BOOKS & PUBLICATIONS

My books and peer-reviewed publications advance a sustained research agenda on technology, justice, and organizational life. Rather than listing outputs chronologically, this page organizes my work thematically to reflect the conceptual structure of my scholarship. Full publication details are presented below by research stream.

These thematic groupings reflect primary analytic lenses than discrete or mutually exclusive categories. Many publications span multiple domains such as algorithmic management and social justice, or contemplative inquiry and leadership. Each work is listed under the theme that best reflects its central theoretical contribution.

Algorithmic Management & Epistemic Authority

This body of work examines how algorithmic systems reshape managerial authority, accountability, and the conditions of human judgment in organizations. Publications in this stream develop critical frameworks for understanding algorithmic management as a governance challenge rather than a purely technical innovation.

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Socio-Tech Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Publications in this stream focus on socio-tech entrepreneurship, hybrid ventures, and the governance of innovation under conditions of social purpose and institutional constraint. This work interrogates how entrepreneurial activity intersects with power, access, and distributive outcomes.

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Management & Social Justice

This stream reframes management theory and practice as sites of structural power rather than neutral tools of coordination. Publications here foreground justice, inequality, and institutional responsibility within organizational contexts.

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  • Poonamallee, L., Joy, S., Howard, A., S,G.A., & Scillitoe, J. (forthcoming, edited). Technology and Justice: Managerial Perspectives on Innovation, Power & Leadership. Springer.
  • Poonamallee, L., Howard, A. & Joy, S. (2023, edited): Managing for Social Justice: Harnessing Management Theory and Practice for Collective Good, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Scillitoe, J., Zell, D., Poonamallee, L., & Turner, K. (2025). AI as Co-Creator: Fostering Social Equity Towards Social Sustainability in Entrepreneurial Development for Women and Minority Entrepreneurs. Sustainability, 17(21), 9613. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17219613
  • Adams, B. & Poonamallee, L. (forthcoming). Algorithmic Racialism as Structural Metamechanism: Replicating Racial Inequality in the Black Working Class. In Poonamallee, L., Joy, S., Howard, A., S,G.A., & Scillitoe, J. (Eds). Technology and Justice: Managerial Perspectives on Innovation, Power & Leadership. Springer.

Contemplative Ontology, Ethics & Leadership

This body of work draws on contemplative traditions and non-dual ontology to develop ethical and epistemological foundations for leadership, judgment, and organizing under conditions of complexity and uncertainty. Contemplative inquiry is treated as a rigorous methodological resource rather than a personal wellness practice.

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  • Poonamallee, L. (2021). Expansive Leadership: Cultivating Mindfulness to Lead Self and Others in a Changing World, New York, Routledge.
  • Poonamallee, L. (2025). Countering Climate Fear with Mindfulness: A Framework for Sustainable Behavioral Change. Sustainability, 17(14), 6472. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17146472
  • Poonamallee, L. (2024). Social Mindfulness Adoption and Functional Use in a Classroom Context: A Qualitative Developmental Model. SAM Advanced Management Journal

Together, these publications reflect an integrated scholarly program that spans theory development, empirical inquiry, and applied governance questions. Related teaching materials, public scholarship, and collaborative initiatives are developed through the Management & Social Justice Lab.