Organization & Management Doctoral Faculty

Professors

Robert Drazin
Professor of Organization & Management
PhD, University of Pennsylvania

Professor Drazin's interests include all aspects of organizational theory, most specifically the design of organizations, contingency theory, organization change, organization innovation, and the management of creativity. View profile >

Robert Kazanjian
Professor of Organization & Management
PhD, University of Pennsylvania

Professor Kazanjian's interests focus on the growth and development of technology-based new ventures, the management of technology in large, complex organizations, and on large-scale strategic change.View profile >

Anand Swaminathan
Goizueta Chair and Professor of Organization and Management
PhD, University of California at Berkeley

Professor Swaminathan's research touches a wide range of organizational issues, including industry evolution, strategies for niche/specialist firms, and applications of social network theory. View profile >

L.G. Thomas
Professor of Organization & Management
PhD, Duke University

Professor Thomas' research focuses on the overlap between strategic management and government industrial policy. View profile >

Associate Professors

Maura A. Belliveau
Associate Professor of Organization & Management
PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Professor Belliveau’s research leverages theories of justice and social capital to understand gender and diversity in organizations, career attainment, and pay equity. View profile >

Russell Coff
Associate Professor of Organization & Management
PhD, University of California-Los Angeles

Professor Coff's research focuses on sustainable competitive advantage and knowledge-based assets, mergers and acquisitions involving human asset-intensive firms, and on creating value in a multi-business firm. View profile >

Rich Makadok
Associate Professor of Organization & Management
PhD, University of Pennsylvania

Professor Makadok's research interests include empirical applications of evolutionary and resource-based theories of the firm, the sustainability of competitive advantage, and product innovation. View profile >

Giacomo Negro
Associate Professor of Organization & Management
PhD, Bocconi University

Professor Negro’s research includes organizational theory, organizational ecology, social categorization and identity and cultural and creative industries. View profile >

Peter W. Roberts
Associate Professor of Organization & Management
PhD, University of Alberta

Professor Roberts' interests include relationships between innovation and firm-level performance, intangible assets in evolution of firm performance, and organizational reputation and identity. View profile >

Assistant Professors

Jill Perry-Smith
Assistant Professor of Organization & Management
PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology

Professor Perry-Smith's interests include the effects of informal social networks on creativity and the impact of work-life initiatives on firm and individual performance. View profile >

Christopher Rider
Assistant Professor of Organization & Management
PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Professor Rider’s research focuses on organizational theory, economic sociology, networks, entrepreneurship and private equity. View profile >

Doctoral Area Coordinator for Organization & Management

Professor Peter Roberts
Peter_Roberts@bus.emory.edu