Journal of Management Studies

1964 - 2026

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Volume 63, month 09, 2026

Organizational Soundscapes and the Sonicity of Voices: The Power of the ‘Sounds’ that Carry ‘Words’ pp. 2305-2331

Nancy Harding and Jackie Ford

An OBSE‐Contingent Work Engagement Model of Felt Trust: Implications for Task Performance and Work‐to‐Home Conflict pp. 2332-2362

Dejun Tony Kong, Cecily D. Cooper, Jian Peng, Craig D. Crossley and Réka Anna Lassu

War as a Phenomenon of Inquiry in Management Studies pp. 2363-2397

Fabrice Lumineau and Arne Keller

Institutional Logics and the Post‐Financing Relationship Between Investors and Entrepreneurs pp. 2398-2433

Yingzhao Xiao, Kevin Au, David Ahlstrom, Anna J. C. Hsu and Xiling Hao

What Do Content Moderators Do? Emotion Work and Control on a Digital Health Platform pp. 2434-2465

Dimitra Petrakaki and Andreas Kornelakis

What Makes Mothers Decide (Not) to Become Entrepreneurs? Unpacking the Role of Time and Money in Parental Leave Policies pp. 2466-2508

Pomme Theunissen, Julia M. Kensbock, Jens Schüler, Matthias Baum and Ruud Gerards

The Mixed Gamble of Competitive Dynamics in Family‐Controlled Firms pp. 2509-2577

Jaeyoung Cho, Alfredo De Massis and Josip Kotlar

Disentangling Knowledge Diversity: The Interactive Effect of Heterogeneity‐Based Knowledge Diversity and Inequality‐Based Knowledge Diversity on Team Innovation pp. 2578-2607

Dali Ma, Jonathan C. Ziegert and Daan van Knippenberg

The Effect of Side‐Hustle Thriving on Full‐Time Work Performance: A Conservation of Resources Perspective pp. 2608-2645

Min Liu, Shengxian Yu, Xin Liu and Shanshi Liu

Decomposing the Drivers of Innovation Performance pp. 2646-2669

Michael B. Heeley, Jeffrey G. Covin, Sharon F. Matusik and Markus Fitza

Performing Micro‐Role Transitions in Open Strategy pp. 2670-2699

Anna Plotnikova, Christoph Brielmaier and Martin Friesl

Intentionality and Attentionality Dynamics in an Institutional Change Process pp. 2700-2731

Sofiane Baba, Taïeb Hafsi and Omar Hemissi

When Performance Appraisals Fail: Emotion Regulation and the Direction of Organizational Routines pp. 2732-2766

Muntaser J. Melhem, Tamer K. Darwish, Geoffrey Wood and M. May Seitanidi

Indigenizing Brokerage: How Western Brokers Bridge Environment and Nature Worldviews in Global Market Relations pp. 2767-2799

Urs Jäger, Felipe Symmes, Silke Bucher and Rajiv Maher

Leave the Token, Take the Gavel: How National Quotas and Corporate Ownership Shape Gender Diversity on Major Board Committees pp. 2800-2830

Patricio Duran, Roxana Turturea, Pursey P. M. A. R. Heugens, Jean‐Luc Arregle and Marc van Essen

The Manifold Impacts of Management Research pp. 2831-2860

Matthias Wenzel, Philip Gylfe, Saku Mantere and Joep Cornelissen

A Theory of Leadership Meta‐Talk and the Talking‐Doing Gap pp. 2861-2893

Thomas Fischer and Mats Alvesson

Politicized Framing of the Future: Encouraging Innovation in Mature Ecosystems in the Face of Asymmetric De Alio Entrants pp. 2894-2926

Georg Reischauer, Alexander Engelmann and Werner H. Hoffmann

Desired and Feared Identities and Their Role in Occupational Identity Regulation pp. 2927-2964

Sarah Page‐Jones and Andrew D. Brown

Rethinking Interpersonal Humour in Organizations: Clarifying Constructs and Charting A Path Forward pp. 2965-3002

Cecily D. Cooper, Sharon B. Sheridan and Dejun Tony Kong

The Double‐Edged‐Sword Effect of Constant Connectivity on Work Performance: Roles of Perceived Value, Work–Life Balance, and Work–Family Conflict pp. 3003-3033

Souad Djelassi, Mbaye Fall Diallo, Victoria‐Sophie Osburg and Isabelle Collin‐Lachaud

Not Quite Shipshape: How Better Reputations Can Lead to Worse Performance pp. 3034-3062

Vinit M. Desai

Coworker Support Exceeding Expectations as a Double‐Edged Sword: The Role of Workplace Status pp. 3063-3096

Dan Ni, Lynda Jiwen Song and Xiaoming Zheng

Financial/Social Trade‐Offs in Dual‐Purpose Companies pp. 3097-3132

Fengbin Wang, Changwei Guo, Jianxun Chen and Sunny Li Sun

Institutional Logics as a Resource and Risk: Logic Deviance and Categorical Penalties in US Community Banks pp. 3133-3164

Stephen J. Smulowitz, Horacio E. Rousseau and Pino G. Audia

Whose Rhetoric Matters? Social Responsibility Rhetoric and the Moderating Influence of Social Roles in Crowdfunding Pitches pp. 3165-3203

Aaron H. Anglin, Jeremy C. Short, Marcus T. Wolfe, Aaron F. Mckenny and Shane W. Reid

When do Firms with New CEOs Engage in M&A? Understanding the Timing of New CEOs' First M&A Announcements pp. 3204-3248

Marie‐Ann Betschinger, Caterina Moschieri, Olivier Bertrand and Mahmoud Aidli

Clash of the Titans: Conflict Intensity, Community Dependence on Environmental Resources, and Stakeholder Multiplicity pp. 3249-3277

Chang Hoon Oh and Jiyoung Shin

Social‐Symbolic Work of Engaging Heterogeneous Communities: Participation Work and Entangled Effects on Organizations and Communities pp. 3278-3316

Trish Ruebottom, Suhaib Riaz and Israr Qureshi

How Change Recipients Become Rivals: Legitimacy Dynamics and ‘Cooptive Rejection’ in Organizational Change pp. 3317-3350

Alaric Bourgoin, Alexis Laszczuk and Ann Langley

The More, the Merrier? Membership Expansion and Incumbents' Boundary Work Divergence in the Platformization of Belgian Philanthropy pp. 3351-3388

Benjamin Huybrechts, Elodie Dessy and Danielle Logue

The Inclusionary Effects of Performing Work: A Practice‐Theoretical Study of Airport Security Work pp. 3389-3427

Laura Dobusch, Dide van Eck, Maddy Janssens and Marieke van den Brink

When Newspapers Fail to Deter Corporate Illegality: The Constraining Effects of Economic Institutions pp. 3428-3459

Tony Jaehyun Choi and Kam Phung

Situated Attention and Strategic Leadership Interfaces: The Role of CEO Humility and Digital Transformation Urgency for Corporate Venture Capital Investments pp. 3460-3493

Petrit Ademi, Philipp Schade and Monika C. Schuhmacher

Is There Fairness in AI? pp. 3494-3531

Elmira van den Broek, Anastasia Sergeeva and Marleen Huysman

How Hybrid Work Shapes Communication Ties: The Role of Concern about Relationship Loss and Organizational Identification pp. 3532-3572

Christian Tröster and Prisca Brosi

Routine Dynamics at a Cardiac First‐Aid Unit: How Context, Emotions, and Identities Drive the Adaptation of Action Patterns pp. 3573-3610

Emre Karali, Jatinder S. Sidhu, Gerardo Patriotta and Henk W. Volberda

Bridging the Divide: How Dual‐Background Leaders Unlock Returnee Innovation in Politically Connected Chinese Firms pp. 3611-3644

Jun Xia, Fiona Kun Yao, Jianan Li, Chunlin Liu, Fenmian Wang, Waverly W. Ding and Hong Zhang

Ripples in the Pond: Product Portfolio Reconfiguration and Dynamism in the Competitive Environment pp. 3645-3675

Christopher Jung, Mark R. Mallon and Stav Fainshmidt

Early Internationalization: A Meta‐Analysis of Antecedents, Dimensions, and Performance pp. 3676-3705

Hadi Fariborzi, Alain Verbeke and Piers Steel

Understanding Talent in Foreign Subsidiaries: A Review, Synthesis, and Way Forward pp. 3706-3743

Ting Liu, Ya Xi Shen, Jiayin Qin, Tomoki Sekiguchi and Kai Chi Yam

How Are Skills Changing with Digital Technologies? Clarifying Boundary Conditions in Management Research pp. 3744-3779

Damian Grimshaw and Marcela Miozzo

Leadership and the Virtue of Humanity: Conceptual Clarity, Systematic Review, and Future Research Agenda pp. 3780-3814

Toby Newstead, Saeed Loghman, Alexander Newman and Ronald Riggio

Volume 63, month 07, 2026

Keeping Up With the Times? Rethinking Social Evaluations Research Under Contemporary Technological and Sociopolitical Forces pp. 2005-2031

Marco Clemente, Michael Etter, Yuliya Snihur, Gokhan Ertug, Graffin Scott and Anastasiya Zavyalova

Counter‐Stigmatization in the Digital Age: The Case of the Sex Tech Award Incident pp. 2032-2067

Neva Bojovic, Raghu Garud and Jacob A. Klopp

Rating Anticipation and Strategic Downward Selection in Consumer‐Generated Rating Systems: Evidence from a Peer‐to‐Peer Platform Market pp. 2068-2122

Yanhua Bird

The Power of Posting: An Examination of CEO Social Media Celebrity pp. 2123-2155

Ann Mooney, Ruixiang Song and Yangyang Zhang

When Opposites Don’t Attract: The New Information Environment, Polarization, and What Happens to Social Evaluations When ‘The World Goes to Hell in a Handbasket’ pp. 2156-2174

Timothy G. Pollock and Violina P. Rindova

CEO Activism and Corporate Reputation: How Authenticity and CSR Mitigate Stakeholder Misalignment pp. 2175-2201

Lambert Zixin Li and Sarah A. Soule

Unveiling Propriety, Validity and Consensus: A Multi‐level Examination of Legitimacy Following the Global Financial Crisis pp. 2202-2244

Patrick Haack, Jost Sieweke and Michael D. Pfarrer

Modes of Reasoning in Management and Organization Studies: Promises and Perils of Abduction and Induction pp. 2248-2256

Christopher Wickert

Advancing Abductive Theory Building: Balancing Creative Curiosity and Programmatic Rigour Through ‘Loosely Coupled Abduction’ pp. 2257-2275

Peter Fleming and Cliff Oswick

Challenges of Semiotic Abduction in Management Research pp. 2276-2289

Igor Filatotchev, Marco Giarratana, Martina Pasquini and Konstantina Valogianni

Unleashing the Impact Potential of Early‐Career Researchers: Recognizing the Value of Micro‐Level Impact pp. 2290-2298

Tina Miedtank, Stephanie E. Raible and Marleen Wierenga

Volume 63, month 06, 2026

Expert Memories: The Professional Construction of the Past and the Mnemonic Making of Occupations pp. 1709-1738

Diego M. Coraiola, Sébastien Mena, Mairi Maclean, Roy Suddaby and Daniel Muzio

Representing, Re‐presenting, or Producing the Past? Memory Work amongst Museum Employees pp. 1739-1770

Jeremy Aroles, Kevin Morrell, Edward Granter and Yin Liang

‘From the Ivory Tower’? Memory Workers and Mnemonic Practices in Communities pp. 1771-1806

Yasaman Sadeghi

Old Skool Spinning and Syncing: Memory, Technologies, and Occupational Membership in a DJ Community pp. 1807-1836

Hamid Foroughi, Micki Eisenman and Samantha Parsley

‘Unbecoming’ a Professional: The Role of Memory during Field Transitions in Japan and the USA pp. 1837-1873

Ricardo Azambuja, Lisa Baudot, Saori Matsubara, Takahiro Endo and Dana Wallace

Contestation over a Profession's Memory: The UK Pharmacy Profession, 1880–1905 pp. 1874-1906

Graeme Currie, Andrew Wild and Andy Lockett

‘We Can Win this Fight Together’: Memory and Cross‐Occupational Coordination pp. 1907-1940

Sung‐Chul Noh, Matthew C. B. Lyle and Boram Do

Beancounting Diversity in Business Schools pp. 1943-1950

Wafa Ben Khaled and Alessandro Ghio

Capitalism Versus Socialism: Can (or Should) Management Scholars Embrace Varieties of Socio‐Economic Systems in a Multipolar World? pp. 1951-1958

Christopher Wickert

Embracing a Multipolar World: Management and Organization Scholars and Varieties of Socialism pp. 1959-1982

Garry D. Bruton, Jiayi Li and Dhruba Kumar Gautam

Capitalism, Socialism, and Management and Organization Scholarship pp. 1983-1999

Nicolai J. Foss, Peter G. Klein, R. Michael Holmes and Siri Terjesen

Volume 63, month 05, 2026

Stigma Management within and between Levels pp. 861-890

Rebecca Mitchell, Jane Maley, Brendan Boyle and Jun Gu

Foreign Market Investment as a Locus of Response to Adverse Performance pp. 891-929

Majid Abdi and Liang Wang

A More Ethical Workplace? How and Why Perceived Socially Responsible Human Resource Management Makes a Difference pp. 930-960

Nhat Tan Pham, Jintao Lu, Chidiebere Ogbonnaya, Tran Hoang Tuan, William Y. Degbey and Benjamin Laker

Mergers and Attributions: An Examination of M&A Terminations in 1996–2022 pp. 961-997

Zhe (Adele) Xing and Xiwei Yi

Imitation of Location Choices for Foreign Investments: The Role of Subnational Foreign Locations' Cultural Tightness pp. 998-1031

Arjen H. L. Slangen, Riccardo Valboni, Nazareno Braito and Jonas Puck

Do Female State Officials Improve Corporate Social Responsibility in their Jurisdictions? A Disadvantage‐Prohibiting Perspective pp. 1032-1058

Jian Chu, Yi Tang and Guoguang Wan

Status Transfer across Borders: The Mediating Role of Common Partners in First Entry pp. 1059-1093

Yu Liu, Markku Maula and Brian C. Pinkham

How Imprints Transcend Era and Terra: A Study of Firms' Controversial History and Present‐Day Foreign Market Entry pp. 1094-1123

Kunyuan Qiao and Jun Xia

Problematizing the Cooperative Firm: A Marxian View on Paradoxes, Dialectics, and Contradictions pp. 1124-1154

Jon Las Heras, Anjel Errasti and Ignacio Bretos

Things at Work: How Things Contribute to Performing Work pp. 1155-1191

Jörgen Sandberg, Gloria Dall'Alba and Anna Stephens

The King Is Dead – Long Live Who? A Family and Firm Embeddedness Perspective on Succession after the CEO‐Owner's Sudden Death pp. 1192-1228

Kimberly A. Eddleston, Philipp Sieger, Francesco Chirico and Massimo Baù

Inscribing Impact: Measurement Practices in the Making of Moral Markets pp. 1229-1263

Guillermo Casasnovas, Lisa Hehenberger and Kyriaki Papageorgiou

Lay Theories of Expertise: A Mixed‐Methods Exploration pp. 1264-1302

Lauren A. Keating and Benjamin W. Walker

Business Groups after Incidents of Wrongdoing: Exploring the Effectiveness of Differentiated Versus Aligned Impression Management Tactics pp. 1303-1340

Josh Wei‐Jun Hsueh and Melanie Richards

When A Political Sinner Does A Good Deed: The Role of Government Officials' Stigma Anxiety in Granting Political Access pp. 1341-1373

Yuyuan Chang and Shuping Li

Shock Anticipation: Voluntary Turnover by Foreign Directors in Response to Sanctions on Peer Firms pp. 1374-1402

Xiaomeng Liu, Abby Jingzi Zhou, Steven Shijin Zhou, Tao Bai and Xue Tan

Goal Hierarchies: Understanding Sub‐Goal and Primary Goal Interdependency pp. 1403-1443

Xavier Sobrepere and Henrich R. Greve

City Digitalization and Corporate Financial Fraud: An Information Asymmetry Perspective pp. 1444-1478

Lu Shen, Kevin Zheng Zhou and Daokang Luo

Problem‐Solving Strategies for Creativity in Business Model Design: A Configurational Study pp. 1479-1508

Christian Garaus, Stefan Konlechner and Christopher Lettl

Frame Overlapping in Moral Markets: The Case of an ‘Open, Free, and Neutral’ Telecommunications Network pp. 1509-1537

Daniel Arenas, Joan Rodón and Mireia Yter

Causal Mechanisms in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Management: A Meta‐Synthesis of Micro‐CSR Research pp. 1538-1571

Stefanie Remmer and Dirk Ulrich Gilbert

Business Collective Action: An Integrative Review and Framework pp. 1572-1603

Sean Buchanan, Lærke Højgaard Christiansen, Lori Qingyuan Yue and Jochem Kroezen

Know Your Lanes: Unpacking Theoretical Plurality Across Studies of Professions pp. 1604-1636

Ruthanne Huising and Pauli Pakarinen

Critical Management Studies: From One‐Dimensional Critique to Three‐Dimensional Scepticism pp. 1637-1660

Mats Alvesson and André Spicer

What Are Family Firms All About? Advancing Family Business Research Through Socioemotional Wealth Theory pp. 1661-1700

Andrea Calabrò, Mariateresa Torchia, Luis R. Gomez‐Mejia, Claudia Pongelli and Fynn‐Willem Lohe

Volume 63, month 03, 2026

The Acceleration of Artificial Intelligence: Rethinking Organization and Work in an Era of Rapid Technological Change pp. 285-314

Dominic Chalmers, Richard ‘Rick’ Hunt, Stella Pachidi, Kristina Potočnik and David Townsend

Studying AI in the Wild: Reflections from the AI@Work Research Group pp. 315-334

Marleen Huysman

Artificial Intelligence as an Organizing Capability Arising from Human‐Algorithm Relations pp. 335-365

Marta Stelmaszak, Mayur Joshi and Ioanna Constantiou

‘Let Me Explain’: A Comparative Field Study on How Experts Enact Authority Over Clients When Facing AI Decisions pp. 366-398

Anne‐Sophie Mayer, Elmira van den Broek and Tomislav Karačić

When Do Individuals Believe in Themselves Rather Than in Artificial Intelligence? Insights from Longitudinal Investigations in Corporate Credit‐Rating Contexts pp. 399-437

Kyootai Lee, Wooje Cho, Han‐Gyun Woo and Simon de Jong

Demystifying AI for the Workforce: The Role of Explainable AI in Worker Acceptance and Management Relations pp. 438-472

Miles M. Yang, Ying Lu and Fang Lee Cooke

It's Amazing – But Terrifying!: Unveiling the Combined Effect of Emotional and Cognitive Trust on Organizational Member' Behaviours, AI Performance, and Adoption pp. 473-514

Natalia Vuori, Barbara Burkhard and Leena Pitkäranta

Beyond Anthropomorphism: Social Presence in Human–AI Collaboration Processes pp. 515-560

Dominik Siemon, Edona Elshan, Triparna de Vreede, Philipp Ebel and Gert‐Jan de Vreede

Curse or Blessing: Investigating the Influence of Firms’ Artificial Intelligence Adoption on Employee Job Satisfaction pp. 561-595

Colin Schulz, David Bendig, Antonio Bräunche and Bastian Kindermann

Industry Exposure to Artificial Intelligence, Board Network Heterogeneity, and Firm Idiosyncratic Risk pp. 596-630

Kerry Hudson and Robert E. Morgan

Examining the Effect of a Firm’s AI Specialization on the Technology Firms it Acquires: A Real Options Perspective pp. 631-667

Chi Hon Li, Steven Boivie, Gerry McNamara and Pok Man Tang

When AI Becomes an Agent of the Firm: Examining the Evolution of AI in Organizations Through an Agency Theory Lens pp. 668-694

Beth K. Humberd and Scott F. Latham

Opportunity Search in the Era of GenAI: Navigating Uncertainty in an Expanding Universe of Imaginable but Unknowable Futures pp. 695-721

Stratos Ramoglou, Yanto Chandra and Qian Jin

The Dark Side of Managing Human–AI Collaborations: Implications for Leaders’ Moral Relativism and Unethical Behaviour pp. 722-760

Guohua He, Dan Ni, Puchu Zhao and Xin Qin

Rethinking How We Theorize AI in Organization and Management: A Problematizing Review of Rationality and Anthropomorphism pp. 761-807

Laavanya Ramaul, Paavo Ritala, Angelos Kostis and Päivi Aaltonen

Volume 63, month 01, 2026

Recalibrating Entrepreneurship Research: Decolonizing and Embracing the Pluralism of Entrepreneurial Activity pp. 1-21

Robert Nason, Pablo Muñoz, Helen Haugh, Friederike Welter, Gerard George and Shameen Prashantham

Decolonizing Scaffolding: Learning from First Nations’ Resurgence to Recalibrate Entrepreneurship pp. 22-58

Maggie M. Cascadden, François Bastien, Emily Block and P. Devereaux Jennings

From ‘Dirty Boots’ to ‘Distant Friends’: How A Colombian Social Intermediary Integrates Communities through Entrepreneurship pp. 59-100

Andrea Caldwell Marquez, Emily Block, Kelly Rubey and Viva Ona Bartkus

‘Marching to Someone Else’s Beat or Creating Your Own Groove?’ Towards a Rhythmic Understanding of Context, (Entrepreneurial) Agency, and Transformative Change pp. 101-132

Pascal Dey and Simon Teasdale

Embodied Territories: The Gendered‐Classed Economies of Entrepreneurship in India pp. 133-161

Vijayta Doshi, Kathleen Riach and Srinivas Venugopal

Beyond Rugged Individualism?: Exploring the Resilience of Black Entrepreneurs to Chronic Racism pp. 162-194

Saran Nurse, Kisha Dasent, Alex Rivera, John Pastor Ansah and Janine Black

If You Can’t Let Go: The Role of Emotional Dependency in Global South–North Social Enterprises pp. 195-231

Carina Keller, Vera Schwarzmann, Karin Kreutzer and Patricia Hein

Contending with Perceived Legitimacy Tensions: Impact Investing in Pluralistic Institutional Environments pp. 232-269

Jessica Jones and Alex Murray

Learning About Local Culture to Research Developing Markets: How I Rediscovered the Importance of Lakou in Haiti pp. 273-279

Howard Jean‐Denis