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.
Do emerging market business groups outperform at exporting?
Business groups (BGs) are collections of legally independent multi-business entities coordinated through a central entity. They primarily operate in emerging markets, prominent examples being Samsung, Hyundai, and Tata Group. BG are widely viewed as an...
Finding the Missing Piece: Putting the “I” back in DEI
In recent years, the term "DEI," which refers to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, has gained significant popularity. As practitioners and scholars increasingly pay attention to the impact of DEI and its specific practices, my colleagues and I embarked on an...
Smart Tech is all Around us – Bridging Employee Vulnerability with Organizational Active Trust-Building
Summary Our paper, published in the Journal of Management Studies, addresses the ongoing debate on the impact of datafication technology on employees in organizations. It proposes that datafication technology can create surprises in the workplace, highlighting...
Status Differentials and Unplanned Alliance Dissolutions
Background Status is a salient factor for social entities including individuals and firms. Previous research has indicated that firms tend to ally with partners of similar status. Nonetheless, whether status similarity can ease or hinder alliances has not been...
How are professionals adapting to the impacts of artificial intelligence?
Summary Rather than being replaced by AI, professionals are adapting to AI. Our research, published in the Journal of Management Studies, shows how accountants and lawyers are adapting through boundary work. This allows professionals to use AI to augment their work,...
Achieving agility: Uncovering the dynamics that drive interdependent routines
In today's dynamic and complex business environment, understanding the dynamics within tightly coupled interdependent routines is of paramount importance for organizations striving to achieve agility. In our article, published in the Journal of Management Studies, we...
Do family firms prefer acquiring targets in related industries?
Academic research shows that family firms – the most prevalent type of business organization around the world – make decisions about acquisitions differently. Some aspects of such distinct acquisition behavior have been identified clearly. For instance, family firms...
Why Should Employers Value the Insider Activists within their Walls?
Scholars often analyze how activists need to conceal their own political ideals and agendas in their workplace: gender equality consultants feel compelled to hide their feminist perspectives to clients, sustainability professionals distance themselves from their...
Explaining the enduring illusion of gender equality in entrepreneurship: Who plays the game and at what cost?
The belief in gender equality in entrepreneurship seems appealing, but the reality often falls short. Women starting or growing their businesses are disadvantaged in the male-dominated game of entrepreneurship. How is such a belief sustained? Our recent paper...
How Do Companies Respond to Public Attention?
In a recent article in Journal of Management Studies, we sought to understand how public attention affects company behavior. We wanted to know, in particular, whether companies in the public eye are more transparent and complete in their environmental disclosures....