Searching for just a few words should be enough to get started. If you need to make more complex queries, use the tips below to guide you.
Purchase individual online access for 1 year to this journal.
Price: EUR 130.00Impact Factor 2024: 1.5
Human Systems Management (HSM) is an interdisciplinary, international, refereed journal. It addresses the need to mentally grasp and to in-form the managerial and societally organizational impact of high technology, i.e., the technology of self-governance and self-management.
The gap or gulf is often vast between the ideas world-class business enterprises and organizations employ and what mainstream business journals address. The latter often contain discussions that practitioners pragmatically refute, a problematic situation also reflected in most business schools’ inadequate curriculæ.
To reverse this trend, HSM attempts to provide education, research and theory commensurate to the needs to today’s world-class, capable business professionals. Namely the journal’s purposefulness is to archive research that actually helps business enterprises and organizations self-develop into prosperously successful human systems.
Authors: Georgantzas, Nicholas C.
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Owed perhaps to its peculiar name, ‘Human Systems Management’ or HSM, this unconventional, international business journal challenges both potential contributors and reviewers, grappling with the processes of managing human systems and human systems management. HSM is poised to reflect the fact that the research pertaining to business enterprises and other societal organizations has moved past the pervasively mechanistic and organismic or medieval-corporatism views of humankind’s recent past, and far beyond the technocratic information age, into the high technology of truly societal human systems. Ergo, HSM aspires to archiving business research manuscripts that track the transformation of pioneering business enterprises and …other societal organizations into self -organizing and self -governing societal human systems. Show more
Keywords: HSM, business enterprises, business journal, high technology, societal human systems, societal organizations
DOI: 10.3233/HSM-18283
Citation: Human Systems Management, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 1-5, 2018
Authors: Banerjee, Dipa | Biswas, Debasish
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: This article substantiates employees’ contribution to customer satisfaction of hotel guests. The reported study’s purposefulness has been to evaluate the relative importance of the personnel component in achieving service quality and customer satisfaction in luxury hotels. Data were collected from 500 guests at 24 luxury hotels West Bengal, India. Seven common factor measurement models are deemed robustly reliable in determining hotel performance. The results are validated using Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) applied to hotel-guest perceptions that pertain to service quality and customer satisfaction.
Keywords: Personnel, service quality, customer satisfaction, structural equation modeling, hotel
DOI: 10.3233/HSM-171781
Citation: Human Systems Management, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 7-13, 2018
Authors: Das, Bandana | Hui, Xiaofeng | Sha, Syed Jamal
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Major attention is received by investment policies that support small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) and technology-driven starts-ups. In this research, we investigate the role of the banking and finance policies that support SMEs self-development in Nepal. After joining the World Trade Organization (WTO), the country’s government has commenced numerous policies that support entrepreneurial activities. This study’s empirical-research results show that, regardless of the funds and plans supporting SME self-development, Nepal still needs a regulatory framework that backs innovative business enterprises and other societal organizations. That will help the country transition to an innovation-driven economy, by enhancing the competitiveness of …its SMEs. The insights gained are applicable to other developing and emerging economies, particularly through comprehending the vital role that financial mechanism play in building an innovative economy. Moreover, SMEs often struggle to adopt new and innovative managerial practices. Besides that, also need a bank for lending the loan only to SMEs. Show more
Keywords: Nepal, banking and finance policies, SMEs, innovative economy
DOI: 10.3233/HSM-17131
Citation: Human Systems Management, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 15-25, 2018
Authors: Movahedipour, Mahmood | Zeng, Jianqiu | Yang, Mengke | Wu, Xiankang
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Sustainability draws increased supply-chain management (SCM) attention. This article analyzes critical barriers to the assessment, evaluation and attainment of sustainable supply-chain management (SSCM), assessed through critical-barrier identification and qualitative data analysis. Namely a literature review of 188 articles, published between the years 2010 and 2016, helps identify the most influential barriers. The qualitative data analysis pertains to fifteen such barriers, identified in the literature review and through our collaboration with other academic researchers and industrial specialists. Notably, the study’s qualitative data analysis, interpretive structural modeling (ISM), unconceals the mutual impact among the most prominent SSCM barriers. The inadequacy of information-technology …implementation is recognized as the most significant barrier, which could prevent business enterprises and other organizations from implementing a SSCM framework, with intentionality the sustainability in their business. The article concludes with suggestions for future research directions. Show more
Keywords: MICMAC, ISM, sustainability, supply-chain network
DOI: 10.3233/HSM-17101
Citation: Human Systems Management, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 27-43, 2018
Authors: Alsaidan, Saad | Zhang, Li
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: This research investigates the roles that entrepreneurial self-efficacy plays in the relations between students’ perception of vocational guidance and entrepreneurial intentions, as well as between vocational knowledge and entrepreneurial intentions, in the vocational colleges of Saudi Arabia. Correlation analysis and linear regression are used to assess the relations among students’ perception of vocational guidance, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, vocational knowledge and entrepreneurial intentions. Gathered from 631 students and analyzed with the SPSS software, the empirical data confirm that entrepreneurial self-efficacy moderates the relations between both students’ perception of vocational guidance and entrepreneurial intentions, and vocational knowledge and entrepreneurial Intentions. Besides the …study’s qualification, also offered are policy making recommendations for practice and implications for future research. Show more
Keywords: Entrepreneurial self-efficacy, vocational guidance, vocational knowledge, entrepreneurial intentions
DOI: 10.3233/HSM-17199
Citation: Human Systems Management, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 45-55, 2018
Authors: Khamphengvong, Visansack | Xia, Enjun | Srithilat, Khaysy
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: This article examines the determinants of the foreign direct investment (FDI) inflow to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR). Namely, the study develops a static and dynamic gravity model that captures said determinants over the 1995 to 2015 time period. The results reveal that market size, trade openness, inflation rate, labor cost and exchange rate are primary FDI inflow attractants. And every year’s FDI inflow is itself a crucial precursor of next year’s foreign investor decision-making, while distance and border sharing among countries do not seem to support FDI inflow. Despite the study’s qualifications, exporting is a vital business …component that affects a manufacturing firm’s working capital, with multiple implications for business practice and research. Show more
Keywords: FDI, gravity model, determinants, Lao PDR, panel data, GMM
DOI: 10.3233/HSM-17229
Citation: Human Systems Management, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 57-66, 2018
Authors: Lin, Ku-Jun | Hsieh, Yi-Hua | Lian, Wey-Shyang
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: This study investigates the relations among knowledge sharing, transformational leadership and personality traits. An organizational perspective allows exploring the moderating effects of transformational leadership on both knowledge sharing and personality traits. Based on a survey of 1,325 valid questionnaires, the empirical findings show knowledge sharing is significantly and positively influenced by openness to experience, agreeableness, and conscientiousness. Knowledge sharing is also significantly and positively influenced by transformational leadership, which increases knowledge sharing motivation among extroversion and conscientiousness traits. High transformational leadership may reduce knowledge sharing reluctance among individuals with neuroticism traits. To promote knowledge sharing effectively, teachers and manager ought …to provide students and employees with transformational leadership, depending on observed personality traits and variations. Show more
Keywords: Knowledge sharing, transformational leadership, personality traits, leadership behavior
DOI: 10.3233/HSM-171615
Citation: Human Systems Management, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 67-80, 2018
Authors: Solomon, Esther
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: In an era marked by changing business models and evolving networks, a leadership challenge entails the successful management of processes towards learning, value generation, and organizational renewal. This article applies facet theory as the means of integrating two diverse, contemporary management orientations: process-oriented innovations and organizational learning. Both approaches advocate comparable principles, organically societal structures, and mindsets that challenge existing ways of thinking and acting in business and governance. Reframing through facet theory contributes nuanced insights into the multidimensionality and dynamic complexity of interactions between organizational learning and process-oriented innovations. The essence of intersections between the two approaches helps define …the facets of a mapping sentence expressing the study’s research design. Facet definitions and specifications lead to configurational hypotheses regarding profiles differentially contributing to improved practices. By testing the ensuing model, future research can provide valuable prescriptions for practice and offer new insights into how business enterprises and organizations learn through ongoing process-oriented innovations. Show more
Keywords: Facet theory, organizational learning, process-oriented innovations, configurational approach, mapping sentence
DOI: 10.3233/HSM-17107
Citation: Human Systems Management, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 81-94, 2018
Authors: Kozák, Anita | Krajcsák, Zoltán
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: This article looks at the statically-complicated and dynamically-complex relations among new-recruit behavior, mentorship, and organizational loyalty and role clarity. While emphasizing organizational circumstances, we explore the connection between organizational loyalty and role clarity through a sample of 314 people, the empitican data subjected to correlation, cluster and cross-tabulation analyses. The results undisclose significant relations among new-employee behavior, mentorship, and organizational loyalty and role clarity. Namely new hires, whose organizational integration is supported by a person capable of mentorship, seem to recognize and to adopt their organizational-role clearly and timely. Besides, rookies show an increased loyalty tendency to their employer. These …results are pertinent to organizational-mentorship programs that both effectively and efficiently help integrate new recruits, notably in organizational situations wherein mentor selection is critical. Show more
Keywords: Mentoring, role clarification, loyalty
DOI: 10.3233/HSM-17108
Citation: Human Systems Management, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 95-103, 2018
Authors: Diard, Caroline
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Video surveillance is a societal control mechanism, chosen by companies to protect workers and property. The implementation of a control device raises questions about the role of managers. The purpose of this research is to focus on video-surveillance deployment and its psychological acceptance as a societal-control technique. This contribution will answer the following question: how can the organizational implementation process influence the acceptance of video surveillance. What is the role of the agreement between employees and employers? This article focuses on the components of acceptance of a control mechanism, video surveillance, in organisations open to the public in France. It …made sense to develop a framework looking at video surveillance from both a legal and psychological acceptance perspective. This text presents the results of a qualitative study into three research fields. The type of the agreement and the company’s activity encourage acceptance of video surveillance by employees. Show more
Keywords: Video surveillance, acceptance, control, psychological contract, work agreement
DOI: 10.3233/HSM-17113
Citation: Human Systems Management, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 105-115, 2018
Authors: Al Karaawi, Mariam Ibrahim Hamood | Huimin, Ma
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: This study analyzes the effects of information technology (IT) capacity with knowledge management (KM) on product design. IT capacity cannot provide competitive advantage in the market and thus the effect of KM as the mediating factor on this relationship must be examined. To test the hypotheses, data were collected through 220 questionnaires that were distributed to industrial companies in China. Results indicated that to achieve competitive advantage, companies should offer products that address customer needs through the design of identical product specifications, which are supported by KM and IT. Product design cannot succeed without knowledge of product qualities and characteristics. …Moreover, KM in companies relies on IT capability, and IT capability with KM can be used to explain variations in product design. Thus, companies who want to achieve competitive advantage in the design of their products must use the capability of IT with KM in obtaining their objectives and be consistent with customer requirements to achieve consumer satisfaction. This study contributes to the literature of industrialization through the introduction of KM as a critical intermediary between IT capability and product design and elucidates the real industrial value of product design. Show more
Keywords: Capability of using IT, knowledge management classifications, product design
DOI: 10.3233/HSM-17128
Citation: Human Systems Management, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 117-128, 2018
Authors: Choi, Tae-Hee | Nakano, Chiaki
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Using questionnaire surveys, this study investigates ethics-related attitudes and practices in Japan and South Korea, pertaining to their business enterprises. To enable assessing ethics-perceptions changes over time, said surveys replicate similar studies, conducted in both countries 10 years prior to the current one. Namely, this article investigates (1) ethical conflicts, (2) unethical practices, (3) managers’ responses to hypothetical situations, (4) ethics standards, and (5) the institutionalization of ethics in Japan and South Korea, pertaining to business enterprises. Overall, our 2014 and 2015 survey results are reasonably similar to those of previous studies. Also observed are, however, an increase in ethics …awareness among Japanese and South Korean business respondents, and an overall improvement in ethics standards in both countries. The empirical findings suggest that, through time, ethical perceptions of Japanese and South Korean business respondents seem to be converging, and coinciding with those of previous studies’ business respondents in US. Yet most persistent are some characteristics peculiar to Japan and South Korea, such as, for example situational ethics in Japan, company-interest-first in South Korea, and ethical relativism in both countries. Show more
Keywords: Ethics in business, Japan, Korea, recent changes, survey, M14, O57
DOI: 10.3233/HSM-17106
Citation: Human Systems Management, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 129-149, 2018
IOS Press, Inc.
6751 Tepper Drive
Clifton, VA 20124
USA
Tel: +1 703 830 6300
Fax: +1 703 830 2300
sales@iospress.com
For editorial issues, like the status of your submitted paper or proposals, write to editorial@iospress.nl
IOS Press
Nieuwe Hemweg 6B
1013 BG Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 20 688 3355
Fax: +31 20 687 0091
info@iospress.nl
For editorial issues, permissions, book requests, submissions and proceedings, contact the Amsterdam office info@iospress.nl
Inspirees International (China Office)
Ciyunsi Beili 207(CapitaLand), Bld 1, 7-901
100025, Beijing
China
Free service line: 400 661 8717
Fax: +86 10 8446 7947
china@iospress.cn
For editorial issues, like the status of your submitted paper or proposals, write to editorial@iospress.nl
如果您在出版方面需要帮助或有任何建, 件至: editorial@iospress.nl