RESEARCH INTERESTS
STRATEGY: Behavioral Strategy | BTOF | Performance Feedback Theory | Aspiration Formation | AI & Organizational Learning
ENTREPRENEURSHIP: Innovation | Lean Startup | Pivoting | Entrepreneurial Decision-making | Pitching
WORKING PAPERS
*Alphabetical authorship, equal contribution
[1] *Asghar, N., Lin, Z. & Posen, H. “Performance-Aspiration Spillover in a Multiple Goal Environment”
[2] Lin, Z “How Strategic Changes Emerge? A Dual Motivational Mechanisms Perspective”
[3] *Cao, Z., Lin, Z., & Posen, H. “Rethinking the Role of Organizational Learning in Aspiration
Formation: The Real Differences Between Actual and Estimated Aspirations”
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] Lin, Z. “What Happens When a Firm’s Learning is Local? The Dominant Role of Geo-Specific Aspiration”
(data analysis)
[6] *Asghar, N., Lin, Z., & Posen, H. “Is Performance Above Aspiration Always Good? The
Overreaching Dilemma” (data analysis)
[7] *Khoshimov, B. & Lin, Z. “Unpacking the Black Box of the Two-Way Dynamic Matching Mechanism in Entrepreneurial Pitching” (data analysis)
[8] *Atir, S., Coff, R., Lin, Z. & Liu, C. “The Impact of Organizational Design on Entrepreneurial Pivoting” (data collection)