Understanding and Tackling Societal Grand Challenges through Management Research
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“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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- Authors
- George, G., Howard-Grenville, J., Joshi, A., & Tihanyi, L.
- Affiliations
- Singapore Management University (SG)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- Texas A&M University
- Venue
- Academy of Management Journal
- Publisher
- Academy of Management
- Published
- 2016-12
- Volume
- 59
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 1880-1895
- ISSN
- 0001-4273 (ISSN-L)
- 1948-0989
- OpenAlex
- W2565126480
- Cited by
- 2,021
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
- 2026: 286 · 2025: 303 · 2024: 302 · 2023: 277 · 2022: 270 · 2021: 220 · 2020: 156 · 2019: 111 · 2018: 66 · 2017: 26 · 2016: 2 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 132.84
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- doi.org
- Locations
- Academy of Management Journal (publishedVersion)
- Singapore Management University Institutional Knowledge (InK) (Singapore Management University) (submittedVersion)
- Apollo (University of Cambridge) (submittedVersion)
- Apollo
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Management and Organizational Studies
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability
- Social Sciences › Public Administration › Public Policy and Administration Research
- Keywords
- societal challenges, social problems, collective goals, research collaboration, research framework, global challenges, research agenda, organizational collaboration
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