Linda Argote

Thomas Lord Professor of Organizational Behavior and Theory; Director, Center of Organizational Learning, Innovation and Knowledge

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Education

• University of Michigan - Ph D
• Tulane University - BS

Publications

• The Mechanisms and Components of Knowledge Transfer

  (author(s): L. Argote, J. M. Guo, S.-S. Park, O. Hahl)
  Organization Science 33(3), 2022; 1232-1249

• Conceiving Opposites Together: Cultivating Paradoxical Frames and Epistemic Motivation Fosters Team Creativity

  (author(s): E. Miron-Spektor, K. Emich, L. Argote, W. Smith)
  Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 171, 2022; 104153

• 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.)
  (author(s): J. M. Levine, L. Argote)

  Oxford: Oxford University, 2020
• 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)