OB Research Seminar: Marissa King, Yale School of Management
Marissa King,聽Professor of Organizational Behavior,聽Yale School of Management
Title of talk:聽Curtailing Epidemics of Professional Deviance: Networks, Social Influence, and the High-Risk Opioid Prescribing
Professor King鈥檚 research examines social influence, social networks, and team dynamics. Her most recent line of research analyzes the individual and group level behaviors that are necessary to implement changes in the (re)design of organizations using wearable social sensors. This work highlights the unanticipated consequences that micro-level social networks can have in mediating planned change initiatives. More generally, Professor King鈥檚 research investigates the social processes underlying the adoption, diffusion, and utilization of new information. King鈥檚 research has been featured in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, and NPR among other media outlets.
If you would like to attend this online event, please contact linda.foster [at] mcgill.ca (subject: Speaker%20series) (Linda Foster) for the registration details.