Aleksandra Kacperczyk

Started Fall 2004

email:  kacpercz@umich.edu
Phone: 734.763.4613 (office)
Office:  E0401
Advisor: Jerry Davis, Jim Walsh

Program

Management and Organizations

Research Interests

• Organization theory

• Organizational Boundaries

• Entrepreneurship

• Governance

Publications

• Kacperczyk, A.  With Greater Power Comes Greater Responsibility? Takeover Protection and Corporate Attention to Stakeholder.  Forthcoming in Strategic Management Journal.

Manuscripts Under Review

• Kacperczyk, A., Sanchez-Burks, J., Baker, W.E. Social Isolation in the Workplace: A Cross-Cultural and Longitudinal Analysis.

Works in Progress

• "Rewriting History: Stakeholder Theory As you Like it."  With Jim Walsh

• "Multiplex Networks and Corporate Scandals in the Mutual Fund Industry."  With Gerald Davis

• "Social Structure and Altruism."  With Wayne Baker

Teaching

• MO300 Behavioral Theory In Management, Winter 2007 (required BBA core course, 70 undergraduates). Evaluation: 5.0/5.0.

Refereed Conference Presentations

• When Financiers Become Entrepreneurs: Understanding Institutional Entrepreneurship in Finance.  Symposium co-organized with Jerry Davis (presenters include Boris Groysberg, Michael Lounsbury, and Chris Marquis). Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management, Anaheim, 2008.

• Old Boys’ Networks and Financial Innovation: Internal and External Entrepreneurship in Mutual Funds.  Symposium presentation. Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management, Anaheim, 2008.

• With Greater Power Comes Greater Responsibility? Takeover Protection and Corporate Attention to Stakeholders. Paper presentation. Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, 2007.

• Social Isolation in the Workplace: A Cross-Cultural and Longitudinal Analysis. Paper presentation.     Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management, Atlanta, 2006  .

• Rewriting History: Stakeholder Theory As You Like It. Symposium presentation. Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management, Atlanta, 2006.

Invited Presentations

• Kacperczyk, A., Sanchez-Burks, J., Baker W.E. Social Isolation in the Workplace: A Cross-Cultural and Longitudinal Analysis. Emotional Capabilities in Organizations: The Influence of Context and Culture Conference, INSEAD, Fontainebleau, 2007.

• Kacperczyk, A., Sanchez-Burks, J., Baker W.E. Social Isolation in the Workplace: A Cross-Cultural and Longitudinal Analysis. The POS Research Incubator, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2007.

• Kacperczyk, A., Sanchez-Burks, J., Baker, W.E. Social Isolation in the Workplace: A Cross-Cultural and Longitudinal Analysis. Annual Conference on Research on Positive Organizational Scholarship,  Ann Arbor, 2006.

Awards and Grants

• Selected for OMT/MOC doctoral consortium, Academy of Management, Anaheim, 2008

• Clarence J. Hicks Memorial Fellowship in Industrial Relations for academic achievement, 2008

• Gladys and Walter Stark Fellowship for academic excellence, Ross School of Business, 2007

• William Thomas Leabo Memorial Award for academic achievement, Ross School of Business, 2006

• Ross School of Business Research grant ($3000), 2006

• Sigma Iota Rho, member of the National Honor Society of academic excellence, 2003- 2004

• Lester B. Pearson United World College Scholarship, Canada, 1998-2000

Professional Service and Memberships

Ad Hoc Reviewer:

Strategic Management Journal

Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

Conference Reviewer:

Academy of Management Annual Meetings: OMT, ENT, BPS, SIM divisions

 Negotiating Your First Job, co-organized Academy of Management PDW, Philadelphia, 2007

 Management & Organizations Ph.D. Admissions Committee, 2005

 Academy of Management Membership

Selected Media Mentions

Financial Post (Canada) “Friendship or Workship?” 03/26/08   

Christian Science Monitor “Meet up after work? No thanks, say many U.S. officemates,” 03/17/08

Courier-Post  “Study Says: U.S. Workers Divide Business, Pleasure,” 03/11/08

Chicago Tribune "Friendships on Job Hard to Work," 03/10/08

Washington Post “Working: Colleagues with Cooties,” 02/28/08 

NPR Marketplace Interview “We Don't Hang Out with Our Coworkers,” 02/28/08

Detroit Free Press “Can't Stand Hanging Out with Co-Workers? You're Not Alone,” 02/22/08 

Indianapolis Star “After-Hours Activities: Too Much Togetherness for Many U.S. Workers,” 02/20/08

WDIV-TV Ch4 (NBC) “Media Broadcast Hit: UM Study Finds Most Americans Aren't Friends with Co-Workers,” 02/12/08 

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