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Purpose As economies transition towards increasingly formalised, market-driven and capitalistic structures, this study examines why entrepreneurs choose to initiate their businesses informally. Drawing on new institutional economics and the external enablement framework, this research investigates how the interaction between formal governance s…
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Amid rising global mental health challenges among employees and leaders, this research examines how leader mental health disclosure—sharing sensitive information about a mental health condition—shapes followers’ perceptions of the leader and the quality of their relationship. Across two vignette-based experiments involving more than 1500 employe…
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Many large companies have invested significant amounts of time and capital into sustainability reporting. In 2022, the European Union’s ambitious sustainability reporting framework, the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, was projected to generate approximately €1.7 billion (about $1.8 billion) in one-off costs and €1.9 billion in recu…
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