New Articles – Business Administration and Management

Learning goal orientation and abusive supervision

Hsiao-Yen Mao

Employee learning for competence development is more salient for today’s organizations facing frequent changes from inside and outside, and accordingly, employees’ learning goal orientation (LGO) is noteworthy. This study examines how and why employees’ LGO relates to leadership effectiveness, i.e., employees’ perception of abusive supervision. Competing hypotheses and the mediating mechanisms of a work attitude from LGO, i.e., work enjoyment, and a work behavior from LGO, i.e., compliance…

DOI (& full text): doi.org/10.15240/tul/001/2023-3-003 more

The importance of Industry 4.0 technologies when selecting an ERP system – An empirical study

Martin Polívka, Lilia Dvořáková

The paper deals with the issue of the impact of the “Industry 4.0” concept on the process of selection of the enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. Firstly, review of the literature regarding the ERP system selection is presented, with the emphasis on the role of the new technologies in such selection. Secondly, the content of the term “Industry 4.0” is discussed, and put into context with the nature of ERP systems. The main part of the article then presents the results of the survey…

DOI (& full text): doi.org/10.15240/tul/001/2023-3-004 more

Has COVID-19 affected the organisational culture of non-governmental organisations?

Marie Mikušová, Petra Rydvalová, Naděžda Klabusayová, František Konečný

Organisational culture, as one of the key features of any organisation, is related to its performance. This is also true for non-governmental organisations. The purpose of this research is to identify changes in the dimensions of the organisational culture of these organisations caused by the pandemic. Data from 586 respondents, identified through an online OCAI questionnaire, were collected for pre-COVID-19, current, and preferred state. Statistically significant representation of the…

DOI (& full text): doi.org/10.15240/tul/001/2023-3-005 more

Applying an integrated data-driven weighting system – CoCoSo approach for financial performance evaluation of Fortune 500 companies

Nazlı Ersoy

Financial performance evaluation provides information about a firm’s liquidity position, profitability, capital structure and asset utilization. Financial performance evaluation is considered as a multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) problem, as it is a multidimensional concept that is realized by bringing together multiple indicators. This study is aimed to evaluate the financial performance of the Fortune 500 companies by using the integrated data-driven weighting system (IDDWS) – combined…

DOI (& full text): doi.org/10.15240/tul/001/2023-3-006 more

Is banking and finance education producing sector-relevant personnel? Stakeholders’ psychological perceptions toward employment

Ranim El Sayed, Hale Özgit

While many studies have examined factors affecting graduate employability, few have examined the effects of stakeholders’ psychological perceptions. Uncovering the moderating effects of employability skills and experience becomes critical. This study examines the psychological perceptions of graduate programs, graduate employability modelling, interpersonal competencies, and the employability skills and experience required to produce sector-relevant personnel for the banking sector. Using…

DOI (& full text): doi.org/10.15240/tul/001/2023-3-007 more