Brandy L. Aven

Associate Professor of Organizational Theory, Strategy, and Entrepreneurship

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Education

• Stanford University - Ph D (Sociology) - 2010
• Stanford University - MA (Sociology) - 2004
• University of California at Los Angeles - BA (Sociology) - 2000

Publications

• From Exception to Exceptional: How Gender and Tenure Impact Sponsorship Effectiveness
  (author(s): E. Campbell, R. Chow, Brandy Aven)
  In press at Academy of Management Discoveries
• Whistle While You Work? The Relational Determinants of Reporting Wrongdoing
  

  (author(s): P. Bergemann, Brandy Aven)
  Forthcoming in Organization Science

• The Valley of Trust: The Effect of Relational Strength on Monitoring Quality

  (author(s): Brandy Aven, L. Morse, A. Iorio)
  Forthcoming in special issue on “Behavioral Field Evidence on Ethics and Misconduct” at Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, in press

• Lay Theories of Networking Ability: Beliefs that Inhibit Instrumental Networking

  (author(s): K. Kuwabara, X. Zou, C. Hildebrand, S. Iyengar, Brandy Aven)
  Social Networks 62(July), 2020; 1-11

• Statistical Methods and Software for the Multilevel Social Relations Model

  (author(s): J. Koster, G. Leckie, Brandy Aven)
  Field Methods, 2019

• Structural Role Complementarity in Entrepreneurial Teams

  (author(s): Brandy Aven, Henning Hillmann)
  Management Science 64(12), 2018; 5688–5704

• The Effects of Communication Networks and Turnover on Transactive Memory and Group Performance
  (author(s): Linda Argote, Brandy Aven, Jonathan Kush)
  Organization Science 29(2), 2018; 191–206
• The Effects of Individual Status and Group Performance on Network Ties among Teammates in The National Basketball Association

  (author(s): Jeremy Koster, Brandy Aven)
  PLOS One 13(4), 2018; e0196013

• Social Distance and Knowledge Transformation: The Effects of Social Network Distance on Organizational Learning

  (author(s): Brandy Aven, Evelyn Zhang)
  Sociological Science 3, 2016; 1103-1131

• The Paradox of Corrupt Networks: An Analysis of Organizational Crime at Enron

  (author(s): Brandy Aven)
  Organization Science 26(4), 2015; 980–996

• Fragmented Networks And Entrepreneurship In Late Imperial Russia

  (author(s): Henning Hillmann, Brandy Aven)
  American Journal of Sociology 117(2), 2011; 484-538

• Using Product and Social Network Data to Improve Online Advertising
  (author(s): Brandy Aven, D. Burgess, J. Haynes, J. Merino, P. Moore)
  U.S. Patent: WO/2009/085,524 (7/9/2009)
• Assessing Trustworthiness in Online Goods and Services
  ETrust: Forming Relationships in the Online World (Karen S. Cook, Chris Snijders, Vincent Buskens & Coye Cheshire, eds.)
  (author(s): K. Cook, C. Cheshire, A. Gerbasi, Brandy Aven)
  New York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation, Chapter 7; 2009

Working Papers

• When Ties Bind and When Ties Divide: The Effects of Communication Networks on Shared Social Identity and Group Performance
  (author(s): J. Kush, Brandy Aven, Linda Argote)
• Shifting Modalities: Social Networks, Intra-Organizational Lateral Mobility, and Performance
  (author(s): E. Zhang, A. Sterling, Brandy Aven)
• Exploring Gender Difference in Network Responsiveness to Intra-organizational Mobility
  (author(s): E. Zhang, Brandy Aven, A. Kleinbaum)
• Text-Based Measure of Transactive Memory System Strength
  (author(s): J. Kush, E. Fahrenkopf, Brandy Aven, Linda Argote)
• A Quasi-Experiment on the Effects of Monetary Incentives on Informal Knowledge Sharing
  (author(s): G. Soda, A. Iorio, Brandy Aven)

Awards and Honors

• George Leland Bach Excellence in MBA Teaching Award (2019)
• Xerox Junior Faculty Chair (2013)
• Gerald L. Thompson Excellence in Teaching Award (2012)