the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to undertake a study of the impact on business of social science. The research will be undertaken by a team from the University’s Business Sc... Read More about Evaluating the business impact of social science.

Deconstructing subtle racist imagery in television ads (2013)
Journal Article
Shabbir, H. A., Hyman, M. R., Reast, J., & Palihawadana, D. (2014). Deconstructing subtle racist imagery in television ads. Journal of Business Ethics, 123(3), 421-436. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-013-1798-8

Although ads with subtle racist imagery can reinforce negative stereotypes, advertisers can eliminate this problem. After a brief overview of predominantly U.S.-based research on the racial mix of models/actors in ads, a theoretical framework for unm... Read More about Deconstructing subtle racist imagery in television ads.

CSR, co-optation and resistance: the emergence of new agnostic relations between business and civil society (2013)
Journal Article
Burchell, J., & Cook, J. (2013). CSR, co-optation and resistance: the emergence of new agnostic relations between business and civil society. Journal of Business Ethics, 115(4), 741-754. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-013-1830-z

This article examines the theoretical implications of the changing relationships between NGOs and businesses that have emerged as a response to the evolving agenda around CSR and sustainable development. In particular, it focuses upon examining wheth... Read More about CSR, co-optation and resistance: the emergence of new agnostic relations between business and civil society.

Drivers of in-group and out-of-group electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM) (2013)
Journal Article
Abrantes, J. L., Seabra, C., Lages, C. R., & Jayawardhena, C. (2013). Drivers of in-group and out-of-group electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM). European Journal of Marketing, 47(7), 1067-1088. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090561311324219

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to address a recent call for additional research on electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM). In response to this call, this study draws on the social network paradigm and the uses and gratification theory (UGT) to propos... Read More about Drivers of in-group and out-of-group electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM).

East meets West : toward a theoretical model linking guanxi and relationship marketing (2013)
Journal Article
Shaalan, A., Reast, J., Johnson, D., & Tourky, M. E. (2013). East meets West : toward a theoretical model linking guanxi and relationship marketing. Journal of business research, 66(12), 2515-2521. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2013.05.043

This conceptual study critically examines the separate concepts of guanxi and relationship marketing, explores the differences between the two approaches, and proposes innovative linkages between them. Chinese guanxi develops relationships at the int... Read More about East meets West : toward a theoretical model linking guanxi and relationship marketing.

Working within hyphen-spaces in ethnographic research : implications for research identities and practice (2013)
Journal Article
Karunanayake, G., & Cunliffe, A. (2013). Working within hyphen-spaces in ethnographic research : implications for research identities and practice. Organizational Research Methods, 16(3), 364-392. https://doi.org/10.1177/1094428113489353

Ethnographers often find themselves wrestling with choices about their relationship with respondents: choices experienced by researchers engaged in many other methodologies. This article examines the agentic and political nature of those relationship... Read More about Working within hyphen-spaces in ethnographic research : implications for research identities and practice.