Baltic Journal of Management: Volume 19 Issue 6

Participation unpacked: participants' perceptions of its meaning and scope

Lisa Källström, Elin Smith

The concept of “participation” has become a buzzword in contemporary public governance models. However, despite the broad and significant interest, defining participation remains…

Toward an alternative measure of board diversity: an exploratory study on board polarization in German stock exchange-listed companies

Johann Valentowitsch, Michael Kindig, Wolfgang Burr

The effects of board composition on performance have long been discussed in management research using fractionalization measures. In this study, we propose an alternative…

Determinants of corporate environmental performance and the moderating effect of economic crises

María Lourdes Arco-Castro, María Victoria López-Pérez, Ana Belén Alonso-Conde, Javier Rojo Suárez

This paper aims to identify the effect of environmental management systems (EMSs), commitment to stakeholders and gender diversity on corporate environmental performance (CEP) and…

The effects of board compensation on the voluntary establishment of an internal audit function

Jaakko Rönkkö, Mikko Paananen, Aleksi Lahikainen

This study examines the effects of board members’ compensation on the voluntary establishment of an internal audit function in publicly listed firms. While previous studies have…

Challenges of business angels: does career matter?

Rui Falcao, Antonio Carrizo Moreira, Maria João Carneiro

The business angels market dramatically changed the modus operandi and nature of business angels’ activity, evolving from lone investors to angel groups managed professionally…

Exploring the psychology of price barriers in Baltic stock markets

Júlio Lobão, João G. Lopes

The purpose of this study is to investigate the presence of psychological barriers both in the main stock market indices of the Baltic states and the most actively traded…

Affective states and a firm’s performance: the mediating role of dynamic managerial capabilities

Yevgen Bogodistov, Susanne Schmidt

Extant research supports the importance of dynamic managerial capabilities in capturing managers’ individual roles in organisations’ adjustments to change. This paper develops a…

Age-friendly human resource practices: a comparison of Baltic and Nordic countries

Oleksandr Dorokhov, Krista Jaakson, Liudmyla Dorokhova

Due to population ageing, the European Union (EU) has adopted active ageing as a guiding principle in labour and retirement policies. Among the strategies for active ageing…