28 Mar 2022

British Academy of Management and Partner Grant Schemes - Notification of Award Holders 2021

The British Academy of Management (BAM) is pleased to announce the award holders for the 2021 grant schemes as part of its mission to build a thriving, pluralistic research community by supporting relevant, ethical and innovative management and business research. 

BAM is also pleased to announce the 2021 award holders for the inaugural collaborative research awards in conjunction with the Irish Academy of Management (IAM) and Società Italiana di Management (SIMA), and a second round of collaborative research award funding with the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM).   

The 2021 Award Holders are listed below.  Project summaries for each of the projects is available to download from: https://www.bam.ac.uk/grant-schemes

BAM Transitions 1 Research Grant (maximum £4,000 per project)

  • Dr Mengyi Xu, Cranfield University - Work-life boundary management in the hybrid working context: a case study of the Higher Education
  • Dr Yerzhan Tokbolat, Queen’s University Belfast - Say on corporate political spending: empirical evidence from the UK
  • Dr Nuala Ryan, University of Limerick – A stakeholder informed evidenced based approach to understanding and informing talent management practices for international nurses in healthcare organisations 

BAM Transitions 2 Research Grant (maximum £4,000 per project)

  • Dr Maria Balta, University of KentBusiness model pivoting and digital technologies' use among startups in turbulent environments
  • Dr Pilar Velasco – Universidad de Valladolid – Business diversification and ESG strategies: understanding their interplay to build corporate resilience
  • Dr Qing Lu, University of HullIs Unexpected Termination of International Joint Ventures Legitimised? 

BAM Management Knowledge and Education (maximum £4,000 per project)

On this occasion the MKE scheme co-chairs decided not to make any awards but are developing new capacity building opportunities for the community ahead of the next funding call expected in 2023. 

BAM and ANZAM Collaborative Research Award (maximum £6,000)

  • Dr Blooma John (PI), University of Canberra (AU); and Prof Niki Panteli, Royal Holloway University of London (UK)Leading the Digital Workplace Transformation in the Covid-19 Context

BAM and IAM Collaborative Research Award (maximum £4,000)

  • Dr Kelsy Hejjas (PI), Edinburgh Napier University (UK), and Dr Kelly Maguire, Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest (IE) - Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail: Towards an Evidence Informed Approach to Tourism Planning 

BAM and SIMA Collaborative Research Award (maximum £4,000)

  • Dr Roberta De Angelis (PI), Cardiff University (UK), and Assoc Professor Massimiliano Vesci, University of Salerno (IT) - Doing Business in the Age of the Anthropocene: An Empirical Investigation of Circular Economy Business Models 

We wish all award holders and their teams every success in their research and thank all applicants for submitting applications.