Table of Contents: October 2020

NBS’s monthly compilation of the latest business sustainability research prioritizes in-press articles, in order to highlight cutting-edge knowledge. The list draws from Financial Times Top 50 journals and other publications.

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Research for October 2020

Academy of Management Discoveries

• Pursuing B Corp Certification: Exploring Firms’ Entrepreneurial Orientation And Prosocial Motivation. Jeffrey M. Pollack, Rosanna Garcia, Timothy L. Michaelis, Sheila Hanson, Jon C. Carr, Lewis Sheats.

• Do Coaches In The National Basketball Association Actually Display Racial Bias? A Replication And Extension. Gokhan Ertug, Massimo Maoret.

Academy of Management Perspectives

• Doomsday Scenarios (Or The Black Swan Excuse For Unpreparedness). Phillip H. Phan, Geoff Wood.

• Takin’ Care Of Small Business: The Rise Of Stakeholder Influence. William P. Jimenez, Xiaohong Xu, Emily D. Campion, Andrew A. Bennett.

• It’s Not Just About The Mafia! Conceptualizing Business-Society Relations Of Organized Violence. Steffen Böhm, Stefano Pascucci.

Entrepreneurship Theory And Practice

• A Call For Research On The Scaling Of Organizations And The Scaling Of Social Impact. Dean A. Shepherd, Holger Patzelt.

• Entrepreneurship For Sustainable Development: A Review And Multilevel Causal Mechanism Framework. Matthew P. Johnson, Stefan Schaltegger.

Harvard Business Review

• Social-Impact Efforts That Create Real Value. George Serafeim.

• The Board’s Role In Sustainability. Robert G. Eccles, Mary Johnstone-Louis, Colin Mayer, Judith C. Stroehle.

• The Challenge Of Rating Esg Performance. Simon Macmahon.

• How To Promote Racial Equity In The Workplace. Robert Livingston.

• A New Model For Ethical Leadership. Max H. Bazerman.

Human Relations

• Racialised Professionals’ Experiences Of Selective Incivility In Organisations: A Multi-Level Analysis Of Subtle Racism. Mustafa Bilgehan Ozturk, Aykut Berber.

• Challenging The Cross-National Transfer Of Diversity Management In Mncs: Exploring The ‘Identity Effects’ Of Diversity Discourses. Dulini Fernando.

• The Hegemony Of Men In Global Value Chains: Why It Matters For Labour Governance. Lauren Mccarthy, Vivek Soundararajan, Scott Taylor.

• Normative Collusion In The Industry Ecosystem: Explaining Women’s Career Pathways And Outcomes In Investment Management. Rae Cooper, Marian Baird, Meraiah Foley, Sarah Oxenbridge.

Information Systems Research

• Too Good To Be True: Firm Social Performance And The Risk Of Data Breach. John D’arcy , Idris Adjerid , Corey M. Angst , Ante Glavas.

• Appealing To Sense And Sensibility: System 1 And System 2 Interventions For Fake News On Social Media. Patricia L. Moravec , Antino Kim , Alan R. Dennis.

Journal Of Business Ethics

• A Socio-Cognitive Model Of Sustainability Performance: Linking Ceo Career Experience, Social Ties, And Attention Breadth. Yoojung Ahn.

• Allegations Of Sexual Misconduct: A View From The Observation Deck Of Power Distance Belief. Shalini Sarin Jain, Joon Sung Lee.

• How Corporate Reputation Disclosures Affect Stakeholders’ Behavioral Intentions: Mediating Mechanisms Of Perceived Organizational Performance And Corporate Reputation. Kim T. Baumgartner, Carolin A. Ernst, Thomas M. Fischer.

• Losing More Than Money: Organizations’ Prosocial Actions Appear Less Authentic When Their Resources Are Declining. Arthur S. Jago, Nathanael Fast, Jeffrey Pfeffer.

• Factors Affecting The Effectiveness Of Cause-Related Marketing: A Meta-Analysis. Xiaojun Fan, Nianqi Deng, Xuebing Dong.

• Building Projects On The Local Communities’ Planet: Studying Organizations’ Care-Giving Approaches. Roya Derakhshan.

• New Moralities For New Media? Assessing The Role Of Social Media In Acts Of Terror And Providing Points Of Deliberation For Business Ethics. Ateeq Abdul Rauf.

• Constrained Morality In The Professional Work Of Corporate Lawyers. Dawn Yi Lin Chow, Thomas Calvard.

• Incumbent Stakeholder Management Performance And New Entry. André Laplume, Kent Walker, Xin Yu.

• What Do Business Executives Think About Distributive Justice? Susanne Burri, Daniela Lup, Alexander Pepper.

• Causal And Corrective Organisational Culture: A Systematic Review Of Case Studies Of Institutional Failure. E. Julie Hald, Alex Gillespie, Tom W. Reader.

• Csr And Family Ceo: The Moderating Role Of Ceo’s Age. Olivier Meier, Guillaume Schier.

• Progressive And Rational Csr As Catalysts Of New Product Introductions. Maria Jose Murcia.

• “Just Look The Other Way”: Job Seekers’ Reactions To The Irresponsibility Of Market-Dominant Employers. Paolo Antonetti, Benedetta Crisafulli, Aybars Tuncdogan.

• Do Banks Value Borrowers’ Environmental Record? Evidence From Financial Contracts. I-Ju Chen, Iftekhar Hasan, Tra Ngoc Vy Nguyen.

• All About Patriarchal Segregation Of Work Regarding Family? Women Business-Owners In Bangladesh. Jasmine Jaim.

• The Role Of Mutual Funds In Corporate Social Responsibility. Zhichuan Frank Li, Saurin Patel, Srikanth Ramani.

• Reframing Business Sustainability Decision-Making With Value-Focussed Thinking. Julia Benkert.

• Spheres Of Influence: A Walzerian Approach To Business Ethics. Andrew C. Wicks, Patricia H. Werhane, John Nolan.

• Navigating Between The Plots: A Narratological And Ethical Analysis Of Business-Related Conspiracy Theories (Brcts). Mathieu Alemany Oliver.

• Engaging Employees For The Long Run: Long-Term Investors And Employee-Related Csr. Alexandre Garel, Arthur Petit-Romec.

• I Know What I Need: Optimization Of Bribery. Yu Yan, Shusen Qi.

• Personal Values And Ethical Behavior In Accounting Students. Grace Mubako, Kallol Bagchi, Marjorie Marinovic.

• “We Ought To Eat In Order To Work, Not Vice Versa”: Macintyre, Practices, And The Best Work For Humankind. Matthew Sinnicks.

• Integrating Csr With Business Strategy: A Tension Management Perspective. Jaakko Siltaloppi, Risto Rajala, Henri Hietala.

• A Social Mission Is Not Enough: Reflecting The Normative Foundations Of Social Entrepreneurship. Ignas Bruder.

• Peer Ostracism As A Sanction Against Wrongdoers And Whistleblowers. Mary B. Curtis, Jesse C. Robertson, L. Dutch Fayard.

• Just Look At The Numbers: A Case Study On Quantification In Corporate Environmental Disclosures. Janne T. Järvinen, Matias Laine, Hannele Kantola.

• Enchantment In Business Ethics Research. Emma Bell, Nik Winchester, Edward Wray-Bliss.

• The Ethicality Of Point-Of-Sale Marketing Campaigns: Normative Ethics Applied To Cause-Related Checkout Charities. Jay L. Caulfield, Catharyn A. Baird, Felissa K. Lee.

• Responsible Management Education As Socialization: Business Students’ Values, Attitudes And Intentions. Debbie Haski-Leventhal, Mehrdokht Pournaderm, Jennifer S. A. Leigh.

• Drama And Discounting In The Relational Dynamics Of Corporate Social Responsibility. Georgiana Grigore, Mike Molesworth, Sylvian Patrick Jesudoss.

• Trust Erosion During Industry-Wide Crises: The Central Role Of Consumer Legitimacy Judgement. Shijiao Chen, Jing A. Zhang, Damien Mather.

• Stakeholder Engagement, Knowledge Problems And Ethical Challenges. J. Robert Mitchell, Ronald K. Mitchell, Jae H. Lee.

Journal Of Consumer Psychology

• When Sustainability Is Not A Liability: The Halo Effect Of Marketplace Morality. Alexander Chernev, Sean Blair.

Journal Of Consumer Research

• A Generalized Framework For Moral Dilemmas Involving Autonomous Vehicles: A Commentary On Gill. Thomas P Novak.

• Assimilating And Differentiating: The Curvilinear Effect Of Social Class On Green Consumption. L I Yan, Hean Tat Keh, Jiemiao Chen.

Journal Of Environmental Economics And Management

• Incentives For Corporate Social Responsibility In India: Mandate, Peer Pressure And Crowding-Out Effects. Sangeeta Bansal, Madhu Khanna, Joseph Sydlowski.

Journal Of Finance

• The Limits Of Limited Liability: Evidence From Industrial Pollution. Pat Akey, Ian Appel.

Journal Of Financial And Qualitative Analysis

• Corruption And Corporate Innovation. Jesse Ellis, Jared Smith, Roger White.

Journal Of International Business Studies  

• Jurisdiction Shopping And Foreign Location Choice: The Role Of Market And Nonmarket Experience In The European Solar Energy Industry. Panikos Georgallis, João Albino-Pimentel, Nina Kondratenko.

Organization And Environment

• Communicating Sustainable Business Models To Consumers: A Translation Theory Perspective. Viktorija Viciunaite.

• Combining Egalitarian And Proportional Sharing Rules In Team Tournaments To Incentivize Energy-Efficient Behavior In A Principal-Agent Context. Christin Hoffmann, Kirsten Thommes.

• New Business Models For Biodiversity And Ecosystem Management Services: An Action Research With A Large Environmental Sector Company. Clément Feger, Laurent Mermet.

• Esg Standards: Looming Challenges And Pathways Forward. Todd Cort, Daniel Esty.

Organization Science

• Early-Stage Venture Incubation And Mentoring Promote Learning, Scaling, And Profitability Among Disadvantaged Entrepreneurs. Valentina A. Assenova.

• Not Just Small Potatoes: Cultural Entrepreneurship In The Moralizing Of Markets. Leanne M. Hedberg , Michael Lounsbury.

• Webs Of Influence: Secondary Stakeholder Actions And Cross-National Corporate Social Performance. Kate Odziemkowska , Witold J. Henisz.

• Creating Mutual Gains To Leverage A Racially Diverse Workforce: The Effects Of Firm-Level Racial Diversity On Financial And Workforce Outcomes Under The Use Of Broad-Based Stock Options. Joo Hun Han , Duckjung Shin , William G. Castellano , Alison M. Konrad , Douglas L. Kruse , Joseph R. Blasi.

• Compassion In The Clink: When And How Human Services Workers Overcome Barriers To Care. Katherine A. Decelles , Michel Anteby.

Organization Studies

• Caste And Organization Studies: Our Silence Makes Us Complicit. Snehanjali Chrispal, Hari Bapuji, Charlene Zietsma.

• The Politics Of Reactivity: Ambivalence In Corporate Responses To Corporate Social Responsibility Ratings. Rieneke Slager, Jean-Pascal Gond.

• Political Capital And Mne Responses To Institutional Voids: The Case Of Chinese State-Owned Enterprises In Africa. Dan Wang, Lin Cui, Thin Vu, Taiwen Feng.

• In The Shadow Of Social Stereotypes: Gender Diversity On Corporate Boards, Board Chair’s Gender And Strategic Change. Jatinder S. Sidhu, Ying Feng, Henk W. Volberda, Frans A.J. Van Den Bosch.

• Queering Control And Inclusion In The Contemporary Organization: On ‘Lgbt-Friendly Control’ And The Reproduction Of (Queer) Value. Olimpia Burchiellaro.

Research Policy

• Measuring Eco-Innovation Dimensions: The Role Of Environmental Corporate Culture And Commercial Orientation. Eva M. García-Granero, Laura Piedra-Muñoz, Emilio Galdeano-Gómez.

• Towards A Theory Of Transformative Social Innovation: A Relational Framework And 12 Propositions. Bonno Pel, Alex Haxeltine, Flor Avelino, Adina Dumitru, René Kemp, Tom Bauler, Iris Kunze, Jens Dorland, Julia Wittmayer, Michael Søgaard Jørgensen.

• Transition Topology: Capturing Institutional Dynamics In Regional Development Paths To Sustainability. Simone Strambach, Gesa Pflitsch.

Sloan Management Review  

• How To Reconcile Your Shareholders With Other Stakeholders. Paul Strebel Et Al.

• Why Social Responsibility Produces More Resilient Organizations. Sarah Kaplan.

• Confronting The Uncomfortable Reality Of Workplace Discrimination. Derek R. Avery And Enrica N. Ruggs.

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