Oliver Hahl

Associate Professor of Organization Theory, Strategy and Entrepreneurship

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Education

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of Management - Ph D (Management) - 2013
• Yale University - School of Management - MBA - 2008
• University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School - BS (Economics) - 2002

Research

My research interests revolve around how audience perceptions of organizations and individuals influence behavior in markets. I am particularly interested in understanding how perceptions of success (status, economic, rewards) constrain behavior. Related topics include: status, authenticity, impression management. I do research in the sports, food, private equity, and health industries.

Publications

• The Mechanisms and Components of Knowledge Transfer: The Virtual Special Issue on Knowledge Transfer within Organizations
  

  (author(s): Linda Argote, Jerry Guo, Sae-Seul Park, Oliver Hahl)
  Organization Science, forthcoming

• Authenticity-Based Connections as Organizational Constraints and the Paradox of Authenticity in the Market for Cuban Cigars

  (author(s): Cameron Verhaal, Oliver Hahl, Kevin J. Fandl)
  Organization Science, forthcoming

• He’s Overqualified, She’s Highly Committed: The Effect of Job Candidate Gender and Capability on Perceptions of Firm and Career Commitment

  (author(s): Elizabeth Campbell, Oliver Hahl)
  Organization Science, forthcoming

• Committed Diversification: Why Authenticity Insulates Against Penalties for Diversification

  (author(s): Oliver Hahl, Jaekyung Ha )
  Organization Science 31(1), 2019; 1-22

• Too Good to Hire: Capability and Commitment Inferences in Labor Market

  (author(s): Roman Galperin, Oliver Hahl, Adina Sterling, Jerry Guo)
  Administrative Science Quarterly 65(2), 2019; 275-313

• The Authentic Appeal of the Lying Demagogue: Proclaiming the Deeper Truth About Political Illegitimacy

  (author(s): Oliver Hahl, Minjae Kim, Ezra Zuckerman)
  American Sociological Review 83(1), 2018; 1-33

• Why Elites Love Authentic Lowbrow Culture: Overcoming High-Status Denigration with Outsider Art

  (author(s): Oliver Hahl, Ezra Zuckerman, Minjae Kim)
  American Sociological Review 82(4), 2017; 828-856

• Turning Back the Clock in Baseball: The Increased Prominence of Extrinsic Rewards and Demand for Authenticity

  Organization Science 27(4), 2016; 929-953

• Knowledge Asymmetry and Brokerage: Linking Network Perceptions to Position in Structural Holes

  (author(s): Oliver Hahl, Aleksandra "Olenka" Kacperczyk, Jason Davis)
  Strategic Organization 14(2), 2016; 118-143

• Buy Term and Invest the Difference Revisited

  (author(s): David Babbel, Oliver Hahl)
  Journal of Financial Service Professionals 69(3), 2015; 92-103

• The Denigration of Heroes? How the Status Attainment Process Shapes Attributions of Considerateness and Authenticity

  (author(s): Oliver Hahl, Ezra Zuckerman)
  American Journal of Sociology 120(2), 2014; 504-554

Working Papers

• When Truth Trumps Facts: Five Studies on Partisan Evidence-Flouting in American Politics
  (author(s): Minjae Kim, Ezra Zuckerman Sivan, Oliver Hahl, Ethan Poskanzer)
• How Individual Regulators Contribute to Regulatory Failure: Evidence from Microdata
  (author(s): Oliver Hahl, Sae-Seul Park, Sunkee Lee)
• Corporate Purpose Claims, Perceptions of Firm Capacity, and Job Applicant Behavior
  (author(s): Trevor Young-Hyman, Leon Valdez, Oliver Hahl, CB Battacharya, Evan Gilbertson)
• Asian-American Status Seeking: How Local Social Pressures Result in Differences in Career Status Aspirations by Race
  (author(s): Oliver Hahl, Jenny Oh, Trevor Young-Hyman)
• Sex Segregation in the Knowledge Economy: The Contrasting Effects of Passion Culture and Structural Empowerment
  (author(s): Trevor Young-Hyman, Evan Gilbertson, and Oliver Hahl)
• Learning Like a Pro: Evidence on Differences in Professional Versus Experiential Learning
  (author(s): Sae-Seul Park, Oliver Hahl)

Award & Honors

• Awarded 2019 Outstanding Recent Contribution in Social Psychology, American Sociological Association Social Psychology Section (2019)
• Frank A. and Helen E. Risch Faculty Development Professorship, Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business (2016-18)
• MIT Sloan Research Fellowship (2008-2012)
• MIT Sloan Economic Sociology Program Research Fellowship (2008-2013)

University Service

• Faculty Coordinator OBT PhD Program (2016-current)
• MEAC Committee (2019-current)
• Co-Organizer CMU Tepper OBT Seminar Series (2015-19)
• Undergraduate Business Curriculum Review Committee (2014-16)
• Organizer MIT Economic Sociology Working Group (2011-2012)