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.
You get the expertise you organize for
Atlas by Carl Hammoud Organizations increasingly implement systems to categorize experts and map their knowledge, ranging from departmental structures drawn on an organizational chart to algorithmically enabled talent marketplace platforms. But how effective are these...
Competence Drives Interest or Vice Versa? An Investigation on the Bidirectional Relationships between Self-Efficacy and Intrinsic Motivation in Shaping Employee Creativity
What drives creativity in the workplace? Researchers have long debated the impact of two key factors: creative self-efficacy (believing you can be creative) and intrinsic motivation for creativity (wanting to be creative). But which comes first, or...
Why did some firms quickly shift to PPE production during COVID-19?
One notable business dilemma that firms faced during the early stages of COVID-19 was whether to pivot to produce personal protective equipment (PPE). In our recently published Journal of Management Studies article, we examine why the imprints of corporate leaders’...
Striking the Balance: How Falling Short Impacts Accounting Performance Goals and Analysts’ Earnings Expectations
Summary Managers are under increasing pressure to beat analysts' earnings estimates, which have personal implications for managerial careers, stock-based pay, and reputations. Analysts' earnings forecasts represent a critical benchmark that differs from prior...
Unveiling the Divine Impact: How CEOs’ Pre-Career Religious Exposure Shapes Corporate Tax Avoidance
Our recent study, published in the Journal of Management Studies, explores how CEOs’ pre-career exposure to religion influences corporate tax avoidance. We found that CEOs who attended religious universities are more likely to pay higher taxes, influenced by values of...
The Power of Team Learning: How to Foster Success and Innovation in Teams
Many organizations use teams with the goal of improving performance beyond what individuals can achieve. To reach such synergy, teams need to engage in team learning, the process of working together to enhance collective knowledge. However, learning is difficult to...
Total Cultural Capital
With more and more people migrating across borders, it is very important to study the effects of migration for people and organizations. For instance, emerging economy citizens have been migrating to various parts of the world in search of economic opportunities, a...
Will universal basic income cause employees to leave work?
It’s often assumed that paying people an unconditional living wage (i.e. Basic Income; BI) will result in mass dropout from the work force as people chose to stay home and play video games instead of contributing to society. In my recent study, published in the...
Why Are Some Minorities More Disadvantaged Than Others?
In our study, recently published at Journal of Management Studies, we draw on the concept of ‘category distance’ to understand why some minority groups may be more (dis)advantaged than others in their career advancements in organizations. We define ‘category distance’...
Humorous Resources: An Elixir for a Wounded Workplace?
A free, effective, research-backed, and universal tool is at the disposal of global leaders seeking to engage their workforce and drive performance– humor. But do we dare laugh about work? Humor is a complex phenomenon that engages various brain regions and key...