Business models often transform due to adaptation in response to external changes. However, relatively little is known about what causes these types of adaptations. We suggest that threat-rigidity as well as prospect theory have the potential to explain what causes business model adaptation in...

Wisdom in negotiation is increasingly vital in managing conflicts, yet its behavioural expression remains underexplored. This study explores the behavioural signatures of individuals nominated as wise negotiators within an organisational context. There were 48 participants recruited as wise...

Investment and insurance constitute pivotal subjects in financial management, especially in an era characterized by inflation. Unit-Linked Insurance Plans (ULIPs), with a unique combination of investment risks and insurance protection, potentially trigger distinct psychological processes that...

Using matched employer-employee data for Germany, we estimate firm production functions augmented with workers' personality traits. We find that emotional stability is the only trait that positively affects firm productivity. Its effect shows up mainly in large firms operating with a higher than...

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is increasingly recognized as a transformative technology that is reshaping organizational processes, individual work practices, and workplace interactions. While its benefits for efficiency and productivity are widely acknowledged, its impact on...

The diverse rating scales used by brokerage firms pose significant challenges for aggregating analyst recommendations in financial research. We develop a momentum-based normalization framework that transforms heterogeneous rating changes into standardized sentiment signals using firm-relative,...

Amusement parks are more popular than ever in Germany, transporting their guests into artificial worlds that tell their own stories. Theming and storytelling are an integral part of the holistic experience in many parks and inevitably have an effect on visitors. Nevertheless, there is a lack of...

We examine how functional-form assumptions affect conclusions about the existence of satiation in the relationship between income and emotional well-being. Previous studies have estimated a piecewise log-linear model with one structural break in both intercept and slope, which may lead to...

Amusement parks are more popular than ever in Germany, transporting their guests into artificial worlds that tell their own stories. Theming and storytelling are an integral part of the holistic experience in many parks and inevitably have an effect on visitors. Nevertheless, there is a lack of...

Brain drain, the emigration of highly skilled workers, is both a pressing policy issue and a cultural frame for examining how societies negotiate belonging, loss, and opportunity. Using data from X (formerly known as Twitter) across English, Spanish, and Italian debates, this study examines...

Employee innovative behavior is an important source of organizational competitiveness and sustainable development. Accordingly, increasing scholarly attention has been directed toward how leadership behaviors are associated with employees' innovative actions. Drawing on Affective Events Theory...

Background: Professional burnout, characterized by three distinct psychological dimensions-emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal achievement-threatens elementary teachers' well-being and educational quality. Limited research examines burnout patterns in elementary...

Background: Boundary-spanning bank employees experience continuous customer interactions that can generate negative emotions and influence how they perceive interpersonal treatment at work. Although emotions are known to shape fairness judgments, little is understood about how negative emotions...

Emotional intelligence (EI) and transformational leadership (TL) have been identified as key factors in team effectiveness (TE); however, the empirical evidence remains fragmented and exhibits substantial conceptual and methodological heterogeneity, particularly in studies that simultaneously...

The impact of environmental factors on consumer impulsive buying behavior in the context of e-commerce live streaming: Role of celebrity endorsements and moderating effects of live streaming frequency and shopping experience This study examined the effect of environmental factors like perceived...

Organizations communicate across many channels, yet official websites remain a controlled, authoritative space where firms articulate identity and strategy. This study examines how Croatia's top enterprises (n = 100) describe themselves on their websites and which emotional tones they use to...

This study explores how visitors' push motivations-novelty and prestige, Relaxation, and relationship enhancement-influence emotional involvement and overall Satisfaction within the context of sustainable farm tourism in Wayanad, Kerala. Primary data were collected from 385 visitors across five...

The importance of CSR is undeniable-it serves as a powerful driver that boosts both employee performance and overall organizational success. Extensive research is found in literature on CSR and its several dynamics related to the performance. Therefore, the objective of the study is to...

Direct-to-customer sales provide higher returns, maximising the profitabil-ity of wine businesses. While recent research has expanded the understanding of the sales relationship developed during a cellar door experience, individual influences on this relationship remain under-researched. The...

This contribution presents the results of a survey among +6,000 German-speaking fans of heavy metal music. Apart from better understanding this community's demographics, the survey aims to answer three questions: Does metalheads' big five personality differ from the general population? Does the...

This paper validates a new set of behavioral measures for socioemotional skills across three Sub-Saharan African countries-Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria, and Tanzania-and compares them to widely used self-reported measures. The behavioral measures demonstrate strong psychometric properties and are...

Effective supervisory mechanisms enable both monitoring and regulation of employee behavior, ensuring behavioral compliance and performance stability. However, continuous supervision can increase employees' psychological arousal, especially evident in the face of emergencies. To avoid revealing...

Identifying sensitive periods in which the returns to investments into skills are especially high is challenging, but crucial for an effective and efficient timing of parental or public investments aimed at fostering children's skills. We can detect sensitive periods with a novel design by...