Today's management faces the challenge of employing workforces in different countries. Institutional frameworks, both formal and informal, in various countries influence employees' preferences related to performance rewards and management styles. We conduct an empirical study to examine...

Tourism businesses engage in strategic corporate social responsibility (CSR) when they integrate responsible behaviors in their operational practices (Camilleri, 2015, 2019a; Carroll & Shabana, 2010; Porter & Kramer, 2006, 2011; Van Marrewijk, 2003; Vogel, 2005). Strategic CSR activities may usually improve...

The performance appraisal (PA) is one of the performance management tools that is widely used to measure the productivity of academic employees in different contexts. Therefore, this paper has two main objectives. Firstly, it critically reviews the extant literature on performance management,...

The author recommends review of marketing, advertising and communication strategies, which may have excessive self-praise. Braggadocio or excessive self-praise causes negative marketing and unnecessary burden on the society in the form of increased costs. The author recommends use of such tools...

This study examines the role of institutional environment in influencing the migration of corporate governance best practice into 22 emerging African economies. Using a unique and comprehensive sample hand-collected sample of 202 IPO firms from across the continent we adopt a novel institutional...

We argue that the corporate governance of emerging economy IPO firms is influenced by firm-specific institutionally embedded block ownership groups. Applying an extended institutional logic perspective and using a mixed-effects ordered probit model, our findings from 190 IPO-firms from 22...

Prior research indicates that the relationship between top management team (TMT) faultlines and firm performance is equivocal. We shed new light on this topic by highlighting the moderating role of the CEO–TMT interface. Analyzing data from large international firms over the period 2005–2009...

This report examines how Australian company directors make sense of what they perceive as conflicting responsibilities and objectives, and to identify what they see as the main constraints on optimal board functioning. Sixty directors, either managing directors (n = 14), board chairs (n = 24) or...

We investigate the impact of host country risk on the expatriation strategies of multinational firms, using data on Japanese subsidiary firms in manufacturing industry in 13 host countries in Asia. We find that country risk is negatively correlated with the degree of expatriation and that,...

There are win win opportunities for big businesses and policy-makers as they nurture human capital with the right knowledge, skills and competences. A thorough literature review suggests that there is a rationale for corporations to collaborate with national governments and other stakeholders in...