Purpose: To identify the business values underlying the strategic decisions of indigenous black South African (IBSA) family businesses and to explore a possible relationship between these values and business outcomes. Design/methodology/approach: The study adopted a qualitative methodological...

Purpose: The dissatisfaction with executive remuneration worldwide has increased because it is generally believed to have been instrumental to the 2008 Global Economic crisis. Central to this is the apparent unsatisfactory relationship between business performance and chief executive officer...

Purpose: This study examines the influence of line manager communication (LMC) on affective organisational commitment through the mediating mechanisms of employee trust and job satisfaction. The study further investigates the moderation effect of line manager communication and employee trust to...

Purpose: This study's aim was to gain insight into the transformative skills of business leaders in the South African manufacturing sector to drive their business' digital transformation process. Technology recources lead digital transformation requires skills not understood by leadership. Cloud...

Purpose: This study seeks to model the nexus between environmental dynamism, environmental hostility, five sub-dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) (innovativeness, pro-activeness, risk-taking, competitive aggressiveness and autonomy) and employment growth. Design/methodology/approach:...

Purpose: Deconcentrating the audit market was one of the stated objectives of the proposed mandatory audit firm rotation (MAFR) ruling in South Africa. With MAFR being a contentious topic, this study aimed to explore the possible effect of MAFR on audit market concentration in South Africa in...