Professor Of Management Research Articles

MAKE IT SAFE TO BE DIFFERENT—BUT DON’T STOP THERE

AbstractFrances Frei is a professor at Harvard Business School, and was also Uber’s first Senior Vice President of Leadership and Strategy. Anne Morriss is the founder of the Leadership Consortium, which she describes as “a first‐of‐its‐kind leadership accelerator that works to help emerging leaders thrive.” They write about the many nuances of how employees feel safe (or otherwise) in the workplace. They include information about how inclusion is impacted by safety, partly with the use of what they call the Inclusion Dial. They write that their colleague “Tina Opie, a management professor at Babson College, challenges us in her own scholarship, it’s our collective and individual responsibility—and opportunity—to be great allies and partners to our teammates with different experiences of safety, and we must bring grace, humility, and urgency to the task.” They also cite their Harvard Business School colleague Amy Edmondson, and her groundbreaking work on psychological safety. Frei and Morriss write that “an organization that celebrates uniqueness assumes that difference is a source of creativity, innovation, and strength. It is not just something to watch out for as it may get in the way of some people’s contribution.”

Teaching Quality Analysis of Health Management Professionals in Colleges and Universities Based on Big Data Decision Tree Algorithm

In this study, we investigate whether the big data decision tree approach can be utilised to evaluate the effectiveness of teaching in higher education by health management professors. In light of the expanding need for high-quality healthcare education by the professionals, it is absolutely necessary to evaluate and enhance the teaching efficacy of healthcare management specialists. The application of big data analytics towards the creation of a method for the evaluation of instructors that is both objective and precise is the focus of this study. Every educational system may be broken down into its two primary components: teachers and pupils. The students are not only passive recipients of the instruction that their teachers provide. All of the desired instructional achievements must be driven by the effort of the students in order to fall within the category of "subjective initiative." Therefore, the first step in any educational activity should be encouraging pupils to build their own sense of initiative and intrinsic motivation to learn. This should be the case in any educational endeavour. If teachers have access to and make use of reliable employment data for statistical analysis, they will be able to have a more significant impact on the kids they teach. Based on a preliminary set of actual university employment data from 2012, this study compares the results of employing the C4.5 approach with a decision tree generating technique for the assessment of the teaching quality by the professionals. Both approaches were used to analyse the data. The findings demonstrate that a straightforward decision tree structure may be obtained using the decision tree approach that makes use of the multiscale rough set model. In addition, our approaches don't need to use overlapping data sets, and they're quite efficient from a computing standpoint. The relevance of this study lies in the fact that it sheds light on how the expertise and motives of teachers who are healthcare professionals to be precise, reflect on the learning of their students and their relevant field skills.

At Work on Purpose

At Work on Purpose

Exercising Empathy in the Sport Management Classroom: The True Flipped Classroom

Many universities focus on improving pedagogy through training sessions related to technology and assessment. However, what is missing is an emphasis on the humanistic side of teaching, specifically emphasizing empathy in the classroom. This essay makes an argument for faculty to employ empathy in their teaching. Empathy is a learned behavior that motivated faculty can develop and enhance to better serve students. Empathetic teaching is critical for sport management professors due to the numerous challenges and stressors students face, notwithstanding the competitive sport job market. The essay concludes with a novel example of the lessons faculty can employ using knowledge of the motivations of attending a concert to help create an empathetic classroom experience.

Mentoring in Salary Negotiation for Female Sport Management Students

Female professors continue to make less than their male counterparts. In traditionally male dominated fields, such as sport management, the pay gap can be even greater. To gain further insight into the salary negotiation process, the specific role of mentoring was examined utilizing qualitative research, and specifically semi-structured interviews conducted with female sport management professors. Open-ended coding was employed to analyze the data. Female participants reported they had limited mentoring for the salary negotiation process and felt there were barriers that influenced if mentoring took place. Participants did indicate informal mentoring occurred, and some reported the development of meaningful relationships specifically with major advisors who intentionally provided advice and mentoring related to the salary negotiation process. Being cognizant of gender roles and utilizing mentoring strategies is critical to addressing salary and the continued gap in salary amongst female and male professors in sport management.

Investigating the Impact of Neuromarketing on Consumer Purchase Intention (Case Study of Sports Goods Customers in Ardabil City(

The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of neuromarketing on consumer purchase intention (a case study of sports goods customers in Ardabil city). The current research is applied research in terms of purpose and descriptive-analytical in terms of nature and content. The statistical population of this research includes all private sports clubs and sellers of sports goods in Ardabil city, the sample size was 352 people considering that the statistical population is unlimited and the sampling method was clustered. The measurement tools include neuromarketing questionnaire (Azeimi et al., 2015) and consumer purchase intention questionnaire (Mahdavi, 2015). The content and form validity of the questionnaires were confirmed by the management professors and then Cronbach’s alpha reliability (AVE) was reported as 0.83 for the neuromarketing questionnaire and 0.88 for the consumer purchase intention questionnaire, respectively. The structural equation method was used for analysis using Imus version 23 and SPSS version 19 software. The findings of the research showed that neuromarketing has an effect on the purchase intention of sports goods consumers. Therefore, it can be concluded that the use of neuromarketing can influence the senses and minds of customers and make consumers’ minds ready for repeat purchases.

Investigating the Impact of Neuromarketing on Consumer Purchase Intention (Case Study of Sports Goods Customers in Ardabil City)

The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of neuromarketing on consumer purchase intention (a case study of sports goods customers in Ardabil city). The current research is applied research in terms of purpose and descriptive-analytical in terms of nature and content. Also, the present research is of causal modeling type or structural equation modeling type. The statistical population of this research includes all private sports clubs and sellers of sports goods in Ardabil city, which due to the unavailability of the study population, the statistical population was determined to be unlimited. Considering that the statistical population is unlimited, the sample size was determined to be 352 people. Also, the sampling method of the present study was clustered. The measurement tools include neuromarketing questionnaire (Azeimi et al., 2014) and consumer purchase intention questionnaire (Mahdavi, 2015). The content and form validity of the questionnaires were confirmed by the management professors and then Cronbach's alpha reliability (AVE) was reported as 0.83 for the neuromarketing questionnaire and 0.88 for the consumer purchase intention questionnaire, respectively. The method of analyzing the information and data of this research is using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics and In order to analyze the hypotheses of the research, the method of structural equations was used using Imus version 23 and SPSS version 19 software. The findings of the research showed that neuromarketing has an effect on the purchase intention of sports goods consumers. Therefore, it can be concluded that the use of neuromarketing can affect the senses and minds of customers and prepare the minds of consumers for repeat purchases so that they intend to buy sports products again.

WHY MANAGEMENT HAS GOTTEN WORSE AND THE LEADERSHIP ISSUES BEHIND THAT

AbstractThe author, Professor of Management at The Wharton School and Director of Wharton’s Center for Human Resources, discusses the background of what in his view is the worsening of management of employees in today’s organizations. He cites considerable research and historical background to this effect, while also relating the leadership issues that have led to this situation. For instance: “Remarkably, 29% of those who are promoted now leave within a month because promotions often come with no pay increase and with more work and responsibility. A third of US managers now report that they received no management training of any kind either before becoming a manager or after.” He also cites the power and “influence of the investor world, which relies on financial accounting to judge company performance, and the fact that financial accounting simply cannot address human capital.” In looking for ways to improve these systemic issues, he believes that “the way forward starts with Boards of Directors who have the long‐run success of their companies in mind and who guide the top executives. It is important that they help executives avoid blind spots about people issues that are common in a ‘finance‐first’ approach to management.”

Inefficiencies and bias in first job placement: The case of professional Asian nationals in the United States

We study whether the quality of the first job is lower for professional Asian nationals than for non-Asian nationals in the USA. With over a million professionals from Asia entering the US labor market in the past decade, a potential under placement may be both inefficient and discriminatory. We collected data on all newly hired assistant professors of management in research-intensive (R1) universities in the USA between 2010 and 2021. We focus on the quality of the university into which first hires are placed and examine whether first-job placement quality is lower for individuals who were born in East, South and Southeast Asia. We find that the quality and quantity of publication record are positively related to the quality of the placement and that Asian nationals have higher performance. However, Asian nationals are placed at lower-quality universities relative to their peers. Further, Asian nationals require a strong performance signal, in the form of first or second authorship on a publication to narrow the placement gap. Our results are explained by a combination of direct bias against applicants of Asian nationality and a requirement of a higher performance “burden of proof” from these applicants, compared to peers who are non-Asian nationals.

Designing a Model of Professional Ethical Ideals Based on the Dimensions of Organizational Structure and Managers' Thinking Styles in Islamic Banking at the Agricultural Bank of Iran

Objective: The objective of this research is to design a model of professional ethical ideals based on the dimensions of organizational structure and managers' thinking styles in Islamic banking at the Agricultural Bank of Iran. Methodology: This study is classified as applied research in terms of its purpose, and as a descriptive correlational study in terms of data collection methods. The statistical population includes two groups: the first group consists of 50 experts and professors in management and banking and ethics, who hold at least a doctoral degree and were selected through random sampling. The second group includes all senior managers, provincial managers, and top-ranking heads at the Agricultural Bank, totaling 430 individuals. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS23 and AMOS23 software, Pearson correlation coefficients, and structural equation modeling. Findings: The results showed that the direct effect of the exogenous variable of legal thinking style (p < .05, t = 2.11, β = .12), holistic thinking style (p < .05, t = 2.64, β = .13), free-thinking style (p < .05, t = 7.34, β = .57), autocratic thinking style (p < .05, t = 2.532, β = .16), organizational complexity (p < .05, t = 2.65, β = .32), formality (p < .05, t = 5.84, β = .21), and organizational centralization (p < .05, t = 5.99, β = .85) on the variable of professional ethical ideals in Islamic banking is positive and significant. Additionally, the direct effect of the exogenous variable of conservative thinking style on the variable of professional ethical ideals in Islamic banking is negative and significant (p < .05, t = 6.26, β = -.43). Conclusion: Support for and backing of producers and exporters, farmers, industrialists, and others should be a serious concern for banks. Therefore, it is recommended that Islamic banks fully comply with the policies of the Islamic government and the laws and regulations of the central bank, avoiding any form of sectionalism and profit-seeking outside these laws and regulations.

Designing and presenting a conceptual model of technology transfer for the provision of technological products in the localization and internal construction of oil and gas industry equipment

Technology transfer in the oil and gas industry plays a vital role in improving domestic capabilities and reducing dependence on imports. This article deals with the design and presentation of a conceptual model for technology transfer in order to provide technological products and localization of equipment in this industry. The documents obtained from the searches were used to identify the most important challenges of technology transfer. In the next step, in order to validate the identified critical challenges, ten experts were interviewed and their qualitative judgments about the identified challenges were collected. Among these ten experts, seven experts were from the industry and three experts were from university professors of technology management. Also, in the expert interview stage, in addition to validating the challenges identified based on the literature, a number of new challenges faced by the country's oil and gas industries regarding technology transfer And the first purchases of technological products face them; was identified In the next step, the weights of each of the identified challenges were calculated based on the subject literature and expert interviews, with the design of special questionnaires for pairwise comparisons and the multi-criteria decision-making method of Analytical Hierarchy (AHP). The results of the research show that the use of this model can help to improve the localization process and promote the industrial capabilities of the country in the field of oil and gas. Also, suggestions have been made to facilitate and accelerate the technology transfer process and increase its effectiveness.

Modeling the Productivity of Human Resources with an Emphasis on Social Capital with the Approach of Learning Organizations in the Country's Higher Education

The purpose of the current research is to find a model of human resources productivity with an emphasis on social capital with the approach of learning organizations in higher education of the country. The current research is mixed and in terms of its purpose, it is of the type of basic-applied research and in terms of the method of collecting information, it is of the survey type. The statistical population of the current research will be all experts of higher education in the country, including management professors. who were selected purposefully, using the method of the number of questions in structural equations, 280 people were selected for the quantitative part and 17 university experts were selected for the qualitative part. In order to collect data, thematic analysis method was first used by interview, after confirming the questions by confirmatory factor analysis, the questionnaire was used to conduct the quantitative part of the research. Content validity was used to determine the validity of the questionnaire, and after compiling the final questionnaire, the expertise of university professors and experts was used to determine the content validity. that the questionnaires were approved. In order to analyze the data in the qualitative part, thematic analysis method, interviews and manual coding were used, and in the quantitative part, Smart PLS3.3 and SPSS22 software including confirmatory factor analysis tests were used. The findings of the research show that in the qualitative part, 45 factors were identified in 3 organizational, individual and environmental dimensions. And after analyzing the confirmatory factor and confirming the validity and reliability of the research questions in the quantitative part, the pattern and research questions were confirmed. One of the most important factors in the progress of an organization is the productivity of human resources. In today's changing and complex conditions that govern the economic, social, political, etc. environment, one of the factors that can help the survival of the organization is the issue of productivity, so human power has always played a significant role in the efficiency of organizations.

Learning Project management in organisations: a qualitative study on benefits for lifelong learning

Sustainable employability is a challenge to professional projection. The article explores how project management can support the sustainable employability of individuals through recontextualizing practice from organizational to educational environments, supporting the development of those transversal skills recognized as being connected to a lifelong learning mindset. The research approach was qualitative with an emergent design, structured in a first exploratory phase and a second explanatory one using case studies. Results relate to the core category "Learning Project management in informal contexts", topics of the exploratory phase, emerged from the analysis of experiences shared by expert project management professors with an average of 12 years of teaching experience in tertiary education institutions across five European countries and two Latin American ones. By examining the enabling and hindering factors within organizations, the article shows the role of project management in enhancing individuals’ employability through its integration within organizational contexts. This highlights its potential to foster innovative teaching approaches in higher education institutions and cultivate a lifelong learning mindset among students.

CONSEQUENCES OF DEMOGRAPHIC COLLAPSE IN UKRAINE

Zinaida Smutchak 
 E-mail: smutchakzv@gmail.com 
 Doctor of economic sciences, professor, Educational and Scientific Institute of Management and Psychology of State Higher Educational Institution «University of Educational Management», 
 Kyiv, Ukraine
 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6079-9227
 
 Abstract: The article analyzes the demographic situation in Ukraine, which testified to the existence of a deep demographic crisis in Ukraine along with socio-economic problems. The low standard of living, political instability and difficult state conditions caused a dramatic shift in the country's demographic balance. Attention is paid to the problem of migratory activity of the population, in particular forced migration, as a factor influencing the indicators of the demographic situation in the country. Due to the full-scale war caused by russia, millions of women and children were forced to leave the country. It is worth noting, that many years, Ukraine was the main labour donor country for neighboring Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Hungary. The consequences for the economy of Ukraine are determined, as well as the main problems relevant for the labour market based on the results of a general analysis of demographic, statistical and analytical information. In any case, depopulation awaits Ukraine - regardless of whether the forced migrants return or not. This means that there will be a shortage of labour in Ukraine, and human capital will be lost. If nothing is changed, in a few years' time, there will be twice as many pensioners in Ukraine as there are working people. That is why the issue of demography should be a priority today and requires urgent measures. The strategy for overcoming the demographic crisis in Ukraine should primarily include two directions: the returning of Ukrainians home from forced emigration; maximum wide-scale work to restore the reproductive potential of the nation.

Investigating Factors Affecting the Development of Public Sports and WellBeing in Medical Universities

Background: The purpose of this study was to identify the factors affecting the development of public sports and well-being in Iran’s medical universities.
 Methods: The present study employed a qualitative design, and the foundation theory was used to construct a conceptual model for the research. The statistical population included professors of sports management, managers and experts working in medical universities and sports organizations, and physical education coaches and teachers in medical universities. Purposeful sampling was performed, and a total of 14 interviews were conducted until saturation was reached. The data were gathered using semi-structured interviews and analyzed by open, axial, and selective coding
 Results: The factors affecting the development of public sports and health measures in Iran’s medical universities were categorized into three classes, including causal, contextual, and intervening factors. In relation to causal factors, 13 sub-categories and four main categories were identified. Regarding contextual factors, 45 sub-categories were identified in 7 main categories, and with regard to intervening factors, there were 34 sub-categories under 8 main categories.
 Conclusions: The results of this research can be provided as a roadmap to relevant organizations, such as the Ministry of Health and Medical Education and all medical universities and their managers, to formulate effective strategies to expand public sports and improve the desired health outcomes.

Training future professors in public budgeting, finance, and financial management: The Inter-University Consortium for PhD courses

ABSTRACT The Inter-University Consortium for Doctoral Courses in Public Budgeting, Finance, and Financial Management is the first collaborative project for online doctoral courses in public affairs. This article provides an account of the consortium’s initiation, establishment, and operation for the pilot round. The consortium fills a niche in doctoral education and opens up a path for smooth cooperation between universities by accessing instructors who are experts in subfields of public budgeting and finance. This article also analyses the results of a survey of students, liaison professors and leaders of the participating schools. The article aims to draw lessons from the pilot operation and to look into the future for improvements. Though the consortium regards doctoral courses in the PBFM specialization, the problem is a common one, generic to all area specializations of PhD programs in research universities. We hope the consortium can be a model for collaboration between universities going forward.

In Case You Haven't Heard…

Companies that reveal their struggles to increase racial diversity in their workforces are perceived as trustworthy and committed to diversity compared with companies that remain silent, according to research published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology. “Our research found that disclosing a lack of progress is a more effective way to signal that the company truly cares about diversity than suppressing this information,” Evan Apfelbaum, Ph.D., an associate professor of management and organizations at the Questrom School of Business at Boston University, stated in an American Psychological Association news release. In the wake of the murder of George Floyd and the growth of the Black Lives Matter movement, many companies made public commitments to increase racial diversity within their workforces, but few of them have released diversity data about their employees. Approximately 95% of the largest companies in the United States haven't disclosed the diversity of their workforces to the public, according to previous research in 2021. “Companies' concerns about their reputation are legitimate, but our findings suggest that their intuition that transparency will harm their reputation may be incorrect and that the opposite may be true,” Apfelbaum said.

Prevention and control of violence and aggression in football fans: Implications for sport psychologists, fans, and policymakers

This research was conducted to design an interpretive structural model of factors affecting the prevention and control of violence and aggression in football fans. The statistical population of this study was entirely composed of sport experts, executive managers, sociologists, and management professors in Iran. Thirteen individuals were accordingly selected as the research sample using non-probability purposeful sampling. The effective factors were identified through library study and reviewing the theoretical foundations and research background. Confirming the content validity of these factors by considering experts’ opinions, 14 factors were finally identified. The interrelationships between the factors were determined using Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM), and network analysis based on Decision Making and Trial Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) was also employed to measure their importance, ranking them accordingly. The factors were categorized into four levels according to ISM. The highest level (first level) includes “match day service quality,” “fair refereeing,” “consolidation of social ties,” and “cognitive reconstruction of fans.” The second level contains “design, protection, and security of stadiums,” “patterning and identification,” and “use of calming techniques.” “Awareness and informing” and “anger control training” belong to the third level, while the lowest level (fourth level) includes “media,” “fan organizations,” “laws, regulations, and security solutions,” “moral education or persuasion,” and “teaching communication skills to fans.” Among them, the last level is fundamental, influencing the other factors. The results obtained in this work can be used as a basis for policymaking to reduce violence and aggression among football fans.

Investigating the Impact of Neuromarketing on Consumer Purchase Intention (Case Study of Sports Goods Customers in Ardabil City)

The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of neuromarketing on consumer purchase intention (a case study of sports goods customers in Ardabil city). The current research is applied research in terms of purpose and descriptive-analytical in terms of nature and content. The statistical population of this research includes all private sports clubs and sellers of sports goods in Ardabil city, the sample size was 352 people considering that the statistical population is unlimited and the sampling method was clustered. The measurement tools include neuromarketing questionnaire (Azeimi et al., 2015) and consumer purchase intention questionnaire (Mahdavi, 2015). The content and form validity of the questionnaires were confirmed by the management professors and then Cronbach’s alpha reliability (AVE) was reported as 0.83 for the neuromarketing questionnaire and 0.88 for the consumer purchase intention questionnaire, respectively. The structural equation method was used for analysis using Imus version 23 and SPSS version 19 software. The findings of the research showed that neuromarketing has an effect on the purchase intention of sports goods consumers. Therefore, it can be concluded that the use of neuromarketing can influence the senses and minds of customers and make consumers’ minds ready for repeat purchases.

Preparing for serendipity: an illustrative analysis of participation in the field

PurposeThis paper aims to explore how researchers in general, and field researchers in particular, might respond to systems of governance of the researchers' activity in ways that can support rather than distort the quality of the research.Design/methodology/approachWe draw upon literature on serendipity to develop a framework for engaging with the positive and negative potentials of systems of governance. We ground our analysis in discussion of participation in the field comprising two parts: first, the examination of our own activities and second, the accounts of participation found in two career-autobiographical interviews with emeritus professors of management accounting from Japan.FindingsWe highlight the potential for a productive tension between two contrasting perspectives that researchers might take on governance of their activity. A contractual perspective sees the value of targets and detailed pre-planning. A reflexive perspective sees the value of exploring the unexpected and considering many alternatives. We offer a framework for considering serendipity and the conditions that facilitate serendipity to help researchers maintain a productive tension between these perspectives.Research limitations/implicationsWe build upon retrospective accounts of two successful individuals whose careers evolved in a specific context. The intention is not to set out what might be generally achievable in a research career, nor to propose specific lines of action or planning in relation to specific systems of governance, since these vary across countries and over time. Rather, the paper draws on these materials to illuminate the more general challenge of preparing for serendipity in a way that goes beyond simple opportunism.Originality/valueWe analyse how researchers' mindfulness of serendipity and the nature of contexts that facilitate serendipity can encourage a productive tension between contractual and reflexive perspectives on governance of academic activity.