Purpose This paper aims to empirically establish necessity conditions within a relational context. The formulated necessary condition-based hypotheses are drawn from and are anchored in extant relational and psychology literature. The authors focus on three relational dimensions that have...

How can management research promote a more applicable and a more transparent knowledge for the benefit of individuals and organizations? Looming large over this question is the challenge of repurposing management research for improving public good. Co-edited by R. H. Tiell and S. C. Malka, the...

As we reach a post pandemic calming in the United States, and as we recall Covid-19’s immediate unemployment peak at record highs, it begs the question as to how our pandemic-driven recession compared to recession patterns witnessed during the 2008 economic crisis. By virtue of their wealth of...

In human service systems, future service delivery models are likely to forge private-public partnerships, with government as the prime funding source and private organizations as the service delivery network. At present, however, government must confront several key issues that evolve from the...

we created a workshop using a holistic service delivery model that incorporates both traditional job-search elements and non-traditional behavioral health interventions for helping the long-term unemployed (LTU) return to the workforce. Given the scale and challenges of the LTU population and...

This study makes a small contribution to the field of logistics and the supply chain management industry. Drawing on theory and previous empirical findings, and employing necessary condition analysis, we sought to establish necessary conditions amongst several logistics capabilities and firm...

This study makes a small contribution to the field of operations management and the knowledge-based industry. Drawing on theory and previous empirical findings, and employing necessary condition analysis, we sought to establish necessary conditions amongst several operations dimensions and firm...

This paper’s main argument is that chaos and conflict serve the vital mutual purpose of awakening motivating forces that rattle the status quo. We explore chaos theory’s central assertion that disorder is a prerequisite for system renewal, and that chaos propels systems to higher levels of...