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The dark side of phubbing in the workplace: Investigating the role of intrinsic motivation and the use of enterprise social media (ESM) in a cross-cu…

2022

Despite the increasing phenomena of supervisor phubbing (a counterproductive workplace behaviour of managers), very few studies have explored its outcomes in organisations. This study aims to bridge this gap by investigating the relationships between supervisor phubbing and key employee outcomes. We conducted two studies in cross-cultural settings. In Study 1, which was conducted in Pakistan (a collectivistic culture), we collected 370 useable responses through an online survey from the employees working in the service sector organisations. Study 2, which was conducted in the United States of America (an individualistic culture), utilised the Prolific data collection service to gather 352 r…

What drives diners' eco-friendly behaviour? The moderating role of planning routine

2021

Research focusing on diners' intentions towards leftovers, which are considered one of the main sources of consumer food waste in restaurants, is still at a nascent stage and requires further investigation. The present study attempts to address this gap by investigating the antecedents of diners' intentions to take away leftovers and thereby mitigate food waste in an out-of-home setting. Towards this end, we examined the role of personal and social norms as antecedents of the facilitators, inhibitors, and intentions of taking away leftovers. Using the theoretical lens of the Stimulus-Organism-Response (SOR) paradigm, we tested the proposed hypotheses by analysing data collected from 281 din…

Impact of ethical certifications and product involvement on consumers decision to purchase ethical products at price premiums in an emerging market c…

2021

AbstractIn emerging markets, instances of increasing consumers focus on ethical aspects of the product are observed. To this end, we aim to examine the influence of two ethical certifications and two product involvement types on consumers willingness to purchase ethical products at price premiums in the Indian market. No animal cruelty certification and no child labor certification are chosen as the ethical certifications, and a shirt and a bar of soap are chosen as high and low involvement product categories. Data is collected from 206 respondents for the experiment, in which consumers willingness to purchase a product is evaluated for different product scenarios. The results of the study …

Medarbeiderdrevet innovasjon : en analyse av to hoteller på Sørlandet

2014

Masteroppgave Innovasjon og kunnskapsutvikling ME513 - Universitetet i Agder 2014 Medarbeiderne er den viktigste ressursen i en virksomhet. Det er de som kan tenke, værekreative og bidra til utvikling av organisasjonen. Innovasjon er en viktig vekstfaktor forvirksomheter, men i følge Sjøberg (2013) er det få som legger til rette for dette. Det erenda færre som legger til rette for å inkludere medarbeiderne i innovasjonsarbeidet.Dermed har vi et uutnyttet potensiale når det kommer til å benytte seg av medarbeiderne iutvikling av virksomheten. Temaet for denne masteroppgaven er medarbeiderdrevetinnovasjon.Siden 1930 har det i følge Hansen & Skoglund (2008) vært en enorm sysselsettingsvekst.I …

International Franchising Governance Modes : An Emerging Market Perspective

2021

Paper I, Paper III, og Paper IV are not published yet. Paper IV was excluded from the dissertation with respect to copyright. This dissertation analyzes the governance mode choice of Brazilian franchisors expanding their operations abroad. The purpose is to understand which aspects influence the international governance mode choice from an emerging market franchisor standpoint. Four papers were developed. The first article offers an in-depth analysis of franchising literature in emerging and developing markets using bibliometric techniques. The following three articles address different theoretical lenses to provide a comprehensive understanding of a multidimensional decision-making process…

Essays on Auditors’ Judgments and Decisions in Negotiation and Communication

2022

Paper III is excluded from the dissertation until it will be published. Auditors conduct various audit tasks during an audit in order to arrive at an audit opinion regarding whether the financial statements are fairly presented in accordance with the applicable financial reporting framework. To perform these audit tasks and arrive at a decision about the audit opinion, auditing standards require auditors to exercise their professional judgment. From this requirement, two important terms emerge, judgment and decision. Bonner (1999, p. 385) defines judgment as “forming an idea, opinion, or estimate about an object, an event, a state, or another type of phenomenon,” and a decision as “making u…

Social Entrepreneurship and Corporate Social Responsibility in Franchising

2021

Paper III and Paper IV is not published yet. Paper IV was excluded from the dissertation with respect to copyright.

Institutions and Ethnic Chinese Entrepreneurship in Indonesia

2020

Franchising, Knowledge Transfer Practices, and Institutions : Perspectives from Emerging Markets

2021

Paper III is not published yet. The popularity of franchising as a method for businesses expansion is increasing, from small, medium-sized, and large firms to social enterprises. To enjoy the benefits of franchising experienced by Western countries, Africa, through the African Development Bank, has put more effort in using the franchising model to promote SME development and the private sector with the goal of creating wealth and reducing poverty. Identifying the core practices of franchising is therefore essential in order to promote the general understanding of franchising among entrepreneurs, bankers, lawyers, management consultants, investors, donors, governments, and policymakers. By c…

Fostering Productive Entrepreneurship : An Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Perspective

2022

Entrepreneurial activities and entrepreneurs do not emerge in isolation rather in a very integrated and complex system (ecosystem) with multiple actors (Cowell et al., 2018). The magnitude of entrepreneurship’s contribution to socio-economic development is contingent upon the respective country’s entrepreneurial enabling environments (ecosystems)-EEs (Colombo & Dagnino, 2017). As the newly emerged research stream, entrepreneurial ecosystem has increasingly captured the attention of scholars, policy makers and practitioners (Malecki, 2018). Moreover, the term entrepreneurial ecosystem has been used to express and explicate the frameworks on how entrepreneurs and start-ups interact with other…