The September-October Issue of Organization Science is out! Plus, CFXS 2024 is coming soon!
If you thought this week's eclipse was magical, check out the new issue of Organization Science!
Welcome to the October 2024 issue of So Here's the Idea, the official Substack of Organization Science! It’s been a busy week here. We’re excited about the 170 submissions we received to the Winter Conference, plus nearly 50 more for the doctoral consortium. And between INFORMS and SMS conferences, but many of us are now home and missing two of the most beautiful seaside cities in the world plus all our cool friends. We’ll report soon on those conferences, but today, we wanted to make sure to introduce the new September/October Issue, as well as highlight the announcement of the 2024 Conference on Field Experiments in Strategy (CFXS).
This new issue covers a broad range of topics. As always, the articles reflect the vibrancy and diversity of our field—with articles by both experienced and first-time authors and a diversity of methods and approaches.
In addition to the articles in the issue, check out the fantastic set of several dozen Articles in Advance and Recently Accepted articles that you can find here: https://pubsonline.informs.org/toc/orsc/35/5
As always, we’d love it if you shared the Substack with friends and colleagues.
Following the issue introduction, you’ll find an announcement for the 2024 CFXS conference. Whether you are new to field experiments or an experienced practitioner, this event is one you won't want to miss! See an excellent primer we published on experimental design, which is great background for everyone, but particularly those planning to attend.
Sincerely,
The Organization Science Team
The September-October Issue of Organization Science
The Gender Disclosure Gap: Salary History Bans Unravel When Men Volunteer Their Income by Bo Cowgill, Amanda Agan, Laura K. Gee
This study investigates whether the success of salary history bans could be limited by job-seekers volunteering their salaries unprompted.
The Crowdless Future? Generative AI and Creative Problem-Solving by Léonard Boussioux, Jacqueline N. Lane, Miaomiao Zhang, Vladimir Jacimovic, Karim R. Lakhani
By incorporating “AI in the loop” into human-centered creative problem-solving, our study demonstrates a scalable, cost-effective approach to augment the early innovation phases and lays the groundwork for investigating how integrating human-AI solution search processes can drive more impactful innovations.
Survivalist Organizing in Urban Poverty Contexts by Tim Weiss, Michael Lounsbury, Garry Bruton
Drawing on the social worlds approach to institutional analysis, we shed light on how actors self-organize to produce enduring organizational arrangements to safeguard themselves against adverse poverty outcomes.
Strategic Authenticity: Signaling Authenticity Without Undermining Professional Image in Workplace Interactions by Julianna Pillemer
The present paper introduces one way in which individuals may navigate this tension: strategic authenticity, a self-presentational approach that involves enacting behaviors intended to increase colleagues’ perceptions of one’s authenticity while accounting for individual and contextual factors that influence one’s professional image.
Working Around the Clock: Temporal Distance, Intrafirm Communication, and Time Shifting of the Employee Workday by Jasmina Chauvin, Prithwiraj Choudhury, Tommy Pan Fang
This paper examines the effects of temporal distance generated by time zone separation on communication in geographically distributed organizations.
From Audience to Evaluator: When Visibility into Prior Evaluations Leads to Convergence or Divergence in Subsequent Evaluations Among Professionals by Tristan L. Botelho
This paper introduces a theoretical framework to understand how evaluators’ visibility into prior evaluations influences the subsequent evaluation process: the likelihood of evaluating at all and the value of the evaluations that end up being submitted.
Bringing Politics Back In: The Role of Power and Coalitions in Organizational Adaptation by Daniel A. Levinthal, Dong Nghi Pham
We suggest that organizational politics—in particular, the power dynamics of the dominant coalition—can be a driver for patterns of both “continuity and change” within organizations.
How Paradoxes Shape Members and the Member–Organization Relationship: An Identity Threat Perspective by Siavash Farahbakhsh, Elisa Villani, Christian Linder, Torsten Oliver Salge
In our study, we adopt an identity threat perspective to explicate how paradox dynamics can affect members’ sense of self as professionals and their organizational identification as a key facet of the member–organization relationship.
Talking Past Each Other: Construal Level, Utilitarian Motives, and Entrepreneurial Team Formation by Steven M. Gray, Travis Howell, Esther Sackett
In this paper, we suggest that there are cognitive and motivational differences between lead entrepreneurs and potential cofounders that complicate the formation of hybrid ties.
Steering the Intangible Wheel: Chief Executive Officer Effect on Corporate Cultural Change by Xina Li, Guoli Chen, Rui Shen
We provide large-scale empirical evidence of how much chief executive officers (CEOs) change corporate culture.
Finding Creativity in Predictability: Seizing Kairos in Chronos Through Temporal Work in Complex Innovation Processes by Birke D. Otto, Elke S. Schuessler, Jörg Sydow, Lukas Vogelgsang
We contribute to the literature on complex innovation and temporality by theorizing a transformative perspective on ambitemporal organizing, which relies less on paradoxical notions and instead emphasizes how kairos is enacted and seized within and from chronos.
Organizational Culture, Adaptation, and Performance by Francisco Brahm, Joaquin Poblete
In this study, we investigate how organizational culture can help promote organizational adaptation to environmental changes, using a formal model from cultural evolution theory.
Moral or Lawful? When Legal Constraints Reverse the Motivational Benefits of Moral Considerations by Timothy G. Kundro, Natalie Croitoru, Beth Anne Helgason
Combining insights from the literature on motivation and moral foundations theory, we propose that when employees face legal constraints on moral behavior, they feel less intrinsically motivated, leading them to engage in less proactive behavior.
Cognitive Economy and Product Categorization by Michele Piazzai, Min Liu, Martina Montauti
In this study, we argue that two informational properties of labels, specificity and distinctiveness, determine the outcomes of mediators’ categorization decisions.
Your Ancestors Worked Hard for this Legitimacy! Theory and Experiment on the Inauthenticity of Second Movers by Jaekyung Ha, Stine Grodal, Ezra W. Zuckerman Sivan
Why do first movers into a new industry sometimes gain an advantage simply because of the fact that they are perceived by audiences to be more authentic than second movers, whereas in other contexts such second movers are perceived as no less authentic than first movers?
The More You Know: The Impact of Personal Knowledge on Interpersonal Treatment at Work by Ashley E. Hardin
This paper takes a new vantage point to understand how the amount of personal knowledge (the quantity of information that one person knows across many aspects of a colleague’s personal life) influences positive interpersonal dynamics at work by humanizing the known colleague.
The Ideological Imperative: Corporate Social Responsibility and News Media Coverage of Firms by Yasir Dewan, Tal Simons, Georg Wernicke
Focusing on corporate social responsibility (CSR) as the focal firm behavior, we argue that conservative news organizations are less likely to consider CSR an appropriate firm behavior because conservatives view CSR as privileging progressive ideals and as undermining shareholder interests.
The 2024 Conference on Field Experiments in Strategy (CFXS)
The 2024 Conference on Field Experiments in Strategy (CFXS) will take place on December 19-20 at INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France. This year’s event will feature leading scholars pushing the boundaries of experimental research in strategy, innovation, and entrepreneurship. It will be an excellent opportunity to discuss cutting-edge interventions that enhance firm strategies, support entrepreneurs, and inspire groundbreaking ideas.
The conference is co-hosted by Professors Hyunjin Kim, Rembrand Koning, and Sharique Hasan. To attend, please register here:https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cfxs-2024-conference-on-field-experiments-in-strategy-tickets-1014224571997 If you are a PhD student or are experiencing financial difficulties, please email organizers@cfxs.org for a registration fee waiver or for information on discounted hotel bookings.