Costello College of Business Faculty Research

Women who join tech companies must find a way to navigate a toxic workplace. Mandy O’Neill's forthcoming paper in Organization Science, written with Natalya M. Alonso of Haskayne School of Business, documents the “sexist culture of joviality” among trainees at a Latin American site run by a major U.S. tech company.

The call to prioritize social responsibility alongside profits can often create “an institutional contradiction” with “increased potential for conflict.” Bridging the areas of management, innovation and entrepreneurship, Professor Toyah Miller’s research illuminates the issues that will determine whether companies succeed or fail in their newly broadened mission.

Jenelle K. Conaway, assistant professor of accounting, has conducted research to determine the impact of female directors on boards’ commitment to socially responsible business practices.

Amit Dutta, information systems and operations management professor, and LeRoy Eakin endowed chair at the School of Business, together with international colleagues Biju Paul Abraham, Rahul Roy, and Priya Seetharaman from the Indian Institute of Management in Calcutta, India, conducted research that identified structural mechanisms underlying these performance problems and suggested constructive managerial interventions to alleviate them.

New research by Serdar Aldatmaz, assistant professor of finance, benefits organizations that are seeking to move operations overseas.

Information security is a critical part of every organization. However, it’s also expensive—a problem for executives deciding on funding allocation. Nirup Menon, professor and chair of information systems and operations management, along with coauthor Mikko Siponen, delved into the role personality plays in determining how executives react to information security costs.

“Blockchain is a kind of distributed ledger that could change how business activities are organized,” says Jiasun Li, assistant professor of finance. “It essentially provides an alternative way for economic activities to be conducted.”

Ioannis Bellos, associate professor of information systems and operations management, began researching service design as a PhD student at Georgia Tech.

User reviews often comprise two parts, the starred rating and the review. Jingyuan Yang, assistant professor of information systems and operations management, noticed a problem in that system.