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Deflated in shame and puffed up in pride: How affective practices matter for entrepreneuring (2025)
Journal Article
Marsh, D., Eccleston, H., & Śliwa, M. (online). Deflated in shame and puffed up in pride: How affective practices matter for entrepreneuring. Human Relations, https://doi.org/10.1177/00187267241310136

At the heart of the processual term ‘entrepreneuring’, lies something inherently optimistic: a belief that a better world could be reached beyond the actual. Embracing this perspective, we move away from a focus on entrepreneurial mastery and seek co... Read More about Deflated in shame and puffed up in pride: How affective practices matter for entrepreneuring.

In Brexit’s Wake – the Birth of the Left Behind (2025)
Journal Article
Barratt, E., & Śliwa, M. (online). In Brexit’s Wake – the Birth of the Left Behind. Organization, https://doi.org/10.1177/13505084241306677

This paper addresses the problematisation of the “left behind” in right wing populist governmental strategies in the aftermath of Brexit. As diverse political actors, journalists and commentators questioned and sought to account for the outcome of th... Read More about In Brexit’s Wake – the Birth of the Left Behind.

How does colonial history matter for expatriate adjustment? The case of Brazilians in Portugal (2024)
Journal Article
Aguzzoli, R., Śliwa, M., Lengler, J., Brewster, C., & Quatrin, D. (online). How does colonial history matter for expatriate adjustment? The case of Brazilians in Portugal. Journal of International Business Studies, https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-024-00754-y

The literature on expatriation typically assumes that cultural and institutional familiarity facilitates expatriate adjustment. This assumption underplays the role of the historical context, especially the influence of painful colonial pasts that oft... Read More about How does colonial history matter for expatriate adjustment? The case of Brazilians in Portugal.

The Business of (Im)Migration: Bodies Across Borders (2024)
Journal Article
Distinto, M., Doshi, V., Osorio, A. E., Segarra, P., & Śliwa, M. (2024). The Business of (Im)Migration: Bodies Across Borders. Journal of Business Ethics, 194, 747–752. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-024-05777-x

Irrespective of length of stay or voluntariness, (im)migration is the movement of individuals across borders. From national identity to labor markets, (im)migration affects various dimensions and spheres of social life. Currently, 3.6% of the global... Read More about The Business of (Im)Migration: Bodies Across Borders.

The weaponization of plagiarism accusations in the era of anti-woke politics (2024)
Journal Article
Prasad, A., & Śliwa, M. (2024). The weaponization of plagiarism accusations in the era of anti-woke politics. Management Learning, 55(4), 479-482. https://doi.org/10.1177/13505076241269734

Plagiarism accusations have become increasingly politicized over the last few years. In this article, we raise some of our concerns with how vacuous plagiarism accusations are now part of the arsenal of anti-woke politics. Revisiting the recent cas... Read More about The weaponization of plagiarism accusations in the era of anti-woke politics.

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, 38(2), 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.

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. (2024). Workplace accentism as a postcolonial and intersectional phenomenon: The experiences of Brazilians in Portugal. Human Relations, 77(10), 1468-1501. https://doi.org/10.1177/00187267231198965

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

Rebuilding leadership theory through literature (2023)
Book Chapter
Śliwa, M. (2023). Rebuilding leadership theory through literature. In M. Schedlitzki, M. Larsson, B. Carroll, M. Bligh, & O. Epitropaki (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Leadership (346-356). (Second Edition). SAGE Publications

Recognition theory: a new lens for investigating language differences in multilingual organisations (2023)
Book Chapter
Johansson, M., & Śliwa, M. (2023). Recognition theory: a new lens for investigating language differences in multilingual organisations. In P. Lecomte, M. Vigier, C. Gaibrois, & B. Beeler (Eds.), Understanding the Dynamics of Language and Multilingualism in Professional Contexts (13-29). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789906783.00009

This chapter introduces a new theoretical perspective to language-sensitive IB research. We draw on recognition theory to critically examine languages and multilingualism in relation to power, status, privilege and marginalisation in organisations. W... Read More about Recognition theory: a new lens for investigating language differences in multilingual organisations.

Implementing the equality, diversity, and inclusion agenda in multinational companies: A framework for the management of (linguistic) diversity (2022)
Journal Article
Ciuk, S., Śliwa, M., & Harzing, A.-W. (2023). Implementing the equality, diversity, and inclusion agenda in multinational companies: A framework for the management of (linguistic) diversity. Human Resource Management Journal, 33(4), 868-888. https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12487

Advancing, both conceptually and practically, the equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) agenda, which is notoriously difficult to implement, this paper addresses the under-researched area of global diversity management (GDM) in multinational compa... Read More about Implementing the equality, diversity, and inclusion agenda in multinational companies: A framework for the management of (linguistic) diversity.

‘That’s bang out of order, mate!’: Gendered and racialized micro-practices of disadvantage and privilege in UK business schools (2022)
Journal Article
Śliwa, M., Gordon, L., Mason, K., & Beech, N. (2024). ‘That’s bang out of order, mate!’: Gendered and racialized micro-practices of disadvantage and privilege in UK business schools. Gender, Work and Organization, 31(5), 1852-1872. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12920

The existence of gendered and racialized inequalities in academia has been well documented. To date, research has primarily addressed the intersectional disadvantages faced by members of minority groups with much less attention paid to the privileges... Read More about ‘That’s bang out of order, mate!’: Gendered and racialized micro-practices of disadvantage and privilege in UK business schools.

Organising populism: from symbolic power to symbolic violence (2022)
Journal Article
Kerr, R., Robinson, S., & Śliwa, M. (2024). Organising populism: from symbolic power to symbolic violence. Human Relations, 77(1), 81-110. https://doi.org/10.1177/00187267221129181

This article contributes to developing a management and organisation studies perspective on political organising by focusing on: (a) populism; (b) the exercise of political power; and (c) the organisation of politics. We address two questions: in wha... Read More about Organising populism: from symbolic power to symbolic violence.