Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the destructive effects of stretch goals on employees’ work–family conflict (WFC). Drawing on the conservation of resources (COR) theory, this study examines the mediating role of resource scarcity. By integrating the paradox theory with the...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of stretch goals on unethical behavior and explore the mediating role of ambivalent identification and moderating role of competitive psychological climate. Design/methodology/approach: A total of 350 MBA students from Northwestern...

As the market is playing an increasingly important role in the Chinese economy, we ask which value the Chinese people will support, what effect the endorsed value (i.e., achievement) will have on consumers' social system confidence, and how brand symbolism can function in adapting to the social...

A theoretical model for the relative gas diffusion coefficient in dry porous media embedded with a Y-shaped fractal-like tree network is presented under the combination of bulk diffusion and Knudsen diffusion. The proposed model is expressed as a function of the length ratio, the diameter ratio,...