Purpose This study examines the relationship between partners' locus of control and their spouses' domains of job satisfaction (job satisfaction and its domains, personal income and promotion) among Australian couples. Design/methodology/approach Data were obtained from the Household, Income and Labor Dynamics of Australia (HILDA) Survey. Various estimation strategies including ordinary least squares (OLS), Mundlak approach and instrumental variable (IV) method are used to reveal the relationship between spouse's locus of control and domains of job satisfaction. Findings To reduce sex heterogeneity, the analysis used in this study is disaggregated by sex. In particular, the findings of this study show that wives' locus of control positively influences husbands' satisfaction with pay and working hours, while there is no relationship between husbands' locus of control and wives' domains of job satisfaction. Social implications The study's findings emphasize the importance of locus of control in couples. A good work–life balance and a healthy marital relationship potentially facilitate positive effects of characteristics from the partner on employees' job satisfaction. Thus, on the organizational level, employers may consider creating a working environment that promotes a healthy marital relationship for their staff, including flexible working schedules, work from home options, family days or family-extended staff events. Originality/value This study is the first to reveal the relationship between spousal locus of control and domains of job satisfaction, enriching the current literature on this topic.

Purpose This research aims to develop a model built from the job demand-resource (JD-R) theory which explains the psychological mechanism that leads to academic work-related stress in an educational context. This study investigates the conditional effect of ambidextrous working hard through mediation paths and the moderating role of perceived support on these conditional effects. Design/methodology/approach Hypotheses were tested using cross-sectional data from 334 academics at Vietnamese institutions. Data were analysed within a moderated mediation model integrated from hierarchical regression. Findings The results revealed that while work engagement (WE) partially mediates the indirect effect of person-job fit (PJF) on job-related stress, workaholism (WKH) – as an escalated stage of working hard – fully explains the psychological mechanism with moderated integration from social supports. Originality/value This paper hopes to contribute to the growing educational literature exploring the complex, multi-conditional influences of personal and social factors to measure academics’ psychological changes that lead to a negative reaction at work.

Purpose This study examines the relationship between exercise self-efficacy (ESE) and student commitment (SC) to address challenges in business school student engagement and retention. We aim to close the empirical gap between ESE and SC and explain the role of cultural values by exploring how individualism and collectivism (IC) shape the ESE–SC relationship within different cultural contexts. Design/methodology/approach Over 1,300 undergraduate students from the United States of America and Vietnam participated in three studies. Study 1 used regression analyses to examine ESE–SC in a USA university. Study 2 investigated potential moderating effects of IC in Vietnam. Study 3 tested the replicability of findings with a diverse USA sample, further analyzing the relationship between ESE, SC and IC. Findings Study 1 found a negative ESE–SC relationship. Study 2 observed a positive ESE–SC relationship in Vietnam. Study 3 confirmed the positive ESE–SC relationship and demonstrated significant IC moderation. Research limitations/implications We used self-reported measures and a cross-sectional design with undergraduate student samples. Findings contribute to the self-efficacy and commitment literature, underscoring the instrumental role of cultural dimensions in moderating the relationship between ESE and SC, while advancing scholarship on commitment and providing evidence that ESE can be a significant predictor of academic outcomes. Practical implications For business schools, promoting ESE among students could serve as a strategic tool for enhancing SC, which ultimately supports and enhances their retention and accreditation targets. Originality/value Empirical support for an ESE–SC relationship reveals that cultural values moderate the ESE–SC relationship.

"Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the determinants of the saving behaviour of Vietnamese households and to explore the possible heterogeneity of household saving propensities. Design/methodology/approach – The authors estimate the effects of household characteristics on Vietnamese household saving rates by means of a quantile regression approach using the Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey 2010 data set. Findings – The results suggest that the way household characteristics influence saving rates is different for each quantile of the household saving rate distribution. Household characteristics tend to have stronger effects at lower quantiles. Particularly, the marginal propensity to save of households at low quantiles is higher than those at high quantiles. Analysing rural and urban households separately, the authors find evidence that household and household head characteristics have stronger significant effects for rural than for urban households. Children and elderly members should be treated as part of the household labour force, instead of household dependency, since both of them increase household saving rates. Originality/value – This research contributes to the literature on Vietnamese household saving behaviours, especially for households living in urban areas."

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the evidence of herding phenomenon, spill-over effects related to herding and whether herding is driven by fundamentals or non-fundamentals for various sub-periods and sub-samples. Design/methodology/approach – The cross-sectional absolute deviation model is applied to China’s A- and B-share markets in combination with fundamental information. Findings – Herding is prevalent on both A- and B-share markets. In detail, investors on A-share market herd for small and growth stock portfolios irrespective of market states while they only herd for large or value stocks in down market, therefore leading the whole herding behaviour to be pronounced in down market. Comparatively, on B-share market, herding is robust for various investment styles (small or large, value or growth) or market situations. Additionally, spill-over effects related to herding do not exist no matter from A-shares to B-shares or from B-shares to A-shares. Moreover, investors on B-share markets tend to herd as the response to non-fundamental information more frequently during financial crisis. Originality/value – Investors on A- and B-share markets tend to herd as the response to non-fundamental information more frequently during financial crisis. Analysing the herding behaviours could be helpful in controlling the financial risk.