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Personal Financial Planning Services: A Review and Future Research Agenda Summary This paper presents a systematic literature review of personal financial planning services using the Theory-Context-Characteristics-Methodology (TCCM) framework. The authors synthesise 81 studies to map the field, identify conceptual and methodological gaps, and propose a forward-looking research agenda. Key themes include financial literacy, cross-cultural differences […]

Workplace values: Guiding lights or shackles that bind? Summary Values are presented as the moral compass of individuals and organisations: they align teams, shape behaviour and give meaning. However, the article argues that values can become rigid and obstructive when unexamined — a “values paradox” where the very principles that drove success turn into constraints. […]

Two Decades of Research on In‐Store Technology: Antecedents, Consequences and Future Research Agenda Summary This systematic review (Singh & Yadav, 2025) synthesises 82 papers spanning 2004 to February 2025 on in-store technologies (IST) in physical retail settings. Using the SPAR-4-SLR protocol and a TCCM (Theory, Context, Characteristics, Methodology) lens, the authors map antecedents, outcomes and […]

Motivated Consumer Innovativeness and Sustainable Fashion Choices: A Sequential Explanatory Study Summary This paper investigates how different types of consumer innovativeness (hedonic, functional and cognitive) relate to intentions to buy sustainable fashion. Using a sequential explanatory mixed-methods design, the authors first test relationships with PLS-SEM and then deepen results through qualitative interviews. Environmental concern is […]