{"id":9973,"date":"2024-08-06T16:39:32","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T20:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/siobhan-omahony\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T16:53:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T20:53:30","slug":"siobhan-omahony","status":"publish","type":"profiles","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/siobhan-omahony\/","title":{"rendered":"Siobhan O&#8217;Mahony"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull profile__standard-wrapper has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns profile__columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-b2e659ba wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column profile__left-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-986eed52 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><figure class=\"profile__image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Siobhan O&#8217;Mahony\" style=\"object-fit:contain\" class=\"wp-post-image\" src=\"http:\/\/questromapps.bu.edu\/images\/facstaff\/O&#039;MahonySiobhan.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<aside class=\"profile__contact profile__contact--api wp-block-amp-profile-contact\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n  <h5>Contact<\/h5>\n  <div class=\"profile__contact-row\">\n          <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--phone\">\n        <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px;\">\n        Phone\n      <\/h6>\n      <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\" itemprop=\"telephone\">\n        617-358-6073      <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n              <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--email\">\n        <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px;\">\n        Email\n      <\/h6>\n      <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\">\n        <a href=\"mailto:somahony@bu.edu\" itemprop=\"email\">\n          somahony@bu.edu        <\/a>\n      <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"profile__contact-buttons\">\n              <div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-primary-button\">\n          <a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/questromapps.bu.edu\/faculty\/uploadFiles\/cvUploadsProfile\/MO_OMahony_Siobhan_CV.pdf\">\n            Download CV\n          <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"profile__contact-row\">\n\n              <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--office\">\n          <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px;\">\n          Office\n        <\/h6>\n        <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\" itemprop=\"workLocation\">\n          647        <\/p>\n      <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--bu\">\n          <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px\">\n            Boston University <br \/>\n            Questrom School of Business\n          <\/h6>\n                        <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\" itemprop=\"address\">\n                Rafik B. Hariri Building <br \/>\n                595 Commonwealth Avenue <br \/>\n                Boston, MA 02215\n              <\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/aside><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column profile__right-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-986eed52 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__header-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0f22d0a1 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__header-content has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Siobhan O&#8217;Mahony<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"alignfull wp-block-amp-profile-position\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-transform-uppercase has-p-2-font-size\" style=\"text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: 600\">\n\t\t\tFeld Family Professor in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Management and Organizations\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-transform-uppercase has-p-2-font-size\" style=\"text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: 600\">\n\t\t\tDepartment Chair, Management and Organizations\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-amp-profile-data profile-data\"><div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-section has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained wp-block-amp-profile-education\">\n\t<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-weight: 500\">\n\tEducation\t<\/h5>\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-row has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">PhD, Stanford University, 2002<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">MPA, Cornell University School of Public Affairs, 1993<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">BS, Cornell University School of Industrial Labor Relations, 1991<\/p>\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-section has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained wp-block-amp-profile-presentations\">\n\t<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-weight: 500\">\n\tSelected Research Presentations\t<\/h5>\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-row has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">O&#8217;Mahony, S. Evaluating entrepreneurial potential: Where do disparities come from, University of Cambridge Judge Business School, Cambridge UK, 2025<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">O&#8217;Mahony, S. Evaluating entrepreneurial potential: Where do disparities come from, Bayes College, London, UK, 2025<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">O&#8217;Mahony, S. Evaluating entrepreneurial potential: Where do disparities come from, University of Michigan Ross School of Business, Ann Arbor, Mi, 2025<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">O&#8217;Mahony, S. Evaluating entrepreneurial potential: Where do disparities come from, Columbia University, New York, NY, 2025<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">O&#8217;Mahony, S. Evaluating entrepreneurial potential: Where do disparities come from, McGill Montreal Canada, 2025<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">O&#8217;Mahony, S. Evaluating entrepreneurial potential: Where do disparities come from, University of British Columbia, Sauder School of Business, 2025<\/p>\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-section has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained wp-block-amp-profile-publications\">\n\t<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-weight: 500\">\n\tPublications\t<\/h5>\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-row has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">O&#8217;Mahony, S., Hannah, D. (In Press). &#8220;Navigating Pedagogical Dilemmas When Fields are in Flux&#8221;, <i>Academy of Management Learning &#038; Education<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">O&#8217;Mahony, S., Karp, R. (In Press). &#8220;Confronting the limits of symbolic action: How entrepreneurs narrow the presentation-performance gap&#8221;, <i>Organization science<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">O&#8217;Mahony, S., Bechky, B. (In Press). &#8220;Parsing Novelty in Technology and Work&#8221;, <i>Journal of Management Inquiry<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">O&#8217;Mahony, S., Miller, A., Cohen, S. (In Press). &#8220;Opening the aperture: \nExplaining the complementary roles of advice and testing when forming entrepreneurial strategy&#8221;, <i>Organization Science<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Monteiro, P., Nicolini, D., Erickson, I., Cohen, L., Dokko, G., Corporaal, G., Karunakaran, A., Bechky, B., O\u2019Mahony, S. (2025). &#8220;Beyond the Buzz: Scholarly Approaches to the Study of Work&#8221;, <i>Journal of Management Inquiry<\/i>, <i>34<\/i> (1),  19-40<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Chen, Y., Hwang, K., Portocarrero, S., Wang, D., Pak, Y., Kim, S., Yoon, S., Lee, H., Miller, A., O&#8217;Mahony, S., Portocarrero, F., Burbano, V., White, M., Tilcsik, A., Chen, Y. (2024). &#8220;Navigating Inequality in Entrepreneurship: Strategies and Evaluations of Marginalized Entrepreneurs&#8221;, <i>Academy of Management Proceedings<\/i>, <i>2024<\/i> (1)<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Hannah, D., O&#8217;Mahony, S., Mahar, H. (2024). &#8220;Templatization Without Homogenization: Entrepreneurship Frameworks in Undergraduate Classrooms&#8221;, <i>Academy of Management<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Hampel, C., DeSantola, A., Gao, C., Fisher, G., Grodal, S., Kapoor, R., O&#8217;Mahony, S., Zuzul, T. (2023). &#8220;How Do New Ventures Pivot? Advancing Research on the Process of Entrepreneurial Pivoting&#8221;, <i>Academy of Management Proceedings<\/i>, <i>2023<\/i> (1)<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Leibel, E., Falchetti, D., O&#8217;Mahony, S. (2023). &#8220;Making Friends While Pitching Investors\u2014Exploring Different Paths of Resource Acquisition&#8221;, <i>Academy of Management Proceedings<\/i>, <i>2023<\/i> (1)<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">O\u2019Mahony, S., Cohen, S. (2022). &#8220;Navigating the promises and perils of researching emerging phenomena in strategy and organizations&#8221;, <i>Strategic Organization<\/i>, <i>20<\/i> (4),  872-885<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">O&#8217;Mahony, S., Massa, F. (2021). &#8220;Order from Chaos: How Networked Activists Self Organize by Creating a Participation Architecture&#8221;, <i>Administrative Science Quarterly<\/i>, <i>66<\/i> (4),  1037-1083<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Leibel, E., Falchetti, D. (2021). &#8220;When money isn\u2019t everything\u2014Exploring different patterns of entrepreneur resource acquisition&#8221;, <\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">O&#8217;Mahony, S., Karp, R., Miller, A. (2021). Governing for Growth in Scope: Cultivating a Dynamic Understanding of how Peer Production Collective Evolve.&#8221;Peer Production Handbook&#8221;, <\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Larrick, R., Miller, A., North, M., O&#8217;Mahony, S., Sah, S., Shea, C., Steffel, M., Woolley, K., Yu, S., Zhang, T. (2019). &#8220;Beyond Taking and Accuracy: Advancing Advice Research with New Perspectives&#8221;, <i>Academy of Management Proceedings<\/i>, <i>2019<\/i> (1),  11619-11619<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Karp, R., Agarwal, S., Gawer, A., Jarvenpaa, S., O&#8217;Mahony, S., Van Alstyne, M. (2018). &#8220;Construct Smack-Down: The Dynamics of Ecosystems and Communities&#8221;, <i>Academy of Management Proceedings<\/i>, <i>2018<\/i> (1),  12136-12136<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Grodal, S., O&#8217;Mahony, S. (2017). &#8220;How does a grand challenge become displaced? Explaining the duality of field mobilization&#8221;, <i>Academy of Management Journal<\/i>, <i>60<\/i> (5),  1801-1827<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">O&#8217;Mahony, S., Dahlander, L. (2017). &#8220;A Study Shows How to Find New Ideas Inside and Outside the Company&#8221;, <i>Harvard Business Review<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">O&#8217;Mahony, S., Seidel, V., Packelen, K. (2016). Help me do it on my own: How entrepreneurs manage autonomy and constraint within incubator organizations.&#8221;Research in the Sociology of Organizations&#8221;, <i>Emerald Publishing Limited<\/i> 275-307<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Dahlander, L., O&#8217;Mahony, S., Gann, D. (2016). &#8220;One foot in, one foot out: How does individuals&#8217; external search breadth affect innovation outcomes?&#8221;, <i>Strategic Management Journal<\/i>, <i>37<\/i> (2),  280-302<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">O&#8217;Mahony, S., Bechky, B. (2015). Leveraging Comparative Field Data for Theory Generation.&#8221;Handbook of Qualitative Organizational Research: Innovative Pathways and Methods&#8221;, <i>Routledge<\/i> 168-176<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Seidel, V., O&#8217;Mahony, S. (2014). &#8220;Managing the Repertoire: Stories, Metaphors, Prototypes, and Concept Coherence in Product Innovation&#8221;, <i>Organization Science<\/i>, <i>25<\/i> (3),  691-712<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">O&#8217;Mahony, S., Ferraro, F. (2012). Managing the Boundary of an Open Project.&#8221;Market Emergence and Transformation&#8221;, <i>Princeton University Press<\/i> 545-565<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Dahlander, L., O&#8217;Mahony, S. (2011). &#8220;Progressing to the Center: Coordinating Project Work&#8221;, <i>Organization Science<\/i>, <i>22<\/i> (4),  961-979<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Lingo, E., O&#8217;Mahony, S. (2010). &#8220;Nexus Work: Brokerage on Creative Projects&#8221;, <i>Administrative Science Quarterly<\/i>, <i>55<\/i> (1),  47-81<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Kochan, T., Guillen, M., Hunter, L., O&#8217;Mahony, S. (2009). &#8220;Introduction to the special research forum &#8211; public policy and management research: Finding the common ground&#8221;, <i>Academy of Management Journal<\/i>, <i>52<\/i> (6),  1088-1100<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">O&#8217;Mahony, S., Chen, K. (2009). &#8220;Differentiating Organizational Boundaries&#8221;, <i>Research in Sociology of Organization<\/i>, <i>26<\/i> 183-220<\/p>\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"bu_is_from_api":true,"buID":"U18938371","lastName":"O'Mahony","firstName":"Siobhan","middleName":"","suffixName":"","phone":"617-358-6073","email":"somahony@bu.edu","pronouns":"","cv":"http:\/\/questromapps.bu.edu\/faculty\/uploadFiles\/cvUploadsProfile\/MO_OMahony_Siobhan_CV.pdf","website":"","office":"647","address":"595 Commonwealth Ave","bio":"","bu_profile_image_url":"http:\/\/questromapps.bu.edu\/images\/facstaff\/O'MahonySiobhan.jpg","position":["Feld Family Professor in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Management and Organizations","Department Chair, Management and Organizations"],"education":["PhD, Stanford University, 2002","MPA, Cornell University School of Public Affairs, 1993","BS, Cornell University School of Industrial Labor Relations, 1991"],"publications":["O'Mahony, S., Hannah, D. (In Press). \"Navigating Pedagogical Dilemmas When Fields are in Flux\", <i>Academy of Management Learning & Education<\/i>","O'Mahony, S., Karp, R. (In Press). \"Confronting the limits of symbolic action: How entrepreneurs narrow the presentation-performance gap\", <i>Organization science<\/i>","O'Mahony, S., Bechky, B. (In Press). \"Parsing Novelty in Technology and Work\", <i>Journal of Management Inquiry<\/i>","O'Mahony, S., Miller, A., Cohen, S. (In Press). \"Opening the aperture: \nExplaining the complementary roles of advice and testing when forming entrepreneurial strategy\", <i>Organization Science<\/i>","Monteiro, P., Nicolini, D., Erickson, I., Cohen, L., Dokko, G., Corporaal, G., Karunakaran, A., Bechky, B., O\u2019Mahony, S. (2025). \"Beyond the Buzz: Scholarly Approaches to the Study of Work\", <i>Journal of Management Inquiry<\/i>, <i>34<\/i> (1),  19-40","Chen, Y., Hwang, K., Portocarrero, S., Wang, D., Pak, Y., Kim, S., Yoon, S., Lee, H., Miller, A., O'Mahony, S., Portocarrero, F., Burbano, V., White, M., Tilcsik, A., Chen, Y. (2024). \"Navigating Inequality in Entrepreneurship: Strategies and Evaluations of Marginalized Entrepreneurs\", <i>Academy of Management Proceedings<\/i>, <i>2024<\/i> (1)","Hannah, D., O'Mahony, S., Mahar, H. (2024). \"Templatization Without Homogenization: Entrepreneurship Frameworks in Undergraduate Classrooms\", <i>Academy of Management<\/i>","Hampel, C., DeSantola, A., Gao, C., Fisher, G., Grodal, S., Kapoor, R., O'Mahony, S., Zuzul, T. (2023). \"How Do New Ventures Pivot? Advancing Research on the Process of Entrepreneurial Pivoting\", <i>Academy of Management Proceedings<\/i>, <i>2023<\/i> (1)","Leibel, E., Falchetti, D., O'Mahony, S. (2023). \"Making Friends While Pitching Investors\u2014Exploring Different Paths of Resource Acquisition\", <i>Academy of Management Proceedings<\/i>, <i>2023<\/i> (1)","O\u2019Mahony, S., Cohen, S. (2022). \"Navigating the promises and perils of researching emerging phenomena in strategy and organizations\", <i>Strategic Organization<\/i>, <i>20<\/i> (4),  872-885","O'Mahony, S., Massa, F. (2021). \"Order from Chaos: How Networked Activists Self Organize by Creating a Participation Architecture\", <i>Administrative Science Quarterly<\/i>, <i>66<\/i> (4),  1037-1083","Leibel, E., Falchetti, D. (2021). \"When money isn\u2019t everything\u2014Exploring different patterns of entrepreneur resource acquisition\", ","O'Mahony, S., Karp, R., Miller, A. (2021). Governing for Growth in Scope: Cultivating a Dynamic Understanding of how Peer Production Collective Evolve.\"Peer Production Handbook\", ","Larrick, R., Miller, A., North, M., O'Mahony, S., Sah, S., Shea, C., Steffel, M., Woolley, K., Yu, S., Zhang, T. (2019). \"Beyond Taking and Accuracy: Advancing Advice Research with New Perspectives\", <i>Academy of Management Proceedings<\/i>, <i>2019<\/i> (1),  11619-11619","Karp, R., Agarwal, S., Gawer, A., Jarvenpaa, S., O'Mahony, S., Van Alstyne, M. (2018). \"Construct Smack-Down: The Dynamics of Ecosystems and Communities\", <i>Academy of Management Proceedings<\/i>, <i>2018<\/i> (1),  12136-12136","Grodal, S., O'Mahony, S. (2017). \"How does a grand challenge become displaced? Explaining the duality of field mobilization\", <i>Academy of Management Journal<\/i>, <i>60<\/i> (5),  1801-1827","O'Mahony, S., Dahlander, L. (2017). \"A Study Shows How to Find New Ideas Inside and Outside the Company\", <i>Harvard Business Review<\/i>","O'Mahony, S., Seidel, V., Packelen, K. (2016). Help me do it on my own: How entrepreneurs manage autonomy and constraint within incubator organizations.\"Research in the Sociology of Organizations\", <i>Emerald Publishing Limited<\/i> 275-307","Dahlander, L., O'Mahony, S., Gann, D. (2016). \"One foot in, one foot out: How does individuals' external search breadth affect innovation outcomes?\", <i>Strategic Management Journal<\/i>, <i>37<\/i> (2),  280-302","O'Mahony, S., Bechky, B. (2015). Leveraging Comparative Field Data for Theory Generation.\"Handbook of Qualitative Organizational Research: Innovative Pathways and Methods\", <i>Routledge<\/i> 168-176","Seidel, V., O'Mahony, S. (2014). \"Managing the Repertoire: Stories, Metaphors, Prototypes, and Concept Coherence in Product Innovation\", <i>Organization Science<\/i>, <i>25<\/i> (3),  691-712","O'Mahony, S., Ferraro, F. (2012). Managing the Boundary of an Open Project.\"Market Emergence and Transformation\", <i>Princeton University Press<\/i> 545-565","Dahlander, L., O'Mahony, S. (2011). \"Progressing to the Center: Coordinating Project Work\", <i>Organization Science<\/i>, <i>22<\/i> (4),  961-979","Lingo, E., O'Mahony, S. (2010). \"Nexus Work: Brokerage on Creative Projects\", <i>Administrative Science Quarterly<\/i>, <i>55<\/i> (1),  47-81","Kochan, T., Guillen, M., Hunter, L., O'Mahony, S. (2009). \"Introduction to the special research forum - public policy and management research: Finding the common ground\", <i>Academy of Management Journal<\/i>, <i>52<\/i> (6),  1088-1100","O'Mahony, S., Chen, K. (2009). \"Differentiating Organizational Boundaries\", <i>Research in Sociology of Organization<\/i>, <i>26<\/i> 183-220"],"presentations":["O'Mahony, S. Evaluating entrepreneurial potential: Where do disparities come from, University of Cambridge Judge Business School, Cambridge UK, 2025","O'Mahony, S. Evaluating entrepreneurial potential: Where do disparities come from, Bayes College, London, UK, 2025","O'Mahony, S. Evaluating entrepreneurial potential: Where do disparities come from, University of Michigan Ross School of Business, Ann Arbor, Mi, 2025","O'Mahony, S. Evaluating entrepreneurial potential: Where do disparities come from, Columbia University, New York, NY, 2025","O'Mahony, S. Evaluating entrepreneurial potential: Where do disparities come from, McGill Montreal Canada, 2025","O'Mahony, S. Evaluating entrepreneurial potential: Where do disparities come from, University of British Columbia, Sauder School of Business, 2025"],"awards_honors":["2018, Academy of Management Journal Best Article of 2017, Academy of Management","2018, Batten Research Fellow, Darden School of Business Batten Institute","2018, Henry Morgan Award for Outstanding Contributions to Entrepreneurship, Innovate@BU","2017, Broderick Award for Outstanding Faculty Contributions to the Doctoral Program, Questrom School of Business","2017, Dean's Research Scholar, Questrom School of Business","2016, Dean's Research Scholar, Questrom","2015, 2015 Questrom Award for Institutional Excellence, Boston University","2010, 2010 Outstanding Author Contribution Award, Emerald Literati Network Publisher","2005, American Sociological Association, Computer Information Technology Division, Outstanding Paper Award, American Sociological Association"]},"ambassador-type":[],"career-interest":[],"citizenship":[],"club-organization":[],"current-country":[],"current-industry":[],"region":[],"state":[],"undergraduate-major":[],"profile_types":[16],"faculty_types":[1375],"faculty-departments":[1372],"staff-departments":[],"phd-student-departments":[],"programs":[],"directory-types":[35],"class_list":["post-9973","profiles","type-profiles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Siobhan O&#039;Mahony - Boston University Questrom<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/siobhan-omahony\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Siobhan O&#039;Mahony - Boston University Questrom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/siobhan-omahony\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Boston University Questrom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-09-05T20:53:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/siobhan-omahony\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/siobhan-omahony\/\",\"name\":\"Siobhan O'Mahony - Boston University Questrom\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-06T20:39:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-05T20:53:30+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/siobhan-omahony\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/siobhan-omahony\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/siobhan-omahony\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Siobhan O&#8217;Mahony\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/\",\"name\":\"Boston University Questrom\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Siobhan O'Mahony - Boston University Questrom","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/siobhan-omahony\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Siobhan O'Mahony - Boston University Questrom","og_url":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/siobhan-omahony\/","og_site_name":"Boston University Questrom","article_modified_time":"2026-09-05T20:53:30+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/siobhan-omahony\/","url":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/siobhan-omahony\/","name":"Siobhan O'Mahony - Boston University Questrom","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-08-06T20:39:32+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-05T20:53:30+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/siobhan-omahony\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/siobhan-omahony\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/siobhan-omahony\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Siobhan O&#8217;Mahony"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/","name":"Boston University Questrom","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profiles\/9973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profiles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profiles"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ambassador-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ambassador-type?post=9973"},{"taxonomy":"career-interest","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/career-interest?post=9973"},{"taxonomy":"citizenship","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citizenship?post=9973"},{"taxonomy":"club-organization","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/club-organization?post=9973"},{"taxonomy":"current-country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/current-country?post=9973"},{"taxonomy":"current-industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/current-industry?post=9973"},{"taxonomy":"region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region?post=9973"},{"taxonomy":"state","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/state?post=9973"},{"taxonomy":"undergraduate-major","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/undergraduate-major?post=9973"},{"taxonomy":"profile_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile_types?post=9973"},{"taxonomy":"faculty_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faculty_types?post=9973"},{"taxonomy":"faculty-departments","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faculty-departments?post=9973"},{"taxonomy":"staff-departments","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/staff-departments?post=9973"},{"taxonomy":"phd-student-departments","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/phd-student-departments?post=9973"},{"taxonomy":"programs","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/programs?post=9973"},{"taxonomy":"directory-types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/directory-types?post=9973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}