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LEHTONEN, Miikka J.
 
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Affiliation*
College of Business Department of Global Business
Graduate School of Business Master's Program in International Business
Title*
Specially Appointed Associate Professor
Degree
D.Sc. (Econ.) （ 6 2014   Aalto University School of Business ）
Contact information
Mail Address
Research Interests

  • Visual research

  • Blended learning

  • Education

  • Strategic design

  • Design

  • Video game industry

  • Ecosystem

    • Campus Career*
    • 4 2021 - Present 
      College of Business   Department of Global Business   Specially Appointed Associate Professor
    • 4 2021 - Present 
      Graduate School of Business   Master's Program in International Business   Specially Appointed Associate Professor
     

    Research Areas

    • Others / Others  / Organization and management studies

    • Humanities & Social Sciences / Design

    Awards

    • 2019  
      Danish Design Award - Better Learning category 

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    Papers

    • Workplace discrimination and overqualification among self-initiated expatriates: The moderating role of organizational legitimacy

      Alexei Koveshnikov, Miikka J. Lehtonen

      Journal of International Management   6 2025

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      DOI： 10.1016/j.intman.2025.101252

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    • How Intellectual Athletes Can Humanize Strategic Management Education: An Interview With Professor Emeritus Nonaka Ikujiro

      Miikka J. Lehtonen, Yumiko Kawada, Ayano Hirose (Nishihara)

      Journal of Management Education   22 4 2025

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      DOI： 10.1177/10525629251333832

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    • Showing how you Found Waldo: Navigating Visual Messiness by Distilling Visual Patterns into Icons

      Israël Fortin, Miikka J. Lehtonen

      International Journal of Qualitative Methods   4 2025

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      Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)  

      DOI： 10.1177/16094069251333594

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    • Academics marginalised: practices for navigating tensions, resistance, and care

      Miikka J. Lehtonen, Michelle I. C. Yang

      Journal of Marketing Management   28 2 2025

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      DOI： 10.1080/0267257X.2025.2473440

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    • Stuck in a moment you can't get out of: the psychological effects of expatriates' coping with a crisis situation

      Alexei Koveshnikov, Miikka J. Lehtonen

      Journal of Global Mobility: The Home of Expatriate Management Research   8 11 2024

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      Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)  

      DOI： 10.1108/JGM-11-2023-0082

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    • Shared Leadership and Sociomateriality in Design Projects: Integrating Objects and Values

      Miikka J. Lehtonen

      She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation   2024

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      DOI： 10.1016/j.sheji.2024.05.001

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    • Visualizing Embodied Experiences: Drawing as a Form of Reflective Inquiry Informed by Gestalt Art Therapy

      Miikka J. Lehtonen

      British Journal of Management   1 2024

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      DOI： 10.1111/1467-8551.12787

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    • Do all roads lead to Rome? A multi-case analysis of informal learning and team innovation Peer-reviewed

      Joyce Klein Marodin, Heidi Wechtler, Miikka J. Lehtonen

      Management Decision61 ( 12 ) 3644 - 3664   24 10 2023

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      Authorship：Last author,　Corresponding author   Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher：Emerald  

      Purpose

      In this study, the authors use the actor-network theory (ANT) as a theoretical framework to better understand constructing learning as part of the networking process to produce innovations. Focussing on the antecedents of innovation within three teams in an engineering company, the authors propose a framework to enhance understanding of the innovative processes. The authors apply ANT to examine how informal learning is distributed amongst human and non-human actors.

      Design/methodology/approach

      Based on 27 interviews in a large Australian engineering company, the authors' qualitative investigation shows that innovation can have very different antecedents. The authors mobilised ANT as the authors' vantage point to explore inanimate actors and their effect on social processes or, more specifically, networks and informal learning.

      Findings

      The authors propose a framework to better understand innovative processes by exploring the network aspects of non-human actors and their connection to learning. More specifically, findings contribute towards a more granulated understanding of how networks, learning and non-human actors contribute towards innovations in organisations.

      Practical implications

      This study has three significant implications for managers and organisations looking to improve their innovation processes. Firstly, fostering open communication is essential for developing successful innovation processes. Secondly, a close relationship with the customer and/or the final users has often been found to positively contribute to innovation processes. Finally, intrateam motivation is also critical when it comes to creating an environment that supports innovation processes.

      Originality/value

      Surprisingly, leadership, communication and motivation did not give the best innovative outcome as the authors expected. Challenging traditional theorisations, low teamwork spirit and high individual performance orientation were some of the powerful drivers of highly innovative teams.

      DOI： 10.1108/md-08-2022-1062

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      Other Link： https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/MD-08-2022-1062/full/html

    • The multiplex of value creation and capture logics in the video game industry: An integrative review of 20 years of studies and a future research agenda Peer-reviewed

      Miikka J. Lehtonen, Robin Gustafsson, Lobna Hassan

      Technological Forecasting and Social Change195   122756 - 122756   10 2023

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      Authorship：Lead author   Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher：Elsevier BV  

      DOI： 10.1016/j.techfore.2023.122756

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    • Systematic literature review on networks of innovative teams: Current trends and future research avenues Peer-reviewed

      Heidi Wechtler, Joyce Klein Marodin, Miikka J. Lehtonen

      European Management Journal   8 2023

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      DOI： 10.1016/j.emj.2023.08.007

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    • Towards "Strong" Multimodality: How Graphic Novels Can Help Us Rethink Modes

      Miikka J. J. Lehtonen, Samuel Putkonen

      JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT INQUIRY   5 2023

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      Language：English   Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)  

      DOI： 10.1177/10564926231174805

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    • Design Education Across Disciplines

      Miikka J. Lehtonen

          1 4 2023

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      Publisher：Springer International Publishing  

      DOI： 10.1007/978-3-031-23152-0

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    • How monetization mechanisms in mobile games influence consumers' identity extensions

      Miikka J. J. Lehtonen, J. Tuomas Harviainen, Annakaisa Kultima

      SERVICE BUSINESS17 ( 1 ) 113 - 136   3 2023

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      Language：English   Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)  

      DOI： 10.1007/s11628-022-00518-4

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    • Transcendental and Material Silence: A Multimodal Study on Silence in Team Meetings

      Valerie M. Saintot, Miikka J. Lehtonen

      JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT INQUIRY   2 2023

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      Language：English   Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)  

      DOI： 10.1177/10564926231155110

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    • Introduction

      Miikka J. Lehtonen

          2023

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    • Expatriates on the run: The psychological effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on expatriates' host country withdrawal intentions

      Alexei Koveshnikov, Miikka J. Lehtonen, Heidi Wechtler

      INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS REVIEW31 ( 6 )   12 2022

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      Language：English   Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)  

      DOI： 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2022.102009

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    • Expatriates' Embeddedness and Host Country Withdrawal Intention: A Social Exchange Perspective

      Miikka J. Lehtonen, Alexei Koveshnikov, Heidi Wechtler

      MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION REVIEW   12 2022

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      Language：English   Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)  

      DOI： 10.1017/mor.2022.48

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    • Everywhere but Nowhere: Development Experiences of the International Game Developers in Finland during the Covid-19 Pandemic and Remote Work

      Solip Park, Annakaisa Kultima, Miikka J. Lehtonen, Jeanine Krath

      Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction6   29 10 2022

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    • Empowering change for future-making: Developing agency by framing wicked problems through design

      Miikka J. Lehtonen, Pamela Yeow, JiaYing Chew

      FUTURES139   5 2022

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      DOI： 10.1016/j.futures.2022.102952

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    • Games-as-a-Disservice: Emergent value co-destruction in platform business models

      Miikka J. Lehtonen, Mikko Vesa, J. Tuomas Harviainen

      Journal of Business Research141   564 - 574   3 2022

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      DOI： 10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.11.055

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    • Drawgasms: Playing with expectations and experiences of pleasure through multimodal accounts

      Miikka J Lehtonen, Katriina Heljakka, Krista Kosonen

      Sexualities   6 1 2022

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      DOI： 10.1177/13634607211067346

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    • Timeliness in information sharing within creative industries. Case: Finnish game design

      J. Tuomas Harviainen, Miikka J. Lehtonen, Sören Kock

      Journal of Documentationahead-of-print ( ahead-of-print ) 83 - 95   3 1 2022

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      DOI： 10.1108/JD-12-2020-0207

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    • Resilient Values in Game Industry Formation: Institutional Perspective to the Finnish Context

      Miikka J. Lehtonen, Katharina S. Schilli, J. Tuomas Harviainen

      Games and Culture17 ( 4 ) 614 - 638   17 10 2021

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      DOI： 10.1177/15554120211049572

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    • Beyond the inflection point: how and why individuals promote inventions in Japan

      Miikka J. Lehtonen, Ainomaija Haarla, Masaaki Kotabe

      Asian Business & Management19 ( 5 ) 505 - 529   12 11 2020

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      DOI： 10.1057/s41291-019-00073-3

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    • The four faces of creative industries: visualising the game industry ecosystem in Helsinki and Tokyo

      Miikka J. Lehtonen, Antti Ainamo, J Harviainen

      Industry and Innovation27 ( 9 ) 1062 - 1087   20 10 2020

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      DOI： 10.1080/13662716.2019.1676704

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    • From Being Observed to Becoming an Active Participant: How Visual Research Methods Contribute to Producing Useful and Credible Knowledge

      Miikka J. Lehtonen

      Palgrave Studies in Sustainable Business in Association with Future Earth   125 - 145   2020

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      Publishing type：Part of collection (book)  

      DOI： 10.1007/978-3-030-37810-3_7

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    • A study on country images, destination beliefs, and travel intentions: A structural equation model approach

      Arto Lindblom, Taru Lindblom, Miikka J. Lehtonen, Heidi Wechtler

      International Journal of Tourism Research20 ( 1 ) 1 - 10   1 2018

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      DOI： 10.1002/jtr.2148

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    • Safety perception as a sociotechnical network

      Markus K. Ahola, Heini A. Salovuori, Miikka J. Lehtonen

      PRADS 2016 - Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on PRActical Design of Ships and Other Floating Structures   2016

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    • Communicating competence through pechakucha presentations

      Miikka Lehtonen

      Journal of Business Communication48 ( 4 ) 464 - 481   10 2011

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      DOI： 10.1177/0021943611414542

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    Misc.

    • Virtual teams and knowledge communication: Drawing on semiotics for making knowledge about virtual teams and collaboration visible

      Miikka J. Lehtonen, Constance E. Kampf

      International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development6 ( 3 ) 1 - 25   1 7 2014

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      Publishing type：Book review, literature introduction, etc.  

      DOI： 10.4018/ijskd.2014070101

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