Publications

Kiva, the first online peer-to-peer microcredit marketplace, is one of the fastest-growing nonprofits in history. But its nonprofit status was not inevitable. Here’s why Kiva chose to be a 501(c)(3), what this tax status buys the…

Organizational gender research is at once plentiful and severely limited. Many organizational gender studies are ‘body counts’ that show where in our societies women have attained positions of power, whether they have been rewarded equally for…

Recent developments in the interface of Economics and Logic yield the promise of capturing phenomena in strategic interaction that was previously beyond theoretical economic modeling. We consider one such application in the case of strategic…

The newsvendor problem has numerous applications for decision making in manufacturing and service industries as well as decision making by individuals. It occurs whenever the amount needed of a given resource is random, a decision must be made…

Researchers have long recognized the importance of studying resistance to attitude change. As reviewed at the outset of this chapter, resistance research over the years largely has focused on understanding when, why, and how people resist. In the…

Game Theory: 5 Questions is a collection of short interviews based on 5 questions presented to some of the most influential and prominent scholars in the field. We hear their views on game theory, its aim, scope, use, the future direction of game…

We describe social psychology’s major research findings on metacognition. Although metacognitive ideas have been applied to various topics in social judgment, we focus on some of the most heavily researched areas of social psychology in which the…

How do public laws, treaties, Senate confirmations, and other legislative achievements help us to gain insight into how our governmental system performs?

This well-argued book edited by Scott Adler and John Lapinski is the first to assess…

This review is not structured in the usual way - a departure from tradition that merits an explanation. Literature reviews generally have a linear, often chronological structure, with attention to ‘who was first?’ The tone is apparently objective…

This article discusses pivots and provides an overview of pivot theories. It also develops and illustrates a new form of comparative institutional analysis, which would serve as a means for discriminating between such theories. This article shows…

The Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Organizational Behavior provides clear, concise and informative definitions and explanations of key concepts and issues.

Compiled by the most influential authors in the field, CLASSICS OF ORGANIZATION THEORY is a collection of the most enduring works in organization theory. Designed for those new to the field, the text helps students grasp the important themes,…

Sudden stops seem to create the perfect environment for disinflation, especially when central banks defend the exchange rate by increasing interest rates. We propose a variation of the output gap model that incorporates the sudden stop shock. The…