Linda Argote
Thomas Lord Professor of Organizational Behavior and Theory; Director, Center of Organizational Learning, Innovation and Knowledge; Senior Associate Dean, Faculty and Research
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- University of Michigan - Ph D
- Tulane University - BS
Publications
- The Mechanisms and Components of Knowledge Transfer within Organizations
(author(s): L. Argote, J. Guo, S.-S. Park, O. Hahl)
Forthcoming in Organization Science - Organizational Learning Processes and Outcomes: Major Findings and Future Research Directions
(author(s): L. Argote, S. Lee, J. Park)
Management Science 67(9), 2021; 5399-5429 - A Special Provocations and Provocateurs Section Honoring Jim March: Jim March’s Legacy on Organizational Learning
(author(s): L. Argote)
Journal of Management Inquiry 29(2), 2020; 119-127 - Handbook of Group and Organizational Learning
(author(s): L. Argote, J. M. Levine)
Oxford: Oxford University, 2020 - Personnel Mobility and Organizational Performance: The Effects of Specialist vs. Generalist Experience and Organization Work Structure
(author(s): E. Fahrenkopf, J. M. Guo, L. Argote)
Organization Science 31(6), 2020; 1601-1620 - Organizational Learning: Past, Present and Future
Handbook of Group and Organizational Learning (L. Argote and J. M. Levine, eds.)
Oxford: Oxford University, 2020
(author(s): J. M. Levine, L. Argote) - Jack of All, Master of Some: Knowledge Networks and Innovation
(author(s): E. H. Hwang, P. V. Singh, L. Argote)
Information Systems Research 30(2), 2019; 389-410 - The Effects of Communication Networks and Turnover on Transactive Memory and Group Performance
(author(s): L. Argote, B. Aven, J. A. Kush)
Organization Science 29(2), 2018; 191-201 - Organizational Learning and Management of Technology
(author(s): Linda Argote, M. Hora)
Production and Operations Management 26(4), 2017; 579-590 - Learning by Doing in Multi-Product Manufacturing: Variety, Customizations and Overlapping Product Generations
(author(s): C. Egelman, Dennis Epple, Linda Argote, E. R. H. Fuchs)
Management Science 63(2), 2017; 405-423 - Knowledge Transfer in Organizations: The Roles of Members, Tasks, Tools and Networks
(author(s): Linda Argote, C. Fahrenkopf)
Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 136, 2016; 146-159 - Routines and Transactive Memory Systems: Creating, Coordinating, Retaining and Transferring Knowledge in Organizations
(author(s): Linda Argote, J. Guo)
Research in Organizational Behavior 36, 2016; 65-84 - Knowledge Utilization, Coordination, and Team Performance
(author(s): Ray Reagans, Ella Miron-Spektor, Linda Argote)
Organization Science 27(5), 2016; 1084-1107 - Exploration versus Exploitation: Emotions and Performance as Antecedents and Consequences of Team Decisions
(author(s): D. Hakonsson, J. Eskildsen, Linda Argote, D. Monster, R. Burton, B. Obel)
Strategic Management Journal 37(6), 2016; 985-1001 - Behavioral Theories of Organization
International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Science (2nd ed.)(author(s): H. Greve, Linda Argote)
Oxford: Elsevier, 2015 - Knowledge Sharing in Online Knowledge Communities: Learning to Cross Geographic and Hierarchical Boundaries
(author(s): E. Hwang, Param Singh, Linda Argote)
Organization Science 26(6), 2015; 1593-1611 - Organizational Learning: Creating, Retaining and Transferring Knowledge, 2nd edition
Springer, 2013
- Transactive Memory Systems: Micro Foundations of Dynamic Capabilities
(author(s): Linda Argote, Y. Ren)
Journal of Management Studies 49(8), 2012; 1375-1382 - Transactive Memory Systems 1985-2010: An Integrative Framework of Key Dimension, Antecedents and Consequences
(author(s): Y. Ren, Linda Argote)
Academy of Management Annals 5, 2011; 189-230 - Organizational Learning: From Experience To Knowledge
(author(s): Linda Argote, Ella Miron-Spektor)
Organization Science 22(5), 2011; 1123-1137 - Individual Experience and Experience Working Together: Predicting Learning Rates from Knowing Who Knows What and Knowing How to Work Together
(author(s): Ray Reagans, Linda Argote, D. Brooks)
Management Science 51(6), 2005; 869-881 - Knowledge Transfer Between Groups via Personnel Rotation: Effects of Social Identity and Knowledge Quality
(author(s): A. Kane, Linda Argote, J. Levine)
Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 96(1), 2005; 56-71 - Knowledge Transfer in Organizations: A Basis for Competitive Advantage in Firms
(author(s): Linda Argote, P. Ingram)
Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 82(1), 2000; 150-169 - Group versus Individual Training and Group-Performance: The Mediating Role of Transactive Memory
(author(s): D. Liang, R. Moreland, Linda Argote)
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 21, 1995; 384-393 - The Acquisition, Transfer, and Depreciation of Knowledge in Service Organizations: Productivity in Franchises
(author(s): E. Darr, Linda Argote, Dennis Epple)
Management Science 41(11), 1995; 1750-1762 - Organizational Learning Curves: A Method for Investigating Intra-Plant Transfer of Knowledge Acquired Through Learning by Doing
(author(s): Dennis Epple, Linda Argote, Rukmini Devadas)
Organization Science 2(1), 1991; 58-70 - The Persistence and Transfer of Learning in Industrial Settings
(author(s): Linda Argote, S. BECKMAN, Dennis Epple)
Management Science 36(2), 1990; 140-154 - Learning Curves in Manufacturing
(author(s): Linda Argote, Dennis Epple)
Science 247(4945), 1990; 920-924
Awards and Honors
- Universita della Svizzera Italiana - Honorary Doctorate in Economics (Dottori Honoris Causa) (2020)
- Aarhus University - Honorary Doctorate (Doctor Mercaturae Honoris Causa) (2019)
- The Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research (INGRoup) - Joseph E. McGrath Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Study of Groups (2018)
- Article with Paul Ingram, "Knowledge Transfer in Organizations: A Basis for Competitive Advantage in Firms" identified as one of most influential papers published in Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes during its first 50 years (2016)
- Strategic Management Society - Distinguished Scholar, Knowledge and Innovation Interest Group (2013)
- Academy of Management - Fellow (2013)
- Organization and Management Theory Division, Academy of Management - Distinguished Scholar (2012)
- Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) - Distinguished Scholar, Technology Management Section (TMS) (2011)
- Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge, UK - Fellow (2011)
- Judge Cambridge Business School - Montezemolo Visiting Professor of Marketing, Strategy and Innovation (2011)
- Aarhus School of Business - Visiting Professor (2010)
- Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) - Fellow (2008)
- Association for Psychological Science (APS) - Fellow (2006)
- Center for Analytical Research in Technology (CART), Carnegie Mellon University - Research Frontier Award (2006)
- Management Science - Paper with Eric Darr and Dennis Epple, "The Acquisition, Transfer and Depreciation of Knowledge in Service Organization: Productivity in Franchises," cited as one of the most influential research papers published in Management Science during its first 50 years (2004)
- Academy of Management - Finalist, Terry Book Award (2000)
- Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University - Finalist, George Leland Bach Award for Excellence in Teaching (1997)
- Phi Beta Kappa (1975)
University Service
- Block Center for Technology and Society, Research Review Committee (2019)
- Co-Chair, Tepper Research Strategy Committee (2016 - 2017)
- CMU Provost Search, Committee Member (2014 - 2015)
- Organizational Behavior and Theory Recruiting Committee, Committee Chair (2013 - 2014)
- CMU Vice President of Research Search Committee, Committee Member (2013 - 2014)
Consulting
- ICF International (2014 - 2016)
Professional Activities
- Associate Editor, Academy of Management Annals (2019 - 2021)
- Senior Editor, Journal of Organization Design (2018 - 2020)
- National Academy of Engineering, Steering Committee on Preparing the Engineering And Technical Workforce for Adaptability and Resilience to Change (2017 - 2018)
- Chair, Academy of Management OMT Division, Best Paper Selection Committee (2017, 2018)
- Chair, Search Committee, Organization Science Editor-in-Chief (2016)
- Member, National Science Foundation, Review Panel (2014)
- Search Committee, Management Science, Editor-in-Chief (2013)
- Member, National Science Foundation, Review Panel (2013)
- Vice President, of Publications, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) (January 2011 - December 2012)
- Editor-in-Chief, Organization Science (January 2004 - 2010)
- Search Committee , Management Science, Editor-in-Chief (2008)
- Represented the Division of Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences of the National Science Foundation, Budget Roll-Out to Congress (2008)
- Committee of Visitors, National Science Foundation, Economics, Decision and Management Science Cluster of the Division of Social, Behavioral and Economic Science (2007)
- Committee of Visitors, National Science Foundation, Economics, Decision and Management Science Cluster of the Division of Social, Behavioral and Economic Science (2004)
- Invited Participant, National Research Council, Committee on Human Factors, Panel on Human Error (2002)
- Board of Governors, Academy of Management (January 2000 - 2002)
- Departmental Editor, Management Science (January 1995 - 2002)
- Member, National Science Foundation, Review Panel (2000)
- Member, National Science Foundation, Review Panel (1992)
- Member, National Science Foundation, Review Panel (1986)