1st Edition

The Routledge Companion to the Future of Management Research

Edited By David Crowther, Shahla Seifi Copyright 2024
    364 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    The management of organisations continues to evolve as new priorities emerge and new approaches are developed. Thus, it is clear that research into business and management will also continue to evolve. This will be in terms of both what is researched and in terms of the techniques and methods used to conduct research. Such development will continue into the future and this book highlights evolving areas. It also suggests new topics which are emerging and new techniques to conduct such research – topics and techniques that will be of benefit to researchers. The unique focus on the future of research methods in management, the emergence of topics in contemporary management and sustainability research and practices, such as sustainability and circular economy, will set this volume apart.

    With coverage of new and emerging subjects in management studies such as sustainability, zero carbon, green market, and circular economy, and the international collaboration with contributors from all around the globe, this major interdisciplinary reference volume will be of interest and great value to researchers, academics, and advanced students in the fields of business and management research and appropriate methodologies.

    1. The changing outlook on management research

    David Crowther & Shahla Seifi

    Part 1 – A focus on research

    2. The Future of Management and Management Accounting Scholarship: Objectivism, Multi-paradigmatic approaches or Decoloniality?

    Miriam Green

    3. Collaborative Research and Enterprise in the International Arena: A Case Study of Zambia

    Rosemary Chilufya, Walter Mswaka, Jamie P. Halsall, Roopinder Oberoi & Michael Snowden

    4. Exploring the Field of Responsible Research and Innovation

    Astha Jaiswal

    5. Corporate communications: accounting, linguistics and semiotics

    David Crowther

    6. A Multidisciplinary Approach to Combatting Misinformation at International Level and the Case of Mauritius

    Ambareen Beebeejaun

    7. Developing the Phenomenon Grande in Management Research: The Pandemic, Lockdowns, and Biodiversity Extinction in the Anthropocene

    Carlos Noronha, Ruopiao Zhang and Gabriel Donleavy

    Part 2 – General management practice

    8. The future of work: Marx, Illich, Gorz – are we heading in their directions in post-COVID-19?

    Linne Marie Lauesen & Miriam Green

    9. Artificial intelligence and management research: an overview

    Simone Pizzi & Lorenzo Ligorio

    10. Neuromanagement and Neuromarketing: Neuroscience in Organizations

    Ferhan K. Sengur & Marcus V. Goncalves

    11. Work-life balance: the challenges and the search for equilibrium in Malaysia

    Sam Sarpong

    12. Comparing For-Profit and Not-For-Profit Collaboration: Cohered Emergent Theory Application

    Frank Nyame-Asiamah, Serge Sime & Bismark Yeboah Boasu

    13. Reflection on Management and Leadership Perspectives from sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for academia and industry

    Lukman Raimi & Basirat Olaide Raimi

    14. Perspectives on consumer behaviour and green marketing strategies

    Alin Stancu, Alina Filip, Diana Vrânceanu & Oana Mogoș

    Part 3 – Sustainability issues

    15. Paradigm challenges to adopt the circular economy

    Elaine Conway & John Thorley

    16. Storytelling, sensemaking and sustainability agendas

    Dianne Bolton & Terry Landells

    17. Fashion design and carbon footprint- a critical examination

    Prabir Kumar Bandyopadhyay, Debajyoti Sengupta, Jyoti Reddy & Joyotpol Roy

    18. Social Contract: measuring the social dimension from a university perspective

    Sandra Barrio, Leire San-Jose & Sara Urionabarrenetxea

    19. Climate Change Activism and the Law on Sustainability: The Case of the UK

    Edwin Mujih

    20. Climate change

    Rodica Milena Zaharia, Razvan Zaharia & Tudor Edu

    Biography

    David Crowther is Professor of Corporate Social Responsibility at various universities including the University of Bedfordshire and Founder of the Social Responsibility Research Network, UK.

    Shahla Seifi is a Visiting Professor at Various universities and Secretary & Conferences Chair of the Social Responsibility Research Network, UK.

    "The Routledge Companion to the Future of Management Research edited by experienced researchers and practitioners D. Crowther and S. Seifi covers theory, practice, and sustainability. It is scientifically sound and provocative, and its models are applicable. It’s a volume that practitioners and researchers should read, think about, and if suitable, apply its models. It is hard not to see that authors of chapters scrutinize important issues of the current and future management research in the shadow of natural and unnatural risks threatening global business." Professor Kristijan Krkač, Ph.D., Zagreb School of Economics and Management