...Jesus Juyumaya; Juan Pablo Torres Purpose The purpose of the study is to investigate the effect of transformational leadership on creative performance in managers and the mediation effect of work engagement. The study also explores whether manager autonomy is a moderator of the model. Design...

...Reza Hesarzadeh; Ameneh Bazrafshan Purpose The regulatory review process imposes significant costs on companies. Therefore, managers try to find ways to avoid the regulatory review risk. The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether corporate reporting readability reduces the regulatory...

...Tanya Bondarouk; Anna Bos-Nehles; Xanthe Hesselink Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the differences and similarities in the HRM frames of middle-level managers and HR professionals, and to uncover the roots and contents of (dis)agreements in the HRM frames among HR professionals...

.... A multi-site case study was conducted in 26 Polish ICT firms. Findings – The research indicates that SMEs manage alliances ad hoc and are characterized by a constantly emerging portfolio of partners. The results also indicate that “stable-growth” and “hyper-growth” firms adopt different approaches...

...Evgeniya Balabanova; Azer Efendiev; Mats Ehrnrooth; Alexei Koveshnikov Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine managerial styles of Russian managers in the context of institutional and economic environment of contemporary Russia. Design/methodology/approach – The study is based...

...Sigrit Altmäe; Kulno Türk; Ott‐Siim Toomet Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the relationship between Thomas‐Kilmann's Conflict Management Modes (CMM) and Fiedler's Leadership Style (LS) measures, both in the data, and from the theoretical perspective. Based on the conceptual...

...Thomas Steger; Rainhart Lang; Friederike Groeger Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an in‐depth description of the process of institutionalisation and development of human resource management (HRM) practices in subsidiaries of German multinational companies in Russia. Design...

...Pia Heilmann Purpose The purpose of this research paper is to examine managers' careers, describe and compare career paths between the two most important business sectors in Finland: ICT industry and paper industry. The main research question of this study is: how do the managers construct...