OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of South African Journal of Business Management is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Brand and customer management mindsets creating brand relationships and equity in young adults	24
Resistance: Faces of power and how identity is reflected	14
Corporate Sustainability and Service Innovation; Moderating role of absorptive capacity	14
Table of Contents Vol 56, No 1 (2025)	13
Short-term thinking, long-term costs: How managerial myopia undermines green innovation	12
Biodiversity reporting: Comparing listed entities in the United Kingdom and South Africa	11
The role of management accounting in human capital management: Lessons from the services sector	11
Corporate Sustainability and Service Innovation; Moderating role of absorptive capacity	10
Consequences of family-supportive supervisor behaviour: A meta-analytic review	8
Green entrepreneurial orientation and business model innovation in start-ups: The mediating role of boundary-spanning search	8
Responsible leadership in the public sector: A sector-specific interpretation	8
Greasing the wheel through bribes: interaction of national culture and local business conditions	8
Fostering supply chain performance and resilience through technology	8
Corrigendum: Corporate governance and performance of state-owned enterprises in a least developed economy	8
A business continuity model for manufacturing SMMEs underscoring talent management	8
Responsible leadership, an Afrocentric viewpoint: Leadership as a collective effort	8
Adaptive leadership Competencies for hybrid work teams in the South African banking sector	7
Components of integrated thinking: Evidence from South African listed companies	7
Understanding the determinants of the development of the green bond market in South Africa	7
Using trust to gain credible access to the boardroom: A methodological contribution	7
Dynamic innovation model for ambidextrous SMEs: Insights from a bibliometrics analysis	7
Marketing exploitation and exploration in export companies: The moderating effect of organisational formalisation	6
Is board-tie among rivals harmful to customers? Evidence from banks’ project-financing consortium	6
Exploring the effect of entrepreneurial bricolage and new venture growth	6
Annual editorial overview 2025	6

Assessing attendees’ satisfaction at a craft beer festival by means of an importance-performance analysis	6
Big data analytics effect on competitive performance: Mediating role of business model innovation	6
The impact of environmental, social and governance performance on brand value: The role of the digitalisation level	6
Table of Contents Vol 54, No 1 (2023)	6
Evaluating the understanding and implementation of Non-compliance with Laws and Regulations	5
My heritage matters: Building a strong brand, awareness and image	5
Variations on Internet of Things adoption factors between India and the USA	5
The value of synergised structures in merchandising services for selected South African retail channels	5
Perceptions of asset managers on corporate social responsibility challenges and opportunities	5
China’s technological footprint in Africa: A patent network analysis	5
Leveraging resources and dynamic capabilities for organizational resilience amid COVID-19	5
Responsible leadership through purpose-driven brand building: Guidelines for leaders in Africa	5
Empowering employees for digital transformation in manufacturing enterprises: A case study	5
Assessing selected biographical factors and entrepreneurial willingness of social grant recipients	4
Innovation to intention: Drivers of fashion rental platform adoption in the circular economy	4
Conceptualising Responsible Leadership in South Africa: An Interactive Qualitative Analysis	4
Green practices and supply chain performance in South African textiles: Evidence from Gauteng	4
SMEs perception related to their trade credit management effectiveness	4
Firm value, corporate cash holdings and the role of managerial ability	4
The effect of SMEs’ dynamic capability on operational capabilities and organisational agility	4
The mediating effects of research and development and advertising expenditures on the relationship between free cash flow and sales: A dynamic perspective	4
Business environment’s impact on female students’ entrepreneurial intentions: Gender analysis	3
The moderating effect of expatriate acculturation on career sustainability: Evidence from Chinese University alumni from Africa	3
Factors influencing top management team dynamics for successful strategy implementation	3
The perceived influence of Christian leadership competencies during COVID-19	3
Is digital transformation a catalyst or challenge for corporate financial flexibility? Evidence from China	3
Driving customer loyalty in digital banking: The mediating role of engagement and the moderating role of switching costs	3
How to create Shared Value in mining organisations	3
Flipping the South African Journal of Business Management: The implications of going Open Access	3
The association between optimism and future performance: Evidence of impression management from chief executive officer and chairperson letters	3
How event quality affects satisfaction and revisit intention from the theory of planned behaviour	3
A digital transformation strategy model for leadership in manufacturing: Considering the technological innovations to advance industry 5.0 in smart manufacturing	3
Impacts of digital transformation on enterprise innovation resilience: A study from China	3
Entrepreneurial learning outcomes in the transition from hybrid to full-time entrepreneurship	3
Millennial leaders and leadership styles displayed in the workplace	3
Resourcing actions that influenced business model adaptation during the COVID-19 crisis	3
Psychological career pre-occupation and social connectedness in Ghanaian education staff’s career management	3
Digital transformation and employees’ unethical pro-self behaviours: Roles of uncertainty and job security	3
Exploring opportunism, conflict, noneconomic satisfaction and economic satisfaction in a B2B context – A buyer and seller perspective	3
Data-related risks for the use of machine learning in retail customer demand forecasting	3
The U-shaped effect of responsible leadership on employees’ cyberloafing	3
Market valuation of crisis-responsive corporate social responsibility	3
Table of Contents Vol 53, No 1 (2022)	3
A qualitative system dynamics perspective on the contribution of information technology credibility towards business and information technology alignment	2
Business growth mentorship for female-owned enterprises in South Africa	2
Impact of online reviews in virtual communities on cross-border e-commerce platform reputation	2
Decent work and economic growth in the South African agricultural sector	2
The relationship between employee-related disclosures and working days lost because of labour strikes	2
Fuelling innovation with love: Unravelling the role of companionate love culture and Confucian work values in employees’ innovative behaviour	2
Performance Assessment through Work Gamification: Investigating Engagement	2

Perceptions of economic policy uncertainty and digital transformation: Evidence from China	2
The influence of self-awareness on effective leadership outcomes in South Africa	2
Factors influencing electronic human resource management implementation in public organisations in an emerging economy: An empirical study	2
CEO’s childhood poverty experience and corporate greenwashing: Evidence from China	2
Acknowledgement to reviewers	2
The influence of institutional mechanisms when trusting the sharing economy	2
An analysis of key audit matter disclosures in South African audit reports from 2017 to 2020	2
The drivers of reflection in arts-based coaching	2
The impact of human resource management practices on affective commitment: An empirical study in micro, small and medium enterprises using partial least squares structural equation modelling	2
Financial technology in a South African banking institution to achieve strategic sustainability	2
Understanding Millennial relationships and consumption of no and low alcohol beer brands	2
South African young adult males’ behavioural intentions when purchasing apparel via mobile apps	2
Self-perceived employability, well-being and institutional embeddedness of accounting students	2
Effect of digital brand experience on luxury fashion brand authenticity, attachment and loyalty	2
Outsourcing in the supply chain as a driver of vulnerability – The case of the Republic of Serbia	2
Corrigendum: From satisfaction to revisit: The nexus of tourist attitude with cultural image	2
Revisiting market reactions to directors’ dealings for JSE – Listed firms: An information environment perspective	1
Managerial strategies to reduce stress and brain drain in tourism through moral values	1
A leadership-organisational performance model for state-owned enterprises in emerging economies	1
The composition of listed family firm boards in South Africa: Alignment to best practices and governance codes	1
Supply chain collaboration for sustainable dairy sector	1
Effecting successful shared value creation: The role of organisations in fence-line communities	1
Strategies for the declining printing industry: Diversification, consolidation, and internationalisation	1
How climate policy uncertainty affects bank asset quality: Evidence from Chinese commercial banks	1
Corporate governance and performance of state-owned enterprises in a least developed economy	1
Applying the Triarchic Theory of Cognitive Disposition in AI stewardship	1
Organisational support and employee commitment on turnover in a high-risk occupation	1
An evaluation of the use of professional judgement in corporate valuations in South Africa	1
Unpacking the dynamics: The influence of M&A networks on e-innovation in African Listed Firms	1
Analysing crab syndrome through the perspective of life history theory	1
Financial reporting challenges of small- and medium-capitalisation JSE-listed companies	1
Digital transformation: A literature review in the context of international economies and finance	1
Do firms’ pension contributions decrease their investment efficiency in Chinese context?	1
Online education and organisational space in business schools during the COVID-19 pandemic	1
Internal marketing, perceived value and satisfied employees in South African long-term insurance	1
Manifestations of ethical values in indigenous African family businesses: An application of the Ubuntu philosophy	1
Erratum: Business environment’s impact on female students’ entrepreneurial intentions: Gender analysis	1
Exploring financial literacy education strategies based on small- and micro-enterprise business practices	1
Does board gender diversity improve environmental, social and governance disclosure? Evidence from South Africa	1
Social entrepreneurship orientation and corporate dual performance: A serial mediation model	1
Sensemaking and corporate social responsibility: Implications for stakeholder communication amid the COVID-19 pandemic	1
Acknowledgement to reviewers	1
Disclosure of the six capitals in strategy, risk and performance sections: Evidence from South Africa	1
The role of affective commitment in promoting knowledge sharing in Zimbabwean higher education	1
Contextual entrepreneurship and gender: The case of Nigeria in relation to developed countries	1
Shared value as shared power: Business in South Africa’s democratic transition	1
From satisfaction to revisit: The nexus of tourist attitude with cultural image	1
Going beyond adoption: Unveiling the drivers of customer continuance intentions to use FinTech in Ethiopia	1
Responsible leadership through purpose-driven brand building: Guidelines for leaders in Africa	1