The JMS Insights Blog is the official blog of the Journal of Management Studies. It aims to bridge academic scholarship in management studies with scholars across disciplines, practitioners, media and the broader public who are interested in the societal relevance of management studies.
It provides engaging snapshots of research published in the Journal of Management Studies in a manner that highlights its practical and societal implications, and invites discussion about the impact that management scholarship has beyond academia.
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
Researchers and practitioners have mixed opinions to what extent middle managers (MMs) can help or… Read More »How to boost exploration and exploitation in an SME’s product development: the unexpected power of capable middle managers
Internationalizing firms from emerging countries often face legitimacy deficits and often adopt standards and norms… Read More »CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY LOST AND FOUND IN TRANSLATION
Public policies (increasingly) affect firm activities and outcomes, making governments one of their most critical… Read More »What CSR means to policymakers and how this effects firms’ political access
Abortion services in the United States represent perhaps one of the clearest examples of a… Read More »What can we learn from abortion clinic closures about managing stigmatization?
It’s there on your to do list. That task. The one you know you have… Read More »But I don’t want to do it! How individuals internalise their motivation for uninteresting work tasks.
Why Trust Matters in Teams Entities (e.g., organizations, teams, or individuals) involved in ongoing exchange… Read More »Workgroup Hazing: When Trust-building Efforts Put the Team at Risk
While most firms do not grow, a small number of firms maintain and even accelerate… Read More »Speed and Scaling: An Investigation of Accelerated Firm Growth
Chief Executive Officers are frequently caricatured as cocky and narcissistic people who do it all… Read More »I did it My Way, But Not Down Each and Every Highway
The global identity of organizations While some organizations present and understand themselves as global citizens,… Read More »Being a global actor: What influences the global identity of organizations?
To ensure cooperation, parties in inter-organizational relationships (IORs) draw upon both control and trust. However,… Read More »Cooperative inter-organizational relationships are only temporal! Here is why
Mentally ill individuals struggle to navigate the labour market The number of individuals with mental… Read More »Why individuals with mental illness encounter difficulties navigating the labour market
Stigma is known as a serious liability for business. But can it also be an… Read More »Boys will be boys: Stigma gives firms a social license to pollute
Many platform firms are now operating in ecosystems to deliver complex value propositions to customers.… Read More »What can we learn from Platform-based Entrepreneurial Firms’ Scaling up process?
