Senior leadership has two primary levers to influence a direct report: incentives and communication. Financial incentives are credible and precisely specified but offer limited flexibility. In contrast, communication is flexible but lacks precision, and must be deemed credible to affect a direct...

Stakeholder metrics translate strategic objectives into actionable targets. We analyze this dual role of performance metrics: they communicate the target outcomes (i.e., which project outcomes are considered "successful"), and they incentivize the organizational impetus (i.e., stakeholder effort...

We compare how far companies based in Africa, India and the "global North" operating in Mauritius adopt high-trust flexible working practices and how these are linked to different clusters of wider labour management practice. Using comprehensive firmlevel data collected in late 2011, we find...

For more than ten years, a great deal has been written about the key role that human resources can play in acquiring a competitive advantage. HRM activities would become strategic if the organization's philosophy, policies, programs, practices, HRM processes and strategic needs were...

Every decision to pursue a strategic new product development (NPD) initiative has substantial implications for firm performance. However, at the time resource decisions are made, senior level decision makers often lack precise knowledge about the effectiveness of the firm's resources when...

The emergence of halal hotel businesses has attracted many scholars' and practitioners' attention. However, the halal hotel concept and the required human resources are still not very clear. This study aims to examine the internal and external aspects of halal hotel human resources in Indonesia...

In today's competitive environment and global world, where the boundaries have disappeared as a result of the continuous development in communication and technology, the attitudes and behaviours of the employees in their organisations are becoming more important in terms of employees'...

In this qualitative study, we provide insight to the influence of COVID-19 pandemic on the digital transformation process and strategic management in SMEs in the Czech Republic. Digital transformation is perceived as a driver of growth and competitiveness, defined by new technologies and...

Proponents of the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) emphasize that the BSC translates strategy into action, but that Strategy Maps are a crucial mean to sustainable change. This literature review investigates how Strategy Maps are linked to strategic and organizational change. We aim at a better...