RESEARCH INTERESTS
STRATEGY: Behavioral Strategy | BTOF | Innovation | AI & Organizational Learning
ENTREPRENEURSHIP: Lean Startup | Pivoting | Entrepreneurial Decision-making | Pitching
WORKING PAPERS
*Alphabetical authorship, equal contribution
[1] *Asghar, N., Lin, Z. & Posen, H. [Title redacted for blind review. Topic: Organizational aspiration]
SMJ Reject & Resubmit; Revising stage for SMJ resubmission
[2] Lin, Z. & Posen, H. “Flight Hard or Pull Back? Dual Motivational Mechanisms of Problemistic Search”
(Manuscript in preparation for SMJ submission)
[3] *Cao, Z., Lin, Z. & Posen, H. [Title redacted for blind review. Topic: Pre-entry Experience & Strategic Entrance]
OS Rejection; Revising stage for SMJ submission
SELECTED RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
*Alphabetical authorship, equal contribution
[4] Lin, Z. “Stakeholder Perspective of Performance Feedback Theory: Evidence from Natural
Language Process” (data analysis)
[5] *Khoshimov, B. & Lin, Z. “Unpacking the Black Box of the Two-Way Dynamic Matching Mechanism in Entrepreneurial Pitching” (data analysis)
[6] *Atir, S., Coff, R., Lin, Z. & Liu, C. “The Impact of Organizational Design on Entrepreneurial Pivoting” (data collection)
[7] *Cao, Z., Lin, Z., Park, C. H. & Posen, H. A construal Level Theory of Search Direction in Response to Anticipated Performance Shortfalls (data collection)