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“Dragged in the Opposite Direction”: Identity Tensions Facing Women Academics in Management and Organisation (2025)
Book Chapter
Black, K., Ciesielska, M., & Whitton, D. (2025). “Dragged in the Opposite Direction”: Identity Tensions Facing Women Academics in Management and Organisation. In S. Cinque, & D. Ericsson (Eds.), Debating ‘Homo Academicus’ in Management and Organization: Ontological Assumptions and Practical Implications. Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-58195-3

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. (in press). How does colonial history matter for expatriate adjustment? The case of Brazilians in Portugal. Journal of International Business Studies,

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.

Fifty years of fighting sex discrimination: undermining entrenched misogynies through recognition and everyday resistance (2024)
Journal Article
Gilmore, S., Harding, N., & Ford, J. (online). Fifty years of fighting sex discrimination: undermining entrenched misogynies through recognition and everyday resistance. Human Relations, https://doi.org/10.1177/00187267241279216

This paper marks the 50 th anniversary of the passing of the UK's Sex Discrimination Act (1975). The UK offers an important historical case study of how such laws are, or are not, translated into practice. The success of the Act is mixed: there has b... Read More about Fifty years of fighting sex discrimination: undermining entrenched misogynies through recognition and everyday resistance.

The Business of (Im)Migration: Bodies Across Borders (2024)
Journal Article
Distinto, M., Doshi, V., Osorio, A. E., Segarra, P., & Śliwa, M. (online). The Business of (Im)Migration: Bodies Across Borders. Journal of Business Ethics, 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.

Strategy texts as auto-communication: How narrative, language, and visual symbolism exercise discursive control (2024)
Journal Article
Reissner, S., & Falkheimer, J. (online). Strategy texts as auto-communication: How narrative, language, and visual symbolism exercise discursive control. International Journal of Strategic Communication, https://doi.org/10.1080/1553118X.2024.2388087

Strategy texts are an important way of communicating a strategy to a range of different stakeholders, including internal audiences as the organization communicates with itself (auto-communication). In this article, we analyze two related strategy tex... Read More about Strategy texts as auto-communication: How narrative, language, and visual symbolism exercise discursive control.

Prospective market shaping: a discursive analysis of possible future autonomous vehicle markets (2024)
Journal Article
Purchase, S., Schepis, D., & Ellis, N. (2024). Prospective market shaping: a discursive analysis of possible future autonomous vehicle markets. Industrial Marketing Management, 122, 37-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2024.08.003

Investigating innovation ecosystems during their early stages of development is critical when considering how these nascent activities shape future technological direction and markets. This paper prospectively investigates how actors in these ecosyst... Read More about Prospective market shaping: a discursive analysis of possible future autonomous vehicle markets.

Tracing The Potential Benefits And Complex Contingencies Of Multi-level Collective Bargaining (2024)
Journal Article
Grimshaw, D., Brandl, B., Bertranou, F., & Gontero, S. (in press). Tracing The Potential Benefits And Complex Contingencies Of Multi-level Collective Bargaining. International Labour Review,

This article provides a critical review of the international evidence for economic benefits of multi-level collective bargaining. The expected gains are highly contingent and depend upon a raft of interlocking enabling conditions. This means that as... Read More about Tracing The Potential Benefits And Complex Contingencies Of Multi-level Collective Bargaining.

Making Knowledge Claims from Qualitative Interviews: A Typology of Epistemological Modes (2024)
Journal Article
Whittle, A., & Reissner, S. (2024). Making Knowledge Claims from Qualitative Interviews: A Typology of Epistemological Modes. British Journal of Management, https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12845

Qualitative interviewing is the most common qualitative research method in management studies. However, researchers using this method tend to use a distinct ‘packages’ of practices, each of which is underpinned by a distinct onto‐epistemological para... Read More about Making Knowledge Claims from Qualitative Interviews: A Typology of Epistemological Modes.

Precarious work and employment (2024)
Book Chapter
McBride, J., & Smith, A. (2024). Precarious work and employment. In A Research Agenda for Work and Employment. Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781803929972.00017

The increasing polarisation of the UK labour market means that work for many is marked by low-pay, irregular and variable working hours, with limited employment protections. This chapter contextualises contemporary precarious work and explores some o... Read More about Precarious work and employment.

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, 23, 191-196. 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, 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.

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.