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Research for Real

Mohsin Malik

Business

Frequency: 1 episode/31d. Total Eps: 19

Welcome to Research for Real: Translating Research into Actionable Impact for Sustainable Development where we bridge the gap between cutting-edge academic research and everyday life. Join us as we unpack insights on the organizational dynamics to create innovative outcomes in the digital age, sustainable supply chains and circular economy. Our discussions explore how these ideas align with global challenges, driving impact toward the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: SDG-12 (Responsible Consumption & Production), SDG-9 (Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure), and SDG-3 (Good Health & Well-Being). Tune in to discover actionable takeaways that empower individuals and businesses to create a more sustainable and innovative future.

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Why sustainability is not circular economy?

Season 2026 · Episode 4

Wednesday, July 22, 2026 • Duration 19:55

This deep-dive conversation discusses research by Hussain and Malik (2020) that compares the two paradigms of sustainability and circular supply chains.

Source: Hussain, M., & Malik, M. (2020). Organizational enablers for circular economy in the context of sustainable supply chain management. Journal of cleaner production, 256, 120375. avaiilable at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0959652620304224

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Digital tools democratize food supply chains

Season 2026 · Episode 3

Sunday, May 24, 2026 • Duration 23:41

This podcast discusses an academic paper that investigates how digital transformation influences supply chain learning within the Australian food industry. Through a multi-case study, the authors explore how technologies like Internet-of-Things and big data shift the responsibility for knowledge creation from a single leading company to a collaborative network of suppliers and retailers. The findings suggest that while digitalisation democratises learning by making it more participatory, the shared knowledge tends to remain restricted to the food sector rather than being exchanged with other industries. Consequently, the researchers conclude that extensive digital adoption transitions the supply chain from a captive learning model to a more integrated consortium approach. Ultimately, this study provides strategic insights for organisations seeking to gain a competitive advantage through expedited, technology-driven learning..

Reference: Tortorella, G. L., Malik, M., Trianni, A., Pepper, M., Vassolo, R., Garcia, F., ... & Norena-Chavez, D. (2026). Supply Chain Learning in the Australian food industry: the impact of digital transformation. International Journal of Production Economics, 110074. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2026.110074

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The Knowledge Driven Path to Green Innovation

Season 2026 · Episode 2

Saturday, May 16, 2026 • Duration 23:57

This podcast discusses a recent research article that explores the mechanisms behind green innovation within the Pakistani manufacturing sector using knowledge-based dynamic capabilities theory. The authors examine how green knowledge sharing fosters eco-friendly advancements by enhancing a firm's innovation capability and its capacity for knowledge creation. A significant finding reveals that while internal knowledge processes drive sustainability, customer involvement unexpectedly weakens the link between knowledge sharing and the development of new capabilities. The study employs a multimethod design, combining moderated-mediation analysis with necessary condition analysis to identify the essential factors for environmental progress. Ultimately, the source provides strategic guidance for managers on balancing internal expertise with external input to meet escalating environmental regulations.

Full article available at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author/AQBI3SHRRQGQZQQKVFNH?target=10.1002/bse.70721

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User Experience Dictates Global Supply Chains

Season 2026 · Episode 1

Wednesday, January 21, 2026 • Duration 13:39

This podcast synthesizes findings from a study on the relationship between organizations' perceptions of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the nature of Supply Chain Learning (SCL). Based on an online survey of 206 top and middle managers from various industry sectors in Brazil, the research reveals that perceptions of AI's usefulness and its ease of use are critical determinants of how knowledge is created, shared, and driven across a supply chain.

The central conclusion is that different combinations of Perceived Usefulness (PU) and Perceived Ease of Use (PEOU) of AI correlate directly with four distinct types of SCL.

• When both PU and PEOU are low, a Captive SCL emerges, where a dominant focal company controls learning within a closed network.

• When PU is high but PEOU is low, a Selective SCL occurs, with a focal company leading learning across an open network of chosen partners.

• When PU is low but PEOU is high, a Consortium SCL prevails, driven by non-focal companies within a closed network.

• When both PU and PEOU are high, a Distributed SCL is fostered, characterized by democratized learning efforts led by diverse players across multiple supply chains.

These findings provide a strategic framework for managers, demonstrating that by prioritizing digitalization efforts and shaping perceptions of AI, they can actively influence the learning dynamics within their supply chains to enhance decision-making, problem-solving, and overall competitive advantage.

Source: Tortorella, G. L., Powell, D., Malik, M., Alfalla-Luque, R., Portioli-Staudacher, A., & Nascimento, D. (2025). Perceptions of AI adoption and their impact on supply chain learning. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13675567.2025.2547202

Temporary Organizing Theory: A Spectrum for Cross-Fertilization

Season 2025 · Episode 15

Wednesday, December 3, 2025 • Duration 15:55

This podcast synthesizes the core arguments from the essay "Theorizing Temporary Organizing to Foster True Cross Fertilization," authored by Maude Brunet, Catriona Burke, Mohsin Malik, and Jörg Sydow. The central thesis is a call for stronger, more creative theorizing within project studies to achieve a "true cross-fertilization" with related disciplines, particularly organization studies. Currently, the exchange is predominantly a one-way flow, with organization theory enriching project studies.

The authors propose that advancing theory occurs on a spectrum, ranging from top-down approaches that leverage established reference theories to bottom-up approaches that develop "home-grown" theories from empirical phenomena. To illustrate this spectrum, the essay presents two distinct examples:

1. Top-Down Approach: The application of Practice-Driven Institutionalism (PDI) from organization theory to understand how macro-level institutional pressures are enacted through micro-level, everyday practices within temporary organizing contexts.

2. Bottom-Up Approach: A phenomenon-driven examination of crisis response, specifically how temporary organizations emerged, evolved, and stabilized during the COVID-19 pandemic, generating novel insights into emergent organizing.

By focusing on "temporary organizing" as a processual and practice-based phenomenon, rather than just a structural form, a common ground is established for a more robust, two-way dialogue between disciplines. This approach not only strengthens project studies as an academic field but also promises to generate insights with theoretical and practical implications for broader management and organization scholarship.

Source: Brunet, Maude, et al. "Theorizing temporary organizing to foster true cross fertilization: Focus on projects, processes and practices." International Journal of Project Management (2025): 102753. Complimentary copy on

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S026378632500078X

How do digital capabilities lead to sustainable performance?

Season 2025 · Episode 14

Sunday, November 30, 2025 • Duration 14:59

This podcast synthesizes findings from a research study on the impact of Digital Leadership Capability (DLC) on the environmental performance of organizations. Drawing on Resource Orchestration Theory (ROT), the study investigates the mediating roles of Digital Technology Alignment (DTA) and Digital Innovation. Based on survey data from 183 Australian healthcare organizations, the research empirically demonstrates that DLC positively influences environmental performance through both direct and indirect pathways.

The core findings indicate that DTA and digital innovation are critical enhancing mechanisms. DTA, the fit between new and existing technologies, and digital innovation, the creation of new digital solutions, both independently and serially mediate the relationship between DLC and environmental performance. This establishes a clear sequence: effective digital leadership fosters technological alignment, which in turn enables digital innovation, ultimately leading to improved environmental outcomes. The study challenges the view that technology alone drives sustainability, highlighting instead that orchestrated leadership, alignment, and innovation are essential for translating digital potential into tangible environmental benefits.

Source: Chavez, Roberto, Mohsin Malik, and Amir Andargoli. "Digital Leadership Capability and Environmental Performance: The Role of Digital Technology Alignment and Digital Innovation." Business Strategy and the Environment (2025). Complementary download avauilable at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author/9AUMSW5APBSDSQF9NZDB?target=10.1002/bse.70353

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Project Governance Untangled: Steering Ambitious Projects to Strategic Success

Season 2025 · Episode 13

Sunday, August 24, 2025 • Duration 24:37

This podcast discusses the evolving concept of project governance, highlighting its ambiguity and varied definitions across the literature. Both sources examine distinct research streams: one viewing project governance as external to a specific project and another as internal. They reveal that while project governance literature draws significantly from established project research, it also extensively incorporates transaction cost economics. The texts underscore the fragmented nature of project governance discourse, emphasising a lack of a universally accepted definition and a tendency to conflate it with project management. Ultimately, they advocate for bridging the gap between academic and professional literature to foster a more coherent understanding and advance the field of project governance.

Source: Musawir, A., Abd-Karim, S., Mohd-Danuri, M. (2020) Project governance and its role in enabling organizational strategy implementation: A systematic literature review, International Journal of Project Management 38 (2020)1–16 & Ahola, T, Ruuska, I, Artto, K & Kujala, J 2014, 'What is project governance and what are its origins?', International Journal of Project Management, vol. 32, no. 8, pp. 1321-1332,

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Beyond the Buzz: What Truly Works for Anxiety in Autistic Kids (2025 Review Deep Dive)

Season 2025 · Episode 12

Saturday, August 23, 2025 • Duration 18:29

This systematic review by Khaleeq et al. (2025) evaluates various treatments for anxiety in children under 18 with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), aiming to bridge a significant research gap compared to typically developing children. The authors analysed 33 studies published between 2014 and 2023, adhering to PRISMA guidelines to assess treatment effectiveness and potential adverse effects. Their findings indicate that Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), particularly adapted CBT, is the most evidence-based psychological intervention for managing anxiety in autistic children. In contrast, the review highlights a notable scarcity and inconclusive results for pharmacological treatments, with some reporting adverse effects. Alternative treatments yielded mixed results and often lacked robust methodologies. Ultimately, the review underscores the urgent need for further research, including the development of tailored anxiety measurement scales for children with ASD and studies with more diverse populations and longer follow-up periods.

Source: A systematic review of the treatments of anxiety in children with autism spectrum disorder Australasian Psychiatry Volume 33, Issue 4, August 2025, Pages 742-755 © The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists 2025, Article Reuse Guidelines https://doi.org/10.1177/10398562251346614

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Agile Practices and Empowered Teams: Pathways to Innovation

Season 2025 · Episode 11

Saturday, August 16, 2025 • Duration 13:25

This academic paper explores the relationship between agile project management practices and project performance, specifically focusing on innovative outcomes. It introduces psychological empowerment as a crucial mediating mechanism, explaining how aspects like team autonomy and agile communication foster a sense of empowerment within teams, which in turn drives innovative behaviour. The study’s empirical findings suggest that psychological empowerment is essential for these agile practices to translate into innovative actions and ultimately enhance overall project success, challenging traditional project management's prescriptive focus. It also highlights the importance of social systems in innovation processes.

Source: Malik, Mohsin, Shagufta Sarwar, and Stuart Orr. "Agile practices and performance: Examining the role of psychological empowerment." International journal of project management 39.1 (2021): 10-20.

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Unlocking Lean's Hidden Power: Sociotechnical Synergy

Season 2025 · Episode 10

Saturday, May 31, 2025 • Duration 14:55

This research argues that Lean management is a complex sociotechnical phenomenon, but existing research has largely examined its social ("soft") and technical ("hard") subsystems in isolation. The authors address this gap by employing a sociotechnical system (STS) theoretical lens and process theorising to examine the dynamic interaction between these subsystems at individual, group, and organisational levels. The core argument is that a balanced interplay between the social and technical subsystems is crucial for effectively managing inherent tensions within Lean and achieving sustained performance gains.

Main Themes:

The Underexplored Interaction between Social and Technical Subsystems: Existing literature has primarily focused on the technical aspects of Lean, neglecting the dynamic and mutually constitutive relationship between the social and technical subsystems.
The Importance of a Balanced STS: The authors highlight that for Lean to maximise performance, neither the social nor the technical subsystem should dominate. Achieving a "balanced sociotechnical system" is essential.
Paradoxical and Dialectical Tensions: The paper identifies inherent tensions within Lean systems, particularly arising from the technical subsystem. These include paradoxical tensions (opposing yet complementary features) and dialectical tensions (inherent contradictions).
The Role of the Social Subsystem in Managing Tensions: The social subsystem, encompassing aspects like employee empowerment, training, work design, cross-functional collaboration, and management involvement, is presented as crucial for addressing and mitigating the paradoxical and dialectical tensions created by the technical subsystem.
Synergistic Outcomes of Balanced Interaction: A key finding is that the symbiotic relationship between balanced social and technical subsystems fosters synergies that enhance operational performance, bolster dynamic capabilities, and drive process innovation.
Lean, as a symbiotic STS, fosters synergies: The balanced and interacting subsystems lead to outcomes that are greater than the sum of their individual parts. This "symbiotic relationship... fosters synergies that enhance operational performance, bolster dynamic capabilities, and drive process innovation." (Proposition 3)

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