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Open research questions in Management and Organizational Studies

874 unresolved questions extracted from the limitations and future-work sections of 7,882 Management and Organizational Studies papers in our library. Each links back to the study that raised it.

What the literature leaves open

  • There is a need for a more nuanced understanding of university presidents' leadership behaviors and decision-making in navigating external pressures and stakeholder scrutiny. Prior work has not fully examined the role of university presidents in defending institutional values in politically contested environments. The paper identifies a gap in the literature regarding the importance of strategic and adaptable leadership in responding to macro-level pressures.

    From Symbolism to Substance: University Presidents, Executive Risk, and the Future of DEI Leadership · 2026 · DOI

  • The paper identifies the challenge of operationalizing the concept of readiness for practice. It highlights the difficulty of defining the terms 'interdependent', 'independent', and 'autonomous' practice. The paper discusses the challenge of balancing the need for autonomy with the need for supervision and oversight.

    Ready for interdependent or independent or unsupervised or autonomous practice? What's in a name? · 2026 · DOI

  • The paper identifies a gap in the understanding of the concept of readiness for practice. It highlights the lack of clarity in terminology and concepts in medical education. The paper discusses the need for a clear understanding of the concept of entrustable professional activities and entrustment decision making.

    Ready for interdependent or independent or unsupervised or autonomous practice? What's in a name? · 2026 · DOI

  • The risk that AGMs fall short as platforms for accountability warrants attention given the global adoption of purely virtual formats.

    The voice of small shareholders at annual general meetings · 2026 · DOI

  • Threats to organizational identity are particularly salient in temporary organizations because of the tenuous nature of its identity, however, little is known about how organizational identity is created and maintained in such organizations.

    Promoting a Coherent Organizational Identity: Identity Work in a Temporary Organization · 2025 · DOI

  • Future research should investigate the role played by masked acquiescence and assertions of control (and thus the role of the one-across move) in traditional supervisory relationships.

    Manager-Subordinate Control Patterns and Judgments About the Relationship · 1987 · DOI

  • The study identifies the limitations of traditional leadership approaches. The paper highlights the need for new approaches to leadership that emphasize distributed and shared responsibility.

    Holdership in practice: The Semco case revisited · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a growing interest in alternative perspectives on leadership, and holdership is an underexplored concept. Traditional leadership approaches have limitations, and there is a need for new approaches.

    Holdership in practice: The Semco case revisited · 2026 · DOI

  • The gap is the need for a framework that balances productivity with social justice. The study identifies the lack of a comprehensive understanding of organizational theory in the Indonesian context.

    Modern Organization Theory and Critical Organization Theory · 2026 · DOI

  • Future research could further explore the implications of CLT as a theory of organizing rather than a leadership theory. Future research could develop new leadership theories and practices that take into account the findings of this paper. Future research could examine the application of CLT in different contexts and settings.

    A Theory of Organizing in Leadership's Clothing: The Categorical Misclassification of Complexity Leadership Theory · 2026 · DOI

  • The paper identifies a gap in the understanding of Complexity Leadership Theory (CLT) as a theory of organizing rather than a leadership theory. The paper identifies a gap in the development of a constitutive criterion for what makes a theory a leadership theory. The paper identifies a gap in the examination of the sociology of the misclassification of CLT.

    A Theory of Organizing in Leadership's Clothing: The Categorical Misclassification of Complexity Leadership Theory · 2026 · DOI

  • The model is bounded to recursive socio-technical organisations - It does not address purely voluntary associations, temporary projects, or cultural movements - The paper does not provide a comprehensive evaluation of the model's limitations

    Axion: A Three-Axis Model of Organisational Coherence - Scope, Ontology, and Boundary Conditions · 2026 · DOI

  • Future research could apply the Axion model to various organisational contexts - It could explore the model's limitations and potential extensions - Further research could investigate the model's implications for organisational design and improvement

    Axion: A Three-Axis Model of Organisational Coherence - Scope, Ontology, and Boundary Conditions · 2026 · DOI

  • The rapid evolution of scientific knowledge and technical know-how. The need for logistical flexibility and robustness in experimenting organizations. The challenge of coordinating the production of knowledge.

    Experimenting Organization: the politics of precision oncology · 2026 · DOI

  • Further exploration of the concept of experimenting organization in different domains. Investigation of the implications of the concept for the production of knowledge. Analysis of the potential applications of the concept in various fields.

    Experimenting Organization: the politics of precision oncology · 2026 · DOI

  • Findings Het Toeslagenschandaal shows how racialised groups bear the burden of proof and systemic discrimination, obscured by bureaucratic neutrality and under researched concepts like race in MOS.

    Choosing different: Het Toeslagenschandaal, ethnodrama and organisational ethnography · 2026 · DOI

  • Future research could further develop the model of sociological explanation and the concept of processual situation logic. Future research could apply the revised concept of theories of middle range to various sociological explanations.

    Theories of Middle Range · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a gap in the concept of theories of middle range, including the idea that sociological explanations must always be based on general laws. The paper identifies a need to revise the concept, focusing on the explanatory power of sociological explanations.

    Theories of Middle Range · 2026 · DOI

  • The study has a small sample size of 17 participants. The study is limited to a qualitative design. The study does not provide quantitative validation.

    Exploitative Leadership: An Exploratory Focus Group Study of Young Professionals · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a limited understanding of exploitative leadership in qualitative and remote work contexts. Most research remains quantitative and focused on traditional work environments.

    Exploitative Leadership: An Exploratory Focus Group Study of Young Professionals · 2026 · DOI

  • Little is known about how and why the G7 tries to open its policy process for civil society groups and non-state actors. The engagement groups have not been studied as an organizational field before.

    ‘We are not sitting at the table, but we are part of the ecosystem’: engagement groups and the G7 · 2026 · DOI

  • The study's findings are based on a secondary, conceptually driven re-reading of selected materials. The analysis is limited to the two cases examined. The paper acknowledges that perspectives grounded in psychiatric practice, lived experience, or caregiving would enrich the account.

    Strategic certainties: epistemic habitus and the performance of knowledge in psychiatric practice · 2026 · DOI

  • The paper identifies a gap in the literature regarding the ways in which institutions perform knowledge in psychiatric practice despite uncertainty. The study highlights the need for a conceptual framework that can analyze the socio-epistemic practices of psychiatric diagnosis and treatment.

    Strategic certainties: epistemic habitus and the performance of knowledge in psychiatric practice · 2026 · DOI

  • Future research could explore the replication of the 'Erroak' process in other cooperative companies. Future research could investigate the impact of 'invisible' participation on democratization processes. Future research could analyze the relationship between collective construction of ideology and democracy in the workplace.

    How to boost democracy in the workplace? The case of ‘Erroak’ process (2022-2023) in ‘Bogan’ cooperative group · 2026 · DOI

  • The paper identifies a gap in the literature on democracy in the workplace, particularly in the context of cooperative companies. The paper highlights the need for more research on the promotion of participation in medium and large-sized cooperatives.

    How to boost democracy in the workplace? The case of ‘Erroak’ process (2022-2023) in ‘Bogan’ cooperative group · 2026 · DOI

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