Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences-Revue Canadienne Des Sciences De L Administration最新文献

Motivated by the need to understand firm characteristics associated with the disclosure of unexpected and unusual systematic risks, caused by events over which managers have little control, we examine the association between corporate governance and the early disclosure of such risks. We use the case of the global pandemic, COVID-19 as an example of such risk. The results suggest that firms with weaker corporate governance, are more likely to disclose coronavirus risk early after controlling for firm performance. These findings are robust to alternative measures for the disclosure of coronavirus risk and to alternative model specifications.

Startups play a crucial role in driving disruptive innovation by creating and introducing radically new knowledge that challenges established incumbents and reshapes industries. This article examines the key factors that influence startups' radical knowledge creation, focusing on underlying mechanisms that provide a strategic advantage. By integrating multiple frameworks—creative destruction, disruptive innovation, Blue Ocean, human capital, social networks, and entrepreneurial cognition—the article contributes to the knowledge-based view (KBV) of the firm. It offers insights into the dynamic interplay between market and firm-related forces that promote radical knowledge creation, fueling discovery and disruptive innovation. The findings enhance our understanding of how startups leverage both internal and external resources to generate groundbreaking ideas and transform industries.

This study explores the complex decision-making (DM) dynamics between clients and consultants, a crucial area often neglected in existing research. Utilizing a Multi-Perspective Approach combined with Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis, we examine DM challenges such as cost overruns, project delays, and compromised work quality stemming from ineffective DM practices. Key findings highlight the pervasive fear of financial repercussions from poor decisions, which impedes decisive and transparent DM. We offer practical recommendations for managers, propose strategies to strengthen DM processes, enhance project execution frameworks and insights to improve operational efficiency and competitive advantages for Ghanaian mining construction sector stakeholders. This study significantly contributes to the literature on project management by offering targeted solutions and advancing knowledge on DM practices.

This special issue looks at how big data affects business decisions, processes, and organizational change within organizations. The issue starts with a review of the latest research in the field, including key developments and ongoing debates. The literature review shows how Big Data is affecting how organizations work, including ethical issues, internal rules, and using new technology. Next, the issue presents three key papers on how Big Data affects modern organizations. The first paper looks at how Big Data how Big Data is helping to make cities smarter. The third paper looks at how new technologies like artificial intelligence, blockchain, and quantum computing affect financial organizations. Together, these contributions show the need to balance innovation with risk management. They advocate for ethical considerations and policy frameworks as organizations navigate the complexities of the Big Data era. This essay of synthesis, from literature review to focused studies on decision-making, operations, and organizational change, provides a holistic understanding of the role of Big Data in shaping the future of business.

The field of green human resource management is a discreet but paradoxically very dynamic research topic. While many literature reviews have been published in recent years, none have explicitly addressed the links with environmental performance. This paper aims to fill this gap. An analysis of the literature indicates that compared to other practices associated with recruitment, rewards, or even performance evaluation, environmental training practices are the most commonly used. Analysis of the selected corpus shows that the effect of sustainable human resource management practices on environmental performance is mediated by several attitudinal, cognitive and conative variables. An integrative model is proposed to connect the different variables. The paper concludes with a discussion of the theoretical and practical implications of the study for the links between sustainable human resource management practices and individual environmental performance.

This research examines how a decision-maker's perceived vulnerability influences their susceptibility to the “anecdotal bias,” a phenomenon where statistical evidence is disregarded in favor of anecdotal information. Across six studies, our research shows that high vulnerability aggravates the anecdotal bias instead of reducing it. Study 1 provides preliminary evidence that high vulnerability exacerbates the anecdotal bias among individuals seeking decision-relevant information in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Studies 2A and 2B demonstrate that high vulnerability intensifies the anecdotal bias in different decision contexts. Study 3 replicates these findings and identifies negative emotional arousal as a key mechanism underlying this effect. Study 4 examines the moderating role of personal relevance, showing that when individuals make decisions for others (vs. themselves), high vulnerability does not lead to the anecdotal bias. Moreover, it is cognitive disruption and intuitive thinking caused by negative emotional arousal that increases reliance on anecdotal (vs. statistical) information. Finally, Study 5 demonstrates the moderating effect of mindfulness meditation, highlighting its role as a preemptive safeguard against this biased behavior. Theoretical contributions and practical implications of these findings are discussed.

In this paper, we draw on the accountability and institutional theories to explicate the informalized state of Ghana's small-scale gold mining sector as an exemplar of informalization of the extractive industry in Africa during the colonial period. We present a critical and historical perspective on the role of colonial subjugation that took the form of discriminatory policies and lack of accountability, in laying the foundations for the current challenges of continuous informalization of the indigenous gold mining sector and its implications on livelihoods, the economy and the environment in Ghana. We analyzed archival data on the mining industry in Ghana, consisting of official correspondences between colonial bureaucrats in Britain and Ghana, as well as colonial policies on mining, interpreted through the lenses of institutional theory. Specifically, we used records comprising letters, mineral policies, mineral output, and labor relations in the Gold Coast during the colonial period as well as minutes of meetings held by those governing mining enterprises that operated in Ghana before 1957. We also drew on periodic reports of the Ghana Chamber of Mines and their member enterprises, Government of Ghana white papers, parliamentary records among others. We found that the colonial authority, as the new institutional power with vested interest in the extractive industry, adopted discriminatory policies that banned small-scale gold mining by indigenous population in Ghana, marginalizing the sector's operation to the advantage of foreign large-scale gold miners. We demonstrate that the control of mineral resources by the colonial authority under new ownership structures disenfranchised the indigenous population and their right to the mineral resources of the Gold Coast. We argue that this institutionalized discriminatory policy, and the resulting lack of accountability is largely responsible for the ongoing informalization of Ghana's small-scale gold mining sector. This paper contributes to the corpus of critical and historical scholarship that investigates the role of racialization and accountability during colonial period, but with notable distinction that departs from specific professional or disciplinary perspectives. Instead, it focuses on the colonial subjugation and exploitation of the small-scale gold mining sector and its ongoing informalization that traces its roots to the era of British colonial rule in Ghana. It reiterates the need for accountability for these historical inequalities affecting the small-scale mining operators, to facilitate the sector's formalization and to effectively control and manage the myriads of negative impacts associated with it.

The concept of value-based purchasing aims to move away from the logic of price reduction in purchasing to integrate other dimensions that support the acquisition of innovations in healthcare institutions. As with other fundamental transformations in supply management, a series of obstacles hinder the implementation of this concept. A case study, conducted with a Canadian healthcare purchasing group as part of collaborative research, captures the relationships between the barriers identified in the literature. We discuss the potential efforts public policymakers should put in place to deploy this concept while identifying some relevant research questions.

The link between the board of directors and innovation has received increasing interest from scholars, executives, and policymakers in recent years. Nevertheless, it remains somewhat cryptic, mainly due to limitations in terms of analytical frameworks, theoretical constructs, and methodological designs, as well as the absence of an approach that integrates the importance of contingencies. Thus, a systematic literature review at the junction of the highest strategic body (i.e., board of directors) and one of the most strategic organizational outcomes (i.e., innovation) proves to be an opportune exercise both from a scientific and practical perspective. Ultimately, the approach adopted in this study has led to the emergence of an integrative conceptual framework from a contingency perspective and various observations that dissect the impact of the board of directors on innovation based on a corpus of 114 articles published over a period of 33 years. Also, a research agenda and some key recommendations are derived from the in-depth analysis conducted and constitute solid foundations on which to build tomorrow's studies in this research field.