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Sustainability as an Ethical Aspect of the Theory-Practice Gap in Business Schools (2023)
Journal Article
Ma, G. (2023). Sustainability as an Ethical Aspect of the Theory-Practice Gap in Business Schools. #Journal not on list, 6(2), 25-36. https://doi.org/10.30564/jsbe.v6i2.5743

This paper aims to reframe sustainability as an ethical aspect of the theory-practice gap in business and management education for sustainable development, which should be viewed as an integral part of knowledge produced and disseminated in business... Read More about Sustainability as an Ethical Aspect of the Theory-Practice Gap in Business Schools.

The Pandemic and Higher Education: Learning and Reflection from the Experience of Chinese Higher Education (2021)
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Ma, G., Guo, J., Qiao, Y., Yang, X., & Wang, J. (2021). The Pandemic and Higher Education: Learning and Reflection from the Experience of Chinese Higher Education. #Journal not on list, 9(9), https://doi.org/10.24940/theijhss/2021/v9/i9/hs2109-036

Twenty months have passed since China's first lockdown of Wuhan city. The Chinese higher education sector has withstood the challenges of the pandemic. This paper discusses the experience of the higher education sector in China, drawing primarily fro... Read More about The Pandemic and Higher Education: Learning and Reflection from the Experience of Chinese Higher Education.

Green purchasing capabilities and practices towards Firm's triple bottom line in Malaysia (2021)
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Foo, M. Y., Shaharudin, M. R., Ma, G., Mohamad Zailani, S. H., & Kanapathy, K. (2021). Green purchasing capabilities and practices towards Firm's triple bottom line in Malaysia. Journal of Cleaner Production, 307, 127268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127268

The study has aimed to develop a conceptual framework on green purchasing capabilities and green purchasing practices towards triple bottom line performance in Malaysia's manufacturing firms. The researchers use two stages of methods with a full revi... Read More about Green purchasing capabilities and practices towards Firm's triple bottom line in Malaysia.

A Case Study of Extraterritorial Application of the Japanese Antimonopoly Act (2020)
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Qiao, Y., Chen, J., Ma, G., Wu, H., & Wang, D. (2020). A Case Study of Extraterritorial Application of the Japanese Antimonopoly Act. #Journal not on list, 8(10), https://doi.org/10.24940/theijhss/2020/v8/i10/hs2010-079

This paper discusses extraterritorial applications of the Japanese Antimonopoly Act through a well debated case over CRT TVs in 2016 in Japan involving multiple companies in several countries. The case is theoretically and practically significant bec... Read More about A Case Study of Extraterritorial Application of the Japanese Antimonopoly Act.

What Business Schools Can Do to Bridge the Theory-practice Gap: An Overview and Discussion (2020)
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Ma, G., Zhang, Y., Chen, Y., Wang, D., & Qiao, Y. (2020). What Business Schools Can Do to Bridge the Theory-practice Gap: An Overview and Discussion. #Journal not on list, 8(10), https://doi.org/10.24940/theijhss/2020/v8/i10/hs2010-051

Aligning management knowledge and practice has become a ‘persistent and difficult problem' for management scholars and educators. In scholarship, more specifically, increasing attention is paid to a ‘gap' between theory and practice in many professio... Read More about What Business Schools Can Do to Bridge the Theory-practice Gap: An Overview and Discussion.

A Resource-Based View on Sustaining Competitive Advantage: A Case Discussion (2020)
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Ma, G., Wu, H., Qiao, Y., & Wang, D. (2020). A Resource-Based View on Sustaining Competitive Advantage: A Case Discussion. #Journal not on list, 9(10), https://doi.org/10.24940/ijird/2020/v9/i10/oct20044

This paper discusses Apple Computer, Inc.'s (Apple) distinctive competencies in line with its competitive environment to identify its competitive advantage and its sustainability. We find that Apple's distinctive competencies lie with its innovative... Read More about A Resource-Based View on Sustaining Competitive Advantage: A Case Discussion.

A ‘Qualitative’ Analysis of Critics on Qualitative Research in Management* (2019)
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Ma, G., & Oluwabunmi, O. O. (2019). A ‘Qualitative’ Analysis of Critics on Qualitative Research in Management*. #Journal not on list, 9(2), 129-135

This paper is inspired by, and in part in responding to, a widely observed tendency that management research is predominantly built on quantitative research, and an accompanying general sentiment that qualitative research is oftentimes not worth taki... Read More about A ‘Qualitative’ Analysis of Critics on Qualitative Research in Management*.

Hiring foreign domestic workers out of status, not necessity: reflections on some preliminary findings from Malaysia (2019)
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Ma, G., Xu, W., Chee, K. S., Foong, Y. T., & Zengchong, K. (2019). Hiring foreign domestic workers out of status, not necessity: reflections on some preliminary findings from Malaysia. #Journal not on list, 9(3), 198-202. https://doi.org/10.11127/gmt.2019.09.07

Research on foreign domestic workers has been heavily featured in sociology, and to lesser extents, work and employment, economics and international relations. We take an alternative viewpoint seeing the hiring households as consumers in order to inv... Read More about Hiring foreign domestic workers out of status, not necessity: reflections on some preliminary findings from Malaysia.

Telecommuting Adaptation in Malaysia: Demographics, Beliefs and Practices (2019)
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Ma, G., Hen, K. W., & Chooi, T. F. (in press). Telecommuting Adaptation in Malaysia: Demographics, Beliefs and Practices. #Journal not on list, 1(1), 11-18. https://doi.org/10.37698/ashrej.v1i1.2

By surveying 201 telecommuters in Klang Valley, the study examines the employees’ profiles, beliefs and practices regarding the adoption of telecommuting in Malaysia. While our findings seem generally in line with the existing literature in the we... Read More about Telecommuting Adaptation in Malaysia: Demographics, Beliefs and Practices.

Embedding Chinese Atypical Workers in the Indigenous ‘Unequal Pay for Equal Work’: Introduction and Implications (2019)
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Ma, G., Yong, A. I. I., & Feng, L. (2019). Embedding Chinese Atypical Workers in the Indigenous ‘Unequal Pay for Equal Work’: Introduction and Implications. #Journal not on list, 7(5), 4-9. https://doi.org/10.24940/theijbm/2019/v7/i5/bm1905-005

The employment relationships in the Chinese context have attracted increasing scholarly attention, especially after the last amendment of its labour law in 2008. Despite the growing scholarship studying various aspects of Chinese employment and pract... Read More about Embedding Chinese Atypical Workers in the Indigenous ‘Unequal Pay for Equal Work’: Introduction and Implications.

Reviewing Paradoxical Tensions and Contradicting Discourses in Psychological Contract Research: Implications and Future Research (2019)
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Ma, G. (2019). Reviewing Paradoxical Tensions and Contradicting Discourses in Psychological Contract Research: Implications and Future Research. #Journal not on list, 9(1), 62-70. https://doi.org/10.11127/gmt.2019.03.07

The psychological contract refers to the subjective interpretations of employment relationships in terms of reciprocal work obligations at an individual level. It has been a widely applied concept in many management fields, especially organisational... Read More about Reviewing Paradoxical Tensions and Contradicting Discourses in Psychological Contract Research: Implications and Future Research.

Corporate Reputation and Performance: A Legitimacy Perspective (2016)
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Chen, Z. W., Li, H. G., & Ma, G. X. (2016). Corporate Reputation and Performance: A Legitimacy Perspective. Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review, 4(3), 181-193. https://doi.org/10.15678/eber.2016.040313

Objective: The objective of this paper is to investigate the mediating role of innovation legitimacy between corporate reputation and enterprise growth. Research Design & Methods: Four hypotheses were formulated and tested in to achieve the research... Read More about Corporate Reputation and Performance: A Legitimacy Perspective.