Sports contexts are increasingly used in management research to test and develop theory
and explore managerially relevant phenomena. This growth in publications is likely driven …

This project investigates emotionality by brands on social media. First, a field data set of over
200,000 text and images posts by brands across two major platforms is analyzed. Using …

Recent sociological and psychological studies suggest that the power dynamics (coercive
and reward power), relational conflict, and the quality of the status-affecting relationship …

When commercializing technology, the lack of proven results and a reluctance to invest
upfront in resources hamper efforts by firms to work jointly with inventors to bring new …

Research Summary: While recent literature has depicted status as an intangible asset that is
firm‐specific and mobile, we have a limited understanding of whether status confers …

Research on negative ties has focused primarily on the harm they do. In this paper, we show
that negative ties can also have beneficial effects. We argue that, like positive ties, negative …

This article explores the status-attainment process of entrepreneurial firms in emerging
categories. Previous literature emphasizes that in emerging categories, being perceived as …

Research summary This article examines how proximity to high‐status neighbors enables
lower‐status firms to engage in aspirational pricing. While prior studies have focused on …

Status and reputation both play important roles in the evaluation and choice of
organizations. Status is used as a heuristic in the first stage of a two-stage process when …

This study examines the impact of status inconsistency on status-threatening activities within
NCAA Division I men's basketball teams. Specifically, we focus on a nested form of status …