Internationalizing firms from emerging countries often face legitimacy deficits and often adopt standards and norms as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) efforts, to achieve legitimacy through isomorphism and alignment to global standards. However,...
Public policies (increasingly) affect firm activities and outcomes, making governments one of their most critical audiences. To influence public policies, firms first need to gain access to political actors, which is subject to their ability to supply something...
Abortion services in the United States represent perhaps one of the clearest examples of a stigmatized industry. Over the years, abortion clinics have faced regulatory targeting, harassment, and even violence. Of course, the recent repeal of Roe v. Wade in the U.S....
It’s there on your to do list. That task. The one you know you have to do, but you really don’t want to. You put it off and suddenly its urgent, but you still don’t want to do it. You need to find the motivation somehow. But how…? Beyond intrinsic motivation Work...
Why Trust Matters in Teams Entities (e.g., organizations, teams, or individuals) involved in ongoing exchange relationships are vulnerable to each other. The parties can respond to that vulnerability in some combination of the following two ways. First, control helps...
While most firms do not grow, a small number of firms maintain and even accelerate their growth over time. Accelerated growth is beneficial for job creation and economic development as it allows increased investor returns and expedited diffusion of innovation....
Chief Executive Officers are frequently caricatured as cocky and narcissistic people who do it all their own way, with regrets too few to mention and no hesitancy in biting off more than they could chew. Yet our new study in the Journal of Management Studies entitled...
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...