I am broadly interested in researching collectives’ use of culture, i.e., the set of symbolic resources by which shared modes of behavior and outlook develop. Specifically, I am fascinated by how organizations and other collective actors manage and transform “public” cultural resources, like those associated with societal traditions or institutions, to successfully adapt to changing market conditions, evolving socio-cultural codes, and other shifting environmental demands. 

 

As a field researcher, my empirical work is situated in rich, diverse contexts, ranging from the U.S. hotel industry to the response to the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombings. I use quasi-ethnographic methods, collecting data through interviews, in-person observations, and using archival documents to develop insights to this end. I also draw from data hand-collected from social media platforms, like Twitter and TripAdvisor, which provides a complementary - and, in my opinion, unique and incredibly exciting - lens on the phenomena I study. I rely on both qualitative and quantitative analyses to extend existing theory in novel and practically-important directions. 

 

Peer-Reviewed Publications

 

Nielsen, R. P. & Lockwood, C. 2016 (forthcoming). Varieties of transformational solutions to institutional ethics logic conflicts. Journal of Business Ethics.

 

Lockwood, C. & Glynn, M.A. 2016 (forthcoming). The micro-foundations of mattering: Domestic traditions as institutionalized practices in everyday living. In Gehman, J., Lounsbury, M. & Greenwood, R. (Eds.) Research in the Sociology of Organizations: How Institutions Matter, 49 & 50. Emerald Publishing Group Limited.

 

Giorgi, S., Lockwood, C., & Glynn, M.A. 2015. The many faces of culture: Making sense of 30 years of research on culture in organization studies. Academy of Management Annals, 9(1): 1-54.

 

Glynn, M.A., Lockwood, C., & Raffaelli, R. 2015. Staying the same while changing: Organizational identity in the face of environmental challenges. In Henderson, R., Gulati, R., & Tushman, M. (Eds.) Leading Sustainable Change: An Organizational Perspective. Oxford: Oxford University Press: 143-170.

 

Glynn, M.A., Giorgi, S., & Lockwood, C. 2012. Organization culture. In Griffin, R. (Ed.) Oxford Bibliographies in Management. New York: Oxford University Press.

 

Working Papers

 

Lockwood, C. & Glynn, M.A. How Boston got strong: Online sensemaking and symbolic production in the face of crisis. Finalizing manuscript for submission to Administrative Science Quarterly.

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Lockwood, C. Resources, rhetoric, and materiality in cultural entrepreneurship: The cultural scaffolding of U.S. luxury hotels. Target journal: Academy of Management Journal.