How teams respond to ideas can be just as important for creativity as generating them in the first place. The new study “Rewarded to Reject? Exploring Motivational Roots of Idea Rejection in Teams” by Matthias Felix Sinnemann, Matthias Michael Weiss, and Julia Backmann, recently published in the Journal of Organizational Behavior, examines how different reward structures influence idea rejection and team creativity.
Recently, our ChanCe team participated in the Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Meeting 2026 in Philadelphia, the world's premier gathering of management scholars. Bringing together thousands of researchers from around the world, the conference provided a unique platform to present research, exchange ideas, and discuss the future of management and organizations.
How employees perceive organizational change is rarely static. As change unfolds, employees continuously reassess whether it benefits their work, and these changing perceptions shape how they engage with the process.
Earlier this week, members of ChanCe participated in the Symposium on New Work and Work Transformation at the University of Groningen. The symposium provided an opportunity to exchange ideas on current developments shaping the future of work.
Growth is one of the most important priorities for organizations. Yet growth-related activities are often spread across functions, creating coordination challenges across marketing, sales, product development, and customer success.
A recent article by Yashar Atefi, Sebastian Hohenberg, Saeed Janani, and Wei Zhou, published in the Journal of Marketing, examines how organizations address this challenge through the creation of Growth Departments and the appointment of Chief Growth Officers (CGOs).
Congratulations to Hendrik Schierwater on successfully defending his dissertation "Immersive Augmented Reality in Marketing: Mapping the Field, Theorizing and Configuring Value Creation, Demonstrating Effects."
Recently, Beatrice Schult participated in the GSERM Global School in Empirical Research Methods at the University of St. Gallen, an international doctoral program focused on advanced research methods.
As part of the program, Bea attended the course “Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA)” taught by Peer Fiss. The course focused on configurational approaches that explore how multiple pathways can lead to similar outcomes and provide a different perspective on complex organizational phenomena.
Recently, members of ChanCe participated in the EURAM 2026 Conference in Kristiansand, Norway. Under the conference theme “Navigating High Waters - Managing in an age of disruption,” researchers from across Europe came together to discuss current developments and future directions in management research.
Photo credit: FH Münster / Hannah Jasiewitz
Recently, members of ChanCe participated in the 10th e-HRM International Conference in Münster. Under the theme “Beyond AI: HRM and the Work of the Future,” researchers from around the world came together to discuss how digital technologies are reshaping work, organizations, and human resource management.