Adina D Sterling
Assistant Professor of Strategy
Area of Expertise:
Leadership Development, Business/Corporate Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Human Resource Management/Industrial Relations, Management Strategy, Personnel Selection
Research Interests:
Economic Sociology, Social Networks, Labor Markets, Entrepreneurship, Stratification and Inequality
Selected Publications:- "Friendships and Strategic Behavior in Labor Markets",
- "It is Not All about Networking: The Value of Social Embeddedness in Job Search", , with E. Obukhova
- "Pre-Entry Contacts and the Generation of Nascent Networks in Organizations",
- "Shared Education Affiliations and Workplace Relationships", , with C. Rider
- "Network Progeny? Pre-Founding Social Ties and the Success of New Entrants", Management Science /INFORMS, Issue 7, 1292-1304, with P. Roberts, 2012
- "Structural Inequality in the Workplace: Pre-Entry Contacts and Social Networks in Organizations", Under review: American Siociological Review
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Awards/Honors:- INFORMS Dissertation Finalist, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, 2010
- Dissertation Grant, Laney Graduate School of Arts and Science, 2009
- Goizueta Foundation Fellowship, Emory University, Goizueta Business School, 2009
- Law School Admissions Council Grant with Chris Rider and David Tan, 2009
Personal Interests:
Biking, photography
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Professor Sterling joined the Olin Business School in 2011. Her research focuses on the origins of social capital in product and labor markets. Specifically, she focuses on how individuals and firms acquire social capital and the consequences this has on personnel selection, mobility, and entrepreneurial success. In addition, she studies the influence of social capital in market-mediated employment arrangements, such as temporary and contractual work, and the influence this has on employer-employee matching. Prior to joining Olin, Professor Sterling worked in R&D as an engineer at Procter and Gamble for five years.
Adina D Sterling's Curriculum Vitae
Email: sterling@wustl.edu
Phone: (314) 935-4198
PhD 2011, Emory University, Goizueta Business School
BS 2002, The Ohio State University
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