Sheila M Puffer
Biographic Data
| ID | 1607279 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sheila M Puffer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sheila M |
| FAMILY NAME | Puffer |
| SIGNATURE | PUFFER S M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northeastern University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7916-6091 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Renewable energy discourses of fossil fuel companies
International management students' coping responses to the language demands of multilingual learning environments
Purpose Language barriers significantly influence the experiences of international employees and students. However, existing research offers mixed results and mostly focuses on English-speaking countries, neglecting plurilingual contexts. This study addresses this gap by exploring how international management students navigate language demands in diverse cultural settings. Design/methodology/approach Using a qualitative approach, we conducted 31 …
Effects of Cultural Novelty on the Interplay Between Language and Cultural Adjustment in International Students
Recent research has revealed the significant role of perceived cultural differences, or cultural novelty, in shaping the intercultural experiences of diverse individuals. Yet, our understanding of how cultural novelty influences the relationship between language and cultural adjustment remains limited. This study addresses this gap by examining the moderating effect of cultural novelty on the relationship between foreign-language proficiency and …
Exploring the mediating role of cross-cultural adjustment in international student satisfaction
Studies on international student satisfaction have typically examined external factors, such as quality of education, university services and learning facilities as its predictors. In contrast, research is limited regarding how international students may foster their positive experience through actively applying social and cultural skills into their adjustment during cultural transition in the host country. The current study extends prior researc…
Cultural novelty and international students’ experience
Research has linked cultural differences between a sojourner’s home and host country with their cultural transformation. Nonetheless, the results of empirical studies are inconclusive due to different operationalizations of cultural differences and testing among different groups of sojourners. We extend previous investigations by examining the effects of cultural novelty (i.e., the subjective perception of cultural differences) on the experience …
Fossil fuel companies' climate communication strategies
Research shows that multinational oil and gas companies have recently made a strategic shift away from outright climate denial to more nuanced discourses of climate delay. Communication on social media is an under-analyzed part of the fossil fuel industry's strategy to delay the energy transition away from fossil fuels to a renewable future. This study examines how four companies (Shell, ExxonMobil, BP, and TotalEnergies) are communicating about …
Will Russia have a role in the changing global economy? Contrasting Western and Russian cultural lenses
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the dramatically changed role of Russia in the global economy since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, as the Soviet institutions collapsed and were either reformed or replaced in a new Russian institutional landscape. The paper presents a fact-based and balanced view of Russia’s evolving role in the global economy, as distinguished from the sometimes one-sided view presented by some Weste…
Institutional Voids in an Emerging Economy
Much has appeared in the literature about institutional voids, a component of institutional theory. Little has been written, however, about the effects of institutional voids on individuals in emerging market nations and how they might react in proactive ways, including leaving their home country problems to pursue opportunities elsewhere. This article focuses on how institutional voids can create opportunities not only for such individuals but a…
Introduction to the Special Issue
Institutional Theory
According to one of the leading theorists on institutional theory, that theory “attends to the deeper and more resilient aspects of social structure. It considers the processes by which structures, including schemas, rules, norms, and routines become established as authoritative guidelines for social behavior. It inquires into how these elements are created, diffused, adopted, and adapted over space and time; and how they fall into decline and di…
A critical view of Russia's IPO market
Purpose The purpose of this article is to analyze the initial public offerings (IPOs) of Russian companies in the context of the country's investment attractiveness and the readiness of its companies to list on stock exchanges, domestically and/or internationally. The analysis takes a balanced approach. It recognizes the positive aspects from the development of Russia's stock markets and the launched and planned IPOs of Russian companies, but und…
Russia
Purpose This introductory paper aims to outline the reasons for optimism as well as for skepticism in regard to Russia's position in the group of BRIC nations and in the global economy. Design/methodology/approach The paper presents a brief overview of developments in Russia. This discussion serves as a contextual introduction to this special issue by embracing some of the common themes elaborated in the other papers that are featured in the issu…
Entrepreneurship in Russia and China
Transition economies are often characterized by underdeveloped formal institutions, often resulting in an unstable environment and creating a void usually filled by informal ones. Entrepreneurs in transition environments thus face more uncertainty and risk than those in more developed economies. This article examines the relationship of institutions and entrepreneurship in Russia and China in the context of institutional theory by analyzing priva…
Women Managers in the Former Ussr
Discusses the conditions experienced by women in the former USSR who are aspiring to or are currently occupying managerial positions. Soviet women feel the pressure of two societal forces: they are expected to work as well as to be the primary person responsible for home and family. Many complain: “We have too much equality”. Previews the statistics on women in the labour force in the former USSR, and examines seven factors affecting Soviet women…
The congruence of motives and incentives in a voluntary organization
The impact of rewards and punishments in a social context
Most research on the use of sanctions has proceeded from an operant conditioning perspective. The general hypothesis explored here draws on social learning theory and examines the impact of positive and negative sanctions on group members other than the member actually sanctioned. Results of a laboratory experiment using 48 subjects in a repeated measures design and a field study with 106 respondents suggest that both rewards and punishments can …
Task-Completion Schedules
This study investigated task characteristics and individual differences as predictors of task scheduling, i.e., the timeliness with which tasks are completed. It also assessed the impact of task scheduling on performance. Ninety-eight undergraduate management students were assigned six tasks as part of their requirements in an organizational behavior course. Students were free to select from multiple opportunities to complete each task throughout…
The Role of Task Complexity as a Moderator of the Stress and Coping Process
This study examined the relevance of task complexity as a moderator of the stress and coping process for a sample of 173 museum store managers. Four categories of coping responses were developed: active cognitive, active behavioral, cognitive avoidant, and behavioral avoidant. Results showed that task complexity moderated the relationship that coping had with some individual and environmental antecedents as well as work outcomes. Relationships we…
Fossil fuel companies' climate communication strategies
Research shows that multinational oil and gas companies have recently made a strategic shift away from outright climate denial to more nuanced discourses of climate delay. Communication on social media is an under-analyzed part of the fossil fuel industry's strategy to delay the energy transition away from fossil fuels to a renewable future. This study examines how four companies (Shell, ExxonMobil, BP, and TotalEnergies) are communicating about …
Institutional Voids in an Emerging Economy
Much has appeared in the literature about institutional voids, a component of institutional theory. Little has been written, however, about the effects of institutional voids on individuals in emerging market nations and how they might react in proactive ways, including leaving their home country problems to pursue opportunities elsewhere. This article focuses on how institutional voids can create opportunities not only for such individuals but a…
The congruence of motives and incentives in a voluntary organization
Will Russia have a role in the changing global economy? Contrasting Western and Russian cultural lenses
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the dramatically changed role of Russia in the global economy since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, as the Soviet institutions collapsed and were either reformed or replaced in a new Russian institutional landscape. The paper presents a fact-based and balanced view of Russia’s evolving role in the global economy, as distinguished from the sometimes one-sided view presented by some Weste…
The Role of Task Complexity as a Moderator of the Stress and Coping Process
This study examined the relevance of task complexity as a moderator of the stress and coping process for a sample of 173 museum store managers. Four categories of coping responses were developed: active cognitive, active behavioral, cognitive avoidant, and behavioral avoidant. Results showed that task complexity moderated the relationship that coping had with some individual and environmental antecedents as well as work outcomes. Relationships we…
The impact of rewards and punishments in a social context
Most research on the use of sanctions has proceeded from an operant conditioning perspective. The general hypothesis explored here draws on social learning theory and examines the impact of positive and negative sanctions on group members other than the member actually sanctioned. Results of a laboratory experiment using 48 subjects in a repeated measures design and a field study with 106 respondents suggest that both rewards and punishments can …
Task-Completion Schedules
This study investigated task characteristics and individual differences as predictors of task scheduling, i.e., the timeliness with which tasks are completed. It also assessed the impact of task scheduling on performance. Ninety-eight undergraduate management students were assigned six tasks as part of their requirements in an organizational behavior course. Students were free to select from multiple opportunities to complete each task throughout…
The Role of Task Complexity as a Moderator of the Stress and Coping Process
This study examined the relevance of task complexity as a moderator of the stress and coping process for a sample of 173 museum store managers. Four categories of coping responses were developed: active cognitive, active behavioral, cognitive avoidant, and behavioral avoidant. Results showed that task complexity moderated the relationship that coping had with some individual and environmental antecedents as well as work outcomes. Relationships we…
The congruence of motives and incentives in a voluntary organization
Women Managers in the Former Ussr
Discusses the conditions experienced by women in the former USSR who are aspiring to or are currently occupying managerial positions. Soviet women feel the pressure of two societal forces: they are expected to work as well as to be the primary person responsible for home and family. Many complain: “We have too much equality”. Previews the statistics on women in the labour force in the former USSR, and examines seven factors affecting Soviet women…
Entrepreneurship in Russia and China
Transition economies are often characterized by underdeveloped formal institutions, often resulting in an unstable environment and creating a void usually filled by informal ones. Entrepreneurs in transition environments thus face more uncertainty and risk than those in more developed economies. This article examines the relationship of institutions and entrepreneurship in Russia and China in the context of institutional theory by analyzing priva…
A critical view of Russia's IPO market
Purpose The purpose of this article is to analyze the initial public offerings (IPOs) of Russian companies in the context of the country's investment attractiveness and the readiness of its companies to list on stock exchanges, domestically and/or internationally. The analysis takes a balanced approach. It recognizes the positive aspects from the development of Russia's stock markets and the launched and planned IPOs of Russian companies, but und…
Russia
Purpose This introductory paper aims to outline the reasons for optimism as well as for skepticism in regard to Russia's position in the group of BRIC nations and in the global economy. Design/methodology/approach The paper presents a brief overview of developments in Russia. This discussion serves as a contextual introduction to this special issue by embracing some of the common themes elaborated in the other papers that are featured in the issu…
Institutional Theory
According to one of the leading theorists on institutional theory, that theory “attends to the deeper and more resilient aspects of social structure. It considers the processes by which structures, including schemas, rules, norms, and routines become established as authoritative guidelines for social behavior. It inquires into how these elements are created, diffused, adopted, and adapted over space and time; and how they fall into decline and di…
Institutional Voids in an Emerging Economy
Much has appeared in the literature about institutional voids, a component of institutional theory. Little has been written, however, about the effects of institutional voids on individuals in emerging market nations and how they might react in proactive ways, including leaving their home country problems to pursue opportunities elsewhere. This article focuses on how institutional voids can create opportunities not only for such individuals but a…
Introduction to the Special Issue
Will Russia have a role in the changing global economy? Contrasting Western and Russian cultural lenses
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the dramatically changed role of Russia in the global economy since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, as the Soviet institutions collapsed and were either reformed or replaced in a new Russian institutional landscape. The paper presents a fact-based and balanced view of Russia’s evolving role in the global economy, as distinguished from the sometimes one-sided view presented by some Weste…
Cultural novelty and international students’ experience
Research has linked cultural differences between a sojourner’s home and host country with their cultural transformation. Nonetheless, the results of empirical studies are inconclusive due to different operationalizations of cultural differences and testing among different groups of sojourners. We extend previous investigations by examining the effects of cultural novelty (i.e., the subjective perception of cultural differences) on the experience …
Fossil fuel companies' climate communication strategies
Research shows that multinational oil and gas companies have recently made a strategic shift away from outright climate denial to more nuanced discourses of climate delay. Communication on social media is an under-analyzed part of the fossil fuel industry's strategy to delay the energy transition away from fossil fuels to a renewable future. This study examines how four companies (Shell, ExxonMobil, BP, and TotalEnergies) are communicating about …
Exploring the mediating role of cross-cultural adjustment in international student satisfaction
Studies on international student satisfaction have typically examined external factors, such as quality of education, university services and learning facilities as its predictors. In contrast, research is limited regarding how international students may foster their positive experience through actively applying social and cultural skills into their adjustment during cultural transition in the host country. The current study extends prior researc…
Effects of Cultural Novelty on the Interplay Between Language and Cultural Adjustment in International Students
Recent research has revealed the significant role of perceived cultural differences, or cultural novelty, in shaping the intercultural experiences of diverse individuals. Yet, our understanding of how cultural novelty influences the relationship between language and cultural adjustment remains limited. This study addresses this gap by examining the moderating effect of cultural novelty on the relationship between foreign-language proficiency and …
Renewable energy discourses of fossil fuel companies
International management students' coping responses to the language demands of multilingual learning environments
Purpose Language barriers significantly influence the experiences of international employees and students. However, existing research offers mixed results and mostly focuses on English-speaking countries, neglecting plurilingual contexts. This study addresses this gap by exploring how international management students navigate language demands in diverse cultural settings. Design/methodology/approach Using a qualitative approach, we conducted 31 …
Political science (11 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Business (6 works) · Economics (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · International Student and Expatriate Challenges (4 works) · Social science (4 works)