Intellectual Structure Of Ongoing Studies on Business Schools

Why is Academia Sometimes Detached from Firms’ Problems? The Unattractiveness of Research on Organizational Decline

“…We argue that researchers are genuinely and positively motivated to adopt a topic but leave the topic aside mainly because of extrinsic motivations (Milman et al, 2017). This serves as an alert that focusing on mainstream theoretical approaches, as well as focusing less on phenomena, may inhibit the progress of business administration research and teaching, confirming the common view of the practitioners of existing research in the field (Scafuto et al, 2020). It is also an alert for policy makers and university executives of the need for a better understanding of researchers' needs and incentives.…”

“…There appears to be a movement in defense of phenomenon-based research (see, Bamberger, 2018;Doh, 2015;Krogh, 2018). Hence, additional studies are required, as well as a broad reflection on the relevance and importance of studying phenomena that are not well served by existing mainstream theories (Hackett, 2014;Scafuto et al, 2020). The present study raises questions regarding research practices and the abandonment of important topics due to a lack of financing and easy data access.…”

“…The pressure to publish in impact journals is especially more significant for researchers seeking tenure positions in North American universities, which may, for example, inhibit relevant research by practitioners (O'Reilly & Tushman, 2007), considering relevant phenomena (Doh, 2015;Hambrick, 2007;Helfat, 2007;Miller, 2007). Regardless of the importance of finding the normative context, epistemic norms inhibit research with social relevance (Miller & Neff, 2013) in business and management research (Scafuto, Serra, Guerrazzi, & Maccari, 2020).…”