The Journal of Management Studies (JMS) is the official journal of the Society for the Advancement of Management Studies (SAMS), which founded the journal in 1963 to support and promote high-quality research in management and organisation studies.
Published by Wiley, JMS is a leading international journal that shares bold ideas, thoughtful research, and practical insights. It brings together diverse voices to shape leadership, management, and organisational practice. Through peer-reviewed contributions, JMS challenges assumptions, explores emerging issues, and sparks meaningful conversations across disciplines.
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The Creativity through Constraints: Zooming in on the Micro-Moves that Drive Innovation in the Toughest Environments
Short Summary:This study reveals the micro‑moves teams use to turn...Continue reading→
Unleash the Power of Star Inventors for Innovation
Summary: Employing star inventors is often viewed as a guaranteed path...Continue reading→
Carbon Populism and Representative Politics: Why fossil fuel firms speaking for ‘the people’ is a bad idea
Summary Despite growing global recognition that countries must transition to...Continue reading→
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Signalling servant leadership: How followers interpret leader behaviours
Leadership signals matter. This paper develops a signalling perspective on...Continue reading→
Social Media as a Threat to Democracy
How should management scholars understand the relationship between social media...Continue reading→
The Creativity through Constraints: Zooming in on the Micro-Moves that Drive Innovation in the Toughest Environments
Short Summary:This study reveals the micro‑moves teams use to turn...Continue reading→
The Price of Prominence: How CEO Extraversion Influences Board Attributions and the Dismissal-Performance Sensitivity
This paper examines how CEOs’ observed extraversion shapes boards’ attribution...Continue reading→
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Events
Conference Call for Papers: Truth in the Age of Polarization and Artificial Intelligence
24-25 March 2026 Møller Institute, Storey’s Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DE,...Find out more→
JMS Paper Development Workshop at Sabancı Business School, Istanbul 2025
The Journal of Management Studies recently hosted a Paper Development...Find out more→
Journal of Management Studies – A Publishing Workshop Hosted by FGV EAESP, São Paulo, Brazil
Workshop dates: 8-9 September 2025 Application deadline: 31 May 2025 ...Find out more→
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Two Sides of the Same Coin: Sustaining Loan-Use Ambiguity in Microfinance through Harmonizing Practices
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New JMS-Says Section
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