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Administrative Sciences, Volume 12, Issue 1

2022 March - 42 articles

Cover Story: The aim of this paper is to investigate the implications of challenge-based learning (CBL)  programs on entrepreneurial skills, and on the mindset and intentions of university students, through a quantitative approach. Resorting to an original database, we analyzed the pre- and post-levels of entrepreneurial skills, mindset, and intention of 127 students who attended a challenge-based learning program. Results show a positive and significant effect of challenge-based learning programs on the entrepreneurial mindset and skills of students, such as financial literacy, creativity, and planning. View this paper
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Articles (42)

  • Editorial
  • Open Access
11 Citations
7,229 Views
6 Pages

Insights on Value Co-Creation, Living Labs and Innovation in the Public Sector

  • Luis Rubalcaba,
  • Kirsty Strokosch,
  • Anne Vorre Hansen,
  • Maria Røhnebæk and
  • Christine Liefooghe

19 March 2022

Citizen participation in the planning, design, and delivery of public services has been of central interest for public administration and management scholars since the 1970s at least (Osborne and Strokosch 2021, 2022) [...]

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Insights of Value Co-creation in Public Sector)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
13,201 Views
13 Pages

Employee involvement and participation is part of Labor Relations and Human Resource Management. This study is to identify how and to what extent employee involvement and employee participation mechanisms are used in the Greek subsidiaries of multina...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,825 Views
14 Pages

An Integrated Methodology Model for Smart Mobility System Applied to Sustainable Tourism

  • Carlo Amendola,
  • Simone La Bella,
  • Gian Piero Joime,
  • Fabio Massimo Frattale Mascioli and
  • Pietro Vito

This work aims to analyze the impact of technological eco-innovation on the modernization and development of a local area. The role of eco-innovation would be to stimulate an innovative environment and spur a development of the territory and economic...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue International Entrepreneurship in a Disruptive Era: New Frontiers in Strategic Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,796 Views
16 Pages

Creativity is highly valued in all areas of life, and it must be supported in the academic environment for the future prosperity of all organizations. This is the primary source of creativity for practice. The research presented is based on answering...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Entrepreneurship and Innovations: Challenges and Successes for Organisations in the Modern Business Environment)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
15,008 Views
25 Pages

The Balanced Scorecard as a Strategic Management Tool in the Textile Sector

  • Patrícia Quesado,
  • Salomé Marques,
  • Rui Silva and
  • Alexandrino Ribeiro

This paper aims to develop a proposal for implementing the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) in a large Portuguese company that operates in the textile sector, intending to promote its subsequent implementation. Through a qualitative research approach, a case...

(This article belongs to the Section Strategic Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,206 Views
14 Pages

This paper addresses the issue of complexity in the administrative processes in public institutions; in particular, accounting routines and processes are examined. Back-office activities, although having a merely supporting role in the delivery of pu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Corporate Social Responsibility, Stakeholder Engagement, and Universities)
  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
9,248 Views
19 Pages

21 February 2022

In this paper, we examine university discretionary interpretation of the 2020 social upheaval that emanated from George Floyd’s murder as an element of university social responsibility (USR) policymaking. The paper addresses two research questi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Corporate Social Responsibility, Stakeholder Engagement, and Universities)
  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
16,041 Views
12 Pages

18 February 2022

The State of Vietnam continues to show the cumbersome, limited effectiveness of the public sector and the widespread corruption of public servants. Yet, it has been endeavoring to renovate national governance in the direction of good governance to im...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
5,121 Views
17 Pages

17 February 2022

Higher education institutions and universities have recently started to publish their sustainability and corporate responsibility reports. Yet, due to digitalisation and the benefits of digital reporting, websites offer organisations novel opportunit...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainability Management and Accounting Practices in the Public Sector)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
7,615 Views
15 Pages

Seven Steps to Strategic SDG Sensemaking for Cities

  • Ville Taajamaa,
  • Minna Joensuu,
  • Barbara Karanian and
  • Luis Bettencourt

17 February 2022

This practitioner paper is based on the need to make sense of UN Agenda 2030 and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the city level and in an urban context. We examine the need to explain how to utilise the SDGs in strategic, tactical and operati...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Leadership in the Public Sector: From an International Perspective)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,656 Views
22 Pages

Infrastructure and Subjective Well-Being from a Gender Perspective

  • Gloria Alarcón-García,
  • José Daniel Buendía-Azorín and
  • María del Mar Sánchez-de-la-Vega

16 February 2022

Mainstreaming gender analysis into all aspects of policy making, including infrastructure and economic policy, is a key aspect to achieving gender equality. The main objective of this paper is to examine the impact of several public infrastructures o...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
38 Citations
28,187 Views
24 Pages

15 February 2022

This study aims to identify the different research paths that help us understand the emerging aspects explaining how team diversity influences team performance. We also present future lines of investigation that could help us to understand this theme...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,069 Views
13 Pages

14 February 2022

This paper highlights the moderating effect of retailer CSR perception and CSR contribution type on the relationship between advertised reference price (ARP) and consumer evaluations. A two-by-three between-subjects factorial design is employed with...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,833 Views
15 Pages

14 February 2022

Transparency within universities and public research institutes is an element of significant relevance in the Italian context. Over the years, the need for greater transparency has prompted the legislator to regulate transparency obligations in order...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Corporate Social Responsibility, Stakeholder Engagement, and Universities)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
16,854 Views
15 Pages

14 February 2022

The change management process in government institutions includes many challenges that require identifying the factors that may facilitate such a process. This study aims to examine the mediating impact of knowledge sharing (KS) on the relationship b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
12,697 Views
19 Pages

11 February 2022

This research was designed to test and extend the model of emotional dissonance. Previous models of emotional dissonance, such as the Job Demand-Resource (JD-R) and the Stress-Strain-Outcome (SSO) models, are limited in that they do not account for t...

(This article belongs to the Topic Research and Innovation Practices: Cooperation and Collaborations in Scientific and Entrepreneurial Contexts)
  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
16,368 Views
19 Pages

9 February 2022

Public administration and public governance play a crucial role in society today by ensuring that social needs are met. Due to the constantly changing environment, public governance models have transformed many times, creating differences in public g...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
7,884 Views
16 Pages

6 February 2022

While there have been some attempts at investigating and theorizing social entrepreneurial action at the base of the economic pyramid, our understanding of the processes contributing to the formation of social entrepreneurial intention in contexts of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Entrepreneurial Intentions–Taking in the Context)
  • Article
  • Open Access
57 Citations
9,368 Views
15 Pages

3 February 2022

The aim of this paper is to understand how sustainable entrepreneurship competence impacts entrepreneurial intentions in two educational contexts: in higher education and in secondary education. We applied the sustainable entrepreneurship framework,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Entrepreneurial Intentions–Taking in the Context)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,676 Views
13 Pages

CSR Reporting Practices: The Case of University of Bari

  • Francesco Campobasso,
  • Graziana Galeone,
  • Simona Ranaldo and
  • Matilda Shini

29 January 2022

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a relevant topic for researchers and practitioners, widely explored with reference to companies. However, there are still few studies that address how higher education institutions integrate CSR practices into...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Corporate Social Responsibility, Stakeholder Engagement, and Universities)
  • Article
  • Open Access
62 Citations
7,758 Views
25 Pages

Determinant Factors of SDG Disclosure in the University Context

  • Serena De Iorio,
  • Giovanni Zampone and
  • Anna Piccolo

28 January 2022

Universities are expected to have a leading role in the advancement, promotion, and achievement of the 2030 UN Agenda, embedding the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) across their four dimensions (teaching, research, campus operations and gover...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Corporate Social Responsibility, Stakeholder Engagement, and Universities)
  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
10,551 Views
12 Pages

25 January 2022

The aim of the present study is to investigate the extent to which perceived organizational support and coworkers’ conflict and work-family conflict play a role in the performance of three types of organizational citizenship behaviors. A cross-...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,157 Views
16 Pages

24 January 2022

This study aims to empirically verify whether the entrepreneurial strategic orientation of social enterprises has any effect on organizational effectiveness with the mediation of dynamic capabilities. In the consideration of social enterprises’...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
7,888 Views
25 Pages

Strategic Background of the Start-Up—Qualitative Analysis

  • Štefan Slávik,
  • Ivana Mišúnová Hudáková,
  • Katarína Procházková and
  • Branislav Zagoršek

21 January 2022

A start-up is a relatively new and attractive entrepreneurial form that is being explored in a broader national economy and industry context. However, there is little knowledge about its strategy, which is mainly represented by the business developme...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
6,379 Views
12 Pages

21 January 2022

Administrative simplification is a particular approach that is considered a key aspect to ensure the quality of regulations and legislation. The appropriate organizational and structural approach to managing, coordinating, and monitoring administrati...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Simplification of Administrative Procedures – in Search of Efficiency, Public Interest Protection and Legitimate Expectations)
  • Review
  • Open Access
35 Citations
10,080 Views
27 Pages

21 January 2022

Entrepreneurship is considered a key driver for economic growth. Therefore, more and more studies are investigating the role and effectiveness of entrepreneurship education. In this context, the present study is aimed at investigating the effectivene...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fostering Student Entrepreneurship: Nascent and Active Entrepreneurs in Universities)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
9,804 Views
18 Pages

How the 2008–2009 Financial Crisis Shaped Fair Value Accounting Literature: A Bibliometric Approach

  • Carlos Sampaio,
  • Luís Farinha,
  • João Renato Sebastião and
  • Mónica Régio

20 January 2022

This study aims to fulfil a gap in the literature, delivering a road map to understand the course and nature of the fair value accounting literature, further showing how the 2008–2009 financial crisis affected it. Bibliometric methods analyze 3...

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
14,832 Views
22 Pages

Management Accounting and Control in Higher Education Institutions: A Systematic Literature Review

  • José Vale,
  • Joana Amaral,
  • Luís Abrantes,
  • Carmem Leal and
  • Rui Silva

19 January 2022

The new public management reforms have led to significant changes in higher education institutions (HEIs) regarding the management accounting and control (MAC) of these organizations. Therefore, this paper provides an overview of the main studies on...

  • Article
  • Open Access
51 Citations
18,059 Views
16 Pages

E-Commerce and SME Performance: The Moderating Influence of Entrepreneurial Competencies

  • Arsalan Hussain,
  • Minhas Akbar,
  • Arfan Shahzad,
  • Petra Poulova and ,
  • Ahsan Akbar and
  • Rohail Hassan
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

18 January 2022

This research aims to examine the mediating role of the use of the e-commerce and moderating influence of entrepreneurial competencies on the performance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The study data were collected via a structured questionn...

(This article belongs to the Topic Open Innovation and Entrepreneurship)
  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
6,275 Views
22 Pages

18 January 2022

Although entrepreneurship can be taught in different ways, entrepreneurship education impact studies generally fall short with regard to acknowledging the teaching models of the programs they assess. This severely limits our understanding of how entr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fostering Student Entrepreneurship: Nascent and Active Entrepreneurs in Universities)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
6,679 Views
14 Pages

17 January 2022

This research aimed to analyze the moderating effect that Protestant work ethics (PWE) have on the relationship between human resources practices (HRP) and (a) work engagement (WE) and (b) organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). The sample consist...

  • Review
  • Open Access
92 Citations
17,941 Views
12 Pages

Entrepreneurship Education: The Effects of Challenge-Based Learning on the Entrepreneurial Mindset of University Students

  • Alessandra Colombelli,
  • Shiva Loccisano,
  • Andrea Panelli,
  • Orazio Antonino Maria Pennisi and
  • Francesco Serraino

16 January 2022

The aim of this paper is to investigate the implications of Challenge-Based Learning programs on entrepreneurial skills, and on the mindset and intentions of university students, through a quantitative approach. Resorting to an original database, we...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fostering Student Entrepreneurship: Nascent and Active Entrepreneurs in Universities)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
7,806 Views
18 Pages

The Simplification of Procedures in Portuguese Administrative Law

  • João Tiago Silveira,
  • Tiago Fidalgo de Freitas,
  • Gonçalo Fabião and
  • Miguel Assis Raimundo

6 January 2022

The present paper intends to provide an overview and a critical assessment of the administrative simplification policies implemented in Portugal over the past 20+ years. Throughout these decades, the major instruments for administrative simplificatio...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Simplification of Administrative Procedures – in Search of Efficiency, Public Interest Protection and Legitimate Expectations)
  • Editorial
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,617 Views
5 Pages

5 January 2022

Competition among developed industrialised countries for highly skilled migrants has increased in recent decades with the onset of the knowledge-based economy and society (Triandafyllidou and Isaakyan 2014) [...]

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Highly-Skilled Migrant Women Achievement and Contributions in Knowledge-Based Economies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
111 Citations
66,956 Views
25 Pages

Digital Innovations in MSMEs during Economic Disruptions: Experiences and Challenges of Young Entrepreneurs

  • Lavinia Javier Cueto,
  • April Faith Deleon Frisnedi,
  • Reynaldo Baculio Collera,
  • Kenneth Ian Talosig Batac and
  • Casper Boongaling Agaton

5 January 2022

The spike in COVID-19 cases all over the world poses a massive impact on various sectors of society. The global economy is no exception, for it has been severely affected by the unprecedented public health crisis leading businesspeople to shutdown co...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Entrepreneurship and Innovations: Challenges and Successes for Organisations in the Modern Business Environment)
  • Article
  • Open Access
52 Citations
22,366 Views
16 Pages

Student Entrepreneurship in Universities: The State-of-the-Art

  • Federico Schimperna,
  • Fabio Nappo and
  • Bruno Marsigalia

28 December 2021

The purpose of this paper is to understand how universities develop and support student entrepreneurship. We did a preliminary Systematic Literature Review (SRL) on scientific articles regarding student entrepreneurship published during the last twen...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fostering Student Entrepreneurship: Nascent and Active Entrepreneurs in Universities)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,895 Views
17 Pages

28 December 2021

Difficult coworkers can be found in almost every workplace, including public and private organizations. This paper investigates the effects of difficult coworkers on employees’ responses including intention to leave and mental health through at...

  • Article
  • Open Access
35 Citations
39,606 Views
25 Pages

27 December 2021

Making decisions is a key task for leaders and managers. Senior leaders are currently exposed to increasing amounts of data which they must process quickly in our current dynamic world. Complex factors in the business world are not always best approa...

(This article belongs to the Section Leadership)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
22,945 Views
21 Pages

25 December 2021

The economic advancement of emerging markets such as China, Brazil, and India has been regarded as one of the benefits of a globalized world. This paper revisits and evaluates the Uppsala model to teases out the process, speed, determinants, and chal...

(This article belongs to the Section Strategic Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
12,579 Views
29 Pages

24 December 2021

The development of entrepreneurship competence considering a broad view of entrepreneurship requires a systematic approach to determine the validated content of learning and methodological basis for supporting learners’ entrepreneurial attitude...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Perspectives on Entrepreneurship Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
11,513 Views
11 Pages

Motivation and Productivity of Employees in Higher Education during the First Lockdown

  • Jacqueline R. Rietveld,
  • Djoerd Hiemstra,
  • Aleid E. Brouwer and
  • Jan Waalkens

21 December 2021

In a cross-sectional study among 623 employees of a higher education institution, we examined the relations between perceived competence, autonomy, relatedness, intrinsic motivation, and productivity during the first lockdown in the spring of 2020. T...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Leadership and Employees' Performance on the Verge of a New Era: The Challenges Brought by COVID-19 on Workplaces)
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