International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management
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The influence of transformational leadership on organizational performance and knowledge management capability
Salma Mousabbeh Aldhaheri, Syed Zamberi AhmadKnowledge management is a common practice in organizations, with empirical evidence suggesting that organizations value the breadth of their knowledge capabilities. This study…
The dilemma of employee productivity measures and managerialism practices: an empirical exploration in financial institutions
Obafemi Olekanma, Christian Harrison, Adebukola E. Oyewunmi, Oluwatomi AdedejiThis empirical study aims to explore how actors in specific human resource practices (HRPs) such as line managers (LMs) impact employee productivity measures in the context of…
Quality management practices enhance the legitimacy of organizations through improved performance: a perspective from oil processing industries
Amit Kumar GuptaQuality management practices (QMP) have stood as one of the critical strategic differentiators for enhancing firm performance. The production and manufacturing industry is the…
Developing an action-oriented performance framework for sustainability measurement in the new product development
Vanessa Nappi, Thayla Tavares Sousa-Zomer, Paulo A. Cauchick-Miguel, Henrique RozenfeldThe integration of sustainability, performance measurement and new product development (NPD) is key for aligning environmental and social objectives with business strategies…
The effects of staffing on company performance results: the mediating role of HRM outcomes in the specific contexts
Marzena StorThe main goal of the article is to determine the mediating role of HRM outcomes in the relationships between staffing the organization and company performance results and to…
Influence of working capital efficiency on firm’s composite financial performance: evidence from India
Shiv Shankar Kumar, Kumar Sanjay Sawarni, Subrata Roy, Naresh GThe objective of this paper is to investigate the effect of working capital efficiency (WCE) and its components on the composite financial performance of a sample of Indian firms.
Impact of inventory management on SME performance: a systematic review
Rashmi Ranjan Panigrahi, Avinash K. Shrivastava, Sai Sudhakar NudurupatiEffective inventory management is crucial for SMEs due to limited resources and higher risks like cash flow, storage space, and stockouts. Hence, the aim is to explore how…
Exploring the effect of dynamic capabilities on operational excellence, moderated by environmental dynamism in the apparel industry
Manori Pathmalatha Kovilage, Saman Yapa, Champa HewagamageThe effect of dynamic capabilities on operational excellence and the moderating effect of environmental dynamism on the relationship between operational excellence and dynamic…
Does social capital affect supply chain performance? Establishing an underlying mechanism and a boundary condition
Aisha Chohan, Ghulam Hussain, Imran ShafiqueThis study examines the direct and indirect effects of social capital on supply chain performance via supply chain quality integration (SCQI), which refers to integrating supply…
Strategic drivers of innovation as a lever for the competitiveness of agribusiness to face COVID-19
Alessandra Schopf da Silveira, Carmen Brum Rosa, Julio Cezar Mairesse SilukThis work sought to analyze targeted innovation strategies used during the pandemic to maintain companies’ competitiveness.
Measuring the routine and non-routine task contents: a comparative study between state and industrial sector employees
Narsymbat Salimgereyev, Bulat Mukhamediyev, Aijaz A. ShaikhThis study developed new measures of the routine and non-routine task contents of managerial, professional, technical, and clerical occupations from a workload perspective. Here…
Factors affecting judicial system efficiency: a systematic mapping review with a focus on Italy
Monica Giancotti, Giorgia Rotundo, Marianna MauroEuropean justice systems are facing a dramatic performance crisis due to the frequent inability to resolve cases without incurring unreasonable delays and backlogs. In this…
The impact of environmental uncertainty on performance during COVID-19 pandemic: the mediating role of decision making structure
Niluh Putu Dian Rosalina Handayani Narsa, Lintang Lintang Merdeka, Kadek Trisna DwiyantiThe primary aim of this research was to investigate the mediating effect of the decision-making structure on the relationship between perceived environmental uncertainty and…
Implementing organizational performance measurement systems: measures and success strategies
Heather Keathley-Herring, Eileen Van Aken, Geert LetensThis study assesses performance measurement (PM) system implementation efforts across various organizational contexts and investigates which factors are critical to achieving…
Development of in-country logistics performance index for emerging economies: a case of Indian states
Nikesh Nayak, Pushpesh Pant, Sarada Prasad Sarmah, Raj TulshanLogistics sector is recognized as one of the core enablers of the economic development of a nation. However, inefficiency in logistics operations impedes the achievement of…
Business scholars’ time allocation under the lens of the self-managed approach of academic’s role and the outcome-focused perspective of university’s strategic management
Nabil Amara, Mehdi RhaiemThis article explores whether six broad categories of activities undertaken by Canadian business scholars’ academics: publications record, citations record, teaching load…
Exploring the mediating role of big data in the relationship between servant leadership and firm performance: insights from private hospitals in India
Anup Kumar, Vinit Singh ChauhanThis study examines the relationship between servant leadership and its dimensions on firm performance, with big data playing the role of a mediator.
A positive psychological approach for improving the well-being and performance of employees
Rajasekhar David, Sharda Singh, Sitamma Mikkilineni, Neuza RibeiroToday’s competitive business world presents unanticipated challenges to enterprises worldwide. So, the well-being of the employees may be a sustained competitive edge for…
Organization agility: a literature review and research agenda
Jyoti Motwani, Aakanksha KatatriaThe purpose of this literature review paper is to explore the concept of organization agility and its relevance in today's dynamic business environment. By conducting an in-depth…
Roles of lean learners for successful lean implementation in the construction industry: a force-directed graph
Agana Parameswaran, K.A.T.O. Ranadewa, Akila Pramodh RathnasingheThe proliferation of lean principles in the construction industry is offset by the enduring uncertainty among industry stakeholders regarding their respective roles in lean…
Work engagement among higher education teachers: exploring the influence of human values and subjective well-being
Sreenu Telu, Rama Krishna Gupta PotnuruIn today’s competitive environment, understanding employee well-being and work engagement (WE) is crucial. This study explores the relationship between values, well-being and WE…
Reckoning the performance of management institutions – A Mamdani fuzzy inference system approach
Umayal Palaniappan, L. SuganthiThe purpose of this research is to present an integrated methodological framework to aid in performance stewardship of management institutions according to their strategies based…
Studying research in balanced scorecard over the years in performance management systems: a bibliometric analysis
Vishakha Jaiswal, Keyur ThakerSince the introduction of balanced scorecard by Kaplan and Norton in 1992, it garnered considerable research and practice attention across disciplines. Using bibliometric…
The effectiveness of human resource management practices, work engagement and self-efficacy in minimizing talent turnover intention
Wejdan Eissa Alhajaj, Syed Zamberi AhmadThis study examines the impact of perceived human resource management practices on talent turnover intention, with work engagement mediating and self-efficacy moderating the…
Combining digitalization and sustainability: unveiling the relationship of digital maturity degree, sustainable supply chain management practices and performance
Thi Ngan Pham, Minh Tu Tran Hoang, Yen Ngan Nguyen Tran, Binh An Nguyen PhanThis study aims to comprehensively assess how digital maturity degree (DMD) impacts sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) performance through the mediating role of SSCM…
Examining the impact of environmental and organizational priorities on sustainability performance in service industries
Yun-Chen Morgan, Lillian Fok, Susan ZeeThis study examines the direct and indirect effects of organizational environmental orientation (EO)/culture, quality management practices (QMP) and sustainability experience (SE…
From passion to profit: unveiling the strengths of proactive mindset, perseverance, excellence and education in the entrepreneurial success of MSMEs
Abhijeet BiswasThe study investigates the linkage between personality traits and firm performance. It examines the role of the pursuit of excellence, perseverance, a proactive mindset and formal…
Cost Malmquist productivity analysis during the COVID-19 outbreak: evidence from the largest dual banking industry
Mohammad AlsharifThis study attempts to comprehensively analyze the cost Malmquist productivity index of conventional and Islamic banks in Saudi Arabia, the largest dual banking sector in the…
Achieving carbon neutrality for the improvement of the business performance: a systematic literature review and future research directions
Subhodeep Mukherjee, Manish Mohan Baral, Rajesh Kumar Singh, Venkataiah Chittipaka, Sachin S. KambleWith the change in climate and increased pollution, there has been a need to reduce environmental carbon emissions. This research aims to develop a framework for reducing…
The impact of high commitment work practices on radical innovation: innovative work behaviour and knowledge sharing as mediators
Motasem M. ThneibatBuilding on social exchange theory (SET), the main aim of this paper is to empirically study the impact of high-commitment work practices (HCWPs) systems on radical innovation…
Big data analytics capability for competitive advantage and firm performance in Malaysian manufacturing firms
Chu-Le Chong, Siti Zaleha Abdul Rasid, Haliyana Khalid, T. RamayahThis study investigated the relationships among big data analytics capability (BDAC), low-cost advantage, differentiation advantage, market and operational performance…
Do reliable big and cloud data analytics capabilities in manufacturing firms' supply chain boosting unique comparative advantage? A moderated-mediation model of data-driven competitive sustainability, green product innovation and green process innovation at North Africa region
Moh’d Anwer AL-ShboulThis study attempts to explore the linkages between reliable big and cloud data analytics capabilities (RB&CDACs) and the comparative advantage (CA) that applies in the…
Role of job satisfaction in microfinance institutions' performance: considering performance appraisal, training and development
Emelia Ohene Afriyie, Yan Jin, Mariama Yakubu, Iddrisu AwuduThis study aims to examine the influence of training and development (TAD), including performance appraisal (PFA), on the performance of microfinance institutions in a developing…
Organizational resilience: unveiling the role of strategic internal crisis management on employee sensemaking and sensegiving
Adamu Abbas Adamu, Syed Hassan Raza, Bahtiar MohamadCommunication with employees during times of crisis has become a crucial aspect of crisis management for building organizational resilience knowledge. Thus, explaining how…
Investigating the relationship between supply chain maturity and performance: an emerging market study
Yassine Benrqya, Youssef Chetioui, Chaimae JerbouiThe current research aims to investigate the relationship between supply chain (SC) processes maturity and SC performance in the context of an emerging market (i.e. Morocco)…
BPMN-VSM-based knowledge-work process analysis and improvement in police services: a case study
Felix Preshanth Santhiapillai, R.M. Chandima RatnayakeThe purpose of this study is to investigate the integrated application of business process modeling and notation (BPMN) and value stream mapping (VSM) to improve knowledge work…
When in Rome, do as the Romans do: the effect of characteristics of capitalism on environmental performance
Alan Bandeira Pinheiro, Marcelle Colares Oliveira, Maria Belen LozanoThe purpose of this research is to investigate the effect of characteristics of capitalism on environmental performance.
Strategic leadership and team innovation: a qualitative study from the lens of leader–member exchange
Anjali Singh, Sumi JhaThis study aims to investigate the factors influencing team innovation from the perspective of strategic leaders. The study draws from the leader–member exchange (LMX) theory to…
Strategic sustainability in Indian banking industry: a performance analysis
P Kritee Rao, Akanksha ShuklaSustainable strategic management (SSM) is an integrated concept that entails sustainability in the approaches and processes of strategic management. Banking being a rapidly…
Prioritizing the attributes of sustainable banking performance
Deergha Sharma, Pawan KumarGrowing concern over sustainability adoption has presented an array of challenges to businesses. While vital to an economy's success, banking is not immune to societal…
The power of embeddedness: how nodal power affects the value appropriation potential of firms in economic networks?
Saroj Kumar Pani, Madhusmita TripathyThis paper explains why some firms manage to capture disproportionate value from their network of relationships, leading to superior performance. The paper examines how a firm's…
Strategies for the ISO 9001 certification life cycle (StrategISO)
Carlos J.F. CândidoCertified and non-certified organisations must make strategic decisions regarding ISO 9001 adoption, maintenance, renewal and abandonment. However, the ISO 9001 literature lacks a…
Why and when does performance pressure encourage employee expediency? A moderated mediation model
Abdul Gaffar Khan, Monowar Mahmood, Mohammad Shariful Islam, Yan Li, Ha Jin HwangEmployee expediency is a ubiquitous, unethical phenomenon in the workplace that is largely underresearched. Based on the tenets of conservation of resources (COR) theory, this…
Examining the role of digital leadership and organisational resilience on the performance of SMEs during the COVID-19 pandemic
Remya Lathabhavan, Thenmozhi KuppusamyThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic adversely affected small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in India. Amongst the challenges faced were the adjustments required…
Lecturers' interpersonal trust in peers, job performance, and OCBI: examining the mediating role of positive affect during the Covid-19 pandemic utilizing the PLSe2 estimator
Majid Ghasemy, Lena FrömblingGuided by the affective events theory (AET), the purpose of this paper was to explore the impact of interpersonal trust in peers, as an affective work event, on two affect-driven…
Resource orchestration capability for innovation: towards an empirically validated measurement framework
Gaurav Dilip TikasThe purpose of this research is to conceptualize, define and measure resource orchestration capabilities of R&D teams pursuing advanced scientific research and technological…
Psychological capital and multifaceted nature of job performance: mediation by intrinsic motivation and goal-commitment
Musarrat Shaheen, Ritu Gupta, Farrah ZebaThe researchers aim to investigate the role of psychological capital (PsyCap) in facilitating intrinsic motivation and goal-commitment among employees at the workplace, affecting…
Is voluntary risk disclosure informative? The role of UK firm-level governance
Nader Elsayed, Ahmed HassaneinThe study investigates how firm-level governance (FL_G) affects the disclosure of voluntary risk information. Likewise, it explores the influence of FL_G on the informativeness of…
The relationship between labour-only procurement and health and safety performance of construction projects
Nnedinma Umeokafor, Abimbola Windapo, Oluwole Alfred OlatunjiThe purpose of this study is to investigate the influences of the characteristics of procurement strategies, in this instance labour-only, on project performance concerning health…
Efficiency-oriented training and development based on service process observation and assessment in the workplace
Jinquan Zhou, Wenjin HeThis paper aims to establish a service efficiency-oriented framework for training design and evaluation as a pivotal service procedure in the workplace to fill the gap between…
Linking supply chain performance with organizational strategic performance – a review and research agenda
Saswati Tripathi, Siddhartha Shankar RoyThis article aims to comprehensively review the measurement and management of supply chain performance (SCP) and strategic performance (SP). It strives to identify integrable…
Adoption of human resource sourcing strategies for managing supply chain performance during COVID-19 crisis: evidence from manufacturing companies
N.S.B Akhil, Vimal Kumar, Rohit Raj, Tanmoy De, Phanitha Kalyani GangarajuEven the greatest developed countries have capitulated to the destructions imposed on the global supply systems, as the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed. The purpose of this study…
Management accounting and control, supply chain resilience and healthcare performance under disruptive impact
Edward NarteyBuilding supply chain (SC) resilience has become a priority for many organizations, following a global increase in disruptive events. While management accounting and control (MAC…
How does intellectual capital drive firm performance via dynamic capabilities: evidence from India
Bindu Singh, Pratibha VermaThis study examines how intellectual capital (IC) drives firm performance via the lens of dynamic capabilities (DCs). Drawing on resource-based view (RBV) and dynamic capability…
Risk and return in the biotech industry
Hassan Bruneo, Emanuela Giacomini, Giuliano Iannotta, Anant Murthy, Julien PatrisBiotech companies stand as key actors in pharmaceutical innovation. The high risk and long timelines inherent with their R&D investments might hinder their access to funding…
Stochastic frontier leanness and firm performance: evidence from India
Anannya Gogoi, Jagriti Srivastava, Rudra SensarmaWhile firms in developing countries are increasingly adopting lean practices of inventory management, there is limited evidence showing the impact of lean practices on firm…
Industry 4.0 impacts on operational and green innovation performances with the mediation of green practices
Muhammad Talha Khan, Muhammad Dawood Idrees, Yaseen HaiderThe aim of this study is to investigate how green supply chain management (GSCM) practices mediate the effect of Industry 4.0 technologies on operational and green innovation…
Analyzing critical success factors for the implementation of air-taxi services for public transportation
Bhawesh Sah, Rohit TitiyalCompanies are adopting innovative methods for responsiveness and efficiency in the public transport sector. The implementation of air-taxi services (ATS) in the transport sector…
Evaluating and improving the performance of retailers' branches by considering resilience, sustainability and sales-marketing
Ehsan Aghakarimi, Hamed Karimi, Amir Aghsami, Fariborz JolaiConsidering the direct impact of retailers' performance on the economy, this paper aimed to propose a comprehensive framework to evaluate the performance of different branches of…
Impact of ISO 14001 and ISO 9001 adoption on corporate performance: evidence on a bank-based system
Maria Elisabete Duarte Neves, Sofia Reis, Pedro Reis, António Gomes DiasThis paper aims to analyze the impact of the adoption of ISO 14001 and ISO 9001 on the performance of Portuguese companies. The sample includes the companies listed on Euronext…
Activity sampling in the construction industry: a review and research agenda
Tsu Yian Lee, Faridahanim Ahmad, Mohd Adib SarijariActivity sampling is a technique to monitor onsite labourers' time utilisation, which can provide helpful information for the management level to implement suitable labour…
Operational performance improvement in manual assembly lines: a case study in Denmark and conceptual model for quick and long-term wins
Diego Augusto de Jesus Pacheco, Thomas SchougaardThis study aims to investigate how to identify and address production levelling problems in assembly lines utilising an intensive manual workforce when higher productivity levels…
A weighted fuzzy Petri-net analysis for Indian foodgrains supply chain
Rishabh Rathore, Jitesh Thakkar, J.K. JhaThis paper investigates the overall system risk for a foodgrains supply chain capturing the interrelationship among the risk factors and the effect of risk mitigation strategies.
Self-concept and job performance: the mediating role of resilience
Deepanjana Varshney, Nirbhay Krishna VarshneyOrganizations in today's changing environment face significant challenges, requiring continual innovation. Understanding oneself from the employee's perspective is paramount…
Expanding strategic flexibility through organizational culture, industry 4.0 and market orientation
Dimitrios Kafetzopoulos, Anastasia A. KatouThe purpose of this study is to build a theory on management investigating the relationship between organizational culture and strategic flexibility in firms, and how this…
Orientation and absorptive capacity towards sustainability: a missing link between sustainability and performance
Naimatullah Shah, Nisren Farouk Moawad, Mitho Khan Bhatti, Nadia A. Abdelmegeed Abdelwahed, Bahadur Ali SoomroThis study investigates economic sustainability through orientation and absorptive capacity.
Linking big data analytics capability and sustainable supply chain performance: mediating role of innovativeness, proactiveness and risk taking
Syed Awais Ahmad Tipu, Kamel FantazyDrawing on the dynamic capability view (DCV), the current study aims to examine the mediating effects of entrepreneurial orientation (EO), in terms of innovativeness…
High-performance work systems and employee attitudes: evidence from Indian healthcare industry
Karthik Padamata, Rama Devi VangapanduBy following the “employee-centric” approach, this study aims at identifying the impact of high-performance work systems (HPWS) on specific employee attitudinal outcomes such as…
Compliance with government and firm's own policy, reverse logistics practices and firm environmental performance
Matthew Kalubanga, Winfred MbekekaThis study examines how compliance with government and firm's own policy and reverse logistics practices relate with firm environmental performance.
Improving relative performance evaluation process of employees within a peer group
Shantanu Shantaram Apte, Abhijit Vasant Chirputkar, Abhijeet LeleRelative performance evaluation (RPE) is a widely practiced employee appraisal process in the services industry. In a global delivery model, teams are spread across different…
Lean Six Sigma and Industry 4.0 – a bibliometric analysis and conceptual framework development for future research agenda
G. Citybabu, S. YaminiThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the research landscape of LSS 4.0 papers published in two well-known repositories, Scopus and Web of Science (WoS), in terms of…
When bad things happen to good processes: a theory of entropy for process science
Brad C. Meyer, Daniel Bumblauskas, Richard Keegan, Dali ZhangThis research fills a gap in process science by defining and explaining entropy and the increase of entropy in processes.
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