Sign in

Thomas Roulet

@thomroulet.bsky.social
879 followers 579 following 39 posts

Professor of Organisational Sociology and Leadership at the University of Cambridge (Judge Business School & King's College) 👉 Trying to make the future of work more human-centric

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by Thomas Roulet
Mia Gray @mia-gray.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
The latest issue of the Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society is all about remunicipalisaiton -- in many different counties, including France, the UK, the US, Germany, Bolivia, Spain, etc.... See: academic.oup.com/cjres/issue
academic.oup.com
Issues | Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society | Oxford Academic
A journal of the Cambridge Political Economy Society. The journal publishes multi-disciplinary research on the spatial dimensions of contemporary socio-economic-political change, and examines the effe...
034
Reposted by Thomas Roulet
Mia Gray @mia-gray.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Now is the time to assess remunicipalisation (nationalisation at a local level) as local regions/cities take essential services back into public control. Article free to access. academic.oup.com/cjres/articl...
academic.oup.com
How places are contesting the privatisation of local public services
The provision of essential public services — water, energy, health, housing, education, transport, social care and infrastructure — is a crucial determinan
32514
Thomas Roulet @thomroulet.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
What do we look for when we consider proposals for essays at the Journal of Management Studies, and why those criteria matter (a useful reminder as 3/4 of the proposals we receive have nothing to do with the remit of JMS Says!) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Essays in Management and Organization Studies: Past, Present, and Future of a Generative Genre
Click on the article title to read more.
030
Thomas Roulet @thomroulet.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Can Cambridge be a model for kick-starting the British economy? on.ft.com/4hZGrDb
on.ft.com
Can Cambridge be a model for kick-starting the British economy?
An ambitious plan aims to double the size of the city and make it a hub for growth and innovation. But will its infrastructure cope?
000
Thomas Roulet @thomroulet.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Overreliance on AI tools at work risks harming mental health The technology promises productivity gains but too much focus on machines could erode socialisation and friendship www.ft.com/content/af77...
ft.com
Overreliance on AI tools at work risks harming mental health
The technology promises productivity gains but too much focus on machines could erode socialisation and friendship
040
Reposted by Thomas Roulet
Beth Popp Berman @epopppp.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
This is a hard but necessary read: ending USAID means children starve to death.
time.com
What Gutting USAID Means for My Young Patients in Burundi
“To my patients and their mothers, I offered apologies from the American people,” writes Dr. Jennifer Furin.
27761325
Reposted by Thomas Roulet
Tyler Shores @tylershores.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Hi Cambridge students & colleagues, Are you passionate about inclusion in the workplace? Come join us for the next ThinkLab Ideas Challenge on March 28th! Sign up to be part of a team challenge (with funding available for the winning ideas) here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
102
Thomas Roulet @thomroulet.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
😒 Massive layoffs at #Meta/ #Facebook targeting so called "low performers" My views in @fortune.com 👉 The term is meaningless and be used on the pretense of objectivity fortune.com/2025/02/13/m...
fortune.com
Meta's 'low performer' layoffs disputed by fired staffers and criticized by experts
Meta says it's most recent round of layoffs was aimed at 'low performers'—not everyone agrees.
040
Thomas Roulet @thomroulet.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
👭 How does remote work affect #gender #discrimination? 🙅‍♀️ A new study published in Organization Science tests the fact that gender differences are less salient in the context of remote work. pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.1...
pubsonline.informs.org
Location Matters: Everyday Gender Discrimination in Remote and On-site Work | Organization Science
083
Thomas Roulet @thomroulet.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Argentina’s president is vowing to repeal ‘woke’ femicide law. It could have ripple effects across Latin America theconversation.com/argentinas-p...
theconversation.com
Argentina’s president is vowing to repeal ‘woke’ femicide law. It could have ripple effects across Latin America
If Argentina repeals its femicide law, it could have a ripple effect across Latin America.
020
Thomas Roulet @thomroulet.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
🤔Looking for concrete and practical mental health skills for the modern workplace? 🙌Stay tuned for "Wellbeing Intelligence: Building Better Mental Health at Work" to be release in July amazon.co.uk/Wellbeing-In...
1123
Reposted by Thomas Roulet
Monique Ingrid Boddington @miboddington.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Honoured to share my predictions for 2025 with @jagolinzer.bsky.social, Lucia Reisch, @thomroulet.bsky.social, @jaideepprabhu.bsky.social and and David Reiner @cambridgejudge.bsky.social in Poets&Quants. Despite writing individuals, there ar shared commone themes. lnkd.in/ezytHqdB
072
Reposted by Thomas Roulet
Tyler Shores @tylershores.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Tomorrow at 12pm! The ThinkLab is teaming up with the Staff Wellbeing Team to host this event on sharing experiences and feedback to create the University Staff Wellbeing Action Plan for fostering a supportive workplace. @thinklab.bsky.social @thomroulet.bsky.social #cambridge #wellbeing
021
Reposted by Thomas Roulet
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
A Social Science of Caregiving This CASBS podcast episode attracted the most unique listeners in 2024. Recorded before a live audience, @mlevi.bsky.social, @alisongopnik.bsky.social, & Anne-Marie Slaughter discuss a multi-disciplinary reimagining of caregiving 🎧 casbs.stanford.edu/podcast#soci...
0115
Thomas Roulet @thomroulet.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
theguardian.com
Scientist’s ‘ruthlessly imaginative’ 1925 predictions for the future come true – mostly
Prof Low anticipated home speakers and gender neutral clothing, but missed his mark on herb-based street lighting
020
Thomas Roulet @thomroulet.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
💫 Tomorrow is the start of admissions interviews at the University of Cambridge. Like every year I will be interviewing candidates in Psychology and Behavioral Sciences for King's College, Cambridge 🤔 A thread
2102
Thomas Roulet @thomroulet.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Glad to see the research programme on caste inequalities led by Hari Bapuji & Sneha Chrispal - which I have been part of as a co author and host of the first conference on caste inequalities in Cambridge - to be recognised by the Australian Business Deans Council.
030
Thomas Roulet @thomroulet.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Interesting new paper in The Economic Journal. The study relies on machine learning to show that the political leanings of economists influence the language they use, but also the very estimates they produce in a way that aligns the policy being promoted with their partisan opinion.
032
Thomas Roulet @thomroulet.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
👹 When does abusive supervision and managers pass as "tough love"? 💔 According to a recent piece in OBHDP by Robert Lount Woohee Choi & B J Tepper it's all about the perceived performance of those supervisors or managers.
120
Reposted by Thomas Roulet
Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
The usual suspects are out there yelling "There are 23 million government workers! Fire most of them!" No awareness that most work for local governments, and most of *them* are schoolteachers. Federal employment hasn't grown since the 1950s
1271308149288
Thomas Roulet @thomroulet.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Musk said Bezos told people they should sell Tesla and SpaceX stock because Donald Trump would lose. It is a way to give himself an excuse to legitimately try to influence regulation to his advantage, by saying that 'Bezos started it' www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-je...
businessinsider.com
Jeff Bezos says Elon Musk's claims are '100% not true' after the Tesla CEO reignites their feud
Elon Musk posted a claim on X about Jeff Bezos that he said he learned at Mar-a-Lago. Bezos responded, saying Musk's assertion was "100% not true."
120
Reposted by Thomas Roulet
Thesiswhisperer @thesiswhisperer.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
@tylershores.bsky.social and Colleen Mayowski talking about 'what works' - evidence based insights into community impact. Self efficacy around writing leads to increased writing output. Even one hour a week of shut up and write has a statistically significant impact on productivity
062
Reposted by Thomas Roulet
Jo Sutherst @josutherst.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Fascinating discussion between @tylershores.bsky.social and Colleen Mayowski at the #shitupandwrite symposium. Discussion topic: What works? Evidence-based insights into community impact
022
Thomas Roulet @thomroulet.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Mass X-odus: professionals desert Elon Musk’s network on.ft.com/4fW12Yj
on.ft.com
Mass X-odus: professionals desert Elon Musk’s network
Creatives and freelancers miss opportunity and inspiration after decline of X
071
Thomas Roulet @thomroulet.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
🍽️ Does hybrid working impact gender balance at home? 📣 Base on UK data, two researchers looked at the impact of hashtag#hybridworking on the split of household chores. They found the following.
141
Reposted by Thomas Roulet
Lamar Pierce @lamarpierce.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
This paper demonstrates an important question in replication and investigation--through which process should we select papers for reevaluation? I would love to know if market is biased based on status or demographics, but the scale/cost of that study would be astronomical. @flxhlzmstr.bsky.social.
nature.com
Examining the replicability of online experiments selected by a decision market - Nature Human Behaviour
This study finds that decision markets can be a useful tool for selecting studies for replication. For a sample of 26 online experiments published in PNAS selected by a decision market, the authors fi...
052
Reposted by Thomas Roulet
Frank de Bakker @frankdebakker.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Created a list with scholars in the business and society field: bsky.app/profile/did:...
52610
Thomas Roulet @thomroulet.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
🌀 Are neurodiverse individuals discriminated in the workplace? 📣 In survey data collected in the UK last month by Zurich Insurance we can observe that:
260
Reposted by Thomas Roulet
Jelena Brankovic @jelena3121.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
We also need a starter pack of all the people who spent most of the 1990s eagerly waiting for Mulder & Scully to get together because I am sure we have a lot in common. #xfiles
0101
Thomas Roulet @thomroulet.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
What is wellbeing intelligence? (WBQ) youtu.be/7y4wau97uso?...
youtu.be
Thomas Roulet ThinkLab Hackathon Interview
YouTube video by Cambridge ThinkLab
051
Thomas Roulet @thomroulet.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
🔥 How do entrepreneurs signal their distinctiveness? 🎹 In a fascinating new piece in the Academy of Management Journal, Karl Taeuscher & Michael Lounsbury look at how patents matter the most... in some contexts.
media.tenor.com
a man in a suit and tie is flying through the air holding a briefcase and the word entrepreneur below him
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is flying through the air holding a briefcase and the word entrepreneur below him
160
Reposted by Thomas Roulet
Alan Jagolinzer @jagolinzer.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Cornell Prof @profsunitasah.bsky.social Cambridge Prof @profsanderlinden.bsky.social and cult psychologist Diane Benscoter discuss Belief Systems: Why is Disinformation Effective? 2023 Cambridge Disinformation Summit archives youtu.be/ETb6sy_KrXI?...
youtu.be
Belief Systems, 27 July 2023, Sunita Sah, Diane Benscoter, and Sander van der Linden
YouTube video by Cambridge Disinformation Summit
084
Thomas Roulet @thomroulet.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
I often joke that those who cannot do, they teach and that’s how I became Professor of Leadership 🤣 but hopefully this outsider perspective, informed by scientific work can be of direct practical use.
040
Reposted by Thomas Roulet
Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Nearly three-quarters of English higher education providers face being in deficit next year despite the coming rise in tuition fees after student recruitment lagged well below expectations, the sector regulator has found #highered #AcademicSky
timeshighereducation.com
Three-quarters of providers heading for deficit despite fee rise
Lower than anticipated student recruitment worsening financial situation for more institutions, according to OfS analysis
1114
Thomas Roulet @thomroulet.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Exciting to see our online Communications course with Simon Hall for Cambridge University Press has won the Learning technologies award for Excellence in the design of learning content. To be found here advanceonline.cam.ac.uk/courses/comp...
170
Reposted by Thomas Roulet
Katherine Stiles @katherinestiles.org · 01/07/2024
“The data is never perfect, yet [anyone] can see that abolishing the retirement age would be a disaster for the university. People would basically be able to hold their job indefinitely, whatever their performance or contribution,” ✍🏻 @thomroulet.bsky.social 👉🏻 @timeshighered.bsky.social #AcademicSky
timeshighereducation.com
A university that nobody wants to leave needs a retirement age
But Cambridge needs to reform procedures that have evidently left many colleagues traumatised, says Thomas Roulet
001
Thomas Roulet @thomroulet.bsky.social · 14/10/2023
What talent management issues should leaders prioritize in 2024? How should managers advocate for workers in the age of artificial intelligence (AI)? I provide some answers in this MIT Sloan Management Review video youtu.be/6uXF_DY4e0k
130