Academy of Management Journal· 2016Q1
Understanding and Tackling Societal Grand Challenges through Management Research
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This special forum proposes a framework to guide management research in addressing global 'grand challenges' and outlines factors influencing collective goal attainment.
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Key points
- Management research can address global 'grand challenges' through coordinated effort.
- A framework is proposed to guide systematic empirical evidence gathering on grand challenges.
- Factors influencing the attainment of collective goals are identified.
- Future research questions are presented to encourage engagement with broader societal issues.
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Abstract
“Grand challenges” are formulations of global problems that can be plausibly addressed through coordinated and collaborative effort. In this Special Research Forum, we showcase management research that examines societal problems that individuals, organizations, communities, and nations face around the world. We develop a framework to guide future research to provide systematic empirical evidence on the formulation, articulation, and implementation of grand challenges. We highlight several factors that likely enhance or suppress the attainment of collective goals, and identify representative research questions for future empirical work. In so doing, we aspire to encourage management scholars to engage in tackling broader societal challenges through their collaborative research and collective insight.
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