Daniel NEWARK

Associate Professor

Management & Human Resources

newark@hec.fr
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Biography

Daniel Newark received his BA, MA in Economics, and PhD in Organization Studies from Stanford University.  His research focuses on decision making, identity, prosocial behavior, and social influence and persuasion, and has appeared in leading management and psychology journals, such as Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Discoveries, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Organization Science, and Social Psychological and Personality Science.  His work has also been covered by a variety of media outlets, including Harvard Business Review, Stanford Business Magazine, PBS Newshour, The Christian Science Monitor, and Salon.com.      

In the classroom, Daniel Newark has taught Masters, MBA, Exec Ed, and PhD courses in behavioral decision making, organizational behavior, leadership, social psychology in organizations, strategy, and organizational theory.

Scientific articles

The word on the street or the number from the state? Government-provided information and Americans' opinions of schools

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, October 2020, vol. 30, n° 4, pp 674–692, (in coll. with J. VALANT)

Power and perceived influence: I caused your behavior, but I'm not responsible for it

Social and Personality Psychology Compass, January 2019, vol. 13, n° 1, (in coll. with V. K. BOHNS)

When do we feel responsible for other people’s behavior and attitudes?

Advances in Group Processes, 2018, vol. 35, pp 159-179, (in coll. with V. K. BOHNS, E. BOOTHBY)

Leadership and the Logic of Absurdity

Academy of Management Review, April 2018, vol. 43, n° 2, pp 198-216,

My kids, your kids, our kids: What parents and the public want from schools

Teachers College Record, 2017, vol. 119, n° 11, (in coll. with J. VALANT)

A helping hand is hard at work: Help-seekers' underestimation of helpers' effort

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, July 2017, vol. 139, pp 18-29, (in coll. with V. K. BOHNS, F. J. FLYNN)

The Politics of Achievement Gaps: U.S. Public Opinion on Race-Based and Wealth-Based Differences in Test Scores

Educational Researcher, 2016, vol. 45, n° 6, pp 331-346, (in coll. with J. VALANT)

For a dollar, would you...? How (we think) money affects compliance with our requests

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 2 December 2016, vol. 134, pp 45-62, (in coll. with V. K. BOHNS, A. Z. XU)

Indecision and the construction of self

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, November 2014, vol. 125, n° 2, pp 162-174,

Once bitten, twice shy: The effect of a past refusal on expectations of future compliance

Social Psychological and Personality Science, July 2014, vol. 5, n° 2, pp 218-225, (in coll. with F. J. FLYNN, V. K. BOHNS)

Scientific articles

Putting the individual in the context of the organization: A Carnegie perspective on decision-making

Frontiers in Psychology, 2023, vol. 14, n° 1165713, pp 12-21, (in coll. with D. A. Levinthal)

Bringing the logic of appropriateness into the lab: An experimental study of behavior and cognition

Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 2021, vol. 76, pp 201-229, (in coll. with M. C. BECKER)

Pictures at an exhibition

Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 2021, vol. 76, pp 261–301,

Desire and pleasure in choice

Rationality and Society, 2020, vol. 32, n° 2, pp 168-196,

Education

  • Ph.D., Organization Studies, Stanford University - USA
  • MA Economics, Stanford University - USA
  • BA (with honors) Humanities, Organizations, Society, Stanford University - USA

Academic appointments

Academic Responsibilities at HEC

  • 2022-2025 Department Head, Management and Human Resources HEC Paris
  • 2021- Associate Professor, Management and Human Resources HEC Paris
  • 2016-2021 Assistant Professor, Management and Human Resources HEC Paris
  • 2016- Member of GREGHEC, the joint research laboratory CNRS-HEC Paris HEC Paris

External Academic Responsibilities

  • 2025-2025 Visiting Scholar The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Scientific Activities

Membership in Academic or Professional Organisation

  • Academy of Management (AOM)