Examining the Mediating Effect of Strategic Agility in the Relationship Between Intellectual Capital and Organizational Excellence in Jordan Service

Al-Azzam, Zeyad Faisal; Irtaimeh, Hani J.; Khaddam, Amineh A.

doi:10.32890/ijms.25.1.2018.10496

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“…Other researchers have empirically studied strategic agility using the three Doz and Kosonen (2008a) dimensions (Al-Azzam et al , 2017; Clauss et al , 2019; Junni et al , 2015; Ofoegbu and Akanbi, 2012). However, this study is the first to operationalize the construct using the 15 subfactors identified by Doz and Kosonen (2010).…”

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Strategic agility and the effects of firm age and environmental turbulence

Reed

2020

JSMA

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PurposeThe purpose of this empirical paper is to operationalize the Doz and Kosonen (2010) model of strategic agility, consisting of three dimensions and 15 subfactors and to test its relationship with firm performance under multiple contingencies.Design/methodology/approachA CEO-level survey is conducted to collect a sample of 73 firms from three industries in the US state of Florida. Factor analysis and convergence with similar criterion are used to validate the strategic agility construct. Multiple regression is used to test hypothesized relationships.FindingsThe findings support construct validity of Doz and Kosonen's model. Moreover, firm age and environmental turbulence are found to be important contingency factors. Environmental turbulence is found to moderate the relationship between firm age and strategic agility. Firm age and environmental turbulence are found to jointly moderate the relationship between strategic agility and firm performance.Research limitations/implicationsIt is evident that firms may benefit from strategic agility depending on their age and environment. The results encourage future longitudinal research addressing causality.Originality/valueThe paper contributes to research by validating a more comprehensive model of strategic agility and identifying contingency factors that help to explain prior mixed results on the relationship between strategic agility and performance.

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Strategic agility and the effects of firm age and environmental turbulence

Reed

2020

JSMA

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“…The service sector of Jordan is the overarching sector as compared to others; it contributes to 67% of GDP while the contribution of others is merely 33% (Al-Azzam et al , 2017). Despite its dominance, this sector is facing several problems, and the most important one is the organizational performance of service firms.…”

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Relationship of ethical leadership, organizational culture, corporate social responsibility and organizational performance: a test of two mediation models

Alkhadra

Khawaldeh

Aldehayyat

2022

IJOES

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Purpose The sound leadership style can be indicative of organizational success and explanatory of quality performance. Besides this, there are various factors that can impact organizational performance. To this end, this study aims to investigate the effect of ethical leadership on organizational performance, with the mediating role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and organizational culture. Design/methodology/approach The service sector in Jordan was targeted by this research, and data were collected from 371 middle-level and top-level managers working in service companies. These responses were analyzed by using analysis of a moment structure. Findings The result conveyed that ethical leadership does not only influence organizational performance, but it also, and positively so, affects the organizational culture and CSR. In addition, CSR and organizational culture significantly mediate the relationship between ethical leadership and organizational performance. Practical implications The findings of this study are a guide for managers and owners of service companies who are aiming to enhance organizational performance. If they follow the ethical leadership approach and emphasize CSR initiatives and organizational culture, they can attain, and naturally so, the maximum level of organizational performance. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this research paper is the first to analyze ethical leadership in the context of the service sector in Jordan and highlight its influence on organizational culture, CSR and ultimately organizational performance. Moreover, it examined the mediating effects of organizational culture and CSR between ethical leadership and organizational performance.

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“…The distribution of questionnaires was made possible by post and e-mail. This was followed by phone calls to ensure adequate response (as informed by Salawudeen, 2021;Al-Azzam et al, 2018;Bakar et al, 1985) from the shareholders utilizing the questionnaire.…”

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Shareholders’ Dividend Preference in the Nigerian Capital Market

Salawudeen

Isa

Dandago

2022

International Journal of Management Studies

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Aside from the fact that no legislation requires, as we believe, that management has a distinct fiduciary commitment to shareholders, no act prioritizes the shareholder. The management’s fiduciary duty is solely to the corporation. Investors, on the other hand, have a votive claim to the corporation’s residual value once all other obligations have been met. The aim of this survey was to empirically investigate the dividend preference of shareholders in the Nigerian capital market with specific reference to listed manufacturing firms in Nigeria. The study used the design of an investigation using questionnaires and interviews. The target population was 500 shareholders selected based on stratified random sampling out of 682,100 shareholders that is 0.07 percent of the total population. The snowball sampling technique was used to recruit potential respondents from among the shareholders’ acquaintances. The study used a final sample size of 300 respondents from the shareholders. The validity and reliability of the instrument were tested using factor analysis and a Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of 0.72 was obtained. The mean ranking showed that shareholders do have significant dividend preferences which favor cash dividends and support a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush explanation. Given that in practice, shareholders prefer companies with stable and predictable dividend payments, this study could be used to correct and predict the direction of a company’s dividend payments and that the stability of dividend payments change over time.

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Examining the Mediating Effect of Strategic Agility in the Relationship Between Intellectual Capital and Organizational Excellence in Jordan Service

Cited by 11 publications

References 19 publications

Strategic agility and the effects of firm age and environmental turbulence

Strategic agility and the effects of firm age and environmental turbulence

Relationship of ethical leadership, organizational culture, corporate social responsibility and organizational performance: a test of two mediation models

Shareholders’ Dividend Preference in the Nigerian Capital Market

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