Lynne Vincent

Chair, Department of Management, Associate Professor of Management

Vincent earned her B.S. in industrial and labor relations and her M.S. and Ph.D. in organizational behavior from Cornell University. She teaches undergraduate and graduate management classes at Whitman.

Ph.D., Organizational Behavior, Cornell University

Vincent's research examines the moral and social implications of creativity. In contrast to the status quo view of creativity as inherently positive, she investigates the potential dark side and the unexpected consequences of creativity. Her research reveals that creativity and the perception of creativity influences decisions to engage in dishonest behaviors, how people handle negative experiences and even how people judge others. These processes affect how organizations encourage creativity, how organizations design jobs and how hiring decisions are made. Her research has appeared in Academy of Management Journal, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General and Psychological Science.

Papers

A company by any other name: The organizational implications of virtue-washing
Riley, B., Moss, T., Williams, T.

Publications

Being Moral When It Is Counternormative: The Relationship Between the Creative Identity and Moral Objection

2024 Journal of Management, Kouchaki, M.
Creative ideation activates disinhibited reward-seeking and indulgent choices.

2024 Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,127,4,796-821, Krause, V., Goncalo, J.
Outshined by Creative Stars: A Dual-Pathway Model of Leader Reactions to Employees’ Reputation for Creativity

2024 Journal of Management,50,7,2571-2596, Carnevale, J., Huang, L., Yu, L., He, W.
Better to give than to receive (or seek) help? The interpersonal dynamics of maintaining a reputation for creativity

2021 Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes,167,144-156, Carnevale, J., Huang, L., Farmer, S., Wang, L.
Shifting focus: The influence of affective diversity on team creativity

2020 Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes,156,24-37, Emich, K.
Creativity in unethical behavior attenuates condemnation and breeds social contagion when transgressions seem to create little harm

2017 Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes,139,106-126, Wiltermuth, S., Gino, F.
The promises and pitfalls of creativity

2017 Armed Forces Comptroller,62,4,28-31,
Creative, Rare, Entitled, and Dishonest: How Commonality of Creativity in One’s Group Decreases an Individual’s Entitlement and Dishonesty

2016 Academy of Management Journal,59,4,1451-1473, Kouchaki, M.
The liberating consequences of creative work: How a creative outlet lifts the physical burden of secrecy

2015 Journal of Experimental Social Psychology,59,32-39, Goncalo, J., Krause, V.
Deserve and diverge: Feeling entitled makes people more creative

2015 Journal of Experimental Social Psychology,56,242-248, Zitek, E.
Outside advantage: Can social rejection fuel creative thought?

2013 Journal of Experimental Psychology: General,142,3,605-611, Kim, S., Goncalo, J.
Stretching the Moral Gray Zone

2013 Psychological Science,24,4,595-599, Emich, K., Goncalo, J.
Outside advantage: Social rejection can fuel creativity

2013 Journal of Experimental Psychology- General,142,3,605-611, Kim, S., Goncalo, J.
Stretching the moral gray zone: Positive affect, moral disengagement and dishonesty

2013 Psychological Science,24,4,595-599, Emich, K., Goncalo, J.
An integrative revew of the practices and processes of high reliability organizaing:Taking stock and looking forward

Vogus, T., Rerup, C., Sutcliffe, K.

What haunts the haunted house industry?
October 01, 2023 NPR- Marketplace
From Murdoch to Murdoch: What We Can Expect From a Post-Rupert Fox
September 22, 2023 Newsweek
Amazon's victory against a union drive in Alabama proved workers want better workplaces, but America's labor laws are too broken to help them get that, experts say
April 10, 2021 Business Insider
The winners and losers of Amazon’s warehouse union vote
April 09, 2021 Washington Post
Amazon Union Vote In Alabama Could Catch Attention of Syracuse Workers
March 17, 2021 WAER
Black Lives Matter backs Amazon union push in Alabama
March 12, 2021 AP
The Perks of Being a Weirdo
April 01, 2020 Atlantic
How to deal with the problem of needing another offer to get a raise
December 05, 2019 Fast Company
Break the law — with some style — and you may get away with it, for a while
June 30, 2017 USC News
See yourself as a creative type? Then you're probably a LIAR: People who think their talent is rare develop sense of entitlement
November 03, 2015 Daily Mail
Does creativity breed entitlement?
November 02, 2015 Kellogg Insight
Why creative people are the worst
October 31, 2015 Pacific Standard
Creativity can make you a better liar
September 28, 2015 Economic Times
Entitlement and deceit: The cost of creativity
September 23, 2015 Business News Daily

Lynne Vincent

Papers

A company by any other name: The organizational implications of virtue-washing

Publications

Being Moral When It Is Counternormative: The Relationship Between the Creative Identity and Moral Objection

Creative ideation activates disinhibited reward-seeking and indulgent choices.

Outshined by Creative Stars: A Dual-Pathway Model of Leader Reactions to Employees’ Reputation for Creativity

Better to give than to receive (or seek) help? The interpersonal dynamics of maintaining a reputation for creativity

Shifting focus: The influence of affective diversity on team creativity

Creativity in unethical behavior attenuates condemnation and breeds social contagion when transgressions seem to create little harm

The promises and pitfalls of creativity

Creative, Rare, Entitled, and Dishonest: How Commonality of Creativity in One’s Group Decreases an Individual’s Entitlement and Dishonesty

The liberating consequences of creative work: How a creative outlet lifts the physical burden of secrecy

Deserve and diverge: Feeling entitled makes people more creative

Outside advantage: Can social rejection fuel creative thought?

Stretching the Moral Gray Zone

Outside advantage: Social rejection can fuel creativity

Stretching the moral gray zone: Positive affect, moral disengagement and dishonesty

An integrative revew of the practices and processes of high reliability organizaing:Taking stock and looking forward

Received - Outstanding Reviewer Award for Organizational Behavior Division

Guttag Research Award

Dean's Citation for Research

Excellence in Ethics: Dissertation Proposal Competition

Outstanding Reviewer Award

Best Paper

Cornell Ideas Scholar

What haunts the haunted house industry?

From Murdoch to Murdoch: What We Can Expect From a Post-Rupert Fox

Amazon's victory against a union drive in Alabama proved workers want better workplaces, but America's labor laws are too broken to help them get that, experts say

The winners and losers of Amazon’s warehouse union vote

Amazon Union Vote In Alabama Could Catch Attention of Syracuse Workers

Black Lives Matter backs Amazon union push in Alabama

The Perks of Being a Weirdo

How to deal with the problem of needing another offer to get a raise

Break the law — with some style — and you may get away with it, for a while

See yourself as a creative type? Then you're probably a LIAR: People who think their talent is rare develop sense of entitlement

Does creativity breed entitlement?

Why creative people are the worst

Creativity can make you a better liar

Entitlement and deceit: The cost of creativity