Shades of Grey in Legitimacy Perceptions
Have you ever wondered what recreational marijuana, whaling and abortion may have in common? Our… Read More »Shades of Grey in Legitimacy Perceptions
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Have you ever wondered what recreational marijuana, whaling and abortion may have in common? Our… Read More »Shades of Grey in Legitimacy Perceptions
There is rising interest in purposeful organizing, but how do for-profit businesses pursue social purpose?… Read More »How Do For-Profit Businesses Pursue Social Purpose?
Science-based ventures, that is ventures that are trying to commercialize scientific breakthroughs, are crucial drivers… Read More »Why do science-based ventures struggle to adjust their organizational identity when they scale?
Despite the efforts of journals and editors to the contrary, the well-known academic folk-devil, Reviewer… Read More »For Epistemic Respect – Against Reviewer 2
Background Time is a core ingredient in the strategic decisions of managers who must balance… Read More »Temporal Orientation and Responsible Business
Serendipity – the notion of making surprising and valuable discoveries – plays a major role… Read More »Get Lucky: How and Why Organizations Can Cultivate Serendipity
Recently, the Journal of Management Studies (JMS) has published an interesting debate on the Responsible… Read More »How Does Scientific Argumentation Differ from the Opinion of Scientists? A Response to Siegel (2022)
Jose, an experienced coach who has long been a pacifist, has found it increasingly difficult… Read More »Neutral In-tensions: Struggles in Coaching
How do corporations justify their (tax) conduct? Many businesses faced bankruptcy due to the impact… Read More »Beware: How you justify your actions today shapes how you view “responsibility” tomorrow
Buddhist temples across Asia The ultimate goal of traditional Buddhist ordainment is liberation (Nibbāna in Pāḷi),… Read More »Meditation versus Service: How does a Buddhist temple manage its organizational identity conflict?
Asian Americans and Asian Canadians (herein, referred to as Asians) in North America have long… Read More »Model minority or foreign threat? Unpacking workplace racial violence experienced by Asian American and Asian Canadian professionals and their response during COVID-19
Why the person-organization fit matters for business model innovation Product life cycles shorten, novel technologies… Read More »The Organizational Impact of Business Model Innovation: Assessing the Person-Organization Fit
New technology deployment gives start to different changes in organizations and disrupts existing practices –… Read More »Unintended consequences of new technology deployment – Control practices that kill and save trust
Threatened by announcements such as “When Machines Replace Middle Management” (Forbes, 2015) and “Data is… Read More »Opportunity or Threat? Exploring Middle Manager Roles in the Face of Digital Transformation
Digital platforms are complex algorithmic structures connecting dispersed buyers and sellers of services. On platforms… Read More »Can algorithms do something for me? Understanding online workers’ perspectives of algorithms and reactions to online ratings on a major platform
Rising temperatures, declining biodiversity, and worsening wildfires, droughts and floods are the tip of a… Read More »Business School Leaders, It’s Time to Engage With Nature
Many researchers agree that HR practices can improve employee and organizational performance. The reason is… Read More »Are HR practices truly effective over time?
The ability of organizations to effectively respond to crises is predicated on preparation and planning… Read More »How Decision Makers Think about Time Matters When Unfamiliar Crises Hit
In 2003, Chevron’s socially responsible initiative for community development within the Niger Delta of Nigeria… Read More »When Does Corporate Social Responsibility Fail to Win Social License?
As researchers who are interested in how organisations and institutions change, recent events drew our… Read More »What do homeless shelters, emergency departments, sports stadiums and open-plan offices have in common? They all shape change