This study attempts to examine the impact of corporate sustainability on firm performance by examining the indirect effect of sustainability-oriented supplier partnership and green innovation capabilities of a firm. The data acquired to address the research question is collected from management personnel, officers, and experts in the Ghana manufacturing sector using a list provided by the Association of Ghana Industries. Data acquired are tested for convergent validity and construct reliability and further examine the measurement model. The structural model is examined using partial least square structural equation modeling techniques. The empirical study supports seven (7) out of eight (8) stated hypotheses. Findings indicate that a sustainability-oriented supplier partnership indirectly influences the effect of social sustainability practices on a firm’s performance. In the same view, the outcome revealed that a sustainability-oriented supplier partnership does not positively influence the relationship between environmental, economic sustainability, and firm performance. Green innovation capabilities indirectly influence the effect of social and economic sustainability on firm performance except for environmental sustainability and firm performance. The findings of the study contribute to the literature by providing insights into the indirect effect of supplier–partnership and green innovation capabilities on firm performance, especially in the manufacturing sector.

Sustainable organizational performance (SOP) can differentiate an organization from its rivals. Thus, understanding the antecedents and driving factors of SOP has received wide attention from both the academicians and practitioners in recent years. In line with such attention, this empirical paper endeavored to investigate and identify the relationship between perceived organizational support (POS) and SOP with the mediating effect of sustainable organizational reputation (SOR). Based on 384 survey responses from mid-level managers using a cross-sectional survey design, we followed a deductive approach to test the hypotheses using covariance-based structural equation modeling. Our empirical investigation revealed that POS has a significant positive relationship with SOP as well as with SOR while SOR has a significant positive relationship with SOP. Regarding the mediating effect, we found that SOR can partially mediate the positive relationship between POS and SOP. We strongly believe that the findings revealed from this empirical study may aid interested future researchers in their quest of understanding the inherent relationship between perceived organizational support and sustainable organizational performance in the presence of sustainable organizational reputation. Further, such results may provide a platform for the top-level managers and other policymakers in their efforts to improve and sustain organizational reputation that will ultimately lead to sustainable organizational performance through proper organizational support.

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The advancement in usage of information technology in past decades have revolutionized the business environment. For instance, the introduction and widely acceptance of e-commerce technologies have transformed the retail landscape. Same as the emerging of streaming services and platforms like Netflix has change the entertainment especially the movie sector drastically. Like other sectors of the economy, the adoption of technology has transformed the functional activities of diverse organizations and organizational units. Specifically, the adoption of eHRM is argued to enrich organizational effectiveness. The study attempts to investigate the effect of organizational leadership, organizational structure, and employee technological capabilities on the implementation success of e-HRM system. Data is collected from a novel dataset that is based on list of human resource practitioner/professional that was made available by the Chartered Institute of Human Resource Practitioners, Ghana. The outcome of the study indicates organizational structure and employee technological efficacy/competence have a positive and significant influence on the successful implementation of e-HRM. Conversely, organizational leadership did not have significant influence on the success of e-HRM. However, it must be acknowledging internal marketing plays critical role in aligning organizational goals, employee’s capabilities, and expectation.

This research endeavors to fill the research cavity in the domain of online consumer reviews (OCRs) through investigating the relationship between review length and rating. Moderated multiple regression (MMR) analysis was used to investigate the moderation interactions of some critical factors, including the product price, brand, product type, and delivery systems. Through data curation, 10,547 sets of cross-sectional product data containing 200,169 sets of reviews refined from the original 12,009 products collected from jd.com in China were used. Research through econometric analysis reveals that review length improves rating. Through interactions, this study found that the price has negative interaction, whereas brand familiarity has a positive interaction with review length and rating. Domestic brands, search goods, and third-party delivery systems have more positive interactions on review length and rating than the overseas brand, experience goods, and platform’s self-delivery systems, respectively. This paper renders insight for managers, especially merchants, who should encourage consumers to write meaningful lengthy reviews to improve their reputation.