Journal of World Business

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Volume 48, issue 2, 2013

How to attract applicants in the Atlantic versus the Asia-Pacific region? A cross-national analysis on China, India, Germany, and Hungary pp. 175-185

Matthias Baum and Rüdiger Kabst

Localized poaching and skills shortages of manufacturing employees among MNEs in China pp. 186-195

Peter Sheldon and Yiqiong Li

Transformational learning experiences of international development volunteers in the Asia-Pacific: The case of a multinational NGO pp. 196-208

Anthony Fee and Sidney J. Gray

Expatriate return on investment in the Asia Pacific: An empirical study of individual ROI versus corporate ROI pp. 209-221

Yvonne McNulty, Helen De Cieri and Kate Hutchings

Cultural intelligence as a predictor of expatriate adjustment and performance in Malaysia pp. 222-231

Marlin Abdul Malek and Pawan Budhwar

Examining the differential use of global integration mechanisms across HRM practices: Evidence from China pp. 232-240

Adam Smale, Ingmar Björkman and Jennie Sumelius

HR practices from the perspective of managers and employees in multinational enterprises in China: Alignment issues and implications pp. 241-250

Cherrie Jiuhua Zhu, Brian K. Cooper, Di Fan and Helen De Cieri

Compressed Development: Global value chains, multinational enterprises and human resource development in 21st century Asia pp. 251-259

Nigel Haworth

Building international entrepreneurial virtual networks in cyberspace pp. 260-270

Thor Sigfusson and Sylvie Chetty

Paying for cross-border acquisitions: The impact of prior acquirers’ decisions pp. 271-281

Shavin Malhotra and PengCheng Zhu

Volume 48, issue 1, 2013

Internationalization and firm performance of SMEs: The moderating effects of CEO attributes pp. 1-12

Wen-Tsung Hsu, Hsiang-Lan Chen and Chia-Yi Cheng

Regional differences in a national culture and their effects on leadership effectiveness: A tale of two neighboring Chinese cities pp. 13-19

Ji Li, Yali Tan, Zhenyao Cai, Hong Zhu and Xinran Wang

The impact of cultural differences on technology adoption pp. 20-29

Sang-Gun Lee, Silvana Trimi and Changsoo Kim

An exploration of multinational enterprise knowledge resources and foreign subsidiary performance pp. 30-38

Yulin Fang, Michael Wade, Andrew Delios and Paul W. Beamish

Overbidding in cross-border acquisitions: Misperceptions in assessing and valuing knowledge pp. 39-46

Ananda Mukherji, Jyotsna Mukherji, Clay Dibrell and John D. Francis

Global integration strategies of small and medium multinationals: Evidence from Taiwan pp. 47-57

Julius H. Johnson, Bindu Arya and Dinesh A. Mirchandani

International ambidexterity and firm performance in small emerging economies pp. 58-67

Chia-Wen Hsu, Yung-Chih Lien and Homin Chen

Sub-national institutions, firm strategies, and firm performance: A multilevel study of private manufacturing firms in Vietnam pp. 68-76

Thang V. Nguyen, Ngoc T.B. Le and Scott E. Bryant

Is cultural distance a bane or a boon for cross-border acquisition performance? pp. 77-86

Desislava Dikova and Padma Rao Sahib

Language competencies, policies and practices in multinational corporations: A comprehensive review and comparison of Anglophone, Asian, Continental European and Nordic MNCs pp. 87-97

Anne-Wil Harzing and Markus Pudelko

Liability-of-foreignness effects on job success of immigrant job seekers pp. 98-109

Tony Fang, Al-Karim Samnani, Milorad M. Novicevic and Mark N. Bing

Antecedents and temporal dynamics of strategic divergence in multinational corporations: Evidence from Europe pp. 110-121

Matthias Brauer and Mark Heitmann

Pitting real options theory against risk diversification theory: International diversification and joint ownership control in economic crisis pp. 122-136

Chris Changwha Chung, Seung-Hyun Lee, Paul W. Beamish, Colette Southam and Nam, Daeil (Dale)

Constraints, internationalization and growth: A cross-country analysis of European SMEs pp. 137-148

Jolanda Hessels and Simon C. Parker

The influence of job demands and resources on repatriate career satisfaction: A relative deprivation perspective pp. 149-159

Hong Ren, Mark C. Bolino, Margaret A. Shaffer and Maria L. Kraimer

Parent company benefits from reverse knowledge transfer: The role of the liability of newness in MNEs pp. 160-170

Larissa Rabbiosi and Grazia D. Santangelo

Volume 47, issue 4, 2012

Leadership in a global context: New directions in research and theory development pp. 479-482

Richard M. Steers, Carlos Sanchez-Runde and Luciara Nardon

Conceptualizing leadership across cultures pp. 483-492

Marcus W. Dickson, Nathalie Castaño, Asiyat Magomaeva and Deanne N. Den Hartog

Defining the “global” in global leadership pp. 493-503

Mark E. Mendenhall, B. Sebastian Reiche, Allan Bird and Joyce S. Osland

GLOBE: A twenty year journey into the intriguing world of culture and leadership pp. 504-518

Peter Dorfman, Mansour Javidan, Paul Hanges, Ali Dastmalchian and Robert House

Leadership and culture in the MENA region: An analysis of the GLOBE project pp. 519-529

Hayat Kabasakal, Ali Dastmalchian, Gaye Karacay and Secil Bayraktar

Qualitative and quantitative studies of leadership in multinational settings: Meta-analytic and cross-cultural reviews pp. 530-538

Kiyoshi Takahashi, Jun Ishikawa and Toshihiro Kanai

Positive global leadership pp. 539-547

Carolyn M. Youssef and Fred Luthans

Humanistic leadership: Lessons from Latin America pp. 548-554

Anabella Davila and Marta M. Elvira

Servant leadership across cultures pp. 555-570

Rakesh Mittal and Peter W. Dorfman

Strategic leadership across cultures: Current findings and future research directions pp. 571-580

Hui Wang, David A. Waldman and Hongyu Zhang

Symmetric and asymmetric leadership cultures: A comparative study of leadership and organizational culture at Hyundai and Toyota pp. 581-591

Won Shul Shim and Richard M. Steers

Leading global teams pp. 592-603

Lena Zander, Audra . Mockaitis and Christina L. Butler

Cultural constraints on the emergence of women as leaders pp. 604-611

Soo Min Toh and Geoffrey J. Leonardelli

Dynamic cross-cultural competencies and global leadership effectiveness pp. 612-622

Paula Caligiuri and Ibraiz Tarique

Legitimacy and accelerated internationalisation: An Indian perspective pp. 623-634

Athena Bangara, Susan Freeman and William Schroder

Resource determinants of strategy and performance: The case of British exporters pp. 635-647

Elena Beleska-Spasova, Keith W. Glaister and Chris Stride

Multi-party international joint ventures: Multiple post-formation change processes pp. 648-663

Chris Changwha Chung and Paul W. Beamish

The good, the bad, and the ugly: Technology transfer competence, rent-seeking, and bargaining power pp. 664-674

Francesco Ciabuschi, Henrik Dellestrand and Philip Kappen

Born global firms: The differences between their short- and long-term performance drivers pp. 675-685

Kalanit Efrat and Aviv Shoham

Strategic complexity and global expansion: An empirical study of newcomer Multinational Corporations from small economies pp. 686-695

Asta Dis Oladottir, Bersant Hobdari, Marina Papanastassiou, Robert Pearce and Evis Sinani

Perceptions of task cohesiveness and organizational support increase trust and information sharing between host country nationals and expatriate coworkers in Oman pp. 696-705

Soo Min Toh and Ekkirala S. Srinivas

Volume 47, issue 3, 2012

Improving national cultural indices using a longitudinal meta-analysis of Hofstede's dimensions pp. 329-341

Vas Taras, Piers Steel and Bradley L. Kirkman

Culture's consequences for emotional attending during cross-border acquisition implementation pp. 342-351

Taco H. Reus

Cross-country differences in attitudes to business associations during the 2007–2010 recession pp. 352-361

Peter Hultén, Andrew Barron and Douglas Bryson

The role of open innovation in emerging economies: Do companies profit from the scientific knowledge of others? pp. 362-370

Mario . Kafouros and Nicolas Forsans

A framework of successful organizational practices in Western multinational companies operating in Russia pp. 371-382

Alexei Koveshnikov, Wilhelm Barner-Rasmussen, Mats Ehrnrooth and Kristiina Mäkelä

Subsidiary knowledge flows in multinational corporations: Research accomplishments, gaps, and opportunities pp. 383-396

Snejina Michailova and Zaidah Mustaffa

Knowledge acquisition and corporate entrepreneurship: Insights from Spanish SMEs in the ICT sector pp. 397-408

Ana Maria Bojica and Maria del Mar Fuentes Fuentes

Owner sacrifice and small business growth pp. 409-419

M. Kamil Kozan, Dolun Oksoy and Onur Ozsoy

The influence of social institutions on managers’ concept of trust: Implications for trust-building in Sino-German relationships pp. 420-434

Miriam Muethel and Martin Hoegl

Is ‘Good’ governance good for business? A cross-national analysis of firms in African countries pp. 435-449

Paul Valentin Ngobo and Maurice Fouda

Cognitive and affective approaches to employee participation: Integration of the two approaches pp. 450-458

Rhokeun Park

Trust as a mediator of the relationship between leader/member behavior and leader-member-exchange quality pp. 459-468

Christina Sue-Chan, Al K.C. Au and Rick D. Hackett

Do family ties shape the performance consequences of diversification? Evidence from the European Union pp. 469-477

Fernando Muñoz-Bullón and Maria J. Sánchez-Bueno

Volume 47, issue 2, 2012

Managing growth: Human resource management challenges facing the Indian software industry pp. 159-166

Narendra M. Agrawal, Naresh Khatri and R. Srinivasan

Strategic determinants for the selection of partner alliances in the Indian tour operator industry: A cross-national study pp. 167-177

Mohinder Chand and Anastasia A. Katou

Employee service abandonment in offshore operations: A case study of a US multinational in India pp. 178-185

Mehmet Demirbag, Kamel Mellahi, Sunil Sahadev and Joel Elliston

Towards mentoring the Indian organizational woman: Propositions, considerations, and first steps pp. 186-193

Ray K. Haynes and Rajashi Ghosh

Culture, employee work outcomes and performance: An empirical analysis of Indian software firms pp. 194-203

Jossy Mathew, Emmanuel Ogbonna and Lloyd C. Harris

Linkage between perceived external prestige and emotional labor: Mediation effect of organizational identification among pharmaceutical representatives in India pp. 204-212

Sushanta Kumar Mishra, Deepti Bhatnagar, D’Cruz, Premilla and Ernesto Noronha

Overall justice, work group identification and work outcomes: Test of moderated mediation process pp. 213-222

Charmi Patel, Pawan Budhwar and Arup Varma

A longitudinal examination of HRM in a human resources offshoring (HRO) organization operating from India pp. 223-231

Vijay Pereira and Valerie Anderson

Managing diversity: Impact of religion in the Indian workplace pp. 232-239

Asha Rao

Determinants of employees’ attitudes toward union membership in India pp. 240-250

Santanu Sarkar

Internationalization and HRM strategies across subsidiaries in multinational corporations from emerging economies—A conceptual framework pp. 251-258

Mohan Thite, Adrian Wilkinson and Dhara Shah

Resource dependency and parent–subsidiary capability transfers pp. 259-266

Tain-Jy Chen, Homin Chen and Ying-Hua Ku

Do Anglo countries still form a values cluster? Evidence of the complexity of value change pp. 267-276

Carolyn P. Egri, Shaista E. Khilji, David A. Ralston, Ian Palmer, Ilya Girson, Laurie Milton, Malika Richards, Prem Ramburuth and Audra . Mockaitis

International new ventures as “small multinationals”: The importance of marketing capabilities pp. 277-287

Maria Ripollés and Andreu Blesa

The liability of closeness: Business relatedness and foreign subsidiary performance pp. 288-296

Jianyun Tang and W. Glenn Rowe

Towards a comprehensive model of entry timing in the ICT industry: Direct and indirect effects pp. 297-310

Pedro M. García-Villaverde, María J. Ruiz-Ortega and Gloria Parra-Requena

A passage to India: A dual case study of activities, processes and resources in offshore outsourcing of advanced services pp. 311-326

Peter D. Ørberg Jensen