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.
What did we study, and why is that important? In an era marked by pressing… Read More »The Persistence or Diminishment of Employee Stewardship Behavior: Why Culture and Status Matter More Than You Think
Humor at work is serious business. Research shows that telling jokes can improve workplace relationships,… Read More »Tone over Punchline: Why Humor Tone is More Important than Humor Type for Humor Success at Work
Summary While most discussions treat moderation on platforms as a mechanical rule-enforcement task, we argue… Read More »Emotion-less or Emotion-al? Content Moderation on a Digital Health Platform
Short Summary This blog uncovers how negative emotions, often hidden behind the formalities of performance… Read More »When Emotions Take Over: Why Performance Appraisals Fail Behind the Scenes
In a time when traditional management often feels mechanistic, competitive, and extractive, a growing movement… Read More »Managing for Flourishing: Weaving Organizational Fabrics that Elevate Everyone
Summary Against the common belief that generous parental leave discourages entrepreneurship, we find that offering… Read More »What makes mothers decide (not) to become entrepreneurs? Unpacking the role of time and money in parental leave policies
In this essay, recently published in the Journal of Management Studies, we critically examine how… Read More »Beancounting diversity in business school
Who are you at work? Organizations and professions want to control who you want to… Read More »Hooked on Positive Identities? Exploring the Dark Side of Occupational Selves
Future Making at a Crossroads Future making is “the work of making sense of possible… Read More »A bright future for future-making research
Future Making? I approached the recent “turn to future making” (Wenzel et al., 2025) with… Read More »The Future of Future Making Research is Uncertain
We’re living in an era where conversations about the future are more pertinent than ever.… Read More »A Practice-based Future for Research on Future-making
If you have ever attended a leadership seminar, listened to a CEO’s speech, or simply… Read More »Leadership Meta-Talk: Why Words Often Outshine Deeds
Summary Our recent study that was published in the Journal of Management Studies, entitled “Disentangling… Read More »When Diverse Knowledge Backgrounds Are Not Enough for Team Innovation: The Hidden Cost of Status Inequality
Impact investing is often promoted as a tool for alleviating poverty by leveraging private investment… Read More »Contending with Perceived Legitimacy Tensions: Impact Investing from the Perspective of Non-Western Entrepreneurs
In today’s competitive markets, it may seem surprising that rival companies would choose to collaborate—but… Read More »Why Do Rival Firms Join Forces? A New Study Unpacks the Power of Business Collective Action
How does violence come to define the factory floors in Bangladesh that produce clothing for… Read More »Stitched with Violence: How Western Greed and Local Tyranny Turned Bangladeshi Factories into Infernal Places
While many believe management research rarely influences real-world practice, our research published in the Journal… Read More »Beyond the Surface: Unveiling the Many Ways Management Research Shapes Organizations and Society
Summary Digital labor platforms have made it easier for employees to take on side-hustles—offering additional… Read More »Have your cake and eat it too: The effect of side-hustle thriving on full-time work performance
Opening up the strategy process, despite top management intentions. Conventional strategy processes tend to be… Read More »Opening Strategy with Closed Eyes: The Unforeseen Consequences of ‘Going Agile’
Abstract: What truly drives innovation performance—and does it differ by innovation outcome? Analyzing 43 years… Read More »Unlocking the power of innovation: Why your business units—and star talent—hold the key to competitive advantage