S. Amy Sommer

Dr. S. Amy Sommer

Associate Professor

Health Policy & Management

CONTACT INFORMATION

BIO

S. Amy Sommer completed a Post Doctoral Fellowship at Harvard University, and a PhD at Ivey Business School at the University of Western Ontario. She specializes in teams and leadership in healthcare management. Her research investigates how to enhance performance, resilience, and creativity during crisis situations. In order to advance theoretical understanding of this complex phenomena, she is exploring and developing new research methods to study leaders and teams, including crowdsourcing science for large-scale data collection and data analytics. Her research appears in a number of top scholarly journals, including Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, The Journal of Experimental and Social Psychology, Nature Scientific Data, and Group and Organization Management. She has received honours and awards, including funding from three federal governments and various universities. She has worked with students across programs and continents in undergraduate, MBA, masters, PhD and executive levels at the University of Southern California, Columbia University, West Point Military Academy, and HEC Paris School of Management. Available to supervisor doctoral students.

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

December 2022

The Effect Of Formal Time Allocations On Learning Trajectories And Performance

JOURNAL : SMALL GROUP RESEARCH

CONTRIBUTORS: Kenneth t Goh, Colin m Fisher, S. amy Sommer
July 2021

Same Data, Different Conclusions: Radical Dispersion In Empirical Results When Independent Analysts Operationalize And Test The Same Hypothesis

JOURNAL : ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR AND HUMAN DECISION PROCESSES

CONTRIBUTORS: Martin Schweinsberg, Michael Feldman, Nicola Staub, Olmo r Van den akker, Robbie cm Van aert, Marcel alm Van assen, Yang Liu, Tim Althoff, Jeffrey Heer, Alex Kale, Zainab Mohamed, Hashem Amireh, Vaishali venkatesh Prasad, Abraham Bernstein, Emily Robinson, Kaisa Snellman, S. amy Sommer, Sarah mg Otner, David Robinson, Nikhil Madan, Raphael Silberzahn, Pavel Goldstein, Warren Tierney, Toshio Murase, Benjamin Mandl, Domenico Viganola, Carolin Strobl, Catherine bc Schaumans, Stijn Kelchtermans, Chan Naseeb, S mason Garrison, Tal Yarkoni, Cs richard Chan, Prestone Adie, Paulius Alaburda, Casper Albers, Sara Alspaugh, Jeff Alstott, Andrew a Nelson, Eduardo ariño De la rubia, Adbi Arzi, Št?pán Bahník, Jason Baik, Laura winther Balling, Sachin Banker, David aa Baranger, Dale j Barr, Brenda Barros-rivera, Matt Bauer, Enuh Blaise, Lisa Boelen, Katerina bohle Carbonell, Robert a Briers, Oliver Burkhard, Miguel-angel Canela, Laura Castrillo, Timothy Catlett, Olivia Chen, Michael Clark, Brent Cohn, Alex Coppock, Natàlia Cugueró-escofet, Paul g Curran, Wilson Cyrus-lai, David Dai, Giulio valentino dalla Riva, Henrik Danielsson, Rosaria De f.s.m. russo, Niko De silva, Curdin Derungs, Frank Dondelinger, Carolina duarte De souza, B tyson Dube, Marina Dubova, Ben mark Dunn, Peter adriaan Edelsbrunner, Sara Finley, Nick Fox, Timo Gnambs, Yuanyuan Gong, Erin Grand, Brandon Greenawalt, Dan Han, Paul hp Hanel, Antony b Hong, David Hood, Justin Hsueh, Lilian Huang, Kent n Hui, Keith a Hultman, Azka Javaid, Lily ji Jiang, Jonathan Jong, Jash Kamdar, David Kane, Gregor Kappler, Erikson Kaszubowski, Christopher m Kavanagh, Madian Khabsa, Bennett Kleinberg, Jens Kouros, Heather Krause, Angelos-miltiadis Krypotos, Dejan Lavbi?, Rui ling Lee, Timothy Leffel, Wei yang Lim, Silvia Liverani, Bianca Loh, Dorte Lønsmann, Jia wei Low, Alton Lu, Kyle Macdonald, Christopher r Madan, Lasse hjorth Madsen, Christina Maimone, Alexandra Mangold, Adrienne Marshall, Helena ester Matskewich, Kimia Mavon, Katherine l Mclain, Amelia a Mcnamara, Mhairi Mcneill, Ulf Mertens, David Miller, Ben Moore, Andrew Moore, Eric Nantz, Ziauddin Nasrullah, Valentina Nejkovic, Colleen s Nell, Andrew arthur Nelson, Gustav Nilsonne, Rory Nolan, Christopher e O'brien, Patrick O'neill, Kieran O'shea, Toto Olita, Jahna Otterbacher, Diana Palsetia, Bianca Pereira, Ivan Pozdniakov, John Protzko, Jean-nicolas Reyt, Travis Riddle, Amal ridhwan omar Ali, Ivan Ropovik, Joshua m Rosenberg, Stephane Rothen, Michael Schulte-mecklenbeck, Nirek Sharma, Gordon Shotwell, Martin Skarzynski, William Stedden, Victoria Stodden, Martin a Stoffel, Scott Stoltzman, Subashini Subbaiah, Rachael Tatman, Paul h Thibodeau, Sabina Tomkins, Ana Valdivia, Gerrieke b druijff-van De woestijne, Laura Viana, Florence Villesèche, W duncan Wadsworth, Florian Wanders, Krista Watts, Jason d Wells, Christopher e Whelpley, Andy Won, Lawrence Wu, Arthur Yip, Casey Youngflesh, Ju-chi Yu, Arash Zandian, Leilei Zhang, Chava Zibman, Eric luis Uhlmann
September 2018

Many Analysts, One Data Set: Making Transparent How Variations In Analytic Choices Affect Results

JOURNAL : ADVANCES IN METHODS AND PRACTICES IN PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

CONTRIBUTORS: R Silberzahn, El Uhlmann, Dp Martin, P Anselmi, F Aust, E Awtrey, Š Bahník, F Bai, C Bannard, E Bonnier, R Carlsson, F Cheung, G Christensen, R Clay, Ma Craig, A dalla Rosa, L Dam, Mh Evans, I flores Cervantes, N Fong, M Gamez-djokic, A Glenz, S Gordon-mckeon, Tj Heaton, K Hederos, M Heene, Aj hofelich Mohr, F Högden, K Hui, M Johannesson, J Kalodimos, E Kaszubowski, Dm Kennedy, R Lei, Ta Lindsay, S Liverani, Cr Madan, D Molden, E Molleman, Rd Morey, Lb Mulder, Br Nijstad, Ng Pope, B Pope, Jm Prenoveau, F Rink, E Robusto, H Roderique, A Sandberg, E Schlüter, Fd Schönbrodt, Mf Sherman, S. amy Sommer, K Sotak, S Spain, C Spörlein, T Stafford, L Stefanutti, S Tauber, J Ullrich, M Vianello, E-j Wagenmakers, M Witkowiak, S Yoon, Ba Nosek
August 2017

A Longitudinal, Multi-level Study Of Team Member Engagement, Team Processes And Outcomes

JOURNAL : ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT PROCEEDINGS

CONTRIBUTORS: Deanna m Kennedy, Lisa t Stickney, S. amy Sommer
April 2017

Optimizing Multi-team System Behaviors: Insights From Modeling Team Communication

JOURNAL : EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH

CONTRIBUTORS: Deanna m Kennedy, S. amy Sommer, Phuong anh Nguyen
December 2016

To Go Fast, Go Slow: The Effect Of Phase Durations On Team Performance Trajectories In Trial-and-error Experimentation

JOURNAL : IEEE ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT REVIEW

CONTRIBUTORS: Kenneth t Goh, Colin m Fisher, S. amy Sommer
October 2016

Data From A Pre-publication Independent Replication Initiative Examining Ten Moral Judgement Effects

JOURNAL : SCIENTIFIC DATA

CONTRIBUTORS: Warren Tierney, Martin Schweinsberg, Jennifer Jordan, Deanna m Kennedy, Israr Qureshi, S. amy Sommer, Nico Thornley, Nikhil Madan, Michelangelo Vianello, Eli Awtrey, Luke lei Zhu, Daniel Diermeier, Justin e Heinze, Malavika Srinivasan, David Tannenbaum, Eliza Bivolaru, Jason Dana, Clintin p Davis-stober, Christilene Du plessis, Quentin f Gronau, Andrew c Hafenbrack, Eko yi Liao, Alexander Ly, Maarten Marsman, Toshio Murase, Michael Schaerer, Christina m Tworek, Eric-jan Wagenmakers, Lynn Wong, Tabitha Anderson, Christopher w Bauman, Wendy l Bedwell, Victoria Brescoll, Andrew Canavan, Jesse j Chandler, Erik Cheries, Sapna Cheryan, Felix Cheung, Andrei Cimpian, Mark a Clark, Diana Cordon, Fiery Cushman, Peter h Ditto, Alice Amell, Sarah e Frick, Monica Gamez-djokic, Rebecca hofstein Grady, Jesse Graham, Jun Gu, Adam Hahn, Brittany e Hanson, Nicole j Hartwich, Kristie Hein, Yoel Inbar, Lily Jiang, Tehlyr Kellogg, Nicole Legate, Timo p Luoma, Heidi Maibeucher, Peter Meindl, Jennifer Miles, Alexandra Mislin, Daniel c Molden, Matt Motyl, George Newman, Hoai huong Ngo, Harvey Packham, P scott Ramsay, Jennifer l Ray, Aaron m Sackett, Anne-laure Sellier, Tatiana Sokolova, Walter Sowden, Daniel Storage, Xiaomin Sun, Jay j Van bavel, Anthony n Washburn, Cong Wei, Erik Wetter, Carlos t Wilson, Sophie-charlotte Darroux, Eric luis Uhlmann
September 2016

The Pipeline Project: Pre-publication Independent Replications Of A Single Laboratory's Research Pipeline

JOURNAL : JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

CONTRIBUTORS: Martin Schweinsberg, Nikhil Madan, Michelangelo Vianello, S. amy Sommer, Jennifer Jordan, Warren Tierney, Eli Awtrey, Luke lei Zhu, Daniel Diermeier, Justin e Heinze, Malavika Srinivasan, David Tannenbaum, Eliza Bivolaru, Jason Dana, Clintin p Davis-stober, Christilene Du plessis, Quentin f Gronau, Andrew c Hafenbrack, Eko yi Liao, Alexander Ly, Maarten Marsman, Toshio Murase, Israr Qureshi, Michael Schaerer, Nico Thornley, Christina m Tworek, Eric-jan Wagenmakers, Lynn Wong, Tabitha Anderson, Christopher w Bauman, Wendy l Bedwell, Victoria Brescoll, Andrew Canavan, Jesse j Chandler, Erik Cheries, Sapna Cheryan, Felix Cheung, Andrei Cimpian, Mark a Clark, Diana Cordon, Fiery Cushman, Peter h Ditto, Thomas Donahue, Sarah e Frick, Monica Gamez-djokic, Rebecca hofstein Grady, Jesse Graham, Jun Gu, Adam Hahn, Brittany e Hanson, Nicole j Hartwich, Kristie Hein, Yoel Inbar, Lily Jiang, Tehlyr Kellogg, Deanna m Kennedy, Nicole Legate, Timo p Luoma, Heidi Maibuecher, Peter Meindl, Jennifer Miles, Alexandra Mislin, Daniel c Molden, Matt Motyl, George Newman, Hoai huong Ngo, Harvey Packham, Philip s Ramsay, Jennifer l Ray, Aaron m Sackett, Anne-laure Sellier, Tatiana Sokolova, Walter Sowden, Daniel Storage, Xiaomin Sun, Jay j Van bavel, Anthony n Washburn, Cong Wei, Erik Wetter, Carlos t Wilson, Sophie-charlotte Darroux, Eric luis Uhlmann
April 2016

Keeping Positive And Building Strength

JOURNAL : GROUP & ORGANIZATION MANAGEMENT

CONTRIBUTORS: S. amy Sommer, Jane m Howell, Constance noonan Hadley
August 2015

Team Adaptation: A Fifteen-year Synthesis (1998–2013) And Framework For How This Literature Needs To “adapt” Going Forward

JOURNAL : EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF WORK AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

CONTRIBUTORS: M travis Maynard, Deanna m Kennedy, S. amy Sommer
August 2011

Measuring The Efficacy Of Leaders To Assess Information And Make Decisions In A Crisis: The C-lead Scale

JOURNAL : THE LEADERSHIP QUARTERLY

CONTRIBUTORS: Constance noonan Hadley, Todd l Pittinsky, S. amy Sommer, Weichun Zhu
January 2011

Infusing Creativity Into Crisis Management An Essential Approach Today

JOURNAL : ORGANIZATIONAL DYNAMICS

CONTRIBUTORS: Christine m Pearson, S. amy Sommer

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

January 2015

"to Go Fast, Go Slow: Effect Of Phase Durations On Team Performance Trajectories In Experimentation"

CONFERENCE : ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT PROCEEDINGS

CONTRIBUTORS: Kenneth t Goh, Colin m Fisher, S. amy Sommer

Many Analysts, One Dataset: Making Transparent How Variations In Analytical Choices Affect Results

CONTRIBUTORS: Raphael Silberzahn, Eric luis Uhlmann, Daniel patrick Martin, Pasquale Anselmi, Frederik Aust, Eli c Awtrey, Št?pán Bahník, Feng Bai, Colin Bannard, Evelina Bonnier, Rickard Carlsson, Felix Cheung, Garret Christensen, Russ Clay, Maureen a Craig, Anna Dalla rosa, Lammertjan Dam, Mathew h Evans, Ismael Flores cervantes, Nathan Fong, Monica Gamez-djokic, Andreas Glenz, Shauna Gordon-mckeon, Tim Heaton, Karin hederos Eriksson, Moritz Heene, Alicia Hofelich mohr, Fabia Högden, Kent Hui, Magnus Johannesson, Jonathan Kalodimos, Erikson Kaszubowski, Deanna marie Kennedy, Ryan Lei, Thomas andrew Lindsay, Silvia Liverani, Christopher r Madan, Daniel c Molden, Eric Molleman, Richard donald Morey, Laetitia b Mulder, Bernard a Nijstad, Bryson Pope, Nolan g Pope, Jason m Prenoveau, Floor Rink, Egidio Robusto, Hadiya Roderique, Anna Sandberg, Elmar Schlueter, Felix S, Martin f Sherman, S. amy Sommer, Kristin lee Sotak, Seth m Spain, Christoph Spo?rlein, Tom Stafford, Luca Stefanutti, Susanne Täuber, Johannes Ullrich, Michelangelo Vianello, Eric-jan Wagenmakers, Maciej Witkowiak, Sangsuk Yoon, Brian a Nosek