Linda Argote

PHONE

412-268-3683

OFFICE

POS - Posner Hall - Room 368

AREA OF EXPERTISE

Organizational Behavior and Theory

EDUCATION

University of Michigan - Ph D - 1979
Tulane University - BS - 1975

USEFUL LINKS

Center for Organizational Learning, Innovation and Knowledge Vita

PUBLICATIONS

• Learning by Doing in Multi-Product Manufacturing: Variety, Customizations and Overlapping Product Generations

(author(s): C. Egelman, Dennis Epple, Linda Argote, E. R. H. Fuchs) Management Science 63(2), 2017; 405-423

• Knowledge Transfer in Organizations: The Roles of Members, Tasks, Tools and Networks

(author(s): Linda Argote, C. Fahrenkopf) Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 136, 2016; 146-159

• Organizational Learning and Management of Technology

(author(s): Linda Argote, M. Hora) Production and Operations Management, 2016

• Routines and Transactive Memory Systems: Creating, Coordinating, Retaining and Transferring Knowledge in Organizations

(author(s): Linda Argote, J. Guo) Research in Organizational Behavior 36, 2016; 65-84

• Knowledge Utilization, Coordination, and Team Performance

(author(s): Ray Reagans, Ella Miron-Spektor, Linda Argote) Organization Science 27(5), 2016; 1084-1107

• Exploration versus Exploitation: Emotions and Performance as Antecedents and Consequences of Team Decisions

(author(s): D. Hakonsson, J. Eskildsen, Linda Argote, D. Monster, R. Burton, B. Obel) Strategic Management Journal 37(6), 2016; 985-1001

• Behavioral Theories of Organization
  International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Science (2nd ed.)

(author(s): H. Greve, Linda Argote) Oxford: Elsevier, 2015

• Knowledge Sharing in Online Knowledge Communities: Learning to Cross Geographic and Hierarchical Boundaries

(author(s): E. Hwang, Param Singh, Linda Argote) Organization Science 26(6), 2015; 1593-1611

• Organizational Learning: Creating, retaining and transferring knowledge, 2nd edition

Springer, 2013

• Transactive Memory Systems: Micro Foundations of Dynamic Capabilities

(author(s): Linda Argote, Y. Ren) Journal of Management Studies 49(8), 2012; 1375-1382

• Transactive Memory Systems 1985-2010: An Integrative Framework of Key Dimension, Antecedents and Consequences

(author(s): Y. Ren, Linda Argote) Academy of Management Annals 5, 2011; 189-230

• Organizational Learning: From Experience To Knowledge

(author(s): Linda Argote, Ella Miron-Spektor) Organization Science 22(5), 2011; 1123-1137

• Individual Experience and Experience Working Together: Predicting Learning Rates from Knowing Who Knows What and Knowing How to Work Together

(author(s): Ray Reagans, Linda Argote, D. Brooks) Management Science 51(6), 2005; 869-881

• Knowledge Transfer Between Groups via Personnel Rotation: Effects of Social Identity and Knowledge Quality

(author(s): A. Kane, Linda Argote, J. Levine) Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 96(1), 2005; 56-71

• Knowledge Transfer in Organizations: A Basis for Competitive Advantage in Firms

(author(s): Linda Argote, P. Ingram) Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 82(1), 2000; 150-169

• Group versus Individual Training and Group-Performance: The Mediating Role of Transactive Memory

(author(s): D. Liang, R. Moreland, Linda Argote) Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 21, 1995; 384-393

• The Acquisition, Transfer, and Depreciation of Knowledge in Service Organizations: Productivity in Franchises

(author(s): E. Darr, Linda Argote, Dennis Epple) Management Science 41(11), 1995; 1750-1762

• Organizational Learning Curves: A Method for Investigating Intra-Plant Transfer of Knowledge Acquired Through Learning by Doing

(author(s): Dennis Epple, Linda Argote, Rukmini Devadas) Organization Science 2(1), 1991; 58-70

• The Persistence and Transfer of Learning in Industrial Settings

(author(s): Linda Argote, S. BECKMAN, Dennis Epple) Management Science 36(2), 1990; 140-154

• Learning Curves in Manufacturing

(author(s): Linda Argote, Dennis Epple) Science 247(4945), 1990; 920-924

WORKING PAPERS

• The Effects of Communication Networks and Membership Stability on Transactive Memory Systems and Team Performance

(author(s): Linda Argote, Brandy Aven, J. Kush)

AWARDS AND HONORS

• Article with Paul Ingram, “Knowledge Transfer in Organizations: A Basis for Competitive Advantage in Firms” identified as one of most influential papers published in Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes during its first 50 years (2016)
• Strategic Management Society - Distinguished Scholar, Knowledge and Innovation Interest Group (2013)
• Academy of Management - Fellow (2013)
• Organization and Management Theory Division, Academy of Management - Distinguished Scholar (2012)
• Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) - Distinguished Scholar, Technology Management Section (TMS) (2011)
• SIdney Sussex College, University of Cambridge,UK - Fellow (2011)
• Judge Cambridge Business School - Montezemolo Visiting Professor of Marketing, Strategy and Innovation (2011)
• Aarhus School of Business - Visiting Professor (2010)
• Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) - Fellow (2008)
• Association for Psychological Science (APS) - Fellow (2006)
• Center for Analytical Research in Technology (CART) , Carnegie Mellon University - Research Frontier Award (2006)
• Management Science - Paper with Eric Darr and Dennis Epple, “The Acquisition, Transfer and Depreciation of Knowledge in Service Organization: Productivity in Franchises,” cited as one of the most influential research papers published in Management Science during its first 50 years (2004)
• Academy of Management - Finalist, Terry Book Award (2000)
• Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University - Finalist, George Leland Bach Award for Excellence in Teaching (1997)
• Phi Beta Kappa (1975)

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

• CMU Provost Search, Committee Member (2014 - 2015)
• Organizational Behavior and Theory Recruiting Committee, Committee Chair (2013 - 2014)
• CMU Vice President of Research Search Committee, Committee Member (2013 - 2014)

CONSULTING

• ICF International (2014 - 2015)

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Member, National Science Foundation, Review Panel (2014)
• Search Committee, Management Science , Editor-in-Chief (2013)
• Member, National Science Foundation , Review Panel (2013)
• Vice President, of Publications, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) (January 2011 - December 2012)
• Editor-in-Chief, Organization Science (January 2004 - 2010)
• Search Committee , Management Science , Editor-in-Chief (2008)
• Represented the Division of Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences of the National Science Foundation, Budget Roll-Out to Congress (2008)
• Committee of Visitors, National Science Foundation, Economics, Decision and Management Science Cluster of the Division of Social, Behavioral and Economic Science (2007)
• Committee of Visitors, National Science Foundation, Economics, Decision and Management Science Cluster of the Division of Social, Behavioral and Economic Science (2004)
• Invited Participant, National Research Council, Committee on Human Factors, Panel on Human Error (2002)
• Board of Governors, Academy of Management (January 2000 - 2002)
• Departmental Editor, Management Science (January 1995 - 2002)
• Member, National Science Foundation, Review Panel (2000)
• Member, National Science Foundation, Review Panel (1992)
• Member, National Science Foundation, Review Panel (1986)

COURSES TAUGHT

• Organizational Learning Strategic Mgmt (45842) 2016 Mini 2 Section: A, E

• Org Lrng & Strat Mgt (70437) 2015 Section: A

• Organizational Learning And Strategic Management (45842) 2015 Mini 2 Section: A, M

• Learning Processes in Organizations (47899) 2015 Mini 3 Section: A
  2014 Mini 4 Section: A
  2012 Mini 2 Section: A
  2010 Mini 2 Section: A
  2008 Mini 2 Section: A
  2006 Mini 1 Section: A

• ORG LRNG & STRAT MGT (70437) 2014 Section: A, A

• Organizational Learning and Strategic Management (45842) 2014 Mini 2 Section: A, M

• Organizational Learning and Strategy (45842) 2013 Mini 2 Section: A

• Seminar in Groups in Organizations (47896) 2013 Mini 4 Section: A

• Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management (45842) 2012 Mini 2 Section: A, E

• Knowledge Mgt & Organizational Learning (45899) 2012 Mini 3 Section: E
  2011 Mini 3 Section: A, M
  2010 Mini 3 Section: E, M
  2009 Mini 3 Section: E, M
  2008 Mini 3 Section: E, M
  2007 Mini 3 Section: E, M
  2006 Mini 3 Section: E, M

• Organizational Behavior and Design (45964) 2012 Mini 3 Section: M

• Spec. Topics in OB&T:New Direcions in OrgSc (47948) 2012 Mini 4 Section: A

• Organizational Design Project (45963) 2011 Mini 1 Section: A

• Seminar in Organizational Theory (macro) (47892) 2010 Mini 4 Section: A
  2007 Mini 2 Section: A
  2005 Mini 2 Section: A