Bryan Spencer, PhD, MA, BA

Area of Study / Keywords

Emerging Technologies Future of Work Organization Theory Ethnography

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About

My research is primarily centered around the question, How do emerging technologies influence work and organizations? I have conducted two research projects focused on addressing this question: a digital ethnographic study of a distributed financial organization engaging in cryptocurrency market manipulation online, and an ethnographic study of AI development at an elite teaching hospital in China.

Research from my dissertation was nominated for several awards including the 2020 Strategic Management Society Annual Conference “Best Paper Prize,” “Best PhD Paper Prize,” and “Strategy Practice Interest Group Best Paper Prize,” as well as the 2021 EGOS Best Student Paper Award. I was a finalist in the 2021 INFORMS/Organization Science Dissertation Proposal Competition and winner of the EGOS That’s Interesting! Paper Award 2022.

BUS 701 - Qualitative Methodology for Business Research

Examines qualitative research methods as they apply to business research. Includes: the terrain and history of qualitative research, exploring different approaches to qualitative research, designing qualitative research, strategies of inquiry, qualitative data analysis, writing up research, and professional and ethical issues. Prerequisite: Registration in Business PhD Program or written permission of instructor. Approval of the Business PhD Program Director is also required for non-PhD students.

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Bryan Spencer and Bomi Kim

Research in the Sociology of Organizations. 2025 October; 95 (Algorithmic Organizing):167–180 10.1108/S0733-558X20250000095008

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Bryan Spencer, Claus Rerup

Administrative Science Quarterly. 2024 September; 10.1177/00018392241273301

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