Human Resources

General skills training programs benefit firm and worker by strengthening their relationship

Offering general training to workers in flexible arrangements — such as gig or contract workers — may seem as though it has limited benefits to the firm when compared with…

After a Multinational Organization Fails, are its Employees Scarce Resources or Damaged Goods?

Working for a multinational corporation that failed—especially if you worked in the unit or physical location of the organization deemed responsible for the failure—has been shown to result in a…

New study suggests corporate culture thwarts efforts to hire innovative candidates

Recruiting “entrepreneurial” candidates has become a key strategy for increasing innovation and agility at most large corporations, yet the difficulty of finding and hiring innovative talent has almost become a…

Why Big Businesses Struggle to Hire Entrepreneurs

Despite the rhetoric from CEOs about the importance of recruiting for innovation, entrepreneurs face an established hiring bias. According to a recent study in the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, recruiters are…

Are entrepreneurs penalized during job searches? It depends on who is hiring

Video abstract for the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal article “Are entrepreneurs penalized during job searches? It depends on who is hiring” authored by Waverly W. Ding, Hyeun J. Lee, and Debra…

SMJ: Salary Transparency with Low Monitoring Costs Helps Close the Gender Pay Gap

Salary transparency can reduce the gender pay gap, but it’s key that the cost of publicly monitoring salaries is reduced, according to new research published in Strategic Management Journal. The researchers…

SMS 44th Annual Conference Istanbul

Strategic Management of Fault Lines, Contradictions, and Divergences

SMJ Video Abstract | Health insurance benefits as a labor market friction

Born into chaos: How founding conditions shape whether ventures survive/thrive

Video abstract for the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal article ” Born into chaos: How founding conditions shape whether ventures survive or thrive when experiencing environmental change” authored by D. Carrington Motley,…

Strategic leadership in liminal space

Video abstract for the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal article “Strategic leadership in liminal space: Framing exploration of digital opportunities at hierarchical interfaces” authored by Fathiro H. R. Putra, Krsto Pandza, and…