Paul Merritt @paulmerritt.bsky.social · 18/11/2025I think this year’s holiday cookie count will crest 1,400 000
Paul Merritt @paulmerritt.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Mid fall and 3rd month spring semester are the worst time slots in academia 000
Paul Merritt @paulmerritt.bsky.social · 17/09/2025Just a few days left until People and Orgs 2025… and I’m set to be the close-out plenary talk! Talk about pressure, haha. 010
Paul Merritt @paulmerritt.bsky.social · 09/08/2025I feel like I’m a different, post-truth world when the GPT5 announcement video’s first prompt to “show how smart GPT5 is” prominently featured a hallucination/error that few noticed or cared about. 011
Paul Merritt @paulmerritt.bsky.social · 04/08/2025I have two academy of management 2025 sitting boxes in my luggage. @emilyblock.bsky.social ❤️ 010
Paul Merritt @paulmerritt.bsky.social · 09/07/2025I’m going to the People and Organizations Conference, 2025!!! As a plenary paper! Super excited, and thus, lots more exclamation points!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 020
Paul Merritt @paulmerritt.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Claude Sonnet 4 did better on the “draw a giraffe” than I expected, especially considering the results from last time. 010
Paul Merritt @paulmerritt.bsky.social · 29/05/2025I simultaneously misunderstood and underestimated the pain of academic rejection. It’s this weird feeling of second guessing that floods you. Oh well, time to pick up the pieces and move onto the next paper. 010
Reposted by Paul MerrittPamela Oliver @pamelaoliver.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Arrrrgh. As we know, every journal has a different login on Manuscript Central. AND if I try to login using ORDiD, for some reason Clarvite grabs the link and redirects it to my university's login, which redirects to web of science, and does no good at all. I am losing my mind. 2171
Paul Merritt @paulmerritt.bsky.social · 02/05/2025It’s surprisingly difficult to find a caraway rye bagel in nyc. 010
Paul Merritt @paulmerritt.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Anyone know if Copenhagen Business School is doing anything fun for AoM? Maybe a tour or two? I’d love to see the campus. 100
Paul Merritt @paulmerritt.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Tomorrow is special Easter nut bread (Slovakian recipe), and I’ve hidden the rising dough in the back of the fridge so nobody knows it’s happening + nobody knows who is getting one delivered in the am! 000
Paul Merritt @paulmerritt.bsky.social · 05/04/2025Anecdote for the tariffs: Went to the liquor store yesterday. Manager was printing out *stacks* of price change cards. Minimum 20%, those were anticipated increases for American wines. 30% increases for EU ones. I bought a case of French/Italian reds and felt like I was dodging a bullet. 000
Reposted by Paul MerrittVirginia Doellgast @vdoellgast.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Cornell ILR is recruiting a Postdoc in Global Labor and Work - focusing on AI and labor. Deadline May 15, 2025. Please circulate widely! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/program/...academicjobsonline.orgCornell University, Global Labor and Work Job #AJO29869, WDR-00051984 Postdoctoral Associate – Global Labor and Work, ILR Future of Work Program, Global Labor and Work, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US 01315
Paul Merritt @paulmerritt.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Yes, I bought 140 Betty White stamps. Judge me. 110
Paul Merritt @paulmerritt.bsky.social · 27/03/2025100% go to this if you’re on the student side of this profession, haven’t gone yet, and like org theory. I learned a ton from Emilio and Massimo in my first year. Forever grateful! 141
Reposted by Paul MerrittEmily Block @emilyblock.bsky.social · 26/03/2025@aom-omt.bsky.social welcome!!!!!! 042
Paul Merritt @paulmerritt.bsky.social · 25/03/2025It’s time to use the official* social media badge, according to the emails sent out. Can’t wait to see folks there!!! 010
Reposted by Paul MerrittWebster Ford @websterford.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Business Schools Are Back www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comBusiness Schools Are BackApplications are up at the top US schools, but international student enrollment may have peaked. 042
Paul Merritt @paulmerritt.bsky.social · 20/03/2025I don’t think she’s on Bluesky, but I was just in a seminar with the amazing Kate Odziemkowska of @uoft.bsky.social + @rotmanschool.bsky.social where she gave a talk on social movements/countermovements. Great topic, amazing presentation! 010
Paul Merritt @paulmerritt.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Imagine that, cnn or transformer magic can’t beat physics: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQJL...youtube.comCan You Fool A Self Driving Car?YouTube video by Mark Rober 010
Reposted by Paul MerrittTim Quigley @timquigley.bsky.social · 15/03/2025I'm frustrated by the recent attacks on The PhD Project. Perhaps we have to take a minute to remember what they are working to overcome and why their work is important. Have a look at let's have a discussion... www.linkedin.com/pulse/amidst...linkedin.comAmidst the attacks, we have to remember what the PhD Project is working to overcomeIt is with great sadness that I read the news yesterday of the current administration’s attack on the PhD Project, a group that works to prepare underrepresented minorities for admission into PhD prog... 011
Paul Merritt @paulmerritt.bsky.social · 12/03/2025I don’t quite understand why eggs are still relatively inexpensive in Canada but insanely expensive in the USA— wouldn’t the birds be sick in all locations? 000
Paul Merritt @paulmerritt.bsky.social · 09/03/2025I want to do a paper on AI/LLMs (and its affordances) with some sort of diffusion angle, but haven’t settled on a setting/theory that I like yet. If any org scholars feel like throwing me any thoughts or contexts they have, I’d love to hear them! 🙏 010
Reposted by Paul MerrittCornell ILR School @cornellilr.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Re: Walgreens going private, #CornellILR's Rosemary Batt says: “Everyone should be very concerned about the private equity buyout of Walgreens, especially in smaller towns where there may only be a couple of retail pharmacies in the area." Read more: news.cornell.edu/media-relati...news.cornell.eduCornell experts on Walgreens going private | Cornell ChronicleWalgreens has struck a deal with private-equity firm Sycamore Partners that would take the struggling drugstore chain off the public market for around $10 billion. 032
Reposted by Paul MerrittJocelyn Leitzinger @jocelynl.bsky.social · 04/03/2025At this point, I kinda hope we are livimg in a simulation 011
Paul Merritt @paulmerritt.bsky.social · 28/02/2025“Writing an AMR is like playing tennis with yourself against a wall.” -the very,very wise words of @emilyblock.bsky.social! 030
Reposted by Paul MerrittAndrew Foley @andrewjfoley.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Thank you Kylie Hwang (Northwestern - Kellogg) for sharing your work at the IET/@FamBizSuccess #research theme at @scjohnsoncollege.bsky.social Tl;dr - #entrepreneurship experience often results in labor market penalties. But, for the formerly incarcerated, it acts as signal of resilience. 011
Paul Merritt @paulmerritt.bsky.social · 21/02/2025~“a campaign needs good data about which doors to knock on and which phones to call. Targeted mailings and targeted digital messaging are more effective than blasting out ads across mass media.” Gee, I wrote this software 6 years ago for the Dems and they didn’t care. tinyurl.com/268w8x47tinyurl.comOpinion | This Democratic Playbook Just Flipped a Trump District In IowaA focus on bread-and-butter issues, not the culture wars, helped an Iowa Democrat win in a red area. His playbook is now being used in Pennsylvania. 020
Paul Merritt @paulmerritt.bsky.social · 20/02/2025If I fail the dissertation step, at least there’s always baking! 010
Paul Merritt @paulmerritt.bsky.social · 20/02/20251 in 10 adults identify as #lgbt ! Would’ve never dreamed of that level of self disclosure when I was growing up. 010
Reposted by Paul MerrittAnna Stansbury @annastansbury.bsky.social · 14/02/2025I am hiring a predoc at MIT to start this summer! We will work on various topics in labor economics - unions, minimum wages, imperfect competition, etc. Please apply and share ! #predoc @mitiwer.bsky.social #EconSky apply.interfolio.com/163492apply.interfolio.com Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio 37140
Paul Merritt @paulmerritt.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Oof, ultra performance dlss for MH Wilds is *rough*. 000
Reposted by Paul MerrittDarby Saxbe @darbysaxbe.bsky.social · 04/02/2025🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science. 12652769115654
Paul Merritt @paulmerritt.bsky.social · 04/02/2025I need like a top 10 tips for the “starting the dissertation” stage. Especially when scholarly identity feels not quite focused yet. 120
Paul Merritt @paulmerritt.bsky.social · 01/02/2025What’s the point in health insurance when they don’t even cover generic drugs anymore? The formulary benefit administrators/pharmacy benefit managers need serious regulation at this point. 000
Reposted by Paul MerrittEmily Block @emilyblock.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Developing a list of Org Scholars and Scholarship. Let me know if you would like to be added!!! @aomconnect.bsky.social @aomsim.bsky.social @orgscience.bsky.social @orgstudies.bsky.social @orgtheory.bsky.social @conflictmanagement.bsky.social 144116
Paul Merritt @paulmerritt.bsky.social · 30/01/2025I know they won’t see this, but to the NYT, I don’t have it in me to do 4 more years of a live thread documenting everything the Executive Branch is doing. 000
Reposted by Paul MerrittGays Of Bluesky @gaysof.bsky.social · 26/01/2025So far here’s a list of companies reinforcing their commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: Apple Costco Bank of America Delta JP Morgan Marriott Microsoft Procter & Gamble Goldman Sachs American Airlines Southwest Airlines United Airlines Catholic Health 871311315818
Paul Merritt @paulmerritt.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Quick q for my org theory friends: Does the rapid rollback of DEI initiatives at companies like Meta suggest that those initiatives were decoupled from the get-go? 320
Paul Merritt @paulmerritt.bsky.social · 14/01/2025www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/r... Rip to a friend, the best Santa who ever took on the role!hollywoodreporter.comRobert Machray, Veteran Stage Actor and Fire Marshal Dobbins on ‘Cheers,’ Dies at 79For the theater, he appeared on Broadway in ‘Amadeus,’ starred as Orson Welles and received plaudits for his turns in ‘The Boys Next Door’ and ‘Waiting for Godot.’ 040
Paul Merritt @paulmerritt.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Got my first full-length manuscript R+R at AMR and I’m a mix of excited and scared. Kinda like anxiety, but with a positive disposition. 150
Paul Merritt @paulmerritt.bsky.social · 12/01/2025This is amazing, I need to spend more time browsing Kaggle this year. 011
Reposted by Paul MerrittCornell ILR School @cornellilr.bsky.social · 02/01/2025Congrats to Forrest Briscoe, who was recently elected as the Maurice and Hinda Neufeld Founders Professor in Industrial and Labor Relations! Briscoe joined the #CornellILR faculty this year, teaching and researching organization theory and strategic management. www.ilr.cornell.edu/news/faculty...ilr.cornell.eduBriscoe Named Neufeld ProfessorThe Cornell Board of Trustees has elected Forrest Briscoe as the Maurice and Hinda Neufeld Founders Professor in Industrial and Labor Relations. 042