JMS Insights
JMS Insights 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.
JMS Insights Blog
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....Continue reading→
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...Continue reading→
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...Continue reading→
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...Continue reading→
Does a Diverse Team Equal a Creative Team?
Diverse teams are widely employed by organizations to increase creativity and innovation through bringing in...Continue reading→
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...Continue reading→
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...Continue reading→
Bridge The Gaps, Tackle Grand Challenges
In a recent article in the Journal of Management Studies, we ask a simple but demanding question:...Continue reading→
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...Continue reading→
Opportunity or Machine Hallucination? Searching for Real Opportunities in the GenAI Era
Traditionally, entrepreneurs had to engage in creative ideation, generate a couple of ideas, and consequently...Continue reading→