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Administrative Sciences, Volume 16, Issue 3

2026 March - 53 articles

Cover Story: What drives export success? Is it internal capabilities or external market conditions? This study explores this long-standing question by systematically ranking 25 export performance drivers using expert-based analysis. The findings reveal that while internal factors such as leadership and strategy play a dominant role, external forces—including technological change and competitive dynamics—are also critical. Interestingly, technological change emerges as a stronger driver than digitalization, suggesting that firms respond more to external pressures than internal digital investments. The results highlight that export performance is shaped by the interaction between internal capabilities and external environments, offering valuable insights for both researchers and practitioners. View this paper
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Articles (53)

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,102 Views
18 Pages

Quality Function Deployment Method for Streamlining Access to Information in Governance

  • Timea Šimonová,
  • Marcela Malindzakova and
  • Zuzana Štofková

23 March 2026

Nowadays information logistics and its integration with information systems is a competitive advantage for a company. The focus is on theoretical knowledge gained from e-maintenance environments, security measures, and objectives. In companies, it is...

(This article belongs to the Topic Risk Management in Public Sector)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2,711 Views
16 Pages

23 March 2026

This study explores the impact of implementing a mandatory e-government reform within Indonesia’s national ISBN service (Regulation No. 5/2022). It examines the effects of this policy shift on public service quality and the resulting administra...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,599 Views
21 Pages

Mapping European Countries’ Resilience to Cognitive Warfare

  • Costel Marian Dalban,
  • Ecaterina Coman,
  • Vlad Bătrânu-Pințea,
  • Mihail Anton and ,
  • Iulia Para and
  • Luminița Ioana Mazuru
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

23 March 2026

This study maps European countries’ resilience to cognitive warfare by developing a cross-national composite measure. The framework integrates three pillars: information ecology, institutional-digital capacity, and socioeconomic context—d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,572 Views
24 Pages

21 March 2026

As the European population ages, the sustainability of pension systems faces a trilemma: the structural conflict between achieving benefit adequacy, fiscal stability, and labor market flexibility. This study investigates the primary research hypothes...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,305 Views
28 Pages

Digitalization and Employee Health and Well-Being During COVID-19

  • Hyesong Ha,
  • Aarthi Raghavan,
  • Mehmet Akif Demircioglu and
  • Hyunkang Hur

20 March 2026

Employees were required to adopt new working methods within a very short time frame during the COVID-19 period through digitalization. While digitalization has been largely perceived as an enabler during the pandemic, its impact on employee health an...

(This article belongs to the Section International Entrepreneurship)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,476 Views
29 Pages

Value Co-Creation Roadmapping with Stakeholders for Creating Innovative Technologies

  • Pornprom Ateetanan,
  • Thepchai Supnithi,
  • Kunio Shirahada and
  • Sasiporn Usanavasin

20 March 2026

Roadmapping is widely used as a collaborative management tool for innovation planning; however, how stakeholders co-create value throughout the roadmapping process remains insufficiently evidenced and operationalized. Drawing on service-dominant (S-D...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovation Management of Organizations in the Digital Age)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,724 Views
23 Pages

Complex Thinking as Cognitive Competence in Local Public Leadership: A Descriptive Study of Public Servants in the Philippines

  • José Carlos Vázquez-Parra,
  • Ismael N. Talili,
  • Jenny Paola Lis-Gutiérrez,
  • Demetria May Saniel and ,
  • Linda Carolina Henao Rodríguez and
  • Ma Esther B. Chio
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

19 March 2026

This study offers a descriptive analysis of complex thinking as a form of cognitive competency among a group of 52 public servants holding local leadership positions in the Philippines. By extending the empirical examination of complex thinking beyon...

(This article belongs to the Section Leadership)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,525 Views
18 Pages

Bridge Employment as a Post-Retirement Strategy: Insights from Croatian Entrepreneurs

  • Ljerka Sedlan Kőnig,
  • Mirela Alpeza and
  • Petra Mezulić Juric

19 March 2026

Population aging is reshaping retirement trajectories, challenging traditional models that conceptualize retirement as a definitive withdrawal from productive roles. While bridge employment has been widely studied, research has largely focused on for...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,343 Views
28 Pages

19 March 2026

Strategic alliances have assumed a pivotal role in the growth and competitiveness of organisations, especially in contexts of rapid technological change and high environmental complexity. Drawing on the Dynamic Capabilities View (DCV), this study aim...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,130 Views
17 Pages

19 March 2026

This study examines associations between socio-demographic characteristics and online shopping risk determinants of consumers in Bulgaria. It focuses on nine risk determinants grouped into four domains—technological, logistical, legal and geogr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,608 Views
22 Pages

Transforming Telecoms: How Transformational Leadership, Creativity and Innovation Drive Organizational Performance

  • Shishi Kumar Piaralal,
  • Thiaku Ramalingam,
  • Nur Amalina Zulkefli,
  • Sayeeduzzafar Qazi and ,
  • Rasheedul Haque and
  • Abdul Rahman bin Senathirajah
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

18 March 2026

Intense technological advancements and market liberalization have intensified competition in the telecommunication industry, challenging established operators to innovate continuously. This study investigates how transformational leadership drives cr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Forging Tomorrow’s Leaders: Innovations in Organizational Leadership Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,750 Views
24 Pages

18 March 2026

This study investigates how data science competencies, conceptualized as the micro-foundations of digital dynamic capabilities (DDCs), combine to influence the development of digital business capability (DBC). Using fuzzy-set qualitative comparative...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Digital Capabilities in Innovation and Strategy amid Technological Development and Economic Uncertainty)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,487 Views
41 Pages

AI-Driven Bankruptcy Prediction in Manufacturing SMEs: Comparing Machine Learning Techniques with Logistic Regression

  • Stanislav Letkovský,
  • Sylvia Jenčová,
  • Petra Vašaničová,
  • Marta Miškufová and
  • Michal Erben

18 March 2026

Bankruptcy prediction is currently a widely researched topic, as it typically results from a chain of negative events. Logistic Regression (LR) is one of the standard prediction tools; however, with advances in technology, machine learning (ML) metho...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Artificial Intelligence in Business: Redefining Competencies, Finance, and Entrepreneurship)
  • Article
  • Open Access
956 Views
19 Pages

18 March 2026

This study investigates the internal antecedents of Strategic Learning Capability (SLC) within volatile business environments. Specifically, it explores the tripartite relationship between occupational subculture, the cognitive process of sensemaking...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning: Strategies for Continuous Improvement)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,053 Views
34 Pages

17 March 2026

As background to this study, organisational leadership has faced scrutiny due to ethical failures, governance crises, and global challenges, highlighting the limitations of models focused on short-term gains, specifically over the past two decades. T...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,127 Views
30 Pages

16 March 2026

This study empirically investigates how Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) discourses among major Korean Business-to-Business (B2B) corporations (POSCO, LG Chem, and HD Hyundai) were reconfigured in the context of former President Trump&rsqu...

(This article belongs to the Section Strategic Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,649 Views
19 Pages

16 March 2026

As artificial intelligence (AI) systems are increasingly adopted in recruitment practices, applicants’ responses to AI-mediated interviews have become an important issue for organizations. Understanding how applicants interpret these systems is...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Artificial Intelligence in Business: Redefining Competencies, Finance, and Entrepreneurship)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,942 Views
24 Pages

13 March 2026

This study aims to identify and prioritize the key factors influencing export performance among Turkish exporters, based on the resource-based view (RBV) and industrial organization theory (IO), categorizing the factors as internal and external, and...

(This article belongs to the Section Strategic Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,614 Views
22 Pages

12 March 2026

Functional analysis (FA) is increasingly used in public sector reforms to assess organizational performance and guide administrative change. However, FA frequently stays procedural and descriptive in both theory and practice, providing little insight...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Administrative Strategies and Practices for Economic Growth and Development: Governance, Sustainability, and Digital Transformation in the 21st Century)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2,575 Views
25 Pages

12 March 2026

The primary objective of this research is to identify, analyse, and compare the development of risk management approaches adopted by Slovak industrial enterprises in two distinct economic periods: during a phase of economic growth (2019) and during a...

(This article belongs to the Topic Risk Management in Public Sector)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,325 Views
21 Pages

11 March 2026

Organizations communicate across many channels, yet official websites remain a controlled, authoritative space where firms articulate identity and strategy. This study examines how Croatia’s top enterprises (n = 100) describe themselves on thei...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,952 Views
25 Pages

11 March 2026

The rapid pace of digital transformation has increased organizations’ reliance on digital technologies and collaborative systems as key drivers of technological innovation. However, the mechanisms through which digital trust, digital technology...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Unleashing the Power: How Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning Drives Innovation)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,693 Views
20 Pages

The Governance of Global Value Chains from the Perspective of Economic Competence: A Literature Review

  • Carine Dalla Valle,
  • João Garibaldi Almeida Viana and
  • Andrea Cristina Dorr

11 March 2026

This article examines the governance of Global Value Chains (GVCs) through the lens of economic competence based on a systematic literature review of 32 selected studies. The findings show that economic competence functions as a governance-contingent...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,084 Views
25 Pages

Employee Training, Types of Activity, and Prevention of Opportunistic Behaviour

  • Markus Hagemeister,
  • José Alfredo Delgado-Guzmán and
  • Arturo Rodríguez-Castellanos

11 March 2026

In today’s world, characterised by rapid technological advances, particularly in AI, companies are compelled to acquire knowledge through employee training. This article seeks to empirically validate four hypotheses derived from a theoretical m...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Human Resource Development and Retention in the Digital Age: Best Practices and Technologies for Maximizing Positive Employee Outcomes)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,084 Views
30 Pages

10 March 2026

This systematic review synthesizes empirical applications of the theory of planned behavior to employee green behavior, including only studies that are consistent with the theory’s assumptions and methodological requirements. In doing so, the r...

(This article belongs to the Section Organizational Behavior)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,314 Views
32 Pages

Assessing Digital Maturity in the Textile Sector: An Integrated MEREC and OCRA Approach

  • Eyup Kahveci,
  • Biset Toprak,
  • Emine Elif Nebati and
  • Selim Zaim

10 March 2026

The digital transformation of the textile industry poses unique challenges due to its labor-intensive processes, complex global supply chains, and coexistence of traditional methods and emerging technologies. Despite the urgency of this transition, e...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Building Resilient and Agile SMEs: Strategic Responses to Digital Disruption and Transformation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,024 Views
26 Pages

Establishing the Theoretical Foundations of Metaverse-Sustainable Tourism Nexus. Mapping the Research Front

  • M. Ángeles López-Cabarcos,
  • Analía López-Carballeira and
  • Vanessa Miramontes-Viña

10 March 2026

The tourism sector is widely recognized as a pivotal catalyst for global development and economic growth. However, it faces significant challenges, which have intensified the search for alternative and more sustainable tourism models. Digital technol...

  • Correction
  • Open Access
604 Views
1 Page
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,637 Views
20 Pages

Resilience and Risk Tolerance of Small Entrepreneurs in the Brazilian Northeast

  • Joyce Silva Soares de Lima,
  • Liana Holanda Nepomuceno Nobre,
  • Wesley Vieira da Silva and
  • Juliana Carvalho de Sousa

9 March 2026

This study examines the relationship between financial risk tolerance and organizational resilience among small business managers in the Brazilian Northeast, a region strongly affected by economic fragility and intensified uncertainty during and afte...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,742 Views
20 Pages

6 March 2026

Sustainable territorial development seeks to balance economic growth, social well-being, and environmental preservation across spatial contexts. In fragile and resource-constrained regions, achieving this balance remains particularly challenging. Wit...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Artificial Intelligence in Business: Redefining Competencies, Finance, and Entrepreneurship)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,897 Views
22 Pages

Prospects for Integrating Artificial Intelligence into the Administration of Higher Education in Greece

  • Ourania Bousiou,
  • Michael Paraskevas,
  • Vaggelis Kapoulas and
  • Panagiotis Liargovas

6 March 2026

This study examines administrative employees’ perceptions of integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) into the administration of Greek public universities. Using a cross-sectional online questionnaire administered across three universities (N =...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,008 Views
18 Pages

Entrepreneurial Leadership in Small-Scale Smart City Transformations

  • Marina Guzovski,
  • Mirko Smoljić and
  • Marijana Čolić

6 March 2026

Background: The smart city concept has become a central framework in contemporary urban governance; however, empirical research predominantly focuses on large metropolitan areas, while small municipalities remain comparatively underexplored. This stu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Navigating the Challenges: Entrepreneurship and Leadership in the Modern Global Business Landscape)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,019 Views
20 Pages

5 March 2026

This study rethinks innovation diffusion in craft-based small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by examining how cultural logics and collective governance shape selective digitalization. Drawing on a qualitative case of Ata handicraft SMEs in Bali,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Business Strategy in the Digital Age: Empowering SMEs for Sustainable Growth)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2,465 Views
22 Pages

5 March 2026

The digitalization of global supply chains and the increasing complexity of international trade have created both opportunities and challenges for customs administrations. The European Union has responded to these dynamics through the new EU customs...

(This article belongs to the Section Strategic Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,677 Views
21 Pages

Digitalisation, Remote Work, and Perceived Job Security and Quality in Post-COVID-19 Portugal

  • Catarina Lucas,
  • José Morais,
  • Arianne Pereira,
  • Joana Paulo and ,
  • Fernando Almeida and
  • José Santos
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

4 March 2026

This study investigates how pandemic-induced digitalisation, understood as the transition to remote work combined with the enforced use of digital tools and the reconfiguration of tasks and digital skills at the job level, has affected job security a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,382 Views
19 Pages

3 March 2026

This study examines the impact of Environmental Management Accounting (EMA) on Corporate Environmental Performance (CEP). Furthermore, it explores the mediating role of Green Process Innovation (GPI) in this relationship. Data from 558 employees acro...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Challenges in Accounting: Sustainability and the Sustainable Development Goals)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,376 Views
25 Pages

3 March 2026

This paper examines the relationship between innovation performance and international export competitiveness in four EU countries—Germany, Italy, Czechia, and Slovakia—during the period 2015–2024. The primary objective is to identif...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,411 Views
34 Pages

3 March 2026

This research aims to record hotel owners’ perceptions as subjective measures of the degree of integration of local traditional cheese varieties in the hospitality sector. Within the context of cheese tourism, this specific type of alternative...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
3,226 Views
23 Pages

Artificial Intelligence Applications and Financial Forecasting Accuracy in Banking Platforms: Evidence from Jordan

  • Abdalla Alassuli,
  • Ahmed Eltweri,
  • Nawaf Samah Thuneibat,
  • Krayyem Al-Hajaya and
  • Saad M. Ismail

3 March 2026

The continued digitalisation of banking systems has raised a demand for more reliable data-based decision-making, in particular when referring to financial forecasts as covered by e-banking applications. This research also investigates the usage of A...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,821 Views
28 Pages

Artificial Intelligence for Business Decision-Making in Latin America: A Systematic Review of Evidence, Contributing Countries, and Key Insights

  • Luz Maribel Vásquez-Vásquez,
  • Elena Jesús Alvarado-Cáceres and
  • Víctor Hugo Fernández-Bedoya

28 February 2026

In recent years, Latin America has experienced a growing incorporation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into business and organizational environments, driven by digital transformation, data availability, and competitive pressures. Across multiple sect...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Era of Technology: Impacts and Implications of Digital and Artificial Intelligence Transformation on Organizations)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,688 Views
38 Pages

Transformational, Transactional, and Ethical Leadership in Sustainable Family Entrepreneurship: A Global Systematic Review

  • Monica Elisa Meneses-La-Riva,
  • Josefina Amanda Suyo-Vega,
  • Hitler Giovanni Ocupa-Cabrera,
  • Sofía Almendra Alvarado-Suyo and
  • Víctor Hugo Fernández-Bedoya

28 February 2026

Leadership plays a central role in the long-term sustainability of family enterprises, yet existing evidence is fragmented across contexts and methodologies. This systematic review synthesizes empirical findings on leadership practices that support s...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Emerging Family Firms: Leadership and Entrepreneurship)
  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,826 Views
16 Pages

28 February 2026

The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 5, 7, and 8 aim to achieve gender equality for women, ensure affordable and sustainable energy, and promote economic growth and decent work for all, respectively. However, women remain un...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Women Financial Inclusion and Entrepreneurship Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,489 Views
13 Pages

28 February 2026

Increased competition in the higher education market is a key reason for higher education institutions (HEIs) to adopt marketing strategies to remain competitive. Branding is one of the strategies frequently used in this context. This study examines...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,320 Views
24 Pages

28 February 2026

Despite several policies and legislation enactments to address gender inequality in the post-apartheid South African employment landscape, a significant proportion of female academics still face marginalization and underrepresentation in senior execu...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
8,876 Views
29 Pages

Emotional Intelligence, Transformational Leadership, and Team Effectiveness: A Systematic Review and Correlational Meta-Analysis

  • Maribel Paredes-Saavedra,
  • Jhomira Milagros Huanca-Cruz,
  • Zarai Ruth Mamani-De la Cruz,
  • Jaquelin Calsin-Pacompia and
  • Wilter C. Morales-García

28 February 2026

Emotional intelligence (EI) and transformational leadership (TL) have been identified as key factors in team effectiveness (TE); however, the empirical evidence remains fragmented and exhibits substantial conceptual and methodological heterogeneity,...

(This article belongs to the Topic Architectural Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,537 Views
16 Pages

28 February 2026

In this study, we adopt the lens of routines, a core construct in the theory of organizations through which to view how enterprises respond to societal disruptions. Organizational routines refer to the established, repetitive patterns of activity per...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship in the Time of Societal Disruptions)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,537 Views
25 Pages

A Decision-Aid Approach to Social Media Assessment Using PROMETHEE II in Greek Grocery Retail

  • Theodore Tarnanidis,
  • Jason Papathanasiou,
  • Bertrand Mareschal,
  • Maro Vlachopoulou and
  • Vijaya Kittu Manda

27 February 2026

This study assesses the effectiveness of social media advertising campaigns in the supermarket sector by combining managerial insights with multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) to support informed, sustainable decision-making. Considering the ever...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,925 Views
27 Pages

27 February 2026

Although Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) has the potential to transform Human Resource Management (HRM), empirical research on its actual use is still rare. This study aims to investigate how HR professionals use GenAI in HRM, the benefits...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,371 Views
23 Pages

Development and Validation of a Brief Inventory of Psychosocial Factors Related to Organizational Changes and Occupational Stress

  • Beatriz Acosta-Uribe,
  • Ariadna Crisantema Martínez-Hernández,
  • Emilio Sánchez-Santa-Bárbara and
  • Nancy Guzmán-Raya

27 February 2026

In recent decades, profound transformations in work organization, employment conditions, and organizational change processes have intensified workers’ exposure to psychosocial risks, with significant consequences for occupational health and wel...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
2,241 Views
22 Pages

Marketing Agility in Family-Owned Breweries: A Systematic Literature Review and Research Agenda

  • Harry Ph. Sophocleous,
  • Christos Papademetriou,
  • Andreas Masouras,
  • Nicholas Theodorakopoulos and
  • Sotiris Apostolopoulos

27 February 2026

The global economy is significantly influenced by family firms, which play a crucial role in shaping and sustaining the so-called real economy. Many flourish in the brewing sector, particularly in the area of craft and microbrewery. Such family firms...

(This article belongs to the Section Strategic Management)

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