题　目：Rising Higher, Reaching Farther? The Joint Effects of Winning a Major Award and Initial Status on Exploratory Behavior

嘉　宾：李慧斯 副教授 美国华盛顿大学

主　持：欧阳璨 副教授 上海交通大学

时　间：2026年09月23日（周三）10:00-11:30

地　点：线上腾讯会议（校内师生如需获取会议信息，请提前发送邮件至luckyjiang@sjtu.edu.cn）

内容简介:

Would winning a major award fuel or hinder subsequent exploratory behavior? Exploratory behavior refers to venturing into unfamiliar domains beyond one’s expertise. Understanding this question matters because post-award exploration can shape recipients’ career trajectories and organizations’ adaptation, yet prior research suggests competing possibilities regarding whether major recognition promotes or constrains exploration. Integrating theories of motivational ambivalence and status dynamics, we propose that winning a major award creates motivational ambivalence that influences exploratory behavior simultaneously through two opposing mechanisms. While it can boost felt energy to evoke exploratory behavior, it can also heighten the status maintenance motive that inhibits exploratory behavior. Moreover, we hypothesize that an individual’s initial status moderates these mechanisms, such that the indirect effects are stronger for individuals with a lower initial status. Results from two studies using different methodologies (i.e., an experiment and a longitudinal archival study) provide consistent support for our predictions. Our findings contribute to the nascent research on individual-level exploration, status dynamics, and motivational ambivalence. They also have practical implications in designing nuanced approaches to induce exploratory behavior in organizations.

演讲人简介：

李慧斯（Jessica Li）现任美国华盛顿大学（西雅图）福斯特商学院管理与组织系副教授。她的研究聚焦于组织中的权力、地位和层级关系，尤其关注低权力个体如何理解并应对组织层级，以及权力与地位如何影响个体、团队和组织行为。她的研究发表于《Organization Science》《Journal of Applied Psychology》《Journal of Personality and Social Psychology》等国际顶级学术期刊。她现任《Organization Science》Senior editor。

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