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Corinne Coen

Associate Professor
Organizational Behavior
Weatherhead School of Management

Corinne Coen, PhD, thinks about why people cooperate in teams and how managers can get them to cooperate more often. She investigates cooperative dynamics within teams, between teams, and how to design teams to elicit productive interdependence. She is an expert in the study of complex systems and emergence.

Coen joined the faculty at Weatherhead School of Management in 2009. Her PhD is from the University of Michigan, and she holds an MBA from University of Chicago. Her research has appeared in numerous publications including Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Organization Science, and Simulation Modeling Practice and Theory.

Coen has presented at many conferences including the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Academy of Management, International Association for Conflict Management, INGRoup, INFORMS, and the North American and European Social Simulation Associations (NAACSOS and ESSA). In 2008, she received the Outstanding Leadership and Contribution Award from the Academy of Management.

At Weatherhead, she teaches Developing Interpersonal Skills for Managers, Leading Organizations, Leading Teams through Interpersonal Relationships, Research and Theory on Dynamical Behavior in Groups, and Research Methods, among others. Coen is the recipient of the 2014 and 2015 Weatherhead Lewis-Progressive Fellowship, the 2015 Weatherhead Doctoral Teaching and Mentoring Award, and the 2014 Weatherhead Emerging Impact Award.

Initially Appointed: 2009

Education

PhD
University of Michigan Business School
2001
Master of Business Administration
University of Chicago Graduate School of Business
1987
Bachelor of Arts
University of Michigan, School of Literature, Science & Arts
1981

Teaching Information

Teaching Interests

  • Organizational Behavior
  • Teamwork
  • Research Methods
  • Complex Systems

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Courses Taught

  • Research Methods I
  • TEAMS
  • Developing Interpersonal Skills for Leading

Office Hours

By Appointment Only

Research Information

Research Interests

Professor Coen thinks about why people cooperate in teams and how managers can get them to cooperate more often. She investigates cooperative dynamics within teams, between teams, and how to design teams to elicit productive interdependence.

Awards and Honors

  • Doctoral Teaching and Mentoring Award
    2022
    Weatherhead School of Management
  • Diekhoff Award for Best Graduate Mentor Nominee (Short-listed)
    2016
    Case Western Reserve University
  • WSOM Undergraduate Teaching Award - First Runner Up
    2016
    Weatherhead School of Management
  • Doctoral Teaching and Mentoring Award
    2015
    Weatherhead School of Management
  • Emerging Impact Award
    2014
    Weatherhead School of Management
  • Outstanding Leadership and Contribution Award
    2008
    Academy of Management
  • Positive Influence on Students Graduating in 2003
    2005
    SUNY at Buffalo
  • Professional Development Award
    2005
    United University Professors

Professional Memberships

Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research . 2007 - Present

External Appointments

  • Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research, 2007 - Present
  • Committee Member, Faculty Council, 2019 - 2020
  • Reviewer, Grant Proposal, National Science Foundation, 2016
  • Committee Chair, Faculty Council, 2015 - 2016
  • Committee Member, PhD Admissions Committee, 2014 - 2015
  • Committee Member, Faculty Council, 2014 - 2016
  • Workshop Organizer, INGRoup, Raleigh, North Carolina, 2014
  • Non-tenured faculty observer, Appointments and Promotions Committee, 2013 - 2014
  • Editor, Associate Editor, Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory, New York, NY, 2006 - 2015
  • Panelist, National Science Foundation, Human and Social Dynamics, 2004

Publications

  • Bao, L. , Coen, C. A.
    Rethinking Shared Team Cognition for Team Problem Solving: The Effects of Distribution of Cognitive Sharedness   Academy of Management
  • Bao, L. , Coen, C. A.
    Balancing efficiency and diversity of team problem solving: The role of team structure   Academy of Management
  • Oetama-Paul, A. , Coen, C. A.
    Place Attachment: Capturing Causes of Individual Pro-environmental Behaviors in the Workplace   
  • Schnackenberg, A. , Tomlinson, E. , Coen, C. A. (2021).
    The dimensional structure of transparency: A construct validation of transparency as disclosure, clarity, and accuracy in organizations    Human Relations
  • Schnackenberg, A. , Bundy, J. , Coen, C. A., Westphal, J. (2019).
    Capitalizing on categories of social construction: A review and integration of organizational symbolic management research (vol. 13, issue 2, pp. 375–413)   Academy of Management Annals
  • Coen, C. A. (2013). In Eric van Dijk, Craig D. Parks and Paul A.M. van Lange (Ed.)
    Relative performance and implicit incentives in the intergroup prisoner's dilemma (vol. 120, issue 2, pp. 181-190)  New York, NY: Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
  • Coen, C. A., Schnackenberg, A. (2011). In Marks, Michele, Zaccaro, Steven, DeChurch, Leslie (Ed.)
    Complex systems methods for studying multi-team systems   Arlington, VA: Routledge, Taylor & Francis
  • Millhiser, W. , Coen, C. A., Solow, D. (2011).
    Understanding the role of worker interdependence in team selection  (vol. 22, issue 3, pp. 772-787) Organization Science
  • Coen, C. A., Maritan, C. A. (2011).
    Investing in capabilities: The dynamics of resource allocation (vol. 22, issue 1, pp. 99-117). Organization Science
  • Coen, C. A. (2009).
    Contrast or assimilation: Comparing simple vs. realistic models (vol. 15, issue 1, pp. 19-25)  Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory
  • Coen, C. A. (2006).
    Seeking the comparative advantage: The dynamics of individual cooperation in single vs. multiple team environments (vol. 100, issue 2, pp. 145-159)  Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
  • Coen, C. A. (2006).
    Mixing rules: When to cooperate in the multiple team context (vol. 14, issue 4, pp. 423-437). Simulation Modeling Practice and Theory

Presentations

  • Coen, C. A. (Presenter & Author), Eley, T. (Author Only), Bao, L. (Author Only)  Social Cohesion 2022@Groningen, "Designing an Agent-based Model", BIGSSS Summer Schools in Computational Social Science, Groningen, NL. (2022).
  • Bao, L. (Presenter & Author), Coen, C. A. (Author Only)  AOM 2019 Understanding the Inclusive Organization, "Knowledge Combination of Team Members in knowledge Production Teams", Academy of Management, Boston, MA. (2019).
  • Bao, L. (Presenter & Author), Coen, C. A. (Author Only)  AOM 2019 Understanding the Inclusive Organization, "Rethinking Shared Team Cognition for Team Problem Solving: The Effects of Distribution of Cognitive Sharedness", Academy of Management, Boston, MA. (2019).
  • Bao, L. (Presenter & Author), Coen, C. A. (Presenter Only)  14th INGRoup Annual Conference 2019, "Rethinking Shared Team Cognition for Team Problem Solving: The Effects of Distribution of Cognitive Sharedness", Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research, Lisbon, Portugal . (2019).
  • Bao, L. (Presenter & Author), Coen, C. A. (Author Only)  INGRoup Annual Conference, "Balancing efficiency and diversity of team problem solving: the role of team structure", Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research, Bethesda, MD. (2018).
  • Coen, C. (Presenter & Author), Manisaligil, A. (Author Only)  Surprise in and around Organizations: Journeys to the Unexpected, "Emergence thinking and the study of routines", European Group for Organization Studies, Tallinn, Estonia. (2018).
  • Bao, L. (Presenter & Author), Coen, C. A. (Author Only)  AoM 2017_At the Interface, "Understanding subgroup network structure: A Compromise between efficiency and performance", Academy of Management, Atlanta, GA. (2017).
  • Bao, L. (Presenter & Author), Coen, C. A. (Author Only)  AoM 2017_At the Interface, "Understanding subgroup network structure: A Compromise between efficiency and performance", Academy of Management, Atlanta, GA. (2017).
  • Trinh, M. P. (Presenter & Author), Coen, C. A. (Author Only)  "New Ways of Seeing" Workshop, "Dynamic integration of relations and structural cohesion over time", Academy of Management Journal, London, Ontario. (2017).
  • Trinh, M. P. (Presenter & Author), Coen, C. A. (Author Only)  Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, "Group cohesion emerges from dyadic affective exchanges: A dynamic agent-based model. ", The Academy of Management, Anaheim, CA. (2016).
  • Trinh, M. P. (Author Only), Coen, C. A. (Presenter & Author)  Annual Conference of the Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research, "Group cohesion emerges from dyadic affective exchanges: A dynamic agent-based model. ", Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research, Helsinki, Finland. (2016).
  • Trinh, M. P. (Presenter & Author), Coen, C. A. (Author Only)  Annual International Conference on Computational Social Science, "Group cohesion emerges from dyadic affective exchanges: A dynamic agent-based model. ", Northwestern University, Chicago, IL. (2016).
  • Coen, C. A. (Author Only), Manisaligil, A. (Presenter & Author)  The 31st Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, "Building agent-based models: The surprising advantages of naturalism.", Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, (2016).
  • Coen, C. A. (Presenter & Author), Trinh, M. P. (Author Only)  Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Conference, "Dynamics of cooperation across team structures", Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Philadelphia, PA. (2015).
  • Coen, C. A. (Presenter & Author), Trinh, M. P. (Author Only)  Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, "Aspirations in the Prisoner’s Dilemma: A Computational Simulation of Performance Adaptation ", Academy of Management, Philadelphia, PA. (2014).
  • Schnackenberg, A. (Coordinator/Organizer), Coen, C. A. (Panelist/Discussant)  The Power of Words, "Symbolic Management in the 21st Century", Academy of Management, Philadelphia, PA. (2014).
  • Oetama-Paul, A. J. (Presenter & Author), Coen, C. A. (Author Only)  Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, "Place Attachment: Capturing Causes of Individual Pro-Environmental Behaviors in the Workplace", Academy of Managment, Orlando, FL. (2013).
  • , O. A. (Presenter & Author), Coen, C. A. (Author Only)  Capitalism in Question, "Place Attachment: Capturing Causes of Individual Pro-environmental Behaviors in the Workplace", Academy of Management, Orlando, FL. (2013).
  • Coen, C. A. (Presenter & Author), Trinh, M. P. (Author Only)  Annual Conference of the International Association for Conflict Management, "Aspiration in the single team vs. intergroup prisoner’s dilemma", International Association for Conflict Management, Tacoma, WA. (2013).
  • Coen, C. A. (Presenter & Author)  The 26th Annual Conference of IACM, "Aspiration in the Single Team vs. Multiple Team Social Dilemma", International Association for Conflict Managment, Tacoma, WA. (2013).
  • Coen, C. A. (Presenter & Author)  ESSA 2012 – 8th Conference, "How Competition Mitigates the Social Dilemma", European Social Simulation Association, Salzburg, Austria. (2012).
  • Coen, C. A. (Presenter & Author)  2012 INGRoup conference, "Reinforcing cooperation: Decision processes in the intergroup vs. single group prisoner’s dilemma", INGRoup, Chicago, IL. (2012).
  • Coen, C. A. (Presenter & Author)  West Meets East, the 2011 Academy of Management Conference, "Beyond Aggregation of Variables: Complex Systems Approach to Process in Group-Level Models", Academy of Management, San Antonio, TX. (2011).
  • Trinh, M. P. (Presenter & Author), Coen, C. A. (Author Only)  Annual Meeting of INGROUP, "It is important to have someone on your side: Choosing preferred partners.", Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research, Minneapolis, MN. (2011).

Residencies, Internships and Fellowships

Lewis-Progressive Fellowship
2015
Lewis-Progressive Fellowship
2014