Cutting NSF Is Like Liquidating Your Finest Investment
Look closely at your mobile phone or tablet. Touch-screen technology, speech recognition, digital sound recording and the internet were all developed using […]
After Rana Plaza: Scholars Study Exploitive Labor Regimes in Bangladesh
Worker exploitation in garment supply chain factories is not just about sweatshops, note the authors of “After Rana Plaza: Governing Exploitative Workplace Labour Regimes in Bangladeshi Garment Export Factories” which appeared in the Journal of Industrial Relations.
‘Boss, Are You Still Listening?’
Effective communication is a foundational leadership skill, yet it feels like a lost art in this era of distractions.
Followership is (FINALLY) Equally Important
The authors write that their research demonstrates followership as the often-missing piece in the leadership puzzle.
Engineering an Entrepreneurial Mindset
Today we look at how engineering education can guide students to developing an entrepreneurial mindset most effectively, as discussed in “First-Year Engineering […]
The Two Faces of Technology—What’s Behind the Love/Hate Relationship?
Technology is here to stay, and the authors argue that now is a crucial time for understanding what is really going on “under the hood” of technology.
Co-Creation With Our Reviewers
For all sorts of reasons, our article “A Design Thinking Approach to Teaching Sustainability” should not have been written. This blog entry […]
Paper Is No Longer A Thing, But We Have Failed to Notice
The current convention that envisions the manuscript as a self-contained universe produces a range of negative consequences extending beyond papers’ obscene length: many scholars seem to cite papers based on their abstracts or even title alone; reviewing literature takes lots of time; noncore research communities are badly served; new requirements on research transparency and openness are difficult to meet; and, finally, our papers are not particularly enjoyable to read.
Do Business Decisions Differ When Racial Minorities Make the Decisions in the Boardroom?
The answer may seem obvious, yet empirical evidence is often mixed as to whether the racial composition of a firm’s board of directors influences corporate decisions.
