Abstract In diesem Beitrag untersuchen wir Unterschiede zwischen der Arbeitszufriedenheit von Migrant/innen und Nicht-Migrant/innen. Diese werden theoretisch durch Unterschiede bei Arbeitsplatzmerkmalen und humankapitaltheoretische Ansätze abgeleitet und anhand von Daten des Sozio-oekonomischen...

Purpose – The aim of the paper is to generate a substantive grounded theory of organizational change and leadership, particularly focusing on the manifestation and management of resistance to change, or what has been more broadly conceptualized as organization inertia....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the perceptions of US MBA and specialist master's degree alumni to determine the influence that their degree program experiences had on subsequent perceptions of career success. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected from 318...

Purpose – This paper seeks to examine the relationship between board composition and firm performance using a board‐level aggregation variable. Design/methodology/approach – This study uses linear regression to analyze the relationship between board role typology and firm performance using...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to conceptualize the business model from a value network perspective and to investigate how top managers' individual characteristics contribute to business model innovation. Design/methodology/approach – On the basis of upper echelons theory and...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the roles of four specific capital factors, namely, human, social, institutional and financial capitals, in rural women entrepreneurship. The focus was on the handloom sector in Manipur, India. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses...

Abstract This study seeks to quantify the impact of the nonprofit sector on economic development by more clearly defining the diverse roles that nonprofits may play in development – instrumental, expressive, and connective. We begin by summarizing existing research on nonprofit organizations...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate how human and social capital assist in the development of clustered and non‐clustered firms in the wooden furniture industry in Sri Lanka. The study resulted in three major findings: the most experienced and educated entrepreneurs played...

Purpose – The importance of entrepreneurial activities and the establishment of new ventures for economic growth and employment have long been recognized. However, the interactions of underlying mechanisms whihc influence this process have not been understood all that well. In the light of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to employ intelligent career theory to simultaneously explore the relationships between three types of entrepreneurial career capital (i.e. motivations, human, and social capital). It illustrates the interconnectedness of these three forms of capital as...