This dissertation comprises three empirical chapters that investigate the limits of prior interorganizational ties in explaining patterns of tie formation and tie dissolution of interorganizational relationships in the ...

As diversity becomes more common in the workplace, it is critical to understand how employees can navigate their differences and foster inclusion. My two dissertation chapters experimentally investigate how employees can ...

Increasing complexity, flatter organizational structures and rapidly changing environments require coordination and collaboration with individuals and teams across organizations. As teams navigate these complex organizational ...

Decision makers often display bounded awareness – a tendency to miss or overlook easily accessible, critical information and contextual cues – and make suboptimal decisions. In popular parlance, these defective attentional ...

Scholars often conceptualize culture as a resource utilized by actors with strategic intention, and managers have long yearned to master organizational culture. In particular, organizational culture is seen as a crucial ...

It is almost inevitable that some organizational members will fall short of meeting important organizational standards, and organizations often have explicit procedures for disciplining employees after such violations. ...

This dissertation examines when and how unexpected distractions stimulate or disrupt the creative process. Specifically, I argue that these distractions could introduce useful information and initiate a cognitive break ...