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Executive Recruitment, Agency theory, Emerging Markets, organizational identity
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In emerging markets such as those in Latin America, rapid economic growth has created a situation where qualified labor is often in short supply. As competition for human capital intensifies, understanding how employees perceive their fit in a company is important for companies to maintain key employees. Moreover, rapid globalization of Latin Ameri...
El uso de la contratación como una práctica de recursos humanos es
generalmente un problema con presencia dentro de la comunidad de
investigación de gestión. Este artículo, analiza a través de una revisión
bibliográfica, la relación entre los clientes y las empresas denominadas
cazatalentos tomando como referencia la información asimétrica que está...
The teacher-scholar model was created in recognition of the expectations that university faculty members will engage in both high-quality teaching and scholarship. The adoption of the teacher-scholar model at universities has been mixed. Our exploratory case study investigation took place at a primarily teaching university in which the model was re...
A very important challenge facing leaders and followers alike is how to navigate the virtual workplace where much of our communication and interactions occur through the use of technology. This field experiment examined whether a leader's choice of communication media given the situational uncertainty (termed uncertainty-media fit here to parallel...
Disasters, natural or manmade, disrupt society and can expose people to public health emergencies. In preparation for impending natural disasters, national agencies, such as the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will situate supplies (emergency food and rations) close enough to locations facing potential impacts but far enoug...
Purpose
This study investigates the relationship between organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), total quality management (TQM), and corporate sustainability (CS). Specifically, the authors propose that TQM mediates the relationship between OCB and CS. The authors intend to demonstrate that TQM practice may be able to balance the interests of al...
Enterprise-level small businesses have been a critical contributor to the U.S. economy and employment. Small businesses accounted for 67% of the net new jobs during the recovery from the 2009 to 2011 economic recession. Recognizing the employment opportunities from enterprise-level small businesses during the high unemployment time allowed higher e...
This article describes an exercise that develops students’ capacity to identify ethical dilemmas, apply ethical frameworks, and consider ethical issues from multiple perspectives. The exercise consists of five interrelated activities that take place over the course of several weeks, with the central activity being a panel discussion featuring busin...
While the importance in the labor market of executive recruiters, or headhunters, is well documented, there is a glaring gap in the literature regarding the relationship between headhunters and candidates. This relationship has been framed around the point of view of executive recruiters and their concerns. In this article, we outline theory to exp...
In a world of Google, Nike, Apple, Uber, and Starbucks, business practitioners might start to believe that the most successful company names are innovative, trendy, and even unusual. This approach of using stylish and uncommon names was identified by Muzellec (2006), who argued that companies were changing their approach to naming themselves. Never...
Purpose
The aim of this article is to describe Huawei's internationalization process in Venezuela and show how socio-political and economic conditions helped to expedite the company's development in this Latin American nation between 2006 and 2019. Through this internationalization process, Huawei participated in a large technological transition in...
Business schools in the United States have experienced improvements related to processes of institutional accreditation. Accreditation standards set forth by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) have influenced the recruitment and hiring practices of faculty members. We bring attention to and reflect on such practices t...
Although most literature in relation to student teaching evaluations argue that when the administrative format is switched from paper based to online, the impact on professors' teaching scores is minimal, but faculty may still resist change from one format to another. This article describes a pilot study at a medium sized, western university whose...
El desempeño de las organizaciones después que se han efectuado cambios de denominación o marca corporativa, ha sido documentado en la literatura del marketing y de la estrategia. Esta investigación estudia la magnitud o efecto de los cambios de marcas en relación con las ventas en un mismo sector durante el mismo período de tiempo. Usando datos de...
The relationships between clients, headhunters, and candidates during the executive search process has not been researched using agency theory as the theoretical framework. This is puzzling, as the existence of common objectives and information asymmetries between these three parties make agency theory an ideal one to explain the interactions betwe...
Purpose — The intention of this chapter is to review and test the degree to which organizational changes related to gender parity, adopted within Venezuela since 1999, have affected the C-level positions and Boards of Directors among banking institutions. Design/Methodology/Approach — Through review and qualitative analysis of primary and secondary...
The purpose of this study was to better understand the employer landscape in Grand Junction. To this aim, we reviewed the hiring practices local businesses are currently engaged in and the use of technologies in this process. We also inquired how local businesses are supporting employee development as they adopt new technologies and examined the le...
This chapter discusses multiple identity organizations and the implications this holds for multi-level mission-driven institutions. This review examines congruency between organizational mission statements as an identity utilitarian element, and rules and regulations as an identity normative element. In addition, the authors argue that organization...
While companies operating in Latin America have witnessed increased female leadership participation, the region remains characterized by traditional gender role attitudes. This juxtaposition of traditional machismo attitudes towards women along with progress in women’s leadership participation make this setting ideal for examining a topic of contin...
El presente trabajo revisa el proceso de análisis y revisión en operaciones crediticias del Banco Unión región Centro Occidental SACA. Por medio de encuestas, revisiones del proceso y documental el trabajo define áreas donde se presentan problemas para el proceso crediticio, y presenta un grupo de estrategias que permiten mejorar la velocidad de re...
