Research Overview

I am an ethnographer who seeks to understand how the development and use of emerging technologies influences work, occupations, and organizations. I study innovation processes in unique contexts, such as AI development at an elite teaching hospital in China, or a distributed financial organization engaging in cryptocurrency market manipulation online, to identify empirical puzzles that cannot be explained by existing theory. 

I was a finalist in the 2021 INFORMS/Organization Science Dissertation Proposal Competition and winner of the EGOS That’s Interesting! Paper Award 2022.

Publications

Spencer, Bryan and Claus Rerup. “The Dynamics of Inferential Interpretation in Experiential Learning: Deciphering Hidden Goals from Ambiguous Experience.” Administrative Science Quarterly, 69(4), 962–1005. https://doi.org/10.1177/00018392241273301

·  Nominated: EGOS Best Student Paper Award 2021

·  Nominated: 2020 Strategic Management Society Annual Conference: Conference Best Paper Prize; Best PhD Paper Prize; Strategy Practice Interest Group Best Paper Prize

Rerup, Claus and Bryan Spencer. “Learning and interpretation in a world of disinformation: Footnotes on ignorance, conflict, and ambiguity.” Scandinavian Journal of Management, 101358.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scaman.2024.101358

Spencer, Bryan, Claus Rerup, and Carlo Salvato. 2023. “Routine Regulation as a Source for Managing Conflict within Alliances: An Integrative Framework.” Industrial and Corporate Change, 32(6), 1333-1351.  https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtad059

Additional information can be found on my CV.