Documents
EMS 2024 (147)
This research investigates the systemic mechanisms and dynamics through which teams evolve to reach high performance, using an Input-Mediator-Output framework and qualitative methodologies.
Number of pages: 1
Raquel Valverde | Université Paris Dauphine
This study explores how collegiate women athletes navigate Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) opportunities, focusing on personal branding, entrepreneurial initiatives, and leveraging their identities. Utilizing a qualitative approach, it examines the ripple effect of NIL deals on athlete identity, the NIL support system, and the growth of women's sports.
Number of pages: 1
Carolyn Adkerson | Temple University, Fox School of Business – Executive DBA
This paper explores the integration of coaching into sales management education, emphasizing the need to equip future sales managers with essential leadership and interpersonal skills. It reviews existing literature using the Critically Appraised Topic (CAT) methodology and the PICO framework to assess the benefits of incorporating coaching modules into sales management courses.
Number of pages: 20
Dr. George Talbert, Dr. Earl Honeycutt, Mr. Talbert |
Using the Job Demands-Resources model, this study examines the interplay between job-related stressors and meaningful work and their impact on work-family conflict (WFC) and family-work conflict (FWC). The findings highlight job stress and certain employee attitudes influencing WFC, mediated by meaningful work, and suggest actionable managerial strategies for improving employee well-being.
Number of pages: 34
Lawrence E. Ugwu, Matthew J. Aplin-Houtz, Erhabor Idemudia, Sean Leahy, John Meriac | North-West University, Brooklyn College, University of Missouri Saint Louis
This poster investigates how Human Resource Management (HRM) practitioners influenced corporate strategy at Royal Dutch Shell and Ford Motor Company between 1910 and 1950. By applying Strategy-as-Practice management theory and analyzing historical case studies, the research explores HRM actions during critical organizational junctures. It aims to establish a new narrative of HRM’s strategic value and identify actionable practices to enhance HRM’s role in corporate strategy.
Number of pages: 1
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Posted: 2024-09-05
Richard Young | Grenoble Ecole de Management
This research explores the historical strategic role of Human Resource Management (HRM) practitioners in influencing corporate strategies at Royal Dutch Shell and Ford Motor Company during 1910-1950. Using archival data and grounded in Structuration Theory, the study examines HRM’s role in critical corporate events and its long-term strategic impacts, offering insights into HRM’s evolution and its potential crisis of identity in modern times.
Number of pages: 6
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Posted: 2024-09-05
Richard Young | Grenoble Ecole de Management
This study compares Kuwait’s Shuwaikh Port and Dubai’s Jebel Ali Port in terms of operational efficiency, service quality, infrastructure, and financial performance. The research provides actionable recommendations to enhance Shuwaikh Port’s performance, offering insights for stakeholders and policymakers.
Number of pages: 7
Ahmed AlSalfiti | University of Antwerp
This research examines work-life balance (WLB) in academia, focusing on the impacts of hindering job demands (HJDs) and the roles of job crafting, leisure crafting, and home crafting. Using data from 1,139 academics in Nigeria, it reveals a significant relationship between job crafting behaviors and improved WLB. Key findings include the positive correlation of leisure and home crafting with WLB and the mediating role of increasing structural job resources and challenging job demands.
Number of pages: 39
L. Ugwu, M. Aplin-Houtz, F. Ugwu, E. Idemudia | North-West University, South Africa; Brooklyn College, USA; Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Nigeria
This presentation examines the evolving customer-agent relationship in the German insurance industry amidst digital transformation. It proposes a value proposition framework encompassing key aspects such as interactivity, mobility, telepresence, customization, and information availability. Insights from interviews with sales agents highlight shifts in digital and non-digital stimuli influencing customer experiences and strategic implications for insurance sales.
Number of pages: 8
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Posted: 2024-09-05
Stefan Schnichels | Sheffield Hallam University
This document investigates the transformation of customer-agent relationships within the German insurance industry as it adapts to increasing digitalization. The research explores the adaptation of the Retail Digitalization Framework to the insurance sector and employs a critical realism-oriented approach. Key observations from expert interviews highlight changing value propositions and propose a new framework for understanding customer-agent dynamics.
Number of pages: 8
Stefan Schnichels | Sheffield Hallam University