Research
Over the years, I have changed, adjusted, and increased my research interests and agenda. However, three general themes seem to stick to the work I enjoy doing:
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an interest on cognition in organization that started from a critical reading of Herbert Simon's work;
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the preference for formal expression of the relations between variables in both theory and empirical research, leading to equation-based modeling first and to agent-based computational simulation then;
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a long time interest in corporate social responsibility, as a way businesses have to contribute to the preservation of life on this planet.
In this page you find a list of some of my publications, divided by type and by topic (whenever possible). I hope you will find something of your interest.
Books
Articles (selection)
This is just a selection of some of my articles, a full list of publications can be found in my CV, available here.
2023
Secchi, D., Grimm, V., Herath, D.B., & Homberg, F.
Modeling and theorizing with agent-based sustainable development
EMS, in press
2021
Secchi, D. & Cowley, S. J.
Cognition in organizations: what it is and how it works
EMR, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 79-92
2021
Secchi, D.
Editorial: Within and around organizational behavior
IJOTB, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 1–5
2018
Yang, Y., Secchi, D., & Homberg, F.
Triggers and damages of organizational defensive routines
MI, Vol. 16, No. 6(80), pp. 85-103
2018
Yang, Y., Secchi, D., & Homberg, F.
Are organisational defensive routines harmful to the relationship between personality and organisational learning?
JBR, Vol. 85, pp. 155-164
2017
Secchi, D., & Seri, R.
Controlling for `false negatives' in agent-based models: A review of power analysis in organizational research
CMOT, Vol. 23, No. 1, pp. 94-121
2017
Secchi, D.
Agent-based models of bounded rationality
TPM, Vol. 23, No. 1/2, pp. 2-12
2023
Oliveira, N. & Secchi, D.
Theory Building, Case Dependence, and Researchers’ Bounded Rationality: An Illustration From Studies of Innovation Diffusion
Vol. 52, No. 2, pp. 993-1042
2021
Seri, R., Martinoli, M., Secchi, D., & Centorrino, S.
Model calibration and validation via confidence sets
E&S, Vol. 20, pp. 62-86
2021
Secchi, D. & Herath, G. B.
Parallel society: Myth or reality? A question for policy makers
JOS, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 148–158
2018
Secchi, D. & Bui, T. M. H.
Group effects on individual attitudes toward social responsibility
Vol. 149, No. 3, pp. 725-746
2018
Secchi, D., & Cowley, S. J.
Modeling organizational cognition: the case of impact factor
JASSS: Vol. 21, No. 1, 13
2017
Secchi, D., & Seri, R.
Experienced discrimination in home mortgage lending. A case of hospital employees in northern Italy
BAS, Vol. 56, No. 7, pp. 1068-1104
2022
Jensen, A., Secchi, D., & Jensen, T. W.
A distributed framework for the study of organizational cognition in meetings
Frontiers, Vol. 13
2021
Secchi, D.
Cognitive attunement in the face of organizational plasticity
EB:HRM, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 192-208
2019
Ballweg, C., Ross, W. H., Secchi, D., & Uting, G.
The prevalence and influence of managers' social networking information on prospective job applicants
EB:HRM, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 161-179
2018
Rong, K., Secchi, D., & Shou, Y.
Culture, trust and business ecosystems: the mediating role of online chat in China
IJBC, Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 247-267
2017
Costello, J., Homberg, F., & Secchi, D.
The public service motivated volunteer devoting time or eort: A review and research agenda
VSR, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 299-317
2017
Bardone, E. & Secchi, D.
Inquisitiveness: Distributing rational thinking
TPM, Vol. 23, No. 1/2, pp. 66-81
Book chapters
This is a selection of some of the most recent book chapters, a full list of my publications is in my CV, available here.
Multiple systems in the meso domain: A study in organizational cognition
Secchi, D., Gahrn-Andersen, R., Festilia, M. S., & Neumann, M.
2024
In G. Minati & M. P. Penna (Eds.),
Multiple Systems: Complexity and Coherence in Ecosystems,
Collective Behavior, and Social Systems chapter 17, (pp. 209–
218). Springer Nature
Computational revival. Why and how computation is still relevant to the study of cognition
Secchi, D.
2022
In D. Secchi, R. Gahrn-Andersen, & S. J. Cowley (Eds.), Organizational Cognition: The Theory of Social Organizing, volume 28 of Routledge Studies in Organizational Change & Development chapter 4,
(pp. 53–68). New York and Abingdon: Routledge
Foreword
Secchi, D.
2019
In D. B. Herath (Ed.), Organizational Plasticity. How disorganization can be leveraged for better organizational performance (pp. xv-xxiii). Emerald
Organizational cognition: A critical perspective on the theory in use
Secchi, D. & Adamsen, B.
2017
In S. J. Cowley & F. Vallee-Tourangeau (Eds.), Cognition Beyond the Brain: Computation, Interactivity and Human Artice (pp. 305-331). Heidelberg: Springer, 2nd edition
Exploring the new frontier: Computational studies of organizational behavior
Neumann, M. & Secchi, D.
2016
In D. Secchi & M. Neumann (Eds.), Agent-Based Simulation of Organizational Behavior. New Frontiers of Social Science Research (pp. 1-16). New York: Springer
The relevance of social dynamics and dispositions
on non-traditional aids to the strategic process
Secchi, D.
2023
In K. Sund, R.
Galavan, & R. Gustafsson (Eds.), Cognitive Aids in Strategy,
New Horizons in Managerial and Organizational Cognition (pp.
135–156). Bingley, UK: Emerald
A model of citation cartels: When self-interest
strikes science
Secchi, D.
2023
In F. Squazzoni (Ed.), Advances in Social Simulation, A Springer book series Springer Proceedings in Complexity (pp. 23–32).: Springer, Cham
How many times should one run a computational simulation?
Seri, R. & Secchi, D.
2017
In B. Edmonds & R. Meyer (Eds.), Simulating Social Complexity. A Handbook (pp. 229-251). Heidelberg: Springer, 2nd edition
Boundary conditions for the emergence of `docility:' An agent-based model and simulation
Secchi, D.
2016
In D. Secchi & M. Neumann (Eds.), Agent-Based Simulation of Organizational Behavior. New Frontiers of Social Science Research (pp. 175-200). New York: Springer
Simulating the effects of disorganisation on employee goal setting and task performance
Herath, D., Secchi, D., & Homberg, F.
2016
In D. Secchi & M. Neumann (Eds.), Agent-Based Simulation of Organizational Behavior. New Frontiers of Social Science Research (pp. 63-84). New York: Springer