Curse or Blessing? How AI Adoption Shapes Employee Job Satisfaction
Why this question matters AI is often framed as a race for productivity and innovation.… Read More »Curse or Blessing? How AI Adoption Shapes Employee Job Satisfaction
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Knowledge Will Always Get through: Inventors, International Networks, and Flows of Technological Knowledge between Britain and the United States in the Interwar Deglobalization Period
Set against the backdrop of the interwar deglobalization period, this paper explores how technological knowledge… Read More »Knowledge Will Always Get through: Inventors, International Networks, and Flows of Technological Knowledge between Britain and the United States in the Interwar Deglobalization Period
Institutional Logics and Relational Inequality in UK Surgery: Demographic Dominance and the Uneven Governance of Careers
This paper brings relational inequality theory into conversation with the institutional logics perspective to examine… Read More »Institutional Logics and Relational Inequality in UK Surgery: Demographic Dominance and the Uneven Governance of Careers
Two Sides of the Same Coin: Sustaining Loan-Use Ambiguity in Microfinance through Harmonizing Practices
This paper examines how microfinance remains viable even when loans are used for household needs… Read More »Two Sides of the Same Coin: Sustaining Loan-Use Ambiguity in Microfinance through Harmonizing Practices
Who Drives Management Ideas? The Power of Role Ecologies
Summary Ideas such as lean management, digital transformation, and agile organizing have travelled widely across organizations. Expert consultants are… Read More »Who Drives Management Ideas? The Power of Role Ecologies
Repurposing for Responsibility: When Moral Aspirations Meet Organizational Reality
In the contemporary business world, “purpose” has become the ultimate buzzword. We are often told that… Read More »Repurposing for Responsibility: When Moral Aspirations Meet Organizational Reality
The Interactive Impact of Regulation, Entrepreneurship, and Cultural Values on Technology Adoption: Renewable Energy in the EU
In this paper authors examine how different sources of legitimation shape renewable energy adoption by… Read More »The Interactive Impact of Regulation, Entrepreneurship, and Cultural Values on Technology Adoption: Renewable Energy in the EU
We Don’t Need a Socialist Perspective on Entrepreneurship
Bruton et al. (2025) invited us to a Point/Counterpoint debate about management and organizational scholarship (MOS) in various institutional contexts. The Point’s primary thesis was that MOS is misguided because it reflects a U.S.-centric capitalist bias. It then presented four “varieties of… Read More »We Don’t Need a Socialist Perspective on Entrepreneurship
Bridging Knowledge Capability Gaps: Digital Technology Offsetting in Interfirm Knowledge Transfer
This paper examines how digital technology can help bridge knowledge capability gaps in interfirm knowledge… Read More »Bridging Knowledge Capability Gaps: Digital Technology Offsetting in Interfirm Knowledge Transfer
The Effect of Board Leadership Roles and Committee Responsibilities on Governance Effectiveness
This paper examines how directors’ board leadership roles and committee responsibilities shape governance effectiveness. The… Read More »The Effect of Board Leadership Roles and Committee Responsibilities on Governance Effectiveness
Does a Diverse Team Equal a Creative Team?
Diverse teams are widely employed by organizations to increase creativity and innovation through bringing in… Read More »Does a Diverse Team Equal a Creative Team?
Reclaiming Pleasure to Inspire Change in Academia
In this essay published in the Journal of Management Studies, I defend a ‘Joyful Scholarship’ to inspire change… Read More »Reclaiming Pleasure to Inspire Change in Academia
Different Aspirations, Different Directions: A Behavioural Perspective on Negative Performance Discrepancy and Problemistic Search
How do firms respond when performance falls below expectations? This paper examines how different forms… Read More »Different Aspirations, Different Directions: A Behavioural Perspective on Negative Performance Discrepancy and Problemistic Search
Whom Should Entrepreneurs Approach for Acquisitions? Beware the Middle-Status Freeze
Summary When entrepreneurs try to get their foot in the door of a major corporation, whom… Read More »Whom Should Entrepreneurs Approach for Acquisitions? Beware the Middle-Status Freeze
Parenthood and CEO Responses to Media Criticism on Pay
How do CEOs respond when media criticism puts executive pay under the spotlight? This paper… Read More »Parenthood and CEO Responses to Media Criticism on Pay
Exploitation or Exploration? Innovation Strategy in Response to Rivals’ M&A
How do firms respond when close rivals make M&A moves? This paper finds that rivals’… Read More »Exploitation or Exploration? Innovation Strategy in Response to Rivals’ M&A
Leave It to Me: Overconfident CEOs’ Lower Propensity to Delegate Acquisition Responsibility
What shapes a CEO’s decision to keep control or delegate during acquisitions? This paper shows… Read More »Leave It to Me: Overconfident CEOs’ Lower Propensity to Delegate Acquisition Responsibility
Bridge The Gaps, Tackle Grand Challenges
In a recent article in the Journal of Management Studies, we ask a simple but demanding question:… Read More »Bridge The Gaps, Tackle Grand Challenges
Academic Borders and Passport Disadvantage: Reclaiming Lost Dreams, Connections, and Career Horizons
By Atefeh Maghzi How do passport inequalities shape academic careers, opportunities, and participation? In this… Read More »Academic Borders and Passport Disadvantage: Reclaiming Lost Dreams, Connections, and Career Horizons
The Leadership We Need Now: Not More Heroes, More Humanity.
Summary Our crisis-riddled world doesn’t need more heroic leaders, it needs more humanity in leadership. Our systematic review published in the Journal… Read More »The Leadership We Need Now: Not More Heroes, More Humanity.