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When money isn't everything: Identifying stage‐based patterns of entrepreneurial resource acquisition

open access: yesStrategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Scholars often examine how entrepreneurs' existing ties predict resource acquisition. We investigated the reverse: How does the act of pitching generate new ties with investors? Using the context of the Slow Money community, we analyzed social entrepreneurs' pitches to impact investors.
Esther Leibel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Couch: Belonging, Memory, and the Making of the Self—A Heartfelt Autoethnography

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
This heartfelt retrospective autoethnography explores a personal episode of adolescence through the lens of ritual, memory, and symbolic interaction. At the age of 14, after returning to Italy following years abroad, I found myself on the margins of a gang of boys whose shared language, stories, and music represented the codes of belonging I yearned to
Alessandro Porrovecchio
wiley   +1 more source

Respecifying Stigma and the Language of Relationships: Attributes and Categories as Contexturally‐Achieved Phenomena in the Search for Help

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
This article revisits Goffman's original formulations of stigma. In doing so, the discussion focuses, specifically, upon his emphasis that a “language of relationships, not attributes is needed.” The analysis is intended to demonstrate how Goffman's observations offer a starting point for an inquiry in to just how members produce and orient to “spoiled
Robin James Smith
wiley   +1 more source

A South African Language Teacher Educator's Reflective Journey Through Sociocultural Theory and Asset‐Based Mediation

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This reflective article chronicles a South African English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) university teacher educator's journey from professional disillusionment toward a more intentional, transformative praxis. The catalyst for this journey was the recurring observation of novice teachers abandoning dialogic, asset‐based pedagogies learned ...
Nhlanhla Mpofu
wiley   +1 more source

Do Asian Companies Bid Higher in Cross‐Border M&A? A Moderating Effect Analysis

open access: yesThunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether Asian companies pay higher premiums in cross‐border mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and identifies the institutional factors driving this behavior. Grounded in the concept of Asian institutional logic—characterized by state coordination, relational governance, and long‐term strategic orientation—we argue that these ...
Conrado Diego García‐Gómez   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shared struggles: Parallels in caregiver burden between canine and paediatric epilepsy

open access: yesVeterinary Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Disease‐specific aspects of pet owners’ caregiver burden could be missed by generic burden measures. This study aimed to assess whether a framework developed to describe caregiver burden in parents of children with epilepsy was applicable to caregivers of dogs with epilepsy.
Zoe Belshaw, Rowena M. A. Packer
wiley   +1 more source

Follower Perceptions of Leader Narcissism: How Vulnerable and Grandiose Narcissism Dimensions Relate to Follower Work Engagement and Emotional Exhaustion

open access: yesBritish Journal of Management, EarlyView.
Abstract Leader narcissism has been called a double‐edged sword, offering both benefits and drawbacks for followers. This study examines how follower perceptions of specific leader narcissism dimensions – grandiose (admiration, rivalry) and vulnerable (isolation, enmity) – relate to follower work engagement and emotional exhaustion.
Iris K. Gauglitz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Leaders With Dark Personality Shape Their Climates: Developing a Theory of Influence Tactics and Follower Responses

open access: yesBritish Journal of Management, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite burgeoning attention to dark leaders, we lack understanding about how they shape their climates. Using the dark triad (Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy), we integrate social psychology and leadership research on interpersonal, romantic and leader–follower relationships to identify two predominant influence strategies ...
Al‐Karim Samnani, Sadia Jahanzeb
wiley   +1 more source

Service Recovery in Chatbot‐mediated Environments: Trust Dynamics and Customer Loyalty Intentions

open access: yesBritish Journal of Management, EarlyView.
Abstract Prior research has shown that customers’ perceptions of chatbots may be influenced by the situational context in which human–chatbot interactions take place. This research advances understanding of artificial intelligence (AI)‐enabled chatbot‐led service failure recovery (SFR) in the context of customer loyalty.
Wilson Ozuem   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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