Possibly so, but regardless of it becoming a hot topic in technology, the perception needs to shift to the focus on a hot topic in business management and organizational operations.

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Indeed, as shown by a simple yet nifty study by Marc Orlitzky, recently published in Business Ethics Quarterly, articles published on this topic in Management journals report a statistical relationship between the two variables which is about twice as big as the ones reported in Economics, Finance, or Accounting journals.

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Today, the role of emotions at work is the single most popular topic for doctoral research at the Academy of Management, the biggest annual business researcher conference.

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Given the considerable loan impairments and business failures subsequently experienced (not to mention elevated unemployment levels), risk management is the topic du jour, and will likely remain so for the foreseeable future.

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