Journal of Business Research

1973 - 2025

Current editor(s): A. G. Woodside

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Volume 199, issue C, 2025

Investigating the aftermath of moral injury in organizations: Job stress, trauma-induced ill-being, and moral post-traumatic stress disorder as serial outcomes

Robert A. Giacalone and Sean R. Valentine

When reviews speak through pictures: Visual content and its influence on helpfulness

Paula Vidaurreta-Apesteguia, Miriam Alzate, Marta Arce-Urriza, José Enrique Armendáriz-Iñigo and D’Acunto, David

Unlocking the AI-Productivity paradox in HR: Qualitative insights across organizational levels

Ashraf Khalil, Reeti Agarwal, Muhammad Zafar Yaqub and Armando Papa

A life cycle framework of social media influencers and the influencer’ dilemma

Katja Spörl-Wang, Franziska Krause and Sven Henkel

Which institutions impose more sanctions? Formal vs. informal CEO non-duality institutions and stock price crash risk of CEO duality firms

Tingting Zhang, Incheol Kim, Jingyu Gracy Yang and Zhengyi Zhang

Is AI suitable to speak about morality? Consumer response to AI-generated moral appeals in the case of fair trade products

Wojciech Trzebiński, Faruk Anıl Konuk and Beata Marciniak

Embracing pain in pursuit of growth: a qualitative study of chronically ill patients’ mountain climbing experiences

Saeedeh Rezaee Vessal, Judith Partouche-Sebban, Alain Toledano, Fabian Bernhard and Francesco Schiavone

‘We need to play safe’: SME internationalization in a munificent environment

Heba Younis and Joanna Karmowska

Self-employment, perceived ageism, and stress among older adults

Pankaj C. Patel, Marcus T. Wolfe, Daniel A. Lerner and Markus Fitza

The impact of influence tactics on brand message sharing

Guowei Huang, Heiner Evanschitzky and Hai-Anh Tran

When suffering hurts more: suffering for material products reduces intrinsic motivation, well-being, and repurchase intention compared to experiences

Amy Errmann and Luis Arango

Feeling grounded when watching live streaming shows of highly anthropomorphic interactive virtual influencers: An exploratory study on customer opinions

Yancong Xie and Kevin C. Desouza

It’s no skin off your nose: why do consumers tattoo brands?

Antonio Pedro Cruz Costa Alves and Vivian Iara Strehlau

When customers select the winner: How marketing ideation crowdsourcing contests can foster customer engagement

Alice Falchi, Sonia Capelli and William Sabadie

Consumer reactions to the use of sex appeals in influencer vs brand social media marketing

Nurul Hosen, Vlad Demsar, Carla Ferraro and Melissa A. Wheeler

Cultures of genius in unequal societies: The impact of perceived economic inequality on preferences for talent over effort

Hyuna Bak and Youjae Yi

The more, the merrier? Investigating the distinct and interaction effects of gamification mechanics in corporate sustainability engagement

Xiaomeng Lan and Baobao Song

How do common institutional investors adapt to early technology adoption?

Linghao Zhang, Xinwei Jin and Kai Wu

Surviving and recovering in times of crisis: A resource dependence view of firm ownership

Yu Liu, Mike W. Peng, Zuobao Wei, Jian Xu and Lixin Colin Xu

Walk in my shoes: Does perspective-taking enable better work design?

Dizhen Lu and Liang Meng

When do transnational institutions matter for multinational corporations’ location choices?

Christine M. Chan, Lei Shi and Yiwei Li

Climate risk and informal entrepreneurship in emerging economies: The moderating effects of entrepreneurs’ socio-cognitions

Shihao Wei, Christopher J. Boudreaux, Pekka Stenholm, Zhongfeng Su and Yiyun Zhang

Rethinking the performance implication of regional diversification: The interplay between intra- and inter-regional diversification

Jong Min Lee

Encouraging newcomer voice through mentoring support: The mediating role of trust and the moderating role of power distance orientation

Sheng Wang, Changya Hu, Mai Pham and Hsiang Pin Yu

Reducing feelings of xenophobia through cognitive effort: The role of market knowledge, collaborative consumption behavior, and affinity for technology interaction

Adeel Khalid, Muhammad Usman, Shaker Bani-Melhem, Nadia Zahoor, Dario Natale Palmucci and Michael Christofi

Consumer response to corporate political advocacy: the role of policy attitudes, policy change, and perceived controversy

T.J. Weber, Jeff Joireman and David E. Sprott

Recipient-brand value misalignment: How corporate sociopolitical activism reshapes gift giving decisions

Lin Zhao, Julian Givi and Annie Peng Cui

Artificial intelligence in customer relationship management: A systematic framework for a successful integration

Cristina Ledro, Anna Nosella, Andrea Vinelli, Ilaria Dalla Pozza and Thomas Souverain

Light and shadow dance together: How and when ambidextrous leadership enhances versus inhibits employee innovation

Zhenyuan Wang, Rongsong Wang, Jun Gu, Rebecca Mitchell and Yujie Lai

Deriving pleasure from other people’s pain: The influence of vicarious pain on viewing intentions for violent sports

Tommy Kweku Quansah, Markus Lang and Hans Mühlbacher

The personal paradox matrix: understanding and mitigating customer tensions in phygital marketing

Thilini Chathurika Gamage, Kayhan Tajeddini, Gajendra Liyanaarachchi and Athula Gnanapala

The hate we create: How inter-brand hostility and consumer-brand identification turn fans into fighters

Jeremy S. Wolter, Vincent Myles Landers and Colin Gabler

Indelible imprint: CEOs’ poverty experience and corporate labor income share

Liang Wang, Jun Hu, Daifei Yao and Miroslaw J. Skibniewski

Role of the intermediary in the value process: Value creation in a sports service context

Danilo Brozović, Teresa Puga and Christian Grönroos

Reaffirming oneself: Exploring how artificial intelligence introduction drives employee approach crafting through a self-affirmation lens

Xinyue Lin, Liang Meng and Lei Chen

Paradoxical leadership and employee creativity: The role of cognitive complexity and flexibility

Ying Zhang and Yan Zhang

Anchored by reliability, swayed by institutional forces: Cybersecurity risk deviance from industry norms and its contingencies on risk and volatility

Pankaj C. Patel

Endorsement effectiveness of celebrities’ avatars: Evidence from multiple experiments

Jin Xue, Matthew Tingchi Liu and Xi Song

Convergence of reality and Virtuality: How virtual realism transforms player experience and behavior in virtual reality massively multiplayer Online games

Alan Reiter, Hélène Yildiz, Jean-Pierre Mouline, Demetris Vrontis and Osama S. Al-Kwifi

CEO financial distress experience and CSR: A contingency perspective

Pavithra Balaji, Cuili Qian, Eunice S. Khoo and Louise Y. Lu

Under the influencer: Participatory culture and the rise of the viratoid

Scott Jones, Emily Moorlock and Elizabeth Dempsey

Ally or antagonist? Moral identity determines the curvilinear effect of ethical leadership on employee stress

Suzanne van Gils and Ingvild Müller Seljeseth

“Servant” versus “Partner”: Investigating the effect of service robot personas on customer misbehavior

Shaohui Lei and Lishan Xie

Tomorrow is another day: How a fresh start mindset relates to goal orientations and work performance

Wei Guo, Xinyi Zhou and Jinyun Duan

Be mindful in organizational change: team mindfulness and employee openness to change

Dan Ni, Mengyi Zhang and Xiaoming Zheng

The role of volitional reconsumption in the lives of gay men living with concealable stigmatized identities

Vikram Kapoor, Russell Belk and Wendy Hein

Gifts to say goodbye: consumer preferences for farewell gifts

Dongjin He, Liu, Qianqian (Esther), Chu, Xing-Yu (Marcos), Meng Wang and Yuwei Jiang

Development and validation of the digital mindset scale

Paul Goldmann, Björn Schäfer and Christina Altendorfer

The double-edged sword of perceived corporate environmental policy (CEP): How perceived CEP encourages and hinders employee green behavior

Juelin Yin, Xinyi Hua, Lixian Qian and Puwen Shang

It’s sheer greed! How does greed lead to counterproductive work behaviors in the case of mortality salience?

Marc Ohana

Ready, set, go: CEO’S early tenure acquisitions & post-deal performance

Manjot S. Bhussar, Michelle L. Zorn, Aaron D. Hill and Ying Schwarte

Transforming leader reflexivity into follower performance: The vital role of vertical knowledge exchange and participative decision-making

Jianghua Mao and Yan Zhang

Art and science talk different. The effect of language abstractness-concreteness on liking of artistic and scientific products

Miceli, Gaetano “Nino”, Ernesto Cardamone and Maria Antonietta Raimondo

Effects of doctors’ participation in internet live streaming free medical consultations on their benefits: empirical evidence from a quasi-natural experiment

Yingjie Lu and Ke Quan

Exploring the nexus between technological collaboration and green innovation: the role of corporate R&D structure and managerial orientation

Songyang Wu, Lutao Ning and Shijun Mu

User presence in online product reviews: The dual effects on purchase intention

Yan Kou, Samart Powpaka, Lanlan Zhou, Jiangyu Huang and Dong Lu

Driving market success: The roles of organizational creativity, resilience, and turbulence in Ghanaian manufacturing firms

Benjamin Cobbinah, Ahmed Agyapong, Henry Kofi Mensah and Moses Acquaah

Beyond borders, beyond bills: Unpacking the universal pain of medical expenditures

K. Mohamed Jasim, Mustafeed Zaman, Rajibul Hasan, Shahriar Akter, Tan Vo-Thanh and Demetris Vrontis

B2B manufacturers in pursuit of Product-as-a-Service: Motivations, barriers, and approaches

K. Hedvall, O. Benedettini, J.H. Blümel, J. Arsenovic and P. Kristensson

Consumers’ climate change engagement: Conceptualization, scale development, and assessment

Sören Köcher, Linda Alkire, Sarah Köcher, Susan Myrden and O’Connor, Genevieve E.

Reputational risk taking and category non-conformity in new product launches: Insights from the Scotch whisky industry

Joseph Lampel, Daniel Ronen and Aneesh Banerjee

Avoiding algorithm errors in textual analysis: A guide to selecting software, and a research agenda toward generative artificial intelligence

Janice Wobst and Rainer Lueg

Illuminating the unseen: How and why operational transparency mitigates customer dissatisfaction in platform-based services

Peihao Wang, Laurie Wu and Yuan Wang

The impact of a flagship store opening on firm value: evidence from an event study

Sinem Kargin and Lien Lamey

AI and employee wellbeing in the workplace: An empirical study

Alena Valtonen, Minna Saunila, Juhani Ukko, Luke Treves and Paavo Ritala