Journal of Management History: Volume 26 Issue 1

Contested internal legitimacy: the emergence of organized academic entrepreneurship

Adi Sapir

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the emergence of organized academic entrepreneurship in the context of institutional complexity, in which multiple institutional logics…

Labour economy: do unions really influence sourcing decisions?

Kaylee Boccalatte

This article aims to uncover the influence employment relations, and more specifically union avoidance has on the decision to outsource road transport. Employment Relations…

The business model of a Benedictine abbey, 1945-1979

Tonia Ruppenthal

Management literature often neglects the business model developed by a monastic institution, as it does not fit the usual categorizations of an enterprise. Nevertheless, monastic…

The role of non-corporeal Actant theory in historical research: A case study of Henry Wallace and the new deal

Christopher M. Hartt, Albert J. Mills, Jean Helms Mills

This paper aims to study the role of non-corporeal Actant theory in historical research through a case study of the trajectory of the New Deal as one of the foremost institutions…

Retaining the social goal: role of path creation in for-profit social enterprises

Sushanta Kumar Sarma

The purpose of this paper is to understand how social enterprises (SEs) sustain social focus as they shift their legal format from nonprofit to for-profit. The investigation is…

The big bang: the birth of human resource management in New Zealand hotel sector

David Dunlop Williamson, Erling Rasmussen

The purpose of this paper is to present a narrative history of the birth of human resource management in the New Zealand hotel sector. This historical development is analysed…

Hambrick and Mason’s “Upper Echelons Theory”: evolution and open avenues

Gianpaolo Abatecola, Matteo Cristofaro

How has upper echelons theory (UET) (Hambrick and Mason, 1984) been evolving over time? Through the historical discussion, this paper aims to provide an updated – and also…