Samuel Skowronek

Doctoral Candidate

Contact Information

Primary Email:
samsko@wharton.upenn.edu

office Address:
527.6 Jon M. Huntsman Hall
3730 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Research Interests: ethical decision making, emotions, social norms, behavioral decision research

Links: CV

Overview

Sam Skowronek is a sixth-year doctoral student in the Decision-Processes Group at Wharton. Prior to starting his doctoral work, he worked as a Research Fellow at the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government and as a Research Associate at KPMG’s Institute for Consumer Research at the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business. Sam graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University in 2013 with a BA in Economics.

Sam’s research is focused on ethical decision making. He has conducted research on how shame and embarrassment shape ethical norms in organizations, and he has studied how domain expertise influences the use of deception.

Awards and Honors

Society of Business Ethics Founders’ Award, 2021
Best Student Paper Award, Academy of Management Conference- Conflict Management Division, 2021
Mack Institute for Innovation Management Research Grant, 2020
Baker Retail Center Research Award, 2020
Winkelman Fellowship, 2018
Emotions and Organizations Research Grant by the Katz Fund for Research on Leadership and Emotional Intelligence, 2018
Marjorie Weiler Prize for Excellence in Writing, 2017
Wharton Risk Center Russell Ackoff Doctoral Fellowship Award, 2017-2020
Phi Beta Kappa Society, 2013

Activity

Latest Research

Sam Skowronek (2021), About 70% Of Participants Know That The Canonical Deception Paradigms Measure Dishonesty, Proceedings of the Eighty-first Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management..

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