François Collet

François Collet is Associate Professor at ESADE Business School, Ramon Llull University. he holds a Ph.D. from Oxford University a Master of Research in Pattern Analysis and Neural Networks from Aston University and a Master in Computer Science from ENSIIE. He is director of the Master of Research. His research is centered on status and social networks mechanisms. He is particularly interested in analytical sociology and micro-macro linkages. His work has been published in Journal of Management Studies, Academy of Management Learning and Education, Social Networks, Strategic Organization and Sociological Theory.
Before joining the academic world, he worked on a risk management application at J.P.Morgan.

Education

• DPhil in Management. University of Oxford
• Ingénieur Degree/M.Res. ENSIIE

Areas of interest

• Analytical Sociology
• Inter-organizational networks
• Inter-personal networks
• Status

Selected publications

Collet, F., Carnabuci, G., Ertug, G. & Zou, T. (2022). Ideological boundaries of status advantages: Legislative effectiveness in the house of representatives in the United States congress. Organization Studies, 43 (1), pp. 35-57. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1177/0170840620907201.

Ardvisson, M., Collet, F. & Hedström, P. (2021). The Trojan-horse mechanism: How networks reduce gender segregation. Science Advances, 7 (16), eabf6730. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abf6730.

Collet, F., Bruyaka, O., Makarevich, A. & Baudoin, L. (2019). Mist, fog or clear? Diminishing sensitivity to status differences signaled by rankings and choice. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2019 (1), pp. 11666-11666.

Collet, F., Robertson , D. & Lup , D. (2014). When does brokerage matter? Citation impact of research teams in an emerging academic field. Strategic Organization, 12 (3), pp. 157-179. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1177/1476127014530124 .

Collet, F. & Philippe , D. (2014). From hot cakes to cold feet: A contingent perspective on the relationship between market uncertainty and status homophily in the formation of alliances. Journal of Management Studies, 51 (3), pp. 406-432. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12051.

Collet, F. & Vives, L. (2013). From preeminence to prominence: The fall of US business schools and the rise of European and Asian business schools in the Financial Times Global MBA rankings. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 12 (4), pp. 540-563. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5465/amle.2011.0094.

Collet, F. & Hedström, P. (2013). Old friends and new acquaintances: Tie formation mechanisms in an interorganizational network generated by employee mobility. Social Networks, 35 (3), pp. 288-299. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.socnet.2013.02.005.

Collet, F. (2009). Does habitus matter? A comparative review of Bourdieu's habitus and Simon's bounded rationality with some implications for economic sociology. Sociological Theory, 27 (4), pp. 419-434. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9558.2009.01356.x.