Jared Peifer

Education

Ph.D., Sociology, Cornell University

B.A., Sociology and Economics, Temple University

Journal Articles

Peifer, J., & Liu, J. (2022). A Moral Foundations Framing Approach: Retail Investors’ Investment Intention in Ethical Mutual Funds. Business and Society , 61(7). 1804-1837.

Peifer, J., & Liu, J. (2021). Does a Hybrid’s Core Institutional Logic Affect its Legitimacy? The Importance of the Form and Content of Hybrid Organizations in the United States. In Progress.

Peifer, J., Johnson, D. R., & Ecklund, E. H. (2021). Is the Market Perceived to be Civilizing or Destructive? Scientists’ Universalism Values and their Attitudes Towards Patents. Journal of Business Ethics , 170(2). 253-267.

Peifer, J., & Newman, D. T. (2020). Making the Business Case for Corporate Social Responsibility and Perceived Trustworthiness: A Cross Stakeholder Analysis. Business and Society Review, 125(2). 161-181.

Peifer, J., & Winkler, A. (2019). How Stakeholder Responses to Corporate Social Irresponsibility are Shaped by the Locus of Moral Response and Strength of Stakeholder Relationship. In Progress.

Peifer, J., Johnson, D., & Ecklund, E. H. (2019). The Moral Limits of the Market: Science Commercialization and Religious Traditions. Journal of Business Ethics , 157(1). 183-197.

Peifer, J., Marquez, S. C., & Roos, J. (2019). The Ethical Underpinnings of Non-Materialistic Values and Voluntary Simplicity Behavior in the United States. Psychology & Marketing, 37(2). 232-249.

Herzog, P., Peifer, J., & Harris, D. (2018). Facilitating Moral Maturity: Integrating Developmental Approaches in Teaching Millennials. Journal of Management, Spirituality & Religion , 15(5). 450-474.

Herzog, P., Harris, C., Morimoto, S., & Peifer, J. (2018). Understanding the Social Science Effect: An Intervention in Life-Course Generosity. American Behavioral Scientist,

Howard Ecklund, E. H., Scheitle, C., & Peifer, J. (2018). The Religiosity of Academic Scientists in the UK: Assessing the Role of Discipline and Department Status. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 57(4). 743-757.

Ecklund, E. H., Scheitle, C., Peifer, J., & Bolger, D. (2017). Examining Links between Religion, Evolution Views, and Climate Change Skepticism. Environment and Behavior, 49(9). 985-1006.

Johnson, D., & Peifer, J. (2017). How Public Confidence in Higher Education Varies by Social Context. Journal of Higher Education, 88(4). 619-644.

Howard Ecklund, E., Peifer, J., White, V., & Chan, E. (2017). Moral Schemas and Intuition: How Religious People Evaluate Human Reproductive Genetic Technologies. Sociological Forum, 32(2). 277-297.

Peifer, J., Khalsa, S., & Ecklund, E. H. (2016). Political Conservatism, Religion and Environmental Consumption in the United States. Environmental Politics, 25(4). 661-689.

Peifer, J. (2015). The Inter-Institutional Interface of Religion and Business. Business Ethics Quarterly, 25(3). 363 - 391.

Peifer, J. (2014). Fund Loyalty Among Socially Responsible Investors: The Importance of the Economic and Ethical Domains. Journal of Business Ethics, 121(4). 635-649.

Peifer, J., Howard Ecklund, E., & Fullerton, C. (2014). How Evangelicals from Two Churches in the American Southwest Frame Their Relationship with the Environment. Review of Religious Research, 56(3). 373-397.

Peifer, J. (2014). The Institutional Complexity of Religious Mutual Funds: Appreciating the Uniqueness of Societal Logics. Research in the Sociology of Organizations , 41. 339-368.

Peifer, J. (2012). Socially Responsible Investing and the Power to do Good: Whose Dollars are Being Heard?. Research in the Sociology of Work, 23. 103-129.

Peifer, J. (2011). Morality in the Financial Market? A Look at Religiously Affiliated Mutual Funds in the USA. Socio-Economic Review, 9(2). 235-259.

Peifer, J. (2010). The Economics and Sociology of Religious Giving: Instrumental Rationality or Communal Bonding. Social Forces (ABS-3), 88(4). 1569-1594.

Media Contributions

(2015). National Public Radio's Marketplace.

(2015). Main St..

(2014). The Economist.

Presentations

Peifer, J. Stakeholder Response to Organizational Misconduct: Moral Reasons NOT to Punish. International Association for Business and Society. Bath, England

Peifer, J. (2021, April 8). How Integration Reframes Religious and Entrepreneurial Antecedents, Processes, and Outcomes. L.I.F.E. Research Conference. Virtual: Miami University Farmer School of Business.

Peifer, J. (2021, June 30). Theorizing and Measuring Firm Virtue. International Association for Business and Society. Virtual conference

Peifer, J., & Luo, Y. (2020, July 31). Measuring organizational virtue among Fortune Global 500 Firms: Moral sensemaking and persistently high levels of corporate social responsibility. European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS). Virtual Conference

Peifer, J., & Luo, Y. (2019, March 31). CSR Sensemaking: Analyzing Moral and Instrumental Frames in Corporate Social Responsibility Reports. International Association for Business and Society. San Diego, CA

Peifer, J., & Winkler, A. (2019, August 31). How Stakeholder Responses to Corporate Social Irresponsibility are Shaped by the Locus of Moral Response and Strength of Stakeholder Relationship. Society for Business Ethics. Boston, MA

Peifer, J., & Herzog, P. (2019, August 31). Does a Hybrid’s Core Institutional Logic Affect its Legitimacy? The Importance of the Form and Content of Hybrid Organizations. Academy of Management. Boston, MA

Peifer, J. (2019, November 30). Does a Hybrid’s Core Institutional Logic Affect its Legitimacy?. Social Entrepreneurship Conference. Bloomington, IN

Peifer, J., & Luo, Y. (2019, August 31). CSR Sensemaking: A Methodological Paper on Analyzing Moral Framing in Corporate Social Responsibility Reports. Academy of Management. Boston, MA

Peifer, J., Winkler, A., & Portocarrero, F. (2018, August 14). Web Experiential Learning and Sustainability. Academy of Management Annual Conference. Chicago, IL

Peifer, J., & Winkler, A. (2018, August 14). The Moral Mechanisms that Drive Stakeholder Responses to Corporate Social Irresponsibility. Academy of Management Annual Conference. Chicago, IL

Peifer, J., Marquez, S. C., & Roos, J. (2018, November 9). The Ethical Underpinnings of Non-Materialistic Values and Voluntary Simplicity Behavior in the United States. Anti-consumption Beyond Boundaries. Almeria, Spain: International Centre for Anti-Consumption Research (ICAR).

Peifer, J. (2018, June 30). Is the Market Perceived to be Civilizing or Destructive? Scientists’ Values and their Attitudes towards Patents. International Association of Business and Society (IABS). Hong Kong

Peifer, J., & Newman, D. (2017, June 30). Making the Business Case for Corporate Social Responsibility and Perceived Trustworthiness: A Cross-Stakeholder Analysis. International Association of Business and Society (IABS). Amsterdam, Netherlands

Peifer, J., & Winkler, A. (2017, August 31). The Moral Mechanisms that Drive Stakeholder Responses to Corporate Social Irresponsibility. Academy of Management Annual Conference. Atlanta, GA

Peifer, J., & Winkler, A. (2016, June 17). Stakeholder Morality and Loyalty to CSR Firms. International Association for Business & Society Annual Meeting. Park City: IABS.

Peifer, J., & Winkler, A. (2015, March 31). Stakeholder Morality: A Review of the Empirical Research on the Morality of Employees, Consumers and Shareholders.. International Association for Business and Society Annual Meeting.. Costa Rica

Peifer, J. (2015, January 18). The Morality of Socially Responsible Investing. University Colloquium. Harrisonburg, VA: Eastern Mennonite University.

Peifer, J. (2015, April 30). A Theory of Moral Resonance in the Market: A Research Proposal. Lake Institute Network of Emerging Scholars. Indianapolis, IN

Peifer, J., & Liu, J. (2015, August 31). The Moral Foundations of Socially Responsible Investing. Academy of Management. Vancouver, Canada

Peifer, J. (2015, October 31). Conceptualizing Socially Responsible Investing as a Moral Transaction. International Vincentian Business Ethics Conference. New York, New York

Peifer, J. (2015, March 31). Putting Faith in Business: Just Sprinkle in a little Religion.... International Association for Business and Society Annual Meeting. Costa Rica

Peifer, J. (2014, June 30). Religious Moral Authority and the Financial Market in 20th Century America. International Association for Business and Society Annual Meeting. Sydney, Australia

Peifer, J. (2014, August 31). The Moral Determinants of Anti-Consumerism in America. Academy of Management Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA

Peifer, J. (2013, April 30). Moral and Monetary Distinctions between Socially Responsible Investing and Charitable Giving. Journal of Management Studies Paper Development Workshop. Denver, CO

Peifer, J., Ecklund, E. H., & Johnson, D. (2012, November 30). Religion and Optimism in Science/Technology from a Cross-National Approach. Society for the Scientific Study of Religion and Religious Research Association. Phoenix, AZ

Peifer, J. (2012, November 30). Morality and the Economy: Fund Loyalty Among Socially Responsible Investors. New York, NY: Baruch College, Management Department.

Peifer, J., & Phillips, J. W. (2012, November 30). Religious Diversity and Religious Tolerance: America’s Grace or America’s Tribalism?. Society for the Scientific Study of Religion and Religious Research Association. Phoenix, AZ

Peifer, J. (2012, October 31). Moral Economic Behavior: Who Can Afford that?. United Way Thrive. Houston, TX

Peifer, J. (2012, August 31). How Fund Producers Negotiate the Institutional Complexity of Religious Mutual Funds. Academy of Management. Boston, MA

Peifer, J., & Herzog, P. S. (2012, November 30). Normative Giving: National & Religious Norms of Charitable Giving. Society for the Scientific Study of Religion and Religious Research Association. Phoenix, AZ

Peifer, J. (2012, August 31). Why Americans Give Their Money Away but are Hesitant to Invest Ethically: A Comparative Analysis of Moral Economic Behavior. American Sociological Association. Denver, CO

Peifer, J. (2011, September 30). Between God and the Market. Everence Praxis Mutual Funds. Goshen, Indiana

Peifer, J. (2011, September 30). Lake Institute Consultation on Faith and Giving. Indianapolis, Indiana

Peifer, J. (2011, May 31). Socially Responsible Investing and the Power to do Good: Whose Dollars are Being Heard?. Bringing Stratification Process 'Back In' to the Scientific Study of Religion. Penn State University, PA

Peifer, J. (2011, October 31). Religious Reception of the Growth of the Financial Market in 20th Century America. Society for the Scientific Study of Religion and Religious Research Association Annual Meeting. Milwaukee, WI

Peifer, J. (2010, June 30). Morality in the Financial Market? A Look at Religiously Affiliated Mutual Funds in the United States. Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics. Philadelphia, PA

Peifer, J. (2010, October 31). Moral-Economic Behavior: Charitable Giving and Socially Responsible Investing. Society for the Scientific Study of Religion and Religious Research Association Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD

Peifer, J. (2010, August 31). Moral Restraint of Monetary Interest in the Financial Market. American Sociological Association. Atlanta, GA

Peifer, J. (2009, October 31). Between God and the Market: How Religious Mutual Fund Producers Negotiate the Overlap. Society for the Scientific Study of Religion and Religious Research Association Annual Meeting. Denver, CO

Peifer, J. (2009, April 30). Are Religious Investors More Faithful? A Comparative Analysis of Religious Mutual Funds. The Association for the Study of Religion, Economics and Culture. Washington, DC

Peifer, J. (2009, August 31). Between God and the Market: How Religious Mutual Fund Representatives Negotiate the Overlap. American Sociological Association. San Francisco, CA

Peifer, J. (2008, April 30). . Social Studies of Finance and Performativity Workshop. Columbia University

Peifer, J. (2008, August 31). Serving God or Mammon? A Look at Religious Mutual Funds. American Sociological Association. Boston, MA

Peifer, J. (2008, March 31). Screening and Stewardship in Religious Mutual Funds. Inter-Ivy Sociological Symposium. Princeton, NJ

Peifer, J. (2007, August 31). Toward a Theory of Solidarity and Religious Giving. American Sociological Association. New York, NY

Peifer, J. (2007, November 30). Religious Giving as a Response to Community. Sociology Graduate Mini-Conference. Ithaca, NY

Peifer, J. (2004, August 31). Personal Experience vs. Statistical Evidence: The Mammography Debate. American Sociological Association. San Francisco, CA

Reviews

Peifer, J. (2012,January 1). Review of Philippe Steiner's Durkheim and the Birth of Economic Sociology. Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics.

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