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Administrative Sciences, Volume 14, Issue 5

2024 May - 23 articles

Cover Story: This issue features a study that explores the entrepreneurial intentions and challenges faced by business students in the post-pandemic environment. Through qualitative interviews with students from a Midwestern university, this research illuminates how economic shifts and educational experiences shape students' perspectives on entrepreneurship. The findings offer valuable insights into the aspirations and barriers that prospective entrepreneurs encounter, highlighting the need for educational programs that enhance practical skills and psychological resilience. View this paper
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Articles (23)

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,388 Views
14 Pages

This paper investigates the drivers and dynamics of clustering and inter-project collaboration within the framework of the Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020 projects. Leveraging a survey-based approach, we examine key themes surrounding the perception...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,096 Views
13 Pages

The Gender Pay Gap in Academia: Evidence from the Beedie School of Business

  • Irene M. Gordon,
  • Karel Hrazdil and
  • Stephen Spector

We analyzed gender pay gap in academia using detailed performance data of all faculty members at the Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University, during 2012–2022. Although we initially observed a small average pay gap in favor of male a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,243 Views
16 Pages

Middle managers play a pivotal role in bridging the gap between senior leadership and employees, often navigating competing demands and pressures. This study investigates experiences of autonomy, competence, and relatedness among middle managers serv...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
19,174 Views
17 Pages

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on small businesses, significantly influencing entrepreneurial aspirations and presenting numerous challenges. This calls for additional research into perceptions, intentions, and the challenges faced i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,368 Views
13 Pages

Male-perpetrated intimate partner violence (IPV) is a severe human rights violation that negatively affects women’s well-being worldwide. Although many studies have examined the factors influencing IPV, few have investigated the changes in atti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4,044 Views
20 Pages

Fintech: Evidence of the Urgent Need to Improve Financial Literacy in Portugal

  • Mariana Costa,
  • Manuel Au-Yong-Oliveira and
  • Ana Moreira

Fintech has revolutionized the financial sector, providing a new way of providing banking services. Since Fintech can provide the same services as traditional banks but entirely online, it is a competitor. As a result, consumers’ relationships...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
22 Citations
27,002 Views
28 Pages

Many researchers have studied the factors that impact on students’ entrepreneurial intention; however, findings are conflicting. The present study attempts, through an extensive review of the literature, to provide a holistic view and deeper kn...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,577 Views
23 Pages

The main objective of this investigation was to study the effect of organizational competency development practices on turnover intentions and whether affective commitment explains this relationship. Another of the study’s objectives was to tes...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4,812 Views
19 Pages

The organizational effectiveness of nonprofit organizations (NPOs) has received considerable attention from the scientific research community and society. Nonprofit scholars call for more empirical research that tests existing theories and develops m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,261 Views
21 Pages

Theoretically rooted in public service logic (PSL), this article explores managers’ experiences constructing value propositions and facilitating the value creation process in a public sector environment. It reports on a qualitative study from a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
14,302 Views
25 Pages

Film-Induced Tourism as a Key Factor for Promoting Tourism Destination Image: The James Bond Saga Case

  • Noelia Araújo-Vila,
  • Lucília Cardoso,
  • Giovana Goretti Feijó Almeida and
  • Paulo Almeida

This research extensively discusses the connection between destination image and films influencing tourism. Despite the worldwide fame of the James Bond saga and extensive publications on the subject, research into the role of tourism promotion in th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,279 Views
24 Pages

While public service motivation (PSM) and teamwork are widely recognized as crucial drivers for effective public service delivery, researchers primarily analyze these factors independently and at a personal level. The existing literature rarely explo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,732 Views
16 Pages

Workforce indigenization in Gulf Corporation Council (GCC) countries is under-researched in international business literature, especially among expatriate academics from the Middle East and North Africa regions working in GCC countries. Therefore, dr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
6,509 Views
12 Pages

30 April 2024

The adoption of sustainable enterprise resource planning systems in small and medium-sized enterprises represents a strategic response to the evolving landscape of corporate responsibility and environmental stewardship. This study seeks to identify w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
7,991 Views
20 Pages

Organizational Climate Scale for Public Service: Development and Validation

  • Taiane Keila Matheis,
  • Simone Alves Pacheco de Campos,
  • Kelmara Mendes Vieira,
  • Eliete dos Reis Lehnhart and
  • Vania de Fátima Barros Estivalete

28 April 2024

This research presents four studies that developed and validated the Organizational Climate Perception Scale for Public Service (OCPS-PS). The first qualitative study consulted the literature and conducted a focus group to develop the initial version...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,819 Views
21 Pages

Open Government in Spain: An Introspective Analysis

  • Ricardo Curto-Rodríguez,
  • Rafael Marcos-Sánchez and
  • Daniel Ferrández

28 April 2024

In recent years, there has been an increasing amount of research analyzing open government initiatives that enable access to the information held by public bodies, promoting accountability and the fight against corruption. As there are few studies on...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,197 Views
18 Pages

Main Challenges of E-Leadership in Municipal Administrations in the Post-Pandemic Context

  • Rita Toleikienė,
  • Vita Juknevičienė,
  • Irma Rybnikova,
  • Viktoria Menzel,
  • Inese Abolina and
  • Iveta Reinholde

28 April 2024

E-leadership (i.e., remotely leading employees) has become a new normal in the public sector during the pandemic. However, practices of e-leadership differ due to legal, national and even organisational conditions. A deeper analysis is needed to unde...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
5,015 Views
34 Pages

28 April 2024

Given the ever-changing world of technological advances, and due to the fact that business entities strive for efficiency and cost reduction, open innovation (OI) has become the focus of academic and scholarly discussions. Furthermore, to increase th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,781 Views
22 Pages

The Impact of Gamification on Slovenian Consumers’ Online Shopping

  • Armand Faganel,
  • Filip Pačarić and
  • Igor Rižnar

25 April 2024

Gamification involves integrating game mechanics into non-game environments such as business intranets, online communities, websites, and learning management systems to boost participation. Its aim is to actively engage employees, customers, and othe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,847 Views
21 Pages

25 April 2024

Agro-investment in the fourth industrial revolution will be an imperative driving factor and a sacrosanct enabler for small farm business entrepreneurs to participate holistically in the agricultural economic value chain. Investing in advanced techno...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,440 Views
20 Pages

Critical Perspectives of Organisational Behaviour towards Stakeholders through the Application of Corporate Governance Principles

  • Florin-Alexandru Luca,
  • Claudiu-Gabriel Tiganas,
  • Claudia-Elena Grigoras-Ichim,
  • Dumitru Filipeanu and
  • Lucia Morosan-Danila

25 April 2024

Corporate governance is gaining interest not only from investors but companies that want to operate in international markets, prompting a more thorough analysis of the field to prioritise stakeholder interests alongside shareholder value. By adopting...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,362 Views
13 Pages

Whistleblowing Based on the Three Lines Model

  • Paschalis Kagias,
  • Alexandros Garefalakis,
  • Ioannis Passas,
  • Panagiotis Kyriakogkonas and
  • Nikolaos Sariannidis

25 April 2024

Directive 1937/2019 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law became effective very recently. However, Directive 1937/2019 lacks sufficient guidance on the implementation or governance of whistleblowing frameworks. In addition, th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,701 Views
24 Pages

24 April 2024

The entrepreneurial ecosystem is quite complicated because of the presence of numerous stakeholders and the inclusion of multicultural and social elements in diverse communities. The role of entrepreneurship education in developing entrepreneurial sk...

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