Arvind Karunakaran

Assistant Professor of Management Science & Engineering, and (by courtesy) of Sociology
Stanford University
Core faculty — Center for Work, Technology, and Organization (WTO) · Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP)
Faculty affiliate — Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI) · Digital Economy Lab

I study authority and accountability in the workplace, especially in the context of technological change. My current work examines human–AI augmentation and its consequences for professionals and organizations. I use ethnographic and field-based methods, complemented by comparative-historical analysis of archival data and computational analysis of large text corpora. My research appears in Administrative Science Quarterly, Organization Science, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Annals, Research Policy, and JASIST.

Research Publications

Selected Publications

Karunakaran, A. (2024). “Frontline Professionals in the Wake of Social Media Scrutiny: Examining the Processes of Obscured Accountability.” Administrative Science Quarterly, 69(3), 747–790. DOI

Karunakaran, A., Lebovitz, S., Narayanan, D., Rahman, H. (2025). “Artificial Intelligence at Work: An Integrative Review on the Impact of AI on Workplace Inequality.” Academy of Management Annals, 19(2). Equal Contribution DOI

Karunakaran, A. (2022). “Status-Authority Asymmetry between Professions: The Case of 911 Dispatchers and Police Officers.” Administrative Science Quarterly, 67(2), 423–468. DOI

Karunakaran, A., Orlikowski, W.J., Scott, S.V. (2022). “Crowd-based Accountability: Examining how Social Media Commentary Reconfigures Organizational Accountability.” Organization Science, 33(1), 170–193. DOI

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Arvind Karunakaran

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