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Faculty CV

Updated: 1/6/22

1309 E. 10th St. Bloomington, IN 47405

TRENTON ALMA WILLIAMS

Management and Entrepreneurship Kelley School of Business Indiana University

Trenton A. Williams CV

Phone: 940.368.6017 trenwill@iu.edu

EDUCATION

PhD

Masters

Bachelors

Indiana University, Kelley School of Business 2011-2014 Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management

Indiana University, Kelley School of Business Master of Business

Purdue University, Krannert School of Management Human Resource Management, OB, and Strategy Brigham Young University

English and Philosophy

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Associate Professor

Assistant Professor

Visiting Assistant Professor

Associate Instructor and PhD Student

Indiana University, Kelley School of Business William L. Haeberle Professor of Entrepreneurship Indiana University, Kelley School of Business Oslan Family Faculty Fellowship in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Syracuse University, Whitman School of Management

Indiana University, Kelley School of Business

2020-Current

2017-2020 2019-2020

2015-2017

2014-2015

2011-2014

INTERESTS

Research: Community-organization emergence, entrepreneurial decision making; entrepreneurial founding and failure; organization theory, resourcefulness, resilience, identity (development, loss, and recovery), and hybrid organizing

Teaching: New venture development, entrepreneurship (general), strategic management, organization theory, opportunity recognition and design thinking, hybrid (i.e., social) entrepreneurship

RESEARCH

Refereed Research Publications

Williams, T.A. & Murphy, C. (2021)* “Ruminating on What You Think of Me: A Grounded Model of Construed Image Work.” (Forthcoming at Academy of Management Journal). *Authors contributed equally

Williams, T.A. Zhao, E.Y., Sonenshein, S., Ucbasaran, D., & George, G. (2021) “Breaking boundaries to creatively generate value: The role of resourcefulness in entrepreneurship.” (Journal of Business Venturing).

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Shepherd, D.A., Parida, V., Williams, T.A., & Wincent, J. (2021) “Organizing the exploitation of vulnerable people: A qualitative assessment of human trafficking.” (Forthcoming at Journal of Management).

Ahmed, A., Ucbasaran, D., Cacciotti, G., & Williams, T.A. (2021) “Integrating psychological resilience, stress and coping in entrepreneurship: A systematic review and research agenda.” (Forthcoming at Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice).

Williams, T.A. & Shepherd, D.A. (2021). “Bounding and Binding: Trajectories of Community-Organization Emergence Following a Major Disruption.” Organization Science.

Thorgren, S. & Williams, T.A (2020). “Staying alive during an unfolding crisis: How SMEs ward off impending disaster.” Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 14: e00187.

Muñoz, P., Naudé, W., Williams, T.A., & Frías, R. (2020). “Reorienting entrepreneurship policy to tackle Chile’s economic and social crisis: A rapid response.” Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 14: e00187.

Bacq, S., Geoghegan, W., Josefy, M. Stevenson, R., & Williams, T.A. (2020). “The COVID-19 Virtual Idea Blitz: Marshaling social entrepreneurship to rapidly respond to urgent grand challenges.” Business Horizons.

Grimes, M., Williams, T.A., & Zhao, E.Y. (2020). “Beyond Hybridity: Accounting for the Values Complexity of All Organizations in the Study of Mission and Mission Drift.” Academy of Management Review, 45 (1): 234–238.

Shepherd, D.A. & Williams, T.A. (2020). “Entrepreneurship responding to adversity: Equilibrating adverse events and disequilibrating persistent adversity.” Organization Theory, 1: 1-25.

Williams, T.A., Thorgren, S., & Lindh, I. (2020). “Rising from failure, staying down, or more of the same? An inductive study of entrepreneurial reentry.” Academy of Management Discoveries, 6 (4): 631-662.

Grimes, M., Williams, T.A., & Zhao, E.Y. (2019) “Anchors aweigh: The sources, variety, and challenges of mission drift.” Academy of Management Review, 44 (4): 819–845.

Shepherd, D.A., Williams, T.A., & Zhao, E.Y. (2019). A framework for exploring the degree of hybridity in entrepreneurship.” Academy of Management Perspectives, 33(4): 491-512.

Seyb, S.K., Shepherd, D.A., & Williams, T.A.. (2019) “Exoskeletons, entrepreneurs, and communities: A model of opportunity co-construction.” Journal of Business Venturing, 34 (6): 105947.

Patel, P., Wolfe, M., & Williams, T.A. (2019) “Self-employment and allostatic load.” Journal of Business Venturing, 34 (4): 731-751.

Williams, T.A. & Shepherd, D.A. (2018) “To the rescue!? Brokering a rapid, scaled and customized venturing response to a widespread disaster.” Journal of Management Studies, 55 (6): 910-942.

Shepherd, D.A & Williams, T.A. (2018) “Hitting rock bottom after job loss: Bouncing back to create a new positive work identity.” Academy of Management Review, 43 (1): 28-40.

Williams, T.A., Gruber, D.A., Sutcliffe, K.M., Shepherd, D.A., Zhao, E.Y. (2017). “Organizational response to adversity: Fusing crisis management and resilience research streams.” Academy of Management Annals, 11 (2): 733-769.

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Williams, T.A & Shepherd, D.A. (2017) “Mixed method social network analysis: Combining inductive concept development, content analysis, and secondary data for quantitative analysis.” Organizational Research Methods, 20(2): 268-298.

Williams, T.A. & Shepherd, D.A. (2016) “Building resilience or providing sustenance: Different paths of emergent ventures in the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake.” Academy of Management Journal, 59 (6): 2069-2102.

Williams, T.A. & Shepherd, D.A. (2016) “Victim actors doing good and doing well: Venture creation and well-being in the aftermath of a resource shock.” Journal of Business Venturing, 31(4): 365-387).

Shepherd, D.A., Williams, T.A., & Patzelt, H. (2015) “Thinking about entrepreneurial decision making: Review and research agenda.” Journal of Management, 51(1): 11-46.

Shepherd, D.A. & Williams, T.A. (2014) “Local venturing as compassion organizing in the aftermath of a natural disaster: The role of localness and community in reducing suffering.” Journal of Management Studies, 51 (6): 952-994.

Patzelt, H., Williams, T.A., & Shepherd, D.A. (2014) “Overcoming the walls that constrain us: Reactions to an entrepreneurship education program in prison.” Academy of Management Learning & Education, 13 (4): 587-620.

Shepherd, D.A., Patzelt, H., Williams, T.A., & Warnecke, D. (2014) “How does the speed of project termination impact project team members? Rapid termination, “creeping death,” and learning from failure.” Journal of Management Studies, 51 (4): 513-546.

Books, Book Chapters and Published Conference Papers

Williams, T.A. (Forthcoming) “Micro-foundations of institutional logic shifts: Entrepreneurial action in response to crises.” Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Business

Thorgren, S. & Williams, T.A. (Forthcoming). “Nyanländas företagande: Framåtsyftande rekommendationer för en helhetsansats” [Newly arrived refugees’ entrepreneurship: Future oriented recommendations for an integrative approacsh”]. In O. Adenfelt & H. Heijne (Eds.), “Nyanlända kvinnors entreprenörskap” [Newly arrived women refugees’ entrepreneurship] (Chapter 3). Stockholm: Fores.

Shepherd, D.A. & Williams, T.A. (2019). Spontaneous venturing: An entrepreneurial approach to alleviating suffering in the aftermath of a disaster. Cambridge, MA, MIT Press.

Williams, T.A., Shepherd, D.A. (2018). Trust in the Entrepreneurial Process. In R. Searle, A. Nienaber, and S. Sitkin (Eds.) Routledge Companion to Trust. New York, Taylor & Francis.

Shepherd, D.A., Williams, T.A., Wolfe, M., Patzelt, H. (2016). Learning from Entrepreneurial Failure: Emotions, Cognitions, and Actions. Cambridge University Press.

Lindh, I., Williams, T.A., & Thorgren, S. (2017) “Trajectories of recovery from business failure: Divergent paths to ‘try again’ and move forward.” Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research BCERC Proceedings.

Williams, T.A. Thorgren, S., & McKelvie, A. (2017) “Penrosian resourcefulness and the emergence and performance of new firms: A strategy that holds?” Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research BCERC Proceedings.

Williams, T.A. & Shepherd, (2016). “Build Back Better? Local Ventures Alleviating Suffering after Disaster in a Least Developed Country.” Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research BCERC Proceedings.

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Williams, T.A. & Shepherd, D.A. (2014) “Value through venturing: Resilience outcomes in the wake of potentially traumatic events.” The Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings.

Select Working Papers

Williams, T.A., Zhao, E.Y.*, & Li, J. “The resourcefulness advantage? Understanding the past and future impact of resourcefulness in strategic management.” (2nd R&R at Journal of Management). *Equal authorship among first two authors, listed alphabetically

Mathias, B. & Williams, T.A. “Growing the Amish way: Toward a model of sustainable community growth.” (2nd R&R at Organization Science).

Shepherd, D.A., Seyb, S., & Williams, T.A. “Trade-Offs for Empathy-Driven Entrepreneurial Action Across Emotional and Psychological Well-being and Entrepreneurs and Their Targets.” (2nd R&R at Journal of Business Venturing).

Thorgren, S. & Williams, T.A. “Grounds for play? Identity free-climbing and recalibration in a post-disruption context.” (R&R at Journal of Business Venturing).

Fisher, G., Williams, T.A., Romme, A.G.L., Dimov, D. “Moving from how things are to how things might be: Design theorizing in an age of disruption.” (Under review at Academy of Management Review).

Moss, T., Williams, T.A., George, K., & Minniti, M. “Who are my people and what can I do? Rebuilding community logics for entrepreneurial venturing following forced migration.” (Under review at Organization Science).

Fathallah, R. & Williams, T.A. “Liminal organizing in a borrowed place with borrowed time: The case of Syrian refugee entrepreneurs in Lebanon.” (Under review at Organization Science).

Williams, T.A. & Fathallah, R. “Illusions of grandeur—Building and sustaining a mirage entrepreneurial community during civil war.” (Under review at Organization Studies).

Wolfe, M., Short, J., Williams, T.A., & Nason, R. “Reframing Social Entrepreneurship Research: Embracing a Strategic Perspective” (Special Issue editorial at Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal).

Shepherd, D.A. & Williams, T.A. “Does it Need to be Broader or Deeper or is it Just Right? Fair and Unfair Criticisms of Entrepreneurship Theorizing.” (Under review at Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice).

Wei, Y., Yang, Y., and Williams, T.A. “The distinct dimensions of environmental adversity: Hostility vs. Dynamism and the implications for organizational resilience.” (Preparing for re-submission).

Seyb, S.K., Shepherd, D.A., & Williams, T.A. “When in doubt, act! How entrepreneurs’ perceived uncertainty promotes community engagement.” (Preparing for re-submission).

Williams, T.A., Thorgren, S., & Sonenshein, S. “The Moral Mafia: The Ethical Ambiguity of Acting Bad to Produce Good.” Manuscript in writing phase. (Target: Administrative Science Quarterly).

George, K., Williams, T.A., Moss, T., & Minniti, M. “Institutional constraints (and enablers) in refugee entrepreneurial venturing.” Manuscript in writing stage. (Target: Academy of Management Journal / Administrative Science Quarterly).

Seyb, S.K., Shepherd, D.A., & Williams, T.A. “The Role of Aesthetics In The Co-Construction Of Potential Opportunities.” Manuscript in writing phase. (Target: Academy of Management Journal).

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Seyb, S.K., Williams, T.A., & Shepherd, D.A. “Passing The Baton: Transitioning From an “Opportunity For Me” To An “Opportunity For You” In The Name Of Social Progress.” Manuscript in writing phase. (Target: Administrative Science Quarterly).

Williams, T.A. & Thorgren, S. “Haitian immigrant venturing in the Dominican Republic.” Manuscript in data analysis stage. (Target: Administrative Science Quarterly).

Grants and data gathering initiatives

Thorgren, S. & Williams, T.A. “Advancing, falling, or disappearing after immigration: Assimilation and adaptation through entrepreneurship?.” Kamprad Foundation (Sweden) grant (awarded). Anticipate 3 papers from the grant focusing on immigrant-entrepreneurs.

Thorgren, S. & Williams, T.A. “Value is in the eye of the beholder? Resource interpretation, access, and orchestration and its influence on new venture performance”. Handelsbanken Research Foundations (Sweden) grant (awarded). Anticipate 2-3 papers from the grant focusing on resource approaches in new ventures.

Williams, T.A., 2018. Indiana University Bloomington Open Access Monograph Publishing Grant for project entitled “Spontaneous Venturing: An entrepreneurial approach to alleviating suffering in the aftermath of a disaster.” ($7,500)

Moss, T., Williams, T.A., & Minniti, M. “Resilience and transition among new Americans.” Whitman diversity and inclusion research grant (~$30,000). Anticipate 1-2 papers from the grant focusing on refugee entrepreneurs in the U.S.

Refereed conference presentations

Grimes, M., Gregoire, D., Williams, T.A., Williams, M., Preller, R. (2021). “Entrepreneurial Cognition.” The Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management, Online

George, K. Minniti, M., Williams, T.A., and Moss, T. (2021). “The Founder Legitimation Process Among Refugee Entrepreneurs.” The Annual Meetings of the Academy of

Management, Online.

Seyb, S., Shepherd, D.A., & Williams, T.A. (2021). “Passing the Baton: Transitioning from An “Opportunity For Me” To An “Opportunity For You” In The Name Of Social Progress.” Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference. Munich, Germany (online).

George, K. Minniti, M., Williams, T.A., and Moss, T. (2021). “Founder Legitimacy, Refugee Entrepreneurship and Prior Exposure to Institutional Disruptions.” Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference. Munich, Germany (online).

Moss, T., Williams, T.A., Minniti, M. and George, K. (2021). “Who Are My People? Re-building Community Logics and Venturing Following a Significant Disruption.” Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference. Munich, Germany (online).

Farny, O’Donnell, Slawinski, Williams, Hertel, and Dentoni (2020). “Community, entrepreneurship and resilience: How local communities bounce back (and forward) from exogenous shocks and stresses.” 17th Annual Social Entrepreneurship (SE) Conference, Bloomington, IN (held virtually).

COVID-19 Impacted Conference Presentations:

- Papers considered but no decision made due to COVID: (1) Wharton Immigrant Conference (2020); (2) Invited to COSI conference at Cambridge University (2020)

- (6) Strategic Management Society annual meeting at London, England (2020). Williams, T.A., Wolfe, M., Short, J., Nason, R. Lumpkin, G.T., Moss, T., Stephan, U., Bacq,

S., and Kickul, J. (2020). “Reframing Social Entrepreneurship Research: Embracing a Strategic Perspective.” The Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management, Vancouver, Canada (online).

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Thorgren, S. & Williams, T.A. (2020). “Surviving through play? Navigating professional transitions following a ‘total loss’ identity disruption.” EGOS Colloquium, Organizing Identities: Sustaining the Agile Self subdivision, Hamburg, Germany [Accepted but canceled due to COVID].

Bacq, S., Williams, T.A., Greve, H., Almandoz, J., and Dorobantu, S. (2020) “Community and Social Issues: From Community-Level Institutional Pressure to Community Entrepreneurial Action.” Panel session at the Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, London, England.

Seyb, S., Shepherd, D.A., and Williams, T.A. (2020). “The Role of Aesthetics In The Co-construction Of Potential Opportunities.” Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Knoxville, Tennessee [Won best paper].

Crosina, E. et al. (2019). Identity in and around entrepreneurial families. The Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management, Boston, MA, United States.

Williams, T.A. & Zhao, E.Y. (2019). Getting more for less: The role of resourcefulness in entrepreneurship (PDW). The Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management, Boston, MA, United States.

Seyb, S., Shepherd, D.A., & Williams, T.A. (2019). “When in doubt, act! How entrepreneurs’ perceived uncertainty promotes community engagement.” The Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management, Boston, MA, United States.

Mathias, B. & Williams, T.A. (2019). “The hitching post? Amish entrepreneurs seeking distinctiveness in a blurred family-community society.” Family Enterprise Research Conference, Burlington, VT.

Bacq, S., Lumpkin, G.T., Williams, T.A., Aguilera, R.V., & Quelin, B. (2018). “Stakeholder Value Creation: From Focal Organizations to Community Action.” Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, Paris, France.

Williams, T.A. & Shepherd, D.A. (2018). “Communities of Inquiry in Opportunity Co-creation: Shades of Hybridity in Emergent Organizing.” Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, Paris, France.

Williams, T.A. & Shepherd, D.A. (2018). “AOM Symposium: Social Entrepreneurship and Social Change.” The Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management, Chicago, IL, United States.

Thorgren, S. & Williams, T.A. (2018) “Integrating Through Venturing? An Inductive Study of Nascent Immigrant Entrepreneurs.” Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Waterford, Ireland.

Seyb, S., Shepherd, D.A., & Williams, T.A. (2018) “Exoskeletons, entrepreneurs, and communities: A model of opportunity co-construction.” Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Waterford, Ireland.

Williams, T.A. (2018). “Facilitating compassion venturing in response to crises.” Winter Innovation Summit, Salt Lake City, UT, United States

Jiang, W., Wrzesniewski, A., Leana, C., Maitlis, S., Hollister, M., Cohen, L., Broschak, J.P., Williams, T.A., Shepherd, D.A. (2017) “Dynamics of decline and loss in jobs, organizations, occupations, and work identity.” The Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management, Atlanta, GA, United States.

Williams, T.A. (2017) “Micro-foundations of institutional logic shifts: Entrepreneurial action in response to crises.” The Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management, Atlanta, GA, United States.

Shulist, P. et al. (2017) “Modifying measurement scales for use in contexts of poverty” The Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management, Atlanta, GA, United States.

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Lindh, I., Williams, T.A., & Thorgren, S. (2017) “Trajectories of recovery from business failure: Divergent paths to ‘try again’ and move forward.” Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Norman, Oklahoma, USA.

Williams, T.A. Thorgren, S., & McKelvie, A. (2017) “Penrosian resourcefulness and the emergence and performance of new firms: A strategy that holds?” Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Norman, Oklahoma, USA.

Williams, T.A., Lumpkin, G.T., Wright, M., & Le Breton-Miller, I. (2017) “More than just a business: Venturing, value creation and the multi-purposed “hybrid” organization.” Strategic Management Society Special Conference, Banff. Banff, Alberta, Canada.

Williams, T.A. (2017) “Resilience in response to crisis: Capabilities to avoid drift and overcome routine and acute adversity.” Strategic Management Society Special Conference, Banff. Banff, Alberta, Canada.

Williams, T.A. (2016) “Mobilizing meaning in times of crisis.” The Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management, Anaheim, California, United States.

Williams, T.A. & Murphy, C. (2016) “Advances in identity work research: Opportunities, stickiness, toolkits, and legitimacy.” The Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management, Anaheim, California, United States.

Shepherd, D.A. & Williams, T.A. (2016) “Escaping identity loss: Bouncing back to create a new positive work identity.” The Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management, Anaheim, California, United States.

Williams, T.A. (2016) “Victim entrepreneurs doing well by doing good: Venture creation and well-being in the aftermath of a resource shock.” Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Bodø, Norway.

Williams, T.A. & Shepherd, D.A. (2016) “Build back better? Local ventures alleviating suffering after disaster in a least developed country.” Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Bodø, Norway.

Williams, T.A. & Shepherd, D.A. (2015) “Victim led compassion organizing in the Dilemmas of Compassion Symposium.” The Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

Williams, T.A. & Shepherd, D.A. (2014) “Bridging or bonding? Entrepreneurs’ brokering resources for new venture emergence.” Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, London, Ontario, Canada.

Williams, T.A. & Shepherd, D.A. (2014) “Value through venturing: Resilience outcomes in the wake of potentially traumatic events.” The Annual Meetings of the Academy Management, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

Shepherd, D.A., Williams, T.A., & Patzelt, H. (2014) “Thinking about entrepreneurial decision making: Review, integration, and research agenda.” The Annual Meetings of the Academy Management, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

Patzelt, H., Williams, T.A., & Shepherd, D.A. (2013) “Overcoming the walls that constrain us: Reactions to an entrepreneurship education program in prison.” The Annual Meetings of the Academy Management, Orlando, Florida, United States.

Shepherd, D.A., Patzelt, H., Williams, T.A., & Warnecke, D. (2013) “How does the speed of project termination impact project team members? Rapid termination, “creeping death,” and learning from failure.” The Annual Meetings of the Academy Management, Orlando, Florida, United States.

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Shepherd, D.A. & Williams, T.A. (2012) “Organizing in the aftermath of ‘Black Saturday’: The role of localness and community in reducing suffering.” Presented in the “Entrepreneurial Resilience and Resourcefulness” PDW. The Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.