Idea posted: July 2025

Institutions: Institute for Work and Employment Research, University of St. Gallen    Human Resource Management Group, Department of High Tech Business and Entrepreneurship, School of Behavioural, Management, and Social Sciences, University of Twente    Irish Institute of Digital Business, DCU Business School, Dublin City University   

The benefits and drawbacks of datafication technology in organizations, particularly its impact on employees, is hotly debated. Datafication is defined as the conversion of social interactions into numerical data, which…

Idea posted: May 2025

Institutions: Yonsei University School of Business    University of Edinburgh Business School    Korea University Business School   

Technology-based innovation is crucial for developing new products today. Companies increasingly involve customers in new product development, notably products featuring innovations driven by technology. This involvement, known as Customer Participation…

Idea posted: January 2025

Institutions: Boston University; Northwestern University    Kellogg School of Management   

The adoption of new technology by companies and their leaders is often slow. Reasons for this hesitation can range from incentive structures that push managers to favor established technology, as…

Idea posted: May 2024

Institutions: London School of Economics    Citi Global Data Insights   

Emerging technologies from AI to quantum computing and genetic engineering have launched a Fourth Industrial Revolution an era, accelerated by COVID-19, that is transforming the workplace. Through in-depth analyses of…

Idea posted: April 2024

Institutions: Kellogg School of Management    University of Hong Kong; Northwestern University   

Because of new communications technologies, including a proliferation of video-conferencing options over the Internet, many have declared the “death of distance.” Geographical separation of even thousands of miles is no…

Idea posted: April 2024

Institutions: York University    WHU–Otto Beisheim School of Management    University of Western Australia    University of Mainz   

The evolving sophistication and scope of automation and AI technology will impact the jobs of individuals at all levels of the organization. For middle managers, automation can threaten to render…

Idea posted: March 2024

Institutions: Washington State University    Carson College of Business   

More than half of American professionals use artificial intelligence (AI) in their jobs, according to research from Washington State University’s Carson College of Business. The research was based on a…

Idea posted: August 2023

Institutions: University of Michigan; Drexel University    Michigan State University   

To what extent are we as humans ready to accept decisions made by computers? This was the question at the heart of a study from Michigan State University and Drexel…

Idea posted: January 2023

Institutions: MIT Sloan School of Management   

While new technology is intended to make work more efficient and effective, it often helps the professionals in a company while increasing the workload and decreasing the autonomy of assistants…