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D-Index
56
Citations
52137
World Ranking
1823
National Ranking
868

Research.com Recognitions

  • Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management
  • Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management
  • Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management

Overview

Barry M. Staw is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, including social sciences, materials science, and psychology. These fields are further detailed in subfields such as sociology and political science, materials chemistry, social psychology, and information systems and management.

Their work has appeared in academic venues including the Academy of Management Proceedings. One recent publication is titled "We Don't Need Another Hero: The Perils of Unauthorized Proactive Followership", published in 2023. This paper focuses on organizational dynamics and leadership themes.

Barry M. Staw's topics of study cover areas such as risk perception and management, graphite and nuclear technology related radiation studies, leadership, courage, and heroism studies, as well as ethics in business and education. This interdisciplinary approach connects social behavior with scientific and managerial concerns.

  • Risk Perception and Management
  • Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies
  • Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies
  • Ethics in Business and Education

Coauthor collaborations include work with J.R.H. Ross, Carmit T. Tadmor, Verena Krause, Etti Doveh, and Jack A. Goncalo. These partnerships indicate engagement with scholars from diverse research backgrounds, supporting the multidisciplinary nature of their output.

  • J.R.H. Ross
  • Carmit T. Tadmor
  • Verena Krause
  • Etti Doveh
  • Jack A. Goncalo

Barry M. Staw has been recognized as a Dean of Fellow by the Academy of Management, acknowledging connections to professional management communities and contributions to the field.

Best Publications

  • Threat-rigidity effects in organizational behavior: A multilevel analysis.

    Barry M. Staw;Lance E. Sandelands;Jane E. Dutton

  • Affect and Creativity at Work

    Teresa M. Amabile;Sigal G. Barsade;Jennifer S. Mueller;Barry M. Staw

  • What Theory is Not

    Robert I. Sutton;Barry M. Staw

  • Knee-deep in the Big Muddy: A study of escalating commitment to a chosen course of action.

    Barry M. Staw

  • The Escalation of Commitment To a Course of Action

    Barry M. Staw

  • Employee Positive Emotion and Favorable Outcomes at the Workplace

    Barry M. Staw;Robert I. Sutton;Lisa H. Pelled

  • Research in Organizational Behavior

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  • Affect and managerial performance: A test of the sadder-but-wiser vs. happier-and-smarter hypotheses.

    Barry M. Staw;Sigal G. Barsade

  • What Bandwagons Bring: Effects of Popular Management Techniques on Corporate Performance, Reputation, and CEO Pay:

    Barry M. Staw;Lisa D. Epstein

  • The dispositional approach to job attitudes: A lifetime longitudinal test.

    Barry M. Staw;Nancy E. Bell;John A. Clausen

  • Stability in the Midst of Change: A Dispositional Approach to Job Attitudes

    Barry M. Staw;Jerry Ross

  • Individualism-collectivism and group creativity.

    Jack A. Goncalo;Barry M. Staw

  • Self-perception of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation.

    Bobby J. Calder;Barry M. Staw

  • The justification of organizational performance.

    Barry M. Staw;Pamela I. McKechnie;Sheila M. Puffer

  • The Tradeoffs of Social Control and Innovation in Groups and Organizations

    Charlan Jeanne Nemeth;Barry M. Staw

  • The Psychology of Rivalry: A Relationally Dependent Analysis of Competition

    Gavin J. Kilduff;Hillary Anger Elfenbein;Barry M. Staw

  • New Directions in Organizational Behavior

    Barry M. Staw;Gerald R. Salancik

  • ORGANIZATIONAL ESCALATION AND EXIT: LESSONS FROM THE SHOREHAM NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

    Jerry Ross;Barry M. Staw

  • The scarcity-munificence component of organizational environments and the commission of illegal acts / 230

    Barry M. Staw;Eugene Szwajkowski

  • Sunk Costs in the NBA: Why Draft Order Affects Playing Time and Survival in Professional Basketball

    Barry M. Staw;Ha Hoang

  • Affect and favorable work outcomes: two longitudinal tests of the happy–productive worker thesis

    Thomas A. Wright;Barry M. Staw

  • Research in Organizational Behavior: An Annual Series of Analytical Essays and Critical Reviews

    Barry M. Staw;Larry L. Cummings;Robert I. Stutton;Roderick M. Kramer

Frequent Co-Authors

Bobby J. Calder
Bobby J. Calder Northwestern University
Teresa M. Amabile
Teresa M. Amabile Harvard University
Thomas A. Wright
Thomas A. Wright Fordham University
Charlan Nemeth
Charlan Nemeth University of California, Berkeley
Hillary Anger Elfenbein
Hillary Anger Elfenbein Washington University in St. Louis
Sheldon Zedeck
Sheldon Zedeck University of California, Berkeley
Greg R. Oldham
Greg R. Oldham Tulane University
Paul S. Goodman
Paul S. Goodman Carnegie Mellon University
James P. Walsh
James P. Walsh University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
John D. Kammeyer-Mueller
John D. Kammeyer-Mueller University of Minnesota

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