J Bus Res
Introduction
Journal of Business Research, 199
POSTING TYPE: TOCs
Big Data and Business Analytics
The impact of influence tactics on brand message sharing
—Guowei Huang, Heiner Evanschitzky, Hai-Anh Tran []
Convergence of reality and Virtuality: How virtual realism transforms player experience and behavior in virtual reality massively multiplayer Online games
—Alan Reiter, Hélène Yildiz, Jean-Pierre Mouline, Demetris Vrontis, Osama S. Al-Kwifi []
Consumer Behavior & Wellbeing
Feeling grounded when watching live streaming shows of highly anthropomorphic interactive virtual influencers: An exploratory study on customer opinions
—Yancong Xie, Kevin C. Desouza []
A life cycle framework of social media influencers and the influencer’ dilemma
—Katja Spörl-Wang, Franziska Krause, Sven Henkel []
Is AI suitable to speak about morality? Consumer response to AI-generated moral appeals in the case of fair trade products
—Wojciech Trzebiński, Faruk Anıl Konuk, Beata Marciniak []
Cultures of genius in unequal societies: The impact of perceived economic inequality on preferences for talent over effort
—Hyuna Bak, Youjae Yi []
Gifts to say goodbye: consumer preferences for farewell gifts
—Dongjin He, Qianqian (Esther) Liu, Xing-Yu (Marcos) Chu, Meng Wang, Yuwei Jiang []
“Servant” versus “Partner”: Investigating the effect of service robot personas on customer misbehavior
—Shaohui Lei, Lishan Xie []
The role of volitional reconsumption in the lives of gay men living with concealable stigmatized identities
—Vikram Kapoor, Russell Belk, Wendy Hein []
Art and science talk different. The effect of language abstractness-concreteness on liking of artistic and scientific products
—Gaetano “Nino” Miceli, Ernesto Cardamone, Maria Antonietta Raimondo []
Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Ethics
CEO financial distress experience and CSR: A contingency perspective
—Pavithra Balaji, Cuili Qian, Eunice S. Khoo, Louise Y. Lu []
Ally or antagonist? Moral identity determines the curvilinear effect of ethical leadership on employee stress
—Suzanne van Gils, Ingvild Müller Seljeseth []
Investigating the aftermath of moral injury in organizations: Job stress, trauma-induced ill-being, and moral post-traumatic stress disorder as serial outcomes
—Robert A. Giacalone, Sean R. Valentine []
It’s sheer greed! How does greed lead to counterproductive work behaviors in the case of mortality salience?
—Marc Ohana []
Indelible imprint: CEOs’ poverty experience and corporate labor income share
—Liang Wang, Jun Hu, Daifei Yao, Miroslaw J. Skibniewski []
Entrepreneurship
Self-employment, perceived ageism, and stress among older adults
—Pankaj C. Patel, Marcus T. Wolfe, Daniel A. Lerner, Markus Fitza []
Climate risk and informal entrepreneurship in emerging economies: The moderating effects of entrepreneurs’ socio-cognitions
—Shihao Wei, Christopher J. Boudreaux, Pekka Stenholm, Zhongfeng Su, Yiyun Zhang []
Innovation & Technology
The more, the merrier? Investigating the distinct and interaction effects of gamification mechanics in corporate sustainability engagement
—Xiaomeng Lan, Baobao Song []
Artificial intelligence in customer relationship management: A systematic framework for a successful integration
—Cristina Ledro, Anna Nosella, Andrea Vinelli, Ilaria Dalla Pozza, Thomas Souverain []
Exploring the nexus between technological collaboration and green innovation: the role of corporate R&D structure and managerial orientation
—Songyang Wu, Lutao Ning, Shijun Mu []
AI and employee wellbeing in the workplace: An empirical study
—Alena Valtonen, Minna Saunila, Juhani Ukko, Luke Treves, Paavo Ritala []
Interactive Marketing & Social Media
User presence in online product reviews: The dual effects on purchase intention
—Yan Kou, Samart Powpaka, Lanlan Zhou, Jiangyu Huang, Dong Lu []
Effects of doctors’ participation in internet live streaming free medical consultations on their benefits: empirical evidence from a quasi-natural experiment
—Yingjie Lu, Ke Quan []
International Business
‘We need to play safe’: SME internationalization in a munificent environment
—Heba Younis, Joanna Karmowska []
When do transnational institutions matter for multinational corporations’ location choices?
—Christine M. Chan, Lei Shi, Yiwei Li []
Rethinking the performance implication of regional diversification: The interplay between intra- and inter-regional diversification
—Jong Min Lee []
Marketing
It’s no skin off your nose: why do consumers tattoo brands?
—Antonio Pedro Cruz Costa Alves, Vivian Iara Strehlau []
Endorsement effectiveness of celebrities’ avatars: Evidence from multiple experiments
—Jin Xue, Matthew Tingchi Liu, Xi Song []
The personal paradox matrix: understanding and mitigating customer tensions in phygital marketing
—Thilini Chathurika Gamage, Kayhan Tajeddini, Gajendra Liyanaarachchi, Athula Gnanapala []
When customers select the winner: How marketing ideation crowdsourcing contests can foster customer engagement
—Alice Falchi, Sonia Capelli, William Sabadie []
The hate we create: How inter-brand hostility and consumer-brand identification turn fans into fighters
—Jeremy S. Wolter, Vincent Myles Landers, Colin Gabler []
Organizational Behaviour and HRM
Encouraging newcomer voice through mentoring support: The mediating role of trust and the moderating role of power distance orientation
—Sheng Wang, Changya Hu, Mai Pham, Hsiang Pin Yu []
Walk in my shoes: Does perspective-taking enable better work design?
—Dizhen Lu, Liang Meng []
Paradoxical leadership and employee creativity: The role of cognitive complexity and flexibility
—Ying Zhang, Yan Zhang []
Reaffirming oneself: Exploring how artificial intelligence introduction drives employee approach crafting through a self-affirmation lens
—Xinyue Lin, Liang Meng, Lei Chen []
Tomorrow is another day: How a fresh start mindset relates to goal orientations and work performance
—Wei Guo, Xinyi Zhou, Jinyun Duan []
The double-edged sword of perceived corporate environmental policy (CEP): How perceived CEP encourages and hinders employee green behavior
—Juelin Yin, Xinyi Hua, Lixian Qian, Puwen Shang []
Development and validation of the digital mindset scale
—Paul Goldmann, Björn Schäfer, Christina Altendorfer []
Transforming leader reflexivity into follower performance: The vital role of vertical knowledge exchange and participative decision-making
—Jianghua Mao, Yan Zhang []
Be mindful in organizational change: team mindfulness and employee openness to change
—Dan Ni, Mengyi Zhang, Xiaoming Zheng []
Retailing and Multichannel Management
The impact of a flagship store opening on firm value: evidence from an event study
—Sinem Kargin, Lien Lamey []
Service Research
Role of the intermediary in the value process: Value creation in a sports service context
—Danilo Brozović, Teresa Puga, Christian Grönroos []
Illuminating the unseen: How and why operational transparency mitigates customer dissatisfaction in platform-based services
—Peihao Wang, Laurie Wu, Yuan Wang []
Strategic Management
Surviving and recovering in times of crisis: A resource dependence view of firm ownership
—Yu Liu, Mike W. Peng, Zuobao Wei, Jian Xu, Lixin Colin Xu []
Which institutions impose more sanctions? Formal vs. informal CEO non-duality institutions and stock price crash risk of CEO duality firms
—Tingting Zhang, Incheol Kim, Jingyu Gracy Yang, Zhengyi Zhang []
Anchored by reliability, swayed by institutional forces: Cybersecurity risk deviance from industry norms and its contingencies on risk and volatility
—Pankaj C. Patel []
How do common institutional investors adapt to early technology adoption?
—Linghao Zhang, Xinwei Jin, Kai Wu []
Light and shadow dance together: How and when ambidextrous leadership enhances versus inhibits employee innovation
—Zhenyuan Wang, Rongsong Wang, Jun Gu, Rebecca Mitchell, Yujie Lai []
Ready, set, go: CEO’S early tenure acquisitions & post-deal performance
—Manjot S. Bhussar, Michelle L. Zorn, Aaron D. Hill, Ying Schwarte []
Driving market success: The roles of organizational creativity, resilience, and turbulence in Ghanaian manufacturing firms
—Benjamin Cobbinah, Ahmed Agyapong, Henry Kofi Mensah, Moses Acquaah []
Avoiding algorithm errors in textual analysis: A guide to selecting software, and a research agenda toward generative artificial intelligence
—Janice Wobst, Rainer Lueg []
Reputational risk taking and category non-conformity in new product launches: Insights from the Scotch whisky industry
—Joseph Lampel, Daniel Ronen, Aneesh Banerjee []
Special Issue Papers
Consumer response to corporate political advocacy: the role of policy attitudes, policy change, and perceived controversy
—T.J. Weber, Jeff Joireman, David E. Sprott []
Embracing pain in pursuit of growth: a qualitative study of chronically ill patients’ mountain climbing experiences
—Saeedeh Rezaee Vessal, Judith Partouche-Sebban, Alain Toledano, Fabian Bernhard, Francesco Schiavone []
Recipient-brand value misalignment: How corporate sociopolitical activism reshapes gift giving decisions
—Lin Zhao, Julian Givi, Annie Peng Cui []
When reviews speak through pictures: Visual content and its influence on helpfulness
—Paula Vidaurreta-Apesteguia, Miriam Alzate, Marta Arce-Urriza, José Enrique Armendáriz-Iñigo, David D’Acunto []
Deriving pleasure from other people’s pain: The influence of vicarious pain on viewing intentions for violent sports
—Tommy Kweku Quansah, Markus Lang, Hans Mühlbacher []
Reducing feelings of xenophobia through cognitive effort: The role of market knowledge, collaborative consumption behavior, and affinity for technology interaction
—Adeel Khalid, Muhammad Usman, Shaker Bani-Melhem, Nadia Zahoor, Dario Natale Palmucci, Michael Christofi []
Consumer reactions to the use of sex appeals in influencer vs brand social media marketing
—Nurul Hosen, Vlad Demsar, Carla Ferraro, Melissa A. Wheeler []
Under the influencer: Participatory culture and the rise of the viratoid
—Scott Jones, Emily Moorlock, Elizabeth Dempsey []
When suffering hurts more: suffering for material products reduces intrinsic motivation, well-being, and repurchase intention compared to experiences
—Amy Errmann, Luis Arango []
Unlocking the AI-Productivity paradox in HR: Qualitative insights across organizational levels
—Ashraf Khalil, Reeti Agarwal, Muhammad Zafar Yaqub, Armando Papa []
Consumers’ climate change engagement: Conceptualization, scale development, and assessment
—Sören Köcher, Linda Alkire, Sarah Köcher, Susan Myrden, Genevieve E. O’Connor []
B2B manufacturers in pursuit of Product-as-a-Service: Motivations, barriers, and approaches
—K. Hedvall, O. Benedettini, J.H. Blümel, J. Arsenovic, P. Kristensson []
Beyond borders, beyond bills: Unpacking the universal pain of medical expenditures
—K. Mohamed Jasim, Mustafeed Zaman, Rajibul Hasan, Shahriar Akter, Tan Vo-Thanh, Demetris Vrontis []