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The Serious Business of Jokes: An Interview with Onno Bouwmeester (2024)
Journal Article
Moore, G. (2024). The Serious Business of Jokes: An Interview with Onno Bouwmeester. Philosophy of Management, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40926-024-00311-5

This article is a transcript of an interview with Onno Bouwmeester, Professor in the Department of Management and Marketing, Durham University Business School, UK, and the Department of Management and Organization, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. The i... Read More about The Serious Business of Jokes: An Interview with Onno Bouwmeester.

Paradigms in Qualitative IB Research: Trends, Analysis and Recommendations (2024)
Journal Article
Aguzzoli, R., Lengler, J., Miller, S. R., & Chidlow, A. (2024). Paradigms in Qualitative IB Research: Trends, Analysis and Recommendations. Management International Review, 64(2), 165-198. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11575-024-00529-5

This paper examines trends, challenges and opportunities in terms of research methodologies in qualitative IB research. In particular, it examines trends for the dominant (positivism/(post)positivism) paradigm versus alternative paradigms (i.e., soci... Read More about Paradigms in Qualitative IB Research: Trends, Analysis and Recommendations.

The Case For Embedding Futures Thinking in University Teaching & Learning (2024)
Journal Article
Hirst, J., & Spellman, C. (2024). The Case For Embedding Futures Thinking in University Teaching & Learning. Enhancing Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 1, 97-109. https://doi.org/10.62512/etlhe.1

This paper addresses a critical need for Higher Education, and Business Schools in particular, to embed Futures Thinking skills into their curricula in order to prepare the incoming generations of leaders for the radical change that the world is faci... Read More about The Case For Embedding Futures Thinking in University Teaching & Learning.

Critiquing the backlash against wokeness: In defense of DEI scholarship and practice (2024)
Journal Article
Prasad, A., & Sliwa, M. (2024). Critiquing the backlash against wokeness: In defense of DEI scholarship and practice. Academy of Management Perspectives, https://doi.org/10.5465/amp.2023.0066

In the last few years, we have witnessed growing backlash against “wokeness” from numerous actors. Indeed, politicians, social commentators, corporate executives, and academics have all taken aim at the concept. In this Exchange article, we respond... Read More about Critiquing the backlash against wokeness: In defense of DEI scholarship and practice.

Labour process theory (2024)
Book Chapter
Smith, A., & McBride, J. (2024). Labour process theory. In A Guide to Key Theories for Human Resource Management Research (133-138). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035308767.ch16

The Labour Process Theory (LPT) entry includes sections that define the theory, explore developments in the theory, demonstrate specific application of the theory to HRM, and provide suggested topic areas for future research. There is a rich and expa... Read More about Labour process theory.

Acculturating again: Taiwanese migrants’ enduring COVID-19 coping paradox in the UK (2023)
Journal Article
Yen, D., Cappellini, B., Hendy, J., & Ming-Yao, J. (2024). Acculturating again: Taiwanese migrants’ enduring COVID-19 coping paradox in the UK. International Marketing Review, 41(7), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1108/IMR-09-2022-0196

Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic has caused severe challenges to ethnic minorities in the UK. While the experiences of migrants are both complex and varied depending on individuals' social class, race, cultural proximity to the host country and accultu... Read More about Acculturating again: Taiwanese migrants’ enduring COVID-19 coping paradox in the UK.

First up then out: Self-employment as a response to normative control practices in elite consultancies (2023)
Journal Article
Bouwmeester, O., & Slaats, M. (2024). First up then out: Self-employment as a response to normative control practices in elite consultancies. Scandinavian Journal of Management, 40(1), Article 101313. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scaman.2023.101313

While normative control practices aim to raise employee motivation and commitment to professional standards in professional service firms, there is much debate on when and for whom such practices remain motivational. Based on interviews with 18 self-... Read More about First up then out: Self-employment as a response to normative control practices in elite consultancies.

Sexualize one, objectify all? The sexualization spillover effect on female job candidates (2023)
Journal Article
Guillén, L., Kakarika, M., & Heflick, N. (2023). Sexualize one, objectify all? The sexualization spillover effect on female job candidates. Journal of Organizational Behavior, https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2758

Summary: We examined whether sexualizing a businesswoman impacts attitudes toward subsequently evaluated, nonsexualized females applying for a corporate managerial position. Research shows that sexualized women are perceived as less warm and competen... Read More about Sexualize one, objectify all? The sexualization spillover effect on female job candidates.

Women’s Football Subculture of Misogyny: The Escalation to Online Gender-Based Violence (2023)
Journal Article
Fenton, A., Ahmed, W., Hardey, M. (., Boardman, R., & Kavanagh, E. (2023). Women’s Football Subculture of Misogyny: The Escalation to Online Gender-Based Violence. European Sport Management Quarterly, https://doi.org/10.1080/16184742.2023.2270566

Given the worldwide growth of women’s football and its presence on social media, it is essential to explore and understand fan attitudes and culture. This article focuses on how fans react to the increased exposure of women sports professionals on so... Read More about Women’s Football Subculture of Misogyny: The Escalation to Online Gender-Based Violence.

Toxic Absence: Why Leader Presence Matters in Times of Crisis (2023)
Journal Article
McMurray, R., Credland, N., Griffin, M., Hamilton, P., & Harness, O. (2023). Toxic Absence: Why Leader Presence Matters in Times of Crisis. Journal of Nursing Management, 2023, Article 1315904. https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/1315904

Aims. This study examines the importance of senior-leader presence on the “frontline” in times of crisis. Background. The COVID-19 pandemic placed unprecedented demands on nurses charged with delivering critical care. Extant research suggests that th... Read More about Toxic Absence: Why Leader Presence Matters in Times of Crisis.

Accounting for the “harms” of social media firms: Dialogic accountability and discursive contestation in public hearings (2023)
Journal Article
Yusuff, K., Whittle, A., & Mueller, F. (2023). Accounting for the “harms” of social media firms: Dialogic accountability and discursive contestation in public hearings. Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, https://doi.org/10.1108/AAAJ-11-2022-6165

Purpose Existing literature has begun to identify the agonistic and contested aspects of the ongoing development of accountability systems. These “contests” are particularly important during periods of change when an accountability “deficit” has bee... Read More about Accounting for the “harms” of social media firms: Dialogic accountability and discursive contestation in public hearings.

Workplace accentism as a postcolonial and intersectional phenomenon: The experiences of Brazilians in Portugal (2023)
Journal Article
Śliwa, M., Aguzzoli, R., Brewster, C., & Lengler, J. (2023). Workplace accentism as a postcolonial and intersectional phenomenon: The experiences of Brazilians in Portugal. Human Relations, https://doi.org/10.1177/00187267231198965

What insights can postcolonialism and decoloniality offer into workplace accentism? Drawing upon these two strands of literature, this paper contributes to workplace research through proposing a view of accentism as an intersectional phenomenon, root... Read More about Workplace accentism as a postcolonial and intersectional phenomenon: The experiences of Brazilians in Portugal.

Wie regional sind regionale Zentralen? Die „Latinisierung“ der Kontrolle in europäischen Strukturen eines brasilianischen MNC (2023)
Book Chapter
Aguzzoli, R., & Hunek, I. (2023). Wie regional sind regionale Zentralen? Die „Latinisierung“ der Kontrolle in europäischen Strukturen eines brasilianischen MNC. In Multinationale Unternehmen aus Schwellenländern und Europa Herausforderungen und Strategien (95-116). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28348-2_6

Die Regionalisierung der Geschäftstätigkeit ist ein Trend bei multinationalen Unternehmen. Regionale Strukturen überbrücken die Distanz zwischen der Unternehmenszentrale und den lokalen Tochtergesellschaften und Märkten, indem sie als integrale Vermi... Read More about Wie regional sind regionale Zentralen? Die „Latinisierung“ der Kontrolle in europäischen Strukturen eines brasilianischen MNC.

Counter-conducting environmental injustices and (un)accountability: Ken Saro-Wiwa’s accounts of the Ogoni struggles (2023)
Journal Article
Lauwo, S., Egbon, O., Denedo, M., & Ejiogu, A. (2023). Counter-conducting environmental injustices and (un)accountability: Ken Saro-Wiwa’s accounts of the Ogoni struggles. Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, https://doi.org/10.1108/aaaj-06-2022-5878

Purpose: This paper explores the historical roots of environmental accountability in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria by focusing on the campaigns for social and environmental justice by writer Ken Saro-Wiwa and the indigenous Ogoni people. Design/m... Read More about Counter-conducting environmental injustices and (un)accountability: Ken Saro-Wiwa’s accounts of the Ogoni struggles.

Acting gender: Actors’ experiences of gender role conformity and hopes for their characters (2023)
Journal Article
Cook, C., Pollet, T. V., & Callahan, J. L. (2023). Acting gender: Actors’ experiences of gender role conformity and hopes for their characters. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000604

Studies have found that audiences are often presented with characters that conform with traditional gender roles but there to date has been no empirical investigation into these characters from the actors’ perspective. We investigated the extent to w... Read More about Acting gender: Actors’ experiences of gender role conformity and hopes for their characters.

‘Running Towards the Bullets’: Moral Injury in Critical Care Nursing in the COVID-19 Pandemic (2023)
Journal Article
Griffin, M., Hamilton, P., Harness, O., Credland, N., & McMurray, R. (2023). ‘Running Towards the Bullets’: Moral Injury in Critical Care Nursing in the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Management Inquiry, https://doi.org/10.1177/10564926231182566

The COVID-19 pandemic placed unprecedented strain on healthcare professionals around the globe, particularly those working in intensive care units. It was reported that instances of moral injury – a betrayal of what is ethically right by those in pos... Read More about ‘Running Towards the Bullets’: Moral Injury in Critical Care Nursing in the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Developing Techniques to Support Technological Solutions to Disinformation by Analysing Four Conspiracy Networks During COVID-19 (2023)
Journal Article
Ahmed, W., Önkal, D., Das, R., Krishnan, S., Olan, F., Hardey, M., & Fenton, A. (2023). Developing Techniques to Support Technological Solutions to Disinformation by Analysing Four Conspiracy Networks During COVID-19. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, https://doi.org/10.1109/tem.2023.3273191

Given the role of technology and social media during the COVID-19 pandemic, the aim of this paper is to conduct a social network analysis of four COVID-19 conspiracy theories that were spread during the pandemic between March to June 2020. Specifical... Read More about Developing Techniques to Support Technological Solutions to Disinformation by Analysing Four Conspiracy Networks During COVID-19.