Examines the role of political skills, such as social astuteness and interpersonal influence, in embedding ideas into organizational culture to achieve business outcomes.

This presentation examines the importance of proactive succession planning in nonprofit organizations to ensure effective leadership transitions. It explores strategies such as identifying potential leaders, mentoring, and creating structured transition plans, along with the implications for organizational sustainability and mission continuity.

This paper investigates proactive succession planning as a solution for leadership continuity and organizational sustainability in nonprofits. Using the Critical Appraised Topic (CAT) approach, it evaluates the impact of structured succession planning on leadership transitions, focusing on the importance of board involvement and internal leadership development. The findings highlight benefits such as mission continuity and performance stability but emphasize a lack of readiness among nonprofits for effective leadership transitions.

This paper explores the use of elaborated action design research (eADR) for ranking U.S. DBA programs, evaluating their strengths and weaknesses based on a prototype tool using design fitness framework criteria.

This research addresses the increasing prevalence of remote work in the United States, where nearly one-third of workers operate remotely, necessitating effective use of technology to achieve organizational and personal goals. The study investigates the influence of job crafting behaviors on technology acceptance in remote work settings, leveraging the Job Characteristics Model and the Technology Acceptance Model. With data from 291 U.S. remote workers, findings reveal that cognitive and relational crafting behaviors have differing impacts on technology perception. Cognitive crafting adds complexity, reducing perceived ease of use and usefulness, while relational crafting enhances perceived usefulness. Task crafting contributes positively to both perceived ease of use and usefulness. These insights emphasize the importance of tailoring interventions that account for job crafting behaviors to foster better technology acceptance in remote work environments.

This study investigates the barriers and strategies for promoting women to top management teams (TMTs) in Corporate America. It explores contextual factors, internal and external tensions, and practices that enhance women’s career advancement. Using a mixed-method approach, the research provides actionable insights for individuals and organizations to foster gender diversity in leadership roles, resulting in improved firm profitability.

This research investigates the role of retrospectives as a critical success factor in scaled agile program management. Through a systematic literature review, the study aims to identify gaps in the academic and grey literature, particularly concerning inter-team retrospectives. Expected outcomes include strategies for optimal use of retrospective meetings and identifying gaps in scaled agile frameworks.

This research explores the relationship between CEO risk tolerance, as indicated by their involvement in riskier sports hobbies, and its impact on non-GAAP earnings. Utilizing data from CEOs’ sports hobbies and firm-quarter observations, it evaluates whether risk-taking behaviors are reflected in financial disclosures and earnings management. The study applies logistic regression and statistical analysis to uncover patterns in CEO behavior and their financial outcomes.

This research examines the association between CEO risk-taking, represented by sports hobbies, and their influence on non-GAAP earnings. The study uses a regression analysis of firm characteristics and CEO traits, finding significant results on risk levels and GAAP earnings exclusions.

This study examines how engagement in business networks influences the success of Black women-owned businesses in the U.S. Using interpretive epistemology and intersectional feminist lenses, the research identifies key factors like network characteristics, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, and social support as contributors to entrepreneurial success. The findings highlight the unique challenges faced by Black women entrepreneurs, such as undercapitalization and systemic barriers, while also showcasing the resilience and strategies adopted for growth and sustainability.