OMT
Jiwon Byun
Stanford Graduate School of Business, United States
Matthew Yeaton
HEC Paris, France
Sameer Srivastava
U. of California, Berkeley, United States
Abraham Oshotse
Emory U., Goizueta Business School, United States
Giacomo Negro
Emory U., United States
Balazs Kovacs
Yale School of Management, United States
Yonghoon Lee
Texas A&M U., Hong Kong
Greta Hsu
U. of California, Davis, United States
Amanda Sharkey
U. of Notre Dame, United States
Yong Kim
Texas A&M U., United States
Jingyuan Li
cuhksz, China
Recent scholarship indicates renewed interest in the intersections between political life and cultural production. Polarization (Rawlings & Childress, 2023), boundaries (Oshotse, Berda, & Goldberg, 2023; Godart, Hsu, & Negro, 2023), and associations (Goldberg & Stein, 2018) that initially manifested in the political sphere have begun to play out in cultural production and consumption. In this symposium, we bring four papers together that explore the intricate relationship between culture and political dynamics within the realms of creative industries. Each paper focuses on expression, either in art or politics, and highlights organizational and social factors that impact such expression and drive further important ramifications in markets, organizations, and society. Collectively, they call attention to the growing intersection between the two realms of social life and offer implications for management theory and practice. Hsu, Kovács, and Sharkey investigate how gatekeepers in the literary world influence artistic expression, driving a balance between conformity and differentiation among artists. Byun's research examines how artists penetrate non-local markets in the popular music industry and investigates the impact of their initial entry strategies on subsequent behavior and performance within these markets. Lee, Kim, and Li explore the intersection of art and politics, examining the career impacts on artists entangled in political blacklisting scandals in South Korea. Oshotse, Yeaton, and Srivastava present a study on the effects of public opinion expression on political polarization and entrenchment. Together, these papers offer novel insights into how creative industries navigate the complex interplay of art and politics, highlighting both the challenges and opportunities arising from this dynamic relationship.
Author: Greta Hsu – U. of California, Davis
Author: Balazs Kovacs – Yale School of Management
Author: Amanda Sharkey – U. of Notre Dame
Author: Jiwon Byun – Stanford Graduate School of Business
Author: Yonghoon Lee – Texas A&M U.
Author: Yong Kim – Texas A&M U.
Author: Jingyuan Li – cuhksz
Author: Abraham Oshotse – Emory U., Goizueta Business School
Author: Matthew Yeaton – HEC Paris
Author: Sameer B. Srivastava – U. of California, Berkeley