AOM Insights Newsletter Archive

COVID-19 meds, Spanish flu lessons, remote friends

01 May 2020

Partnering to Speed COVID-19 Medications

The coronavirus pandemic puts new urgency on understanding the complexities of public-private partnerships so these critical collaborations can operate at peak efficiency.

Spanish Flu Shows How Communities Heal from Disaster

Researchers uncover two factors that significantly affect communities’ abilities to recover: How the cause of the disaster is framed, and the capacity to form local nonprofit organizations.

How Remote Workers Can Connect as Friends

When colleagues don't form friendly connections, it's harder to get work done. Employees with friendly work relationships are more engaged and less likely to look for new jobs.

How Empathy Helps (or Hurts) When CEOs Manage Crises

For leaders dealing with crises, having empathy is a Goldilocks situation. Too much or too little empathy can cause problems, but just the right amount can get organizations back on track.

Finding an Emotional Comfort Zone in Intense Jobs

Workers who can operate within their own emotional comfort zones “are likely to experience increased job satisfaction and performance, higher self-esteem,” and can avoid burning out.

Bouncing Back from Rock Bottom After Job Loss

One path can lead to despair, but another route can lead to personal reinvention and a new way of life.

How Workplace Loneliness Can Drain Performance

Loneliness infects organizations like a disease. It hinders job performance, employee commitment to the organization, and the company's bottom line.

Two Ways Mixed Emotions Can Make Leaders More Effective

While decisiveness and single-mindedness are often seen as key qualities of the model business leader, researchers show how managers may benefit from having mixed emotions.

Teams with Grit Can Take a Hit (and Move on)

As legendary Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi said: “It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get up.”

Innovation and creativity

Coming Up with Ideas Can Be a Downer

People who generate ideas usually end up taking a dimmer view of the things they try to improve, a researcher finds.

Innovators Usually Overestimate Their Innovations

Business leaders should expect about three out of four innovation suggestions they come across to be overvalued by the people who came up with the ideas.

News Media Make Heroes of Entrepreneurs and Founders

People seen as entrepreneurs or founders are more likely to get positive news coverage than those seen as managers or executives.

Management Scholars Ignore Capitalism Fueling Climate Change

Top management research journals published only seven articles from 2007 to 2018 that “addressed the topic of climate change (or global warming) in their title, keywords, or abstract."

Love and Laughter Can Help Build Strong Male Teams

Contrary to stereotype, a male-dominant workplace can be just as caring and compassionate as a female-dominant workplace.

AOM and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Resources for Academy of Management members:

• The Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information page offers messages from AOM President Jacqueline Coyle-Shapiro and official updates

• AOM Research and Resources Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic features AOM member research and resources on teaching and working remotely, crisis management, COVID-19 responses, business and finance, and unemployment and restructuring

• #COVID-19 resources offers additional updates and information via AOM Connect

• Support at AOM provides FAQs and a Request for Support form