Vijaya's research and expert commentary on workplace creativity, innovation, and fairness have been featured across academic and business media. Story titles below link out to the original articles.
2025
Why Managers Reject Great Ideas
Maryland Smith Research, June 27, 2025 - Vijaya and Kay Bartol on why bosses reject bold ideas, and how diverse networks help managers see their worth.
Study Shows Why Managers Reject Great Ideas
Newswise, July 7, 2025 - A wire pickup of the Maryland Smith story on manager risk aversion and networks.
Why Great Ideas Die on Managers' Desks, and How to Save Them
MIT Sloan Management Review, 2025 - Vijaya and Kay Bartol on rethinking managers' advice networks so good ideas don't die on the desk.
Exploring Workplace Creativity and Innovation
Maryland Smith News, March 13, 2025 - A recap of Vijaya's Distinguished Scholar-Teacher lecture on networks, teams, and innovation.
2024
Research Finds Internal Company Competition Stifles Innovation
Inc., September 16, 2024 - Coverage of Vijaya and Tom Yan's Wall Street Journal research on how internal rivalry can quietly kill innovation.
When Internal Competition Backfires
The Wall Street Journal, 2024 - Vijaya and Tom Yan on why competing teams share less information, and innovate less as a result.
Why Boeing's Back Is Against a Wall in Its Labor Negotiations
Manufacturing Dive, May 10, 2024 - Vijaya comments on how Boeing's safety crisis is affecting employee morale and labor negotiations.
2022
Creativity Plays a Role in Reducing Rudeness on the Job
Maryland Smith Research, September 7, 2022 - Vijaya, Trevor Foulk, and Rujiao Cao find that creative thinking builds social closeness and cuts workplace rudeness.
2021
Need To Delegate At Work? Pick the Popular People
Maryland Smith Research, March 23, 2021 - Vijaya and Kay Bartol on why managers should hand important tasks to well connected employees.
Cracking the Creativity Code: Why Do Creative Ideas Not See the Light of Day?
Maryland Smith event, January 28, 2021 - A talk by Vijaya on the roadblocks that keep good ideas from going anywhere.
2019
Maryland Smith Research, April 9, 2019 - Vijaya and Subra Tangirala on why organizational pressures, not ego, keep managers from soliciting employee voice.
Is Your Boss Too Busy To Be Fair?
Maryland Smith, Women Leading Research, March 27, 2019 - Vijaya on why overloaded managers struggle to treat employees fairly, and what organizations can do about it.
Are Managers Too Busy to Be Fair? Probably, an FIU Business Study Reveals
FIU News, June 4, 2019 - Coverage of the Academy of Management Journal study by Ravi Gajendran, Elad Sherf, and Vijaya on workload and fairness.
2018
Your Unfair Boss Might Just Be Overworked
Maryland Smith Research, July 19, 2018 - An earlier look at the same research on managers, workload, and fairness.
Who Are Your Social Network Contacts?
Maryland Smith Research, January 23, 2018 - Vijaya on how the people you turn to for advice shape your own creativity at work.
2017
Network to Unleash Your Creativity
Maryland Smith Research, August 28, 2017 - Vijaya on how leaders' and employees' networks combine to spark creative ideas.
The Favorite Professors of Top MBAs
Poets and Quants, June 14, 2017 - Vijaya named among the standout professors singled out by top MBA graduates.
Innovation: Are Good Ideas Contagious?
UConn Today, March 24, 2017 - Vijaya and co-authors show that creative colleagues can make an entire network more innovative.
2016
Creative Benefits of Well-Connected Leaders
Maryland Smith News, September 22, 2016 - An early look at how leaders' and employees' networks interact to drive creative output.
2015
How to Get Your Team to Pull Together
Maryland Smith, Smith Brain Trust, January 30, 2015 - Vijaya's research on asymmetric goals, and why team building exercises alone aren't enough.