How Did You Do That? Exploring the Motivation to Learn from Others’ Exceptional Success

Quinn, Ryan W.; Myers, Christopher G.; Kopelman, Shirli; Simmons, Stefanie

doi:10.5465/amd.2018.0217

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“…Nonetheless, this feature of the context invites further study of the characteristics of work stories that might attenuate or amplify this vicarious learning process. Some research has explored the relative learning benefit of failure, success, and exceptional success stories (e.g., Joung, Hesketh, and Neal, 2006; Bledow et al, 2017; Quinn et al, 2021), but what makes an experience particularly memorable or effective for story-based learning is still a relatively open question. Future research might thus explore what features of an experience make for a memorable, valuable story from which to learn—and how these features may vary across organizational settings.…”

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“…Much of this research is interested primarily in stories rather than the process of storytelling , focusing in particular on the effects of exposure to differing story content on learning. These studies tend to examine how presenting a static story (i.e., a written text or audiovisual narration of a story) that varies on some key characteristic, such as the degree of the protagonist’s failure or success, affects individuals’ learning-related motivation and performance (e.g., Joung, Hesketh, and Neal, 2006; Bledow et al, 2017; Quinn et al, 2021). Though informative about the types of content that prompt learning, these studies contribute less to our understanding of how interpersonal storytelling practices influence learning in organizations, as they reduce the role of stories to unidirectional transmission vehicles for (often experimentally manipulated) content differences.…”

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Storytelling as a Tool for Vicarious Learning among Air Medical Transport Crews

Myers

2021

Administrative Science Quarterly

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Learning vicariously from the experiences of others at work, such as those working on different teams or projects, has long been recognized as a driver of collective performance in organizations. Yet as work becomes more ambiguous and less observable in knowledge-intensive organizations, previously identified vicarious learning strategies, including direct observation and formal knowledge transfer, become less feasible. Drawing on ethnographic observations and interviews with flight nurse crews in an air medical transport program, I inductively build a model of how storytelling can serve as a valuable tool for vicarious learning. I explore a multistage process of triggering, telling, and transforming stories as a means by which flight nurses convert the raw experience of other crews’ patient transports into prospective knowledge and expanded repertoires of responses for potential future challenges. Further, I highlight how this storytelling process is situated within the transport program’s broader structures and practices, which serve to enable flight nurses’ storytelling and to scale the lessons of their stories throughout the entire program. I discuss the implications of these insights for the study of storytelling as a learning tool in organizations, as well as for revamping the field’s understanding of vicarious learning in knowledge-intensive work settings.

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Storytelling as a Tool for Vicarious Learning among Air Medical Transport Crews

Myers

2021

Administrative Science Quarterly

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“…The degree to which a person feels motivated throughout a learning experience has been identified as a significant determinant of performance ( Quinn et al, 2021 ). In the last few years, scholars have started to look into how innovation climates affect people’s work inclinations and behaviors ( Bamberger, 2018 ).…”

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Time lagged investigation of entrepreneurship school innovation climate and students motivational outcomes: Moderating role of students’ attitude toward technology

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Based on the reinforcement theory of motivation, the purpose of this research was to measure the effect of school innovation climate on students’ motivational outcomes, including behavioral engagement, academic self-efficacy, interest, and utility value. Furthermore, the conditional influence of students’ attitude toward technology on the link between school innovation climate and students’ motivating outcomes has been investigated and reported. Data were gathered from the 305 entrepreneurship program students of five different universities located in Wuhan, China. In the SamrtPLS 3.3.3 program, the analysis was carried out using SEM. Results revealed that the school innovation climate has a favorable impact on improving the motivating outcomes of students. Additionally, results also provided support for moderation hypotheses that “students’ attitude toward technology” moderated the relationship between “school innovation climate” and academic self-efficacy. On the contrary, “students’ attitudes about technology,” did not appear to be a significant moderator in terms of enhancing the influence of the “school innovation atmosphere” on the students’ behavioral engagement, interest, and utility value. This study provides key policy and theoretical and practical implications as well as future research avenues for entrepreneurial school managers and education scholars.

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“…Indeed, being considered top in this field, via gaining reputation and attaining the status of a celebrity, is a worthy accolade to aspire to (Ng and Feldman, 2014; Spurk et al , 2019). There is considerable literature regarding how people ascend to the top echelons of large enterprises, such as professionals or academics (Beigi et al , 2018), but the cover of entrepreneurs’ is scant (Quinn et al , 2020). Little is known about industry-specific business awards (Harrison and Jepsen, 2015) and investigation of vocational accolades like those won by chefs are rare in the literature (for rare exceptions, see Gill and Burrow, 2018; Giousmpasoglou et al , 2018 and Traynor et al , 2021).…”

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Becoming top global chef: what does it take to become a highly successful entrepreneurial careerist?

Elbasha

Baruch

2022

IJCHM

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Purpose This study aims to understand the career path to the pinnacle of professional life. What does it take for an entrepreneur to become a global celebrity in one’s profession? The authors explore the career motivation, trajectory and outcomes of a niche population who made it to the top of their careers. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative method was applied, using publicly available, prerecorded interviews of a documentary series on a unique sample of 30 top global chefs who gain Michelin-stars or equivalent. The authors used a qualitative approach to analyze the data alternating data and theory. Findings The authors identify a unique pattern, which the authors label as the “two-steps” trajectory, where these successful chefs went through a dual-hurdle process: first, delving into formal training and establishing themselves; then moving to a top chef status through innovation inspired by their history, chance events and treating their work as an artistic oeuvre and an experience. Practical implications The authors provide an observed pattern for what is required to be a top global chef. Originality/value This study advances career theory and entrepreneurship studies via integrating the two perspectives. The authors offer a theoretical contribution by identifying the relevance and importance of “new careers” for entrepreneurs, recognizing critical success factors and reinstating the balance between the agency of the entrepreneur and their context.

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How Did You Do That? Exploring the Motivation to Learn from Others’ Exceptional Success

Cited by 12 publications

References 53 publications

Storytelling as a Tool for Vicarious Learning among Air Medical Transport Crews

Storytelling as a Tool for Vicarious Learning among Air Medical Transport Crews

Time lagged investigation of entrepreneurship school innovation climate and students motivational outcomes: Moderating role of students’ attitude toward technology

Becoming top global chef: what does it take to become a highly successful entrepreneurial careerist?

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