
Tristan L. Botelho
Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior
Professor Botelho’s research is in the areas of entrepreneurship, labor markets, organizational sociology, and strategy. One stream of his research focuses on the factors that contribute to bias and inequality in evaluation processes. A recent project examines how receiving a status award affects evaluators’ likelihood of exhibiting bias in subsequent evaluations. In his other stream of work, Professor Botelho uses evaluations to understand the market and organizational factors that affect career-related outcomes, with a particular focus on entrepreneurship. In recent work, he focuses on how failure in high-tech startups affects founders and their employees’ subsequent careers. This research most frequently draws on data he collects through collaborations with technology-focused startups. He uses a diverse set of methodologies, including analyzing observational data and conducting field experiments. This research is published in leading journals, covered by various media outlets, and recognized by several awards.
Before joining Yale, Professor Botelho earned his masters and doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management and his bachelor’s degree from Providence College.
Education
- PhD, MIT Sloan School of Management, 2017
- SM, MIT Sloan School of Management, 2015
- BS & BA, Providence College, 2007
Selected Works
Articles
- The Disciplining Effect of Status: Evaluator Status Awards and Observed Gender Bias in Evaluations
T. L. Botelho and M. Gertsberg
Management Science
2021
- Here’s an Opportunity: Knowledge Sharing Among Competitors as a Response to Buy-in Uncertainty
T. L. Botelho
Organization Science
2018
- Pursuing Quality: How Search Costs and Uncertainty Magnify Gender-based Double Standards in a Multistage Evaluation Process
T. Botelho and M. Abraham
Administrative Science Quarterly
February 14, 2017
Achievements
- Winner, Best Entrepreneurship Paper Award, Academy of Management, 2020
- Best 40 Under 40 Professors, Poets & Quants, 2020
- Best Paper Proceedings, Academy of Management, 2020
- Finalist, Best Paper Award, Strategic Management Society, 2019
- Winner, INFORMS Technology, Innovation, Management, and Entrepreneurship Best Dissertation Award, 2018
- Runner-up, Mark Granovetter Best Article Prize, 2018
- Best Paper Proceedings, Academy of Management, 2017
- Runner-up, MIT Sloan School of Management Doctoral Thesis Prize, 2017
- Winner, INFORMS Organization Science Dissertation Award, 2016
- Best Paper Proceedings, Academy of Management, 2015
- Best Student Paper Award, Organization and Management Theory Division of the Academy of Management, 2015