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Gaur, A.S. and Pattnaik, C. (2025), What’s in it for me? Reinvigorating the Spirit of Volunteerism in Management Academia. J. Manage. Stud.https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.70016

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Welcome back to 🎙️ "Revise and Resubmit" — the space where research breathes, ideas speak, and the world of academia gets its long-overdue heart-to-heart. 🚀

Today’s episode takes us to the quiet corridors of universities — where ideas still hum, but the echoes of volunteer spirit are growing faint. We’re looking at a deeply reflective piece that doesn’t just study academia; it questions its soul.

The paper in focus? “The insights from the crowd: Drawing inferences from many approaches to key empirical questions in international business,” authored by Ajai S. Gaur and Chinmay Pattnaik. Published on October 16, 2025, in the prestigious Journal of Management Studies — yes, one of the elite FT50 journals — and brought to life by the Society for the Advancement of Management Studies and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

This essay uncovers a troubling truth: the slow erosion of volunteerism in academia. Once, reviewers, editors, and conference organizers stepped forward out of duty, passion, and collective purpose. Now, as work piles higher and incentives skew sharper toward personal gain, the question echoes louder — “What’s in it for me?” 📚💭

The authors, drawing from decades of experience, deliver a moral wake-up call. They remind us that without the invisible labor of reviewers and service-minded scholars, the academic ecosystem risks collapse. Their message is urgent yet hopeful — rebuild a culture of giving, recognize service as scholarly excellence, and teach every young academic that peer review is not a chore, but a cornerstone.

And here’s the spark that makes you think: if academia was once built on shared stewardship, what happens when no one steps forward to hold the line anymore? 🤔✨

A heartfelt thank-you to the authors, Ajai S. Gaur and Chinmay Pattnaik, and to the publisher for making this reflection possible through such a highly regarded platform.

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What does volunteerism mean to you — a duty, a burden, or the very soul of scholarship?