Hiring and Cultural Fit |
Research Team: Sarah K. Stein, Amir Goldberg, Sameer B. Srivastava
Project Description: We examine whether linguistic analyses of job applicants’ pre-hire language use predicts who will get hired and, conditional on being hired, who will fit in culturally and perform well on the job. |
Cultural Heterogeneity,
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Research Team: Matt Corritore, Amir Goldberg, Sameer B. Srivastava
Project Description: We develop language-based measures of firm culture based on employee reviews of companies on Glassdoor (www.glassdoor.com) and consider how two forms of cultural heterogeneity—compositional and content-based—relate to innovation and firm performance. |
Cultural Integration Following Post-Merger Integration |
Research Team: Jan Overgoor, Amir Goldberg, Sameer B. Srivastava
Project Description: We trace the cultural integration of two firms based on analyses of email content before and after their merger and explore how patterns of cultural assimilation that individuals follow after the merger relate to their subsequent career outcomes. |
Identifying the
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Research Team: Jesse Fagan, Richard Lu, Amir Goldberg, Giuseppe (Joe) Labianca, Sameer B. Srivastava
Project Description: We use machine learning techniques to identify from email content the “linguistic signature” of self-reported job insecurity. We validate the model using email and survey data collected from the same organization at a later point in time. We then examine whether this same linguistic signature can be detected in another organizational setting during periods of economic tumult. |
The Dynamic Interplay between Cognitive and Behavioral Cultural Fit |
Research Team: Richard Lu, Jennifer A. Chatman, Amir Goldberg, Sameer B. Srivastava
Project Description: We use machine learning techniques to identify the “linguistic signature” of two cognitive measures of cultural fit—perceptual accuracy (how closely perceptions of the culture match others' perceptions) and value congruence (how closely preferences for a work environment match perceptions of the existing environment)—based on responses to an indirect self-report, the Organizational Culture Profile (OCP). We then use longitudinal email data to impute perceptual accuracy and value congruence for all employees, including those who did not complete the OCP, and across time, including periods before the OCP was administered. This approach enables us to examine the career consequences of the dynamic interplay between cognitive cultural fit and a separate, language-based measure of behavioral cultural fit. |
Cultural Dynamics and Polarization in the U.S. Senate |
Research Team: Amir Goldberg, Christopher C. Liu, Sameer B. Srivastava
Project Description: We use Senate committee transcripts to develop a language-based measure of cultural conformity and examine how this measure relates to polarization and legislative outcomes. |
Cultural Coherence during Settled and Unsettled Times |
Research Team: Amir Goldberg, Sameer B. Srivastava
Project Description: Using email data from a single organization that experienced positive and negative shocks that created “unsettled” periods for its employees, as well as transcripts of CEO calls with financial analysts, we engage and help resolve a theoretical puzzle about the effects of uncertainty on cultural coherence within social groups. |
Physical Spaces and Local Culture |
Research Team: Lara Yang, Amir Goldberg, Sameer B. Srivastava
Project Description: We draw on archival data from a firm that experienced changes in physical space layouts to understand how space affects the formation of local group cultures. We are also in process of designing experiments on workspace configuration to assess how these spatial changes affect local culture, as measured based on the linguistic style of email communication. |
Team Cultures and Performance |
Research Team: Katharina Lix, Amir Goldberg, Sameer B. Srivastava, Melissa A. Valentine
Project Description: We examine the formation and dynamics of subcultures within groups and teams based on analyses of internal communication and collaborative behavior. We are also in process of designing experiments designed to shift team culture in ways that enhance team performance. |