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Research for Real
by Mohsin Malik
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.
Episodes
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Why sustainability is not circular economy?
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....
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Digital tools democratize food supply chains
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...
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The Knowledge Driven Path to Green Innovation
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…
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User Experience Dictates Global Supply Chains
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…
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Temporary Organizing Theory: A Spectrum for Cross-Fertilization
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...
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How do digital capabilities lead to sustainable performance?
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...
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Project Governance Untangled: Steering Ambitious Projects to Strategic Success
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...
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Beyond the Buzz: What Truly Works for Anxiety in Autistic Kids (2025 Review Deep Dive)
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…
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Agile Practices and Empowered Teams: Pathways to Innovation
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…
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Unlocking Lean's Hidden Power: Sociotechnical Synergy
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...
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Employee Agency in Digital Transformation
This research addresses a gap in the existing understanding of digital transformation by focusing on the impact of the human-technology dynamic on human agency, specifically employee cognitions and behaviours. Utilising socio-cognitive and role theories, the study investigates how employee...
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How employees' psychological Safety influences digital Transformation and operational productivity?
This briefing document summarises the key themes and findings of a research paper that investigates the influence of employees' cognitions (specifically, psychological safety) and behaviours (employee-led process improvement) on data-driven digital transformation and ultimately, operational...
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How to construct digital Agility? An Organisational Sensemaking Approach
Main Theme: This paper explores how organisations develop digital-enabled strategic agility through the lens of organisational sensemaking. It argues that existing dynamic capability perspectives are insufficient and proposes a novel framework based on intertwined "actions" and "meaning" to…
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How Social Capital Contributes to Digital Transformations?
Key Theme: The research investigates how social capital contributes to successful digital transformations in Australian healthcare organisations, specifically focusing on the development of dynamic capabilities. Key Takeaways: Successful digital transformations require organisations to look…
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How to ensure that international development creates a lasting impact on the underprivileged societies?
Briefing Document: Project Monitoring and Evaluation in International Development Projects Document: Project monitoring and evaluation (M&E) to engage stakeholders of international development projects for community impact Authors: Humera Amin, Helana Scheepers, and Mohsin Malik Date: 2023 Key...
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Why some international development projects are more successful than others?
Executive Summary: This briefing explores the crucial role of project monitoring and evaluation in achieving impactful outcomes in international development (ID) projects. Drawing on agency theory, the research examines how these supervisory mechanisms mitigate information asymmetry and goal...
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Agile as a Sociotechnical System
Main Themes: Agile development as a sociotechnical system: The article explores the application of sociotechnical systems theory to agile development, demonstrating how agile teams operate through the interaction of social (actors and structures) and technical (technology and tasks) subsystems....
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Agile Project Management & Organisational Culture
This podcast identified four prominent cultural dimensions within the Competing Values Framework (CVF) and their specific impacts on agile projects: 1. Hierarchical Culture: Negative Impact: This dimension, characterised by rigid structures, formal communication, and resistance to change, was...
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A contextual explanation of Supply Chain Resilience
This briefing document reviews the main themes and key findings of the article "Towards a Critical Realism Synthesis of Configurational and Middle-Range Theorising" by Mohsin Malik and Imran Ali (2024). The article focuses on the application of configurational theorising and qualitative…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
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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Mohsin Malik
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