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 | Barry M. Staw |
Education
BA, University of Oregon
MBA, University of Michigan
PhD, Organizational Behavior, Northwestern University
Positions Held
At Haas since 1980
2009 - present, Lorraine Tyson Mitchell Chair in Leadership and Communication I, Haas School of Business
1980 - present, Professor, Haas School of Business
1978 - 1980, Professor, Departments of Organizational Behavior and Psychology, Northwestern University
1975 - 1978, Associate Professor, Departments of Organizational Behavior and Psychology, Northwestern University
1974 - 1975, Resident Fellow, Center for Advanced Study, University of Illinois
1972 - 1975, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Visiting Positions
Anderson School of Management, UCLA
Department of Management Sciences, University of Iowa
External Service and Assignments
- Member or former member of following editorial boards: Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Performance, Motivation and Emotion, Basic and Applied Psychology, The Quarterly Review of Economics and Business
- Founder and co-editor: Research in Organizational Behavior, an annual series of analytical essays and critical reviews recently rated as one of the ten most heavily cited periodicals in the social sciences.
- Editor: The Psychological Foundations of Organizational Behavior, Psychological Dimensions of Organizational Behavior
- Co-editor of New Directions in Organizational Behavior, and author of more than 50 articles and book chapters.
- Fellow: American Psychological Association, American Psychological Society, and Academy of Management.
Current Research and Interests
- Escalation of commitment to organizational decisions
- Emotional expression in the workplace
- Dispositional approaches to job attitudes
- Creativity and organizational innovation
- Work motivation
Selected Papers and Publications
- "Lend Me Your Wallets: The Effect of Charismatic Leadership on External Support for an Organization," with F. Flynn. Strategic Management Journal.
- "The Dispositional Approach To Job Satisfaction: More Than A Mirage, But Not Yet An Oasis," with Yochi Cohen-Charash. Journal of Organizational Behavior.
- "What Bandwagons Bring: Effects of Popular Management Techniques on Corporate Performance, Reputation, and CEO Pay," with Lisa Epstein. Administrative Science Quarterly 45 (2000): 523-556.
- "Affect and Favorable Work Outcomes: Two Longitudinal Tests of the Happy-Productive Worker Thesis," with T.A. Wright. Journal of Organizational Behavior 20 (1999) 1-23.
- "Escalation and the Credit Window: A Longitudinal Study of Bank Executives' Recognition and Write-Off of Problem Loans," with S. Barsade and K. Koput. Journal of Applied Psychology 82 (1997): 130-142.
- "Sunk Costs in the NBA: Why Draft Order Affects Playing Time and Survival in Professional Basketball," with H. Hoang. Administrative Science Quarterly 40 (1995) 474-494.
- "What Theory Is Not," with R.I. Sutton. Administrative Science Quarterly 40 (1995): 371-384.
- "Organizational Escalation and Exit: The Case of the Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant," with J. Ross. Academy of Management Journal 36 (1993): 701-732.
Teaching
- Organizational Behavior, E 205 1A and 2A
- Seminar in Micro Organizational Behavior, 254-1
Honors and Awards
- Lifetime Achievement Award, Organizational Behavior Division of the Academy of Management, 2008
- Irwin/ McGraw-Hill Award for Scholarly Contributions, Academy of Management, 1999
- Elected Fellow, Academy of Management
- Elected Fellow, American Psychological Association and American Psychological Society
- Earl F. Cheit Award for Excellence in Teaching, PhD Program, 1989
- Scholarly Contribution Award, Organizational Behavior Division, Academy of Management, 1987
- Scholarly Contribution Award for best paper published during 1993 in the Academy of Management Journal, 1993
- American Management Association/Organizational Dynamics Award, Organizational Behavior Division, Academy of Management, best paper submitted to annual meeting, 1994
- American Psychological Association Dissertation Award (Division of Industrial and Organizational Psychology), second place, 1972
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