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Lászlo graduated in mathematics and physics from the Loránd Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary in 1980 and in philosophy in 1982. He was awarded a PhD in 1995 from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Past appointments include: Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, 2002-2003 Fellow, Netherlands Institute of Advanced Study, 2000-2001 Associate Professor of Organization Theory, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, 1999 Associate Professor of Logic, 1998 Szécheny Professor of Applied Logic, Loránd Eötvös University in Budapest, 1998 Assistant Professor of Methodology, University of Amsterdam, 1995 Senior Researcher, Dutch National Science Foundation, 1991 Assistant Professor of Logic, Loránd Eötvös University, Budapest, 1982 Awards and Fellowships In 2003 Lászlo was awarded American Sociological Association Best Paper Award in Mathematical Sociology (with Michael T Hannon) for 'Reasoning with Partial Knowledge', Sociological Methodology, 32:133-81 Fellowship, Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study, 2000 Fellow of ERIM, 1999

Mini Biography

Lászlo graduated in mathematics and physics from the Loránd Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary in 1980 and in philosophy in 1982. He was awarded a PhD in 1995 from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

• Organisation dynamics
• Organisation ecology
• Organisation theory

Authored book

• Concepts and Categories: Foundations for Sociological and Cultural Analysis
  
  Hannan, M., Le Mens, G., Hsu, G., Kovacs, B., Negro, G., Polos, L., Pontikes, E., & Sharkey, A. (2019). Concepts and Categories: Foundations for Sociological and Cultural Analysis. Columbia University Press.
• Logics of Organization Theory: Audiences, Codes, and Ecologies.
  
  Hannan, M., Pólos, L., & Carroll, G. (2007). Logics of Organization Theory: Audiences, Codes, and Ecologies. Princeton University Press.
• A Logika Elemei. (Elementary Logic)
  
  Madarász, A., Ruzsa, I., & Polos, L. (2004). A Logika Elemei. (Elementary Logic). Ozírisz Kiadó.

Edited book

• Applied Logic : How, What and Why?
  
  Pólos, L., & Masuch, M. (Eds.). (1996). Applied Logic : How, What and Why?. Synthese Library, Klewer Academic Publishers.
• Arrow Logic and Multi-Modal Logic.
  
  Pólos, L., Marx, M., & Masuch, M. (Eds.). (1996). Arrow Logic and Multi-Modal Logic. FoLLI and CSLI Publications, Stanford.
• Knowledge Representation and Reasoning Under Uncertainty.
  
  Pólos, L., & Masuch, M. (Eds.). (1994). Knowledge Representation and Reasoning Under Uncertainty. Springer Verlag.
• Logic and Language.
  
  Pólos, L., & Kálmá&n, L. (Eds.). (1990). Logic and Language. Akadémiai Kiadó.
• Intensional Logic, History of Philosophy, and Methodology.
  
  Pólos, L., Bodnár, I., & Máté&, A. (Eds.). (1988). Intensional Logic, History of Philosophy, and Methodology. A Filozófiai Figyelö Kiskönyvtára, Sorozatban.

Journal Article

• A Cognitive Organization Theory (COT) of organizational change: measuring organizational texture, audience appeal, and leadership engagement
  
  Oord, A., Elliott, K., Witteloostuijn, A., Barlage, M., Polos, L., & Rogiest, S. (2017). A Cognitive Organization Theory (COT) of organizational change: measuring organizational texture, audience appeal, and leadership engagement. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 30(6), 903-922. https://doi.org/10.1108/jocm-08-2016-0164
• Age-Related Structural Inertia: A Distance-based Approach
  
  Le Mens, G., Hannan, M., & Polos, L. (2015). Age-Related Structural Inertia: A Distance-based Approach. Organization Science, 26(3), 756-773. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2015.0966
• Organizational Obsolescence, Drifting Tastes and Age Dependence in Organizational Life Chances
  
  Le Mens, G., Hannan, M., & Polos, L. (2015). Organizational Obsolescence, Drifting Tastes and Age Dependence in Organizational Life Chances. Organization Science, 26(2), 550-570. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2014.0910
• Policing opportunities and threats in Europe.
  
  van den Born, A., van Witteloostuijn, A., Barlag, M., Sapulete, S., van den Oord, A., Rogist, S., Vallet, N., Reguli, Z., Vit, M., Mouhanna, C., Binder, H., Blumenthal, V., Christe-Zeyse, J., Giljohann, S., Gruschinske, M., Pautz, H., Stein-Müller, S., Bisogni, F., Costanzo, P., … Polos, L. (2013). Policing opportunities and threats in Europe. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 26(5), 811-829. https://doi.org/10.1108/jocm-09-2012-0145
• Typecasting, legitimation, and form emergence: A formal theory.
  
  Hsu, G., Hannan, M., & Polos, L. (2011). Typecasting, legitimation, and form emergence: A formal theory. Sociological Theory, 29(2), 97-123. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9558.2011.01389.x
• Founding Condition, Learning and Organizational Life Chances: Age Dependence Revisited
  
  Le Mens, G., Hannan, M., & Polos, L. (2011). Founding Condition, Learning and Organizational Life Chances: Age Dependence Revisited. Administrative Science Quarterly, 56(1), 95-126. https://doi.org/10.2189/asqu.2011.56.1.095
• Modalities in sociological arguments
  
  Polos, L., Hannan, M., & Hsu, G. (2010). Modalities in sociological arguments. Journal of Mathematical Sociology, 34(3), 201-238. https://doi.org/10.1080/0022250x.2010.485708
• The case for formal theory
  
  Polos, L., Adner, R., Ryall, M., & Sorenson, O. (2009). The case for formal theory. Academy of Management Review, 34(2), 201-208. https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2009.36982613
• Reactions to organizational identity threats in times of change: Illustrations from the German police.
  
  Jacobs, G., Christe-Zeyse, J., Keegan, A., & Pólos, L. (2008). Reactions to organizational identity threats in times of change: Illustrations from the German police. Corporate Reputation Review, 11(3), 245-261. https://doi.org/10.1057/crr.2008.18
• A logic for theories in flux
  
  Hannan, M., & Polos, L. (2004). A logic for theories in flux. Logique Et Analyse., 47, 85-121.
• The evolution of organizational inertia.
  
  Hannan, M., Pólos, L., & Carroll, G. (2004). The evolution of organizational inertia. Industrial and Corporate Change, 13, 213-242.
• The organizational niche
  
  Hannan, M., Carroll, G., & Pólos, L. (2003). The organizational niche. Sociological Theory, 21(4), 309-340. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1467-9558.2003.00192.x
• The fog of change: opacity and asperity in organizations
  
  Hannan, M., Pólos, L., & Carroll, G. (2003). The fog of change: opacity and asperity in organizations. Administrative Science Quarterly, 48(3), 399-432. https://doi.org/10.2307/3556679
• Cascading organizational change
  
  Hannan, M., Pólos, L., & Carroll, G. (2003). Cascading organizational change. Organization Science, 14(5), 463-482. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.14.5.463.16763
• Foundations of a theory of social forms
  
  Polos, L., Hannan, M., & Carroll, G. (2002). Foundations of a theory of social forms. Industrial and Corporate Change, 11(1), 85-115. https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/11.1.85
• Reasoning with partial knowledge
  
  Pólos, L., & Hannan, M. (2002). Reasoning with partial knowledge. Sociological Methodology, 32(1), 133-181. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9531.00114
• Back to inertia
  
  Péli, G., Pólos, L., & Hannan, M. (2000). Back to inertia. Sociological Theory, 18, 193-213.
• Reducing uncertainty.
  
  Kamps, J., & Pólos, L. (1999). Reducing uncertainty. American Journal of Sociology, 104, 1774-1810. https://doi.org/10.1086/210223
• Szervezeti tehetetlenség. Formalizálási stílusok, elméleti következmények
  
  Peli, G., Polos, L., & Hannan, M. (1999). Szervezeti tehetetlenség. Formalizálási stílusok, elméleti következmények. Szociológiai Figyelö, 1, 120-143.
• ALX an action logic for agents with bounded rationality.
  
  Huang, Z., Masuch, M., & Pólos, L. (1996). ALX an action logic for agents with bounded rationality. Artificial Intelligence, 82, 75-127. https://doi.org/10.1016/0004-3702%2894%2900090-5
• What theory is ... A reaction to Sutton and Staw's essay : What a theory is not.
  
  Masuch, M., Bruggeman, J., Kamps, J., Péli, G., & Pólos, L. (1996). What theory is ... A reaction to Sutton and Staw’s essay : What a theory is not. Administrative Science Quarterly, 96-137.
• Logical semantics for deferred information.
  
  Pólos, L. (1995). Logical semantics for deferred information. Acta Linguistica Hungarica, 42(1-2), 305-323.
• Default rules and deductive closure.
  
  Pólos, L. (1993). Default rules and deductive closure. Journal of Symbolic Logic, 58, 1143-1144.
• A found key.
  
  Pólos, L. (1987). A found key. Journal of Symbolic Logic, 52(4). https://doi.org/10.2307/2273851

Working Paper

• Drifting Tastes, Inertia and Organizational Viability
  
  Le Mans, G., Hannan, M., & Polos, L. (2011). Drifting Tastes, Inertia and Organizational Viability.
• Modal constructions in sociological arguments
  
  Hannan, M., Polos, L., & Hsu, G. (2009). Modal constructions in sociological arguments.
• Typecasting and legitimation : a formal theory
  
  Hsu, G., Hannan, M., & Polos, L. (2009). Typecasting and legitimation : a formal theory.