Academy of Management Discoveries

Susan K. Cohen is Associate Professor of Organizations and Entrepreneurship at the Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh. Her research addresses the question: How do firms successfully innovate? She has investigated organizational antecedents to innovation performance, including the structure of knowledge and capability, social network position, CEO occupational experience, alliance formation, and ecosystem strategy. Susan’s research builds on resource- and knowledge-based theories of the firm, social network theory, design science and technology frames, and the theory of complex contagion, and contributes to the knowledge base on innovation and commercialization strategies. Her current interests include the roles of firm-specific language in transforming life science business models and how the structure of regional entrepreneurial ecosystems affects new venture strategies to access resources. Her research has appeared in Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Organization Science, Research Policy, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, and Technological Forecasting and Social Change. Susan is an Associate Editor at Academy of Management Discoveries and TIM Division Program Chair–Elect.

Shiko M. Ben-Menahem is Associate Professor of Technology and Innovation Management at the Organization Theory group of the Management & Organization Department, School of Business and Economics, Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam, and an affiliate member of the Chair of Strategic Management and Innovation, ETH Zurich. He received his PhD from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, and his Habilitation from ETH Zurich. His research and teaching interests focus on the interface of digital technology, organizational design, innovation processes, and strategy in the areas of healthcare, medical devices, and life sciences. His work has appeared in academic and practitioner-oriented journals, including Academy of Management Journal, Nature Biomedical Engineering, Academy of Management Discoveries, Research Policy, MIT Sloan Management Review, California Management Review, BMJ Open, and Long Range Planning. Prior to joining AMD, Shiko served as a Special Issue Editor for Research Policy and as an Associate Editor for European Management Journal. He cochaired the AOM Specialized conference in Tel Aviv, Israel. His recognitions include the 2021 AOM Award for Responsible Research in Management, AMD Best Reviewer Award, and teaching awards. Next to his academic activities, Shiko heads a technology Think Tank for a Swiss investment and research firm.

Brianna Barker Caza received her Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology from the University of Michigan and is now an Associate Professor at the Bryan School of Business and Economics, University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Her research program broadly seeks to understand the resources and processes that produce resilience in turbulent and dynamic work contexts. She is interested in the identity and interpersonal dynamics that allow professionals to thrive amidst unexpected events and pervasive stressors. Her research has been published in many top tier outlets, including Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Annals, Academy of Management Discoveries, Journal of Applied Psychology, and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. She has received outstanding reviewer awards at Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, and Academy of Management Discoveries.

Erika Hall is an Associate Professor of Organization & Management at Goizueta Business School at Emory University. Hall earned a PhD in Management & Organizations from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Professor Hall's work has appeared in academic journals, such as Academy of Management Review, Journal of Applied Psychology, Psychological Science, Perspectives on Psychological Science, and American Psychologist. As a trained social psychologist, her research explores the powerful impact of stereotypes and the hidden content within them. For example, her MOSAIC theoretical paradigm investigated intersectional stereotyping and earned her the 2020 Academy of Management Review Best Article Award. She also served as Representative-at-Large for the GDO Division of Academy of Management (now DEI). Erika enjoys running, traveling, and spending time with her husband and two kids.

Candace Jones is a Full Professor and the Chair of Global Creative Enterprise at the University of Edinburgh Business School. Her research uses the lenses of institutional theory, materiality, vocabularies and social networks to study creative contexts. Her research focuses empirically on film, architecture, festivals, and music to reveal their social, structural, and category dynamics that are embedded within and shaped by their histories. She was awarded best reviewer award for Academy of Management Review in 2016 and 2018. She coedited the Oxford Handbook of Creative Industries (2015). She has published in top journals, including Academy of Management Review, Administrative Science Quarterly, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Organization Science, and Organization Studies. She is a member of two £6 million research teams funded by the A.H.R.C.: Policy and Evidence Center for Creative Industries and Creative Informatics. She was Representative at Large from 2009-2011 and Chair of Organization and Management Theory division of the Academy of Management from 2012-2016. She works with Historic Environment Scotland, Edinburgh International Festival and Festivals Edinburgh, and developed the Interdisciplinary Edinburgh Futures Institute MSc on creative industries.

Zhike Lei is a Professor of Leadership and Organizational Behavior at the IMD Business School in Switzerland. Her research is interdisciplinary and addresses how organizations, teams, and employees cope with errors, failures, and crisis and learn from them. She is also interested in psychological safety, team adaptation, and the nature of system dynamics in management research. Her work has been published in a variety of outlets, including Academy of Management Annals, Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, Health Affairs, Academic Medicine, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Academy of Management Discoveries, and Harvard Business Review. Her research on team adaptation and team reflexivity, in collaboration with hospital surgical teams, aviation pilots, and manufacturing engineers, has been recognized by the Best Paper Awards from various academic journals. Zhike has also won prestigious awards and grants to study patient safety, error management, and team processes, including those from the European Commission’s Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Peter Curtius Foundation, and the Juran Center for Leadership in Quality. She has served on the editorial review boards for Academy of Management Review and Academy of Management Discoveries and was a Guest Editor of the AMD special issue on errors in organizations.

Christopher G. Myers is an Associate Professor of Management & Organization and the founding Faculty Director of the Center for Innovative Leadership at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. He also holds a Joint Appointment in Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. His research and teaching focus on individual learning, leadership development, and innovation, with particular attention to how people learn vicariously and share knowledge in health care organizations and other knowledge-intensive work environments. His research has been published in leading management journals, including Academy of Management Annals, Academy of Management Discoveries, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Perspectives, Academy of Management Review, Administrative Science Quarterly, Journal of Applied Psychology, and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, as well as in premier medical journals. Chris has served as an elected representative-at-large for the Managerial and Organizational Cognition division of the Academy of Management, and on the editorial boards of several leading journals, including Academy of Management Discoveries. Prior to joining the faculty at Johns Hopkins University, Chris served on the faculty of the Harvard Business School and received his PhD in management and organizations from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business.

Dusya Vera (Ph.D. in Strategy, Ivey Business School, Western University, Canada) is a Professor of Strategy at the Ivey Business School and the Executive Director of the Ian O. Ihnatowycz Institute for Leadership, which elevates the importance of character alongside competence in the practice of leadership.

Dusya's research is in the areas of strategic leadership, leader character, improvisation, and organizational learning. Her work has been published in a variety of outlets, including Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Annals, Organization Science, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Leadership Quarterly, Organization Studies, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Management Learning, Organizational Dynamics, and Business Horizons, among others. She has served as an Associate Editor of the Leadership Quarterly. She is currently an editorial board member of the Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, Journal of Business Research, and Management Learning. She has served on the Editorial Board of journals, such as Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal, Leadership Quarterly, Management Learning, and IEEE Transactions of Engineering Management. Prior to joining the Ivey Business School in 2022, she was on the faculty of the C.T. Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston in the Department of Management & Leadership for 20 years, where she received multiple awards for research, teaching, and service.

Mike has been AMJ's Managing Editor since 2007. He has also served as Managing Editor for Academy of Management Learning & Education (AMLE) since joining the Academy of Management staff. Mike attended the University of Northern Colorado as a Journalism major before receiving his BA in Communications from Pace University. His professional background has been in the publishing industry, most recently as Senior Editor at Scholastic in the science reference division. Other experience includes editing, writing, and book production for M.E. Sharpe, Inc., Elsevier Science, Oceana Publications, and the American Water Works Association in Denver, CO. He currently lives in Brookfield, CT.