Evaluation Processes, Status Rankings, and Responses to Status Changes

Abstract

The prevailing view of organizational status assumes that status rankings do not change much over time. Recently, however, scholars have begun to argue that in some markets status rankings are not necessarily stable, and that organizations actively react to status changes. Our symposium builds on this new understanding of status dynamics and provides new insights on evaluation processes, from which status rankings originate. The program we have assembled puts together cutting-edge research from scholars who have studied organizational status, evaluation processes, and rankings from a variety of perspectives. We plan to start the symposium by discussing the implications of status dynamics both at the organizational and at the individual level. We will then gradually move to a more in- depth discussion of evaluation processes, with a focus on the interaction between amateur and expert evaluators and gender discrimination. The Effect of Public Rankings on Aspirations and Risk-Taking Presenter: Andrew von Nordenflycht; Simon Fraser U. Presenter: Noah Askin; INSEAD How does Status Change Influence Behavior? A Study in an Online Competition Community Presenter: Tengjian Zou; Singapore Management U. Presenter: Gokhan Ertug; Singapore Management U. Organizational Responses to Status Gains: Strategic Conformity and the Role of Customer Evaluations Presenter: Saverio Dave Favaron; HEC Paris Presenter: Giada Di Stefano; HEC Paris Presenter: Rodolphe Durand; HEC Paris The Coexistence of Different Evaluator Types in an Online Rating System Presenter: Tristan L. Botelho; Yale School of Management Gender Effects on Evaluation in an On-line Forum Presenter: Tristan L. Botelho; Yale School of Management Presenter: Johanna Kristin Birnir; U. of Maryland Presenter: David Waguespack; U. of Maryland