Considering only one diversity attribute is too simplified When we think about diversity, we often tend to focus on one particular aspect of a person’s demographic background – for example whether that person is female or male, young or old. Similarly, diversity &...
Three inequality projects in Memphis and Shelby County, Tennessee Despite the best intentions, many projects that seek to alleviate inequality instead appear to re-enact the inequities with new regalia. This research published in the Journal of Management Studies,...
An important goal of research in micro domains such as organizational behaviour and human resource management is to improve organizational effectiveness. However, studies in micro research rarely examine organizational-level outcomes, focusing instead on individuals...
To better serve the needs of a rapidly changing workforce, organizations have increasingly adopted individualized work arrangements. Many individuals are no longer satisfied with an employment agreement that is uniform to all employees and top-down dictated by their...
Origins of Network Advantages – “Matthew Effect” or “Managerial Design”? Concerning innovation performance, management research is quite clear about one thing: the firm’s network is an important success factor. Networks with advantageous structural attributes help...
How do companies' managers develop their capabilities by leveraging lessons learned from prior experiences? What sources of knowledge do they rely on to make sense of the events the firm experienced? How firms learn from their experience has been the topic of a vast...
Motivation History offers numerous examples of change that seems to appear out of nowhere, often going unnoticed until it has a surprising and significant impact. Unfortunately, this impact can sometimes be devastating, as in the case of NASA’s tragic Challenger...
In 2018, before the advent of Covid-19, James Bond (aka Daniel Craig), was photographed on a New York street holding his baby daughter close to his body in a baby carrier or ‘papoose’. Although ‘Agent Bond’ was plainly off duty, sleep deprived and sporting...
Increasingly, organizations open up their strategy processes to include employees that have previously been excluded from strategy making. Crowds, communities but also frontline employees are invited to participate in strategy making to gain new insights and to...
In The Lord of the Flies, William Golding tells a story about a group of boys stranded on a tropical island. It is not a story about collaboration, comradeship and survival in the face of adversity. Instead, Golding’s novel is about the boys’ decent into lawlessness...