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📢 New paper in JMS: De Keyser & Vandenbempt show how individual leaders shape ecosystem responses to disruption via cognitive, social & emotional pathways.

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#JMS #Leadership #Ecosystems #Disruption #Strategy
Shaping the System Through Turbulence: Strategic Leadership and the Micro‐Foundations of Ecosystem Orchestration in Times of Disruption
While research on ecosystems and their orchestration has grown rapidly, we still know little about how individual strategic leaders may mobilize ecosystemic action in times of disruption. This articl...
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January 19, 2026 at 6:13 PM
📢 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

https://bit.ly/3Lgfyk4

#JMS #CallForPapers
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...
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January 16, 2026 at 5:05 PM
New Essay Alert: Navigating Grief: A Call for Loving, Nurturing, and Wholly Generative Academic Friendships

JMS would like to highlight a recently published Essay that speaks with rare honesty about dying, grief, love, and friendship in academic life.

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Navigating Grief: A Call for Loving, Nurturing, and Wholly Generative Academic Friendships
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January 16, 2026 at 5:05 PM
New JMS Insights Blog 📢 Hao Tan (Nottingham University Business School China, Ningbo) argues MOR in a multipolar world needs granular, historically grounded institutional analysis, beyond rhetoric and labels like “varieties of socialism.”

Read: https://bit.ly/49BoZT5

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Management and Organisation Scholarship Requires More Granular Understanding of Institutional Contexts: A rejoinder to Bruton, Li & Gautam (2025)  - Journal Of Management Studies
Find out the latest news from the Management and Organisation Scholarship Requires More Granular Understanding of Institutional Contexts: A rejoinder to Bruton, Li & Gautam (2025)  . JMS is a leading ...
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January 15, 2026 at 5:08 PM
📢 New Paper Alert!

Threats of knowledge loss can trigger threat rigidity, unintentionally constraining firms’ R&D dynamism, though some firms stay adaptive. Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment.

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#JMS #Innovation
How the Threat of Knowledge Loss Drives Firms’ R&D Dynamism: A Threat Rigidity Perspective
Drawing on threat rigidity theory, this paper argues that the threat of knowledge loss gives rise to a threat rigidity effect in firms’ R&D function, that is, reduces their R&D dynamism. It further a...
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January 15, 2026 at 4:55 PM
📢 New paper in Journal of Management Studies: Explainable AI boosts worker acceptance of AI decisions, but too much detail can backfire. Evidence from 1,100+ gig workers shows why smart xAI design matters.

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#JMS #JMS_Journal #AI #FutureOfWork
Demystifying AI for the Workforce: The Role of Explainable AI in Worker Acceptance and Management Relations
In the digital era, organizations are increasingly leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to optimize their operations and decision-making. However, the opaqueness of AI processes raises concerns ov...
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January 14, 2026 at 7:09 PM
📢 New paper: Managing human–AI collaborations may have a dark side. Evidence from the US & China shows it can increase leaders’ moral relativism and unethical behaviour, though cognitive closure can reduce the risk.

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The Dark Side of Managing Human–AI Collaborations: Implications for Leaders’ Moral Relativism and Unethical Behaviour
As collaborations between humans and artificial intelligence (AI) have become increasingly prevalent across various industries, the role of leaders in managing these collaborations has grown in impor...
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January 13, 2026 at 4:45 PM
📢 New paper in JMS examines how stigmatized organizations fight back online. Using the Sex Tech Award incident, it shows how digital tools, moral emotions and audiences redirect stigma and reshape power

Read more here: https://bit.ly/4pv6K7N

#JMS #JMS_Journal #SexTech
Counter‐Stigmatization in the Digital Age: The Case of the Sex Tech Award Incident
Scholars have shown considerable interest in how organizations manage stigma when powerful actors discredit them and their products. However, research has paid less attention to how organizations mig...
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January 12, 2026 at 9:02 PM
📢 New paper: Atlas Unplugged explores how capitalism is framed, challenged & re-imagined in management research, urging critical engagement and new ways of organising amid social & environmental pressures.

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#JMS #Wiley
Atlas Unplugged: Re‐Imagining the Premises and Prospects of Capitalism for Business and Society
Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand’s dystopian work of fiction, became a cornerstone of libertarian philosophy and its influence continues as an articulation of contemporary capitalism. In introducing this Spe...
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January 9, 2026 at 5:11 PM
🌱 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: [email protected]
January 9, 2026 at 4:45 PM
📢 New JMS Insights Blog: How MNEs from small states navigate geopolitical fractures. Using Finland’s history, Matala & Stutz show how firms choose sides via corporate diplomacy 🌍⚖️

Read more: https://bit.ly/4ptfhrW

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Geopolitical Alignments in a Fracturing World Economy: How Multinational Enterprises from Small States are Choosing Sides - Journal Of Management Studies
Find out the latest news from the Geopolitical Alignments in a Fracturing World Economy: How Multinational Enterprises from Small States are Choosing Sides . JMS is a leading international journal tha...
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January 8, 2026 at 4:52 PM
📢 New paper in JMS: Evidence from 2,727 US firms during COVID-19 shows both broad and minimalist stakeholder strategies can boost performance when aligned with firm resources & crisis exposure

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#StakeholderManagement #CrisisManagement #FirmPerformance
Stakeholder Management and Resource Complementarities: Firm Performance amid Systemic Crises
Stakeholder management plays a central role in shaping firms’ responses to systemic crises. However, existing research offers incomplete guidance, often examining it in isolation from firms’ internal...
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January 8, 2026 at 4:52 PM
🔍 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
January 7, 2026 at 6:46 PM
✨Farewell, Brian Boyd

As we begin the new year, we would like to take a moment to sincerely thank Brian Boyd, having recently concluded his service as an Associate Editor at the Journal of Management Studies (2021–2025).

We wish him every success in the next chapter.
January 7, 2026 at 6:46 PM
📢 New Paper Alert: The Support Paradox: Explaining (Mis)Matches in Refugee Workplace Support

In this article, Pesch & Ipek examine why workplace support for refugee employees sometimes helps and sometimes harms

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#JMS #RefugeeEmployment
The Support Paradox: Explaining (Mis)Matches in Refugee Workplace Support
Recent refugee movements have spurred corporate initiatives, with workplace support proving critical for integration. However, while research on workplace support for refugees remains limited, the br...
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January 7, 2026 at 6:46 PM
🚀 A new JMS brand and website

We're new to Bluesky and the Journal of Management Studies also has a bold new identity and a modern digital home.

Visit us here 👉 https://journalofmanagementstudies.ac.uk/

#JMS #SAMS #ResearchMatters
January 6, 2026 at 5:09 PM