Bill McEvily

Bill McEvily is a Professor of Strategic Management at Rotman, where he teaches courses on social networks, strategy implementation and organizational theory. His research explores social capital as an organizational and strategic resource. Bill’s research has been published in  Administrative Science Quarterly, Management Science, Organization Science, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, and the Strategic Management Journal. He is a Senior Editor at Organization Science and has served as guest editor for special issues of Management Science and Organization Science.

Degrees:

• PhD, University of Minnesota
• BS, Clarkson University

Honors and Awards

• 2004  Roman Weil Prize; Tepper School of Business
• 2003  Guest editor of special issue in 2003; Organization Science
• 2003  Guest editor of special issue in 2003; Management Science
• 2003  Russell Sage Foundation research grant
• 2002  National Science Foundation research grant
• 1999-2000  Xerox Chair; GSIA
• 1996-1997  Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship; Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership
• 2014  Highly Cited Researcher; Thompson-Reuters
• 2015  Highly Cited Researcher; Thompson-Reuters

Selected Publications - Papers

• Mutual and exclusive: Dyadic Sources of Trust in Interorganizational Exchange McEvily, B., A. Zaheer, and D. Fudge-Kamal Organization Science 2017
• Being a Catalyst of Innovation: The Role of Knowledge Diversity and Network Redundancy Tortoriell, M., McEvily, B. & Krackhardt, D. Organization Science 2015
• More formally: Rediscovering the missing link between formal organization and informal social structure McEvily, B., Soda, G. & Tortoriello, M. Academy of Management Annals 2014
• Whom do you Distrust and How Much Does it Cost? An Experiment on the Measurement of Trust With: J. Radzevick & R. Weber Games & Economic Behavior 2012
• Better with age? Tie longevity and the performance implications of bridging and closure With: J.A.C. Baum & T. Rowley Organization Science 2012
• Measuring Trust in an Organizational Context: Review and Recommendations With: M. Tortoriello Journal of Trust Research 2011
• Reorganizing the Boundaries of Trust: From Discrete Alternatives to Hybrid Forms Organization Science 2011
• Bridging the Knowledge Gap: The Impact of Strong Ties, Network Cohesion, and Network Range With: M. Tortoriello & R. Reagans Organization Science 2011
• All in due time: The development of trust in computer-mediated and face-to-face teams With: Jeanne Wilson, Susan Straus Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 2006