Journal of Business Strategies

This study examines the extent to which board gender diversity and corporatesocial performance influence CEO compensation. The sample includes 1,829observations from 262 Fortune 500 companies over multiple years. Findings indicatethat board gender diversity and corporate social performance interact to predict CEOcompensation. The data show that boards comprised of a higher percentage of womenplace increasing emphasis on certain kinds of corporate social performance whensetting CEO pay, and decreasing emphasis on other types of social performance. Ourfindings highlight the complex interrelationships between executive compensation,board composition, and corporate social performance.

The relevance of Entrepreneurial Marketing (EM) dimensions in firm performance has been confirmed in many studies of a wide range of firms. EM is particularly helpful in turbulent and unpredictable business environment such as the one currently presented by the Covid-19 pandemic. There is however no consensus as to which EM dimensions are the most effective at promoting firm innovation and growth. Although many studies have used the seven dimensions proposed by Morris et al. (2002), there is a growing body of literature that points to the role of other dimensions. In this paper, we propose that in addition to the seven established dimensions, Internal Marketing Practices (IMP) can help improve our understanding of how entrepreneurial firms can achieve improved innovation and growth.

The standard recommendations for the design and content of an effectiverésumé have held mostly constant since the mid-1990s. Within these standardguidelines, this study investigates which aspects of effective résumés influencehiring professionals’ evaluations of equally qualified candidates in order to updateand strengthen business professors’ résumé instruction in order to improve businessstudents’ résumés. Based on an analysis of 45 business professionals’ rankings often sample résumés and 21 interviews, this study finds that targeted internships andchronological organization positively influence a résumé reviewer’s evaluation.

This paper examines the irregular route, long-haul segment of the U.S.trucking industry through the lens of Frei’s (2008) service model. Firms in thisindustry often offer too many services. Frei’s model predicts firms that do not focuson the market niches that are best met by their core expertise are at risk of losing theirprofitable niches to competitors. To address two key industry problems identifiedthrough the lens of this service model, a modification to the industry’s billing modeland a minimum guaranteed daily wage for drivers are proposed.

Psychological contract violations in the workplace can lead to disruptivebehavior, but few studies have examined why the disruptive behavior may persistover time. This paper extends the current understanding of psychological contractsby proposing a model that illustrates an escalating cycle of mistrust resulting from aperceived contract violation. The model proposes that after a psychological contractviolation has occurred, an escalating cycle of mistrust is created that feeds on itselfthrough transactional cost behaviors of both the victim and the perpetrator of theviolation. Once the cycle of mistrust has begun, it can only be broken if one partyexhibits specific behaviors that focus on resolving the issue rather than perpetuatingthe cycle.