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AOM Symposium: Application of Computational Simulation in Organizational Research

  • 1.  AOM Symposium: Application of Computational Simulation in Organizational Research

    Posted 07-20-2017 15:51

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    If you are interested in learning how to build computational models of interest to applied psychology, management, or organizational science? Please join us at this symposium.

    Session Type: Symposium
    Program Session: 1034 | Submission: 11393 | Sponsor(s): (RM, OB)
    Scheduled: Monday, Aug 7 2017 9:45AM - 11:15AM at Hilton Atlanta in Room 219
     
    Application of Computational Simulation in Organizational Research
    Application of Simulation


    Organizer: Lili Bao, Case Western Reserve U. 
    Organizer: Mai P. Trinh, Arizona State U. 
    Discussant: Martin Ganco, Wisconsin School of Business 
    Discussant: Corinne A Coen, Case Western Reserve U. 
    This presenter symposium brings together researchers from diverse fields of organizational research to present their work using computational simulation. The first paper conducted by Cronin and Vancouver illustrates how to make theoretical models that have a dynamic component and how simulation helps us not only to test such models, but also to think through them in the first place. The next paper conducted by Will explains how the relationship between collective outcomes and the individual-to-individual interaction patterns from which they emerge can first be fleshed out by phenomena-based modeling and then further refined by exploratory modeling in Netlogo's flocking model. The third study conducted by Trinh and Bao continues to explore the application of computational simulation to investigate the group phenomenon. In the last study, Kennedy, Sommer, and Nguyen applied Virtual experimentation to investigate organizational members' behaviors and interactions on large-scale projects using multi-team systems (MTS). Our purpose for this symposium is to clarify what simulations are and how they work. We attempt to provide a roadmap for how to apply computational simulation methods to our own research and encourage the management theorists to appreciate and best garner the benefits of simulation methods.
    Search Terms: Agent-Based Modeling | Computational Simulation | Organizational Research

    Presenters (*) and Co-Authors:

     

    The Only Constant is Change: Expanding Theory by Incorporating Dynamic Properties into One's Models

    Matthew A. Cronin*, George Mason U.

    Jeffrey B. Vancouver, Ohio U. 

     

    Building Organization Theory by Conducting Phenomena-based and Exploratory Modeling in Netlogo

    Thomas E. Will*, Agnes Scott College

     

    A Dynamic Model of Intragroup Task and Relationship Conflicts

    Mai P. Trinh, Arizona State U.

    Lili Bao*, Case Western Reserve U.

     

    Optimization of Multi-Team Communication Time, Cost & Quality

    Deanna M. Kennedy*, U. of Washington, Bothell

    S. Amy Sommer, U.S. Military Academy at West Point

    Phuong Anh Nguyen, St. Mary's College of California


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    Warmest Regards,
     
    Lili Bao
    PhD Candidate in Organizational Behavior
    Weatherhead School of Management
    Case Western Reserve University
    Cell: 216-394-9445