Authors: Xu Li (London School of Economics and Political Science); Amandine Ody-Brasier (McGill University) Interviewers: Yeaji Kim (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign); Lingyun “Lydia” Zhang (University of California, Irvine) Article link: https://doi.org/10.1177/00018392251320898 We are excited to discuss your paper, “When Breaking the Laws Gets You the Job”, which offers a fascinating perspective on how lawbreaking can sometimes elicit community support. ...

Authors: Nishani Bourmault (NEOMA Business School); Michel Anteby (Boston University) Interviewers: Farnam Mohebi (Haas School of Business – UC Berkeley); Leticia Smith (Carroll School of Management at Boston College) Article link: 10.1177/00018392231190300 We found the population you studied very unconventional and interesting. You mention that the research direction emerged from the data itself. What first drew you to studying anesthesiologists ...

Authors: Bryan Spencer (Alberta School of Business); Claus Rerup (Frankfurt School of Finance and Management) Interviewers: Runjia Zhang (Guanghua School of Management); Umme Kalsoom (University of Arkansas at Little Rock) Article link: 10.1177/00018392241273301 Note: Questions were sent to and answered jointly by Dr. Spencer and Dr. Rerup. One of the most fascinating dynamics in your findings is the “arms race” ...

Authors: Melanie K. Prengler (University of Virginia), Anthony C. Klotz (University College London), Chad Murphy (Oregon State University) Interviewers: Tae Won “Theodore” Kim (Rice University) & Debby Osias (Auburn University) Article link: https://doi.org/10.1177/00018392241302795 It is a pleasure to have you here! Our question starts with research and content, and the second set will be more about the research process and ...

Interviewers Amelia Emery (Northwestern University) and Evita Psoni (Athens University of Economics and Business) sit down with Jon Jachimowicz (Harvard Business School) and Emma Frank (The Ohio State University) to explore how their airplane brainstorming session and 20-day field study revealed that passion doesn't simply spread effortlessly between coworkers but instead requires conscious regulatory effort driven by social evaluative pressure.

Domenika Uskova (Warwick Business School & Nova School of Business and Economics) explores with Mathijs de Vaan (UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business) the hidden tension at the heart of professional referrals: how the strong ties that build trust between patients and specialists simultaneously undermine the search for optimal expertise matches, with measurable consequences for patient health outcomes.

Author Anna Kim (McGill University) chats with Marselia Tan (ESSEC Business School) about the profound human relationships behind her research with Kenyan tea farmers—how her grandparents’ colonial experiences shaped her understanding, why she may not have "exited" the field, and what her tears while making sense of data revealed about the agency of those typically seen only as passive beneficiaries ...

Esther Yau Chau (University of Alberta) and Amirsalar Jafari Gorizi (University of Texas at Dallas) explore with Andrew Nelson (University of Oregon), Callen Anthony (NYU Stern), and Mary Tripsas (UC Santa Barbara) how professional musicians' frustration with black-boxed digital technology sparked the surprising return of analog synthesizers, and what this reveals about the relationship between occupational dynamics and technology trajectories.

An interview with Professor Lindsey D. Cameron from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Interviewers Xian Zhu (McGill University) and Krishna Dermawan (University of Queensland) unpack the process in the development of this paper on gig-workers in the ride-hailing industry.

In this conversation, interviewers Ashley M. Flowers (University of South Carolina) and Ejian Zhou (Erasmus University) explore with Letian Zhang (Harvard University) and Shinan Wang (Northwestern University) the research process behind their study on how national differences in social trust shape hiring strategies across the European Union.