The aim of this paper is to perform analysis of existing practice of Quality Management (QM) and Total Quality Management (TQM) principles in Croatian Language Service Provider (LSP) companies in order to analyse the gap and suggest recommendations. In this case study, twelve SME Croatian LSP...

Since the end of the Cold War, and especially since the 2000s, due to the increasing significance of regional powers in world politics, in order to understand global transformations, it has become crucial to examine how regional powers have been relating to their neighborhoods, complementing...

South America's security agenda demands the simultaneous management of domestic crises, interstate conflicts and transnational threats. Though located at different systemic levels (national, international, transnational), the three conflict clusters are often interrelated and tend to overlap in...

Context: This article aims to determine the entrepreneurial skills of Vocational Secondary School students after the implementation of a new curriculum that promotes entrepreneurship courses in Indonesia. The authors believe that after taking such courses, students will be able to generate...

This study examined the effect of demographic characteristics on graduates' perceptions of employability skills in Ghana. Three demographic characteristics-gender, educational level and sector of national service were used against nine employability skills. The explanatory sequential design from...

This study explores the relationship between chief executive officers (CEOs) and the board of directors in the context of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance. Based on a multi-theoretical approach, it examines whether dynamic CEO capabilities (DCCs) facilitate ESG performance...

This study aims to expand this research by analyzing the mediating role of green investment in the influence of political connections on carbon information disclosure. The novelty of this study is the mediation model, which refers to a combination of upper echelons theory and stakeholder theory....

This study analyzed the current practice of Malaysian agricultural companies in disclosing their biological assets by examining the effect of chief executive officer (CEO), chief financial officer (CFO), and board attributes on fair value agriculture disclosure (FVAD), consequently proposing a...

Public corporations often appoint external former founders to their boards in hope that they will encourage a (re‐)focus on creating future new business. Seeking to investigate this common practice, we integrate upper echelons theory with imprinting theory, arguing that founding a company...

Our study addresses whether a chief executive officer's (CEO) personality can mitigate financial constraints' negative effect on employee satisfaction. We draw on extant research that establishes this negative effect but add an upper echelon's perspective by examining the potential influence of...