When organizations adopt artificial intelligence (AI) to recognize individuals’ negative emotions and accordingly match limited resources to them, strategic users are incentivized to game the system by escalating emotional intensities. The economic value of AI may be undermined by gaming...

We describe a context-sensitive model of choice, in which the selection process is shaped not only by the attractiveness of items but also by their semantics (‘salience’). Items are ranked according to a binary relation of salience, and a linear order is associated to each item. The...

This study seeks to understand how virtual meetings disrupt or propel the functioning of sports management organizations in Thailand during the COVID-19 pandemic, what is critical to executives meetings held during the time, and the impact on meeting attendees amid the public health crisis. A...

We study the determinants and the informational role of firms’ fixed income conference calls, a unique form of voluntary disclosure that deviates from the traditional multi-purpose firm disclosures intended for all stakeholders. We find that fixed income calls are more likely to be held by...

We describe a context-sensitive model of choice, in which the selection process is shaped not only by the attractiveness of items but also by their semantics (‘salience’). Items are ranked according to a binary relation of salience, and a linear order is associated to each item. The...

Chapter 1. Scientific talks – effective communication that assists with the conveyance of research results -- Chapter 2. Conference Meetings and Co. - Occasions for Scientific Presentations and Talks -- Chapter 3. From the collation of material to the scientific talk - preparation as the key...

A key component of team performance is participation among group members. One widespread organizational function that provides a stage for participation is the workplace meeting. With the shift to remote work, roughly half of all meetings are conducted virtually. One encouraging opportunity that...

This study investigates why financial analysts participate in non-covered firms’ conference calls. Consistent with the view that firms benefit from information commonalities and complementarities with connected peers, we hypothesize that analysts are more likely to participate in a non-covered...

We investigate the effects of large group meetings on the spread of COVID-19 by studying the impact of eighteen Trump campaign rallies. To capture the effects of subsequent contagion within the pertinent communities, our analysis encompasses up to ten post-rally weeks for each event. Our method...

We examine determinants and consequences of ‘virtual’ shareholder meetings (VSM). Using a pre-Covid sample of voluntary VSM adopters, we do not find that firms choose the virtual format to avoid shareholders’ scrutiny. VSM are more frequent among tech firms, and firms traditionally more...

Monetary Policy Committees differ in the way the interest rate proposal is prepared and presented in the policy meeting. In this paper we show analytically how different arrangements could affect the voting behaviour of individual MPC members and therefore policy outcomes. We then apply our...

Workers in knowledge-intensive industries often complain of having too many meetings, but organizations still give little thought to deciding when or how often to meet. In this paper, we investigate the efficiency and robustness of various coordination scheduling rules. We consider a situation...

World Bank Group President David Malpass spoke about the world suffering from a dramatically uneven recovery, and inequality worsening across country groups. The highest priority is to secure access to vaccines and speed up shots in arms. He explained that the World Bank Group is working as hard...

Characteristics of good moderation -- Using methods correctly -- Controlling group processes -- Distinguishing between topics and occasions -- Including organisation and context -- Establishing relationships and contact -- Developing role clarity and self-image -- Using visualisation effectively...

We construct a novel measure of disclosure choice by firms. Our measure is computed using linguistic analysis of conference calls to identify whether a manager's response to an analyst question is a “non-answer.” Using our measure, about 11% of analyst questions elicit non-answers from...

The outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic has dramatically changed the way in which human beings interact with one another. As government restrictions on face-to-face meetings tighten, more and more activities take place via virtual communications. This shift raises interesting questions on...