Journal of Management Studies

Whom Should Entrepreneurs Approach? The Effect of Contact Status on Referring New Ventures for Acquisition Prior entrepreneurial network literature has primarily examined how entrepreneurs’ networking efforts facilitate interorganizational exchanges, while giving little attention to the agency of their co...

📢 New Paper Alert: Whom Should Entrepreneurs Approach? Chen, X., Chen, J., Chen, J. & Cao, R. show a U-shaped effect of contact status on referrals for acquisition. Middle-status actors refer least.

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📢Call for Special Issue Proposals!

📅Deadline: 31 March 2026
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Repurposing Management for the Public Good: From Rhetoric to Action  - Journal Of Management Studies Find out the latest news from the Repurposing Management for the Public Good: From Rhetoric to Action  . JMS is a leading international journal that shares bold ideas, thoughtful research, and practic...

📕 New JMS Insights Blog: Repurposing Management for the Public Good argues purpose must be embedded in systems, incentives & governance - not just stated. Managing for the public good requires accountability & recalibration.

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📢 Applications open for the Grigor McLelland Doctoral Dissertation Award 2026🏆

£5,000 for the winner + £1,000 each for finalists.

PhD/DBA awarded in 2025? Apply by 28 Feb 2026.

Present at EURAM 2026 in Norway!

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JMS Dialogues Webinar - Organizations, Institutions, and Symbols PCP The symbol is one of the key concepts in organization and management scholarship. Yet, as indicated by the authors in this debate, it has not been adequately conceptualized and as such it remains rather blunt and opaque. In what is the first systematic ...

🎥 New on JMS Reflections: Organizations, Institutions & Symbols – a Point–Counterpoint debate rethinking the symbolic in management & organization theory. Fresh concepts, new research avenues.

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Journal of Management Studies Publishing Workshop, hosted by Seoul National University.
29–30 May 2026 | In-person | Free to attend.
Day 1 open to all; Day 2 by invitation

Apply by 13 March 2026

Details here: https://bit.ly/4bGZjab

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When AI Becomes Your Boss: How Explainable AI Can Improve Gig Work  - Journal Of Management Studies Find out the latest news from the When AI Becomes Your Boss: How Explainable AI Can Improve Gig Work  . JMS is a leading international journal that shares bold ideas, thoughtful research, and practica...

Explainable AI can improve gig work. 🧠 Study of 1,107 workers shows clear, simple AI explanations boost trust, acceptance & fairness—while complexity backfires. In AI-managed workplaces, clarity beats complexity.

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The Ebbs and Flows of Reputation as Meaningful Signals: Market Reactions to Firms’ Reputation Instability While prior studies typically treat firm reputation as a stable, intangible resource reflecting cumulative competence, we extend a socio-constructionist perspective by shifting the focus to reputatio...

📢 New Paper: The Ebbs and Flows of Reputation as Meaningful Signals: Market Reactions to Firms’ Reputation Instability

Reputation instability sends powerful market signals. Its impact depends on current reputation & industry dynamism.

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Special Issue Call for Papers: Management in Times of Geopolitical Tensions and Turmoil: How War, Security, and Defense Pose New Imperatives for Organizations - Journal Of Management Studies Find out the latest news from the Special Issue Call for Papers: Management in Times of Geopolitical Tensions and Turmoil: How War, Security, and Defense Pose New Imperatives for Organizations . JMS i...

📢 Call for Papers – Special Issue Submission Reminder 📢

"Management in Times of Geopolitical Tensions and Turmoil: How War, Security, and Defense Pose New Imperatives for Organizations"

📝 Submission Deadline: 31 March 2026

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🌱 Workshop | From exclusion to regeneration: Towards developing communities of belonging. 14 May 2026, Newcastle Business School. For PhD & ECRs in MOS, esp. marginalised voices. Keynotes, creative writing, story circles + £100 bursaries.
Contact: a.abdellatif@northumbria.ac.uk

Advice to organizational professionals: either be astutely selfless or serviceably selfish - Journal Of Management Studies Find out the latest news from the Advice to organizational professionals: either be astutely selfless or serviceably selfish . JMS is a leading international journal that shares bold ideas, thoughtful...

📕 New JMS Insights: Advice to organizational professionals: either be astutely selfless or serviceably selfish

Serve too little and risk irrelevance; too well and risk being sidelined. Two strategies: be astutely selfless or serviceably selfish

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CEO Activism and Corporate Reputation: How Authenticity and CSR Mitigate Stakeholder Misalignment Previous research suggests that the effect of CEO activism depends on its alignment with stakeholders’ political ideology. We examine when and why CEO activism can enhance corporate reputation across...

📢 New paper alert: CEO activism boosts corporate reputation through perceived moral authenticity, especially when backed by strong CSR (e.g., B Corp, philanthropy). CSR helps bridge ideological divides.

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📢 Applications open for the Grigor McLelland Doctoral Dissertation Award 2026🏆

£5,000 for the winner + £1,000 each for finalists.

PhD/DBA awarded in 2025? Apply by 28 Feb 2026.

Present at EURAM 2026 in Norway!

👉 https://bit.ly/4bxbczD

#PhD #ManagementResearch #Awards

📣 PhD or ECRs working on women’s leadership, gender or management in African/Global South contexts? Join the Methods School (May 2026, online) for mentoring & methods support.

Sponsored by SAMS, this event supports the development of the management studies research community.

Board Gender Diversity and Firm Financial Performance: Exploring the role of Directors’ Family Affiliations Recent studies acknowledge that the contribution of female directors at the board may not be uniform but instead varies depending on their individual characteristics and board context. In this study ...

📢 New Paper: In family firms, non-family female directors boost financial performance more than family-affiliated women. The impact of family female directors depends on male family presence on the board

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#JMS #GenderAndDiversity #CorporateGovernance

How small firms keep going when globalization unravels: lessons from 1930s Italy for today’s managers  - Journal Of Management Studies Find out the latest news from the How small firms keep going when globalization unravels: lessons from 1930s Italy for today’s managers  . JMS is a leading international journal that shares bold ideas...

📕 New JMS Insights Blog: How small firms keep going when globalization unravels. Lessons from 1930s Italy show how SMEs adapt to deglobalization through 4 strategic moves.

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📢Call for Special Issue Proposals!

📅Deadline: 31 March 2026
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Disentangling the Leadership Theory Jungle: A Reconciliation of Bright and Dark Side Leadership Theories The literature on the relationship between leader behaviours and effectiveness is a jungle of complementary yet often conflicting leadership theories that perplexes researchers and practitioners alik...

Disentangling the Leadership Theory Jungle: Tang & Crossan connect bright & dark side leadership to leader character and context integrity, offering a more realistic take on what makes leaders effective.

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#ManagementResearch #TheoryDevelopment #JMS

📢 Applications open for the Grigor McLelland Doctoral Dissertation Award 2026🏆

£5,000 for the winner + £1,000 each for finalists.

PhD/DBA awarded in 2025? Apply by 28 Feb 2026.

Present at EURAM 2026 in Norway!

👉 https://bit.ly/4bxbczD

#PhD #ManagementResearch #Awards

Beyond Efficiency: The Hidden Ethical Risks of Managing Human–AI Collaborations - Journal Of Management Studies Find out the latest news from the Beyond Efficiency: The Hidden Ethical Risks of Managing Human–AI Collaborations . JMS is a leading international journal that shares bold ideas, thoughtful research, ...

📕 New JMS Insights blog: Research shows managing human–AI teams can foster moral relativism in leaders, raising unethical risk.

Read more: https://bit.ly/3MqD7aa

#AI #Leadership #BusinessEthics #JMSInsights #JMS #JMS_Journal

Abductive Reasoning in Management Studies: Strengths, Limitations and Future Possibilities - Journal Of Management Studies Find out the latest news from the Abductive Reasoning in Management Studies: Strengths, Limitations and Future Possibilities . JMS is a leading international journal that shares bold ideas, thoughtful...

New JMS PCP 💡 on Abductive Reasoning in Management Studies: Wickert, Fleming & Oswick, and Filatotchev et al. debate creativity vs rigour, and the risks of consensus without validation in theory building

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When Catalysts and Change Agents Meet: How Women Transformed Welfare into Empowerment from Within  - Journal Of Management Studies Find out the latest news from the When Catalysts and Change Agents Meet: How Women Transformed Welfare into Empowerment from Within  . JMS is a leading international journal that shares bold ideas, th...

📕New JMS Insights blog: How UNDP + women intrapreneurs in Kuwait turned welfare into a platform for women’s entrepreneurship. By Abumuamar (BCU) & Reinecke (Oxford).

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Journal of Management Studies Publishing Workshop, hosted by Seoul National University.
29–30 May 2026 | In-person | Free to attend.
Day 1 open to all; Day 2 by invitation

Apply by 13 March 2026

Details here: https://bit.ly/4bGZjab

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JMS research featured in @Forbes! Study finds firms with women executives have stronger workplace safety records—showing the impact of gender-diverse leadership. Congrats to the authors!

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📢 New Issue Alert | Special Issue: Recalibrating Entrepreneurship Research: A Call to Decolonize and Embrace the Pluralism of Entrepreneurial Activity

Journal of Management Studies | Vol. 63, Issue 1 | January 2026

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Multinational Enterprises as Agents of Deglobalization   - Journal Of Management Studies Find out the latest news from the Multinational Enterprises as Agents of Deglobalization   . JMS is a leading international journal that shares bold ideas, thoughtful research, and practical insights.

🌍 New JMS Insights: MNEs shape deglobalization, not just respond to it. A century of aluminium industry history shows firms influencing protectionism through political capabilities & networks.

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How Are Skills Changing with Digital Technologies? Clarifying Boundary Conditions in Management Research This article contributes to discussions about the future of work by providing a systematic review of the broad yet fragmented management literature on how skills are changing with digital technologie...

New JMS paper: How Are Skills Changing with Digital Tech? (Grimshaw & Miozzo). Review of 225 studies maps 8 skill-change mechanisms + 4 theory lenses clarifying when skill theories hold in digital work

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When AI Know-How Becomes a Growth Option: Why AI Specialized Firms Are the Ones Acquiring AI Targets - Journal Of Management Studies Find out the latest news from the When AI Know-How Becomes a Growth Option: Why AI Specialized Firms Are the Ones Acquiring AI Targets . JMS is a leading international journal that shares bold ideas, ...

JMS Insights Blog: Li, Boivie, McNamara & Tang show firms with stronger AI know-how are more likely to acquire AI targets, favouring product-ready firms with lower R&D and market overlap.

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🔍 The Journal of Management Studies is pleased to host an Information Session for its upcoming Special Issue:

📕 How Methods Can Advance Theory in Management Research

🗓 Monday, 2 February
⏰ 16:00–17:00 (GMT)
📝 Proposal submission deadline for special issue: 30 April 2026

📢Call for Special Issue Proposals!

📅Deadline: 31 March 2026
📕Click on the QR code below, or follow this link to our updated guidelines: https://bit.ly/4pYqeSB

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