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  • 1.  "Homecoming" research design; can you help?

    Posted 06-22-2012 13:19
    Dear Careers Division colleagues,

    Has any of you done research around a "Homecoming" event (for non-North American colleagues, this wikipedia entry has useful information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homecoming)?  Essentially, I mean the gathering of former classmates (or teammates, old club members, etc.), years after they parted their own ways.

    Or, have you read a paper based upon such an event that you could point me to?  I have been trying to find articles talking about the "benefits of homecomings" (as events that enable catharsis or even a "reinvention" or repositioning of their members social identity in the old pecking order, etc.), risks and other implications, with an eye to methodological considerations, best practices to carry out such studies (obviously, there are validity threats such as cross-sectionality, common method, eroded recollections, etc.), to no avail in the "usual suspects" (ProQuest, EBSCO, google scholar, etc.).

    Any suggestions you might offer will be highly appreciated and gladly summarized within a few weeks.  Have a great weekend!


    Miguel
    _____________________________
    Miguel R. Olivas-Lujan, Ph.D.   .:.   Professor   .:.   Administrative Sciences
    Clarion U of Pennsylvania   .:.   840 Wood St.   .:.   Clarion, PA 16214
    Tel: +1.814.393.2641   .:.   Fax: +1.814.393.1910
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  • 2.  "Homecoming" research design; can you help?

    Posted 08-25-2012 13:45
    Dear colleagues,

    A few weeks ago, I inquired about research around a "homecoming" event.  This is to publicly thank the individuals who were so kind to reply, and to share the information (see below) with fellow listserv members.  Thanks again and best regards!


    Miguel



    From: "Rider, Chris" <chris.rider@emory.edu>

    You might find this interesting:


    Executive Networks and Firm Policies: Evidence from the Random Assignment of MBA Peers
              (April 2012)

    Winner of the Wharton School-WRDS Award for the Best Empirical Finance Paper, WFA 2012
                       
    Abstract: Using the historical random assignment of MBA students to sections at Harvard Business School, I explore how executive peer networks can affect managerial decision-making and firm policies. Within an HBS class, firm outcomes are significantly more similar among graduates from the same section than among graduates from different sections, with the strongest effects in executive compensation and acquisitions strategy. Both compensation and acquisitions propensities have elasticities of 10-20% with respect to the mean characteristics of section peers. I demonstrate the important role of ongoing social interactions by showing that peer effects are more than twice as strong in the year immediately following staggered alumni reunions. A variety of other tests suggest that peer influence can operate through direct reactions to peer outcomes in ways that do not necessarily contribute to firm productivity.



    "John Fruner" <john.f.fruner@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

    Hello Miguel,

    Have you looked at the studies of workplace repatriation? Colleagues at work who have been
    away for several years and return to their original workplace, or to one they consider to be
    their professional home base, experience many transitional issues similar to the
    homecoming experience. In many cases, their relationships might be of longer duration than
    school or club relationships in a traditional homecoming context.

    Best of luck in your research,
    John Fruner
    Doctoral student, Business Administration, Career Studies
    Baker College Center for Graduate Studies


    From: "McInnes, Joanne Kaye - mcijk001" <joanne.mcinnes@mymail.unisa.edu.au>

    Dear Professor Olivas-Lujan,

     

    I noticed the below on the AOM Careers listserv.

    In Australia I imagine the equivalent might be termed 'reunion'.

    I've just done a quick Google Scholar search upon 'alumni reunions' and there seems to be some activity on that term, but whether it is what you were looking for I don't know.

     

    Hope this might be useful. 

     

    Kind regards,

     

    Jo McInnes

    PhD Candidate

    International Graduate School of Business

    University of South Australia

    City West Campus

    Adelaide, South Australia

    From: Miguel Olivas-Lujan [molivas@CLARION.EDU]
    Sent: Saturday, 23 June 2012 2:48 AM
    Subject: "Homecoming" research design; can you help?

    Dear Careers Division colleagues,

    Has any of you done research around a "Homecoming" event (for non-North American colleagues, this wikipedia entry has useful information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homecoming)?  Essentially, I mean the gathering of former classmates (or teammates, old club members, etc.), years after they parted their own ways.

    Or, have you read a paper based upon such an event that you could point me to?  I have been trying to find articles talking about the "benefits of homecomings" (as events that enable catharsis or even a "reinvention" or repositioning of their members social identity in the old pecking order, etc.), risks and other implications, with an eye to methodological considerations, best practices to carry out such studies (obviously, there are validity threats such as cross-sectionality, common method, eroded recollections, etc.), to no avail in the "usual suspects" (ProQuest, EBSCO, google scholar, etc.).

    Any suggestions you might offer will be highly appreciated and gladly summarized within a few weeks.  Have a great weekend!


    Miguel
    _____________________________
    Miguel R. Olivas-Lujan, Ph.D.   .:.   Professor   .:.   Administrative Sciences
    Clarion U of Pennsylvania   .:.   840 Wood St.   .:.   Clarion, PA 16214
    Tel: +1.814.393.2641   .:.   Fax: +1.814.393.1910
    Call for chapters on Social Media in Management 
    Series Editor, Emerald's Advanced Series in Management 
    Let me know your thoughts on Dr Olivas' blog