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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Brand and customer management mindsets creating brand relationships and equity in young adults	22
The role of management accounting in human capital management: Lessons from the services sector	14
Corporate Sustainability and Service Innovation; Moderating role of absorptive capacity	13
Resistance: Faces of power and how identity is reflected	10
Biodiversity reporting: Comparing listed entities in the United Kingdom and South Africa	9
Corporate Sustainability and Service Innovation; Moderating role of absorptive capacity	9
Responsible leadership, an Afrocentric viewpoint: Leadership as a collective effort	8
Corrigendum: Corporate governance and performance of state-owned enterprises in a least developed economy	8
Consequences of family-supportive supervisor behaviour: A meta-analytic review	8
Marketing exploitation and exploration in export companies: The moderating effect of organisational formalisation	7
A business continuity model for manufacturing SMMEs underscoring talent management	7
Fostering supply chain performance and resilience through technology	7
Responsible leadership in the public sector: A sector-specific interpretation	7
Using trust to gain credible access to the boardroom: A methodological contribution	7
Greasing the wheel through bribes: interaction of national culture and local business conditions	7
Dynamic innovation model for ambidextrous SMEs: Insights from a bibliometrics analysis	6
Adaptive leadership Competencies for hybrid work teams in the South African banking sector	6
Components of integrated thinking: Evidence from South African listed companies	6
Annual editorial overview 2025	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
Understanding the determinants of the development of the green bond market in South Africa	6
Exploring the effect of entrepreneurial bricolage and new venture growth	6
Is board-tie among rivals harmful to customers? Evidence from banks’ project-financing consortium	5
Table of Contents Vol 54, No 1 (2023)	5

Evaluating the understanding and implementation of Non-compliance with Laws and Regulations	5
Assessing attendees’ satisfaction at a craft beer festival by means of an importance-performance analysis	5
Empowering employees for digital transformation in manufacturing enterprises: A case study	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
China’s technological footprint in Africa: A patent network analysis	5
Responsible leadership through purpose-driven brand building: Guidelines for leaders in Africa	5
Firm value, corporate cash holdings and the role of managerial ability	4
Conceptualising Responsible Leadership in South Africa: An Interactive Qualitative Analysis	4
Leveraging resources and dynamic capabilities for organizational resilience amid COVID-19	4
Innovation to intention: Drivers of fashion rental platform adoption in the circular economy	4
Perceptions of asset managers on corporate social responsibility challenges and opportunities	4
Green practices and supply chain performance in South African textiles: Evidence from Gauteng	4
Flipping the South African Journal of Business Management: The implications of going Open Access	3
The U-shaped effect of responsible leadership on employees’ cyberloafing	3
The perceived influence of Christian leadership competencies during COVID-19	3
Psychological career pre-occupation and social connectedness in Ghanaian education staff’s career management	3
Data-related risks for the use of machine learning in retail customer demand forecasting	3
Impacts of digital transformation on enterprise innovation resilience: A study from China	3
Driving customer loyalty in digital banking: The mediating role of engagement and the moderating role of switching costs	3
The association between optimism and future performance: Evidence of impression management from chief executive officer and chairperson letters	3
A digital transformation strategy model for leadership in manufacturing: Considering the technological innovations to advance industry 5.0 in smart manufacturing	3
The moderating effect of expatriate acculturation on career sustainability: Evidence from Chinese University alumni from Africa	3
SMEs perception related to their trade credit management effectiveness	3
Factors influencing top management team dynamics for successful strategy implementation	3
Exploring opportunism, conflict, noneconomic satisfaction and economic satisfaction in a B2B context – A buyer and seller perspective	3
Is digital transformation a catalyst or challenge for corporate financial flexibility? Evidence from China	3
How event quality affects satisfaction and revisit intention from the theory of planned behaviour	3
The effect of SMEs’ dynamic capability on operational capabilities and organisational agility	3
Digital transformation and employees’ unethical pro-self behaviours: Roles of uncertainty and job security	3
Business environment’s impact on female students’ entrepreneurial intentions: Gender analysis	3
Table of Contents Vol 53, No 1 (2022)	2
Fuelling innovation with love: Unravelling the role of companionate love culture and Confucian work values in employees’ innovative behaviour	2
Effect of digital brand experience on luxury fashion brand authenticity, attachment and loyalty	2
Performance Assessment through Work Gamification: Investigating Engagement	2
Corrigendum: From satisfaction to revisit: The nexus of tourist attitude with cultural image	2
Understanding Millennial relationships and consumption of no and low alcohol beer brands	2
Factors influencing electronic human resource management implementation in public organisations in an emerging economy: An empirical study	2
The drivers of reflection in arts-based coaching	2
The relationship between employee-related disclosures and working days lost because of labour strikes	2
Market valuation of crisis-responsive corporate social responsibility	2
How to create Shared Value in mining organisations	2
Business growth mentorship for female-owned enterprises in South Africa	2
Determinants of emerging technologies adoption in the South African financial sector	2
Self-perceived employability, well-being and institutional embeddedness of accounting students	2
Entrepreneurial learning outcomes in the transition from hybrid to full-time entrepreneurship	2
Resourcing actions that influenced business model adaptation during the COVID-19 crisis	2
Millennial leaders and leadership styles displayed in the workplace	2
An analysis of key audit matter disclosures in South African audit reports from 2017 to 2020	2
Financial technology in a South African banking institution to achieve strategic sustainability	2

South African young adult males’ behavioural intentions when purchasing apparel via mobile apps	2
Perceptions of economic policy uncertainty and digital transformation: Evidence from China	2
A leadership-organisational performance model for state-owned enterprises in emerging economies	1
Decent work and economic growth in the South African agricultural sector	1
Digital transformation: A literature review in the context of international economies and finance	1
Organisational support and employee commitment on turnover in a high-risk occupation	1
The influence of self-awareness on effective leadership outcomes in South Africa	1
From satisfaction to revisit: The nexus of tourist attitude with cultural image	1
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	1
Analysing crab syndrome through the perspective of life history theory	1
Social entrepreneurship orientation and corporate dual performance: A serial mediation model	1
Acknowledgement to reviewers	1
Erratum: Business environment’s impact on female students’ entrepreneurial intentions: Gender analysis	1
The composition of listed family firm boards in South Africa: Alignment to best practices and governance codes	1
Relationship amongst cultural openness, world-mindedness, product-country image and purchase intention of Korean and Chinese smartphone products: A case study of the South African consumers	1
Contextual entrepreneurship and gender: The case of Nigeria in relation to developed countries	1
Does board gender diversity improve environmental, social and governance disclosure? Evidence from South Africa	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
CEO’s childhood poverty experience and corporate greenwashing: Evidence from China	1
Managerial strategies to reduce stress and brain drain in tourism through moral values	1
Effecting successful shared value creation: The role of organisations in fence-line communities	1
Sensemaking and corporate social responsibility: Implications for stakeholder communication amid the COVID-19 pandemic	1
Exploring financial literacy education strategies based on small- and micro-enterprise business practices	1
Financial reporting challenges of small- and medium-capitalisation JSE-listed companies	1
Disclosure of the six capitals in strategy, risk and performance sections: Evidence from South Africa	1
Responsible leadership through purpose-driven brand building: Guidelines for leaders in Africa	1
Acknowledgement to reviewers	1
Applying the Triarchic Theory of Cognitive Disposition in AI stewardship	1
A qualitative system dynamics perspective on the contribution of information technology credibility towards business and information technology alignment	1
The role of affective commitment in promoting knowledge sharing in Zimbabwean higher education	1
Impact of online reviews in virtual communities on cross-border e-commerce platform reputation	1
Strategies for the declining printing industry: Diversification, consolidation, and internationalisation	1
An evaluation of the use of professional judgement in corporate valuations in South Africa	1