Asian Business & Management

2016 - 2025

Current editor(s): Fabian Jintae Froese

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Volume 24, issue 2, 2025

Unpacking the role of context in East Asian innovation and entrepreneurship: insights and research implications pp. 167-186

Martin Hemmert

Mandating a common language in the multinational enterprise: The case of Cummins in India pp. 187-217

Sean Simoes, Anant Talaulicar and Alain Verbeke

Japan–US differences and R&D investments in response to performance feedback pp. 218-248

K. Skylar Powell, Eunah Lim, Valerie Alexandra and Mooweon Rhee

Moderating roles of spatial and temporal internationalization on the product diversification–performance relationship of emerging market multinational enterprises pp. 249-275

Yi Yang, Xiaoyuan Li and Ximeng Zhang

How come followers can thrive despite leader incivility? The buffering effect of leader support on follower positive affect pp. 276-309

Ridwan Saptoto, Desirée H. Dun and Celeste P. M. Wilderom

The effect of perceived HRM system strength on employees’ counterproductive work behavior pp. 310-330

Yuxin Jiao, Jianfeng Jia and Cihan Fan

Correction: Negotiating the ethical terrain in global value chains on the road towards the SDGs pp. 331-332

Noemi Sinkovics, Samia Ferdous Hoque, Rudolf Sinkovics and Denanjalee Gunaratne

Volume 24, issue 1, 2025

International Business and Sustainable Development in Asia: Opportunities and Challenges for Firms and Countries pp. 1-24

Chie Iguchi, Axèle Giroud, Shasha Zhao and Si Zhang

Deep responsibility, SDGs, and Asia: a historical perspective pp. 25-32

Geoffrey Jones

Tackling grand challenges: reimagining a moral ecology of globalisation pp. 33-54

Peter Buckley and Peter Enderwick

Negotiating the ethical terrain in global value chains on the road towards the SDGs pp. 55-96

Noemi Sinkovics, Samia Ferdous Hoque, Rudolf Sinkovics and Denanjalee Gunaratne

Chinese firms’ contribution to local poverty alleviation: the role of inward FDI pp. 97-127

Xintong Wu and Longyuan Ma

How does parent firms' ESG disclosure affect overseas subsidiary financial performance? The case of Chinese multinationals pp. 128-165

Zhongjuan Sun, Jialin Feng, Yikai Yuan and Jiamu Sun

Volume 23, issue 5, 2024

Asia’s institutional innovation, cross-boundary learning, and resilience in business and society fostering international collaborations around the world pp. 651-659

Yipeng Liu

Turning green hydrogen into firms’ decarbonization strategies: opportunities, challenges, and implications for China pp. 660-682

Daniela Baglieri

Digital transformation and digital dynamic capabilities improvement in low-medium technology sector: evidence from Thai family firms pp. 683-712

Pietro Borsano, Veronica Marozzo, Marco Bonaglia, Alberto Minin and Antonio Crupi

Managing open innovation with science-based vs. market-based partners: board of directors as a contingency pp. 713-737

Jie Wu, Nitin Pangarkar, Xiaohui Shi, Zhiyang Liu and Zefu Wu

Rural women entrepreneurship: when femininity compensates for institutional hurdles pp. 738-766

Masoud Karami, Yousef Mohammad Karimi, Mohsen Akbari and Juergen Gnoth

The relationship between CEO narcissism and hybrid organising pp. 767-791

Jiazhen Song, Xiaobao Peng, Sumran Ali, Emmanuel Mensah Horsey and Jiashun Huang

Volume 23, issue 4, 2024

Asia’s distinctive role in nurturing regional cooperation, managing global risks, and cultivating responsible leaders for sustainable development pp. 511-518

Yipeng Liu

Exploring the impact of establishment mode on intangible strategic asset creation in Chinese MNEs: springboard cross-border strategic asset-seeking M&As versus greenfield R&D-related FDI projects pp. 519-543

Dylan Sutherland, John Anderson, Ludan Wu and Sean Severe

High-performance work systems and firm performance: the mediation effect of the quality of employee turnover pp. 544-569

Kiwook Kwon, Chiho Ok and Kwanghyun Kim

Corporate contribution to poverty alleviation: an integrated framework of willingness and ability pp. 570-596

Shuhan Chen, Lerong He and Guangqing Yang

Political embeddedness and corporate social responsibility (CSR) in a state-led developing country: evidence from China pp. 597-621

Jiarong Li and Masato Sasaki

Do it yourself, but I can help you at any time: the dynamic effects of job autonomy and supervisor competence on performance pp. 622-650

Shenyang Hai and In-Jo Park

Volume 23, issue 3, 2024

Leveraging the power of innovation for common prosperity and better AI governance in Asia and globally pp. 367-373

Yipeng Liu

Political tie diversity and inclusion at work in Asia: a critical view and a roadmap pp. 374-392

Mustafa F. Özbilgin, Cihat Erbil and Nur Gündoğdu

Sustainability from institutionalism: determinants of Korean companies’ ESG performances pp. 393-425

Doyoon Kim, Dongyoub Shin, Jaehong Lee and Grimm Noh

How HR managers develop ideas about HR reform: the role of inter-corporate knowledge exchange in Japan pp. 426-446

Harald Conrad and Hendrik Meyer-Ohle

Break out against the tide: using ambidextrous networks and dynamic absorptive capacity to create greater value pp. 447-483

Xia Feng and Sze-Ting Chen

Unraveling the dynamics of employee retention in Asian organizations: exploring the interplay of organizational identification, affective commitment, and trust in leadership pp. 484-510

Kiho Jun, Joonghak Lee and Jegoo Lee

Volume 23, issue 2, 2024

Special Issue: Managing People, Markets, and Businesses in the New India pp. 165-179

Arup Varma, Parth Patel, Ashish Malik and Sushanta Mishra

The interplay of organisational culture, transformational leadership and organisation innovativeness: Evidence from India pp. 180-210

Sanjeev Kumar, Rahul Raj, Irfaan Salem, Etinder Pal Singh, Kavita Goel and Rishi Bhatia

Correction: The interplay of organisational culture, transformational leadership and organisation innovativeness: Evidence from India pp. 211-212

Sanjeev Kumar, Rahul Raj, Irfan Saleem, Etinder Pal Singh, Kavita Goel and Rishi Bhatia

The role of transformational leadership and institutional entrepreneurship in organizational change in Indian public organizations pp. 213-236

Rekha Rao-Nicholson and Syed Mohyuddin

Social networking sites and employer branding: a qualitative study of Indian organizations pp. 237-265

Sunanda Nayak and Pawan Budhwar

The Interplay of digitalization, organizational support, workforce agility and task performance in a blended working environment: evidence from Indian public sector organizations pp. 266-286

Sanjeet Kumar Sameer

Influence of jugaad culture on business sustainability in India pp. 287-311

Sheshadri Chatterjee, Ranjan Chaudhuri and Demetris Vrontis

Working from home during COVID-19 and its impact on Indian employees’ stress and creativity pp. 312-336

Akanksha Jaiswal and C. J. Arun

Do leadership behaviour preferences differ among generations? A qualitative study of Gen X, Y, and Z in India pp. 337-365

Ruchika Yadav and Sushama Chaudhari

Volume 23, issue 1, 2024

Reviving the aspiration, fostering impactful research, and contributing to the sustainable development and societal impact at Asian Business and Management pp. 1-8

Yipeng Liu

When we unite, not divide: status homophily, group average status, and group performance in the Korean film industry pp. 9-31

Youchung Kwon and Bo Kyung Kim

Reducing employee burnout in the context of a global crisis and remote work: focusing on quality of leader–member exchange, trust in leader and organizational identification pp. 32-54

Alfred Presbitero and John Jamir Benzon R. Aruta

How high-involvement work practices, public service motivation, and employees’ commitment influence employees' proactive work behavior: evidence from China pp. 55-81

Khalid Mehmood, Yaser Iftikhar, Aamir Suhail and Adil Zia

Thriving in the global competitive landscape: competitive dynamics and longevity of emerging market firms pp. 82-109

Jaeyoung Cho

Female CEOs’ risk management and earnings performance during the financial crisis pp. 110-138

Sungchang Kang, Jeongseok Bang and Doojin Ryu

The impact of investor reaction to crisis events on corporate philanthropy: evidence from Chinese firms pp. 139-163

Zhe Ouyang, Qian Sun and Yang Liu

Volume 22, issue 5, 2023

Asian Business & Management 2018–2023: farewell from the outgoing editor pp. 1801-1803

Fabian Jintae Froese

That’s so Gucci: a comparison of cultural values and the influence of perceived values on luxury goods attitudes and purchase intention among Korean and Dutch millennials pp. 1804-1829

Ka-Yan Joey Wong and Seong-Yeon Park

The diffusion pattern of new products: evidence from the Korean movie industry pp. 1830-1847

Youseok Lee, Sang-Hoon Kim and Kyoung Cheon Cha

Information distortion in word-of-mouth retransmission: the effects of retransmitter intention and source expertise pp. 1848-1876

Sung Youl Jun, Tae Wook Ju, Hye Kyung Park, Jacob C. Lee and Tae Min Kim

Jugaad in organizational settings: exploring the Jugaad leadership competencies pp. 1877-1912

Sathiyaseelan Balasundaram, Anuradha Sathiyaseelan and Michael Zirkler

Sustainable training practices: predicting job satisfaction and employee behavior using machine learning techniques pp. 1913-1936

Akriti Gupta, Aman Chadha, Vijayshri Tiwari, Arup Varma and Vijay Pereira

From childhood poverty to good boss: the impact of CEO's early-life experience on corporate employee responsibility pp. 1937-1961

Ximeng Jia, Chen Chen, Yaoqin Li and Mengyu Hao

The impact of the perceived value of the sharing economy on consumer usage behavior: evidence from shared mobility in China pp. 1962-2003

Xiaochen Shao, Alfredo Jiménez, Jeoung Yul Lee and Vasyl Taras

Effects of open innovation on eco-innovation in meta-organizations: evidence from Korean SMEs pp. 2004-2028

Taewoo Roh, Shufeng Simon Xiao and Byung Il Park

Configurational patterns of human resource practices in the family-business systems: a multiple case study in China pp. 2029-2055

Shimei Yan and Gang Zhang

Do enterprises with foreign direct investments in tax havens prefer charitable donations? Evidence from China pp. 2056-2076

Fei Ge, Peipei Wu, Yun Feng and Lu Gao

Obstacles or catalysts? A balanced view of formal institutional risks on FDI location choice pp. 2077-2105

Ming-Chang Huang, Tian-Jyun Gong, Shih-Ping Sun and Ping-Hsin Lin

Going beyond the firm perspective: what do employees think of high-performance work systems (HPWS)? pp. 2106-2134

Sunwang Kim, Jimin Kwon and Dongil Jung

Organizational learning platforms for knowledge creation in international joint ventures: the mediating role of formal and informal communication pp. 2135-2163

Yong Suhk Pak and Jong Min Lee

CEO narcissism and cross-boundary growth: Evidence from Chinese publicly listed manufacturing firms pp. 2164-2188

Lin Yang, Jingyi Yang, Chenjian Zhang and Liangliang Lu

How business groups build globally relevant knowledge from local contexts? Exploring the double-edged sword effect of cultural diversity pp. 2189-2224

Jeoung Yul Lee, Shufeng (Simon) Xiao and Surender Munjal

Frugal innovation embedded in business and political ties: transformational versus sustainable leadership pp. 2225-2248

Qaisar Iqbal and Katarzyna Piwowar-Sulej

Effect of paradoxical leadership on employee innovation behavior in a Confucian context pp. 2249-2279

Gongli Luo, Guangming Zhu and Yanlu Guo

Volume 22, issue 4, 2023

Interactive influence of work–life balance benefits, employee recommendation, and job attributes on employer attractiveness and job pursuit intentions: two experiments pp. 1215-1242

Faiz Ahamad, Gordhan K. Saini and I. M. Jawahar

Reporting of environmental policies and internationalization of Asia–Pacific firms: the moderating role of innovation as a source of legitimacy pp. 1243-1273

Gozal Ahmadova, Blanca L. Delgado-Márquez and Javier Aguilera-Caracuel

Exploring the individual and joint effects of founders' and managers' experiential knowledge on international opportunity identification pp. 1274-1300

Anisur R. Faroque, Farhad Uddin Ahmed, Mahabubur Rahman, Mohammad Osman Gani and Sina Mortazavi

Organizational direction, expectations, and employees’ intention for Green HRM practices in the Philippines: a signaling theory perspective pp. 1301-1327

Mendiola Teng-Calleja, Alfred Presbitero and Mira Michelle Guzman

Overseas imprints reflected at home: returnee CEOs and corporate green innovation pp. 1328-1368

Zeye Zhang, Liuyong Yang, Xuerong Peng and Zhongju Liao

The impact of political turnover on corporate misconduct and philanthropy: evidence from China pp. 1369-1393

Angela Kamidi and Junhua Guo

The impact of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism on CSR practices in family businesses in China pp. 1394-1417

Rongjia Su, Dianjie Liang and Weili Teng

From efficiency to legitimacy: the changing logic of internal CSR in emerging multinationals during internationalization pp. 1418-1453

Xuelin Bu and Limin Chen

The moderating effect of market knowledge on contractual efficacy: evidence from Asian supplier–Western buyer relationships pp. 1454-1484

Umar Burki, Richard Glavee-Geo, Robert Dahlstrom, Renger Kanani and Arnt Buvik

An investigation of the bridging interface strategies used by Chinese MNE when undertaking FDI to Taiwan pp. 1485-1512

Yi-Chi Hsiao, Hsueh-Liang Wu and Chun-Ping Yeh

Top management staffing and subsidiary performance under home-country uncertainty pp. 1513-1543

Eunbi Kim

The nonlinear impact of perceptions of organizational politics on unethical pro-organizational behavior in Chinese culture: Moderating role of Zhongyong pp. 1544-1566

Hao Zhou and Yang Ran

The effects of perceived organizational support on employees’ sense of job insecurity in times of external threats: an empirical investigation under lockdown conditions in China pp. 1567-1591

Luyang Zhou, Shengxiao Li, Lianxi Zhou, Hong Tao and Dave Bouckenooghe

How do multiple cognitions shape corporate proactive environmental strategies? The joint effects of environmental awareness and entrepreneurial orientation pp. 1592-1617

Zhiwei Yan, Xuerong Peng, Seoki Lee and Leibao Zhang

Aligning employee and organizational values to build organizational reputation pp. 1618-1648

Marwa Tourky, Sharina Osman and William S. Harvey

Strengthening perceptions of virtual team cohesiveness and effectiveness in new normal: A hyperpersonal communication theory perspective pp. 1649-1682

Yuejun Lawrance Cai

Environmental uncertainty and the entrepreneurial orientation–performance relationship among East Asian new technology-based firms: an institutional perspective pp. 1683-1711

Martin Hemmert, Adam R. Cross, Ying Cheng, Jae-Jin Kim, Masahiro Kotosaka, Franz Waldenberger and Leven J. Zheng

The paradox of political legitimacy: the political inclusion and entrepreneurs’ firm strategies pp. 1712-1742

Kaixian Mao, Huidi Lu and Bilian Ni Sullivan

Unraveling the stagnation of employee pay in Japanese firms: the impact of profit creation, employee productivity, and employee share pp. 1743-1772

Yuanyuan Gong, Shige Makino, Aqi Liu, Huanchen Liu and Jingyi Wang

Active and passive bribery’s impact on firm relational embeddedness: evidence from Thailand pp. 1773-1799

Chomsorn Tangdenchai, Asda Chintakananda and George O. White

Volume 22, issue 3, 2023

Looking back is better than looking forward: visualization, temporal frames, and new product evaluation in China pp. 829-856

Yuanyuan Zhou, Qian Li, Shiyang Gong, Daniel P. Hampson and Zhicen Liu

How does the absorbed slack impact corporate social responsibility? Exploring the nonlinear effect and condition in China pp. 857-877

Lu Shang, Yu Zhou, Xinyu Hu and Zhipeng Zhang

Matching disruptive innovation paths with entrepreneurial networks: a new perspective on startups’ growth with Chinese evidence pp. 878-902

Weizhen Yu, Shuanping Dai, Feng Liu and Yi Yang

Survival of Japanese subsidiaries: impacts of sequential investment, institutional distances, and location factors pp. 903-934

Flavio Jorge Freire D Andrade Battistuzzo and Mario Henrique Ogasavara

High-performance work systems and the work–family interface: a cross-level investigation pp. 935-954

Mashal Ahmed Watoo, Man Cao and Zhao Shuming

Effects of environmental orientation on agricultural enterprises’ performance: mediation and moderation analyses pp. 955-977

Xiu-e Zhang and Xinyu Teng

The bright side of environmental uncertainty for organizational learning: the moderating role of political skill pp. 978-1007

Man-Ling Chang, Au Due Tang, Cheng-Feng Cheng and Wen-Kuo Chen

How can managers, acting as brokers, be ambidextrous? The effect of trust brokerage on managers’ ambidexterity pp. 1008-1034

Hongjiang Lv, Xinghua Zhao, Man Cao and Jingjing Ding

Chasing ‘Animal spirits’: business expectations, performance feedback, and advertising intensity in Japanese firms pp. 1035-1064

K. Skylar Powell, Eunah Lim and Hidenori Takahashi

Justice climate and employee creativity in the work uncertainty context: a cross-level investigation pp. 1065-1093

Li-Yun Sun, Chenwei Li, Wen Pan and Alicia S. M. Leung

China and U.S. organizational culture via value statements: an emic-etic yin-yang approach pp. 1094-1130

Bradley J. Koch, Pamela Tremain Koch and Yiheng Deng

Knowledge distance and innovation performance: the moderating role of internationalization breadth and depth pp. 1131-1154

Eunmi Tatum Lee, Young-Ryeol Park and Jooyoung Kwak

How employees respond to client feedback on their creative work: a microfoundations approach to absorptive capacity pp. 1155-1184

Cheng-Hua Tzeng

Internal CSR and blue-collar workers’ attitudes and behaviors in China: a combination of a cross-sectional study and a field experiment pp. 1185-1213

Nick Lin-Hi, Xiaohan Gao-Urhahn, Torsten Biemann and Irmela F. Koch-Bayram

Volume 22, issue 2, 2023

Advancing Chinese leadership research: review and future directions pp. 493-508

Yijun Xing, Yipeng Liu, Fabian Jintae Froese and Manli Huang

Leader humor and employee creativity: a model integrating pragmatic and affective roles pp. 509-528

Wenan Hu and Jinlian Luo

Such a high cost: the positive effect of leader humor on employee incivility via psychological safety pp. 529-548

Yue Yuan, Qi Zhang and Mengxi Yang

Great leaders do everything: a moderated mediation model of transformational leadership, trust in leader, helping behaviour, and idiosyncratic deals pp. 549-569

Man Lung Jonathan Kwok, Raymond Kwong, Macy Wong and Jinyun Duan

Group leader emotional intelligence and group performance: a multilevel perspective pp. 570-592

Yucheng Zhang, Long Zhang, Jingtao Zhu, Chih-Hsing Liu, Mengxi Yang and Guangjian Liu

Correction to: Group leader emotional intelligence and group performance: a multilevel perspective pp. 593-594

Yucheng Zhang, Long Zhang, Jingtao Zhu, Chih-Hsing Liu, Mengxi Yang and Guangjian Liu

Does charismatic leadership encourage or suppress follower voice? The moderating role of challenge–hindrance stressors pp. 595-620

Yanhan Zhu and Jiang Wu

Linking leader humility with service performance: the role of service climate and customer mistreatment pp. 621-642

Waseem Bahadur and Ahsan Ali

Two-way in-/congruence in three components of paternalistic leadership and subordinate justice: the mediating role of perceptions of renqing pp. 643-668

Han Ren, Zhengqiang Zhong, Charles Weizheng Chen and Chris Brewster

Impact of abusive supervision on intention to leave: a moderated mediation model of organizational-based self esteem and emotional exhaustion pp. 669-688

Ifzal Ahmad and Khalida Begum

Is abusive supervision harmful to organizational environmental performance? Evidence from China pp. 689-712

Yang Chen, Yanxia Wang, Fang Lee Cooke, Lin Lin, Pascal Paillé and Olivier Boiral

Correction: Is abusive supervision harmful to organizational environmental performance? Evidence from China pp. 713-714

Yang Chen, Yanxia Wang, Fang Lee Cooke, Lin Lin, Pascal Paillé and Olivier Boiral

Do narcissistic employees remain silent? Examining the moderating roles of supervisor narcissism and traditionality in China pp. 715-739

Min (Maggie) Wan, Yejun Zhang and Mingze Li

Unethical leadership and employee knowledge-hiding behavior in the Chinese context: a moderated dual-pathway model pp. 740-764

Yazhou Qin, Yuhua Xie and Fang Lee Cooke

Performance feedback, succession process and innovative activities of family firms: evidence from China pp. 765-791

Yangyang Qi and Jiong Wu

How leader-member exchange influences person-organization fit: a social exchange perspective pp. 792-827

Jianfeng Jia, Fangjian Wu, Mingwei Liu, Guiyao Tang, Yujie Cai and Hailong Jia

Volume 22, issue 1, 2023

Performance implications of combining innovation and internationalization for Korean small- and medium-sized manufacturing firms: an exploration–exploitation perspective pp. 1-25

Youngwoo Lee and Martin Hemmert

The emergence of TMT learning goal orientation: contextual effects of TMT demographic diversity on TMT cognitive processes pp. 26-54

Hai-Trung Nguyen, Hao-Chieh Lin and Shao-Chi Chang

CSR reporting in China’s private and state-owned enterprises: A mixed methods comparative analysis pp. 55-83

Irina Ervits

Emerging market state-owned multinationals: a review and implications for the state capitalism debate pp. 84-117

Andrei Panibratov and Daria Klishevich

Impact of social media capability on firm performance: new evidence from China pp. 118-136

Lijuan Bai and Xiangbin Yan

The CSR–CFP relationship in the presence of institutional voids and the moderating role of family ownership pp. 137-163

James J. Cordeiro, Ambra Galeazzo and Tara Shankar Shaw

Adoption of the 4th Industrial Revolution: evidence from Korean exporters in international markets pp. 164-187

Jinwan Cho, Eunmi Kim and Insik Jeong

Problemistic search and hybrid organizations: multiple sources of performance feedback in diversifications by corporate foundations in Korea pp. 188-216

Shinwon Noh, Dongyoub Shin and Sunhyuk Kim

Does “familiness” enhance or reduce firms’ willingness to engage in partnership with rivals? Empirical evidence from South Korean savings banks pp. 217-245

Steve Kyungjae Lee

Managers’ knowledge and customer-focused knowledge management as dynamic capabilities: implications for innovation performance pp. 246-274

C. Lakshman, Sangeetha Lakshman and Kubilay Gok

Exploring the double-edged sword effect of outward FDI spillovers on domestic firms’ productivity in an emerging market pp. 275-299

Mengmeng Wang, Shufeng Simon Xiao and Sang Hyun Han

The effects of political ties on innovation performance in China: Differences between central and local governments pp. 300-329

Jooyoung Kwak, Shih-Yi Chang and Meihui Jin

How do top management team characteristics affect government R&D subsidy grants? Evidence from an information economics perspective pp. 330-353

Maoyan She, Die Hu, Yuandi Wang and Li Li

Narrowing the communication gap in internationally distributed teams: the case of software-development teams in Sri Lanka and Japan pp. 354-378

Azusa Ebisuya, Tomoki Sekiguchi and Gayan Prasad Hettiarachchi

Repression or indulgence? Distinctive government influence on firm financial and environmental misconduct in China pp. 379-402

Yusi Jiang, Tianyu Gong, Wan Cheng and Yapu Zhao

Fear to lose? An analysis of CEO successors’ decision-making regarding R&D intensity based on behavioral agency theory pp. 403-430

Xin Liu

Achieving ambidextrous learning in construction engineering project partnerships: the roles of formal control and Chinese guanxi pp. 431-462

Suying Yang, Yanhui Mao, Tao Liu, Conrad Baldner, Scott Roberts and Shaokai Lu

Flexible but stable: the mediated influence of an organization’s culture on performance pp. 463-492

Yong-Sun Chang, Jian Hui Guo and Joel M. Evans