AOM announced the details of its 78th Annual Meeting, which will be held in Chicago on August 10-14. Top management and organization researchers from around the world will reveal their latest research findings addressing some of the most impactful issues in the field. The conference theme “Improving Lives” explores how organizations can contribute to the betterment of society.
One of the biggest challenges facing management scientists has been the struggle to produce knowledge that is both academically rigorous and applicable to practicing managers.
When assessing female criers at work, observers rely on cognitive “scripts” about the way people should act in common—and stressful—work contexts such as receiving negative feedback.
AOM published a new study that found the success of female CEOs can be influenced by their mostly male predecessors. Under specific conditions and by leveraging their own status and power within an organization, predecessor CEOs can be a formidable force in facilitating the subsequent success of female CEOs.
Today, the Academy of Management, the largest global association devoted to management and organization research, published a new study that found an overwhelming number of animated Disney movies portray managers, leaders and everyday work life in a negative fashion.
Alongside the predictable specifications for a job vacancy at the Financial Times—problem-solving, tenacity, and so on—is one I haven’t seen before. The ideal candidate must “exude kindness”.
Conventional wisdom suggests workaholics must learn moderation and balance, reducing the number of hours they work, as well as the overall mental bandwidth work takes up. Otherwise, they risk potentially life-threatening, stress-induced medical conditions.
