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Education
Ph.D., Wallace E. Carroll School
of Management, Boston College
M.S., Wallace E. Carroll School of Management, Boston College
B.A., Earlham College, Departmental and College Honors
Areas of Expertise
Creative industries, social
networks, leadership and negotiation
Background
2007, Lecturer, Simmons College,
Boston, MA
2006-2007, Organizational Scientist, Aptima, Inc., Woburn,
MA
1996-1998, Associate Director/Research Associate, Program on Negotiation, Harvard
Law School, Cambridge, MA
Courses Taught
Managing Organizations (MGT
303)
Organizational Analysis and Skills (MGT 650)
Organizational Negotiation and Conflict Resolution (MGT 450)
Research Interests
My research explores how social and organizational networks help individuals and businesses manage complex decision-making and selection processes in creative industries. I am particularly interested in how networks at one level of analysis (e.g., among individuals) affect the structure of networks at higher levels of analysis (e.g., among organizations and industry sectors). My early research explored how nightclub talent buyers use their social networks to manage the uncertainties and risks associated with selecting bands. I recently completed the first history of Boston hip-hop and am currently conducting a study on the local film and television industry which is being funded by a Creative Economy Initiatives Grant from the University of Massachusetts.
Selected Publications
Foster, Pacey. Hip-Hop in the Hub: How Boston rap remained underground. Forthcoming in Hess, Mickey. Ed. Representing Where I’m From: The Greenwood Guide to Regional Hip Hop. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
Foster, P. & Carboni, I. Using student-centered cases in the classroom: An action inquiry approach to leadership development. Forthcoming in the Journal of Management Education.
Foster, P. & Torbert, W. (2005) Leading through positive deviance: A developmental action learning perspective on institutional change. In Giacalone, R., Dunn, C., & Jurkiewicz, C. (eds.). Positive psychology in business ethics and corporate social responsibility. Greenwich: Information Age
Borgatti, S. P. & Foster. P. (2003) The network paradigm in organizational research: A review and typology. Journal of Management, 29(6): 991-1013
Foster, P. (2002) Chasing the tastemakers: Gatekeeper embeddedness in cultural industries. Best Paper Proceedings, OMT Division, Academy of Management.
Mnookin, R, Susskind, L, & Foster, P., eds. (1999) Negotiating on Behalf of Others. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Professional and Service Activities
Member of the institutional review board at Aptima, Inc. and occasional reviewer for the Journal of Management History, Human Organization and the Journal of Organizational Behavior. Founder and director of the Library of Vinyl Experience, a cultural organization devoted to the preservation and documentation of vinyl record culture. Current member of the Undergraduate Program Committee and CEO program at the College of Management. 15 years of experience providing consulting, training and research services to private, public and not-for-profit organizations including IBM, Partners Health Care, The Center for Medical Simulation, The Program of Instruction for Lawyers at Harvard Law School, Polaroid Corp., Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, Syncline Inc. and Changewise.
Honors and Grants
Creative Economy Initiatives Grant, 2008, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Educational Technology Teaching Grant, 2008, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Graduate Research Fellowship, 2002, Program on Negotiation, Harvard Law School Donald J. White Distinguished Teaching Award, 2001, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, 1990-1991, Thomas J. Watson Foundation, Providence, RI
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