I am pleased to announce the finalists for the 2017 INFORMS/Organization Science Dissertation Proposal Competition. Competition was fierce, with many innovative and high-quality proposals submitted. The eight individuals below will be presenting their dissertation proposals in October in Houston, TX to a distinguished panel of judges who will select the winner and runner-up for this year's competition. If you know any of the finalists, please offer them your heartiest congratulations for a significant accomplishment. The finalists are:
Pedro Aceves
University of Chicago, Sociology
"The Linguistic Relativity of Collective Cognition and Group Performance"
Callen Anthony
Boston College, Carroll School of Management
"The Tools of Strategic Knowledge: Essays on the Relationship between Cumulative Tools and Strategic Knowledge"
Erin Frey
Harvard Business School
"Repair, Restoration, and Reintegration Following Work-Related Failures"
Jacqueline Ng Lane
Northwestern, Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences
"Social Media and their Affordances for Effective Teamwork"
Jaime Potter
University of Pennsylvania, Wharton
"Expressions of Passion and Status Conferral: A Longitudinal, Computational Study of U.S. Congress Members"
Hatim Rahman
Stanford, Center for Work, Technology, and Organization
"Don't Worship the Stars: Reputation Inflation in Online Labor Markets"
Roshni Raveendhran
USC, Marshall School of Business
"The Changing Nature of Workplace Monitoring: Technology-Driven Monitoring and Its Consequences"
Evelyn Zhang
Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business
"Intra-Organizational Mobility: Movers, Incumbents, and Communication Networks"
Finally, I would like to thank the nearly 50 scholars who generously volunteered their time to provide reviews of the candidate proposals. This competition would be nothing without them, and I am grateful to them for their willingness to provide thoughtful and timely feedback.
Sincerely,
Mabel Abraham
INFORMS/Organization Science Dissertation Competition Chair, 2017
mabel.abraham@columbia.edu