Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to present practical methodological insights into doing research with the owner-managers of small and medium enterprises. Design/methodology/approach – Practical methodological lessons are reported from a project involving interviews with owner-managers...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe the application of the diary-interview method in the context of research on technological learning in the New Zealand dairy industry. Design/methodology/approach – The diary-interview method was used to collect data from 8 farmers operating...

This study examines the direct impact of three dimensions of the institutional environment on managerial attitudes toward the natural environment and the direct influence of the latter on the environmental sustainability orientation (ESO) of small firms. We contend that when the institutional...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the applicability of job embeddedness (JE) theory to employees in manufacturing SMEs in Central Java, Indonesia, and to qualitatively assess the transferability of the JE framework and its measure to these distinctive contexts....

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationships between task-based and interactional informal learning practices in small professional services firms and the moderating role of proactivity in the relationship. Design/methodology/approach: Job demand-resources theory was used...