The global identity of organizations While some organizations present and understand themselves as global citizens, others more strongly understand themselves as national actors. In other words, organizations differ in their global identity that can be understood as...
To ensure cooperation, parties in inter-organizational relationships (IORs) draw upon both control and trust. However, the relationship between control and trust is not straightforward and is likely to change throughout the IOR. Furthermore, decisions to trust will...
Mentally ill individuals struggle to navigate the labour market The number of individuals with mental illness is increasing. However, we know little about their workplace experiences and their integration into the labour market. What we do know sketches a pessimistic...
Stigma is known as a serious liability for business. But can it also be an asset? That is the question we set out to answer in new research published in the Journal of Management Studies. To answer this question, we investigated how the market responds to firms...
Many platform firms are now operating in ecosystems to deliver complex value propositions to customers. These platforms largely rely on network externality- benefits consumers reap from the use of a platform increase with the number of its users, generativity, loosely...
Since the 1990s, offshoring –the movement of firm activities to foreign countries– has emerged as an important strategy implemented by companies to support their competitive advantage. Manufacturing and services have been offshored in search of low costs and/or access...
Alex, a middle manager working in the HR department who is right on track to the next promotion, dials into the video call with the executive board. Over the last weeks, unbeknownst to anyone, Alex had pushed some high performing subordinates to “finally stop crying...
Organizational purpose has recently gained great popularity in management research and practice. An increasing number of organizations have decided to designate a purpose that goes beyond pure profit maximization and aims to contribute to the common good. Even...
Many high-profile business leaders claim to rely on their gut feelings, also referred to as intuition. Intuition has three qualities; it is quick, emotionally charged (e.g., we have a good or bad feeling about someone or something) and it is non-conscious (i.e., it’s...
Challenges of finding better ways to work together Interprofessional collaborations are becoming widespread in many professional contexts from healthcare to construction. However, it is unrealistic to think that simply bringing professionals in teams will lead to...