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
When AI Becomes Your Boss: How Explainable AI Can Improve Gig Work
Summary: AI-driven systems increasingly manage gig workers by assigning tasks, evaluating performance, and shaping everyday...Continue reading→
Advice to organizational professionals: either be astutely selfless or serviceably selfish
Summary Organizational professionals need to astutely promote the value they generate for their organization. Our study published...Continue reading→
How small firms keep going when globalization unravels: lessons from 1930s Italy for today’s managers
Summary When global rules stagger, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) feel it first. Our research published in...Continue reading→
Beyond Efficiency: The Hidden Ethical Risks of Managing Human–AI Collaborations
Summary Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer limited to automating routine tasks—it increasingly works alongside...Continue reading→
When Catalysts and Change Agents Meet: How Women Transformed Welfare into Empowerment from Within
Summary How can women drive economic empowerment in societies where cultural and institutional barriers remain deeply entrenched? This...Continue reading→
Multinational Enterprises as Agents of Deglobalization
Short summary In this article, we challenge conventional wisdom that deglobalization is something imposed on firms by...Continue reading→
When AI Know-How Becomes a Growth Option: Why AI Specialized Firms Are the Ones Acquiring AI Targets
Summary: Many companies feel pressure to engage with AI. One visible way to do this...Continue reading→
Navigating Grief by Reimagining Academic Friendship
Summary This essay is a deeply vulnerable reflection on our experiences of grief, identity, and...Continue reading→
SOUTH-NORTH, NORTH-SOUTH DEPENDENCY, OR BOTH?
HOW COLLECTIVE EMOTIONS SHAPE IMPACT PARTNERSHIPS, AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT Impact partnerships for...Continue reading→
Management and Organisation Scholarship Requires More Granular Understanding of Institutional Contexts: A rejoinder to Bruton, Li & Gautam (2025)
The recent JMS Point–Counterpoint debate on varieties of socio-economic systems raises vital questions about contextualising...Continue reading→