This chapter addresses measurement validity from a psychometric perspective. It focuses on presenting a brief overview of the basics of scale development. As in other fields of inquiry, it is recognized that the real-world exigencies of entrepreneurship research often preclude the use of very...

Institutional pressures (coercive, normative, mimetic) have fuelled the evolution of hybrid work, which has led to boundaries within and between organisations becoming more blurred. In view of growing availability pressures, we argue that to make hybrid working more sustainable for all parties,...

The global rise of anti-elite populism poses an existential threat to democracy worldwide. Many people outside of academia and urban centers feel excluded and maligned, potentially leading to a worldwide “revenge of places that don’t matter,” in which populist leaders can use this feeling...

The rise of digital technologies and social media has dramatically increased the demand for creative goods and services from emerging markets. Despite this growth, there is limited empirical research on how entrepreneurs in these markets, particularly within the creative industries, can...

In this chapter, we delve into the effect of downsizing and employees’ psychological contracts. We begin by offering the theoretical underpinnings and existing research on psychological contracts in the context of downsizing. Given the limited research on the topic, we analyze the multifaceted...

When organizations face performance shortfalls serious enough to threaten their long-term viability, their top management teams (TMTs) must successfully implement turnaround strategies to revitalize their financial and competitive health. Adverse cybersecurity events (e.g., data breaches)...

Every so often, a new leadership kid on the block is introduced—replacing yesterday's hype with that of tomorrow. We move from transformational to charismatic leadership, and from the latter to authentic leadership, and next to responsible leadership, and so and so forth. This chapter joins...

If evidence shows that people are not rational, how do we know what makes them better off? Over the past few decades, there has been a surge of interest among economists on how to interpret “irrational” behaviour for welfare evaluation. This interest has intensified in the public sphere,...

A sizable number of legal documents are stored by courts, businesses, and organizations. The legal documents contain many kinds of legal information, including the case number, case information, personal information, crime information, etc. People may need legal knowledge from legal documents to...