Transnational management

The purpose of this article is to present an initial exploratory investigation on e-recruiting and the role of social network sites (hereafter SNSs) during the process. Particularly, the aim is to identify if companies use social media during their recruitment processes to attract and screen applicants. Three critical elements guided the research: the use of social media to attract and screen applicants; the legal implication of e-recruitment and social network screening; and the possibility of using e-recruitment as the main hiring strategy. Beyond the information generated through the literature review, primary data were collected from Cypriot organizations. The findings of this research endeavor indicate that the online recruitment method has a lot of benefits but also pitfalls of which recruiters should be aware. Furthermore, it seems that the contemporary practice of employee screening through social media can highly affect the hiring decision and legal implications are likely to arise with the wrong use of information. On the contrary, a well-designed system and strategic utilization of available information about potential candidates may significantly assist the recruitment of employees with the most suitable skills and competencies.

During the last decade, organizational and strategic management theories have exponentially concentrated on the concept of structural empowerment and organizations have prioritized to work with the employees who take the initiative and respond creatively to the challenges of the job to struggle in an increasingly competitive external environment. In this sense, structural empowerment represents organizational policies, practices, and structures that grant employees greater latitude to make decisions and exert influence regarding their work and refers to a formal horizontal decentralization of authority that decisional power flows to employees from the formal structure. Additionally, it is assumed that structural empowerment helps to create a positive perception and has an impact on employees’ perceived supervisor’s support that denotes the degree to which employees’ shape impressions that their supervisor appreciates their contributions in work and is caring about their well-being. ...

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The present study has been designed to examine the use of people-productivity-linked indices to measure firm performance. Revenue per employee (RPE) and profit per employee (PPE) were two selected indices used in this study to measure the organizational productivity across two industries. The results of the rank correlation of RPE and PPE with traditional financial indicators for eight years (2004–2005 to 2011–2012) showed significant associations. Implications of the results of this study in the present context highlighted the need for widespread application and acceptance of employee-linked productivity indices.

In an article based on his recent book, Transnational Marketing and Transnational Consumers, Ibrahim Sirkeci argues that there is a paradigm shift in business and marketing management. As the speed of communication and transportation increases, local consumers and organisations are ever more connected but not identical despite the blurring national boundaries. Companies face a tough challenge to achieve efficiencies while customising to the extreme to satisfy “glocal” consumers in this new era of transnational marketing.

This research investigates the influence that specific consumer-brand relationships have on the quality of the bonds that consumers develop with brands. This is important since disasters in the brand-consumer relationship will cause different consumer responses dependent on whether the relationship is built on a passion or intimacy-loyalty bond. Consumer-brand relationships were studied according to the interpersonal relationship theory. A SEM

ABSTRACT This paper focuses on a conceptual model of innovation and the results of the questionnaire among Surinamese firms to see the implications of this model. This article tests the model in the developing country of Suriname to see how it might encourage technological innovation. The model describes three alternative paths to innovation: nature, nurture, or a hybrid. A survey of local firms indicates that the overall technological innovation achievement of these firms in Suriname is weak as are government policies toward an innovative and competitive Surinamese economy. The article proposes a hybrid path combining nature and nurture for Suriname to achieve technological advancement. This hybrid path requires that the government change its politics, technology policy, and focus, as well as enhancing the innovative nature of the companies.

An increasing body of research findings has consistently shown that work stressors are associated with lower levels of work satisfaction and psychological well-being. It has been suggested that recovery after the work day may reduce fatigue, restore mood, and improve well-being. This study examined predictors and consequences of four recovery experiences (psychological detachment, relaxation, mastery, control) identified by Sonnentag and Fritz (2007) to replicate and extend their work. Data were collected from 242 men and women managers and professionals working in various organizations and industries in Egypt using anonymously completed questionnaires, a 48% response rate. The four recovery experiences were, with one exception, positively and significantly correlated. Personal demographic variables (e.g., gender, age, level of education, marital status) had relationships with use of particular recovery experiences. Both workaholic job behaviors and job demands were negatively associated with use of psychological detachment and relaxation. Use of particular recovery experiences had complex relationships with work outcomes, sometimes being associated with positive work outcomes and sometimes with negative work outcomes. Somewhat surprisingly, use of recovery experiences were unrelated to four indicators of psychological well-being. These findings provided only partial support for previous results obtained in Germany and reported by Sonnentag and Fritz.

This article argues that change initiatives often fail to meet anticipated objectives as a result of change approaches not being holistic or creative enough. The study takes the position that managers must adopt a systemic approach, based on the creative use of different systems methodologies and methods and explains how critical systems thinking can provide a creative approach to organizational change. Critical systems thinking, through its commitments to critical awareness, improvement, and methodological pluralism, provides a way of being both holistic and creative at the same time, and could therefore provide a suitable alternative to change approaches. Viewing the problem situation from a holistic perspective, adopting systems concepts and perspectives, and being creative in the choice and use of methodologies and methods will provide a new approach to organizational change and make a significant contribution to improving organizational performance.

The purpose of this research is to ascertain the manner in and extent to which consumers' environmental attitudes affect their purchasing behavior regarding a competitively uniform product such as gasoline. The research initially undertakes a comprehensive literature review on green marketing and contemporary consumer behavior to develop the necessary theoretical basis on which primary research is founded. The latter has collected data using a survey method and has analyzed them using multiple regression analysis. The results indicated a clear purchase pattern that favors gasoline brands perceived to be the most environmentally friendly, in fact, to a degree that consumers are willing to drive far to locate their favorite gasoline stations. This research, fits the findings of past generic research on contemporary consumer behavior, though contrary to other past findings, did not indicate any gender consumer behavior differences. The theoretical basis and primary research results are subsequently utilized toward the development of an innovative green marketing perspective with explicit managerial implications.

Transnational Marketing Journal is a new scholarly, peer-reviewed journal is dedicated to disseminating high quality contemporary research into transnational marketing practices and scholarship while encouraging critical approaches in the development of marketing theory and practice. It is an exciting new venture for us and we would like to invite innovative thinking, scholarship, and current research into marketing practices and challenges crossing national borders.

In Transnational Marketing and Transnational Consumers, Transnational Marketing is defined “as understanding and addressing customer needs, wants and desires in their own country of residence and beyond and in borderless cultural contexts with the help of synergies emerging across national boundaries and transfer of expertise and advantages between markets where the organization operates transnationally with a transnational mentality supported by transnational organization structures and without compromising the sustainability of any target markets and resource environment offering satisfactory exchanges between the parties involved” (Sirkeci, 2013: vii).

The Arabic-speaking countries represent an important region that currently has made limited progress in quality management development. This paper briefly reviews some of the relevant geopolitical and economic factors before considering the adoption of quality management practices including the ISO 9000 series and Total Quality Management. Some factors in the adoption of quality management trends are outlined. The limited literature available on quality management in this region is reviewed. The case of Sudan is considered in more detail. General conclusions are drawn and suggestions presented as to how the Arabic-speaking countries should advance their practice in quality management.

Abstract The paper aims to explain how new cash management practices can be used to address institutional complexity in Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) and which are the effects on the organizational form. Based on a case study, cash pooling reveals to be an effective response for dealing with the financial crisis, even if shifting the complexity at an organizational level. Indeed, the MNE selected had to manage a centralized and decentralized organizational structure since the financial solution could not be adopted for all subsidiaries. The study shows that cash pooling can act as an organizational response only if a constant dialogue with subsidiaries is ensured.

ABSTRACT This paper considers multinational enterprises (MNEs) as differentiated global corporate networks where subsidiaries have unique resources and are able to act with considerable autonomy. Within the broad context of transnational management research and the specific sub-topic of subsidiary management, the concept of autonomy is usually approached through the extent of (de) centralization and formalization of decision making. In this paper, we shall argue that in the management of headquarters (HQs)-subsidiary relationships, decentralization and autonomy cannot be used interchangeably. The formal and legitimate authority to take decisions represents those dimensions of autonomy which are assigned to the subsidiaries by the HQs. Other variants of autonomy can be traced to the development of the subsidiaries' own capacities (earned autonomy), and their interconnectiveness with both corporate (internal) and host-country's (external) networks (acquired autonomy).

ABSTRACT. This exploratory study examined potential correlates of the experience of flow at work among 211 Norwegian journalists. Data were collected using anonymously completed questionnaires. Correlates included personal and work situation characteristics, ...

An increasing body of research findings has consistently shown that work stressors are associated with lower levels of work satisfaction and psychological well-being. It has been suggested that recovery after the work day may reduce fatigue, restore mood, and improve well-being. This study examined predictors and consequences of four recovery experiences (psychological detachment, relaxation, mastery, control) identified by Sonnentag and Fritz (2007) to replicate and extend their work. Data were collected from 242 men and women managers and professionals working in various organizations and industries in Egypt using anonymously completed questionnaires, a 48% response rate. The four recovery experiences were, with one exception, positively and significantly correlated. Personal demographic variables (e.g., gender, age, level of education, marital status) had relationships with use of particular recovery experiences. Both workaholic job behaviors and job demands were negatively associated with use of psychological detachment and relaxation. Use of particular recovery experiences had complex relationships with work outcomes, sometimes being associated with positive work outcomes and sometimes with negative work outcomes. Somewhat surprisingly, use of recovery experiences were unrelated to four indicators of psychological well-being. These findings provided only partial support for previous results obtained in Germany and reported by Sonnentag and Fritz.

Meta-analysis is a statistical technique that allows one to combine the results from multiple studies to glean inferences on the overall importance of a certain phenomenon. This study employs a substantive meta-analysis approach to quantitatively summarize the results of empirical studies of the direct impact of multinational companies on productivity spillovers in host countries. When all the available estimates are combined and averaged, there seems to be a small significant positive effect of multinational companies on productivity spillovers in host countries (average effect size = .06, aggregate N = 124,143). The findings of this study significantly refine the body of knowledge concerning the impact of multinational companies on productivity spillovers in host countries, and thereby offer an improved conceptual framework for researchers and policymakers.