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.
How emotions connect people to society
We explore the literature to deepen our understanding of how emotions connect people to society. We dig into the sociological literature on emotions and review the research on collective emotions and social bonds, emotional energy/batteries, and emotional capital. In...
Changing the World One Period at a Time
‘Chemicals are not for pussies!’ and ‘What’s between your legs?’. Two provocative slogans that appeared on large, colourful and eye-catching marketing posters spread across billboards in the Netherlands in 2014. They were slogans for the social enterprise start-up...
Shifting Metagame: Leveraging the Power of Esports and Gaming Skills for Human Resource Management
This blog post explores the untapped potential of gaming and esports skills in the realm of Human Resource Management (HRM). It delves into the unique competencies of the 'Generation Gamer', the relevance of the esports ethos to HRM, and the challenges of integrating...
The Power of Combining Economic and Social Goals in New Ventures
Pursuing both social and economic goals is good for business —shows our new study of academic spin-off (ASO) ventures, published in the Journal of Management Studies. New ventures pursuing such hybrid goals also benefit from involving multiple stakeholders that...
Family Control, Political Risk and Employment Security: A Cross-National Study
Are Family Firms Better Employers? A question that has attracted considerable attention is whether family firms are better employers than non-family firms. This issue is critical because over 90% of firms world-wide are family owned and over 60% of employees globally...
Breaching, bridging and bonding: How radical and moderate work intertwines for patient-centric innovation
Summary For social movements, is an institutionally accommodating approach more or less likely to affect societal change than more disruptive activities? And if both approaches serve different purposes toward a common goal, how can they most fruitfully be combined? We...
Do Economic Sanctions Work? Evidence from the Russia-Ukraine conflict
Background On February 24, 2022, after months of intense diplomacy and speculation, Russia invaded Ukraine. In the weeks prior to this invasion, NATO allies, led by US president Joe Biden, warned that any aggression into Ukraine would unleash “severe sanctions” with...
Hybrid models of CSR emerge through conflict and contestation
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is not practiced in an institutional vacuum. How are business-centric Anglo-American models of CSR translated and modified in North European institutional and political environments? A recent study published in the Journal of...
Where is the impact in Impact Investing research?
Summary Impact investing (II) aims to achieve measurable social or environmental impacts alongside financial returns and has been attracting interest in both theory and practice. Our paper, published in the Journal of Management Studies, synthesizes knowledge on II...
Are farsighted CEOs more competitively composed under analyst pressure?
Financial analysts are experts who constantly collect, analyze, and disseminate information about the prospects of publicly listed firms. Because their recommendations directly influence stock prices, negative evaluations by analysts can sometimes pressure executives...