Paul Merritt
@paulmerritt.bsky.social
Cornell Macro-OB Unit
Built “AI” before they could hallucinate.
Databases, politics, accessibility, and markets.
Built “AI” before they could hallucinate.
Databases, politics, accessibility, and markets.
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Paul Merritt
@paulmerritt.bsky.social
· Mar 9
I 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! 🙏
Mid fall and 3rd month spring semester are the worst time slots in academia
October 24, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Mid fall and 3rd month spring semester are the worst time slots in academia
Just a few days left until People and Orgs 2025… and I’m set to be the close-out plenary talk!
Talk about pressure, haha.
Talk about pressure, haha.
September 16, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Just a few days left until People and Orgs 2025… and I’m set to be the close-out plenary talk!
Talk about pressure, haha.
Talk about pressure, haha.
I 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.
August 9, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I 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.
I have two academy of management 2025 sitting boxes in my luggage. @emilyblock.bsky.social ❤️
August 4, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I have two academy of management 2025 sitting boxes in my luggage. @emilyblock.bsky.social ❤️
I’m going to the People and Organizations Conference, 2025!!!
As a plenary paper! Super excited, and thus, lots more exclamation points!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As a plenary paper! Super excited, and thus, lots more exclamation points!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
July 9, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I’m going to the People and Organizations Conference, 2025!!!
As a plenary paper! Super excited, and thus, lots more exclamation points!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As a plenary paper! Super excited, and thus, lots more exclamation points!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Claude Sonnet 4 did better on the “draw a giraffe” than I expected, especially considering the results from last time.
June 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Claude Sonnet 4 did better on the “draw a giraffe” than I expected, especially considering the results from last time.
Summer sucks for sleep!
June 12, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Summer sucks for sleep!
I 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.
May 29, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I 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.
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Arrrrgh. 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.
May 16, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Arrrrgh. 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.
It’s surprisingly difficult to find a caraway rye bagel in nyc.
May 2, 2025 at 9:52 AM
It’s surprisingly difficult to find a caraway rye bagel in nyc.
Anyone know if Copenhagen Business School is doing anything fun for AoM? Maybe a tour or two? I’d love to see the campus.
April 25, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Anyone know if Copenhagen Business School is doing anything fun for AoM? Maybe a tour or two? I’d love to see the campus.
Tomorrow 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!
April 20, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Tomorrow 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!
Anecdote 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.
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.
April 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Anecdote 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.
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.
Reposted by Paul Merritt
Cornell 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/...
Cornell 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
academicjobsonline.org
March 31, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Cornell 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/...
Yes, I bought 140 Betty White stamps. Judge me.
March 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Yes, I bought 140 Betty White stamps. Judge me.
100% 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!
Who's excited for #AOM2025?
📣 Call for Nominations: OMT "Navigating Your First Years of the PhD" PDW ✨🎉
ℹ️ omt.aom.org/discussion/c...
Deadline: May 9th, 2025
📣 Call for Nominations: OMT "Navigating Your First Years of the PhD" PDW ✨🎉
ℹ️ omt.aom.org/discussion/c...
Deadline: May 9th, 2025
Call for Nominations: OMT "Navigating Your First Years of the PhD" PDW Due May 9th, 2025 | Organization and Management Theory OMT
2025 OMT "Navigating Your First Years of the PhD" PDWCall for Nominations Organizer: Emilio J. Castilla, OMT Division ChairNomination Deadline: Friday, M
omt.aom.org
March 27, 2025 at 1:45 PM
100% 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!
Reposted by Paul Merritt
It’s time to use the official* social media badge, according to the emails sent out.
Can’t wait to see folks there!!!
Can’t wait to see folks there!!!
March 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
It’s time to use the official* social media badge, according to the emails sent out.
Can’t wait to see folks there!!!
Can’t wait to see folks there!!!
Reposted by Paul Merritt
Business Schools Are Back
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Business Schools Are Back
Applications are up at the top US schools, but international student enrollment may have peaked.
www.bloomberg.com
March 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Business Schools Are Back
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
I 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!
March 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I 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!
Can You Fool A Self Driving Car?
YouTube video by Mark Rober
www.youtube.com
March 16, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Reposted by Paul Merritt
I'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...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/amidst...
Amidst the attacks, we have to remember what the PhD Project is working to overcome
It 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...
www.linkedin.com
March 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I'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...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/amidst...
I 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?
March 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I 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?
I 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! 🙏
March 9, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I 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! 🙏