OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of South African Journal of Business Management is 2. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Resistance: Faces of power and how identity is reflected	29
Table of Contents Vol 56, No 1 (2025)	24
Corporate Sustainability and Service Innovation; Moderating role of absorptive capacity	16
Brand and customer management mindsets creating brand relationships and equity in young adults	15
Short-term thinking, long-term costs: How managerial myopia undermines green innovation	14
Biodiversity reporting: Comparing listed entities in the United Kingdom and South Africa	14
Responsible leadership, an Afrocentric viewpoint: Leadership as a collective effort	11
Corporate Sustainability and Service Innovation; Moderating role of absorptive capacity	11
The role of management accounting in human capital management: Lessons from the services sector	11
Consequences of family-supportive supervisor behaviour: A meta-analytic review	10
Responsible leadership in the public sector: A sector-specific interpretation	10
Corrigendum: Corporate governance and performance of state-owned enterprises in a least developed economy	10
Greasing the wheel through bribes: interaction of national culture and local business conditions	10
A business continuity model for manufacturing SMMEs underscoring talent management	9
Using trust to gain credible access to the boardroom: A methodological contribution	9
Green entrepreneurial orientation and business model innovation in start-ups: The mediating role of boundary-spanning search	9
Fostering supply chain performance and resilience through technology	9
Dynamic innovation model for ambidextrous SMEs: Insights from a bibliometrics analysis	8
Exploring the effect of entrepreneurial bricolage and new venture growth	8
Adaptive leadership Competencies for hybrid work teams in the South African banking sector	8
Marketing exploitation and exploration in export companies: The moderating effect of organisational formalisation	7
Is board-tie among rivals harmful to customers? Evidence from banks’ project-financing consortium	7
Understanding the determinants of the development of the green bond market in South Africa	7
Components of integrated thinking: Evidence from South African listed companies	7
Assessing attendees’ satisfaction at a craft beer festival by means of an importance-performance analysis	7

Big data analytics effect on competitive performance: Mediating role of business model innovation	7
Annual editorial overview 2025	7
Table of Contents Vol 54, No 1 (2023)	7
Evaluating the understanding and implementation of Non-compliance with Laws and Regulations	6
Empowering employees for digital transformation in manufacturing enterprises: A case study	6
The impact of environmental, social and governance performance on brand value: The role of the digitalisation level	6
My heritage matters: Building a strong brand, awareness and image	6
Responsible leadership through purpose-driven brand building: Guidelines for leaders in Africa	6
Perceptions of asset managers on corporate social responsibility challenges and opportunities	6
China’s technological footprint in Africa: A patent network analysis	6
Variations on Internet of Things adoption factors between India and the USA	6
Firm value, corporate cash holdings and the role of managerial ability	5
Green practices and supply chain performance in South African textiles: Evidence from Gauteng	5
Digital transformation and employees’ unethical pro-self behaviours: Roles of uncertainty and job security	5
Assessing selected biographical factors and entrepreneurial willingness of social grant recipients	5
Leveraging resources and dynamic capabilities for organizational resilience amid COVID-19	5
Conceptualising Responsible Leadership in South Africa: An Interactive Qualitative Analysis	5
Innovation to intention: Drivers of fashion rental platform adoption in the circular economy	5
The value of synergised structures in merchandising services for selected South African retail channels	5
The effect of SMEs’ dynamic capability on operational capabilities and organisational agility	5
SMEs perception related to their trade credit management effectiveness	5
How event quality affects satisfaction and revisit intention from the theory of planned behaviour	4
The mediating effects of research and development and advertising expenditures on the relationship between free cash flow and sales: A dynamic perspective	4
The perceived influence of Christian leadership competencies during COVID-19	4
Psychological career pre-occupation and social connectedness in Ghanaian education staff’s career management	4
The moderating effect of expatriate acculturation on career sustainability: Evidence from Chinese University alumni from Africa	4
Creating innovation without ‘superstars’: A configurational approach to innovative work behaviour in Vietnamese digital enterprises	4
Competencies of small- and medium-sized enterprises’ owners and managers as drivers of the financial performance of small- and medium-sized enterprises in Johannesburg	4
Entrepreneurial learning outcomes in the transition from hybrid to full-time entrepreneurship	3
Impacts of digital transformation on enterprise innovation resilience: A study from China	3
Millennial leaders and leadership styles displayed in the workplace	3
A digital transformation strategy model for leadership in manufacturing: Considering the technological innovations to advance industry 5.0 in smart manufacturing	3
Driving customer loyalty in digital banking: The mediating role of engagement and the moderating role of switching costs	3
Corrigendum: From satisfaction to revisit: The nexus of tourist attitude with cultural image	3
The influence of institutional mechanisms when trusting the sharing economy	3
The relationship between employee-related disclosures and working days lost because of labour strikes	3
An analysis of key audit matter disclosures in South African audit reports from 2017 to 2020	3
Is digital transformation a catalyst or challenge for corporate financial flexibility? Evidence from China	3
Business environment’s impact on female students’ entrepreneurial intentions: Gender analysis	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 drivers of reflection in arts-based coaching	3
Business growth mentorship for female-owned enterprises in South Africa	3
Market valuation of crisis-responsive corporate social responsibility	3
Outsourcing in the supply chain as a driver of vulnerability – The case of the Republic of Serbia	3
Fuelling innovation with love: Unravelling the role of companionate love culture and Confucian work values in employees’ innovative behaviour	3
The U-shaped effect of responsible leadership on employees’ cyberloafing	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
Factors influencing top management team dynamics for successful strategy implementation	3

Effect of digital brand experience on luxury fashion brand authenticity, attachment and loyalty	3
Table of Contents Vol 53, No 1 (2022)	3
Factors influencing electronic human resource management implementation in public organisations in an emerging economy: An empirical study	3
Performance Assessment through Work Gamification: Investigating Engagement	3
Resourcing actions that influenced business model adaptation during the COVID-19 crisis	3
Impact of online reviews in virtual communities on cross-border e-commerce platform reputation	2
Supply chain collaboration for sustainable dairy sector	2
Acknowledgement to reviewers	2
The influence of self-awareness on effective leadership outcomes in South Africa	2
South African young adult males’ behavioural intentions when purchasing apparel via mobile apps	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
Do firms’ pension contributions decrease their investment efficiency in Chinese context?	2
Perceptions of economic policy uncertainty and digital transformation: Evidence from China	2
Decent work and economic growth in the South African agricultural sector	2
CEO’s childhood poverty experience and corporate greenwashing: Evidence from China	2
Understanding Millennial relationships and consumption of no and low alcohol beer brands	2
Self-perceived employability, well-being and institutional embeddedness of accounting students	2
Acknowledgement to reviewers	2
Financial technology in a South African banking institution to achieve strategic sustainability	2
Financial reporting challenges of small- and medium-capitalisation JSE-listed companies	2