• “Burning the bridges”: escalation in the pursuit of authenticity 

      Sgourev, Stoyan V.; Aadland, Erik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      We develop a process-based framework, articulating the escalation of difference between “private” self and “public” display as an alternative trajectory in the pursuit of authenticity to alignment and compromise. A ...
    • Reflecting glory or deflecting stigma? The interplay between status and social proximity in peer evaluations 

      Aadland, Erik; Cattani, Gino; Falchetti, Denise; Ferriani, Simone (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      How do candidates’ status and social proximity to members of the evaluating audience interact to shape recognition in peer-based evaluative settings? In this study, we shed light on this question by adopting a mixed-method ...
    • Relations in Aesthetic Space: How Color Enables Market Positioning 

      Sgourev, Stoyan V.; Aadland, Erik; Formilan, Giovanni (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Color is omnipresent, but organizational research features no systematic theory or established method for analyzing it. We develop a relational approach to color, conceptualizing it as a means of positioning relative to a ...