Benjamin D. Innis
PhD Candidate, Management and Organization Carroll School of Management, Boston College 543 Fulton Hall
140 Commonwealth Ave
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
EDUCATION
Boston College
Ph.D., Management and Organization
University of New Hampshire
M.B.A.
University of New Hampshire
B.A. Music Performance
Phone: 207.659.3007 benjamin.innis@bc.edu https://www.beninnis.org
expected 2021 2014 2013
RESEARCH
Publications:
Glynn, M. A., Hood, E. A. and Innis, B. D., 2020. Taking hybridity for granted: Institutionalization and hybrid identification. In Organizational Hybridity: Perspectives, Processes, Promises. Emerald Publishing Limited.
Glynn, M. A. and Innis, B. D., 2019. The generativity of collective identity: Identity movements as mechanisms for new institutions. In Microfoundations of institutions. Emerald Publishing Limited.
Martin, S. R., Innis, B. D. and Ward, R. G., 2017. Social class, leaders and leadership: a critical review and suggestions for development. Current opinion in psychology, 18, pp.49-54.
Selected Research in Progress:
Innis, B. D. Explaining category change in cultural fields: Practice deviation and the discursive maintenance of category meanings. Revise and resubmit at Organization Studies.
Innis, B. D. & Glynn, M. A. Degrees of flexibility: Predicting market category change and stability. Writing stage, target: Academy of Management Review.
Innis, B. D. & Bartunek, J. M. How Motown provided behind-the-scenes support to the Civil Rights movement. Data analysis stage.
Innis, B. D. Don’t put me in a box: Why individuals and organizations resist categorization in cultural fields. Data collection and analysis stage.
Innis, B.D. Mojo circuits: Constructing value in vintage and boutique analog music technologies. Data collection stage.
ACADEMIC AWARDS AND HONORS
2020 Outstanding Reviewer; Strategizing Activities and Practices Division, Academy of Management Annual Meeting
2019 Donald J. White Teaching Excellence Award for Graduate Teaching, Boston College
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Innis, B. D. Degrees of flexibility: Predicting market category change and stability. Paper presented at Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, July 2021.
Chang, M., Durand, R., Fiss, P. C., Gao, C., Glynn, M. A., Innis, B. D., Kennedy, M. T., Weber, K. Categorical visions, aspirations, and new market formation. Symposium presented at Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, August 2020.
Innis, B. D., Glynn, M. A., Nelson, A. J., Voronov, M., Watkiss, L., Wry, T., Zbaracki, M. J. Maintaining and Changing Categories: Applying a Practice Lens to Categorization Theory. Symposium presented at Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, August 2020.
Innis, B. D., Glynn, M. A., Nelson, A. J., Voronov, M., Watkiss, L., Wry, T., Zbaracki, M. J. Maintaining, Altering, and Deconstructing Categories: How Do Practices Matter? Symposium presented at Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, August 2019.
Innis, B. D., Lee, J., Lee, T. Organizational Institutionalism 101 and Navigating the Smaller Conference. Winston Center for Leadership and Entrepreneurship Summer Camp, June 2018
Harrison, S. H., Fetzer, G., Innis, B. D., Rouse, B. Beyond idea generation: Exploring the neglected phases of the idea journey. Symposium presented at Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, August 2017
Martin, S. R., Innis, B. D., Fetzer, G., Lee, J.Y., Sala, G., Ward, R., & Mendelson, D. Examining the under-examined: How economic status, social class, and low wages impact employees. Symposium presented at Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, August 2017
Martin, S. R., Lee, J., Innis, B. D., Mendelson, D. What Does It All Mean? Expanding Our Understanding of Factors that Shape the Meaning of Work. Symposium presented at Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, August 2017
Workshops and Consortia:
OMT Doctoral Consortium, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, August 2020
Innis, B. D. A (jazz) fusion of practices: Reshaping existing categories through technological innovation and practice variation. Discussed at the Doctoral Consortium at the West Coast Research Symposium, Stanford University, September 2019.
OMT Dissertation Proposal Workshop, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, August 2019
Innis, B. D. Institutional durability through a reinterpretation of logics: jazz fusion in the early 1970’s. Presented at the PhD Paper Development Workshop at the Alberta Institutions Conference, June 2018
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
MGMT1021: Organizational Behavior Lecturer, Fall 2019
Level: Undergraduate
Instructor rating: 4.88/5
MGMT1021: Organizational Behavior Lecturer, Fall 2018
Level: Undergraduate
Instructor rating: 4.76/5
Recipient of Donald J. White Teaching Excellence Award for Graduate Teaching
MGMT8103: Leadership
TA, Spring 2021; Professor Mary Ann Glynn
Level: MBA
Class conducted virtually over Zoom
MGMT1021: Organizational Behavior
TA, Spring 2018; Professor Simona Giorgi Level: Undergraduate
MGMT7712: Managing People and Organizations TA, Fall 2017; Professor Sean Martin
Level: MBA
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Academy of Management
Managerial and Organizational Cognition (MOC) Organization and Management Theory (OMT) Strategizing Activities and Practices (SAP)
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2017-2021 2020-2021 2018-2020
Reviewer, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, OMT & MOC Divisions Reviewer, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, SAP Division
Member, Community Building Committee, Department of Management and Organization, Boston College
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2016 Project Manager, Adfero, Washington, DC
2014-2016 Implementation Consultant, Epic Systems Corp., Madison, WI
REFERENCES
Mary Ann Glynn
Joseph F. Cotter Professor of Management and Organization Director of Research, Winston Center for Leadership and Ethics Carroll School of Management, Boston College
Phone: 617-552-0203 | email: maryann.glynn@bc.edu
Andrew Nelson
Associate Professor of Management
Academic Director, Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship Randall C. Papé Chair in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Associate Vice President, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Lundquist College of Business, University of Oregon
Phone: 541-346-1569 | email: ajnelson@uoregon.edu
Mary Tripsas
Professor of Technology Management
College of Engineering, University of California-Santa Barbara
email: mtripsas@ucsb.edu