RESEARCH

I study why goals are useful but not important for organizations. I use foundational machine learning, scheduling, and complexity theory models coupled with behavioral experiments to shine light on the limitations of thinking that goals matter in themselves and provide actionable feedback on what to do instead.

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Arrieta J.P., Crivellini-Egger B. (2026). Callisto: Justice for Sexual Assault Survivors Through Organization Design. Journal of Organization Design. Accepted for Publication
Laureiro-M. D., Arrieta J.P., Brusoni (2023). Microfoundations of Problem Solving: Attentional Engagement Predicts Problem Solving Strategies. Organization Science, 34(6), 2207-2230. link
Arrieta, J.P., Fontana, R., Brusoni, S. (2023). On the Strategic Use of Product Modularity for Market Entry, Industrial and Corporate Change, 32(1), 155-180. link
Arrieta, J.P., Shrestha, Y.R. (2022). On the Strategic Value of Equifinal Choice, Journal of Organization Design, 11, 37-45. link
Chang, J.B., Kim, Y. H., Thompson, E., No, Y.H., Kim, N.H., Arrieta, J.P., ... & Berggren, K.K. (2016). The Orientations of Large Aspect‐Ratio Coiled‐Coil Proteins Attached to Gold Nanostructures. Small, 12(11), 1498-1505. link
Manfrinato, V.R., Wanger, D.D., Strasfeld, D.B., Han, H.S., Marsili, F., Arrieta, J.P., ... & Berggren, K.K. (2013). Controlled placement of colloidal quantum dots in sub-15 nm clusters. Nanotechnology, 24(12), 125302. link

MORE IS DIFFERENT: THE EFFECT OF PREFERENCE DIVERSITY ON EXPLORATION AND ADAPTATION

Preparing Submission
Nominated for Best PhD paper prize at Strategic Management Society (SMS) Conference 2020.

Presented at invited seminars at Aarhus University and the University of Southern Denmark in 2019 and at the Theoretical Organizational Models (TOM) Society 2018, Carnegie School of Organizational Learning (CSOL), AoM, and SMS in 2020

CHAMPIONING THE FLAWED GEMS: IN SEARCH OF CONTRARIAN OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH MINORITY RULING - WITH CHENGWEI LIU

Preparing re-submission after R2 rejection at SMJ

Nominated for Best PhD Prize and Best Methods Prize at SMS Virtual 2020
Presented at TOM Society and Nagymaros in 2020, DRUID in 2021 SMS in 2024 AoM 2025

RESEARCH IN PROGRESS

Routines in Centaur (Human+AI) Organizations - with Chengwei Liu, Franziska Lauenstein, Markus Becker, and Pantelis Analytis - Data Analysis
Routines as Games: The Effect of Goal-disagreement in Routine Formation - Data Analysis
Approaching Rationality: Resolving Prospect Theory's Biases with Decision Structures - with Veronica Cappelli and Michael Christensen - Data Collection
Privilege as Observable Luck: Reactions to the Erosion of the Matthew Effect - with Bianca Crivellini Egger - Data Collection
Searching for Goals - Data Analysis
Mesa Choices: From Structure to Style in Chess - with Henning Piezunka - Early stage