Interest In Management Research Articles

Twinning Partnership Network: A Learning and Experience-Sharing Network Among Health Professionals in Rwanda to Improve Health Services.

We describe the development, implementation, and evaluation of a novel twinning approach: the Twinning Partnership Network (TPN). Twinning is a well-known approach to peer learning that has been used in a variety of settings to build organizational capacity. Although twinning takes many forms, the heart of the approach is that institutions with shared characteristics collaborate via sharing information and experiences to achieve a specific goal. We adapted a twinning partnership strategy developed by the World Health Organization to create a network of like-minded health institutions. The key innovation of the TPN is the network, which ensures that an institution always has a high-performing peer with whom to partner on a specific topic area of interest. We identified 10 hospitals and 30 districts in Rwanda to participate in the TPN. These districts and hospitals participated in a kickoff workshop in which they identified capacity gaps, clarified goals, and selected twinning partners. After the workshop, districts and hospitals participated in exchange visits, coaching visits, and virtual and in-person learning events. We found that districts and hospitals that selected specific areas and worked on them throughout the duration of the TPN with their peers improved their performance significantly when compared with those that selected and worked on other areas. Accreditation scores improved by 5.6% more in hospitals selecting accreditation than those that did not. Districts that selected improving community-based health insurance coverage improved by 4.8% more than districts that did not select this topic area. We hypothesize that these results are due to senior management's interest and motivation to improve in these specific areas, the motivation gained by learning from high-performing peers with similar resources, and context-specific knowledge sharing from peer hospitals and districts.

EXPRESS: The Impact of Air Pollution on Consumer Spending

Air pollution is a growing concern to economies and societies worldwide. Despite common knowledge that air pollution impairs our emotions and cognition and hence behavioral outcomes, the impact of air pollution on consumer spending remains an open question. Analyzing air quality readings and individual-level credit card transactions in South Korea, this paper shows that consumers spend more money when air quality is poorer. This correlation is more prominent in hedonic categories, such as entertainment or leisure activities, where the nature of consumption is characterized by greater emotional benefits. The authors consider potential explanations, and the leading hypothesis is that consumers treat spending as a mood-regulating resource. The results survive an array of robustness checks and are supported in a controlled experiment, reinforcing a causal inference behind the main findings. The authors provide implications for stakeholders to develop a sustainable marketing program that not only pursues managerial interests but also concerns consumer welfare in the face of environmental change.

Integrating Risk Management and Corporate Governance: Implications for Performance in China's Manufacturing Sector

This paper explores the integration of risk management and corporate governance and its implications for the performance of Chinese manufacturing firms. By developing a comprehensive model that combines these two crucial aspects, the study aims to analyze how enhanced governance structures and refined risk management strategies can improve organizational decision-making, financial stability, and operational efficiency. Utilizing a blend of theoretical frameworks, including Agency Theory and the Balanced Scorecard, the paper proposes a series of hypotheses that examine the effectiveness of integrated practices in enhancing firm performance. Through a systematic review of literature and model development, the research identifies practical steps for implementation and policy recommendations that could foster better integration. The study's significance lies in its potential to guide firms in strengthening their governance and risk management processes, thereby contributing to the robustness and competitiveness of China’s manufacturing sector. This paper not only aligns with academic and managerial interests but also offers insights for policymakers aiming to enhance corporate practices in a dynamic economic landscape.

The Making of the “Good Bad” Job: How Algorithmic Management Manufactures Consent Through Constant and Confined Choices

This research explores how a new relation of production—the shift from human managers to algorithmic managers on digital platforms—manufactures workplace consent. While most research has argued that the task standardization and surveillance that accompany algorithmic management will give rise to the quintessential “bad job” (Kalleberg, Reskin, and Hudson, 2000; Kalleberg, 2011), I find that, surprisingly, many workers report liking and finding choice while working under algorithmic management. Drawing on a seven-year qualitative study of the largest sector in the gig economy, the ride-hailing industry, I describe how workers navigate being managed by an algorithm. I begin by showing how algorithms segment the work at multiple sites of human–algorithm interactions and how this configuration of the work process allows for more-frequent and narrow choice. I find that workers use two sets of tactics. In engagement tactics, individuals generally follow the algorithmic nudges and do not try to get around the system; in deviance tactics, individuals manipulate their input into the algorithmic management system. While the behaviors associated with these tactics are practical opposites, they both elicit consent, or active, enthusiastic participation by workers to align their efforts with managerial interests, and both contribute to workers seeing themselves as skillful agents. However, this choice-based consent can mask the more-structurally problematic elements of the work, contributing to the growing popularity of what I call the “good bad” job.

THE IMPACT OF INSTITUTIONAL OWNERSHIP AND MANAGERIAL OWNERSHIP ON LOAN LOSS PROVISION

The objective of this study is to ascertain the impact that managerial and institutional ownership have on provisions for loan losses. For the period 2018-2022, the data utilized in this study comprises all banking companies that are publicly traded on the Indonesia Stock Exchange. Even though the banking industry has stricter regulations compared to other industries, earnings management is an action that is often carried out by company managers aimed at the manager's personal interests and the interests of the company.The research data underwent analysis using Eviews. The findings of the study indicated that managerial ownership did not have a statistically significant impact on loan loss provisions, while institutional ownership did have a significant negative effect. Institutional investors have been demonstrated to be effective monitoring proxies in the implementation of company policies; therefore, the findings of this study may serve as a benchmark when contemplating banking company policymaking, specifically in the investor selection process.Keyword : Asia, Bank, Institutional Ownership, Managerial Ownership, Loan Loss Provisions.

Analisis Tingkat Pengaruh Pendidikan, Lingkungan dan Motivasi Terhadap Minat Berwirausaha

This research aims to analyze the level of influence of educational, environmental, and motivational variables on interest in entrepreneurship. The research method uses a quantitative approach by carrying out analytical calculations on the specified variables. The research dataset consists of the population and samples of management students at Putra Indonesia University YPTK Padang in 2023, totaling 128 samples. The results of this research show that the R coefficient is (0.717) and the Adjusted R Square coefficient value is (0.503) for the variables of education, environment, and motivation for interest in entrepreneurship. The results of other analyses also show that other variables do not influence 49.7%. The level of influence based on the results of the analysis shows that the entrepreneurial education variable has a positive and significant effect on management's interest in entrepreneurship with a t-value of 2.961. The family environment variable also has a positive and significant influence on management's entrepreneurial interest with a t-value of 6.991. The motivation variable also has a positive and significant influence on interest in entrepreneurship with a t-value of 4.661. Overall, education, environment, and motivation variables have a positive and significant influence on interest in entrepreneurship. Based on these results, this research can contribute to presenting knowledge and information that entrepreneurship education, family environment, and motivation simultaneously and partially have a positive influence on interest in entrepreneurship

The Influence of Leadership Styles on Employee Engagement in Human Resource Management

In the competitive marketing environment, the company's leadership wants to keep the employee engaged effectively in the long run. Hence, there will have an effect on the leadership style of the organisation growth as well as the structure in order to enhance the level of employee engagement. The amount of agency and dedication demonstrated by employees in the pursuit of management's goals is directly correlated to the type of leadership that is applied by the managers and supervisors. Because the employee contributions are essential to the success of the company's operations, it is in the best interest of the company to enhance its management of its human resources in order to raise the level of productivity as shown by its workforce. In order for businesses to encourage the expansion and development of their organisation, it is essential for them to boost the level of employee engagement and participation. This is an extremely important factor for the continuous success of businesses. Active engagement of workers is of the highest significance and relevance for the success of the company's stated goals and the execution of those objectives since it enables employees to completely comprehend the vital duties that are required to build the organization's competitive advantage. It is vital for all aspects of the organisation to collaborate in order to make the workplace a pleasant place to work and to ensure that people are placed in positions that are appropriate for them so that they may have the sense that they belong there.

The organizational culture formation training program as a tool for maintaining the psychological health of employees in the service sector

Introduction. The problem of psychological health and personal safety of employees in the service sector is of particular importance nowadays. An important factor in promoting employees' psychological health is organizational culture and psychological well-being. Aim: to develop a training program for the formation of organizational culture as a tool for maintaining the psychological health of employees in the service sector. Methods: theoretical analysis, generalization, systematization of scientific literature on the problem of organizational culture formation and its role in maintaining psychological health. Results. Organizational culture is defined as a set of norms, rules, and programs aimed at creating a strong team of employees, as well as a set of common values, views and ideas typical for managers. Psychological safety in organizations is a complex social phenomenon, which includes factors that affect organizational culture, in particular, the organization's philosophy and mission, common values and their bearers, organization management's interest in the formation of organizational culture, and compliance of management's actions with the declared values. The author analyzes the main approaches to the formation of organizational culture and the role of experience technology in the designing the organizational culture formation training. Conclusions. The obtained findings can be helpful in promoting employees' psychological health in the service sector by means of organizational culture development.

Transparency in Hierarchies

ABSTRACTWe use an agency model to address the benefits and costs of transparency in a hierarchical organization in which the principal employs a manager entrusted with contracting authority and several workers, all under conditions of moral hazard. We define the principal's transparency choices as a decision to allow workers to observe their coworkers’ performances (observability) and as an investment in monitoring worker performance (precision). We find that whereas precision alleviates agency conflicts as expected, observability can exacerbate agency conflicts, especially if the manager's interests are misaligned sufficiently with those of the principal. Our results suggest several testable hypotheses including predictions that opaque performance measurement practices are well suited for small organizational units at lower hierarchical ranks, and in settings where the sensitivity‐precision of the available measures is low, workers’ performances are correlated positively, and managerial productivity is modest.

Sustainability Outcomes in SMEs: A Configurational View of the Interplay of Strategic Orientations and Environmental Conditions

Despite concerted scholarly and managerial interests in sustainability, integrating the principle of sustainable development in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) remains an elusive goal. This article examines the complex interdependent nature of three strategic orientations (entrepreneurial orientation, market orientation, and sustainability orientation) and two external environmental conditions (competitive intensity and institutional support) and how they may jointly affect SME's financial, social, and environmental goals (triple bottom line or TBL)—in a nonlinear, configurational way. In accordance with this broad objective, the authors utilize fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) on a sample of 289 SMEs operating in a developing economy. This approach enables nuanced detection of the various ways in which causal conditions (i.e., strategic orientations) and contextual conditions (i.e., external environmental factors) together can lead to the presence and absence of TBL. The analyses reveal complex causality between TBL and its antecedent conditions that cannot be explained solely by isolated net effects. Specifically, for each TBL dimension, two distinctive configurations are found to be consistently sufficient, thereby providing important theoretical and managerial implications.

PENGARUH MANAJEMEN BERBASIS NILAI TERHADAP KEPUTUSAN DIVESTASI DENGAN RISIKO TERKAIT KEPENTINGAN MANAJEMEN SEBAGAI VARIABEL MODERASI

This study aims to analyze the influence of value-based management on divestment decisions with risks related to management interests as a moderating variable. This study uses the variable MBN Implementation Level as an independent variable, Risk Related to Management Interests as a moderating variable and Divestment Decision as the dependent variable. Sampling used a purposive sampling method from non-financial companies listed on the IDX and obtained a sample of 35 financial report data. Data were analyzed using the Statistical Program for Social Science (SPSS). The results of this study indicate that the level of MBN implementation can increase divestment decisions and risks related to management's interests strengthen the level of MBN implementation of divesment decisions.

Executive-centered AI? Designing predictive systems for the public sector.

Recent policies and research articles call for turning AI into a form of IA ('intelligence augmentation'), by envisioning systems that center on and enhance humans. Based on a field study at an AI company, this article studies how AI is performed as developers enact two predictive systems along with stakeholders in public sector accounting and public sector healthcare. Inspired by STS theories about values in design, we analyze our empirical data focusing especially on how objectives, structured performances, and divisions of labor are built into the two systems and at whose expense. Our findings reveal that the development of the two AI systems is informed by politically motivated managerial interests in cost-efficiency. This results in AI systems that are (1) designed as managerial tools meant to enable efficiency improvements and cost reductions, and (2) enforced on professionals on the 'shop floor' in a top-down manner. Based on our findings and a discussion drawing on literature on the original visions of human-centered systems design from the 1960s, we argue that turning AI into IA seems dubious, and ask what human-centered AI really means and whether it remains an ideal not easily realizable in practice. More work should be done to rethink human-machine relationships in the age of big data and AI, in this way making the call for ethical and responsible AI more genuine and trustworthy.

Healthcare call center efficiency improvement using a simulation approach to achieve the organization’s target

ABSTRACT Healthcare call centers serve an important role in the healthcare system to support patients’ access to care and satisfaction and optimize medical resource allocation. Limited research has provided sufficient evidence on how to increase healthcare call center’s efficiency from managerial aspects. In this study, a simulation model is built based on real-life healthcare call center settings and call information, to identify the opportunities for improvement. This call center processes approximately 2638 calls for 25 clinic sites every day. The call abandon rate was at 16.7%, which was far from the organization’s goal of 5%. Some improvement opportunities based on managerial interests such as cross-coverage, non-scheduling call transition, staff availability and staff allocation without increasing staff numbers, are identified and their operational impacts are evaluated by the simulation model. Moreover, a genetic algorithm is used to find the optimal shift for staff allocation. The simulation results demonstrate the validity of the proposed model, provide valuable insights for decision-making before the implementation and provide other healthcare call centers’ alternatives to improve performance. The recommendations were communicated to call center staff and consentaneous opportunities were implemented. The results showed a significant reduction of 39.5% in the call abandon rate.

The Effects of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on Company Performance Including the Value of AI-based Business Transformation Initiatives

The research paper discusses the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on organizational and process-level performance. The study follows a four-step process: analyzing AI technologies, exploring case studies, collecting data, and reviewing AI literature. The findings indicate that AI has various technologies, such as machine translation, chatbots, and self-learning algorithms, that can enhance automation, information, and transformation effects. Organizations can use AI to improve processes, optimize operations, and develop strategic and competitive advantages. The study provides insights into how organizations can enhance the business value of their transformation projects by leveraging AI's attributes. The research framework proposes a more comprehensive approach to account for the intangible benefits of AI in organizations. The study highlights that AI combines several configurations of IT in various industries, and organizations should reconfigure their processes to achieve performance through AI capabilities. The research also provides tangible evidence about the business value of AI-based projects and their impact on firm performance, considering it not as a single technology but as a set/combination of several different configurations of IT in various industries. The study has scientific and managerial interests and proposes a model for analyzing the impact of AI on firm performance, providing managers with insights to improve their organizations' performance, profitability, and competitive advantage.

UALITATIVE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS: A METHOD OF GROWING INTEREST IN MANAGEMENT RESEARCH

UALITATIVE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS: A METHOD OF GROWING INTEREST IN MANAGEMENT RESEARCH

The Role Of Organizational Creativity In Achieving Strategic superiority Through Knowledge Sharing An Exploratory Study Of The Opinions Of A Sample Of Managers In The Kufa Cement Factory

Purpose: This study aims to determine the influence relationship between its variables in organizational creativity (sensitivity to problems, originality, flexibility, fluency, risk and challenge) in achieving strategic superiority (circles of influence, competitive pressure and competitive formation) through mediating knowledge exchange (individual dimension, organizational dimension) The technological dimension), and to identify the most prominent obstacles that prevent this, and the importance of the study lies in recognizing the extent of interest of the administrative leaders in the laboratory and the level of their abilities in the field of organizational creativity skills, strategic excellence and knowledge exchange.
 Theoretical framework:The study touched on the theoretical side of the variables of the study and reviewed the most important concepts related to the variable of organizational creativity, knowledge sharing and strategic excellence.The problem of the study lies in not showing it in the Kufa Cement Factory’s vision of the extent of the impact of the presence of organizational innovation in achieving strategic excellence through knowledge participation,
 Design/methodology/approach:where the questionnaire was used as a tool for collecting the necessary data and information, and an intended sample of (120) represented by (higher departments, was tested, and heads of departments, and managers of departments and units in Kufa Cement Factory), and the descriptive analytical method was mainly used in the presentation and analysis of the research.
 Findings: The information was interpreted, and a set of statistical methods were relied on, such as confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling method to measure the effect relationship, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, coefficient of variation, path analysis, and Pearson's relationship through statistical programs. (SPSS v.24; Amos v.23).
 Research, Practical & Social implications-:Among the most prominent results of the study, the laboratory management's interest in improving and developing the capabilities of workers, through the establishment of training courses for laboratory workers to improve and develop its products. His influential competitors in the sphere of influence, in light of his limited pursuit of market domination in front of them, and the ability of the factory to search for renewable ways and entrances to develop the strategic advantage of the company.
 Originality/value:The freedom to find successful solutions that represent a serious response to change, and the adoption of flexible procedures through which the laboratory management achieves its goals away from specific job responsibilities.

PENGARUH PENDIDIKAN KEWIRAUSAHAAN, LINGKUNGAN KELUARGA DAN MOTIVASI TERHADAP MINAT BERWIRAUSAHA (STUDI KASUS MAHASISWA MANAJEMEN 2018-2021)

The purpose of this study was to determine how influential the variables of entrepreneurship education, family environment and motivation on management student'entrepreneurial interest were. The method is a quantitative method. The population and sample in this study were all management students 2018-2022 as many as 128 people. The study resulted in an R coefficient of (0.717) and an Adjusted R Square coefficient of (0.503) this means that there is an influence of entrepreneurship education, family environment and motivation of (50.3%) and the rest (49.7%) is influenced by variables others not investigated. Entrepreneurship education has a positive and significant effect on management entrepreneurship interest, it is known that the t-count value is 2.961 which is greater than t-table of 1.979, family environment has a positive and significant effect on interest in management entrepreneurship. It is known that the t-count value is 6.991 which is greater than t- the table is 1.979, and motivation has a positive and significant effect on management's entrepreneurial interest, it is known that the t-count value of 4.661 is greater than the t-table of 1.979. Entrepreneurship education, family environment, motivation have a positive and significant influence on the entrepreneurial interest of management students, it is known that the fcount value of 43,772 is greater than ftable of 2.68, which is 43,772 > 2.68 with a significance level of 0.000. So Ho is rejected and Ha is accepted. In conclusion, entrepreneurship education, family environment and motivation in this study simultaneously and partially have a positive and significant effect on management students' entrepreneurial interest.

Product market competition and stock price crash risk: Exploring the role of managerial ownership

The purpose of this paper is to examine whether product market competition is a means of external shareholders’ protection likely to decrease the stock price crash risk. The results show that product market competition is an effective corporate governance mechanism that is likely to constrain managers to disclose bad news regularly to the market, which in turn mitigates the risk of stock price crashes. The results also show that the negative effect of product market competition on stock price crashes is more pronounced for owner-managers. These results suggest that managerial ownership is likely to align managerial interests with shareholders ones.

Earnings Management: Invesment Opportunity Set, Corporate Social Responsibility and Profitability

Earnings management is defined as management's opportunistic behavior to manipulate earnings according to management's interests. The company's goal is to gain profits, where the company's financial performance is proxied by the company's ability to earn profits. Based on the above phenomenon, the research problem is whether IOS and CSR have direct or indirect effect on profitability and whether IOS, CSR, and Profitability affect Earnings Management and whether IOS and CSR through Profitability affect Earnings Management. This study aims to examine and analyze: (1) Whether IOS and CSR have direct and indirect effect on Profitability, (2) Whether IOS, CSR and Profitability affect Earnings Management and, (3) Whether IOS and CSR through Profitability affect Earnings Management. Keywords: Investment Opportunity Set, Corporate Social Responsibility, Profitability, Earnings Managemet

Reflecting on an empirical study of the digitalization initiatives for sustainability on logistics: The concept of sustainable logistics 4.0

Organizations are stimulated and informed by the consultants, competitors, and policymakers to develop their logistics strategies through the nexus of sustainability principles and digital intervention solutions. As the scholarly and managerial interests in sustainability and digital logistics technologies increase, there is an urgent requirement to expand the conceptual and implementation perspective. Sustainable logistics 4.0, yet in the nascent stage, is attracting the favourable attention of practitioners as it provides an opportunity to improve sustainability aspects of the business through digital intervention. In this study, fifteen enabling factors for implementing sustainable logistics 4.0 are identified and critically evaluated for varied firms on different digitalization stages. These factors are identified, prioritized, and modelled using critical literature review, experts' opinions, Fuzzy-Analytical Hierarchy Process (F-AHP), and decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL). The results show that “technology infrastructure, and digital solutions,” “top management commitment,” and “governmental norms” are found to be the top contributing factors influencing sustainable logistics 4.0 implementation. The research findings aid policymakers in conceptualizing and ascertaining the implementation and operationalization roadmap for sustainable logistics 4.0. Particularly, the study provides guidelines for logistics professionals to enhance performance while advancing digital interventions in a sustainable supply chain.