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Research paper thumbnail of Jazz and the Disconnected: City Structural Disconnectedness and the Emergence of a Jazz Canon, 1897–1933

Research paper thumbnail of Shaping Jazz

Research paper thumbnail of Orphaned Jazz: Short-Lived Start-ups and the Long-Run Success of Depression-Era Cultural Products

Advances in Strategic Management, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of Morgan Stanley: The Challenge of Change In a Post-Crisis World

Research paper thumbnail of Jazz and the Disconnected: City Structural Disconnectedness and the Emergence of a Jazz Canon, 1897–1933 1

American Journal of Sociology, 2011

Research paper thumbnail of Organizational Genealogies and the Persistence of Gender Inequality: The Case of Silicon Valley Law Firms

Administrative Science Quarterly, 2005

... feedback. Organizational Genealogies and the Persistence of Gender Inequality: The Case of Si... more ... feedback. Organizational Genealogies and the Persistence of Gender Inequality: The Case of Silicon Valley Law Firms Damon J. Phillips University of Chicago 440/Administrative Science Quarterly, 50 (2005): 440–472 Page 2. ...

Research paper thumbnail of Why Pseudonyms? Deception as Identity Preservation Among Jazz Record Companies, 1920-1929

Organization Science, Apr 27, 2009

Research paper thumbnail of Introduction to the Special Issue: Bringing Status to the Table—Attaining, Maintaining, and Experiencing Status in Organizations and Markets

Organization Science, Jul 27, 2011

Research paper thumbnail of Middle-status conformity: Theoretical restatement and empirical demonstration in two markets

ABSTRACT This article aims to reestablish the long-standing conjecture that conformity is high at... more ABSTRACT This article aims to reestablish the long-standing conjecture that conformity is high at the middle and low at either end of a status order. On a theoretical level, the article clarifies the basis for expecting such an inverted U-shaped curve, taking care to specify key scope conditions on the social-psychological orientations of the actors, the characteristics of the status structure, and the nature of the relevant actions. It also validates the conjecture in two settings that both meet such conditions and allow for the elimination of confounding effects: the Silicon Valley legal services market and the market for investment advice. These results inform our understanding of how an actor's status interacts with her role incumbency to produce differential conformity in settings that meet the specified scope conditions.

Research paper thumbnail of The Specialist Discount: Negative Returns for MBAs with Focused Profiles in Investment Banking

Administrative Science Quarterly, 2015

ABSTRACT Is being specialized detrimental for job candidates? Leveraging scholarship that links t... more ABSTRACT Is being specialized detrimental for job candidates? Leveraging scholarship that links the sociological notion of identity to the returns to labor market specialization, we provide arguments and evidence for a discount for specialized job market candidates. Specifically, we test whether there is a specialization discount for graduating elite MBAs, as this is a labor market with characteristics that may penalize job candidates who specialize. Using rich data on two graduating cohorts in 2008 and 2009 from a top-tier U.S. business school graduate program, we show that elite MBA graduates who established a focused (specialized) market profile of experiences relating to investment banking before and during the program were nearly one-third as likely to receive multiple offers and were offered $20,000 less in bonus compensation when compared to otherwise similar MBA candidates. In particular, focused investment banking candidates fared worse than peers whose profile had none or only partial experience with investment banking. Our theory and findings contribute to the literature on market identities with implications for the design of current MBA curricula and advisory activities.

Research paper thumbnail of Self-Fulfilling Prophesies, Placebo Effects, and the Social-Psychological Creation of Reality

An Interdisciplinary, Searchable, and Linkable Resource, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Firm Status and Downward Diversification: A Note on Participation in Family Law and Personal Injury Law in Silicon Valley, 1946-1996

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2000

ABSTRACT In this research note, we reanalyze and extend Phillips and Zuckerman’s (2001) study of ... more ABSTRACT In this research note, we reanalyze and extend Phillips and Zuckerman’s (2001) study of diversification among Silicon Valley law firms. Our goals are to bolster the evidence in Phillips, Turco, and Zuckerman (2013a) in two ways. First, we demonstrate that high-status law firm diversification is relatively common when it involves Family Law (FL) (as shown in Phillips and Zuckerman 2001) but it is rare when it involves Personal Injury Law (PIL); and that observable repercussions for downward diversification are negative for PIL but nonexistent for FL. Second, we address the possibility that this difference derives from factors associated with firms’ existing capabilities, and thereby provide evidence that the diversification pattern is systematic.

Research paper thumbnail of Identity sequences and the early adoption pattern of a jazz canon, 1920–1929

Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 2010

Research paper thumbnail of Leadership and the Single Woman Penalty: A Role Expectations Account of Early Career Barriers to Promotion for Female MBAs

Research paper thumbnail of Les Circulations Globales Du Jazz/Global Circulations of Jazz

Research paper thumbnail of Network-Based Entrepreneurship: An Interview-Based Investigation

Research paper thumbnail of Leadership and the Single Woman Penalty

Research paper thumbnail of Network Based Entrepreneurship: An Interview Based Investigation of Professional Service Firm Start-Ups

Research paper thumbnail of Competitive Position and Promotion Rates: Commercial Television Station Top Management, 1953-1988

Social Forces, 2003

Abstract: While the scholarship on internal labor markets and promotion chances has contributed s... more Abstract: While the scholarship on internal labor markets and promotion chances has contributed substantially to the sociology of organizations and labor markets, it has not developed a rich understanding of how career trajectories are influenced by the firm's competitive position ...

Research paper thumbnail of Incumbents, innovation, and competence: the emergence of recorded jazz, 1920 to 1929

Research paper thumbnail of Jazz and the Disconnected: City Structural Disconnectedness and the Emergence of a Jazz Canon, 1897–1933

Research paper thumbnail of Shaping Jazz

Research paper thumbnail of Orphaned Jazz: Short-Lived Start-ups and the Long-Run Success of Depression-Era Cultural Products

Advances in Strategic Management, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of Morgan Stanley: The Challenge of Change In a Post-Crisis World

Research paper thumbnail of Jazz and the Disconnected: City Structural Disconnectedness and the Emergence of a Jazz Canon, 1897–1933 1

American Journal of Sociology, 2011

Research paper thumbnail of Organizational Genealogies and the Persistence of Gender Inequality: The Case of Silicon Valley Law Firms

Administrative Science Quarterly, 2005

... feedback. Organizational Genealogies and the Persistence of Gender Inequality: The Case of Si... more ... feedback. Organizational Genealogies and the Persistence of Gender Inequality: The Case of Silicon Valley Law Firms Damon J. Phillips University of Chicago 440/Administrative Science Quarterly, 50 (2005): 440–472 Page 2. ...

Research paper thumbnail of Why Pseudonyms? Deception as Identity Preservation Among Jazz Record Companies, 1920-1929

Organization Science, Apr 27, 2009

Research paper thumbnail of Introduction to the Special Issue: Bringing Status to the Table—Attaining, Maintaining, and Experiencing Status in Organizations and Markets

Organization Science, Jul 27, 2011

Research paper thumbnail of Middle-status conformity: Theoretical restatement and empirical demonstration in two markets

ABSTRACT This article aims to reestablish the long-standing conjecture that conformity is high at... more ABSTRACT This article aims to reestablish the long-standing conjecture that conformity is high at the middle and low at either end of a status order. On a theoretical level, the article clarifies the basis for expecting such an inverted U-shaped curve, taking care to specify key scope conditions on the social-psychological orientations of the actors, the characteristics of the status structure, and the nature of the relevant actions. It also validates the conjecture in two settings that both meet such conditions and allow for the elimination of confounding effects: the Silicon Valley legal services market and the market for investment advice. These results inform our understanding of how an actor's status interacts with her role incumbency to produce differential conformity in settings that meet the specified scope conditions.

Research paper thumbnail of The Specialist Discount: Negative Returns for MBAs with Focused Profiles in Investment Banking

Administrative Science Quarterly, 2015

ABSTRACT Is being specialized detrimental for job candidates? Leveraging scholarship that links t... more ABSTRACT Is being specialized detrimental for job candidates? Leveraging scholarship that links the sociological notion of identity to the returns to labor market specialization, we provide arguments and evidence for a discount for specialized job market candidates. Specifically, we test whether there is a specialization discount for graduating elite MBAs, as this is a labor market with characteristics that may penalize job candidates who specialize. Using rich data on two graduating cohorts in 2008 and 2009 from a top-tier U.S. business school graduate program, we show that elite MBA graduates who established a focused (specialized) market profile of experiences relating to investment banking before and during the program were nearly one-third as likely to receive multiple offers and were offered $20,000 less in bonus compensation when compared to otherwise similar MBA candidates. In particular, focused investment banking candidates fared worse than peers whose profile had none or only partial experience with investment banking. Our theory and findings contribute to the literature on market identities with implications for the design of current MBA curricula and advisory activities.

Research paper thumbnail of Self-Fulfilling Prophesies, Placebo Effects, and the Social-Psychological Creation of Reality

An Interdisciplinary, Searchable, and Linkable Resource, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Firm Status and Downward Diversification: A Note on Participation in Family Law and Personal Injury Law in Silicon Valley, 1946-1996

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2000

ABSTRACT In this research note, we reanalyze and extend Phillips and Zuckerman’s (2001) study of ... more ABSTRACT In this research note, we reanalyze and extend Phillips and Zuckerman’s (2001) study of diversification among Silicon Valley law firms. Our goals are to bolster the evidence in Phillips, Turco, and Zuckerman (2013a) in two ways. First, we demonstrate that high-status law firm diversification is relatively common when it involves Family Law (FL) (as shown in Phillips and Zuckerman 2001) but it is rare when it involves Personal Injury Law (PIL); and that observable repercussions for downward diversification are negative for PIL but nonexistent for FL. Second, we address the possibility that this difference derives from factors associated with firms’ existing capabilities, and thereby provide evidence that the diversification pattern is systematic.

Research paper thumbnail of Identity sequences and the early adoption pattern of a jazz canon, 1920–1929

Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 2010

Research paper thumbnail of Leadership and the Single Woman Penalty: A Role Expectations Account of Early Career Barriers to Promotion for Female MBAs

Research paper thumbnail of Les Circulations Globales Du Jazz/Global Circulations of Jazz

Research paper thumbnail of Network-Based Entrepreneurship: An Interview-Based Investigation

Research paper thumbnail of Leadership and the Single Woman Penalty

Research paper thumbnail of Network Based Entrepreneurship: An Interview Based Investigation of Professional Service Firm Start-Ups

Research paper thumbnail of Competitive Position and Promotion Rates: Commercial Television Station Top Management, 1953-1988

Social Forces, 2003

Abstract: While the scholarship on internal labor markets and promotion chances has contributed s... more Abstract: While the scholarship on internal labor markets and promotion chances has contributed substantially to the sociology of organizations and labor markets, it has not developed a rich understanding of how career trajectories are influenced by the firm's competitive position ...

Research paper thumbnail of Incumbents, innovation, and competence: the emergence of recorded jazz, 1920 to 1929

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