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

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)

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, March 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, december, 2 2016, vol. 134, pp 45-62, (in coll. with V. K. BOHNS, A. Z. XU)

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

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

Indecision and the construction of self

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

Scientific articles

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,

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)

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

  • 2022-2024 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- Visiting Scholar The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Scientific Activities

Membership in Academic or Professional Organisation

  • Academy of Management (AOM)