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View article: Atlas Unplugged: Re‐Imagining the Premises and Prospects of Capitalism for Business and Society
Atlas Unplugged: Re‐Imagining the Premises and Prospects of Capitalism for Business and Society Open
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 Special Issue, we revisit its core assumpt…
View article: Analysing the prospects for place-based micro-missions: the role of challenge complexity and regional capacity
Analysing the prospects for place-based micro-missions: the role of challenge complexity and regional capacity Open
Mission-oriented innovation policies have come to the forefront of debates in both research and policymaking. While attention has focused on top-down, science, technology and innovation missions, research has increasingly begun to explore …
View article: Delivering micro-missions in public food transitions: Harnessing tensions for creative outcomes
Delivering micro-missions in public food transitions: Harnessing tensions for creative outcomes Open
Micro-missions represent small-scale, place-based strategies for societal innovation, distinct from grand missions that target national-level transformations. They offer potential for collaborative engagement among local stakeholders in th…
View article: Advancing inclusive innovation policy in the UK’s second-tier city-regions
Advancing inclusive innovation policy in the UK’s second-tier city-regions Open
The UK exhibits stark regional economic divides which have been a long running concern for policymakers. With the levelling up agenda taking shape, city-regions in the UK are developing innovation and business support policies in seeking t…
View article: Mundane innovation in the periphery: the foundational economy in a less developed region
Mundane innovation in the periphery: the foundational economy in a less developed region Open
This article explores the role that foundational economy (FE) actors can play in innovation in peripheral regions. We argue that research which casts peripheral regions as backwaters of innovation may inadvertently underplay the potential …
View article: Organizing Sustainably: Introduction to the Special Issue
Organizing Sustainably: Introduction to the Special Issue Open
To confront the climate crisis requires fundamental system change in order to break the convention of relentless economic exploitation of nature. In this Special Issue we extend understanding of the opportunities for an organizing perspect…
View article: Leaving the Theory Cave: Forays into Innovation Policy and Practice in Wales
Leaving the Theory Cave: Forays into Innovation Policy and Practice in Wales Open
This chapter focuses on some personal choices that are made in the last few years which have indeed seen to depart from what good friend Nicole Biggart described as the 'theory cave' in her own reflective essay. The emphasis has been on wa…
View article: “Outroduction”: A Research Agenda on Collegiality In university Settings<sup>*</sup>
“Outroduction”: A Research Agenda on Collegiality In university Settings<sup>*</sup> Open
Collegiality is the modus operandi of universities. Collegiality is central to academic freedom and scientific quality. In this way, collegiality also contributes to the good functioning of universities’ contribution to society and democra…
View article: Sustaining a Collegiate Environment: Colleagueship, Community and Choice at an Anonymous Business School
Sustaining a Collegiate Environment: Colleagueship, Community and Choice at an Anonymous Business School Open
The increasing push towards centralisation and bureaucratisation in higher education, further exacerbated by the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, calls for a better understanding of the nature of collegiality in contemporary uni…
View article: Ostracism Amongst Junior Employees
Ostracism Amongst Junior Employees Open
This study provides tenets that guide a wide range of researchers, industry practitioners, and academics in order to work multifaceted environment of workplace ostracism, work engagement, and turnover intention. The prevalence of turnover …
View article: Putting missions in their place: micro-missions and the role of universities in delivering challenge-led innovation
Putting missions in their place: micro-missions and the role of universities in delivering challenge-led innovation Open
We draw on first-hand experience and empirical evidence to address current concerns that the mission approach carries too much emphasis on technological innovation and top-down state-led action. We identify the concept of smaller scale ‘mi…
View article: Dominance and societal effects in HR practice transfer: the role of meso-level actors in diffusing and adapting the Japanese model in Indonesia
Dominance and societal effects in HR practice transfer: the role of meso-level actors in diffusing and adapting the Japanese model in Indonesia Open
This article investigates how meso-level actors (MeLAs) contribute to HR practice transfer in diffusion and adaptation processes, drawing on the System-Society-Dominance-Corporate Effects (SSDC) framework to interpret the role of MeLAs in …
View article: The hidden layers of resistance to dominant HRM transfer: Evidence from Japanese management practice adoption in Indonesia
The hidden layers of resistance to dominant HRM transfer: Evidence from Japanese management practice adoption in Indonesia Open
While resistance to human resource management (HRM) practice transfers from multinationals has been widely researched in economically advanced countries, emerging economies are generally assumed to be institutionally more welcoming. This a…
View article: The management of second-generation migrant workers in China: A case study of centrifugal paternalism
The management of second-generation migrant workers in China: A case study of centrifugal paternalism Open
How have organisations sought to manage tensions between the needs for flexible labour in neoliberal market economies and the benefits of a committed and motivated workforce? Through an in-depth, qualitative study of a Chinese company, we …
View article: Situating human resource management in the political economy: Multilevel theorising and opportunities for kaleidoscopic imagination
Situating human resource management in the political economy: Multilevel theorising and opportunities for kaleidoscopic imagination Open
This article introduces a special issue on Situating Human Resource Management (HRM) Practices in their Political and Economic Contexts . We develop a novel multilevel framework for exploring the political economy of HRM and use this to po…
View article: Lessons From Creating a Business School for Public Good: Obliquity, Waysetting, and Wayfinding in Substantively Rational Change
Lessons From Creating a Business School for Public Good: Obliquity, Waysetting, and Wayfinding in Substantively Rational Change Open
This paper applies Weber’s distinction between instrumental (outcome focused) and substantive (values driven) rationality to offer both a conceptually-underpinned explanation for the mounting criticism of business schools, and to provide t…
View article: Exploring Organizational Deception: Organizational Contexts, Social Relations and Types of Lying
Exploring Organizational Deception: Organizational Contexts, Social Relations and Types of Lying Open
This review paper extends our understanding of organizational deception. We focus specifically on the telling of lies – defined as a false statement with the intent to deceive – as the most common form of deception. We draw new insights fr…
View article: Understanding managerial work in the modern Japanese firm: The influence of new organizational forms and changing human resource management practices
Understanding managerial work in the modern Japanese firm: The influence of new organizational forms and changing human resource management practices Open
The aim of this study is to understand the nature of managerial work in Japan during an era of widespread corporate reform and changing human resource management (HRM) practices. To achieve this, a qualitative multi-method investigation wa…
View article: Emerging Conceptions of Work, Management and the Labor Market
Emerging Conceptions of Work, Management and the Labor Market Open
Prelims -- Linkedin or linkedout? how social networking sites are reshaping the labor market -- Dealing with downsizing : new organizational careers in financial services after the great recession -- Neo-normative control and value discret…
View article: Politics of place: The meaningfulness of resisting places
Politics of place: The meaningfulness of resisting places Open
The meaningfulness of the physical place within which resistance is nurtured and enacted has not been carefully considered in research on space and organizations. In this article, we offer two stories of middle managers developing resistan…
View article: When Organization Studies Turns to Societal Problems: The Contribution of Marxist Grand Theory
When Organization Studies Turns to Societal Problems: The Contribution of Marxist Grand Theory Open
Marxist theory, we argue, can be a valuable resource as organization studies turns to the urgent societal problems of our times. In order to address these problems, organizational studies needs greater historical depth and interdisciplinar…