The impact of sourcing enterprise system use and work process interdependence on sourcing professionals’ job outcomes

We examine sourcing professionals’ work context to conceptualize how they use sourcing enterprise systems (SESs) and to understand when SES use results in positive/negative job outcomes. We differentiate between SES use for supplier selection and supplier governance, identify sourcing professionals’ work process interdependence as a moderator for the impacts of SES use on job satisfaction, and suggest job satisfaction mediates the impacts of SES use on job performance. We conducted a field study of sourcing professionals’ SES use at one of the largest consumer product companies in the United States, which has implemented an SES to innovate its sourcing professionals’ work processes. Based on our analysis of the survey and qualitative data we collected, we found the impacts of both types of SES use (1) to be negative on job satisfaction when work process interdependence was high, (2) to be positive on job satisfaction when work process interdependence was low, and (3) to be mediated by job satisfaction for job performance. We discuss the implications of our findings for the literature at the intersection of information systems and operations management as well as for the information technology enabled innovation of sourcing processes and, more generally, complex business processes.     

Explainable AI: from black box to glass box

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A History of Australian Corporate Bonds

We compile a new unit‐record data set of Australian corporate bond issuance, which sheds light on developments in the bond market since the early twentieth century. Reflecting the evolution of the economy, privatisations, and changes in the regulatory landscape the following trends are noteworthy: (i) issuance today is largely by private entities whereas government‐owned corporations dominated historically; (ii) the issuer base has shifted away from non‐financial corporations towards banks, with corporations now raising a large share of funds offshore; and (iii) the investor base has shifted away from direct holdings by households towards holdings through superannuation/managed funds and holdings by non‐residents.     

Organizational Wrongs,Moral Anger and the Temporality of Crisis

By engaging with multiple narratives of a police killing involving questionable legal procedures, known as a police encounter in India, we attempt to narrate stories of what happens to those who resist organizational wrongdoing by displaying moral anger against unethical actions. The State enables police encounters to occur by arguing that exceptional and alternate methods are required to engage with the crisis of terror and crime that the nation faces. Thus, police encounters are executed in the name of the collective morality of the greater common good. Those who resist police encounters argue from the standpoint of a democratic morality by suggesting that the very efficacy of democratic institutions will be eroded if encounters are normalized. We explore questions of organizational ethics from a temporal perspective while navigating between contending moral positions regarding police encounters.     

Charisma Suffocating Creativity

Charisma is perceived as one of the most cherished and desirable qualities for organizational success. A charismatic leader inspires and motivates members to produce creative ideas. The problem with a charismatic leader is charisma itself. The current paper describes and explains the effects of charisma on charismatic leaders and followers with the hope that it may elicit introspection among organizations regarding the role charisma may play.     

Codetermination and enterprise performance: Empirical evidence from West Germany

This paper investigates the effect on company performance of the 1976 West German Codetermination Law, which expanded decision-sharing rights of the work force. Property rights theorists have predicted that capital-labor ratios will increase under conditions of codetermination, while participation theorists have asserted that productivity will increase. The two schools likewise disagree about its impact on profitability. This paper tests these hypotheses by performing nonparametric tests on three categories of firms distinguished by the level of participation mandated by the Codetermination Law. A sample of 63 firms was obtained from questionnaires mailed directly to West German firms. The analysis found that capital-labor ratios actually declined for the category of firms directly affected by the legislation, that productivity declined, and that profitability increased. The weight of the evidence slightly favors the participation theorists, although it is far from conclusive.