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...

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....

Summary: Do leaders care whether they are viewed by team members as being part of the team? Our findings suggest that leader identities are threatened when followers do not view them as a prototypical member of the team, particularly when the team’s views are...

Summary: Unleash the hidden power of reflection strategies to catapult performance in the competitive corporate arena. This illuminating exploration delves into the synergistic dance between audacious stretch goals and two dynamic types of reflection—counterfactual...

The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed the way we work and live. Those working from home struggled to navigate blurred boundaries between their work and personal lives, while others had to cope with being furloughed or permanently unemployed. Given these...

Background CEO-employee pay disparity, or the extent to which a CEO is paid more than a typical employee in a firm, is a highly contentious issue. On the one hand, because CEOs have valuable experiences and strong qualifications, they enjoy relatively high bargaining...

Markets focused on products and services with an explicit social or environmental added-value, such as fair trade, microfinance or organic farming, naturally seek to grow and attract new participants. Yet, doing so may jeopardize the market’s founding moral mission...

The “theory always” imperative in management Contemplating the role of theory in management has always been a playing field for the big names of the discipline: Bacharch, Weick, Hambrick, Gioia, Sutton, Suddaby, Langley, or Eisenhardt. No scientist would deny that...

Organizational members often thwart organizational norms through transgressing them, remaking them in new ways, or otherwise working around and through existing norms. Such forms of transgression, which we describe as deviance, have traditionally been examined in a...

Research has identified several drivers of competitive actions and responses in firms, but limited attention has been given to how critical events, such as the death of a CEO, can affect competitors' competitive moves. Firms should be aware of the fact that a CEO’s...