Research and Insights from the Center for Effective Organizations
Beth Chung is an Affiliate Research Scientist at the Center for Effective Organizations and Professor of Management. She is currently the Director for the Institute on Inclusiveness and Diversity in Organizations (IIDO) and Chair of the Diversity, Equity, and Outreach...
George S. Benson is an Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Arlington and academic director of the Masters in Human Resource Management program. Dr. Benson earned his Ph.D. from the University of Southern California and completed a Post-Doctoral...
Johanna Anzengruber is Professor of Strategy and Innovation at University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria. In her research and consulting, she focuses on the combination of organizational capability management, strategy, leadership as well as innovation management....
Dr. Chris Worley’s applied research and consulting practice is complemented by more than fifteen years of management experience in academic, for-profit, and government organizations. The primary focus of his efforts in these organizations has been on organization design, the building of agile capabilities, and organization development.
Dr. Edward Lawler is Founder, Director Emeritus, and Distinguished Professor of Business Center for Effective Organizations, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California. He has been honored as a major contributor to theory, research, and practice in the fields of human resources management, compensation, organizational development, and organizational effectiveness.
Dr. Gerald Ledford is a nationally recognized authority on aligning human capital practices to business strategy. His areas of focus include compensation and total rewards, employee engagement and involvement, talent management, the design of work, and large-scale organizational change.
Dr. John Boudreau is recognized worldwide as one of the leading evidence-based visionaries on the future of work and organization, through breakthrough research on the bridge between work, superior human capital, leadership and sustainable competitive advantage.
Dr. Jay Conger is an internationally recognized expert on leadership, a Fortune 1000 executive educator, and professor of leadership. He works with individuals and organizations to create unique learning environments that accelerate and celebrate the potential of leaders.
Dr. Theresa Welbourne’s work focuses on human capital and leadership strategies that drive growth, innovation and high performance. She is known for her work on employee energy and how energy, direction and confidence come together to stimulate and sustain high sense of urgency cultures and organizational growth.
Dr. Alec Levenson’s action research and consulting work with companies optimize job and organization performance and HR systems through the application of organization design, job design, human capital analytics and strategic talent management.
Dr. Susan Mohrman is widely known for her research in the area of organization design and effectiveness and on large-scale change. She has focused on the design of knowledge-based firms, knowledge creating systems, complex laterally linked organizations, the design of complex eco-system collaborations to foster sustainability, and on organization design of the digitally enabled work systems.