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Administrative Sciences, Volume 16, Issue 4

2026 April - 35 articles

Cover Story: Leaders increasingly rely on dashboards and KPIs, which causes the crucial context and tacit expertise to often get lost between data and decision. This paper argues that narrative reporting, enhanced with machine learning, can bridge that gap by turning quantitative outputs into interpretable, strategically relevant explanations. Driven by a transdisciplinary approach, the paper reviews literature across business analytics, decision support systems, narrative reporting, and AI shows that narratives are usually treated as mere communication add-ons rather than analytical components. We propose reframing narrative as an integral layer of AI-enabled decision support, embedding tone, uncertainty, and domain knowledge directly into reporting architectures to improve understanding, trust, and decision quality. View this paper
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Articles (35)

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,678 Views
17 Pages

21 April 2026

Background: Workplace bullying constitutes a persistent psychosocial risk in public service settings, where hierarchical structures and limited exit opportunities may intensify employees’ psychological strain. Although previous research has doc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,705 Views
29 Pages

20 April 2026

The corporate social responsibility (CSR) approach from a managerial point of view has become a topic of interest especially in the European ex-Communist countries. This paper explores the intentions of Romanian managers of small and medium-sized ent...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Future of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): Strategies That Connect Insights from Business, Stakeholders and the Environment)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,386 Views
16 Pages

20 April 2026

Job satisfaction (JS) is a key indicator in health-related professions. This variable can be crucial to the performance of healthcare workers as well as to patients’ perception of the care provided. However, JS can be influenced by personal and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,670 Views
25 Pages

An Integrated Organizational Performance Model for Dual-Sector Companies: The Moderating Role of Company Size

  • Nenad Novaković,
  • Aleksandar Sofić,
  • Ranko Bojanić,
  • Ognjen Dopuđ and
  • Aleksandra Sitarević

19 April 2026

The increasing adoption of servitization has led many manufacturing companies to operate simultaneously in manufacturing and service activities, creating dual-sector business models characterized by heightened organizational complexity. Although prio...

(This article belongs to the Section Strategic Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2,057 Views
22 Pages

17 April 2026

Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) colleges in South Africa continue to experience challenges related to staff commitment, organisational performance, and institutional effectiveness. These challenges highlight the need to better...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,318 Views
17 Pages

16 April 2026

The study examines the impact of Work Social Media Usage (WSMU) on employee skills through the mediating roles of perceived relatedness, perceived autonomy, and perceived competence. A comprehensive questionnaire was formulated to measure WSMU and em...

(This article belongs to the Section Organizational Behavior)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,036 Views
22 Pages

15 April 2026

The study explores the role of management accounting education in cultivating an entrepreneurial mindset among management accountants and entrepreneurs in Zimbabwe. This study was motivated by the lack of a deep understanding of how management accoun...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,088 Views
27 Pages

14 April 2026

Organizational commitment constitutes a challenge for organizations. Despite the growing body of literature describing organizational commitment as a positive outcome of ideal job conditions, how organizational commitment develops has not been explor...

(This article belongs to the Section Organizational Behavior)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,281 Views
22 Pages

Experience at Work: Why Employees Experience Their Work Differently

  • Paula Cristina Nunes Figueiredo and
  • Sandra Miranda

14 April 2026

Research on Employee Experience Management (EXM) has traditionally emphasized demographic segmentation—age, gender, or educational level—as the main differentiators in how employees perceive their career path within organizations. However...

(This article belongs to the Section Strategic Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,811 Views
17 Pages

14 April 2026

The aim of the paper is to precisely identify the impact of regulatory quality and the rule of law on business demographic dynamics in European countries during the 2015–2024 period. The first aim is to provide a theoretical approach by reviewi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Public Management in the 21st Century: Innovations and Challenges in Governance)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,860 Views
26 Pages

13 April 2026

This study comprehensively reviews the literature on knowledge management (KM) to explain its impact on organizational performance and business sustainability. It examines the dominant KM frameworks and theories; performance and sustainability outcom...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Unleashing the Power: How Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning Drives Innovation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,132 Views
24 Pages

10 April 2026

This study explains how strategy–execution gaps become self-reinforcing during digital process transformation in layered manufacturing organizations. Drawing on an embedded qualitative process study of a large Chinese brewery’s transforma...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,752 Views
26 Pages

9 April 2026

A business model is an essential concept for securing long-term success and competitive advantage, where technologies take on an enabling role. Without the respective technology, the business model becomes unviable. Digital technologies are well know...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Reimagining Value Creation: Digital Business Models in a Global Context)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,132 Views
21 Pages

9 April 2026

This study examines how artificial intelligence (AI) contributes to the formation of new quality productive forces (NQPF) at the employee level. While prior research has largely treated AI as an external technological driver, this study investigates...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Artificial Intelligence in Business: Redefining Competencies, Finance, and Entrepreneurship)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,451 Views
14 Pages

Decisions Beyond Data: Narrative Reporting Practices in Decision-Making

  • Tamás Zelles,
  • Bernadett Domokos and
  • Sándor Remsei

9 April 2026

Leaders and managers frequently face the need to make highly complex decisions with incomplete or fragmented information. Traditional decision support systems largely emphasize the visualization of data but often fall short in producing context-sensi...

(This article belongs to the Section Leadership)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
917 Views
36 Pages

8 April 2026

Robust measurement of entrepreneurial competencies (ECs) is crucial for entrepreneurship education, yet their internal structure remains theoretically contested and empirically underexamined. This study examined whether the four-factor Entrepreneuria...

(This article belongs to the Section Organizational Behavior)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,459 Views
17 Pages

8 April 2026

Today’s global and competitive environment forces companies to revise their competitive strategies and assess their operations’ performance. Customers are demanding new products and services, and organizations should adapt to the changing...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Building Resilient and Agile SMEs: Strategic Responses to Digital Disruption and Transformation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,436 Views
23 Pages

Artificial Intelligence: Accelerating Innovation in Sustainable Lean Production Systems

  • Mustapha Jebor,
  • Hanaa Hachimi,
  • Ikhlef Jebbor,
  • Hayet Benhamida and
  • Zoubida Benmamoun

7 April 2026

Lean production philosophy and sustainability approach have become a critical framework for efficiency improvement, waste reduction, and promoting sustainable manufacturing practices. In the age of artificial intelligence (AI), there is a synergy, wh...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,880 Views
27 Pages

7 April 2026

This study examines the development and consequences of student–institution distrust (SID) in higher education. While prior research has predominantly focused on trust, limited attention has been given to distrust as a distinct psychological co...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Learning Organizations and Sustainable Value Creation in Changing Environments)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,335 Views
29 Pages

3 April 2026

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is increasingly portrayed as a transformative technology capable of simultaneously enhancing operational efficiency and enabling strategic growth. Yet small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) experience het...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Artificial Intelligence in Business: Redefining Competencies, Finance, and Entrepreneurship)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,346 Views
35 Pages

1 April 2026

The emergence of smart healthcare platforms has significantly enhanced the accessibility of medical services, yet it has also introduced critical challenges such as information overload and patient decision-making dilemmas. This study investigates th...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The AI-Augmented Marketer: Strategy, Creativity, and Ethics in the Age of Automation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,617 Views
20 Pages

From Leadership Recession to Systemic Leadership: An Ethical Model of Recovery

  • Sofia Manoutzopoulou,
  • Panagiotis Serdaris and
  • Konstantinos Spinthiropoulos

1 April 2026

The contemporary crisis of trust in institutions and organizations has intensified what recent literature describes as a “leadership recession”, characterized by declining ethical legitimacy and limited capacity to manage systemic change....

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,202 Views
20 Pages

Impacts of the Installation of the São João Monument on the Residents in a City in the Interior of Brazil

  • Luísa Cagica Carvalho,
  • Josiane Rodrigues dos Santos,
  • Silvio Roberto Stefani,
  • Gelson Menon and
  • Josélia Elvira Teixeira

31 March 2026

In the current context of the complexity of municipal management, the sustainable development of communities and compliance with the “2030 Agenda” objectives are essential. These objectives aim to reduce the negative environmental impact...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Corporate Social Responsibility and Strategic Management: Integrating Ethical Practices with Sustainable Goals)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
10 Citations
11,488 Views
38 Pages

AI-Driven Leadership: Decision-Making, Competencies, and Ethical Challenges—A Systematic Review

  • António Sacavém,
  • Andreia de Bem Machado,
  • João Rodrigues dos Santos,
  • Ana Palma-Moreira and
  • Manuel Au-Yong-Oliveira

31 March 2026

Background: Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming leadership and raising critical questions about decision-making, leadership capabilities, and ethical accountability in increasingly digitalized organizations. Objective: This systematic review...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Forging Tomorrow’s Leaders: Innovations in Organizational Leadership Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,092 Views
26 Pages

30 March 2026

Chile faces an institutional context marked by public distrust and increasing demands for legitimacy in public management. In this scenario, this study aimed to examine, within the framework of the Job Demands–Resources (JD-R) theory and the HE...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Role of Leadership in Fostering Positive Employee Relationships)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,652 Views
28 Pages

Rethinking Hospital Sustainability: Integrating Circular and Green Economy Principles Within Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility and Management Frameworks

  • Gianpaolo Tomaselli,
  • Gloria Macassa,
  • Karen Maria Borg,
  • Jose Guilherme Couto and ,
  • Jonathan L. Portelli,
  • Karen Borg Grima and
  • Sandra C. Buttigieg
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30 March 2026

Hospitals play a central role in promoting health and well-being, yet they are also among the most resource-intensive institutions, contributing significantly to environmental degradation through high energy and water consumption, extensive waste gen...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Corporate Social Responsibility and Strategic Management: Integrating Ethical Practices with Sustainable Goals)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,074 Views
19 Pages

Ageism: (De)constructing Perceptions and Cultures

  • Vera Alves,
  • Armanda Antunes,
  • Ana Palma-Moreira,
  • Ivo Dias and
  • Andreia Borges

30 March 2026

Population ageing is one of the most significant phenomena of the 21st century. The main objective of this study is to examine the relationship between organizational culture (supportive culture, innovative culture, market culture, and rule culture)...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Thriving Through People: Human-Centered Strategies for Organizational Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3,097 Views
29 Pages

From Engagement to Action in Hospitality Management: Brand Experience and Value Co-Creation as Dual Engines of Hotel Loyalty

  • Maria Magdalini Karalazarou,
  • Evangelos Christou,
  • Chryssoula Chatzigeorgiou and
  • Ioanna Simeli

29 March 2026

This study develops and tests an Engagement–Experience–Co-creation–Loyalty (EECL) framework explaining how hospitality brand engagement (HBE) is translated into multidimensional hotel loyalty through two parallel mechanisms: Hospita...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Tourism and Hospitality Marketing: Trends and Best Practices—2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,516 Views
18 Pages

27 March 2026

The Ghanaian economy faces significant challenges in providing robust policy support and cohesive ecosystem structures that enable small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) operating in the country to effectively convert entrepreneurial marketing ac...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,356 Views
10 Pages

27 March 2026

This study’s purpose is to explore the factors that support and impede women’s economic empowerment in rural settings of Saudi Arabia. A qualitative study was conducted in particular rural settings of Saudi Arabia. Data were collected thr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,253 Views
23 Pages

27 March 2026

Public project performance is shaped by both organisational capability and governance controls, yet the interaction between these factors remains underexamined in decentralised public administration contexts. This study examines the direct effects of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,258 Views
28 Pages

27 March 2026

Here, we explore the determinants and territorial heterogeneity of regional innovation development across Russian regions, employing the Russian Regional Innovation Index (RRII) and indicators of Gross Regional Product (GRP). The empirical database c...

(This article belongs to the Section Strategic Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,155 Views
22 Pages

The Influence of Generative AI on Business Management: Emerging Patterns from Spanish SMEs

  • María Elena Rodríguez Benito,
  • Sandra Lizzeth Hernández Zelaya and
  • Fernando Enrique Reyes Reina

26 March 2026

Generative AI is spreading rapidly, yet it remains unclear how Spanish SMEs combine descriptive, predictive, prescriptive, and generative AI and which organizational conditions support strategic integration and value creation. Drawing on a capability...

(This article belongs to the Section Organizational Behavior)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
2,155 Views
28 Pages

Experimental Governance: Insights into Its Application in Business Processes and Future Research Directions

  • Luciane Dutra Oliveira,
  • Gabriel Sperandio Milan,
  • André Gobbi Farina and
  • Miriam Borchardt

25 March 2026

Experimental Governance (EG) has emerged as a strategic framework for managing complexity in high-uncertainty environments. However, its application in the private sector remains fragmented, often conflated with purely operational tools. This study a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,173 Views
17 Pages

Conceptualizing Holistic Capital

  • Mohammad Naushad and
  • Sulphey Manakkattil MohammedIsmail

24 March 2026

Capital is classified as tangible and is used in the production process. It is a resource or collection of resources that can be accumulated or depleted, exchanged for other forms of capital, and unequally distributed. This study proposes holistic ca...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning: Strategies for Continuous Improvement)
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