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Pauli Alin

Faculty Member

Dr. Pauli Alin

Biography

I am an Associate Professor at the Technology Management Department. I started at UVU in summer 2016. Prior to UVU, I was a Postdoctoral Researcher at Aalto University in Finland where I taught and researched technology management. I am originally from Finland.

Education

Doctor of Science in Technology, Aalto University, 2010

Major: Business Process Networks in Digital Economy, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management

Master of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, 2006

Major: Communication

Teaching

TECH 3700

Materials Management, Spring 2025

TECH 4420

Organization Information Technologies, Spring 2025

TECH 4420

Organization Information Technologies, Spring 2025

TECH 4910

Senior Capstone Project, Spring 2025

Presentations

Alin, Pauli (Presenter & Author), Society for Social Studies of Science Conference (4S) 2023 Honolulu, "Forever Experts_ A Resource Allocation Model of Sticky Expertise", Society for Social Studies of Science, Honolulu, HI (virtual presentation). (November 11, 2023)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Alin, Pauli , (2025) "How Do Management Scholars Explain? A Typology of Explanation in Empirical Management Research" . SSRN. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5010762
Alin, Pauli , (2025) "The Individual Reasoner in Analogical Reasoning" . SSRN. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5010770
Alin, Pauli , (2024) "New Knowledge as Conceptual Combination_ An Empirical Exploration of Cross-Boundary Dialogue" . SSRN Preprint Server. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5012376
Alin, Pauli , (2020) "Detecting and prosecuting contract cheating with evidence – a “Doping Test” approach" (Issue: 1, vol. 16). International Journal for Educational Integrity. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40979-020-00056-4
Hanewicz, Cheryl , Becker, Pamela , Alin, Pauli , (2018) "Maintaining the Relevance of Technology Management Programs in an Entrepreneurial Environment" . IEEE. https://doi.org/10.23919/picmet.2018.8481791
Kokkonen, Anne , Alin, Pauli , (2016) "Practitioners deconstructing and reconstructing practices when responding to the implementation of BIM" (Issue: 7-8, vol. 34). Construction Management and Economics. https://doi.org/10.1080/01446193.2016.1164327

Awards

Project Management Journal Paper of the Year Award

Project Management Institute - July 17, 2012

Project Management Journal Paper of the Year Award, “Knowledge Transformation in Project Networks_ A Speech Act Level Cross-Boundary Analysis,” co-authored with John E. Taylor and Riitta Smeds. Awarded July 17, 2012

Best Peer Reviewed Journal Paper Award in ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering 2010

American Society of Civil Engineers - July 23, 2010

Best Peer Reviewed Journal Paper Award in ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering 2010, “Emergence and Role of Cultural Boundary Spanners in Global Engineering Project Networks,” co-authored with Melissa Di Marco and John E. Taylor.