Marcello Martinez

• Professor
• Professor (Full) at University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"

The purpose of this literature review is to highlight the relationship between technostress and conflict, which is having great resonance in various fields, including economics, sociology and psychology. The theme has different declinations, becoming a polysemic concept and applicable, in a broad sense, in any sphere of our lives. We need only thin...

Purpose Drawing on the Broaden-and-build theory, the study investigates the impact of team entrepreneurial passion (TEP) on team performance. This study further examines the mediating role of team cooperation between TEP and team performance. Thus, by expanding the conceptual model of TEP, the authors examine how three domains of TEP, namely invent...

The organizational identity (OI) concept has been used only sporadically in information systems (IS) research despite the fact that technology in general and social media (SM) in particular are transforming the way individuals, groups and organizations think about and define themselves. This study examines the relationship between the extent of emp...

http://prospettiveinorganizzazione.assioa.it/scilla-e-cariddi-quando-i-modelli-organizzativi-celano-mostri-martinez/ Diciamoci la verità. Occuparsi di Organizational Design e Change Management è affascinante. Incontriamo nuove persone, visitiamo nuove aziende, affrontiamo sfide stimolanti. A volte ci sentiamo come esploratori, come navigatori che...

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http://prospettiveinorganizzazione.assioa.it/lamore-fra-organizzazione-e-tecnologia-al-tempo-del-digitale-martinez/ Coerentemente con la lunga “storia d’amore” fra teorie dell’organizzazione e dell’information processing, l’intenso dibattito sulle possibili “tresche” fra tecnologia digitale e forme organizzative non è inaspettato, anzi secondo alc...

Social media have created a multitude of ways for organizations to develop and disseminate their corporate and organizational identity. However, little is still known about how identity can be observed on social media. To address this research gap, we conducted a scoping review that collected, analyzed and synthesized the corpus of published resear...

Corporate identity is often defined as “what an organization is”. This concept relates to organizational identity. However, while organizational identity has an internal employee focus, corporate identity has an external focus. As such, it is often used as a synonym to organizational image that organizations project externally. Social media have cr...

This article aims to analyze how female successors describe their self-positioning in male-dominated family businesses, once the succession process from father/predecessor to daughter/successor has occurred. Using a narrative approach, we investigated the construction of the self as close to or distant from the father−s leadership style and whether...

This chapter deals with a case study located in the context of cultural heritage industry. The organization under scrutiny is a Regional entity for Cultural Heritage acting in one of the Italian Southern Regions, established in 2003. Since 2016, the organization under scrutiny was transformed into an in-house company entirely controlled by the regi...

In the era of social media every single member of an organization has an equal opportunity to project their own perception of the organization externally via their personal social media accounts. However, the role of employees in organizational identity projection has been overlooked in academic research. The empirical case study presented in this...

This paper aims at providing a contribution to the debate about the actual relevance and sustainability of holacracy as an organizational structure able to overcome the limitations of hierarchy. Basing on the literature review on this topic we developed a research framework to explore the organizational variables that allow, or encourage, the devel...

This paper sheds light on an overlooked aspect of Digital Transformation processes and projects: the managerial competences necessary to make them happen, evolve and be achieved. Many technology maturity models are discussed in the literature, but little or no mention is done regarding how to model and assess the broader set of managerial competenc...

Organizational identity is a dynamic concept, as it changes over time. Recent research has highlighted that globalization and the expansion of social media in the past decade have re-invigorated discussions of organizational change and organizational identity change. Social media are strongly integrated into social and economic life, and have becom...

Elephants have bigger brains than humans, but less interconnected and, consequently, less developed (adapted from Morgan 1986). The quest for measurement in health care paved the way for the myth of scale, which ultimately assumes that higher dimensions are associated with better organizational performance. Moreover, it pretends that organizational...

In the datafication era, organizations seem to face with a new digital frontier to climb over by collecting data, using new analytic tools, reengineering processes and re-designing structures. The question is: are all these changes real? Is there any apparent change? Firstly, the paper presents some studies and cases related to the implementation o...

Purpose This paper aims to study knowledge integration mechanisms in an interdisciplinary research project. It develops the theoretical literature on the concept of knowledge integration, particularly the adoption of different organizational mechanisms. The research helps to explain how to adopt different integration mechanisms in the various steps...

Purpose To interpret the concept of a business model from the pattern of coordination mechanisms used by an Italian wine cooperative to manage its inter-organizational relationships Design/methodology/approach The business model is taken as the structure and governance of the relationships between the focal firm and its exchange partners. The empi...

The paper explores how and why social networks - both ‘personal networks/entrepreneurial ties’ and ‘inter-organizational networks’ - are useful to sustain the growth of spin-offs. We specify the role of social capital for the spin-offs’ growth processes, by identifying some factors that condition the efficacy and the benefits generated by the perso...

Purpose – This paper aims to consider how and to what extent it is possible to interpret a performance management system (PMS) as a typical control mechanism or in a more innovative way as a learning tool. PMSs are typically used for planning and coordination purposes. However, they may also be used as an opportunity to foster learning inside the o...

In recent years, Italy launched a spending review process to pursue budgetary retrenchments through expenditure cutbacks at the central, regional, and local level. This paper tries to interpret a diverse set of spending review initiatives realized in Italy during the last three years as part of an extensive program of organizational development, th...

The paper explores the relationship between coordination mechanisms and typologies of knowledge in a wine firm. Allocating knowledge as either process related or outcome related, we illustrate the nature of knowledge that emerges in each category and discuss the main coordination mechanisms used to integrate knowledge. We used a single case study,...

The main goal of the paper is to explore the importance of the complementarities between ICT and organizational change in order to plan new organizational forms. In particular, the paper analyzes whether and how technology can be an important instrument of coordination for healthcare organizations. Results from our empirical research indicate that...

The 2013 ItAIS tenth Conference, from which this book is originated, has taken place as pre-event of the ICIS 2013 that was held in Italy for first time. The 2013 ItAIS has attracted contributions far beyond the Italian IS community.

The paper sets out to interpret the concept of national and linguistic identity/diversity in the perspective of organizational power and control, by analyzing both the managerial discourses and the material practices. We particularly intend to examine how the management of national diversity comprises a means for shaping the perception of collectiv...

Control in organizations has long been a topic of interest for researchers and practitioners, who generally recognize that control in some form is inescapable. In the managerial debate, the concept of control is normally used in broad, non-discriminating way to identify diverse ideologies and practices that have been developed to organize productiv...

The study explores the role of the Electronic Ticketing Systems in the Integrated Tariff Systems (ITS), focusing on the relationship between technology and control from the perspective of the Critical IS Research. More specifically our work reflects upon the impact of the “smart card technology” on the process of control and power centralization fr...

The aim of the paper is to develop and test a theoretical model concerning the relations among some variables of organisational design and the type and nature of the conflict in family firms. The theoretical model is developed through a variety of hypotheses which were tested by means of a survey on 175 firms registered at Italian Association of Fa...

Departing from a neo-institutional framework, this article investigates the role and the importance of Management Control Systems (MCS) used by the Italian local public transport and electricity supply utilities in governing the processes of organizational change that occurred in the last decade. The role of MCS in the implementation of business st...

The aim of this study is to adopt the construct of paternalism to understand control in family business governance. In particular, we want to investigate the concept of paternalism as mechanism of control in family firms. The theoretical reflections we here present first try to challenge the main theories used in family business literature, with a...

Logistic systems are more and more becoming key elements in building sustainable competitive advantage for business systems. In particular, logistic platforms (in Italian, interporti) carry out a highly central role in the Italian economic system, facilitating interconnections between various transport modalities and increasing the importance of po...

The chapter explores the diversity of topics, views and perspectives focused on the relationship between information systems (IS) and control, from a critical perspective. The work reflects upon the framework of Critical IS Research and its relation to Foucaultian approach and IS practice, informing the discussion on the ways IS and managerial Disc...

Purpose The main purpose of the paper is to explore the relationship between the design of inter‐organizational connections, the processes for knowledge creation and transfer, and innovation. The study aims to focus on the partnership between Firema, a medium‐large Italian company in the rail industry sector, and TEST, a research consortium. Desig...

The research develops a theoretical framework for understanding the complex relationship between organizational structures and processes and the new ICT technologies. The most recent and innovative approaches are presented and discussed.

The research provides evidences of the different governance model sadopted in European airport management companies for the development of their ICT strategy. Cases and figures are presented and evaluated.

The article provides a theeoretical framework for understanding how project teams, community of practice and collectivities of practice allow the control of innovation processes and activities.

The paper evaluate the development of the italian research framework within the organization studies community and provide evidence of the managerial value of the publicher results.

The article provides evidences of the relevance of organizational theories for the evaluation of IS development methodologies.

The main goal of the paper is to interpret the concept of organizational change in the perspective of critical management studies, by analyzing both the discourses and the control practices used by management. We aim at denaturalize the concept of change related to transition from a bureaucratic model to a professional (post-bureaucratic) model of...

The paper analyses the characteristics of processes of organizational change implemented by Italian companies engaged in the supply of Local Public Transportation (LPT) services and energy distribution services, in the light of the interpretive framework of neo-institutional matrix. The main goal is to explore the relationship, rarely object of emp...

This study aims to analyze the phenomenon of innovation in health management: public-private partnerships within the Italian healthcare sector. The main goal of the paper is to measure the degree of organizational maturity (OM) of the forms of public-private partnerships (PPP), analyzing and measuring key managerial processes, in terms of innovatio...

The purpose of the special issue the authors are presenting is to take different perspectives on the phenomenon of public utilities corporate governance, contributing to the understanding of a varied and diversified research topic.

1.1 Tradizioni di ricerca e teorie per l'analisi della giungla delle teorie organizzative sul cambiamento Il tema del cambiamento è centrale negli studi organizzativi. Il fatto che le organizzazioni si modifichino e che quelle che non sono in grado di modificarsi scompaiono o resistono con grandi costi ed inefficienze è un "fenomeno" così evidente...

The paper presents an original methodology for evaluating the impact of information technologies on the organization of transport systems.

Recent years have witnessed a surge in interest in Information Technology (IT) and its impact on productivity. The paper presents the analysis of the literature that has analyzed how firms’ skills and organizational change affect the returns from investments in ICT. According to the skill-biased technical change (SBTC) hypothesis technological chan...

The research presents the main data and figures related to Indian Railway Systems. Mayor investments and projects are avaluated and compared.

In recent years managerial studies have dealt quite extensively with the organizational issues of project teams. In particular the analysis have focused on the interpretation of the social dimensions in such settings. Two different research perspectives have emerged, concerning the relationship between project team and Community of Practice (CoP)....

The logistic system as an element giving a competitive advantage to individual organizations and business firm systems alike, is now becoming increasingly relevant (Håkansson e Persson, 2004). In particular, logistic platforms (in Italian, interporti) carry out a highly central role in the Italian economic system, in that apart from facilitating in...

This paper discusses Claudio Ciborra's critique of traditional economic rationality. It recounts his account of the Mann Gulch Disaster. The important aspect of his reading of the disaster is that apparently irrational actions may provide appropriate ...

Regulatory and normative factors may affect the adoption of a specific organizational form, beyond the rationality that would suggest the selection among those derived by practice as plain technical solutions. New institutional theory points out the tendency for organizational forms to be deployed under the pressure of external and environmental co...

IT-Outsourcing entwickelt sich für immer mehr Banken zu einem wesentlichen Bestandteil der IS-Beschaffungsstrategie. Das Transaktionskosten-Konzept wird oft als Grundlage für Managemententscheidungen zum IT-Outsourcing herangezogen. Der vorliegende Beitrag kommt jedoch zu dem Schluss, dass das IT-Outsourcing im Bankgewerbe nicht nur nach den ökonom...

IT outsourcing is becoming an integral part of the IS sourcing strategy for an increasing number of banks. It is often claimed that the Transaction Cost Framework provides a basis for sourcing decisions. Further the IT-department's capability to manage long-term relationships with its IT-suppliers should be considered.

The report presents the main results of the research developed and some of the most interesting cases of railway systems markets in USA, Europe and Middle East.

The article compares the organizational structure of the rail supply industry in France and UK.

The research investigates the different policies for the development of rail transport infrastructures in Europe. The effects on the competitiveness of the different national rail supply industries are evaluated.

The research focuses on the different organization structures of the public transport authorities in Europe and in Italy. It provides evidences of the effects that the different models may have on the competition among operators within the tendering procedures.