Current trends in organisational behaviour research

The purpose of this editorial is to outline the recent trends in micro-organisational behaviour (micro-OB) in BJM for 2023-2024. As a core discipline in management studies, micro-OB focuses particularly on how individual and group behaviour in organisations evolves and adapts, while shaped by work norms and multilevel relationships and dynamics, governance and technological structures. Within this broad remit, micro-organisational behaviour draws heavily upon work and organisational psychology, although not exclusively so. With the globalisation of the economy and the aftermath of the recent pandemic, the very nature of working relationships has been transformed. The articles in this editorial provide insights in how research reflects some of these broader challenges and areas where future articles in British Journal of Management (BJM) could make contributions. We focus on two broad areas which reflect the majority of micro-OB studies published in BJM recently. In total we analyse ten articles clustered around two major areas : leadership and individual behaviour.