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  1. Drawing on the input–mediator (a blend of team process and emergent state)–output (IMO) framework, we develop a conceptual model in which team behavioral integration is conceived of as a team-level mediator th...

    Authors: Xiaomeng Zhang and Ho Kwong Kwan
    Citation: Frontiers of Business Research in China 2019 13:7
  2. Limited empirical investigation has been devoted to understanding the multiple- effect mechanisms of moral leadership, especially the relationship between mediators. Drawing from both social learning and socia...

    Authors: Yuanjie Bao and Chaoping Li
    Citation: Frontiers of Business Research in China 2019 13:6
  3. This study aims to contribute to marketing theory by applying monopolistic competition theory to investigate how differentiation affects online retailers’ pricing power. We examine the intermediary effect of c...

    Authors: Zhenjie Wang, Chunling Zhu, Shanwu Tian and Ping Li
    Citation: Frontiers of Business Research in China 2019 13:5
  4. Although exploration and exploitation, as a pair of paradoxical organizational outcomes, are generated by different causal conditions, the conjunction of their respective causal antecedents has yet to be fully...

    Authors: Lulu Liu, Fengbin Wang and Xiukun Li
    Citation: Frontiers of Business Research in China 2019 13:4
  5. This paper investigates the impact of corporate spinoffs on executive compensation. We find no significant association between executive compensation and stock returns prior to spinoffs, but a significant posi...

    Authors: Justin Law and Wayne Yu
    Citation: Frontiers of Business Research in China 2018 12:23
  6. Transformational leadership, generally considered as a desirable leadership style, has positive effects on various performance outcomes of employees; however, its productivity has been called into question bec...

    Authors: Yashuo Chen, Ranran Ning, Tong Yang, Shangjun Feng and Chunjiang Yang
    Citation: Frontiers of Business Research in China 2018 12:22
  7. High-performance work systems have been widely adopted in the workplace. Previous research on high-performance work systems debated whether the generated effects are mutual gains or conflicting outcomes for em...

    Authors: Xueqing Fan, Yan Liu and Xi Zou
    Citation: Frontiers of Business Research in China 2018 12:21
  8. Using a sample of Chinese family firms listed from 1999 to 2014, we investigate the relationship between non-family leadership and firm performance. We find that firms with a non-family member as board chair p...

    Authors: Fuxiu Jiang, Xiaojia Zheng and Wei Tang
    Citation: Frontiers of Business Research in China 2018 12:18
  9. Drawing upon the conservation of resources theory (Hobfoll, Am Psychol 44:513–524, 1989), social exchange theory (Blau, Exchange and power in social life, 1964) and the job demand-control model (Karasek, Adm S...

    Authors: Kun Yu, Zhen Wang and Youhuang Huang
    Citation: Frontiers of Business Research in China 2018 12:17
  10. We investigate whether foreign institutional investors facilitate firm-specific information flow in the global market. Specifically, using annual institutional ownership data from firms across 40 countries, we...

    Authors: Li Jiang, Jeong-Bon Kim and Lei Pang
    Citation: Frontiers of Business Research in China 2018 12:16
  11. Based on R&D investment data from Chinese listed manufacturing firms, this paper examines the effect of R&D spending on firms’ future performance conditional on their strategic positions. We find that firms pu...

    Authors: Bing Guo, Jing Wang and Steven X. Wei
    Citation: Frontiers of Business Research in China 2018 12:14
  12. Democratic management, a unique union-based form of employee participation in China, is seldom studied in the employee participation literature. This paper investigates the associations between employees’ perc...

    Authors: Fuxi Wang
    Citation: Frontiers of Business Research in China 2018 12:13
  13. The newsvendor problem has been applied in various business settings. It is often assumed that the decision variable, i.e., order-up-to level, has no impacts on the holding costs for average inventory cycled i...

    Authors: Shaolong Tang, Stella Cho, Jacqueline Wenjie Wang and Hong Yan
    Citation: Frontiers of Business Research in China 2018 12:12
  14. This study investigates the association between corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance and cross-listing. In a clean setting where a change in CSR performance can be attributed to the cross-listing,...

    Authors: Haina Shi, Xin Zhang and Jing Zhou
    Citation: Frontiers of Business Research in China 2018 12:11
  15. As a major global exchange, the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (SEHK) only requires semi-annual reporting whereas other major exchanges including the ones in Chinese mainland require quarterly reporting. We argue...

    Authors: Yin Toa Lee and Wilson H. S. Tong
    Citation: Frontiers of Business Research in China 2018 12:9
  16. Informed by implicit leadership theories, this study investigates contemporary Chinese employees’ preferences for paternalistic leadership (including three components: moral leadership, benevolent leadership a...

    Authors: Cai-Hui Veronica Lin and Jian-Min James Sun
    Citation: Frontiers of Business Research in China 2018 12:6
  17. This study investigates the functioning mechanisms of how high performance work systems (HPWS) affect organizational performance. We propose that (HPWS) can positively affect organizational performance through...

    Authors: Chunling Zhu, Anqi Liu and Guoling Chen
    Citation: Frontiers of Business Research in China 2018 12:4
  18. This study aims to examine the relationship between authentic leadership and employee proactive behavior. Based on self-determination theory, we argue that such a relationship is sequentially mediated by psych...

    Authors: Jing Zhang, Lynda J. Song, Yue Wang and Guangjian Liu
    Citation: Frontiers of Business Research in China 2018 12:5
  19. Drawing from a social capital perspective, this study examines the psychological mechanism and boundary conditions of the relationship between individuals’ childhood economic status (CES) and later income. Spe...

    Authors: Kun Yu and Yuhui Li
    Citation: Frontiers of Business Research in China 2018 12:3
  20. The selection process of appropriate Performance Appraisal (PA) methods for organizations in today’s dynamic and agile environments along with its funding scales is a complex problem. Performance appraisal in ...

    Authors: Abteen Ijadi Maghsoodi, Gelayol Abouhamzeh, Mohammad Khalilzadeh and Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas
    Citation: Frontiers of Business Research in China 2018 12:2
  21. This paper examines how the difference in institutional environments constitutes differential IPO underpricing across countries. Using the Heritage Foundation’s Index of Economic Freedom (IEF) as a proxy for t...

    Authors: Yibiao Chen, Steven S. Wang, Wilson H. S. Tong and Hui Zhu
    Citation: Frontiers of Business Research in China 2017 11:20
  22. While most literature concerning knowledge sharing examines it as an organizational method for innovation and value creation, this paper considers online knowledge sharing as an individual behavior decision em...

    Authors: Shenglei Pi and Weining Cai
    Citation: Frontiers of Business Research in China 2017 11:19
  23. This paper proposes a model featuring the heterogeneity of consumer preferences and analyzes the multiple equilibrium of retail formats by building a map of the relationships between consumer heterogeneity and...

    Authors: Mingming Shi and Xiao Yan
    Citation: Frontiers of Business Research in China 2017 11:18
  24. A wide difference of opinion exists about the content and composition of emotions. Advertising may influence an audience and their buying decisions about products and services. The objective of this study is t...

    Authors: Salman Majeed, Changbao Lu and Muhammad Usman
    Citation: Frontiers of Business Research in China 2017 11:16
  25. As leader creativity is found to be effective at promoting outcomes for organizations, more and more organizations select creative individuals as leaders. However, the influence of leader creativity has not re...

    Authors: Xiao Deng and Zhishuang Guan
    Citation: Frontiers of Business Research in China 2017 11:15
  26. Based on the theory of technology spillover in international trade, this paper discusses the technological innovation effect of trade by taking the influence of domestic trade into account. Under the constrain...

    Authors: Lijuan Xie, Shixun Wang and Xiaodong Wang
    Citation: Frontiers of Business Research in China 2017 11:14
  27. A twenty-year study of the Human Resource (HR) practices–outcome relationship has found that more rigorous methodologies have been adopted over time. However, several problematic features such as cross-section...

    Authors: Karin Sanders, Julie A. Cogin and Cai-Hui Veronica Lin
    Citation: Frontiers of Business Research in China 2017 11:11
  28. Drawing on a tripartite perspective on attitudes, this study examines the influence of psychological ownership and territoriality on turnover intention, as well as the moderating role of work relationship clos...

    Authors: Lu Lu, Jun Liu and Na Zhao
    Citation: Frontiers of Business Research in China 2017 11:10
  29. This paper investigates the relationship between employees’ perception of work-family balance practices and work-family conflicts. It examines the role of challenge stress and hindrance stress as moderators. B...

    Authors: Xiaoxi Chang, Yu Zhou, Chenxi Wang and Carmen de Pablos Heredero
    Citation: Frontiers of Business Research in China 2017 11:8
  30. Face in China is a well-known word but still lacks a precise and authoritative definition. Other than the counterpart connotation of social norms in western culture, Chinese face is also a cultural construct s...

    Authors: Zhuomin Shi, Zaoying Kuang and Ning Yang
    Citation: Frontiers of Business Research in China 2017 11:7