Chinese Management Studies: Volume 17 Issue 4

Curvilinear effect of economic policy uncertainty on innovation in Chinese manufacturing firms: do managerial pay gaps matter?

Xi Zhong, Weihong Chen, Ge Ren

This study aims to re-examine the impact of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) on firm innovation. Studies on how EPU affects firm innovation have been inconclusive. The authors…

Effect of workplace status on employees’ creativity from the perspective of expectation identity: a moderated chain double mediation model

Yuanyuan Liu, Li Zhao, Pingqing Liu, Zheng Yang

Drawing upon the creativity interaction theory and expectation-identity perspective, the purpose of this paper is to construct a chain mediation model of the influence of…

What makes talents stay? Perceived organizational support and future time perspective

Yu-Chen Wei

This study aims to integrate self-determination and social exchange theories to assess how the three-way interaction between human capital, perceived organizational support (POS…

How substitute scarcity appeals effect on experiential gift’s purchase intention?

Tser-Yieth Chen, Tsai Lien Yeh, Yen Ling Lin

The purpose of this study is to explore the substitute scarcity appeals (unit scarcity or option scarcity) effect on experiential gift’s purchase intention, based on difference in…

Workaholism and work–family conflict: a moderated mediation model of psychological detachment from work and family-supportive supervisor behavior

Po-Chien Chang, Xiaoxiao Gao, Ting Wu, Ying-Yin Lin

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of the workaholism on work–family conflict via the mediator of psychological detachment from work and the moderator of…

Stock market reaction to affiliated sports teams’ performance: evidence from China

Yongqiang Gao, Yingli Wang, Taïeb Hafsi

Drawing on the affect transfer and stakeholder theories, this study aims to examine how the performance of a sports team that a firm owns or sponsors may affect the firm’s market…

The impact of employee entrepreneurship on sustainable innovation capability: the effect of value cocreation and role stress

Zhonghai Su, Xinbo Sun, Donghui Zhao

Enterprises generally change their organizational structures in an era of uncertainty for flexibility, and accordingly, employee entrepreneurship emerges as employees gain more…

Legitimacy-building role of incubators: a multiple case study of activities and impacts of business incubators in a developing Chinese city

Ying Cheng, Yanyan Liu, Adam R. Cross

Business incubators are advantageous to new venture legitimacy because they provide rich access to entrepreneurial resources, and their incubation networks can offer endorsement…

Striving to improve investment efficiency among Chinese firms: does the role of venture capital matter?

Jinbo Wang, Maosheng Ran, Yi Li

This study aims to investigate the impact of venture capital (VC) involvement on investment efficiency (IE) and its potential action mechanisms from the perspective of financial…

Government support, talent, coupling of innovation chain and capital chain: empirical analysis in integrated circuit enterprises

Qiuling Chen, Tianchi Wang

This study aims to investigate the impact of government support on the coupling coordination degree of innovation chain and capital chain in integrated circuit (IC) enterprises…

Coevolution of post-merger integration and dual knowledge networks reconstruction: evidence from Chinese overseas acquisitions

Feiqiong Chen, Wenjing Wang, Jieru Zhu

Post-merger integration (PMI) is driven by coevolving processes. By integrating the literature on acquisitions with that of knowledge networks, this paper highlights different…