Erica Coslor

Pleasingly Parallel: Early Cross-Disciplinary Work for Innovation Diffusion Across Boundaries in Grid Computing

Zack Kertcher, Rohan Venkatraman, Erica Coslor

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Business Research

This paper examines the adaptation of innovations to suit new fields and user communities. We argue this early-stage work to adapt..

FLEXIBLE WORKING BEYOND COVID-19

Erica Coslor, Edward Hyatt

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2020

COVID-19 is an unprecedented experiment for the modern workplace, and while it proves flexible working for many, it can magnify pr..

THINKING ABOUT USING DONATED EGGS TO START A FAMILY?

Anna Hartman, Erica Coslor

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2020

In Australia, the donor egg industry is heavily regulated, but in countries like the US, it can feel more like online shopping. He..

Boundary Objects and the Technical Culture Divide: Successful Practices for Voluntary Innovation Teams Crossing Scientific and Professional Fields

E Coslor, Z Kertcher

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Management Inquiry

This article examines the creation and stabilization of early-stage boundary objects by voluntary teams spanning divergent profess..

Collectors, Investors and Speculators: Gatekeeper use of audience categories in the art market

Erica Coslor, Brett Crawford, Andrew Leyshon

Journal article  |  2020  |  Organization Studies

This research examines gatekeepers’ categorization work to assess and sort audience members. Using a multi-sited ethnography and i..

Earning While Giving: Rhetorical Strategies for Navigating Multiple Institutional Logics in Reproductive Commodification

Anna Hartman, Erica Coslor

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Business Research

This paper examines the rhetorical strategies for navigating multiple institutional logics in human egg commodification. We focus ..

Harmonizing Frames: Aligning Individual and Organizational Values in Mission-Driven Organizations

Erica Coslor, Jodi York, Krzysztof Dembek, Precious Peolwane Rametsana

Conference Proceedings  |  2019  |  Academy of Management Proceedings

The recent growth of mission-driven organizations has incited much curiosity on how perceived tensions and paradoxes are managed w..

From Catch-and-Harvest to Catch-and-Release: Multimodality and Deinstitutionalization

Brett Crawford, Erica Coslor, Madeline Toubiana

Conference Proceedings  |  2019  |  Academy of Management Proceedings

In this paper, we join research on deinstitutionalization with the multimodal turn in organization studies to explore how organiza..

Collective Identity Formation in a New Technical Field: The Case of Grid Computing

Erica Coslor, Taylor Clancy Spears, Zack Kertcher

Conference Proceedings  |  2019  |  Academy of Management Proceedings

How can diverse organizational participants in emerging fields coalesce around a collective identity when they are embedded in dif..

Whips, Chains and Books on Campus: How Emergent Organizations with Core Stigma Gain Official Recognition

E Coslor, Brett Crawford, Barbara G Brents

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Management Inquiry

This article explores how emergent organizations with core stigma manage stigma, and work toward official recognition. The qualita..

WHEN FLEXIBLE WORKING MAKES LIFE HARDER

Edward Hyatt, Erica Coslor

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2018

Flexible hours may seem like the solution for balancing work and home life, but do they always deliver?

Physical and Epistemic Objects in Museum Conservation Risk Management

E Coslor

Book Chapter  |  2018

This chapter highlights the paradoxical effects of increased price data in markets with difficult-to-value products where non-pric..

Compressed Lives: How “Flexible” are Employer-Imposed Compressed Work Schedules

E Hyatt, E Coslor

Journal article  |  2018  |  Personnel Review

Purpose: The following study examines employee satisfaction with an employer-imposed compressed workweek (“CWW”) schedule within a..

“Good Collectors” and “Good Investors”: Gatekeeper Use of Valorous Categories in the Art Market

E COSLOR, B Crawford, A Leyshon

Conference Proceedings  |  2017

This research examines intermediary use of categories at the micro-social level, highlighting the links between categories and gat..

Whips, Chains and Books on Campus: How Organizations Legitimate Their Stigmatized Practices

E COSLOR, B Crawford, B Brents

Conference Proceedings  |  2017  |  Proceedings of the Academy of Management 2017 Annual Meeting

This paper explores how emergent organizations with core stigma and taboo practices work to gain widespread acceptance, extending ..

Organizational and epistemic change: The growth of the art investment field

E Coslor, C Spaenjers

Journal article  |  2016  |  Accounting, Organizations and Society

What can studying the creation of knowledge tell us about how new technical fields emerge and develop? This paper shows how a know..

Artistic Practices: Social Interactions and Cultural Dynamics

Erica Coslor

Journal article  |  2016  |  CULTURAL SOCIOLOGY

The Financialisation of the Art Market

E COSLOR

Journal article  |  2016  |  E-International Relations

London and New York are primary centres for both finance and the art market, indicating the continuing power of place. Both cities..

Transparency in an opaque market: Evaluative frictions between “thick” valuation and “thin” price data in the art market

E COSLOR

Journal article  |  2016  |  Accounting, Organizations and Society

This paper highlights the paradoxical effects of increased price data in markets with difficult-to-value products where non-price ..

BOOK REVIEW: Beyond price: Value in culture, economics, and the arts

E Coslor

Journal article  |  2014  |  Journal of cultural economy

How is it that we can understand value in markets and society? As opposed to letting economists answer this question, there is now..

Organizational and Epistemic Change: The Growth of the Art Investment Industry

E COSLOR, C Spaenjers

Conference Proceedings  |  2013  |  Proceedings of the Academy of Management 2013 Annual Meeting

This case shows how an emergent knowledge community is necessary to support and legitimate the efforts of entrepreneurs in new are..

The Financialization of Art

O Velthuis, E Coslor

Book Chapter  |  2012

The financialization of art merits the attention of social scientists studying finance for a number of reasons. First of all, in s..

Accountants' Truth: Knowledge and Ethics in the Financial World

Erica Coslor

Journal article  |  2011  |  Social Forces

Hostile Worlds and Questionable Speculation: Recognizing the Plurality of Views About Art and the Market

E Coslor

Book Chapter  |  2010  |  Research in economic anthropology

The “hostile worlds” view argues that money corrupts the meaning of art, but some suggest this is a dated concept in describing th..