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How abstract vs. concrete repair appeals work differently for slow and fast fashion brands: fix it, don’t toss it.

Four experiments examine how fashion brand type, product repair messaging and consumer education shape perceived environmental friendliness and purchase intentions. Higher-educated consumers respond better to abstract appeals from slow fashion brands and concrete appeals from fast fashion brands, while lower-educated consumers show the opposite pattern.

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https://doi.org/10.1080/00218499.2026.2704263 (Opens in a new window)

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  • Ágnes Buvár, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Institute of People-Environment Transaction
  • Petar Gidaković, University of Lille, IESEG School of Management
  • Mateja Kos Koklič, Univerza v Ljubljani, Ekonomska fakulteta

Year

2026

Tech ready yet emotionally drained: unraveling the multilevel dynamics of top management team boundary control and formalization in organizations

A study of 2,267 employees across 80 German firms examines how technological readiness relates to emotional exhaustion. Findings show that readiness is associated with greater exhaustion when unsupported by formalisation and top management team boundary control, highlighting the importance of organisational structures and leadership norms for employee well-being.

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https://doi.org/10.1177/10596011261488153 (Opens in a new window)

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  • Aldijana Bunjak, University of Stavanger, Business School
  • Frederik Hesse, University of St. Gallen, Institute for Leadership and Human Resource Management
  • Heike Bruch, University of St. Gallen, Institute for Leadership and Human Resource Management

Year

2026

Unlocking ambidexterity: How leadership and task autonomy encourage both effective exploration and exploitation

An experiment with 331 MBA students from Slovenia, Austria and Kosovo examines how task autonomy and transformational leadership shape exploration, exploitation and ambidexterity. High autonomy and transformational leadership foster exploration, while their interaction is crucial for balancing exploration and exploitation and enabling ambidexterity.

The article is freely accessible at:

https://doi.org/10.1017/jmo.2026.10116 (Opens in a new window)

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  • Sabine Bergner, University of Graz, Institute of Psychology
  • Ajtene Avdullahi, University Isa Boletini of Mitrovica, Faculty of Economics

Year

2026

Between Belgrade centralism and Balkan geopolitics : Slovene political strategies under King Alexander’s dictatorship, 1929–1934

This article examines Slovene political responses to King Alexander Karađorđević’s dictatorship (1929–1934), comparing Catholic autonomism, liberal Yugoslav unitarism and communist federal self-determination. The Slovene case exposes the fragility of centralised nation-building and the broader crisis of state legitimacy in interwar Yugoslavia.

The article is freely accessible at:

https://doi.org/10.1080/19448953.2026.2731322 (Opens in a new window)

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Year

2026

The greenwashing dilemma: Understanding tolerance to sustainability deception in buyer-supplier relationships

Based on 19 interviews with EU procurement and sustainability professionals, this study explores why buyers continue supplier relationships despite suspected misleading ESG claims. Greenwashing tolerance is sustained by relational ties and switching costs, but declines when deception is perceived as intentional and exposure risks increase.

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2026.09.002 (Opens in a new window)

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  • Ragnhild Silkoset, BI Norwegian Business School

Year

2026

From revolution to ruin: an empirical analysis Yemen’s state collapse

This study estimates the development cost of Yemen’s post-2011 state collapse. Compared with a no-collapse counterfactual, real GDP fell by 56% and GDP per capita by 48%, alongside major losses in health, human development and state capacity. The findings show that recovery requires rebuilding the state, not merely replacing lost output and capital.

The article is freely accessible at:

https://doi.org/10.1080/10242694.2026.2726817 (Opens in a new window)

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Year

2026

Beyond adoption: how technology–organization–environment factors shape the use of social media technologies and performance in B2B companies

A study of 2,267 employees across 80 German firms examines how technological readiness relates to emotional exhaustion. Findings show that readiness is associated with greater exhaustion when unsupported by formalisation and top management team boundary control, highlighting the importance of organisational structures and leadership norms for employee well-being.

The article is freely accessible at:

https://doi.org/10.15458/2335-4216.1375 (Opens in a new window)

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  • Peter Grabner, PhD student, University of Ljubljana, School of Economics and Business

Year

2026

Random discrete copulas

This study introduces bivariate random discrete copulas on an equidistant mesh and explores their stochastic properties. It determines the distribution, expected value and variance at individual mesh points, and considers a bilinear extension of the random discrete copula to a random field over the entire unit square.

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fss.2026.110101 (Opens in a new window)

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  • Nik Stopar, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering

Year

2026

Artificial intelligence and job design: insights from Job Demands–Resources theory

This study examines how AI adoption reshapes job design, employee well-being and performance. It introduces AI readiness resources, such as AI self-efficacy and colleague support, and shows why the effects of AI depend on how it is adopted and used, providing a framework for designing meaningful, motivating and sustainable AI-enhanced jobs.

The article is freely accessible at:

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techsoc.2026.103533 (Opens in a new window)

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  • Tom L. Junker, Tilburg University, Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Yuri S. Scharp, Tilburg University, Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Year

2026

How far are d-dimensional copulas with uniform (d−1)-marginals from (total) independence?

This study examines a family of multidimensional copulas whose lower-dimensional marginals are product copulas and asks how far they can deviate from the multidimensional product copula. Definitive results for both the uniform and stronger conditioning-based metrics reveal that this family is considerably larger than might be expected.

The article is freely accessible at:

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spl.2026.110948 (Opens in a new window)

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  • Nik Stopar, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering
  • Wolfgang Trutschnig, University of Salzburg

Year

2026

A conceptual typology for social lean and social sustainability integration

Reviewing 16 empirical studies, this paper explores the interaction between social lean and social sustainability. It develops a six-dimensional typology and identifies four pathways of interaction. Findings reveal that lean practices do not automatically deliver social sustainability benefits, highlighting the need to explicitly integrate social objectives into lean implementation.

The article is freely accessible at:

https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLSS-02-2026-0098 (Opens in a new window)

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Year

2026

Physical activity as a pathway to thriving at work and job performance among accounting, auditing and finance professionals

This study examines how physical activity relates to thriving and task performance among accounting, audit and finance professionals. Vigorous activity is more strongly linked to vitality, while light activity is associated with learning. Thriving emerges as an important psychological pathway connecting physical activity with better task performance.

The article is freely accessible at:

https://doi.org/10.1108/JAOC-02-2026-0123 (Opens in a new window)

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Year

2026

Exploring day-level effects of cognitive and emotional conflicts on entrepreneurs’ eudaimonic well-being

This study examines how daily cognitive and emotional conflicts shape entrepreneurs’ eudaimonic well-being. Emotional conflict undermines well-being indirectly through loneliness, while cognitive conflict shows no significant effect. Extensive smartphone use further intensifies the negative impact of loneliness on entrepreneurs’ well-being.

The article is freely accessible at:

https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218495826500093 (Opens in a new window)

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  • University of Ljubljana, School of Economics and Business, PhD Student

Year

2026

Strategy, strategic management accounting and performance: a contingency perspective

Using data from 138 Czech firms, this study shows that strategic management accounting enhances organisational performance by mediating the relationship between strategic choices and performance. Managers’ reliance on SMA information and accountants’ involvement in strategy processes emerge as key drivers of better strategic decision-making.

The article is freely accessible at:

https://doi.org/10.1108/JAOC-06-2025-0219 (Opens in a new window)

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  • Petr Petera, Prague University of Economics and Business, Faculty of Finance and Accounting
  • Jaroslav Wagner, Prague University of Economics and Business, Faculty of Finance and Accounting 

Year

2026

Unintended consequences of management control systems: a systematic review and conceptual framework

A systematic review of 95 studies examines how different management control systems contribute to dysfunctional behaviours, including gaming, data manipulation, ethical erosion, motivational crowding-out, and symbolic compliance. The study proposes an integrative framework explaining how control problems emerge across organisational contexts.

The article is freely accessible at:

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00187-026-00422-2 (Opens in a new window)

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  • Edona Haxhiu, University of Ljubljana, School of Economics and Business, PhD Student

Year

2026

Building evidence for active work through a bibliometric review of employee physical activity and job performance

This bibliometric review maps the evolution of research on employee physical activity and job performance. The field has progressed from health and productivity-focused studies towards broader themes including employee well-being, cognitive functioning, and performance, providing an integrative framework for future research at their intersection.

The article is freely accessible at:

https://doi.org/10.15458/2335-4216.1372 (Opens in a new window)

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Year

2026

Daily team communication, manager role clarity and experienced autonomy in distributed teams

This study of distributed teams reveals a curvilinear relationship between employee autonomy, manager effectiveness, and team coordination. Rather than “more is better”, optimal autonomy delivers the strongest outcomes, with managerial role clarity and daily team communication shaping when autonomy becomes beneficial.

The article is freely accessible at:

https://doi.org/10.1108/PR-02-2025-0130 (Opens in a new window)

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  • Mengyun Zhang, Rennes School of Business
  • Saleh Samimi Dehkordi, University of Trieste, DEAMS ‘Bruno de Finetti’
  • Laurent Scaringella, Rennes School of Business
  • Morgane Scaringella, Excelia Business School, CERIIM

Year

2026

Cost of debt for private firms revisited: voluntary audits as a reflection of risk

Analysing 7,420 small private firms (2006–2022), this study finds that voluntary audits are associated with higher, rather than lower, borrowing costs. While audits improve access to debt financing for riskier firms, lenders appear to price the underlying information and fundamental risks through higher interest rates.

The article is freely accessible at:

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2026.105474 (Opens in a new window)

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  • Jernej Koren, Bank Asset Management Company, Ltd.
  • Urska Kosi, Paderborn University, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics

Year

2026

Corporate social responsibility as a stakeholder signal: fairness and belonging as pathways to job satisfaction and commitment

Survey data from 385 employees show that CSR perceptions indirectly enhance job satisfaction and organisational commitment through organisational identification and perceived justice. These effects become stronger when employees also perceive distributive fairness, highlighting CSR’s role in employee well-being and workplace relationships.

The article is freely accessible at:

https://doi.org/10.1002/csr.70688 (Opens in a new window)

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  • Mengyun Zhang, Rennes School of Business
  • Saleh Samimi Dehkordi, University of Trieste, DEAMS ‘Bruno de Finetti’
  • Laurent Scaringella, Rennes School of Business
  • Morgane Scaringella, Excelia Business School, CERIIM

Year

2026

Intra-firm pay dispersion and firm performance: incentive for current or sorting of prospective workers

Using Slovenian employer–employee data (2006–2016), this study examines how vertical and horizontal pay dispersion affect firm productivity. Findings show that moderate horizontal pay differences among experts enhance productivity through incentive and sorting effects, particularly in low-inequality institutional settings.

The article is freely accessible at:

https://doi.org/10.1108/IJM-08-2025-0677 (Opens in a new window)

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Year

2026