Journal of Management History
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The intellectual legacy of Erving Goffman in management studies: a citation context analysis
Zhongyuan Sun, Yutian Ren, Yilan LiThis study aims to examine Erving Goffman’s contributions to management, arguing that he is an unrecognized management guru despite being widely regarded as a sociological…
Can gurus wear blue collars? Samuel Gompers’ voluntarism as a management strategy
Hindy Lauer SchachterThis study aims to analyze Samuel Gompers’ use of innovative management practices involving authority and voluntarism at the American Federation of Labor (AFL) as a way of…
Rose Pesotta and the boundaries of management history
Hindy Lauer SchachterThis paper aims to offer a critical biography of labor union organizer Rose Pesotta (1896–1965) as a case study attempt to extend management history’s boundaries of who is…
Positioning mindfulness as psychological capital
Wahab Shahbaz, Sehrish ShahidThe purpose of this paper is to critically examine the existing literature on workplace mindfulness and suggest positive organizational behavior (POB) scholarship as a suitable…
Taylorism, trade unions and participatory management
Chris Nyland, Kyle BruceThis study aims to demonstrate that in the latter years of his life, Frederick Winslow Taylor embraced union participation in management decision-making and that interwar US…
A systematic review on employee happiness: three-decade review, synthesis and research propositions
Neeraj Dhiman, Honey Kanojia, Mohit Jamwal, Sachin KumarThis study presents a systematic review of “employee happiness” research from 1991–2023. In this way, this study aims to critically appraise the existing literature, and…
The transition behaviour of self-employed in the UK and the role of unionisation during 2008 economic downturn
Moustafa Haj Youssef, Steve Nolan, Hiba HusseinThis study aims to examine the transitions of workers between paid employment and self-employment before and after the 2008 financial crisis, focusing on the drivers behind…
Beyond borders: insights from Professor David Ahlstrom on entrepreneurship and innovation in emerging economies
Younggeun LeeThis paper aims to present an insightful interview with Professor David Ahlstrom, a distinguished scholar in the field of entrepreneurship and management in emerging economies.
The institution of tribal sovereignty: from historical challenges to modern expressions
Thomas Pittz, Terry Adler, Carma ClawThis paper aims to offer fresh insight into new institutional theory in the context of Native American tribal sovereignty. This paper outlines the history of tribal sovereignty to…
Grand Challengers: the exemplars of Follett and Barnard
Ellen S. O’ConnorThis study aims to present a new contribution from recognized historical sources that gives proven knowledge on how to develop individuals to meet Grand Challenges.
The adoption of corporate family-friendly policies in South Korea from the 1960s to 2023: a three-stage model for emerging economies
Yun-Kyoung Kim, Jihyun EunThis paper aims to present the trajectory of corporate family-friendly policies (FFPs) in South Korea, as it evolved from an emerging economy to a developed country. The adoption…
The conceptualization of the dimensionality of corporate communication management: a systematic literature review
Lide Baz, Izaskun Agirre-Aramburu, Garazi AzanzaThis paper aims to develop a conceptual framework for comprehending and identifying the dimensions of corporate communication management (CCM) over time. To achieve this…
Herzberg’s motivational factors applied to generational influencers
Elliot M. Ser, Jon K. WebberThe purpose of this paper was to examine the two-factor theory (Herzberg et al., 1959), determining whether millennials experience similar job satisfaction and dissatisfaction…
Looking to the past, considering the present and preparing for the future: digital technologies and the business model canvas
Diego Matricano, Eric W. LiguoriThis paper aims to propose a reconfiguration of the business model canvas (BMC) to highlight the relevant, and often critical, role of digital technologies (DTs).
One faith for different realities: accounting and management practices of Benedictine monasteries
Giovanna Centorrino, Valeria Naciti, Valeria SchifillitiThis paper aims to explore how the accounting and management practices of monastic institutions were shaped by their surrounding social, political, geographical and economic…
History of behavioral accounting research (1960–2023): a bibliometric analysis
Riccardo Camilli, Alessandro Mechelli, Lorenzo CoronellaThis study aims to examine the over 60-year evolution of behavioral accounting research (BAR), with the main aim of critically and accurately tracing its past, present and future.
The recipe to sweet success: competitive advantages for a Spanish chocolatier, 1874–1910
Xavier Jou-BadalThe purpose of this paper is to unravel the success story of a family business, while engaging with debates in business and management research through the application of…
Implicit motivations of entrepreneurial philanthropists: a historical organization studies analysis of Andrew Carnegie
Mario J. Hayek, Wallace A. Williams, Amanda C. Brown, Amitava Bose BapiThe purpose of this paper is to understand the implicit motivations of entrepreneurial philanthropists during different stages of their lives.
Using Game Theory for a Schumpeterian analysis of emerging industries: the historical case of the U.S. Steel industry
Florian Maurer, Albrecht FritzscheThis paper aims to explore the development of the US steel industry from the 19th to the 20th century by applying the Schumpeterian perspective on the concept of creative…
Unveiling the intellectual nexus between Peirce’s synechism and Goldratt’s theory of constraints: insights for management and organization studies
Søren Skjold Andersen, Mahesh C. Gupta, Diego Augusto de Jesus PachecoCharles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914), recognized as the father of philosophical pragmatism, has been described as a philosopher’s philosopher. Eliyahu Moshe Goldratt (1947–2011)…
Maida Herman Solomon (1891–1988): an invisible forerunner in the field of clinical social work
Kristin S. WilliamsThis paper aims (1) to create a sense of resonance with Maida Herman Solomon and her ideas, (2) to inspire a reconsideration of current management history (the unquestioned block…
Osmice at the crossroads: the dialectical interplay of tradition, modernity and cultural identity in family businesses
Marco Balzano, Giacomo MarziThis study aims to explore the dialectical interplay between traditional roots and contemporary challenges faced by family businesses, specifically focusing on “Osmice” (in…
History’s view on the principal–agent relationship: including history, context and change. Evidence from three historical cases in the Southern Netherlands
Sander BerghmansThe principal–agent literature often draws criticism for its ahistorical, acontextual and static nature, particularly when theories such as the agency or the stewardship theory…
The “mythologies” of women at work, interrupted: feminist origins antenarratives from Harvard Business Review and Western University’s The Quarterly, Part I
Stefanie RuelThe author aims to walk beside the singular privileged class of White women’s suffrage feminist origin story to (re)construct plausible feminist fragmented threads as…
Entrepreneurial leadership and transformational leadership: a historical-comparative conceptual analysis
Preman ChandranathanThis article provides a historical-comparative conceptual analysis of entrepreneurial leadership and transformational leadership, aiming to critically appraise how the latter has…
Back to roots! The singular introduction of statutory auditing in France, Germany and Great Britain (1844–1935)
Christine Fournès, Helena Karjalainen, Laurent Beduneau-WangThis paper aims to better understand auditing practices as a social phenomenon and management practice through a comparative historical analysis of the emergence of statutory…
Immigrant women entrepreneurship research: mapping the field
Sara Poggesi, Michela MariImmigrant entrepreneurship, particularly immigrant women entrepreneurship, has recently gained socioeconomic attention. However, this issue does not seem to have found proper…
Management’s Gadfly: a critical biography approach to the work of Upton Sinclair
Michael J. ZickarThe purpose of this paper is to examine the life and work, both fiction and nonfiction, of the American author Upton Sinclair, for the purposes of better understanding his impact…
The troubled establishment of the Tourist Hotel Corporation of New Zealand
Andrew CardowBy 1901, New Zealand had the first national government-controlled department of tourism in the world. This was the vehicle used to acquire and control tourism assets. In 1954, the…
Understanding and studying value as a duality
Gregory Dole, Linda DuxburyTo cope successfully with the pressures imposed by a devastating pandemic and other challenges, companies and policymakers need to look at how they conceptualize, define, measure…
Boundary spanning activities and resource orchestration as microfoundations of dynamic capability: a systematic literature review
Aziz Fajar Ariwibowo, Adi Zakaria Afiff, Riani Rachmawati, Ratih Dyah KusumastutiThe interest of scholars to study microfoundations of dynamic capability has increased. Literatures associated with them are rapidly and diversely developing. This study aims to…
From Allston to Ahmedabad: American hegemony in management education reexamined
Keshav KrishnamurtyThis paper aims to study the origin story of Harvard Business School’s involvement with the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad to study the reasons for the spread of…
In search of breadth and depth: the origin story of a multidisciplinary faculty of management
Kim Brooks, Thomas NichiniThis paper aims to use the origin story of Dalhousie’s Faculty of Management as a foil for unpacking the tensions between deep disciplinary specialization and liberal education in…
New institutional theory and AI: toward rethinking of artificial intelligence in organizations
Ihor Rudko, Aysan Bashirpour Bonab, Maria Fedele, Anna Vittoria FormisanoThis study, a theoretical article, aims to introduce new institutionalism as a framework through which business and management researchers can explore the significance of…
After more than a hundred years of research on entrepreneurship, what about looking for H.E.R.?
Diego MatricanoThe purpose of this paper is to answer a well-known but always-current question: what is the focus of entrepreneurship research? Usually, scholars address their attention toward…
Entrepreneurial migrations and diffusion of innovations: the case of Apulia in the first half of the 19th century
Stella Lippolis, Dario Dell’Osa, Ezio RitrovatoThrough the reconstruction of the events of some foreign entrepreneurs who worked in the territory of the Italian city of Bari in the first half of the 19th century, this paper…
From SOFT approach to SWOT analysis, a historical reconstruction
Richard W. Puyt, Finn Birger Lie, Dag Øivind MadsenThe purpose of this study is to revisit the conventional wisdom about a key contribution [i.e. strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats (SWOT) analysis] in the field of…
Emergence of chambers in the Turkish history: the case of Dersaadet Chamber of Commerce (DCC) as a public-agent meta-organization, 1882–1929
Ali Doğan, Mehmet ErçekBuilding on previous historical works, this study aims to develop a framework to represent chambers as meta-organizations and present the case of Dersaadet Chamber of Commerce…
Hard and soft governance mechanisms for large projects. A historical perspective
Maria Cleofe Giorgino, Federico BarnabèDrawing motivation from the greater exposure to uncertainty and condition changes that affect large projects due to their long lifecycle, this paper aims to investigate how the…
Emerging from the chaos of Management Theory Jungle: a historical analysis of the development of the four principles of management
Robert Lloyd, Daniel Mertens, Přemysl Pálka, Salvador VillegasThis paper aims to map the antecedents and precursory contexts regarding the four principles of management. Moreover, a description of its codification and coalescence as a…
ANTi-microhistory of social innovation: humanistic education at Robert Owen’s New Harmony experiment
Foster B. Roberts, Milorad M. Novicevic, John H. HumphreysThe purpose of this study is to present ANTi-microhistory of social innovation in education within Robert Owen’s communal experiment at New Harmony, Indiana. The authors zoom out…
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