Lamar Pierce
Beverly and James Hance Professor of Strategy
Area of Expertise:
Business/Corporate Strategy, Management Strategy, Motivation, Supply Chain, Operations, and Technology, Human Resource Management/Industrial Relations, Organizational Design, Organizational Strategy
Research Interests:
Business strategy and public policy; fraud and corruption; ethics; incentives in organizations
Selected Publications:
- "Anchoring on Historical Round Number Reference Points: Evidence From Durable Resale Prices", Organization Science, Forthcoming, with S. Wiltermuth, T. Gubler
- "Supporting Mental Health at Work (Comment on Kensbock, Alkærsig, and Lomberg)", Administrative Science Quarterly, Issue 1, 56-59, with C. Rider, 2022
- "Peer Bargaining and Productivity in Teams: Gender and the Inequitable Division of Pay", Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Issue 4, 933-951, with L. Wang, D. Zhang, 2021
- "The Influence of Peers in Worker Misconduct: Evidence from Restaurant Theft", Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Issue 4, 952-973, with T. Chan, Y. Chen, D. Snow, 2021
- "Historical Origins of Firm Ownership Structure and Performance: The Persistent Effects of the African Slave Trade", Academy of Management Journal, Issue 6, 1687-1713, with J. Snyder, 2020
- "Pay-for-Performance and Employee Mental Health: Large Sample Evidence Using Employee Prescription Drug Usage", Academy of Management Discoveries, Issue 1, with M. Dahl, 2020
- "Doing Well by Making Well: The Impact of Corporate Wellness Programs on Employee Productivity", Management Science, Issue 11, 4967-4987, with T. Gubler, I. Larkin, 2018
- "The Deep Historical Roots of Organization and Strategy: Traumatic Shocks, Culture, and Institutions", Organization Science, Issue 4, 702-721, with L. Kluppel, J. Snyder, 2018
- "The Historical Slave Trade and Firm Access to Finance in Africa", Review of Financial Studies, Issue 1, 142-174, with J. Snyder, 2018
- "Subprime Governance: Agency Costs in Vertically Integrated Banks and 2008 Mortgage Crisis", Strategic Management Journal, Issue 2, 300-321, with C. Gartenberg, 2017
Academic/Professional Activities:
- Reviewer, Management Science, Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Academy of Management Journal, JEP General, PSPB, Journal of Consumer Psychology, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization, Industrial and Corporate Change and the Journal of Cultural Economics
- Member, Society for Judgment and Decision Making, Academy of Management, Strategic Management Society, and the American Economic Association
- Editorial Review Board Member, OBHDP
- Editor, Journal Editor, Management Science
Awards/Honors:
- Reid Award for Teaching Excellence, EMBA Program, 2016
- Olin Award for Research, Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis, 2014
- Donald D. Harrington Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin, 2011
- Center for Study of Ethics and Human Values Grant, Washington University in St. Louis, 2008
Personal Interests:
Professor Pierce lives in St. Louis with his wife and son. He is a native of the Pacific Northwest.
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Lamar Pierce joined the Olin faculty in 2007 after earning his PhD at UC Berkeley. Lamar's research focuses on economic and psychological factors that impact both productivity and misconduct, and the organizational solutions to jointly address these effects. Lamar is the incoming Editor-in-Chief at Organization Science an serves as a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at Brookings Institution.
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Email: pierce@wustl.edu
Phone: (314) 935-7321
PhD 2005, University of California, Berkeley
MS 2001, University of California, Berkeley
BA 1997, University of Puget Sound
BS 1997, University of Puget Sound
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