On March 7, scholars from 6 universities explored cutting-edge research in management and organizational behavior at the Management Research Camp hosted by UC Riverside School of Business. The day included engaging discussions, opportunities for networking, and four featured presentations from renowned scholars: 

Frédéric Godart from INSEAD presented “Being Surrounded by Purity and What It Means for Creativity: The Case of Luxury Conglomerates,” which focused on the global luxury industry, examining how subsidiaries that adhere strictly to a single institutional logic, such as jewelry, influence the creativity of other subsidiaries, like those in fashion. 

University of Colorado Boulder’s Tony Kong presented a model linking supervisor gratitude expression with employee-felt appreciation and voice in a talk titled, “A Risk Regulation Model of Employee-Felt Appreciation in Response to Supervisor Gratitude Expression.” His findings emphasize the importance of aligning gratitude expression with employee preferences to enhance appreciation and communication in the workplace. 

In the afternoon, “The Problem with Solutions: A Study of the Limiting Effect of Solution Distance on Problem Search” was presented by Cha Li of the University of Texas at Austin. Her research highlights how the distance of solutions can limit the effectiveness of problem-solving efforts and organizational innovation, emphasizing the need to focus on problem search within organizations. 

Sara Hendrick of the University of Northern Colorado, presented “Unemployment Reverses the Tendency for Men to Benefit from Parenthood More than Women” about her findings suggesting that while parenthood typically predicts higher life satisfaction for men, this trend reverses during periods of involuntary unemployment, with women experiencing greater life satisfaction than men.