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The patient as the pivot point for quality in health care delivery
(Health Administration Press, 1995)Health care enterprises make comprehensive and durable changes in people. This human-centered purpose defines the fundamental nature of quality in health care settings. Traditional perspectives of quality and familiar views ... -
Political institutional structure influences on innovative activity
(Elsevier, 2012-05-24)This study draws upon previous research on political institutions to examine country-level measures of innovative activity over a ten-year period within 24 developed nations. Investigating the relationship between political ... -
Power that builds others and power that breaks: effects of power and humility on altruism and incivility in female employees
(Routledge, 2018)Building on the approach/inhibition theory of power and the situated focus theory of power, we examine the roles of positional and personal power on altruism and incivility in workplace dyads. Results from a field study ... -
Practices of creative leadership: A qualitative meta-analysis in haute cuisine
(Wiley, 2021-11-11)Creative leadership has been studied in different collaborative contexts that can be summarized as facilitating employees' creativity, directing the realization of the creative vision of a leader and integrating different ... -
Preparing academics to teach: example of a structured method of preparing doctoral students in business programs to teach
(SAGE, 2020-02-21)The qualifications of academics to teach students are often left unquestioned. Current accreditation standards, for an academic to teach, are typically determined by courses taken, certifications or degrees obtained, and/or ... -
Process improvement in SMEs: The impact of harmonious passion for entrepreneurship, employee creative self-efficacy, and time spent innovating
(Middle Tennessee State University, 2019-04-08)Harmonious passion, creative self-efficacy, and time spent innovating are examined as antecedents to innovative process improvement suggestions in a field study of 213 employees in an SME. Results show that time spent ... -
Professional associations and members' benefits: what's in It for me?
(WILEY PERIODICALS, INC, 2013)In this study we examine reasons that professionals become and remain members of professional associations. We looked at tangible and symbolic benefits that an association can provide to attract members. Satisfaction with ... -
Rhetoric, risk, and investment: Letting the numbers speak for themselves
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2022-03-11)It is well established that words matter. Yet, there remains much that we do not understand about when and how words are best utilized in various business contexts. This study uses a mediation model to examine how investment ... -
Risky combination: the role of managerial perceptions of social media use and entrepreneurial orientation on SME innovation
(Emerald Publishing, 2023-01-17)Purpose – This study examines the conditions when “managerial perception of the contribution of social media” (SMC) enhances and inhibits entrepreneurially oriented small and medium-size enterprises’ (SMEs’) ability for ... -
The story and the storyteller: Strategic storytelling that gets human attention for entrepreneurs
(Elsevier Inc., 2023-02-11)As a captivating way to engage, inform, and persuade one�s audiences, storytelling can serve as a strategic skill in an entrepreneur�s arsenal. Although entrepreneurs often use storytelling to mobilize financial resources ... -
Top management team characteristics and organizational virtue orientation: an empirical examination of IPO firms
(Cambridge University Press, 2018-10)Despite extensive research on organizational virtue, our understanding about factors that promote virtue within organizations remains unclear. Drawing on upper echelon theory, we examine the relationship between five top ... -
Triaging your human capital: an integrative perspective on strategic human capital asset allocation
(Emerald Group Holdings Ltd., 2022-05-26)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an overarching framework to guide the understanding of the allocation and deployment of strategic human capital assets within an organization. Using the concept of medical ... -
A typology of backsourcing: short-run total costs and internal capabilities for re-internalization
(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019-02-18)Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine backsourcing, which refers to the full or partial re-internalization of a firm’s previously outsourced activity. Researchers have primarily focused on the drivers of ... -
Understanding the prevalence of gestational diabetes in urban and rural communities in Kansas
(Wichita State University, 2021-04-02)INTRODUCTION: Gestational diabetes is one of the most common medical conditions women encounter during pregnancy and is the leading cause of maternal morbidity and mortality, perinatal and neonatal morbidity, and long-term ... -
Using the End-User Computing Satisfaction (EUCS) instrument to measure satisfaction with a Web site
(Wiley, 2005-05)The purpose of this study is to revise and revalidate the End-User Computing Satisfaction (EUCS) instrument to measure satisfaction with a Web site from a usability perspective. This study is especially important given the ... -
When and why does relative leader-member exchange enhance service performance?: The roles of self-efficacy, team commitment, and multifoci team-level differentiation
(Emerald Publishing, 2019)Purpose: This paper aims to examine the mediating roles of self-efficacy and team commitment in linking service employees’ relative leader-member exchange (RLMX) with customer service behaviors and also the moderating roles ... -
When organizational politics matters: The effects of the perceived frequency and distance of experienced politics
(SAGE Publications, 2017-12-01)Drawing from literature linking organizational politics with effects of challenge or hindrance stressors, this study investigated the effects of the frequency and psychological distance of positive and negative conceptualizations ... -
Which type of advisors do family businesses trust most? An exploratory application of socioemotional selectivity theory
(2014-06-08)In this article, we introduce socioemotional selectivity theory (SEST) from psychology to the family business literature. Applying the theory to family businesses, we argue that a family business's age influences whether ... -
Which type of advisors do family businesses trust most? An exploratory application of socioemotional selectivity theory
(SAGE Publications, 2015-09)In this article, we introduce socioemotional selectivity theory (SEST) from psychology to the family business literature. Applying the theory to family businesses, we argue that a family business's age influences whether ...