PHDBA 259S-1, MORS Colloquium, Professor Barry Staw. Cheit 110, Wednesdays from 4-5:30 pm (* unless otherwise noted)
Aug. 29 | Uri Simonsohn Wharton School University of Pennsylvania “Just Post It: The Lesson from Two Cases of Fabricated Data Detected by Statistics Alone.” [PDF] |
Sept. 5 | Andrew Hargadon University of California, Davis “Between Conception and Creation: Uncertainty, Commitment, and the Innovation of Penicilin.” Penicillin represents both one of the most significant medical breakthroughs of the modern era, and one of the most widely known and misrepresented histories of scientific discovery. Historical narratives of scientific discovery and innovation typically focus on the causal roles of chance and novel insights. Lesser but still appreciated roles are granted to the efforts and accomplishments needed to convert those insights into shared facts, artifacts, and institutions. However, recalling T.S. Eliot, between the idea and the reality, the conception and the creation, falls the shadow. Largely ignored in historical narratives are the central roles of uncertainty and commitment in connecting the conception and the creation of penicillin. Drawing from the historical accounts of those involved in penicillin’s development, this research constructs new theory accounting for the roles of uncertainty and commitment in the innovation process, and explores the broader implications for research on innovation. |
Sept. 12 | Robb Willer Department of Sociology University of California, Berkeley “Dual Motivations Sustaining Social Order: Status and Altruism Solve the Collective Action Problem.” |
Sept. 19 | Vladas Griskevicius University of Montana “The Surprising Effects of Sex Ratio on Saving, Spending, and Career Choices.” Related Readings [1] [2] |
Sept. 26 | Malia Mason Columbia University “What Goes ’round Goes…Away? Adjustments from Round Offers in Price Negotiations.” |
Oct. 3 | Kimberly Elsbach University of California, Davis “Identifying with NASCAR: Prestige, Value Congruence, and Collective Identification.” |
Oct. 10 | Serena Chen Department of Psychology University of California, Berkeley “Transference and the Relational Self: Implications for Evaluating the Self and Others.” |
Oct. 17 | Stéphane Côté University of Toronto “Temper or Tempered? Aligning Anger with Role for Social Change.” |
Oct. 24 | Greta Hsu University of California, Davis “Category Taken-for-Grantedness as a Strategic Opportunity: The Case of Light Cigarettes, 1964-1993.” |
Oct. 31 | No Colloquium |
Nov. 7 | No Colloquium |
Nov. 14 | Brian Reschke MORS PhD Student |
Nov. 21 | Thanksgiving Break—No Colloquium |
Nov. 28 | No Colloquium |
Dec. 3 | Frank Flynn Stanford University “Guilt is Good: The Positive Link Between Guilt-Proneness and Employee Behavior” |