Matthew Valle, the Martha and Spencer Love Professor of Business and Professor of Management, has presented research at three international business/management conferences.
Matthew Valle has collaborated with colleagues at Elon University and other institutions to present the results of three research studies at the Western Academy of Management Annual Conference, the Southern Management Association Annual Conference, and the Financial Education Association/Academy of Business Education Annual Conference.
The research was made possible, in part, by sabbatical funding through the Elon University Faculty Research and Development committee.
“The dimensions of regulatory focus: Establishing the distinctiveness of prevention-focus and promotion-focus” with Suzanne Zivnuska (California State University – Chico) and K. Michele Kacmar (Texas State University) was presented at the Western Academy of Management Annual Conference in Portland, Ore.
Abstract: The purpose of this research is to explore the distinctiveness of prevention-focus and promotion–focus, two theoretically distinct dimensions of regulatory focus that are undertaken to fulfill different goals. In particular, we explore distinct triggers (mindfulness and leader member exchange) and outcomes (role overload and burnout) of each. Our model is grounded in Regulatory Focus Theory (Higgins, 1997), and is tested with data collected at two separate times on individuals working full-time. Our findings revealed that mindfulness was positively related to both prevention- and promotion-focus while LMX was only positively related to promotion-focus. We also found that prevention-focus mediated the relationship between mindfulness and role overload and burnout while promotion-focus mediated the relationship between both mindfulness and LMX and role overload, but not burnout. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.
“Political environments and ethical behavior” with K. Michele Kacmar (Texas State University) and Suzanne Zivnuska (California State University – Chico) was presented at the Southern Management Association Annual Conference in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Abstract: The purpose of this research was to investigate the relationship between perceptions of politics (POP) and subsequent moral disengagement and unethical behavior. We examined both the direct relationship of POP with unethical behavior in organizations as well as the indirect relationship of POP on unethical behavior through the influence of moral disengagement. We also investigated the moderating effect of regulatory focus (prevention-focus and promotion-focus) on the relationship between moral disengagement and unethical behavior. Results indicated that POP was significantly related to our mediator, moral disengagement, which was significantly related to our dependent variable, unethical behavior. While prevention- and promotion-focus were significantly correlated with one another, only prevention-focus was significantly related to unethical behavior. Implications for future research and organizational practice are discussed.
“Stakeholder perceptions of the impact of business research” with Kevin J. O’Mara (Elon University) was presented at the Financial Education Association/Academy of Business Education Annual Conference in San Antonio.
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to analyze stakeholder perceptions of research impact by assessing respondent perceptions of the value of research outputs associated with exploration and exploitation-focused business schools. Exploration-focused business schools generally apply their limited resources to the generation of new, discipline-based knowledge via cutting edge theoretical and empirical research, while exploitation-focused business schools generally apply their limited resources exploiting new knowledge to serve current academic programs (undergraduate and master’s) and assist engagement with the practitioner community. Respondents from two stakeholder groups (academics and practitioners) completed a survey instrument which gauged research output impact along stakeholder awareness and stakeholder use dimensions. Results are discussed with regard to differential stakeholder definitions of impact, and implications for defining impact within the broader community are offered.