Michael Araki is a polymathic researcher with emphasis on the domains of Business Administration, Psychology and Economics. He is a Professor at Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Lecturer in MBA courses, and Panelist, having participated in conferences such as the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, SOU Creativity Conference, EnAnpad, AdCont, and SemeAd. His Master’s thesis "Polymathic Leadership: Theoretical Foundation and Construct Development" (2015), his article "Polymathy: a New Outlook" (2018), published in the Journal of Genius and Eminence, and his academic presentation "Polymathy at the heart of creativity (2018)" are already references in the fledgling field of polymathy studies. He is a published author in the fields of Economics, Psychology and Management, reviewer for the journals Sociedade, Contabilidade e Gestão and Cadernos de Gestão e Empreendedorismo. Finally, he is also experienced as Director of SMEs, Professional presenter, ERP consultant, Business consultant and English teacher.

More research here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michael_Araki3/research

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES edit

Anagusko, L. H., Araki, M. E., & Moser, E. M. (In press). Implantação da Controladoria em micro e pequenas empresas no Brasil: O que considerar?. Revista da Micro e Pequena Empresa. Moser, E. M., Silva, P. V., Oliveira, F. N., & Araki, M. E. (2019). The Contextual Factors Behind CEO Duality: An Empirical Analysis of Brazil's Case. Revista Brasileira de Estratégia, 12(2), 76-103. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.7213/rebrae.v12i2.25277 Araki, M. E. (2018). Polymathy: A new outlook. Journal of Genius and Eminence, 3(1), 66-82. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18536/jge.2018.04.3.1.05 Araki, M. E., Klotzle, M. C., & Pinto, A. C. (2018). Carry trades and economic policy uncertainty: Measuring the political dimension of the forward rate bias in emerging countries. Economics Bulletin, 38(3), 1476-1484. Araki, M. E., Silva, P.V., Gomes, L.L. & Brandão, L.E.T. (2018). Modelo de Equilíbrio para Lançamento de Certificados de Energia Renovável na Blockchain. Cadernos de Gestão e Empreendedorismo, 6(2), 66-83. doi: https://doi.org/10.32888/cge.v6i2.12770

CONFERENCE PAPERS edit

Ciccarino, I., & Araki, M. E. (2017). Blockchain como um fator de mudança na competição e no arranjo econômico de oportunidades. In XX Semead. São Paulo, Brazil. Available at: http://login.semead.com.br/20semead/arquivos/2055.pdf. ISSN 2177-3866. Cavazotte, F., Araki, M. E., & Moreno, V. (2016). Emotions and Cooperative Learning. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2016, No. 1, p. 16828). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management. Pech, G. Vidal, A., & Araki, M.E. (2016). Risk acceptance in career transitions: paths for taking decisions. In 7th European Risk Conference. York, England.

SCIENCE COMMUNICATION / POPULAR SCIENCE edit

Araki, M. E. (2020). Scientific Polymathy: The end of a two-cultures era?. The Lancet, 395(10218), 113-114. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(19)32564-4

WORK IN PROGRESS edit

Araki, M. E., & Martins, H.C. Risk Taking, Rule Taking and the Zero-Leverage Puzzle. Araki, M. E., & Martins, H. C. Corporate Governance and Managerial Discretion: The effects of managerial rule-taking and risk-taking on firms’ financing behavior. Araki, M. E., & Martins, H.C. Investment Cashflow Sensitivity: The effects of rule-taking, risk-taking and managerial discretion. Araki, M. E., & Trofimova, I. Validation and Adaptation of the Structure of Temperament Questionnaire – Compact (STQ-77) to Portuguese Language. Trofimova, I. & Araki, M. E. Development of the Behavioural Scales for Adults of the Structure of Temperament Questionnaire (STQ-BSA). Araki, M. E., & Berg, D. The Polymath Defined: An inquiry into the historical and modern conceptualizations of polymathy. Cotellessa, A. M., & Araki, M. E.. The Making of a Polymath: Understanding the Renaissance Persons of the 21st Century

OTHER RELEVANT WORKS edit

Araki, M., & Pires, P. (2019). Modern Literature on Polymathy: A Brief Review. Available at SSRN: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3313137 Araki, M. E. (2015). Polymathic Leadership: Theoretical foundation and construct development. (Master’s thesis), Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Available at SSRN: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3166622

SYMPOSIUMS AND PRESENTATIONS edit

Araki, M. E., Cotellessa, A. M., Root-Bernstein, M, & Root-Bernstein, R. American Psychological Association Annual Convention. August 8-12, 2019, Chicago, IL, USA. Title of the panel: Polymathic Behavior: Its Components and Relationships with Temperament, Personality and Creativity. Araki, M. E., Cotellessa, A. M., Simonton, D. K., Trofimova, I., Root-Bernstein, M, & Root-Bernstein, R. SOU Creativity Conference. July 11-14, 2019, Ashland, OR, USA. Title of the panel: Polymathy: An Interdisciplinary Panel on Human Versatility and Creativity. Araki, M. E. SOU Creativity Conference. July 11-14, 2019, Ashland, OR, USA. Title of the talk: Polymathy: A bio-psycho-social approach. Araki, M. E.. 2nd Seminar of Entrepreneurship and Management. October 15-19, 2018. Niteroi, Brazil. Title of the talk: Polymathy in Organizations. Araki, M. E. SOU Creativity Conference. August 3-6, 2018, Ashland, OR, USA. Title of the talk: Polymathy at the Heart of Creativity. Araki, M. E.. VIII Congresso Nacional de Administração e Contabilidade – AdCont. October 19-21, 2017. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Title of the talk: The Functioning of the Consensus Protocols “Proof of Work” and “Proof of Stake”. Araki, M. E.. 1st Ciclo de Palestras Integradas — Business and Accountancy. May 9-11, 2017. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Title of the talk: Career, Polymathy and Personal Development Araki, M. E.; Bahia, R. 40th ANPAD Meeting — EnANPAD 2016. October 25-28, 2016. Sauipe, Brazil. Title of the talk: Young Professionals and Work Motivation: A Clash of Two Worlds

REVIEWER, REFEREE AND COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP edit

Journal Reviewer • Sociedade, Contabilidade e Gestão (ad-hoc reviewer) • Cadernos de Gestão e Empreendedorismo (ad-hoc reviewer)

Conference Review Comittee • 3rd Annual Creativity Conference at the Southern Oregon University – SOU 2020 • 2nd Annual Creativity Conference at the Southern Oregon University – SOU 2019 • XLIII Encontro da ANPAD – EnANPAD 2019 • XLII Encontro da ANPAD – EnANPAD 2018 • VIII Congresso Nacional de Administração e Contabilidade 2017 • XL Encontro da ANPAD – EnANPAD 2016

Course Conclusion Comittee • Minor in Entrepreneurship at UFF (2019) • Minor in Entrepreneurship at UFF (2018)

MEDIA edit

2019, November 18. Interviewed for article on polymathy by David Robson in BBC Worklife. https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20191118-what-shapes-a-polymath---and-do-we-need-them-more-than-ever 2019, June 12. Interviewed for article on polymathy and the 500-year anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci’s death by Mathias Søby Dalbøge in the JydskeVestkysten Newspaper, Denmark. https://folde75.wixsite.com/kunstenatvidemeget 2018, July 25. Interviewed for an article on polymathy by Isabela Mena in the Draft, a digital media covering the expansion of innovation in Brazil. https://projetodraft.com/verbete-draft-o-que-e-polimatia/ 2018, May 10. Interviewed for an article on the utilization of cryptocurrency for the financing of a football club by Mauricio Brum in BBC Brasil. https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/geral-44035482