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{"title":"Spoiled Apples: A Letter to White Scholars Eager to “Adopt” Black Scholars","authors":"Dennis A. Gioia","doi":"10.1177/10564926211052212","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10564926211052212","url":null,"abstract":"In the following essay, this author affirms in no uncertain terms that academia is (still) afflicted with entrenched racism and that the often-covert racism is systemic – i.e., built into the structures and processes of our institutions. It is also populated with ostensibly well-intended white scholars who negatively affect the careers of Black scholars in ways not necessarily apparent to most of us. Yet, we scholars are supposed to be the most enlightened of all professionals about such issues. This anonymous essay is a slap-in-the-face reminder that we are not. At least not from the point of view of the relatively few Black members of our profession– and their point of view is the one that matters most when it comes to this issue. I encourage you to listen up, even if the message is one you might not be comfortable hearing. Some of you might have noticed that the recent series of essays in the Provocations and Provocateurs section of JMI represents my attempt to give voice to different minorities in academia (international scholars, women scholars, Black scholars, and soon LGBTQ scholars). I hope it is not lost on readers of this section that two of the three writers have chosen to write anonymously. Anonymous #1, who wrote about the experiences of women in academia, chose to write without identifying herself to protect the guilty (to avoid offending people she otherwise admires for other reasons). Anonymous #2, a Black scholar, chose to write anonymously because s/he feared retaliation from powerful (white) scholars. The writer who wrote without anonymity has received surprising, potent and discomfiting blowback from peers. Think about the current writer’s rationale for wanting to be anonymous: a palpable fear of retaliation . . . It is 2021 (when this essay was written); yet even an accomplished Black author still lives in fear of retaliation from people in positions of power in academia (and as the author notes, just writing about it, even anonymously, makes the heart beat faster). That . . . just . . . ain’t . . . right. We can and should do better – especially in a profession in which we are supposedly enlightened. This is the kind of essay that shows that our self-perceived and self-professed enlightenment is something of a (perhaps unwitting) fiction. This writer also does a convincing job of conveying just how fatiguing simply being Black in academia can be. Essays like the one the follows do not tell us things we don’t already know, but they do tell us that we have serious work to do to get where we ought to be. Do I expect this kind of essay to change the world? No, I don’t. Do I expect it to help keep the conversation going on a subject we desperately need to act upon? Yep, I do. It is one small step on the journey to a more enlightened humankind, not just for academics. For everybody. – Denny Gioia","PeriodicalId":47877,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Management Inquiry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2021-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45107270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"That's Interesting! A Flawed Article Has Influenced Generations of Management Researchers","authors":"Eric W. K. Tsang","doi":"10.1177/10564926211048708","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10564926211048708","url":null,"abstract":"Davis's (1971) article “That's interesting! Towards a phenomenology of sociology and a sociology of phenomenology” is regarded by many management researchers as a classic work and a basis for guiding management studies; in the wake of its publication, an interesting research advocacy gradually emerged. However, from the perspective of scientific research, Davis's core argument that great theories have to be interesting is seriously flawed. Interestingness is not regarded as a virtue of a good scientific theory and thus has little value in science. Moreover, obsession with interestingness can lead to at least five detrimental outcomes, namely promoting an improper way of doing science, encouraging post hoc hypothesis development, discouraging replication studies, ignoring the proper duties of a researcher, and undermining doctoral education.","PeriodicalId":47877,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Management Inquiry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2021-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46877756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Social Class in Organizations: Entrance, Promotion, and Organizational and Societal Consequences of the Corporate Elite","authors":"Michelle K. Lee, Jennifer J. Kish-Gephart, M. Mizruchi, Donald A Palmer, M. Useem","doi":"10.1177/10564926211027661","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10564926211027661","url":null,"abstract":"Organizational theorists studying executives of large corporations have long theorized that top management is dominated by elites of upper social class background. Organizations reflect the class system in the societies they are situated in by advantaging those of higher social class background. If organizations are perpetuating societal inequality by favoring those from higher social class and positioning them to dictate organizational outcomes, it is important to understand ways to reduce inequality by increasing social class diversity, and theorize on the implications of this diversity for business and society. This article brings together scholars on the forefront of social class research to understand the influence of social class on the corporate elite. The scholars explore the effect of social class in attaining access to the most influential managerial positions, conditions that enable greater diversity, and how the corporate elite can affect firm strategic actions and key societal outcomes.","PeriodicalId":47877,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Management Inquiry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/10564926211027661","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48942306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Editor’s Introduction","authors":"Dennis A. Gioia","doi":"10.1177/10564926211030408","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10564926211030408","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47877,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Management Inquiry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/10564926211030408","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43967535","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Postscript for “A Letter to the Male Good Apples”","authors":"","doi":"10.1177/10564926211030431","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10564926211030431","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47877,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Management Inquiry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/10564926211030431","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41479146","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Following up on “A Letter to the Male Good Apples”","authors":"I. Stigliani","doi":"10.1177/10564926211030410","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10564926211030410","url":null,"abstract":"Drawing on the Letter to the Male “Good Apples” recently appeared in this section, my letter has a twofold aim: to provoke all the Male “Good Apples” in academia and to offer them an olive branch. As I provide them with a few practical suggestions, I hope to illuminate their way forward to truly “getting it”. It’s time to stop talking a good game and to start playing a better game.","PeriodicalId":47877,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Management Inquiry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/10564926211030410","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41614115","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Inequalities and Institutions that Benefit Good Apples","authors":"Charlene Zietsma","doi":"10.1177/10564926211030430","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10564926211030430","url":null,"abstract":"I describe three types of inequalities that benefit “good apples” and harm women in Academe: inequality of recognition, inequality of effort required, and inequality in societal institutions around home and career. I then describe three hard things that “good apples” can do, focusing on the institutional level: building awareness, changing structures and adapting social norms.","PeriodicalId":47877,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Management Inquiry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/10564926211030430","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43546725","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Building Perspective-Taking as an Organizational Capability: A Change Intervention in a Health Care Setting","authors":"T. Calvard, E. Cherlin, Amanda L. Brewster, L. Curry","doi":"10.1177/10564926211039014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10564926211039014","url":null,"abstract":"Perspective-taking, or engaging with the viewpoints of others, has been linked to a range of positive and negative interpersonal outcomes. However, it has only been researched infrequently in organizations, and questions remain about how it might be developed as a multidimensional cooperative process and problem-solving capability more widely. To better understand this, this article presents findings from a 2-year change intervention with 10 US hospitals. Interview data from three time points (393 interviews, 197 staff members) reveal dimensions and levels of understanding underpinning the development of organizational perspective-taking. Actors’ accounts suggested several major interrelated dimensions of perspective-taking operating at local and system levels, through affective concern, cognitive understanding, and motivational efforts to improve the sharing and interpretation of diverse perspectives. The study has implications for how organizations can better foster perspective-taking by building ecological structures and processes that assemble perspectives supportively, holistically, and frequently.","PeriodicalId":47877,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Management Inquiry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2021-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49573371","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Flexible Use of Referents in the Construction of Organizational Identity: A Longitudinal Case Study","authors":"J. Laurila, Anni Paalumäki","doi":"10.1177/10564926211031288","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10564926211031288","url":null,"abstract":"Rapid growth, acquisitions, and diversification are examples of major changes that often result in the need to redefine the distinctive characteristics of the organization in question thereafter. However, a sudden identity presentation that significantly differs from the past lacks credibility among both the organizational members and the organization’s external constituents. We contribute to previous research by showing the previously neglected potential that lies in the flexible selection, valuation, and spatio-temporal positioning of referents, and how this enables the construction of an identity that is simultaneously sufficiently congruent with the organization’s present activities and continuous with its previous identity. Moreover, we also reveal how this use of referents changes across the phases of organizational evolution. Empirically, our findings are grounded on an intensive case study of an organization over a 20-year time frame that evolved from a minor spin-off to a prominent and eventually to a major diversified company.","PeriodicalId":47877,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Management Inquiry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2021-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/10564926211031288","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49529088","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sleepless Nights While Our Doctoral Students Are in the Field: Supervisor Reflections on Ethical Challenges","authors":"K. Hutchings, Snejina Michailova","doi":"10.1177/10564926211033910","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10564926211033910","url":null,"abstract":"Prior studies have highlighted ethical challenges in researching in developing countries but have not explored the ethical issues for supervisors when their doctoral students undertake qualitative fieldwork in such contexts. Doctoral research in developing countries has the potential to provide valuable knowledge; yet, where data cannot be collected, important potential knowledge is lost. Moreover, where doctoral research does not follow ethical practice there is potential for damaged relations between organizations and universities, which can impact student, supervisor, and university reputation. Thus, doctoral students’ supervisors have an essential role in providing training to ensure ethical and culturally appropriate research. We reflect on our experiences as supervisors of business doctoral students who collected original data in developing countries and underpin these reflections with our own extensive (international) management research in developing countries to discuss ethical challenges for supervisors. We offer insights and action guidelines for current and prospective students, supervisors, and universities.","PeriodicalId":47877,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Management Inquiry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2021-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/10564926211033910","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48049890","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}