Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to measure the effect of aligning HR practices horizontally and vertically to support organizational strategic goals.Design/methodology/approach: Hypotheses were tested using 85,840 employees’ responses collected from a single, large public...

Corporate scandals have become apparent. One of the causes is a high performance goal. The difficult but achievable goals have been considered useful in achieving high performance. However, high goals also have the negative effect of causing employees to behave unethically. In this study, we...

The appropriate focus of corporate purpose has long been debated by scholars, investors, and legal counsel alike, with the majority of these arguments focused on the seeming dichotomy between shareholder wealth maximization and stakeholder capitalism. These modern debates are inextricably tied...

The view of corporations as private creatures whose role consists mainly of offering enhanced economic efficiency has long dominated. More recent developments, however, suggest that a change may be underway. Starting with the global financial crisis, and in recent years influenced by climate...

Purpose is a set of common beliefs that guide organizational members’ actions toward long-term achievements, independently of an organization’s immediate profitability. Hence, purpose reveals new motivational mechanisms for employees’ engagement that legitimacy-as-judgment research and...

The book provides a detailed and practical description of how companies can put purpose into practice in their organizations. Based on a ground-breaking research project on the Economics of Mutuality undertaken jointly by the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford and Mars Catalyst,...

Investors and business leaders are calling on companies to articulate their purpose and the effects are beginning to show. Over the last five years, the number of companies in the S&P Global 1200 that have published purpose statements has almost tripled. But with limited guidance on this topic,...

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between profitability and sporting performance in European football. Profitability has been rarely studied because it has not been considered an aim of European clubs, in contrast with American clubs. However, the emergence of investors...