Lectures

• Winter 2025

Attentional Control in Organizations: Theory and Case Studies

William Ocasio, University of Illinois

Lecture Time:

Fri, January 17, 2025 @ 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm

• Winter 2025

Culturally Wise Interventions and Their Influence on Meaning Making and Behavior Across Diverse Cultural Contexts

Catherine Thomas, University of Michigan

Lecture Time:

Fri, January 24, 2025 @ 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm

• Winter 2025

When Do Nice Guys Finish Last? Prosociality and the Psychological Model of CEO-Firm Matching

Daniel Keum, Columbia University

Lecture Time:

Fri, January 31, 2025 @ 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm

• Winter 2025

Unpacking an Employment-Wage Puzzle: Ban-the-Box Hiring Policies, Sorting, & Job Quality for those with and without Criminal Records

Damon Phillips, University of Pennsylvania

Lecture Time:

Fri, February 7, 2025 @ 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm

• Winter 2025

Role Reversal: Why Structural Diversity, Not Just Demographics, Drives Team Success

Brandy Aven, Carnegie Mellon

Lecture Time:

Fri, February 14, 2025 @ 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm

• Winter 2025

Learning to Sustain Success in Creative Industries: The Enduring Impact of Initial Novelty

Justin Berg, University of Michigan

Lecture Time:

Fri, February 21, 2025 @ 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm

• Winter 2025

People’s Talk Makes Things Happen: Member Interactions Energize Structural Changes in a Growing Organization

Anat Rafaeli, Israel Institute of Technology

Lecture Time:

Fri, March 14, 2025 @ 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm

• Winter 2025

Public Service Organizations and Institutional Pluralism: How Structural Filtering Generates Inequality in Client Service and Complicates Mission Fulfillment

Christina Ciocca Eller, Harvard University

Lecture Time:

Fri, March 21, 2025 @ 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm

• Winter 2025

How Quantification Shapes What We See in Organizations and Social Movements: Three Examples of Visibility and Invisibility

Wendy Espeland, Northwestern University

Lecture Time:

Fri, March 28, 2025 @ 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm

• Winter 2025

The Ethnic and Political Divide in the Preference for Strong Leaders

Maryam Kouchaki, Northwestern University

Lecture Time:

Fri, April 4, 2025 @ 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm

• Winter 2025

Money and Meaning in the Climate Change Debate: Organizational Power, Cultural Resonance, and the Shaping of American Media Discourse

Rachel Wetts, Brown University

Lecture Time:

Fri, April 11, 2025 @ 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm

• Winter 2025

Windows of Opportunity: How Shareholder Activists Capitalize on Periods of Disruptive Organizational Change

Mark DesJardine, Dartmouth College

Lecture Time:

Fri, April 18, 2025 @ 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm