Purpose: This study examines the role of the observable and unobservable characteristics of top management on earning management and firm risk in China. Design/methodology/approach: The authors used manager-firm matched panel for 104 non-financial firms listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange...

Purpose: The bulk of the current research on authentic leadership focuses on the examination of its consequences. Little attention has been paid to the predictors of authentic leadership. We examined how the Big Five personality traits can predict an authentic leadership style....

Purpose: This study aims to empirically investigate the relationship between different global software development (GSD) challenges (management, process, social, technical and environmental challenges) and software project success. Further, the study examines the moderating role of total...