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 bright future for future-making research
Photo by Ian Taylor on Unsplash Future Making at a Crossroads Future making is “the work of making sense of possible and probable futures, and evaluating, negotiating and giving form to preferred ones” (Whyte, Comi, & Mosca, 2022, p. 2). While future...
The Future of Future Making Research is Uncertain
Future Making? I approached the recent “turn to future making” (Wenzel et al., 2025) with great interest and eager anticipation, as I have a long-held interest both as an educator and researcher. And yet, upon reading the articles that have stimulated the turn I...
A Practice-based Future for Research on Future-making
Pic source: https://unsplash.com/de/fotos/mann-im-schwarz-weissen-langarmhemd-mz5I5In8zxE We’re living in an era where conversations about the future are more pertinent than ever. As we grapple with climate change, disruptive technologies, and complex societal...
Leadership Meta-Talk: Why Words Often Outshine Deeds
If you have ever attended a leadership seminar, listened to a CEO’s speech, or simply chatted about leadership during a coffee break, you have likely encountered an impressive amount of leadership meta-talk. Managers’ leadership meta-talk is the widespread way they...
When Diverse Knowledge Backgrounds Are Not Enough for Team Innovation: The Hidden Cost of Status Inequality
Summary Our recent study that was published in the Journal of Management Studies, entitled “Disentangling Knowledge Diversity: The Interactive Effect of Heterogeneity-Based Knowledge Diversity and Inequality-Based Knowledge Diversity,” challenges a common...
Contending with Perceived Legitimacy Tensions: Impact Investing from the Perspective of Non-Western Entrepreneurs
Impact investing is often promoted as a tool for alleviating poverty by leveraging private investment and market-based approaches to complement the limited funds made available from the public sector, foundations, and development assistance programs. Early research on...
Why Do Rival Firms Join Forces? A New Study Unpacks the Power of Business Collective Action
In today’s competitive markets, it may seem surprising that rival companies would choose to collaborate—but they do, and often with significant impact. Business collective action (BCA)—the coordinated efforts of competing firms to pursue shared interests—has become a...
Stitched with Violence: How Western Greed and Local Tyranny Turned Bangladeshi Factories into Infernal Places
How does violence come to define the factory floors in Bangladesh that produce clothing for Western consumers? More importantly, why has such brutality become normalised and who stands to gain from it? In my recent article, published in the Journal of Management...
Beyond the Surface: Unveiling the Many Ways Management Research Shapes Organizations and Society
Image source: https://unsplash.com/de/fotos/wassertropfchen-auf-spinnennetz-in-nahaufnahmen-LpMx4HQqOHo While many believe management research rarely influences real-world practice, our research published in the Journal of Management Studies reveals that...
Have your cake and eat it too: The effect of side-hustle thriving on full-time work performance
Picture Link: https://unsplash.com/illustrations/a-man-sitting-on-a-stool-using-a-laptop-vz13aEUtPp4 Summary Digital labor platforms have made it easier for employees to take on side-hustles—offering additional income, personal fulfillment, and flexibility. Yet...