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.
The problem is not just conflict occurrence, it is conflict intensity Large-scale mining projects are… Read More »When Environmental Resources Become a Battleground: Understanding Conflict Intensity in Mining Projects
Always connected, but at what cost? How smartphone use at work influences work performance Summary … Read More »Always connected, but at what cost? How smartphone use at work influences work performance
Summary: What can incumbents specializing in products do when facing more innovative Big Tech firms as… Read More »Big Tech Challenges Your Ecosystem? Politicize the Future to Keep Innovating with Your Partners
Short Summary We learn from whether and when First Nations communities of northern Turtle Island… Read More »Each Walks Their Own Path: Lessons from Turtle Island on Working with Resurging Communities
Summary Our research reveals that strong community values create a double-edged sword for local businesses.… Read More »Beyond the Benefits of Belonging: When Community Values Become a Risk for Local Businesses
Summary: What counts as a social problem – and what counts as a solution –… Read More »Social Innovation Is Not Just About Solving Problems – It’s About Constructing Them
The Palio di Siena and the prominence of rivalry Twice a year (July 2nd and… Read More »Unbridled Rivalry: Networks, Gender, and the Art of Winning a High-Stakes Race
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
