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Jungk, S. & Waldkirch, M. (2024). When crises meet grand environmental challenges: Navigating intertemporal tensions in European manufacturing family firms. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 36(3-4), 535-559
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2024 (English)In: Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, ISSN 0898-5626, E-ISSN 1464-5114, Vol. 36, no 3-4, p. 535-559Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The grand environmental challenge of climate change represents one of the key ongoing, long-term obstacles for organizations. When interrupted by short-term exogenous crises like the COVID-19 pandemic and the shock of the Ukrainian war, the urgency of addressing this grand challenge becomes more pressing, albeit more challenging. While family firms as long-term oriented organizations might generally be well equipped to tackle climate change, we know surprisingly little on how they simultaneously experience and navigate the long-term horizon of grand environmental challenges and the short-term pressures of exogenous crises. Drawing on research around long-term orientation (LTO) and a growing stream investigating intertemporal tensions, we investigate this question building on 41 interviews with nine family firms in the context of the European manufacturing industry. Applying an abductive approach, our findings unveil three intertemporal tensions that unfold when short-term and long-term objectives collide. Besides, we show that family firms, due to their LTO, perceive these tensions with a greater intensity. Navigating the perceived tensions, we identify two mechanisms employed by family firms that mitigate the negative implications of LTO. Doing so, we contribute to extant research on grand challenges and cast light on the downsides of LTO in family firms.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Taylor & Francis, 2024
Keywords
exogenous crisis, family firm, Grand challenge, grand environmental challenge, long-term orientation, manufacturing, sustainability, temporal tensions
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-62963 (URN)10.1080/08985626.2023.2275065 (DOI)001104626200001 ()2-s2.0-85177472728 (Scopus ID);intsam;918126 (Local ID);intsam;918126 (Archive number);intsam;918126 (OAI)
Available from: 2023-11-29 Created: 2023-11-29 Last updated: 2024-04-25Bibliographically approved
Waldkirch, M., Melin, L. & Nordqvist, M. (2023). TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING?: PROFESSIONALIZATION AS A MULTIPLE PRACTICE ADOPTION PROCESS. In: Academy of Management Proceedings: . Paper presented at 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2023 Boston 4 August 2023 through 8 August 2023. Academy of Management, 1(1)
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2023 (English)In: Academy of Management Proceedings, Academy of Management , 2023, Vol. 1, no 1Conference paper, Published paper (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Professionalization has become ubiquitous among a broad range of organizations, promising increased efficiency and legitimacy. However, extant research depicts professionalization mostly as a binary change and largely ignores its temporal and processual nature, resulting in a lack of insights into how professionalization unfolds and how organizations deal with its inherent tensions. Therefore, we take a processual perspective on professionalization, studying it as a transformation toward a more rationalized, managerialized, and formalized organization through multiple practice adoption. Relying on a longitudinal single case study of a Swedish family firm that professionalized its business and family ownership domains, our processual analysis reveals unique types of professionalization and four practice interaction mechanisms through which organizations deal with tensions in the professionalization process. We contribute by conceptualizing a process model of professionalization, casting light on practice interaction mechanisms, and outlining implications of professionalization for organizational goals.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Academy of Management, 2023
Series
Academy of Management Proceedings, ISSN 0065-0668, E-ISSN 2151-6561
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-64081 (URN)10.5465/AMPROC.2023.280bp (DOI)2-s2.0-85190419920 (Scopus ID)
Conference
83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2023 Boston 4 August 2023 through 8 August 2023
Available from: 2024-04-30 Created: 2024-04-30 Last updated: 2024-04-30Bibliographically approved
Meurer, M. M., Waldkirch, M., Schou, P. K., Bucher, E. L. & Burmeister-Lamp, K. (2022). Digital affordances: how entrepreneurs access support in online communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Small Business Economics, 58(2), 637-663
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2022 (English)In: Small Business Economics, ISSN 0921-898X, E-ISSN 1573-0913, Vol. 58, no 2, p. 637-663Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

COVID-19 has caused significant and unforeseen problems for entrepreneurs. While entrepreneurs would normally seek social support to help deal with these issues, due to social distancing, physical networks are often not available. Consequently, entrepreneurs must turn to alternative support sources, such as online communities, raising the question of how support is created in such spaces. Drawing on an affordance perspective, we investigate how entrepreneurs interact with online communities and base our qualitative analysis on conversation data (76,365 posts) from an online community of entrepreneurs on Reddit during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our findings draw out four affordances that online communities offer to entrepreneurs (resolving problems, reframing problems, reflecting on situations, refocusing thinking and efforts), resulting in a framework of entrepreneurial support creation in online communities. Thus, our study contributes to debates around (1) entrepreneurs’ support during COVID-19 and (2) digital affordances in the entrepreneurship context.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Springer, 2022
Keywords
Affordances, Big data, COVID-19, Entrepreneurial support, Online communities
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-58109 (URN)10.1007/s11187-021-00540-2 (DOI)000706024200001 ()2-s2.0-85116891365 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2022-07-29 Created: 2022-07-29 Last updated: 2022-07-29Bibliographically approved
Waldkirch, M., Kammerlander, N. & Wiedeler, C. (2021). Configurations for corporate venture innovation: Investigating the role of the dominant coalition. Journal of Business Venturing, 36(5), Article ID 106137.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Configurations for corporate venture innovation: Investigating the role of the dominant coalition
2021 (English)In: Journal of Business Venturing, ISSN 0883-9026, E-ISSN 1873-2003, Vol. 36, no 5, article id 106137Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Organizations often create new businesses, so-called corporate ventures (CVs), with the purpose of fostering innovation. However, not all venture initiatives turn out to be innovative. Prior research in particular refers to the ambivalent role of the parent firm's dominant coalition in fostering or hindering innovation in CVs. Using a configurational (fsQCA) approach, we investigate the interplay of five key conditions at the parent firm, the parent firm-venture intersection, and venture levels that potentially drive CV innovation. Building on 62 interviews from 43 corporate ventures, we identify four equifinal configurations and outline four roles that the dominant coalition plays in creating CV innovation. This study contributes to the understanding of which CV configurations drive innovation, extends the role of the dominant coalition in corporate venturing, and shows how dominant coalition involvement can replace autonomy as a driver of innovation.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier, 2021
Keywords
Corporate venturing, Dominant coalition, Fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis, Innovation, Venture autonomy
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-54099 (URN)10.1016/j.jbusvent.2021.106137 (DOI)000692548500011 ()2-s2.0-85108790220 (Scopus ID)HOA;intsam;54099 (Local ID)HOA;intsam;54099 (Archive number)HOA;intsam;54099 (OAI)
Available from: 2021-07-15 Created: 2021-07-15 Last updated: 2021-09-16Bibliographically approved
Meurer, M. M., Waldkirch, M. & Burmeister-Lamp, K. (2021). Configurations of digital entrepreneurial identity: investigating barriers and drivers of online support. In: : . Paper presented at 5th CEnSE Urban and Regional Economics Workshop on Recent Advances in Entrepreneurship. (1)
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2021 (English)Conference paper, Oral presentation only (Refereed)
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-58246 (URN)
Conference
5th CEnSE Urban and Regional Economics Workshop on Recent Advances in Entrepreneurship
Available from: 2022-08-19 Created: 2022-08-19 Last updated: 2022-08-19Bibliographically approved
Meurer, M. M., Waldkirch, M. & Burmeister-Lamp, K. (2021). Configurations of digital entrepreneurial identity: investigating drivers of uncivil communication. In: : . Paper presented at International QCA Paper Development Workshop (PDW) 2021. (1)
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2021 (English)Conference paper, Oral presentation only (Refereed)
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-58245 (URN)
Conference
International QCA Paper Development Workshop (PDW) 2021
Available from: 2022-08-19 Created: 2022-08-19 Last updated: 2022-08-19Bibliographically approved
Waldkirch, M., Bucher, E., Schou, P. K. & Grünwald, E. (2021). Controlled by the algorithm, coached by the crowd–how HRM activities take shape on digital work platforms in the gig economy. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 32(12), 2643-2682
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2021 (English)In: International Journal of Human Resource Management, ISSN 0958-5192, E-ISSN 1466-4399, Vol. 32, no 12, p. 2643-2682Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

An increasing number of workers turn to digital platforms–such as Fiverr, Freelancer, and Upwork–as an alternative to traditional work arrangements. Digital platforms govern how gig workers join, move through, and leave platforms – often with the help of self-learning algorithms. While digital platforms and algorithms take on HRM practices, we know little about how HRM activities unfold on digital work platforms in the gig economy. The study therefore aims to understand how HRM activities apply to and take shape on digital platforms by studying worker perceptions. We combine supervised text analysis with an in-depth qualitative content analysis, relying on 12’924 scraped comments from an online forum of workers on Upwork. We outline five conversations on HRM practices that pertain to access and mobility, training and development, scoring and feedback, appraisal and control and platform literacy and support. Based on these findings, we build five propositions about how digital work platforms employ HRM activities. Our paper contributes to recent work on HRM on digital platforms by (1) developing a new mixed-methods approach that illustrates how the content of HRM practices may differ from traditional organizations, (2) highlighting the changing role of actors in creating HRM practices by introducing the concept of ‘crowd-created’ HRM practices, and (3) conceptualizing how digital platforms employ a ‘hybrid HRM approach’. 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Taylor & Francis, 2021
Keywords
Algorithmic management, digital work platforms, gig economy, HRM practices, human resource management, worker perceptions
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-52798 (URN)10.1080/09585192.2021.1914129 (DOI)000652405100001 ()2-s2.0-85106252136 (Scopus ID)HOA;intsam;52798 (Local ID)HOA;intsam;52798 (Archive number)HOA;intsam;52798 (OAI)
Note

Special issue: Digitization and the Transformation of Human Resource Management; Guest Editors: Jeroen Meijerink, Mark Boons, Anne Keegan and , Janet Marler.

Available from: 2021-06-07 Created: 2021-06-07 Last updated: 2021-12-19Bibliographically approved
Meurer, M. M., Waldkirch, M., Schou, P. K., Bucher, E. & Burmeister-Lamp, K. (2021). Entrepreneurial support seeking and affordances in online communities during the COVID-19. In: : . Paper presented at 81st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. (1)
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2021 (English)Conference paper, Oral presentation only (Refereed)
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-58249 (URN)
Conference
81st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
Available from: 2022-08-19 Created: 2022-08-19 Last updated: 2022-08-19Bibliographically approved
Meurer, M. M., Waldkirch, M., Schou, P. K., Bucher, E. & Burmeister-Lamp, K. (2021). Entrepreneurial support seeking and affordances in online communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. In: Proceedings of The Annual Meeting of The Academy of Management, 2021, Vol. 2021, No. 1: . Paper presented at 81nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 29 July - 3 August 2021, Virtual Platform. Academy of Management, Vol. 2021(1)
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2021 (English)In: Proceedings of The Annual Meeting of The Academy of Management, 2021, Vol. 2021, No. 1, Academy of Management , 2021, Vol. Vol. 2021, no 1Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

The COVID-19 crisis has caused significant and unforeseen problems for entrepreneurs. Normally, entrepreneurs would seek social support in their networks to help deal with these issues. However, due to social distancing, physical networking is more difficult, and instead, entrepreneurs have to turn to alternative support sources, such as online communities. We, therefore, investigate support-seeking in online communities during the COVID-19 pandemic, and thereby uncover action possibilities that online communities offer to entrepreneurs. We analyze conversation data from an online community of entrepreneurs on Reddit (r/startups) between January 1st and July 7th, 2020, totaling 64’718 community posts. Through a qualitative analysis, we outline what types of support entrepreneurs seek, how support-seeking unfolds, and discover four action possibilities that online communities offer: Online communities help entrepreneurs to resolve problems, reframe their problems, reflect on their situation and refocus thinking and efforts. Our paper contributes to (1) the debate around entrepreneurs’ support during the COVID-19 pandemic; (2) the knowledge about digital entrepreneurial support-seeking and (3) the growing interest in the digital affordances that entrepreneurs can access, such as online communities.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Academy of Management, 2021
Series
Academy of Management Proceedings, ISSN 0065-0668, E-ISSN 2151-6561 ; Vol. 2021, No. 1
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-58112 (URN)10.5465/AMBPP.2021.12911abstract (DOI)
Conference
81nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 29 July - 3 August 2021, Virtual Platform
Available from: 2022-07-29 Created: 2022-07-29 Last updated: 2022-07-29Bibliographically approved
Meurer, M. M., Waldkirch, M., Schou, P. K., Bucher, E. & Burmeister-Lamp, K. (2021). Help! I need somebody – investigating entrepreneurs’ support-seeking behavior in online communities during covid-19 pandemic. In: Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research Proceedings: . Paper presented at 41st Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC), 2021. Academy of Management (1)
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2021 (English)In: Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research Proceedings, Academy of Management , 2021, no 1Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Academy of Management, 2021
Series
Academy of Management Proceedings, ISSN 0065-0668, E-ISSN 2151-6561
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-58243 (URN)
Conference
41st Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC), 2021
Available from: 2022-08-19 Created: 2022-08-19 Last updated: 2022-08-19Bibliographically approved
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