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Administrative Sciences, Volume 11, Issue 4

2021 December - 51 articles

Cover Story: This work aims to develop a conceptual model to support countries, institutions, and firms to achieve Agenda 2030 sustainability goals. There is a wide search for new models of organization to spread sustainability. Digital platforms are among those. Since digital platforms require coordination among multiple actors and interests, they may also be conceptualized as meta-organizations, less hierarchical than firms yet more tightly coupled than markets. However, managerial literature disregards this organizational lens. This work aims to fill this gap, providing a framework that explains why and how a digital platform ecosystem could configure a sustainable meta-organizational model and the main steps to build it. View this paper
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Articles (51)

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
12,032 Views
22 Pages

17 December 2021

“Future skills” increase employees’ prospects in the labor market, particularly in dynamic times, such as the current COVID-19 pandemic. (Not only) in Germany, flight attendants represent an occupational group without state-recogniz...

  • Review
  • Open Access
34 Citations
15,795 Views
27 Pages

14 December 2021

This article performs a systematic review of the research literature on the forms of collaboration among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) so that they reach the foreign market, since there is a lack of research focusing on the collaborative...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
6,859 Views
24 Pages

13 December 2021

The focus of this paper is the impact of parental cultural capital on offspring’s occupational choice in relation to entrepreneurship. Despite growing interest to cultural motives for entrepreneurship on an individual level, few studies link th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
6,199 Views
16 Pages

9 December 2021

Traditionally, universities are committed to the missions of conducting research and teaching. Recently, they were also called to contribute to supporting sustainable development in society. Many universities worldwide have experienced sustainability...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
6,455 Views
16 Pages

8 December 2021

The impact of COVID-19 on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) continues to be researched. Initial signals warn of significant setbacks in achieving SDG targets by 2030. The achievement of SDGs could abet improved protection from f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
7,403 Views
23 Pages

7 December 2021

Norway has a high degree of digitalisation. In the public sector, there is a long tradition of automation of parts of case management. This includes automation of cases where a public sector body makes a so-called individual administrative decision,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,488 Views
19 Pages

6 December 2021

We propose a partial theory explaining the processing of opportunities by individuals in organizations, specifically for opportunities with both commercial and moral significance (measured as intensities). The goal of such theorizing is to identify a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,192 Views
15 Pages

Corporate Social Responsibility Engagement through Social Media. Evidence from the University of Salerno

  • Benedetta Esposito,
  • Maria Rosaria Sessa,
  • Daniela Sica and
  • Ornella Malandrino

4 December 2021

Over the last few decades, stakeholders’ growing attention towards social and environmental issues has challenged universities’ traditional accountability boundaries, imposing the adoption of innovative reporting tools that facilitate sta...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,642 Views
11 Pages

3 December 2021

This article reports on findings from interviews with a small group of Chinese female immigrants to Australia who have started up their own business since their arrival. Unlike most publications concerning immigration that focus upon financial factor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,670 Views
12 Pages

3 December 2021

This article provides insights into the modalities of business-model change and innovation. On the basis of an analysis of empirical data of small and medium enterprises, a transition from wine production centrism to its expanded use in hospitality a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
7,534 Views
10 Pages

2 December 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic had a devastating effect on the tourism and hospitality industries in Taiwan, causing some small companies to cease trading and large companies to place their employees on unpaid leave. Placing employees on unpaid leave may have...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,101 Views
18 Pages

30 November 2021

Local governments in the Slovak Republic are important in public administration and form an important part of the public sector, as they provide various public services. Until 1990, all public services were provided only by the state. The reform of p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
10,672 Views
17 Pages

University–Industry Collaboration: A Sustainable Technology Transfer Model

  • Antonia Terán-Bustamante,
  • Antonieta Martínez-Velasco and
  • Andrée Marie López-Fernández

25 November 2021

Faced with the pandemic caused by COVID-19, universities worldwide are giving a powerful response to support their communities. One way to provide support is via the collaboration between universities and industries, allowing the co-creation of knowl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
8,742 Views
16 Pages

24 November 2021

Diversity have become a desired value in sport organizations. However, regardless of the aspiration towards more gender diverse leadership, women leaders remain a minority. Diversity and its impact on group performance has also increased interest amo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
18,708 Views
14 Pages

Issues and Implications of Readiness to Change

  • Yousef Ahmad Alolabi,
  • Kartinah Ayupp and
  • Muneer Al Dwaikat

23 November 2021

In light of readiness to change, organizational readiness has received little attention with the extensive assessment of individual readiness to change. (1) Background: Therefore, this conceptual paper aims to address the need for change at the organ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
48 Citations
10,270 Views
13 Pages

Organisational Characteristics That Facilitate Gender-Based Violence and Harassment in Higher Education?

  • Pat O’Connor,
  • Margaret Hodgins,
  • Dorian R. Woods,
  • Elisa Wallwaey,
  • Rachel Palmen,
  • Marieke Van Den Brink and
  • Evanthia Kalpazidou Schmidt

22 November 2021

Gender-based violence and sexual harassment (GBVH) by and towards academics and students has been under-theorised at an organisational level in higher education institutions (HEIs). The methodology involves a critical review of the literature on GBVH...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
6,484 Views
16 Pages

Universities’ Social Responsibility through the Lens of Strategic Planning: A Content Analysis

  • Maria Teresa Nardo,
  • Georgiana Cristina Codreanu and
  • Fabiana Roberto

22 November 2021

This paper examines the degree of social responsibility integration in Italian public universities’ medium and long-term planning documents. We adopted a qualitative approach, applying the content analysis technique to a selected sample of 20 s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,630 Views
13 Pages

19 November 2021

Objective: The main objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of internal communication (IC) of organisations on the quality of the individual–organisation relationship, specifically with regard to the effects generated with respect to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,815 Views
11 Pages

CSR Education in Economia Aziendale Curricula: An Overview

  • Andrea Venturelli,
  • Roberta Fasiello and
  • Simone Pizzi

19 November 2021

In the last few years, policymakers have underlined the need for new soft and hard skills about corporate social responsibility (CSR). The main debate about CSR education has been driven by the 2030 Agenda, which explicitly recognized Higher Educatio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,081 Views
13 Pages

Determinants of ICT Innovations: Lessons Learned from Sweden and Sri Lanka

  • Chaminda Wijesinghe,
  • Henrik Hansson and
  • Love Ekenberg

15 November 2021

Innovation is critical for enterprises and the country’s economy, and it has resulted in an improvement in living standards. There may be appropriate lessons to learn from other countries, but their adoption must be assessed due to education and livi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,804 Views
21 Pages

Methodology for Designing Humanitarian Supply Chains: Distribution of COVID-19 Vaccines in Mexico

  • Eva Selene Hernández Gress,
  • Neil Hernández-Gress and
  • Karen Sujo Contla

12 November 2021

This paper presents a methodology for designing a humanitarian supply chain (HSC) for immunization in Mexico. The study analyzes the abilities of HSCs provided in the literature and those that are relevant for the HSC vaccination in Mexico. In additi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
14,607 Views
17 Pages

Organizational Culture and Corporate Performance in the Ecuadorian Environment

  • Ana Belén Tulcanaza-Prieto,
  • Iliana E. Aguilar-Rodríguez and
  • Carlos Artieda

12 November 2021

This study examines how organizational culture influences corporate performance in the Ecuadorian service sector. The study employs four organizational culture features and twelve concepts for corporate performance using a self-designed online questi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,357 Views
20 Pages

12 November 2021

The present research aims to investigate the roadmap followed by a Romanian University implementing sustainability practices and thus contributing to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Informed by the stakeholder theory lens, the study...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
14,371 Views
13 Pages

11 November 2021

Studies have shown that project managers are responsible for the successful management of various projects. Increasingly, this success depends on the project manager being a knowledge worker (KW)—i.e., possessing and utilizing both “hard” and “soft”...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,879 Views
18 Pages

10 November 2021

The economic system has experienced heavy consequences caused by the recent pandemic. This paper investigates the interaction between the crisis and organization reaction, focusing on the female managerial role and contribution to overcoming the cris...

  • Review
  • Open Access
57 Citations
10,108 Views
21 Pages

A Scoping Review of Empirical Evidence on (Digital) Public Services Co-Creation

  • A. Paula Rodriguez Müller,
  • Cesar Casiano Flores,
  • Valerie Albrecht,
  • Trui Steen and
  • Joep Crompvoets

10 November 2021

The public sector is facing significant challenges regarding public services provision, including declination of users’ trust and limited resources. An alternative approach to traditional public service provision with the potential to address t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
6,817 Views
25 Pages

Explicating Brand Equity in the Information Technology Sector in Vietnam

  • Hien Thi Ngoc Huynh,
  • Hoa Doan Xuan Trieu,
  • Phuong Van Nguyen,
  • Tue Gia Tran and
  • Long Nguyen Hai Lam

9 November 2021

Vietnamese IT businesses have expanded internationally and have reached a turning point with opportunities and challenges typical when establishing a global brand. To assist Vietnamese IT firms in the development of branding strategies, this study in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
47 Citations
13,815 Views
20 Pages

8 November 2021

Governance researchers have repeatedly discussed how to make public governance more accountable given the relatively ‘thin’ accountability of representative government. Recent decades have seen the growth of new, compensatory forms of accountability....

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,319 Views
13 Pages

5 November 2021

Although the scientific debate in the field of business economics is rich in contributions to the subject of sustainability, they mainly focus on a specific aspect represented by sustainability reporting. Consistent with this bibliographic evidence,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
6,065 Views
11 Pages

Digital Entrepreneurship: Public Perception of Barriers, Drivers, and Future

  • Isabelle Biclesanu,
  • Sorin Anagnoste,
  • Ovidiu Branga and
  • Marco Savastano

3 November 2021

The widespread access to the Internet has undoubtedly changed the way businesses handle their processes and interact with their customers. With the surge of new devices, business models, technologies, and platforms, alongside social media growth and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,690 Views
22 Pages

University Social Responsibility: The Case of Italy

  • Maurizio Comoli,
  • Lorenzo Gelmini,
  • Valentina Minutiello and
  • Patrizia Tettamanzi

29 October 2021

Increasing attention is now being paid to the concept of sustainability as a crucial element of our life at all levels. The awareness that attention must be paid not only to the present, but also and above all to the future of the society in which we...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,918 Views
11 Pages

26 October 2021

Educational needs are changing worldwide. Social aspects and the impact of knowledge and education on changing society are already taken into consideration from some viewpoints. However, the social impact of different models of education that bring n...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,667 Views
15 Pages

26 October 2021

Executive duties have long been described as becoming more intensive and demanding. One contributing factor is a perceived increase in the complexity of the operating environment. A high level of physical fitness has been suggested to support respons...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,283 Views
14 Pages

22 October 2021

Technology entrepreneurship may contribute significantly to economic development and innovation. Little research has investigated the role of the university in technology entrepreneurship among STEM (science, technology, engineering or mathematics) s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
41 Citations
16,832 Views
14 Pages

Digital Platform Ecosystems for Sustainable Innovation: Toward a New Meta-Organizational Model?

  • Mario Calabrese,
  • Antonio La Sala,
  • Ryan Patrick Fuller and
  • Antonio Laudando

20 October 2021

This work aims to develop a conceptual model to support countries, institutions, and firms toward the accomplishment of present Agenda 2030 sustainability goals. The last two decades have seen a growing interest in sustainability. Climate change, res...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,781 Views
19 Pages

20 October 2021

Introductory psychology courses can be demotivating for students of social sciences degrees such as Audiovisual Communication and Journalism. Although the importance of this subject is more than justified, it is essential to design and apply innovati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,952 Views
24 Pages

19 October 2021

Educational institutions are undergoing an internal process of strategic transformation to adapt to the challenges caused by the growing impact of digitization and the continuous development of student and labor market expectations. Consequently, it...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,735 Views
14 Pages

18 October 2021

There is a large body of research that has comparatively explored the relationship that military experience has with the attitudes and behaviors of employees who work in military organizations. However, very few studies have extended this line of res...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
4,892 Views
13 Pages

18 October 2021

Background: In the broad scientific debate on the integration of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the strategic planning of universities and on the use of monitoring the results of the strategy of the indicators relating to the pursuit of sus...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,908 Views
20 Pages

15 October 2021

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the link between the adoption of sustainability practices and new product development (NPD) in manufacturing companies. From a triple bottom line (TBL) perspective and considering different theoretical approach...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
10,571 Views
29 Pages

14 October 2021

Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought significant implications to the workplace and highly impacted employee performance in every organization. In contemporary research, the scholars agree that leadership is one of the critical antecedents to p...

  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,365 Views
13 Pages

Towards an Integrated Case Method in Management Education—Developing an Ecosystem-Based Research and Learning Journey for Flipped Classrooms

  • Jan-Philipp Büchler,
  • Gregor Brüggelambert,
  • Haijing Helen de Haan-Cao,
  • Roger Sherlock and
  • Asta Savanevičienė

12 October 2021

In the field of management science and business administration, the case method is gaining ground in research and in teaching. Case studies support on the one hand exploratory research and on the other hand problem-based teaching. However, we find th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,385 Views
17 Pages

11 October 2021

In this study, we investigate the consequences of organizational change that consist of adding new categories to the portfolio of humanitarian organizations. Our aim is to discern differences in these consequences between specialist and generalist or...

  • Article
  • Open Access
48 Citations
8,617 Views
16 Pages

11 October 2021

It is widely accepted that entrepreneurship education has become a key development priority for coping with uncertainty and for addressing various social, economic, and technological concerns related to health, living conditions, education systems, e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
6,066 Views
34 Pages

8 October 2021

This paper develops a model for the assessment of the maturity of the compliance function of investment firms. The model indicates a path of evolution wherein the compliance function matures from being reactive and inconsistent to becoming a proactiv...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,898 Views
26 Pages

A Soft Systems Approach to Knowledge Worker Productivity: A Purposeful Activity Model for the Individual

  • Helga Guðrún Óskarsdóttir,
  • Guðmundur Valur Oddsson,
  • Jón Þór Sturluson and
  • Rögnvaldur Jóhann Sæmundsson

8 October 2021

This research attempted to find and define holistic systems that affect the productivity of the knowledge worker (KW), using the soft systems methodology (SSM). It is not enough to look at the management and improvement of knowledge worker productivi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,001 Views
24 Pages

8 October 2021

This paper empirically examines the impact of the quality of information and control system (the internal control system, the accounting information system, the financial information, and the non-financial information) on decision-making success and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,887 Views
15 Pages

28 September 2021

The main objective of this study is to assess how cognitive styles promote individual entrepreneurial orientation (IOE) and intrapreneurship and how they drive innovation among nurses in the healthcare services in Portugal. A total of 667 nurses part...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
7,933 Views
25 Pages

23 September 2021

This study aims to investigate the influence of the big-5 personality traits on causation and effectuation decision-making logics using the entrepreneurial process theory. This is an empirical study based on 113 surveys of managers/entrepreneurs from...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,906 Views
33 Pages

Peculiarities of Ukrainians’ Approval of Decentralization Reform

  • Marta Dmytryshyn,
  • Roman Dmytryshyn,
  • Valentyna Yakubiv and
  • Andriy Zagorodnyuk

22 September 2021

Every countrywide reform can always have specific opponents and fans as the changes make people leave their comfort zone. As an example, we have chosen a Ukrainian decentralization reform. Although this local self-government reform can be considered...

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