How to take employees on the digital transformation journey: An experimental study on complementary leadership behaviors in managing organizational change

E Weber, M Büttgen, S Bartsch - Journal of Business Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Digital transformation (DT) initiatives are often not successful. Research underlines
leadership as a key to transformation success; however, studies have not systematically …

Understanding resistance to change–building on Coch and French

B Burnes - Journal of change management, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The aim of this article is to explore the nature of resistance to change (RTC) and the notion
that employees are the prime source of such resistance. It takes a historical perspective on …

Activating corporate environmental ethics on the frontline: a natural resource-based view

CB Gabler, OS Itani, R Agnihotri - Journal of Business Ethics, 2023 - Springer
Corporate environmental ethics has moved from a niche issue within business strategy to a
potential source of competitive advantage. Firms, however, are comprised of individuals who …

Regulation of emotions, interpersonal conflict, and job performance for salespeople

JP Mulki, F Jaramillo, EA Goad… - Journal of Business …, 2015 - Elsevier
Careers in sales involve stress, which often translates to role stress that negatively impacts
performance. To address this important issue, the present research examines an antecedent …

Digital selling: organizational and managerial influences for frontline readiness and effectiveness

R Mullins, R Agnihotri - Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 2022 - Springer
To provide much-needed guidance for digital transformations in sales organizations, we
draw from change readiness theory to propose a digital selling effectiveness framework …

Knowledge-sharing efforts and employee creative behavior: the invigorating roles of passion for work, time sufficiency and procedural justice

D De Clercq, R Pereira - Journal of Knowledge Management, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose Drawing from the conservation of resources theory, this study aims to investigate
the relationship between employees' knowledge-sharing efforts and creative behaviors; …

The effects of empathy and listening of salespeople on relationship quality in the retail banking industry: The moderating role of felt stress

OS Itani, AE Inyang - International Journal of Bank Marketing, 2015 - emerald.com
Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to examine the relations between salespeople's
empathy and listening behaviour and the relationship quality (RQ) customers have with their …

Examining the link between salesperson networking behaviors, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment: Does gender matter?

G Macintosh, M Krush - Journal of Business Research, 2014 - Elsevier
Sales professionals are embedded in an array of social interactions through their networking
behaviors, yet the literature's understanding of these effects on job-based attitudes is …

Neuroticism and the sales profession

J Habel, S Kadić-Maglajlić, NN Hartmann… - … Behavior and Human …, 2024 - Elsevier
While neuroticism is known to change throughout people's lives, the specific causes of these
changes remain poorly understood. One underexplored question is whether specific …

Frontline backlash: service employees' deviance from digital processes

S Christ-Brendemühl, M Schaarschmidt - Journal of services …, 2019 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate how the implementation of digital
interfaces into service encounters is transforming demands toward frontline service …