The Relative Effects of a Scandal on Member Engagement in Rites of Integration and Rites of Passage: Evidence from a Child Abuse Scandal in the Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia

The authors thank those who helped develop this study over the many years of its evolution: the faculty and PhD students in the Management and Organization Department at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business when we were still doctoral students. We also thank participants and discussants and discussants at the 2012 and 2016 AOM conferences, 2013 Mid-Atlantic Strategy Colloquium, and 2013 Multi-Disciplinary Conference on Fraud and Misconduct at the University of California–Berkeley. The authors acknowledge the faculty of the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago, the Mendoza College of Business School at the University of Notre Dame, HEC Lausanne, and the Indian School of Business for helpful feedback. The authors thank Blake Ashforth and Scott Sonenshein for helpful comments on earlier drafts of this paper; Kristen Nault and James Zimmermann for untiring research assistance throughout the years; and senior editor Adam Cobb and three anonymous reviewers for feedback and support during the review process.