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Digital innovators, Caring CEOs, Grieving employees

01 Jun 2024
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New summaries of AOM journal articles

Responding to Digital Innovators Breaking the Rules

A big part of innovation at Airbnb, Facebook, Google, Uber, and other digital firms is not following rules. And a big of part getting away with it is policymakers and regulators failing to keep pace with the way digital companies innovate, according to an Academy of Management Perspectives article.

Conference calls between CEOs and financial analysts tend to be all about the money. But in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, some CEOs took a moment during those calls to express concern for the people affected. An Academy of Management Discoveries article shows how firms whose CEOs showed their human side performed better in the stock market.

Contrary to the belief that employers should take it easy on grief-stricken employees who have recently endured the loss of a loved one, an Academy of Management Journal article explains how work can be the best place for employees to cope with debilitating grief.

AOM scholars show how expanding the definition of diversity beyond legally protected categories may hurt efforts to address inequality among people the laws are designed to help.

When employees feel they are paid fairly compared with coworkers at similar levels in other departments, there’s a spillover effect in which employees tend to believe pay levels are fair throughout the organization, AOM scholars reveal.

Emails are often viewed as being more negative than the sender intended, according to an Academy of Management Review article. Recipients can find themselves unnecessarily upset, while email senders are completely unaware of the miscommunication.

Recognizing that they’re facing a moral situation and acknowledging their accompanying emotions might help people avoid making greedy decisions, according to an Academy of Management Annals article.

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