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Our research provides a comprehensive model using self-determination theory (SDT) and cognitive load theory (CLT) to study the antecedents of academic performance in the context of flipped learning (FL). Using partial least squares (PLSs), we analyze the impact of intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, self-pacing, and cognitive load on students' academic performance in management studies. Our results show that solely underlying some factors of SDT--the sense of competence, relatedness, and extrinsic motivation--improve the performance of tertiary students in the context of FL. Our findings point to the need to support initiatives aimed at the application of FL in management studies.

The importance of ethical behavior in consumers has never been so evident, and in recent years, researchers have generated a great deal of knowledge about ethical consumption. The search for happiness in consumption has been a recurrent line of research by academics of the management and, mainly, the marketing fields. Our study analyses the relationship between ethical and sustainable behavior in consumption and the achievement of consumer happiness. Employing structural equations, the findings of the study suggest that there is a positive relationship between consumers' predisposition toward sustainable behavior and happiness. In addition, the findings indicate that, when there are reasons to justify unethical behavior in consumption, the consumer also manages to be happier. Important implications for theory and practice are derived from the results. Emphasizing the benefits of sustainable consumption for enhancing happiness might instigate sustainable consumption, especially in the case of those consumers who do not have a positive attitude toward sustainable consumption. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Our research provides a comprehensive model using self-determination theory (SDT) and cognitive load theory (CLT) to study the antecedents of academic performance in the context of flipped learning (FL). Using partial least squares (PLSs), we analyze the impact of intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, self-pacing, and cognitive load on students' academic performance in management studies. Our results show that solely underlying some factors of SDT—the sense of competence, relatedness, and extrinsic motivation—improve the performance of tertiary students in the context of FL. Our findings point to the need to support initiatives aimed at the application of FL in management studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Assuming that a company's institutional context influences its sustainability approach and its human resources management (HRM), this article compares firms' sustainable HRM systems across countries. Despite the presence of a supranational government, different social models exist in Europe according to the level of social protection in each country. The article compares the engagement of companies with sustainable HRM across Europe and develops an index with which to compare HRM sustainability in countries that present significant institutional differences: Germany, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. The index is constructed based on a formative measurement model, which reflects the implementation levels of sustainable HRM in 106 western European firms. The index reveals significant differences between companies from the four countries and between liberal and coordinated market economies, indicating the need to address the impact of the national institutional context on firms' HRM sustainability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Socially responsible human resource management (SR‐HRM) is becoming increasingly important for academics and managers. The interface between HRM and corporate social responsibility (CSR) is the subject of analysis in this article. It adopts a contextual perspective to analyze whether the institutional context influences the implementation of socially responsible HRM (SR‐HRM). Considering the differences in the national institutional contexts across Europe, this study explores the different models of SR‐HRM in that region. The research is focused on a sample of 153 companies headquartered in Germany, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. The findings evidence the influence exerted by the national institutional context on the implementation of SR‐HRM. Differences among country clusters suggest the existence of different models of SR‐HRM in Europe. However, these models do not correspond to the blocks on HRM or on CSR identified by the literature but instead provide a novel categorization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Currently, companies have become increasingly concerned with demonstrating their social engagement with their stakeholders, including their employees. Responsible management of workers and the transparency of that management is the subject of analysis in this paper. Because there are differences in the reporting requirements in European countries, this study analyses social transparency as determined by national institutional characteristics. The research is focused on a sample of 195 companies listed on the main stock exchanges of Germany, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. The results show quantitative differences in information about responsible human resource management practices as well as homogeneity in the employment of reference standards, with the exception of companies in the United Kingdom. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]