Purpose: Even though nowadays more women occupy leadership roles, they still are a minority. Because aspiration is a precursor of advancement, examining conditions fostering female leadership aspiration is important, particularly in the context of Saudi Arabia where moral relativism play a...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to empirically test the association between total quality management (TQM) and small and medium enterprises’ (SMEs) performance. In particular, it examines whether organizational culture (OC) has a mediating effect on the TQM–SME performance...

Purpose: This study aims to examine the joint effect of entrepreneurial orientation (EO), market orientation (MO), total quality management (TQM) and organisational performance in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s (KSA's) small and medium enterprise (SME) sector. Design/methodology/approach: This...

Purpose: Although literature indicated that business social responsibility (BSR) is now a common practice and accepted norm among business enterprises globally, the concept is not well understood and its influence on business performance is contradictory. Therefore, based on the stakeholder...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to understand emerging future orientations, women’s effective leadership and further examine its impact on government support in the context of higher education institutions. Design/methodology/approach: A cross-sectional survey with 500 full-time women...

Purpose: This study aims to validate the motivating language scale developed by Mayfield et al. (1995) in the context of the hotel industries of Bangladesh and Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach: For Study 1, data were collected from employees (lower and mid-level) of three to five-star...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to test the linkage between innovation strategies (process innovation and service innovation) and organizational performance in the context of Malaysia hotel industry. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 475 sets of questionnaires administrated...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the strategic fit of competitive strategies, market orientation types and innovation strategies. Design/methodology/approach The paper is prepared by reviewing the relevant literatures on competitive strategies, market orientation types and...