EPISODE · Nov 16, 2025 · 51 MIN
Helicopter Bosses (Deen et al. 2025) | FT50 JoM
from Revise and Resubmit - The Mayukh Show · host Mayukh Mukhopadhyay
English Podcast Starts at 00:00:00Bengali Podcast Starts at 00:13:59Hindi Podcast Starts at 00:26:51Filipino Podcast Starts at 00:38:16ReferenceDeen, C. M., Kiewitz, C., Kim, J.-Y., Restubog, S. L. D., Chih, Y.-Y., & Tang, R. L. (2025). Helicopter Bosses: Development and Validation of the Micromanagement Scale. Journal of Management, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/01492063251378092Youtube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/@weekendresearcherConnect over linkedinhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/mayukhpsm/🎙️ Welcome to Revise and Resubmit — where research meets curiosity, and great ideas get their second draft! ✍️Today, we’re diving into a study that every leader, manager, and team member might secretly fear… or embody. 🚁The paper is titled “Helicopter Bosses: Development and Validation of the Micromanagement Scale” — a fascinating exploration of how some leaders hover just a little too close for comfort.Published on November 11, 2025, in the Journal of Management — yes, that’s an FT50-listed and highly prestigious journal — this research comes to us from scholars Catherine Midel Deen, Christian Kiewitz, Jun-Yeob Kim, Simon Lloyd D. Restubog, Ying-Yi Chih, and Robert L. Tang, and it’s brought to the world by SAGE Publications. 🏛️Their work uncovers something we’ve all felt but seldom defined: what truly makes a micromanager tick? Through meticulous studies and thousands of data points, they build the Micromanagement Scale (MMS-9) — a new lens for understanding control, monitoring, and obsessive detail focus at work.So here’s the question to start us off today: 💭If micromanagement is driven by low trust and anxiety, could the cure for it lie not in better systems… but in better relationships?A big thank you to the authors and SAGE Publications for this insightful contribution to one of the world’s top management journals. 🙌And if you enjoy exploring the stories behind academic breakthroughs, make sure to subscribe to Revise and Resubmit on Spotify and follow Weekend Researcher on YouTube. 🔔You can also find this podcast on Amazon Prime and Apple Podcasts — because good research deserves a great audience. 🎧
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English Podcast Starts at 00:00:00Bengali Podcast Starts at 00:13:59Hindi Podcast Starts at 00:26:51Filipino Podcast Starts at 00:38:16ReferenceDeen, C. M., Kiewitz, C., Kim, J.-Y., Restubog, S. L. D., Chih, Y.-Y., & Tang, R. L. (2025). Helicopter Bosses: Development and Validation of the Micromanagement Scale. Journal of Management, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/01492063251378092Youtube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/@weekendresearcherConnect over linkedinhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/mayukhpsm/🎙️ Welcome to Revise and Resubmit — where research meets curiosity, and great ideas get their second draft! ✍️Today, we’re diving into a study that every leader, manager, and team member might secretly fear… or embody. 🚁The paper is titled “Helicopter Bosses: Development and Validation of the Micromanagement Scale” — a fascinating exploration of how some leaders hover just a little too close for comfort.Published on November 11, 2025, in the Journal of Management — yes, that’s an FT50-listed and highly prestigious journal — this research comes to us from scholars Catherine Midel Deen, Christian Kiewitz, Jun-Yeob Kim, Simon Lloyd D. Restubog, Ying-Yi Chih, and Robert L. Tang, and it’s brought to the world by SAGE Publications. 🏛️Their work uncovers something we’ve all felt but seldom defined: what truly makes a micromanager tick? Through meticulous studies and thousands of data points, they build the Micromanagement Scale (MMS-9) — a new lens for understanding control, monitoring, and obsessive detail focus at work.So here’s the question to start us off today: 💭If micromanagement is driven by low trust and anxiety, could the cure for it lie not in better systems… but in better relationships?A big thank you to the authors and SAGE Publications for this insightful contribution to one of the world’s top management journals. 🙌And if you enjoy exploring the stories behind academic breakthroughs, make sure to subscribe to Revise and Resubmit on Spotify and follow Weekend Researcher on YouTube. 🔔You can also find this podcast on Amazon Prime and Apple Podcasts — because good research deserves a great audience. 🎧
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