We empirically examine whether and how management facilitates Work From Home (WFH) arrangements using data from the 2020 Management and Organizational Practices Survey conducted in Japan (2020 JP MOPS). In this study, we view WFH arrangements as choices made by establishments/firms and analyze...

We study the value of skill management in organizations. In a natural field experiment with 2,582 service technicians, we vary managers' ability to monitor and manage employee skills. We find that removing managers' access to hard information on employee skills reduced training intensity, work...

This paper investigates one aspect of the structured management practices literature which has argued that exogenous legislative changes leading to reductions in union power (identified with the passage of RTW laws) serve to increase the use of management incentives practices often resisted by...

Enterprises, especially those operating in a dynamic environment of industrial production, need a management concept capable of responding to changes. For prompt and accurate reactions, it is crucial for managers to have a feedback system that allows monitoring the achievement of defined goals,...

The rising prominence of blockchain technology has spurred researchers to delve deeper into its applications through the lens of organizational and management theories. Our thematic analysis of blockchain literature reveals examination across five key areas: economic, strategic, operational,...

The COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on public institutions management system which imposed a digital transformation of all processes. This study explores how integrating digitalization improves management processes within Romanian public organizations. It is based on a survey approach and on...

Background: Today's healthcare requires a modern style of management that adapts to the needs of both patients and employees. Imaging diagnostics has its specificity in the entire area of hospital logistics and influences the organization of work and patient care. Modern managers should have...

Better managed firms perform better. Existing evidence has shown that family-managed firms have poorer management practices. Several reasons have been proposed. Limiting to family members reduces the talent pool of potential managers. Family management creates disincentives for other talented...

It is well known that there is little interest in Nietzschean thought in the management sciences. This observation is supported by the low number of articles published in management science journals that use what could be called the Nietzschean conceptual framework or even part of it. This...