Welcome to the Management Studies Insights Blog
The managementstudiesinsights.com blog provides engaging snapshots about research published in the Journal of Management Studies in a manner that highlights its practical and societal implications. The blog 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, and invites for discussion about the impact that management scholarship has beyond academia. The Management Studies Insights Blog is the official blog of the Journal of Management Studies.
A Mother’s Work Is Never Done: On Being a Mother in Academia
Summary Our essay is a call for recognition of the physical and emotional toll of motherhood on women in academia. Drawing on our experiences as Mothers–Professors–Researchers, we demonstrate how maternal bodies are experienced as being out of place in...
Are Quarterbacks Smarter than CEOs? Pass Choices Say Yes
Summary In our paper, published in Journal of Management Studies, we show that quarterbacks make tradeoffs between multiple goals that are intelligent and effective for winning the game. This contrasts with much of the research in business firms, which suggests...
The Unintended Consequences of South Africa’s “Rhino War”: When Good Intentions Go Awry
The "Rhino War": A Complex Crisis For over a decade, in the heart of South Africa's wilderness, a battle rages on. This is the "rhino war," a cautionary tale that reveals how even the noblest of intentions can lead to unexpected consequences. By studying how...
Lay theories of expertise: Revealing the roots of expert recognition
Image from https://www.pexels.com Summary Lay theories of expertise are beliefs about the meaning of expertise. Our research, published in the Journal of Management Studies, reveals that there are several differing beliefs about expertise in the population, and that...
Navigating extreme events: Understanding migrant journeys across Europe
Source: SOS by Ann Hirsch & Jeremy Angier Summary Sensebreaking - the breakdown in prevailing meanings and assumptions experienced by an individual - is often conceptualized as a prelude to sensemaking, or sensegiving. Extant research has rarely focused on...
Contredanse: How Business Groups Subtly Protect Their Reputation After a Scandal
Note: An example of negative image spillovers within a business group is the VW Group and its Dieselgate scandal. When one company has a scandal, other companies in the same business group tend to suffer as a consequence. How can those other companies, which do not...
Are management researchers operating within the planetary boundaries?
The evolution of the planetary boundaries framework. Licenced under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 (Credit: Azote for Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University. Based on Richardson et al. 2023, Steffen et al. 2015, and Rockström et al. 2009)....
Governing Transnational Commons: How International Treaties and Multi-Stakeholder Organizations Shape Cooperation and Conflict
Source: https://unsplash.com/photos/landscape-photography-of-mountain-GygPFmXGD1o Summary Many grand challenges of our time – climate change, environmental pollution, poverty, and natural resource scarcity – center around managing transnational common-pool...
Cyclical Change of Partnership Practices in Hybrid Settings
Photo credit: UHH/Esfandiari In our increasingly interconnected world, the challenges we face—be they social, environmental, or economic—are often too complex for any one sector to tackle alone. This is why cross-sector partnerships, which bring together the diverse...
Who Should Take Over When The CEO-Owner Of A Business Suddenly Dies
Summary When the CEO-owner of a privately held small or medium size enterprise (SME) suddenly dies, who should take over? This new study, published in the Journal of Management Studies, sought to answer this question by exploring how different types of...