University of Southern California

Center for Effective Organizations

Research

Affiliated Research Scientists

George Benson, University of Texas at Arlington
Training and development, human capital management, employee involvement and performance.

Hilary Bradbury-Huang, Oregon Health & Science University
Human and organizational dimensions of creating healthy, sustainable communities; Community Based Participatory Research for Health.

Jennifer Deal, Center for Creative Leadership
Global management issues, cross-generational interaction, global leadership, emerging leaders

Terri Egan, Pepperdine University
Leadership, team effectiveness, managerial decision-making, critical thinking, business ethics, appreciative inquiry, and organizational change and development

Ann Feyerherm, Pepperdine University
Organization development, organization design, leadership, increasing human capacity through strength-based approaches, mediation and negotiation of environmental issues and in inter-organizational collaboration across government, business, and environmental communities

David L. Finegold, Rutgers University
Developing individual capabilities, redesigning organizations for the internet economy, linking training to performance, new employment relationship, becoming the employer of choice, knowledge management and effective corporate governance

Jay R. Galbraith, Galbraith Management Consultants
Global organization design, strategy and organizational design challenges, international partnering arrangements, competitive advantage through customer-centricity

Cristina B. Gibson, Winthrop Professor of Management and Organisations at the University of Western Australia
Communication and interaction in teams, social cognition, knowledge management and organizational learning, the impact of culture and gender on work behavior, leadership in multinational firms, international management

Jim O'Toole, University of Denver
Values-based leadership, executive responsibility, organizational transparency and leadership, the future of work in America, organizational ethics, speaking to truth for leaders

Christine Porath, Georgetown University
Workplace incivility, the effects of bad behavior, how organizations can create a more positive environment

Maritza Salazar, Claremont Graduate University
Organizational theory and behavior, cross-cultural psychology, and human resource management

Rami Shani, California Polytechnic University and Politecnico di Milano
Organization behavior, organization development, management of change, sociotechnical systems, organizational design and theory, organization and management, organization learning, knowledge management, organization development and change, design of non-routine systems, research methods, action research, collaborative research methods

Gretchen Spreitzer, University of Michigan
Employee empowerment and leadership development, particularly within a context of organizational change and decline

Katherine Xin, CEIBS
Cross-cultural management, top management teams in international joint ventures, interpersonal networks and their impact on managerial effectiveness and organizational performance, organizational culture, executive leadership

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