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Author-Name: Saroj Kumar Sahoo
Author-X-Name-First: Saroj Kumar
Author-X-Name-Last: Sahoo
Author-Name: Laxmikant Pattnaik
Author-X-Name-First: Laxmikant
Author-X-Name-Last: Pattnaik
Author-Name: Bidhu Bhusan Mishra
Author-X-Name-First: Bidhu Bhusan
Author-X-Name-Last: Mishra
Author-Name: Suman De
Author-X-Name-First: Suman
Author-X-Name-Last: De
Author-Name: Sandhyarani Sahoo
Author-X-Name-First: Sandhyarani
Author-X-Name-Last: Sahoo
Title: Underestimation or overestimation: what makes the social communication attach or detach the sustainable development with the role of perceived cost?
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Major purposes of this study are to analyse the pros and cons of social communication that prevent or exaggerate the meaning of sustainable development from being the part of common people's decision-making; and to demonstrate the role of perceived cost in civil society's engagement with sustainable development practices. This study followed descriptive research design, where extensive literature review, and common understanding of social communication and sustainable development paved the way for three research-questions to be addressed. Literature study regarding communication traits, its role in clear understanding of sustainable development and translation of the said understanding into day-to-day practices of sustainable development, and the logical linkages of these literatures gives rise to the development of three propositions. We believe that there is an interrelationship between social communications and the life-long practices of sustainable development. This will help public-planners for social-development plans, and is the main contribution/novelty of this study.
Journal: Int. J. of Management Concepts and Philosophy
Pages: 67-80
Issue: 1
Volume: 18
Year: 2025
Keywords: social-communication; sustainable-development; perceived-cost; society; proposition; under-estimation; over-estimation; attachment; detachment.
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Author-Name: Fairooz Mustafa Hamdi
Author-X-Name-First: Fairooz Mustafa
Author-X-Name-Last: Hamdi
Author-Name: Nuno Guimaraes da Costa
Author-X-Name-First: Nuno Guimaraes da
Author-X-Name-Last: Costa
Title: The role of leadership values and communication in the process of change towards sustainability: a qualitative research paper
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This article aims to explore which leadership values mediate the process of influencing employees to accept change toward different sustainability practices and the role of communication in moderating this process. To answer these questions, 25 leaders from eight sustainable organisations working in different industries in the UK were interviewed. It was found that leadership values have both mediating and moderating roles. The mediating values are sustainability-related. The moderating values are classified into two sets. The first set of values helps in increasing employees' trust in the leaders and building close relationships with them making it easier for leaders to instil sustainability-related values in employees. The second set of moderating values helps in sustaining employees' sustainability-related practices. Moreover, it was found that communication has a moderating effect by further helping to build close relationships between leaders and employees, building employees' trust in leaders, and keeping employees involved.
Journal: Int. J. of Management Concepts and Philosophy
Pages: 23-66
Issue: 1
Volume: 18
Year: 2025
Keywords: leadership values; communication; change towards sustainability practices; leadership level.
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Author-Name: Thi Thanh Thao Nguyen
Author-X-Name-First: Thi Thanh Thao
Author-X-Name-Last: Nguyen
Author-Name: Thi Thao Hien Bui
Author-X-Name-First: Thi Thao Hien
Author-X-Name-Last: Bui
Title: Impact of corporate social responsibility on customer satisfaction: a case study of e-commerce fast fashion industry
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The purpose of this research is to investigate the factors affecting customer satisfaction in the fast fashion industry when purchasing on an e-commerce platform of Gen Z. The study also aims to enhance the knowledge of expectation disconfirmation theory and to provide guidance for managers in developing effective strategies. This research adopts a quantitative method to examine a cross-study model with hypotheses. The author uses an online questionnaire to collect data from 298 respondents. The questionnaire uses a five-point Likert scale to measure the opinions of each question. This study only analyses the data from people who bought fast fashion items on Shopee by using partial least square structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) with SmartPLS 4.0 software. The findings show that green consumption values directly influence consumer satisfaction when purchasing online, and that trust mediates this impact. These findings imply that enterprises in the fast fashion industry should produce more green things to please customers. The research provides for fast fashion brands to create more green products and communicate their environmental and social responsibility to their customers. And it also suggests some managerial implications for decision-making individuals.
Journal: Int. J. of Management Concepts and Philosophy
Pages: 1-22
Issue: 1
Volume: 18
Year: 2025
Keywords: corporate social responsibility; CSR; green consumption value; GCV; service quality; trust; customer satisfaction; e-commerce; electronic commerce; fast fashion.
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Author-Name: R. Manigandan
Author-X-Name-First: R.
Author-X-Name-Last: Manigandan
Author-Name: S. Dheepalakshmi
Author-X-Name-First: S.
Author-X-Name-Last: Dheepalakshmi
Title: Examining the relationship between working capital management and firm performance: a state-of-the-art literature review and visualisation analysis
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The current study concentrates on a systematic review of literature related to the impact of working capital management on firm performance. The main purpose of the study is the overall state-of-the-art literature review process. The review was done with overall 55 publications. The paper rigorously examines the influential studies in the literature related to the impact of working capital management on firm performance. The study found an inadequate literature review on working capital management on firm performance. The study needs to answer the two main research questions: 1) what are the determinants and practices of working capital management, 2) the impact of working capital management on higher firm performances. Our findings include firstly a majority of the researchers proved a working capital management positive effect on firm performance. Secondly, most of the research was published in the USA, and the UK countries while limited studies have focused on emerging The current study provides a research gap and future agenda for firm managers and researchers.
Journal: Int. J. of Management Concepts and Philosophy
Pages: 81-104
Issue: 1
Volume: 18
Year: 2025
Keywords: benchmarking; working capital management; WCM; firm performance; FP; working capital management theory; state of the art literature review; visualisation analysis.
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Author-Name: Norma Binti Mohter
Author-X-Name-First: Norma Binti
Author-X-Name-Last: Mohter
Author-Name: Yudi Fernando
Author-X-Name-First: Yudi
Author-X-Name-Last: Fernando
Title: Towards conceptualisation of low-carbon supply chain
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In this study, we urged manufacturers to practise low-carbon (LC) throughout their supply chain (SC). This paper also highlighted the need for LC practices in the supply chain. A few elements have been discovered to support the necessity for LC practices. For instance, changes in consumer preferences for low-carbon products, low-carbon awareness among customers, stakeholder demand for sustainability practices in the company and government policies are the factors that influence the LC practices in supply chain. However, there are still many manufacturers who need to be educated about this necessity and change their production process due to financial constraints. LC should begin with the supply chain due to supply chain activities contribute significantly to carbon emissions. Low carbon supply chain practices are an effective strategy for manufacturers to reduce their carbon footprint and obtain an advantage over their competitors. Manufacturing can boost revenue, improve company's reputation, and environmentally friendly.
Journal: Int. J. of Management Concepts and Philosophy
Pages: 105-121
Issue: 1
Volume: 18
Year: 2025
Keywords: low-carbon; carbon emission; supply chain; low-carbon supply chain; stakeholder; firm performance.
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Author-Name: Patrice Cailleba
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Author-X-Name-Last: Cailleba
Title: The road to organisational populism
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Since populism is considered to be inherent to politics and each organisation a place where politics thrives, this article coins the concept of <i>organisational populism</i> to help firms and employees alike identify and use their voice against the phenomenon. We adapt Mintzberg's political arena and then Rosanvallon's three-fold simplification social, procedural and hierarchical) to the management sciences. Both studies help us construct a theoretical perspective on organisational populism (OP). In addition, the three simplifications present different characteristics and lead to specific behaviours, which then flourish thanks to the organisational populist leader's ability to manipulate employees' emotions. Dangerous by definition, this form of populism progressively increases the level of psycho-social risk and accentuates suffering at work by multiplying conflicting demands and by deepening the denial of stakeholder's vis-à-vis organisational reality.
Journal: Int. J. of Management Concepts and Philosophy
Pages: 122-144
Issue: 1
Volume: 18
Year: 2025
Keywords: management; organisation; politics; populism; simplification.
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Author-Name: Packiyanathan Mathushan
Author-X-Name-First: Packiyanathan
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Title: The nexus of transformational leadership, self-efficacy, and employee creativity: a bibliometric investigation and partial least square structural equation modelling
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Research on the nexus of transformational leadership style and employee creativity remains far less focused in developing country contexts, and the findings are fragmented. The overriding aim of this study is to critically investigate transformational leadership and employee creativity literature using bibliometric analysis. The bibliometric analysis reveals that the link between transformational leadership style, creative self-efficacy, and employee creativity is a black box and requires further quantitative investigations. A theoretical framework was established based on the bibliometric analysis of unstructured data from 162 journal articles. Additionally, using partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM), the framework was tested using data from 121 firms in Sri Lanka. Results obtained from the proposed model showed that transformational leadership positively relates to employee creativity. Further, creative self-efficacy moderates the relationship between transformational leadership and employee creativity. Despite transformational leadership, creativity, and self-efficacy research having recently exposed notable growth, empirical research investigating the moderating effect of creative self-efficacy on the relationship between transformational leadership and creativity is scarce in developing country contexts. The present study fills the cavity by employing a multi-method approach and contributes to the extant human resource management and creativity literature.
Journal: Int. J. of Management Concepts and Philosophy
Pages: 178-197
Issue: 2
Volume: 18
Year: 2025
Keywords: transformational leadership; employee creativity; creative self-efficacy; bibliometric analysis; developing country.
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Author-Name: Harsimran Singh Sodhi
Author-X-Name-First: Harsimran Singh
Author-X-Name-Last: Sodhi
Title: Optimal execution of Lean Six Sigma 4.0 strategies: AHP-driven prioritisation approach
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Over the past half-decade, the global spotlight has increasingly focused on Industry 4.0 (I4.0), a concept transcending geographical boundaries. This study delves into the readiness of Indian manufacturing entities to embrace I4.0 strategies. Introducing the 'I4.0 maturity model', a systematic tool assessing organisational readiness, comprises of seven dimensions and 34 maturity facets. Validation entails exploratory case studies and surveys across automotive components, food processing, and electronics sectors. Notably transformative for manufacturing, I4.0 gains prominence post-COVID-19, emphasising digitalisation and automation's significance for resilience. Insights gleaned elucidate challenges confronting Indian manufacturers, proffering actionable recommendations for I4.0 integration. This shift is indispensable for organisations poised to flourish in an imminent technology-driven landscape.
Journal: Int. J. of Management Concepts and Philosophy
Pages: 164-177
Issue: 2
Volume: 18
Year: 2025
Keywords: lean manufacturing; Six Sigma; Lean Six Sigma; Industry 4.0.
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Author-Name: Suman De
Author-X-Name-First: Suman
Author-X-Name-Last: De
Author-Name: Laxmikant Pattnaik
Author-X-Name-First: Laxmikant
Author-X-Name-Last: Pattnaik
Author-Name: Padmalita Routray
Author-X-Name-First: Padmalita
Author-X-Name-Last: Routray
Author-Name: Saroj Kumar Sahoo
Author-X-Name-First: Saroj Kumar
Author-X-Name-Last: Sahoo
Title: Performance resilience of sales-force through a business innovation model: a study by TISM approach
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This study's main aim is to analyse the relationship between the dimensions of business model innovation, and their driving properties for performance resilience of sales-force, working in the industries of financial products. This study follows total interpretative structural modelling (TISM), a qualitative technique to examine the dependency power of performance resilience and driving power of business model innovation. The said technique is executed based on the extensive literature review and experts' opinion. Major findings of this study state that performance resilience of the sales-force of financial products can be established through the strategic relationship of components of business model innovation with components of performance resilience. The new model of said strategic relationship is the contribution/novelty of this study. Industrial implications refer that the components of business model innovation can be strategised by the marketers of financial products to enable their sales-force to withstand the business uncertainty and tough competition.
Journal: Int. J. of Management Concepts and Philosophy
Pages: 145-163
Issue: 2
Volume: 18
Year: 2025
Keywords: performance resilience; business model innovation; BMI; sales-force; financial products; total interpretative structural modelling; TISM; sustainability; ISM; organisational resilience; strategic relationship.
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Author-Name: Gregg Dimkoff
Author-X-Name-First: Gregg
Author-X-Name-Last: Dimkoff
Author-Name: Joerg Picard
Author-X-Name-First: Joerg
Author-X-Name-Last: Picard
Author-Name: Aaron Lowen
Author-X-Name-First: Aaron
Author-X-Name-Last: Lowen
Title: Determining a client's life expectancy: a refined approach using obituary statistics
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When estimating their clients' life expectancies, most financial planners use mortality tables, a general rule such as age 95 or 100, or a combination of mortality tables adjusted for health and lifestyle behaviours. The authors add further refinement to estimates by using variables identified in prior research as important predictors of longer lives and analysing over 4,400 obituaries appearing in West Michigan's major newspaper. Statistical analysis of the sample shows close agreement with mortality tables for an average person, but significant differences exist for atypical individuals who were never married, had more or less than three children, and were deeply religious. The authors present a regression equation for more accurately predicting life expectancy for these individuals.
Journal: Int. J. of Management Concepts and Philosophy
Pages: 198-215
Issue: 2
Volume: 18
Year: 2025
Keywords: children; clients; financial planners; lifestyle behaviours; life expectancy; married; mortality tables; obituaries; religious; sex.
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Author-Name: Kalpana Kataria
Author-X-Name-First: Kalpana
Author-X-Name-Last: Kataria
Title: Using movies to teach management principles as a pedagogical tool: a case study
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In the age of artificial intelligence, it has become a challenging task to engage students' attention in the classroom. There are many pedagogies to teach management principles, but using movies as a pedagogy to teach management principles will make students learning more effective and will help with retention of learning over a long period of time. By introducing this technology, faculty would be tech-savvy and would be able to prepare the subject in a systematic manner. This paper focused on the importance of movies as an available resource to teach core management principles. For the present study a popular Bollywood movie 'Guru' was selected because of its popularity and easily availability on different platforms. By using a systematic literature review approach, the present paper reviewed the articles published from 1996 to 2023 along with the articles movie 'Guru' used as a sample to teach management principles. This study revolves around core management principles, which had been categorised into broad categories. There are many movies that can be introduced as a pedagogy to teach other areas of management challenges and strategies to overcome them.
Journal: Int. J. of Management Concepts and Philosophy
Pages: 216-227
Issue: 2
Volume: 18
Year: 2025
Keywords: movies; films; efficiently; management; principles.
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Author-Name: Joel Ngobi Makepu
Author-X-Name-First: Joel Ngobi
Author-X-Name-Last: Makepu
Author-Name: Fred Kyagante
Author-X-Name-First: Fred
Author-X-Name-Last: Kyagante
Title: Enhancing supply chain risk management performance of Ugandan agro processing firms; the mediating role of logistics strategic orientation
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The study examined the relationship between knowledge management orientation (KMO), logistics strategic orientation (LSO) and supply chain risk management performance in Ugandan agro processing firms. The study adopted a quantitative cross-sectional research design. In this study, the researchers distributed 127 questionnaires of which only 102 questionnaires were returned representing an 80.3% response rate. Quantitative data analysis was done using correlation, mediation and regression analyses. Study findings revealed a positive relationship between KMO, LSO and SCRM performance. Mediation findings indicated a partial mediation between KMO and SCRM performance through LSO. Furthermore, LSO significantly mediates the relationship between KMO and SCRM performance. The paper shows that SCRM performance in agro-processing firms is as a result of consistent application of KMO and LSO, developing new sustainable strategies and products in a dynamic environment. Though studies have been published in SCRM in Uganda, many have not revealed the mediating role of LSO on KMO and SCRM performance.
Journal: Int. J. of Management Concepts and Philosophy
Pages: 228-246
Issue: 2
Volume: 18
Year: 2025
Keywords: supply chain risk management performance; logistics strategic orientation; knowledge management orientation; KMO; agro-processing firms.
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Author-Name: Ekaterina Nazarenko
Author-X-Name-First: Ekaterina
Author-X-Name-Last: Nazarenko
Title: Consumer perception of CSR activities of the firm in retail sector: systematic literature review
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CSR perception by consumers started to play an important role in the retail industry. Consumer concern makes companies act socially and environmentally responsible. This paper aims to provide the results from the qualitative analysis that is presented in the form of a systematic literature review analysis. The main contribution of this paper is an integrated framework that shapes existing knowledge on consumer perception of CSR and summarises possible avenues of further research in the retail industry with a focus on consumer perception. The obtained outcomes will be valuable for marketing scholars who are working in this field as well as practitioners from the retail field who are interested in socially responsible activities.
Journal: Int. J. of Management Concepts and Philosophy
Pages: 247-261
Issue: 2
Volume: 18
Year: 2025
Keywords: corporate social responsibility; CSR; retail CSR; sustainable retail; green retail; consumer behaviour; consumer decision making; consumer trust; consumer loyalty; stakeholder theory; systematic literature review.
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Author-Name: Gabriel Vidor
Author-X-Name-First: Gabriel
Author-X-Name-Last: Vidor
Author-Name: Janine Fleith de Medeiros
Author-X-Name-First: Janine Fleith de
Author-X-Name-Last: Medeiros
Author-Name: Guilherme Bergmann Borges Vieira
Author-X-Name-First: Guilherme Bergmann Borges
Author-X-Name-Last: Vieira
Author-Name: Roque Alberto Zin
Author-X-Name-First: Roque Alberto
Author-X-Name-Last: Zin
Title: Mass customised product: quality specs model
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This study mainly determines how much a customised product specification can be modified. To achieve this determination, a regression model is applied through the variables defined as: 1) sale price; 2) delivery time; 3) product quality. Considering these assumptions, the first step of the method is to perform a selection of the most important characteristics to the customisation. Subsequently, with these characteristics selected, an analysis is made through the regression model to verify the impact of one of the variables in the product configuration. The logic of the method is developed from the perspective of partial least squares (PLS) regression. The results demonstrate that the model allows defining the elasticity of the customised product specification depending on the organisation's business focus. The exemplification of the method is performed by means of an analysis case for handcarts. The main theoretical contribution of the paper is a methodology applied to the determination of the quality in mass customised products.
Journal: Int. J. of Management Concepts and Philosophy
Pages: 262-285
Issue: 2
Volume: 18
Year: 2025
Keywords: mass customisation; product specification; optimisation.
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Author-Name: Martin Sposato
Author-X-Name-First: Martin
Author-X-Name-Last: Sposato
Title: Incompetent people at work
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This article delves into prevalent challenges and issues encountered in the process of identifying candidates for promotion within organisations. It expounds upon well-known obstacles such as the unconscious bias or the Dunning-Kruger effect, aiming to elucidate their widespread impact. The following part of the article, grounded in a comprehensive literature review, introduces recommendations to circumvent and mitigate these issues. By doing so, the article provides actionable solutions for organisations seeking to avert the promotion of individuals lacking competence. Finally, a section on further research is presented.
Journal: Int. J. of Management Concepts and Philosophy
Pages: 313-317
Issue: 3
Volume: 18
Year: 2025
Keywords: promotion; incompetence; organisational development; Dunning-Kruger effect.
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Author-Name: Vandana Mohanty
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Author-Name: Mangesh B. Kulkarni
Author-X-Name-First: Mangesh B.
Author-X-Name-Last: Kulkarni
Title: Net positive employee experience of employee onboarding process – a case from a manufacturing industry, Pune (India)
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Employee onboarding is one of the crucial processes in integrating new employees with the organisation. Effective onboarding is a significant challenge for the organisations. Measuring the effectiveness of qualitative processes is a significant challenge in improving the performance of the process. In this study, the concept of employee experience and the new employee onboarding process are integrated to measure and enhance the effectiveness of the onboarding process. Employee experience of new employees is measured by the researcher's framework of "net positive employee experience score (eNPS) and net positive impact (eNPI) of new employee onboarding." eNPS is defined by 26 dimensions, and eNPI measures three resultant dimensions. The difference between eNPS and eNPI is analysed to improve the employee experience of the onboarding process. The framework is tested on a group of new employees in a manufacturing organisation, and it has identified the potential areas for improvement. The framework is focused on manufacturing organisations and can be improved by using many observations across organisations. There is scope for creating benchmark values of eNPS and eNPI to evaluate employee experience during the onboarding stage.
Journal: Int. J. of Management Concepts and Philosophy
Pages: 287-312
Issue: 3
Volume: 18
Year: 2025
Keywords: employee experience; engagement; enablement; positive EEX; eNPS and eNPI; onboarding; India.
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Author-Name: Jijo James Indiparambil
Author-X-Name-First: Jijo James
Author-X-Name-Last: Indiparambil
Title: Indian (Hindu) religious strands as new signposts to sustainable business management
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Sustainability becomes a central value for any development process in the world and turns out to be an experiential learning method. Among the various business management approaches, the sustainable business model has gained significant momentum today. A considerable amount of research is done for the identification and determination of distinct aspects concerning the economic, ecological, and social dimensions of sustainability in business practices. This article is about the human aspects of sustainable business strategies. The current managerial rationality does not completely determine contemporary workplace management. It is also influenced by religious convictions because human behaviour – personal, professional, and social – is embedded in religious beliefs and practices. It is therefore supposed that Hindu beliefs and convictions can also support eco-innovative business and management strategies. This paper aims to develop a more humane managerial alternative to the workplace and sustainable business, taking into account Hindu religious components. An analysis of current business strategic management from a holistic perspective re-establishes the forgotten humane aspect of employees by reclaiming their irreducibility.
Journal: Int. J. of Management Concepts and Philosophy
Pages: 334-346
Issue: 3
Volume: 18
Year: 2025
Keywords: sustainable business; managerial rationality; moral strands; workplace management; religious viability; personalism.
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Author-Name: Kuldeep Ojha
Author-X-Name-First: Kuldeep
Author-X-Name-Last: Ojha
Author-Name: Keeon Rodney
Author-X-Name-First: Keeon
Author-X-Name-Last: Rodney
Title: A case study of applying lean practices in vehicle acquisitions services of Massy Motors at Trinidad and Tobago
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This research paper's purpose is to evaluate a local car dealership, Massy Motors Limited by studying their acquisition value stream. The step was to study the acquisition process by mapping their current value streams. Following this, analysis of these value streams was done to identify any wastes present. Next step was to make recommendations to alleviate the waste found. The suggestions made were the implementation of lean management, proper inventory management, scheduling and forecasting and KANBAN. Penultimately, future state value streams for acquisition are created with recommendations applied. From the future state maps constructed, it showed a reduction of acquisition's lead time by 424 hours. Findings were validated by having the stakeholders of Massy Motors asses the suggestions. This was done using a structured questionnaire. The results showed that the suggestions were implementable and could make a difference to the organisation.
Journal: Int. J. of Management Concepts and Philosophy
Pages: 347-366
Issue: 3
Volume: 18
Year: 2025
Keywords: lean practices; waste; value-adding activities; process improvement; acquisition; value stream; Trinidad and Tobago.
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Author-Name: Patrice Cailleba
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Title: The complex ethics of management science
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Ethics does not exist <i>per se</i>. It is forever in the making and remains embedded in a context that links it to reality. Because management science is about action and decision-making, it offers a prime field for ethics to be put into practice. Based on Morin's complex ethics, this article aims to show that there is a consubstantial link between complex ethics and management science. To do so, we shed light on the works of the pioneers of management science (Fayol, Follet and Taylor), to examine how ethical complexity characterises management science from the beginning. Moreover, we discuss Freund's three dialogics (command/obedience, friend/foe and private/public) that characterise politics and thus organisations. We show how they also irrigate management sciences and define the challenges posed by artificial intelligence to humanity through the question of responsibility.
Journal: Int. J. of Management Concepts and Philosophy
Pages: 387-404
Issue: 3
Volume: 18
Year: 2025
Keywords: complex ethics; artificial intelligence; Fayol; Follet; Taylor; Morin.
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Author-Name: S. Vinodh
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Author-X-Name-Last: Vinodh
Title: Project selection for Lean and Industry 4.0 integration using DEMATEL-AHP and fuzzy VIKOR approaches
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Project selection has a significant role in achieving organisational goal in all kinds of manufacturing systems. Among Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technologies, cyber physical systems (CPS) contribute more than any other digital manufacturing technologies. CPS has the ability to integrate with other prevailing manufacturing management concepts like Lean, Lean Six Sigma and so on. Lean is a process improvement strategy commonly used to identify problems and remove waste to meet customer requirements. The purpose of this study is to identify the best fit project for integrated lean and I4.0 project implementation. Sixteen criteria and three project alternatives are considered. DEMATEL technique is employed first to sort out cause and effect criteria and then AHP technique is employed to prioritise the best project among three alternatives. Three project alternatives were analysed with respect to nine cause criteria and using the relative weight of criteria and project prioritisation has been carried out.
Journal: Int. J. of Management Concepts and Philosophy
Pages: 405-427
Issue: 3
Volume: 18
Year: 2025
Keywords: project selection; Lean; Industry 4.0; multi-criteria decision making; DEMATEL; AHP; fuzzy VIKOR.
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Author-Name: Suraiya Rajput
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Author-Name: Baby Iffat
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Title: Analysing the influence of techno-stress on turnover intentions in the Gurgaon IT industry: job performance as a serial mediation and emotional intelligence as a moderator
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This investigation endeavours to examine the intricate associations between techno stress, job performance, and happiness at work, emotional intelligence, and turnover intention. By utilising regression analysis on an assumed dataset, it discloses crucial insights into the factors that affect employee retention. Significantly, heightened techno stress is inversely linked to happiness at work and job performance, detrimentally affecting well-being and effectiveness. Conversely, a positive correlation is observed between happiness at work and job performance, underscoring the pivotal role of a positive work environment. The research delves into sequential mediation, uncovering that techno stress hurts happiness at work, subsequently diminishing job performance, and ultimately leading to an increase in turnover intention. Emotional intelligence moderates the indirect relationship, amplifying the adverse influence of techno stress on turnover intention through its effects on happiness at work. Concentrating on TCS Ltd. and Infosys, this research highlights variations within organisations and concludes by advocating tailored approaches, and positive work environments.
Journal: Int. J. of Management Concepts and Philosophy
Pages: 367-386
Issue: 3
Volume: 18
Year: 2025
Keywords: techno stress; turnover intention; happiness at work; job performance; job satisfaction.
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Author-Name: Jennifer Hamrick
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Author-Name: Arline Savage
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Author-Name: Mark Edmonds
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Author-Name: Tad Miller
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Author-X-Name-Last: Miller
Title: Transcending borders: unveiling financial statement fraud's public interest impact
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Fraudulent financial statements, prepared with the intention to deceive, are a costly social and global problem. In this study, we discuss the role of financial reporting in the public interest within the context of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) Policy Position 5, <i>A Definition of the Public Interest</i>, and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Code of Professional Conduct definition of the <i>public interest</i> principle. We follow this by evaluating how financial statement fraud impacts the public interest. Finally, using the Lehman Brothers case, which illustrates whistleblower retaliation, earnings management, and corporate governance failure, we examine accounting malfeasance that transcends local and national jurisdictions and violates public trust.
Journal: Int. J. of Management Concepts and Philosophy
Pages: 318-333
Issue: 3
Volume: 18
Year: 2025
Keywords: financial statement fraud; Lehman; International Federation of Accountants; IFAC; public interest; whistleblowers.
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Author-Name: Vandana Mohanty
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Author-Name: Mangesh B. Kulkarni
Author-X-Name-First: Mangesh B.
Author-X-Name-Last: Kulkarni
Title: Understanding employee experience: a structural equation modelling study
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This study is focused on understanding the concept of employee experience and its application across organisations in the IT industry. The authors have defined a scale of the employee experience as a combination of three key element blocks namely work, career, and care. Employees across organisations in the information technology industry are considered to validate the framework using a questionnaire-based survey. Data is analysed using structural equation modelling survey. The analysis of data reveals that collectively, all three-factor blocks have a significant positive relationship with employee experience. Factors related to career have a significantly higher impact on employee experience compared to the other two element blocks of work and care. Such an approach of focusing on critical elements of employee experience can be extended across organisations within and outside of the services information technology industry.
Journal: Int. J. of Management Concepts and Philosophy
Pages: 491-505
Issue: 4
Volume: 18
Year: 2025
Keywords: employee experience; engagement; perception; information technology; career; work.
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Author-Name: Diego León Peña-Orozco
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Author-Name: Norbey Arias Brito
Author-X-Name-First: Norbey Arias
Author-X-Name-Last: Brito
Author-Name: Juan Jose Rojas Reyes
Author-X-Name-First: Juan Jose Rojas
Author-X-Name-Last: Reyes
Author-Name: Jesus Gonzalez-Feliu
Author-X-Name-First: Jesus
Author-X-Name-Last: Gonzalez-Feliu
Author-Name: Andrea Aragon
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Author-X-Name-Last: Aragon
Author-Name: Maria Jose Bravo Ortiz
Author-X-Name-First: Maria Jose Bravo
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Title: Inclusive and sustainable performance in cooperative SME via a PROACT method
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This paper presents a root-cause, cyclic improvement methodology to the strategic planning development to an embroidery small artisans association in a South American country. These artisans who are part of a vulnerable population, violence victims and women household heads, maintain an ancestral knowledge for embroidery clothing. The small artisans need to formulate a strategic plan that allows them to project their productive and commercial activities in an orderly manner. In this sense, this research work presents the accompaniment result in the methodological construction to define a strategic plan, which allows the small artisans association sustainability. As a result, a work plan is obtained that integrates the PROACT improvement tool, the strategic objectives definition and a balanced scorecard, for monitoring and control, linked in a plan, program and project structure. It is concluded that this methodology can be generalised for small business organisations.
Journal: Int. J. of Management Concepts and Philosophy
Pages: 446-470
Issue: 4
Volume: 18
Year: 2025
Keywords: strategic planning; root cause analysis; RCA; competitiveness; non-profit organisation; market positioning.
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Author-Name: R.K. Kumawat
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Title: Green HRM practices followed by public and private sector banks
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"Live green, love green and think green"; this quote helps to understand the importance of nature, sustainability and care to be taken by people, corporate and civilisation to protect and save the environmental beauty in this 21st century. This era is of liberalisation, globalisation and digitalisation. So, we can witness a new concept in HRM. i.e., green HRM. GHRM has gathered the attention of various academic, researchers, financial and business institutions. It has led to the sustainable development of the organisations and implementation of GHRM in the banking sector led to the huge changes in the working environment and also have shown the disclosure of a new paradigm shift with environment friendly economic prosperity. So, this paper compares green HRM practices and strategies implemented by the public and private sectors, as well as the green financing options are now available.
Journal: Int. J. of Management Concepts and Philosophy
Pages: 471-490
Issue: 4
Volume: 18
Year: 2025
Keywords: green HRM; sustainable development; environment friendly; economic prosperity; banking sector; HR practices.
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Author-Name: Preeti Thakur
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Author-X-Name-Last: Thakur
Author-Name: Rakesh Kumar Gupta
Author-X-Name-First: Rakesh Kumar
Author-X-Name-Last: Gupta
Title: Theoretical framework and conceptual model on teenagers' involvement in family purchase decision
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The changing shift in purchasing responsibility in families has become the essential phenomenon for the marketers which require to be analysed on continuous basis. With the passage of time enhancement in dual-income families, proliferation of smart phones, digital shopping platforms, social media usage, easy-payment mechanism are indulging the teenagers to give valuable contribution in family purchasing. In order to provide valuable suggestions to market practitioner and business strategist, this conceptual study is an attempt to explore the various antecedents of teenagers' intervention in family purchase decision under which conceptual framework has been developed. Based on the overall analysis, the model depicts the causal antecedents and outcome of teenagers' intervention. In conclusion, this study suggests that teenagers can no longer be overlooked as they have emerged as significant purchase influencer in the family for the future.
Journal: Int. J. of Management Concepts and Philosophy
Pages: 506-521
Issue: 4
Volume: 18
Year: 2025
Keywords: brand awareness; family interaction; product knowledge; tech-readiness; teenagers; social media.
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Title: Top 50 artificial intelligence startups: empirical research of their business models
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All the industries are implementing artificial intelligence (AI) in their operations; it is a technology that is creating great expectations, but few academic studies have been done about how AI is included in the business models (BM). Existing research does not explain how companies can successfully implement AI solutions through their BM; AI as a core component of a commercial offer remain mostly unstudied. To address this gap, we analyse the top 50 startups (Forbes 2023). This study focuses in how startups use AI to create, deliver and capture value. This paper seeks to identify and analyse the business models (BM) implemented by the startups that include AI in their operations. The top 50 AI startups, as per Forbes annual publication, are analysed from a BM approach defining the main BM frameworks used by them. This research highlights the most frequently used elements in the BM of the most successful AI startups. This study contributes to the fundamental understanding of AI startups BM by identifying the main components in their structure, key characteristics and distinctive aspects.
Journal: Int. J. of Management Concepts and Philosophy
Pages: 539-560
Issue: 4
Volume: 18
Year: 2025
Keywords: artificial intelligence; AI; startups; business model; BM; business model framework.
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Title: Dynamic linkage between health outcomes and income inequality in ASEAN-6 countries during 1992-2015: an LSDVC technique
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The study aims to investigate the relationship between income inequality, health outcomes, health expenditure (HE), and education in the short and long run. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is proxied to health outcomes, and the Gini coefficient and Theil index are the indicators of income inequality. It focuses on ASEAN-6 countries namely Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, and Vietnam. The study utilises annual panel data from 1992-2015, where there are issues of high-income inequality and high cases of CVD in ASEAN-6 countries. The analytical tool used in the study is the Bias-Corrected Least Squared Dummy Variable (LSDVC), which is sufficient for small panel data. The finding indicates there is a relationship between income inequality and cardiovascular disease in the short and long run. At the same time, there is a significant relationship between CVD, health expenditure, and education level in the short and long run.
Journal: Int. J. of Management Concepts and Philosophy
Pages: 429-445
Issue: 4
Volume: 18
Year: 2025
Keywords: income inequality; health and diseases; cardiovascular; gini; Theil index; health expenditure; ASEAN; education; small panel data.
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Title: Behind the researcher, the forgotten artist: the question of style in management science through the prism of Nietzsche's critique of language
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This article explores the implications of Nietzsche's critique of language for the question of style in management studies. It argues that language actively shapes our understanding of the world and that discourses influence the organisational and individual realities under study. The article highlights the central role of writing style, which is too often neglected in favour of standardised formats. By reminding the artistic roots of management studies, the article argues for greater stylistic diversity to enhance innovation, honesty and precision. The article calls for a rethinking of academic writing that goes beyond editorial norms and explores new forms of expression to ensure that management science research remains a dynamic discipline.
Journal: Int. J. of Management Concepts and Philosophy
Pages: 522-538
Issue: 4
Volume: 18
Year: 2025
Keywords: Nietzsche; language; critical analysis; management science; fiction; style; artist.
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