Latest publications (2024-2026)
See the sections below for the complete list of publications
Journal article: Balachandran Nair L., Moreau F. (2026). Choose, compose, contemplate: Semantic theorizing in management research. British Journal of Management. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.70067.
Journal article: Balachandran Nair L. (2026). The devil wears nada: Female employees’ hidden transcripts and public responses to inessential aesthetic demands. Gender, Work and Organization, 33: 1065-1081. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.70113.
Journal article: De Molli F., Balachandran Nair L., Vecco M., Lapointe E. (2026). Space matters: Exploring the role of organisational space in repairing organisational trust. Journal of Management Inquiry. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/10564926251396792.
Journal article: Ascani A., Balachandran Nair L. (2025). Innovation and zombie firms: Empirical evidence from Italy. Research Policy, 54 (3): 105172. DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2025.105172.
Journal article: Banks G., …Balachandran Nair L.,…Yang T. (2025). Women’s and men’s authorship experiences: A prospective meta-analysis. Journal of Management. 51 (4): 1273-1287. DOI: 10.1177/01492063251315701.
Book chapter: Balachandran Nair L. (2025). Reflexivity – in practice, in research. In J. Helms Mills, A.J. Mills, K.S. Williams & R. Bendl. (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Gender and Management. Cheltenham: Elgar. pp. 380-383.
Case study: Balachandran Nair L. (2025). “Let it flow!” Breaking taboos and stigmas about menstruation through ScarletScribe, LUISS Teaching Cases. ISBN: 9791255962427.
Journal article: Balachandran Nair L. (2024). Mrs. Dalloway and the shecession: The interconnectedness and intersectionalities of care ethics and social time during the pandemic. Journal of Business Ethics, 194: 1-18. DOI: 10.1007/s10551-024-05633-y
Media review in journal: Balachandran Nair L. (2024). Girls, Women, Others and Organisations. Organization. https://doi.org/10.1177/13505084241243279
Journal articles
Balachandran Nair L., Moreau F. (2026). Choose, compose, contemplate: Semantic theorizing in management research. British Journal of Management. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.70067.
Balachandran Nair L. (2026). The devil wears nada: Female employees’ hidden transcripts and public responses to inessential aesthetic demands. Gender, Work and Organization, 33: 1065-1081. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.70113.
De Molli F., Balachandran Nair L., Vecco M., Lapointe E. (2026). Space matters: Exploring the role of organisational space in repairing organisational trust. Journal of Management Inquiry. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/10564926251396792.
Ascani A., Balachandran Nair L. (2025). Innovation and zombie firms: Empirical evidence from Italy. Research Policy, 54 (3): 105172. DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2025.105172.
Banks G., …Balachandran Nair L.,…Yang T. (2025). Women’s and men’s authorship experiences: A prospective meta-analysis. Journal of Management. 51 (4): 1273-1287. DOI: 10.1177/01492063251315701.
Balachandran Nair L. (2024). Mrs. Dalloway and the shecession: The interconnectedness and intersectionalities of care ethics and social time during the pandemic. Journal of Business Ethics, 194: 1-18. DOI: 10.1007/s10551-024-05633-y
Weiss M, Balachandran Nair L., Hoorani B.H., Gibbert M., Hoegl M. (2023). Transparency of reporting practices in quantitative field studies: The transparency sweet spot for article citations. Journal of Informetrics, 17 (2): 101396. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2023.101396
Ascani A., Balachandran Nair L., Iammarino S. (2022). Racing to the bottom or seeking legitimacy? National environmental performance and the location strategies of Chinese MNEs. Journal of International Management, 29 (2): 100993. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intman.2022.100993
Balachandran Nair L., Ascani A. (2022). Addressing low-profile misconduct in management academia through theoretical triangulation and transformative ethics education. The International Journal of Management Education, 20 (3): 100728. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijme.2022.100728
Balachandran Nair L. (2022). Prendiamoci cura! Una chiamata in favore delle care relationships per contrastare la shecession in periodo di pandemia. Prospettive in Organizzazione, 19 (special issue – shock). Link to the article: Click here.
Balachandran Nair L. (2021). From ‘whodunnit’ to ‘how’: Detective stories and auditability in qualitative business ethics research, Journal of Business Ethics, 172 (2): 195-209.
Balachandran Nair L. (2021). To discard or to ado(a)pt? Looking at qualitative research templates through the lens of organizational routines, Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management, 16 (2): 409-423.
Gibbert M., Balachandran Nair L., Weiss M., Hoegl M. (2021).Using outliers for theory building, Organizational Research Methods, 24 (1): 172-181.
Nizet J., Fatien Diochon P., Balachandran Nair L. (2021). When commitments conflict: Making ethical decisions like a funambulist, M@n@gement, 24 (1): 44-58.
Van Grootel L., Balachandran Nair L., Klugkist I., Van Wesel, F. (2020). Quantitizing findings from qualitative studies for integration in mixed methods reviewing, Research Synthesis Methods, 11 (3): 413-425.
Hoorani B.H., Balachandran Nair L., Gibbert M. (2019). Designing for impact: The effect of rigor and case study design on citations of qualitative case studies in management, Scientometrics, 121 (1): 285-306.
Balachandran Nair L., Fatien Diochon P., Lassu R.A., Tilleman S.G. (2018). Let’s perform and paint! The role of creative mediums in enhancing management research representation, Journal of Management Inquiry, 27 (3): 301-308.
Balachandran Nair L., Gibbert M. (2016). Analyzing inconsistent cases in management fsQCA studies: A methodological manifesto, Journal of Business Research, 69 (4): 1464-1470.
Balachandran Nair L., Gibbert M. (2016). What makes a ‘good’ title and (how) does it matter for citations? A review and general model of article title attributes in management science, Scientometrics, 107 (3): 1331-1359.
Other journal publications
Balachandran Nair L. (2024). Girls, Women, Others and Organisations. Organization. https://doi.org/10.1177/13505084241243279
Balachandran Nair L. (2018). (Is there a) middle ground?. No downside. The ethnographer. In A. Consterdine, Research Engagement in 55 Words (Flash Fiction): Metamorphosis. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 15 (270-271). Doi: 10.1080/14780887.2018.1462602.
Balachandran Nair L. (2017). Conference Report: Scientific Integrity in Qualitative Research (SCIQUAL) Seminar 2017, Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 19 (1): Art. 9.
Books
Balachandran Nair L., Gibbert M, Hoorani B.H. (2023). Combining case study designs for theory building: A new sourcebook for rigorous social science researchers. Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 978-1-316-51929-5; 978-1-009-01024-5
Balachandran Nair L. (Ed.) (2023). Business Ethics. SAGE Business Foundations. SAGE Publications. ISBN: 9781071909379; 9781071909003; 9781071907955; 9781071907641; 9781071905012; 9781071907399; 9781071907405; 9781071897607; 9781071903636; 9781071909065; 9781071903643
Balachandran Nair L. (2022). Qualitative research for organizational scholars: Reflections on current developments. Nova Science Publishers. ISBN: 979-8-88697-449-2
Valikangas L., Gibbert M., with Balachandran Nair L., Paukku M., Peixoto I. (2015). Strategic Innovation. The definitive guide to outlier strategies. Pearson-Financial Times Press. ISBN-10: 0133989445, ISBN-13: 978-0133989441.
Book chapters (peer reviewed)
Balachandran Nair L. (2025). Reflexivity – in practice, in research. In J. Helms Mills, A.J. Mills, K.S. Williams & R. Bendl. (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Gender and Management. Cheltenham: Elgar. pp. 380-383.
Balachandran Nair L. (2023). Conducting qualitative organizational research with semi-structured interviews: From planning to interpretation. In Researching and Analysing Business: Research Methods in Practice. Routledge Taylor and Francis Group Publishing Limited. ISBN: 9781003107774, 9780367620653, 9780367620646.
Balachandran Nair L. (2022). The power of many: Teaching qualitative management research through peer group reviews. In Innovation in the Teaching of Research Methodology Excellence Awards: An Anthology of Case Histories 2022 (pp. 13-22). United Kingdom: Academic Publishing. ISBN: 978-1-914587-34-4 (PDF), ISBN: 978-1-914587-35-1 (Printed book).
Balachandran Nair L. (2020). COVID-19 and qualitative social media data collection. In The University of the Future – Response to COVID 19 (pp. 85-92). United Kingdom: Academic Publishing. ISBN: 978-1-912764-65-5.
Balachandran Nair L. (2019). “Just like in the movies”: Popular media and ethical business schools of the future. In The University of the Future (pp. 141-150). United Kingdom: Academic Publishing. ISBN-10: 1912764512, ISBN-13: 978-1912764518.
Balachandran Nair L. (2019). Beyond fiction and science: Using stories, movies, and games to teach qualitative research. In Innovation in the Teaching of Research Methodology Excellence Awards: An Anthology of Case Histories 2019 (pp. 15-26). United Kingdom: Academic Publishing. ISBN: 978-1-912764-26-6.
Case studies (peer reviewed)
Balachandran Nair L. (2025). “Let it flow!” Breaking taboos and stigmas about menstruation through ScarletScribe, LUISS Teaching Cases. ISBN: 9791255962427.
Balachandran Nair L. (2022). The good, the bad, and the grey: Qualitative management research and ethical data collection from social media communities, LUISS Teaching Cases. ISBN: 978-88-6105-798-2.
Balachandran Nair L. (2020).“Mischief unmanaged”: Approaching ethics in qualitative business and management research with Harry Potter, Sage Business Cases. 2020, 10.4135/9781526499530. ISBN: 9781526499530.
Balachandran Nair L. (2020). What is Her Story?: Investigating sexual harassment in the modern workplace, SAGE Business Cases. 2020, 10.4135/9781529702408. ISBN: 9781529702408.
Balachandran Nair L. (2018). Appraising scholarly impact using Directed Qualitative Content Analysis: A study of article title attributes in management research, SAGE Research Methods Cases, 10.4135/9781526444141. ISBN: 9781526444141.
Conference proceedings
Weiss M., Balachandran Nair L., Gibbert M., & Koepplin H. (2015). What passes as a transparent field study in management?, Academy of Management Proceedings, 2015 (1): 10236. ISSN (print): 0065-0668, ISSN (online): 2151-6561.
Other academic publications
Balachandran Nair L. (2018). “Interdisciplinary, like everyone else.” But are you being interdisciplinary for the wrong reasons? LSE Impact Blog, 08 November 2018.
Interviews & press coverage
(University of Cape Town 2021) How to build the university of the future
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