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Workplace adversity and the dual impact of gender on employee intentions to leave and pursue social entrepreneurship
(Emerald, 2025-02-18)
Rivas Mendoza, Milagros Isabel
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Afshar Jahanshahi, Asghar
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Pulido Joo, Luis Alexander
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Mohammad Rashed Hasan Polas
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Paredes Izaguirre, Luis Antonio
Purpose: This study explores social entrepreneurship as a viable career path for employees facing hostile workplace conditions in Peru. It examines the gender-specific effects of workplace challenges such as hostility, discrimination and sexual harassment on individuals’ aspirations for career transitions and entrepreneurship. Design/methodology/approach: A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 450 Peruvian workers experiencing adverse workplace conditions. Quantitative data analysis was used to evaluate the relationship between perceived workplace challenges, intentions to leave current jobs and the propensity to pursue social entrepreneurship. Gender differences were analyzed to uncover unique patterns in these relationships. Findings: Results reveal significant gender differences: females report higher levels of discrimination, while males report higher perceptions of workplace harassment. Females intending to leave their jobs demonstrated a stronger inclination toward social entrepreneurship compared to their male counterparts. These findings underline the detrimental impact of hostile work environments on employee aspirations and highlight social entrepreneurship as a meaningful career option for individuals seeking to address societal issues. Practical implications: This research offers valuable insights for organizations and policymakers, emphasizing the importance of creating equitable work environments. It also underscores the potential of social entrepreneurship to empower individuals disillusioned by conventional workplace structures to drive positive social change. Originality/value: By elucidating the role of social entrepreneurship as an alternative career path, our study contributes to the growing body of literature on entrepreneurship and social impact, offering valuable insights for both researchers and practitioners aiming to foster more equitable and empowering work environments. ©The authors ©Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration ©Emerald.
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A Journey From Traditional Supply Chain Processes to Sustainability‐Oriented Blockchain Supply Chain: The Critical Role of Organizational Capabilities
(Wiley, 2025)
Rashed Hasan Polas, Mohammad
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Afshar Jahanshahi, Asghar
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Ekramol Islam, Mohammad
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Imran Kabir, Ahmed
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Md. Sohel‐Uz‐Zaman, Abu Saleh
Blockchain technology has a great potential to transform how businesses approach sustainability by offering transparency, efficiency, and accountability across various processes. By adopting blockchain, businesses can not only meet growing consumer and regulatory demands for sustainability but also create competitive advantages by promoting resource efficiency, fostering trust, and building eco-conscious operations. Building on dynamic capabilities lens within the resource-based view (RBV) framework, and in order to know about antecedents and consequences of blockchain technology adoption, this study investigates how three types of organizational capabilities—namely, innovation capability, information-sharing capability, and technological capability—may facilitate the blockchain technology adoption and most importantly, how such adoption could impact firm performance. To test our research hypotheses, we collected survey data from 198 electronics companies in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The structural equation modelling has been used to test the model hypothesis. The findings showed that all three organizational capabilities—innovation capability, information-sharing capability, and technological capability—significantly facilitate blockchain technology adoption, which in turn leads to enhanced firm performance in small- and medium-sized enterprises, demonstrating the strategic value of blockchain in driving sustainability and competitiveness in electronics companies. ©The authors ©Business Strategy and the Environment ©Wiley.
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Adoption of digital banking technologies by nascent entrepreneurs in the era of transformative business information systems
(Inderscience, 2025)
Hasan Polas, Mohammad Rashed
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Afshar Jahanshahi, Asghar
Nascent entrepreneurs are those peoples who are in the early stage of starting a new business. In this study, the researchers attempted to determine what factors trigger a nascent entrepreneur to adopt digital banking technologies (applications and services)? To answer this question, this research tested the direct relationship between perceived security factors, the internet experience factors, and marketing exposure factors with nascent entrepreneur's adoption of digital banking technology. Moreover, we tested the indirect effects of these three factors with entrepreneur's adoption of digital banking technology through perceived usefulness. The study hypotheses were tested using a sample of 377 Bangladeshi nascent entrepreneurs who had participated in an entrepreneurship program and are in the process of starting a business. The findings revealed that nascent entrepreneurs with marketing exposure and perceived security are more likely to employ digital banking technology; perceived usefulness mediates the relationship between internet experience, and marketing exposure with adoption of digital banking technology. ©The authors ©Inderscience.
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Financial Growth of Sport Industry in the Extreme Context: Evidence From Iran Under Economic Sanction and COVID‐19 Pandemic
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2025)
Mohity, Zahra
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Mokhtari Dinani, Maryam
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Rezaei Pandari, Abbas
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Afshar Jahanshahi, Asghar
The objective of this research is to shift the narrative toward the impact of international sanctions against Iran and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on the financial growth of the sports industry. Employing Importance-Performance Analysis (IPA), we delve into the diverse factors influencing the financial dynamics of the sports sector in Iran. After an extensive review of the research literature, we identify pivotal elements affecting the financial prosperity of the sports industry. Using expert opinions and the content validity index (CVI), we select 20 significant factors shaping the financial landscape of the sports industry in Iran. Subsequently, we evaluate the importance and performance of these identified factors, drawing insights from the perspectives of 12 sports economics experts and sports managers. Employing Decision-making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DANP) and IPA methods, we analyze the interplay of these factors. The research outcomes underscore the pivotal role of international sanctions against Iran and the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic in influencing the financial growth of the sports industry. Noteworthy factors include the stability of sports club incomes, the commercialization of the sports industry, private sector investment in sports, and the allocation of sports expenses within government expenditures. These findings illuminate the nuanced relationship between external geopolitical factors and internal financial dynamics, shaping the trajectory of the sports industry's financial growth in Iran. ©The authors ©Wiley-Blackwell ©Journal of Public Affairs.
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Precarious workers in the era of digitalisation: identifying the job-related outcomes of insecurity
(Inderscience Enterprises Ltd., 2024)
Afshar Jahanshahi, Asghar
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Rivas Mendoza, Milagros Isabel
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Quiroz Castillo, Alberto Yony
In the era of digitalisation, non-tech and precarious workers suffer from high levels of job instability and receive lower wages compared with permanent and tech workers. We conducted a survey among 201 non-tech and precarious workers in Peru in order to identify the consequences of job insecurity among them. These groups of non-tech and precarious employees worked for small private companies, which located in the districts of Chimbote and Nuevo Chimbote in the northern part of Peru. We considered the effects of job insecurity on workers' job dissatisfaction, vitality, friendship, positive works attitudes, and social support. The SPSS software has been used for teasing the hypotheses of the study. Our results showed that job insecurity decreases non-tech workers' vitality and increases their job dissatisfaction. Furthermore, our findings reveal that a higher level of job insecurity is related to lower levels of friendship in the workplace. More interestingly, we found a negative association between job insecurity and non-tech and precarious workers' social support of each other in the workplace. It seems that precarious workers less care about each other needs and demands once the perception of job insecurity among them is very high. ©The authors ©Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
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Causation processes and innovation strategy in small- and medium-sized firms in emerging countries: The moderating role of founder-CEOs' human capital
(Elsevier, 2025)
Liu, Gordon
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Zhang, Stephen X.
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Ko, Wai Wai
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Afshar Jahanshahi, Asghar
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Chen, Yantai
In the dynamic and resource-constrained environment of emerging countries, small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) face unique challenges in pursuing innovation strategy. This study addresses a critical gap in understanding how founder-CEOs' causation processes interact with human capital to shape SMEs' innovation strategy. While previous research has separately explored the impact of causation processes on innovation and the influence of founder-CEOs' managerial experience, these streams remain disconnected. Drawing on human capital theory, we investigate how adopting causation processes affects innovation strategy in emerging country SMEs, focusing on the moderating role of founder-CEOs' human capital. Our primary analysis utilises two waves of multi-informant survey data from 103 Indian SMEs. Results reveal that founder-CEOs' specific human capital moderates the relationship between causation processes and innovation strategy. This moderating effect strengthens with rich marketing experience but weakens with extensive technological experience. We supplement our findings with qualitative insights from interviews with 14 Indian and 19 Chinese SME founder-CEOs. This additional analysis provides further context and validates the applicability of our results. Our research contributes to a nuanced understanding of SME innovation dynamics in emerging countries and offers valuable implications for both theory and practice in fostering innovation-driven growth in this vital economic context. ©The authors ©Elsevier.
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How ‘dark’ are Latino: Implications for nascent entrepreneurship
(2025)
Afshar Jahanshahi, Asghar
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Valentina Gomes Haensel Schmitt
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Milagros Isabel Rivas-Mendoza
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Bernardo Fernandez-Telleria
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Priscila Rezende da Costa
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Mental Resilience in Crisis: Examining the Mental Health and Well‐Being of Iranian Athletes During the <scp>COVID</scp>‐19 Pandemic
(2024)
Maryam Mokhtari Dinani
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Afshar Jahanshahi, Asghar
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Abbas Nazarian Madavani
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Milagros Isabel Rivas Mendoza
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Sadegh Soltani
<jats:title>ABSTRACT</jats:title><jats:p>The pervasive impact of COVID‐19 and economic sanctions has significantly influenced the well‐being of Iranian athletes, leaving lasting imprints on both their physical and mental health. During this challenging time, this comprehensive study delves into the nuanced disparities among various cohorts of Iranian athletes across multiple dimensions, including insomnia severity, psychological distress, anxiety, depression, intrusive thoughts, life satisfaction, and hope. Stratifying the participants based on their professionalism level, age, education, sports activity engagement, and COVID‐19 infection status, our survey‐based findings from a cohort of 280 athletes reveal compelling insights: Male athletes exhibit higher levels of distress, anxiety, and depression compared to their female counterparts. Professional athletes manifest elevated psychological distress, anxiety, and depression in contrast to semi‐professional and amateur athletes. Insomnia severity is more prevalent among professional athletes, concurrently accompanied by higher levels of hope within this group. Young athletes and those with higher educational attainment report increased intrusive thoughts. Local and national athletes demonstrate higher levels of life satisfaction and hope compared to their international counterparts. Athletes not infected with Coronavirus experience heightened psychological distress compared to their COVID‐19‐infected counterparts. This nuanced exploration underscores the intricate interplay between various factors and their profound implications for the mental well‐being of Iranian athletes in the face of global health challenges and economic constraints. By recognizing the vulnerabilities exposed during the pandemic and sanctions, policymakers can work toward a more resilient and robust sports sector, ensuring that the mental health and psychosocial well‐being of athletes remain at the forefront of policy considerations.</jats:p>
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Simulation of Green Supply Chain Design With Renewable Energy and Green Technology for Intensifying Sustainability After COVID-19
(2024)
Amitab Bhattacharjee
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Afshar Jahanshahi, Asghar
<jats:p>Renewable energy and green technologies can enhance global sustainability by improving green business practices, fostering economic growth, and ensuring ecological safety. This chapter introduces cost-effective and eco-friendly simulation techniques for green supply chain design to enhance long-term sustainability in the post-COVID-19 era. The proposed green supply chain simulation could effectively revitalize low-carbon economic growth in Mexico, Europe, and other continents, while significantly reducing supply chain costs, carbon intensity, and firms' dependency on coal or nuclear-sourced electricity. Considering future global demands for energy and hi-tech applications, the authors propose green simulation techniques and strategies to magnify competitive advantages through the integration of clean energy and green technologies into supply chains. Thus, this chapter contributes to the successful implementation of global zero-emission policies, sustainable development, and encourages firms to transition into low-carbon supply chains with higher profitability.</jats:p>
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Towards a Greener Horizon: Unravelling the Links between Environmental Awareness, Consumption Values, and Packaging in Consumer Decision-Making
(2024)
Mohammad Rashed Hasan Polas
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Afshar Jahanshahi, Asghar
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Ahmed Imran Kabir
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Abu Saleh Md. Sohel-Uz-Zaman
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Sharmila Sikder
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