This is a research seminar ... and a history lesson. The use of metaphors to communicate and manage organizational development and change is explored. Drawing on the strategic management literature and applying discourse analysis, a metaphorical…

In this study, we examine the socio-cultural antecedents that either facilitate or inhibit the commercialization movement of nonprofit organizations. While social entrepreneurship has become a widely accepted and successful model for organizations…

Strategy research has long highlighted relation-specific assets as a key source of relational rents. We instead reveal a potential dark side of relation-specific investment by examining how such investment by suppliers may turn into a source of…

Extant research into the performance impact of cultural distance (CD) in international joint ventures (IJVs) has produced inconsistent results. This study seeks to resolve some of the inconsistencies by combining two opposing theoretical…

Firms can be compromised by a scandal, or an “event” stigma spillover—adverse consequences arising simply from being in the same industry subcategory as other firms that are directly implicated in a socially vilified scandal. This mixed-methods…

Evaluating an investment opportunity entails making decisions under uncertainty. If the future is inherently uncertain, not all investors will converge to an identical investment decision. While management research explains how investors respond -…

Why do non-compliant practices persist after a law is introduced? This paper unpacks variations in regulatory compliance using a social networks lens. Existing literature at the intersection of law and networks largely evokes peer influence as a key…

Education is considered the main upward mobility pathway, but even with comparable education and level of competence, workers with lower socioeconomic status (SES) origins are disadvantaged in terms of earnings and occupational attainment. This…

Over the decades, visionary leadership has been considered as the core for successful leadership. On this note, scholars have argued that visionary leadership is generally well-received by followers, overlooking the possibility that visionary…

Studies investigating how newcomers influence incumbent group members have shown equivocal performance outcomes. To disambiguate these effects, I propose and test the idea that a high-performing newcomer’s impact on incumbents’ performance flows…

Dear MGT Freshmen, Welcome to the Department of Management! On behalf of everyone at the Department, we would like to extend our warmest welcome to you. You are cordially invited to attend Departmental Students Orientation on 27th August,…