BRQ is the peer-reviewed journal of the Spanish Academy of Management (ACEDE). I'm pleased to share with you our March 2025 issue, featuring a collection of outstanding papers. All articles are open access, published by SAGE with the sponsorship of ACEDE. Enjoy!
Morikawa, M., Martela, F., & Hakanen, J. J. (2024). Are employee self-management and organizational self-management related to work engagement or burnout? Evidence from two studies. BRQ Business Research Quarterly, 28(2), 386-398. https://doi.org/10.1177/23409444241307734.
Abstract: Self-managing organizations, characterized by flat hierarchies and decentralized power, are expected to empower and engage employees. In contrast, critics argue that a lack of structure could cause confusion and increased stress (…).
Bornay-Barrachina, M., López-Cabrales, Á., & Salas-Vallina, A. (2023). Sensing, seizing, and reconfiguring dynamic capabilities in innovative firms: Why does strategic leadership make a difference? BRQ Business Research Quarterly, 28(2), 399-420. https://doi.org/10.1177/23409444231185790
Abstract: Despite existing evidence indicating that organizational learning positively influences dynamic capabilities, the complex and dynamic interplay of leadership in this process still remains incomplete. Organizational learning models note that leadership is embedded in the development of dynamic capabilities, and this research empirically investigates the interplay (…).
Hou, Y., Bello-Pintado, A., & García-Marco, T. (2023). Pay to be green? The effect of corporate social responsibility contracting on green innovation performance. BRQ Business Research Quarterly, 28(2), 421-437. https://doi.org/10.1177/23409444231189825.
Abstract: This study examines how the integration of corporate social responsibility (CSR) criteria in executive compensation can improve green innovation performance in European countries. Using agency theory and stakeholder theory (…)
Bolt, E. E. T., Cafferkey, K., Townsend, K., & van der Cingel, M. (2024). Exploring nurses' postturnover experiences in their new employment: A self-determination and job-fit perspective. BRQ Business Research Quarterly, 28(2), 530-542. https://doi.org/10.1177/23409444241252665
Abstract: Nurses are known for having to work in a demanding work environment. As a result of this, nurses often quit their job, hoping to get better working conditions elsewhere. In this wave of change, how do nurses experience postturnover re-employment? (…)
Maqsood, U. S., Li, Q., Wang, S., & Zahid, R. M. A. (2025). Government CEO pay regulation and corporate innovation performance: The role of CEO's career horizon and shareholding. BRQ Business Research Quarterly, 28(2), 543-568. https://doi.org/10.1177/23409444251314891.
Abstract: This study investigates the effect of government pay policy for chief executive officer's (CEO's) compensation on corporate innovation (CI). Furthermore, it explores the role of the CEO's career horizon and shareholding in this nexus (…).
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Jordi Trullen
ESADE Business School
Barcelona
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