Research
Business PhD Spotlight: Jen Sloan
In published research, Sloan investigates how organizations leverage algorithms and data to make strategic decisions and shape their future. Co-authored with Vern Glaser and Joel Gehman, her research introduces the metaphor of “organizations as algorithms” to advance management theory in the era of big data and algorithmic decision-making.
PhD Research Spotlights
The Alberta School of Business launched a new initiative featuring current PhD students in which they briefly describe their academic journey, current research and why they joined the school.
Research Involvement
The Alberta School of Business is research focused and faculty publish in top management and other distinguished journals. PhD students are encouraged to be highly involved in research from the beginning of their programs. For example, the Business Research Conference is held annually to give students an opportunity to present their ideas and research results to faculty, other students and the broader community. Students may be involved in research projects with their supervisors or other faculty, in addition to their main project, the dissertation.
Research Seminars
Participation in research workshops and seminars is an integral component of doctoral education. Students are urged to participate fully in departmental seminars; this includes attendance at the departments' seminars, in which scholarly papers are presented by University of Alberta faculty, visiting scholars, and doctoral students. Students are also expected to share their research results at the annual Business Research Conference.
The Summer Period
The academic calendar at the University of Alberta consists of two terms of instruction between September and April, followed by two, six-week spring and summer sessions. The May to August period should be used for the following activities.
- Further research training through work on joint projects with faculty members. Results of this research will be presented in such public outlets as scholarly journals, professional conferences, department seminars and the PhD Research Conference. When a presentation requires travel to a conference, support may be available from the PhD office. This research activity is very important to students' academic progress.
- Taking courses that are prerequisite to, or supportive of, the specialization's required courses.
- Preparing for comprehensive or candidacy examinations.
- Writing research papers oriented towards developing a thesis proposal or for scholarly publication.
- Satisfying the teaching requirement of the specialization.
Research Centres
The Alberta School of Business has established various centres of research. For additional information concerning these centres, visit Research Centres.
Recent Student Publications
Early involvement in research can lead to publications prior to graduation.2024
Cindy Grappe, PhD Student: Lombart, Cindy, Cindy G. Grappe, Didier Louis, Fabien Durif, Florence Charton-Vachet, and Olga Untilov. (2024, March 27). Produits « éthiques » : promettre ne suffit pas pour convaincre les consommateurs. The Conversation.
Lance Gregory, PhD Student: Lei, C., Zhang, P., Gregory, L., Wang, H., Wang, G., & Häubl, G. (2024). Preference for quicker offers: The critical roles of temporal reference points and evaluation mode. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 37(1), e2361.
Yasser Zeinali, PhD Candidate: Hashemian, F., Maleki, N., & Zeinali, Y. (2024). From User Behavior to Subscription Sales: An Insight Into E-Book Platform Leveraging Customer Segmentation and A/B Testing. Services Marketing Quarterly, 45(2), 153–181.
2023
Logan Crace, PhD Candidate: Crace, L., Gehman, J. and Lounsbury, M. (2023), "An Unsettling Crisis of Collegial Governance: Reality Breakdowns as Antecedents of Institutional Awareness", Sahlin, K. and Eriksson-Zetterquist, U. (Ed.) Revitalizing Collegiality: Restoring Faculty Authority in Universities (Research in the Sociology of Organizations, Vol. 87), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 77-109.
Logan Crace, PhD Candidate: Cloete, N., Côté, N., Crace, L., Delbridge, R., Denis, J.-L., Drori, G.S., Eriksson-Zetterquist, U., Gehman, J., Gerhardt, L.-M., Goldenstein, J., Harroche, A., Jandrić, J., Kosmützky, A., Krücken, G., Lee, S.S., Lounsbury, M., Mizrahi-Shtelman, R., Musselin, C., Gustafsson, H.Ö., Pineda, P., Quattrone, P., Ramirez, F.O., Sahlin, K., van Schalkwyk, F. and Walgenbach, P. (2023), "“Outroduction”: A Research Agenda on Collegiality In university Settings", Sahlin, K. and Eriksson-Zetterquist, U. (Ed.) Revitalizing Collegiality: Restoring Faculty Authority in Universities (Research in the Sociology of Organizations, Vol. 87), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 181-211.
Tim Derksen, PhD Candidate: Orazi, D. C., Mah, K., Derksen, T. & Murray, K. B.. (2023). Consumer escapism: Scale development, validation, and physiological associations. Journal of Business Research.
Feyzan Karabulut, PhD Candidate: Karabulut, Feyzan, Sarah G. Moore, and Paul R. Messinger (2023). Choosing Backgrounds for Success: The Role of Videoconference Backgrounds in Self-Presentation. Journal of the Association for Consumer Research, 8(2), 153-164.
Ozan Ozdemir, PhD Candidate: Ozdemir, O., Kolfal, B., Messinger, P. R., & Rizvi, S. (2023). Human or virtual: How influencer type shapes brand attitudes. Computers in Human Behavior, 145.
Yunjung Pak, PhD Candidate: Pak, Y. 2023. “60hertz: Can we subscribe to renewable energy?” Asan Entrepreneurship Review, 15.
Jennifer Sloan, PhD Candidate: Sloan, J. Scandinavian Building Services: Preserving the Past and Ensuring the Future. Ivey Publishing.
Jennifer Sloan, PhD Candidate: Glaser, V. L., Sloan, J., & Gehman, J. (2023). Organizations as Algorithms: A New Metaphor for Advancing Management Theory. Journal of Management Studies.
Shuo Yuan, PhD student: Jia, J., Yuan, S., Wei, L. Q., & Tang, G. (2023). When firms adopt sustainable human resource management: A fuzzy‐set analysis. Human Resource Management.
Updated June 12, 2024