Browsing Publications - Managerial Studies by Issue Date
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Measuring Hospital Efficiency with Data Envelopment Analysis: Nonsubstitutable vs. Substitutable Inputs and Outputs
(Springer Verlag, 2009-12-15)There is a conflict between Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) theory’s requirement that inputs (outputs) be substitutable, and the ubiquitous use of nonsubstitutable inputs and outputs in DEA applications to hospitals. This ... -
When Planning Is Not Enough: The Self-Regulatory Effect of Implementation Intentions on Changing Snacking Habits
(American Psychological Association, 2010-05)Objective: This study examined whether matching implementation intentions to people’s regulatory orientation affects the effectiveness of changing unhealthy snacking habits. Design: Participants’ regulatory orientation was ... -
Do "protean" employees make better leaders? The answer is in the eye of the beholder
(Elsevier, 2010-10)While the protean career (Hall 1976; 2002) has been lauded for its advantages in helping individuals adapt to changing career contexts, it is not clear how this career orientation may impact how others perceive a person’s ... -
Do workers who experience conflict between the work and family domains hit a "glass ceiling?": A meta-analytic examination
(Elsevier, 2010-12)Based in Conservation of Resources (COR; Hobfoll, 1989) and self-verification (Swann, 1987) theories, we argue that when workers experience conflict between the work and family domains this should have implications for ... -
Confessions of a Job Crafter: How We Can Increase the Passion Within and the Impact of Our Profession
(SAGE Publications, 2011)Job crafting, engaging in practices that alter our jobs for the better, has enormous potential to enliven scholars and to enhance our field’s societal impact. Drawing upon a personal tale, I outline various job crafting ... -
Improving the Efficiency of Distributive and Clinical Services in Hospital Pharmacy
(Springer Verlag, 2011-02)Three problems impede the assessment of hospital pharmacy efficiency. First, although multiple efficiency indicators are utilized to measure a large variety of activities, it has not been possible to validly measure overall ... -
Confessions of a Job Crafter: How We Can Increase the Passion Within and the Impact of Our Profession
(SAGE Publications, 2011-06)Job crafting, engaging in practices that alter our jobs for the better, has enormous potential to enliven scholars and to enhance our field’s societal impact. Drawing upon a personal tale, I outline various job crafting ... -
Measuring Efficiency under Fixed Proportion Technologies
(Springer Verlag, 2011-06)Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) applications frequently involve nonsubstitutable inputs and nonsubstitutable outputs (that is, fixed proportion technologies). However, DEA theory requires substitutability. In this paper, ... -
Termination of Related and Unrelated Joint Ventures: A Contingency Approach
(Elsevier, 2011-12)Previous research has investigated various factors that influence joint venture (JV) termination. Yet the majority of studies do not distinguish between different types of JVs, particularly whether a JV is related or ... -
Estimating DEA Confidence Intervals with Statistical Panel Data Analysis
(Springer Verlag, 2011-12-15)There is a conflict between Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) theory's requirement that inputs (outputs) be substitutable, and the ubiquitous use of nonsubstitutable inputs and outputs in DEA applications to hospitals. This ... -
Supervisor Workplace Stress and Abusive Supervision: The Buffering Effect of Exercise
(Springer Verlag, 2012-09)In a matched sample of 98 employed individuals and their direct supervisors, we examine how supervisor-rated stress is associated with employee-rated abusive supervision. In addition, we explore how supervisor exercise ... -
From impactful research to sustainable innovations for subsistence marketplaces
(Elsevier, 2012-12)This special issue on sustainable innovation for subsistence marketplaces results from the Third Subsistence Marketplaces Conference organized by the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and the University of Illinois, ... -
A Model of Injustice, Abusive Supervision, and Negative Affect
(Elsevier, 2013-02)In this study we test a model of workplace interactional injustice, abusive supervision, and subordinate outcomes (work-family conflict and job performance) using affect to explain behavior. In a sample of 200 full-time ... -
Impact of privatization on port efficiency and effectiveness: results from Panama and US ports
(Taylor & Francis, 2013-03)Panama has five main ports: Balboa and PSA Panama International on the Pacific, and Cristobal, Manzanillo and Colon Container Terminal (CCT) on the Caribbean side. The government of Panama originally operated the ports of ... -
Advancing multilevel alliance research: Rejoinder to commentary on Cui and Kumar (2012) and Future Directions
(Elsevier, 2013-05)We respond to the comments raised by Nielsen (2012) in his commentary essay on Cui and Kumar (2012). While concurring with Nielsen’s (2012) observations regarding appropriate level of measurement and the importance of ... -
Portfolio Dynamics and Aiiiance Termination: The Contingent Roie of Resource Dissimilarity
(American Marketing Association, 2013-05)This article takes a portfolio approach to examine how an alliance's propensity of termination is influenced by its resource relationships with other alliances of the firm. Whereas previous research has suggested that ... -
The Learning Zone in New Product Development
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2014-11)New information is the fuel that allows organizations to innovate. Yet the generation of new information may yield little benefit if existing practices prevent the firm from integrating new insights effectively. This study ... -
Employer-Employee Congruence in Environmental Values: An Exploration of Effects on Job Satisfaction and Creativity
(Springer Verlag, 2015)This study examines how the match (vs. mismatch) between personal and firm-level values regarding environmental responsibility affects employee job satisfaction and creativity and contributes to three literature streams ... -
Preventing dysfunctional conflict: examining the relationship between different types of managerial conflict in venture capital-backed firms
(Taylor & Francis, 2015-08-01)Prior literature reports mixed results relative to the performance outcomes of different types of conflict in top management teams. These conflicting results may stem from the complex interactions between different types ... -
Enhancing market exchanges at the base of the pyramid: The roles of national culture, nontraditional capitals, and transformative technologies.
(Emerald, 2015-11)Purpose – The base of the pyramid (BOP) is characterized by deep and wide poverty, which dampens market exchanges, or making/selling and buying/consuming activities. The purpose of this paper is to address the specific ...