Sameer B Srivastava

Sameer B Srivastava is the Ewald T. Grether Professor of Business Administration and Public Policy at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business, with additional affiliation in UC Berkeley Sociology. He is a leading researcher who applies computational methods to understand the complex interrelationships between group culture, individual cognition, and interpersonal networks, with implications for individual attainment and organizational performance.

His educational background includes:

• AB in Economics, magna cum laude, Harvard College
• MBA from Harvard Business School
• AM in Sociology, Harvard University
• PhD in Organizational Behavior/Sociology, Harvard University

Srivastava's research program spans organizational sociology, organizational theory, network analysis, culture and cognition, and economic sociology. He has pioneered language-based computational approaches to measuring culture and its effects in organizations. His work bridges sociology, psychology, and management through sophisticated methodological innovations that have significantly advanced our understanding of how cultural dynamics operate through language and networks.

His publication trajectory reveals a strong focus on computational organizational research, with increasing integration of AI and machine learning methods. His recent work examines network dynamics in polarized environments, cultural fit in organizations, and the application of language analysis to understand organizational culture. This research has appeared in top journals including American Journal of Sociology, American Sociological Review, Administrative Science Quarterly, Management Science, and Organization Science.

Among his notable scientific achievements are:

• Barbara and Gerson Bakar Faculty Fellowship (2015)
• Schwabacher Fellowship, Haas School of Business (2014)
• Multiple Best Paper Awards at Wharton People Analytics Conference (2015, 2016) and Kellogg Computational Social Science Summit (2015)
• UC Berkeley Institute for Research on Labor and Employment Graduate Student Researcher Award (2016)
• Garwood Center for Corporate Innovation Research Award (2012)

Srivastava has made significant contributions to academic service as Organizations Department Editor at Management Science and previously as Senior Editor at Organization Science. He co-directs the Berkeley Center for Workplace Culture and Innovation and the Berkeley-Stanford Computational Culture Lab, leading interdisciplinary research initiatives. His teaching includes Power and Politics in Organizations (MBA elective), executive education programs in leadership and strategy, and PhD seminars in macro-organizational behavior. His research has received widespread media coverage in The New York Times, Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and Forbes.