Administrative Science Quarterly, September 2022, Vol. 67(3) issue is available online:
In the September issue, I have the pleasure of announcing the winners of ASQ’s two annual awards. For the article published five years ago that has had the greatest impact on our field, the ASQ Award for Scholarly Contribution goes to Curtis Chan and Michel Anteby for “Task Segregation as a Mechanism for Within-job Inequality: Women and Men of the Transportation Security Administration.”
Showcasing our commitment to the work of young scholars, an amazing 12 of the 27 articles we published in 2021 were based on dissertation work and eligible for our ASQ Dissertation Award. The award winner is Lisa Buchter for “Escaping the Ellipsis of Diversity: Insider Activists’ Use of Implementation Resources.” The runner-up is Jillian Chown for “The Unfolding of Control Mechanisms inside Organizations: Pathways of Customization and Transmutation.”
Congratulations to these scholars for their outstanding work! And as summer winds to a close, I encourage you to take a look at the latest issue: the articles speak to issues of inequality, creativity, mobilization, autonomy, brokerage, teams, and professional identity. We also have a wonderful set of book reviews in this issue.
Regulatory Spillover and Workplace Racial Inequality
Letian Zhang
Public-sector regulations can have spillover effects on private firms: in U.S. states that banned affirmative action practices in the public sector, private firms reduced their commitment to EEO policies, particularly firms with conservative CEOs. Growth in the proportion of Black managers in firms with headquarters in those states slowed by more than 50 percent.
Blog post is here
One-Hit Wonders versus Hit-Makers: Sustaining Success in Creative Industries
Justin M. Berg
There is a tradeoff associated with creativity: with a novel portfolio, a recording artist has a harder time getting their first hit, but if the artist gets that first success, novelty and variety in their portfolio increase the likelihood of future successes. Sustained success follows a path-dependent process based on the creativity of the artist’s portfolio at the time of their first hit.
Blog post is here
Good Corp, Bad Corp, and the Rise of B Corps: How Market Incumbents’ Diverse Responses Reinvigorate Challengers
Suntae Kim and Todd Schifeling
Faced with a market alternative, as in the case of B Corps, incumbent firms may double down on business as usual or embrace/co-opt the alternative. Their diverse responses prompt new forms of challenger mobilization. Instead of focusing solely on movement purity or solely on expansion, challengers may balance both as they continue to grow the movement.
The Dynamics of Organizational Autonomy: Oscillations at Automobili Lamborghini
Brice Dattée, Jean-Luc Arrègle, Paolo Barbieri, Thomas C. Lawton, and Duncan N. Angwin
Studying Lamborghini and its parent, Audi, the authors show how tensions over a unit’s autonomy change over time. The subsidiary gains and loses autonomy over time as it is directed to use the parent firm’s resources or allowed to develop new capabilities. The parent’s respect for the unit influences how the unit and parent negotiate this changing balance.
Brokers in Disguise: The Joint Effect of Actual Brokerage and Socially Perceived Brokerage on Network Advantage
Alessandro Iorio
We know about the benefits of brokerage: it spurs innovation by exposing us to nonredundant information. But the perception that someone is a broker triggers skepticism of that person’s motives and weakens trust. What maximizes the benefits of brokerage? Brokerage in disguise—having an open network but having others believe that you don’t.
Blog post is here
Syncing Up: A Process Model of Emergent Interdependence in Dynamic Teams
Anna T. Mayo
Dynamic teams form quickly and change shape. They may also struggle to work together. Some succeed at working interdependently within a core group and with shifting peripheral contributors. This study of medical inpatient teams explores what can lead to that success. Planning and coordination both internal and external to the team are critical.
How Idealized Professional Identities Can Persist through Client Interactions
Julia DiBenigno
What happens when new professionals have identities rooted in an occupation’s image and history, not in reality? Some first-time hospital nurses resist adapting to work demands and seek clients who support their idealized identities. The consequences include practices (such as infantilizing patients) that run counter to the goals of the organization and profession.
Book Reviews
Book Review Essay: Luck’s Expanding Footprint. Kathryn Paige Harden. The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality
Robert H. Frank
Book Review Essay: Questioning Humans versus Machines: Artificial Intelligence in Class Conflict. Frank Pasquale. New Laws of Robotics: Defending Human Expertise in the Age of AI
David Stark
Philippe Aghion, Céline Antonin, and Simon Bunel. The Power of Creative Destruction: Economic Upheaval and the Wealth of Nations
Neil Fligstein
Erin A. Cech. The Trouble with Passion: How Searching for Fulfillment at Work Fosters Inequality
Winnie Yun Jiang
Neil Fligstein. The Banks Did It: An Anatomy of the Financial Crisis
Lori Yue
David Graeber and David Wengrow. The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
Phanish Puranam
Michael Lenox and Rebecca Duff. The Decarbonization Imperative: Transforming the Global Economy by 2050
Anita M. McGahan
Some of our articles are featured on Henrich Greve’s blog Organizational Musings. Our student-run ASQ Blog features interviews with ASQ authors that offer insights into the research and writing process. To stay informed, connect with ASQ on social media: follow us on Twitter (@ASQJournal) and LinkedIn.
Christine Beckman
University of Southern California
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Christine Beckman
University of Southern California
Los Angeles CA
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