Purpose Building on the upper echelons theory and sustainability orientation (SO) literature, this paper aims to examine possibility that relationship between chief executive officers’ (CEOs’) SO venture growth might be mediated by levels of corporate social responsibility (CSR) implementation. Design/methodology/approach The authors used data obtained from 211 new ventures operating in Ghana. ...

The objective of this study is to examine the relationship between leadership styles of managers in relation to market orientation. Personal characteristics of top managers—age, education, area of specialization, and executive experience—are control variables. This exploratory study focuses on small and medium scale manufacturing enterprises (SMEs) in Malaysia. Market orientation is defined as ...

This study investigates if a gender effect exists on the audit fees associated with presence of women in roles closely related to process. The analysis is based largest European corporations studied between 2016 and 2018. results show that firms female chief financial officers more directors committee pay significantly lower than other firms. However, for remaining variables (audit partner, cha...

The tendency to present authentic leadership as a set of project manager attributes (e.g., characteristics, behaviours, competencies) limits the potential this concept help address challenges contemporary projects. Using lens self-identity and drawing on life-story interviews with Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) public project-based organisations in UK construction industry, paper offers an enr...

Purpose This study, leveraging the upper echelon and social network theories, aims to explore association between chief executive officers (CEO’s) polychronicity small medium size enterprises (SMEs’) international performance under complete mediation effect of networks. The paper explores this relationship moderation CEO perceived time pressure synchrony preference. Design/methodology/approach ...