Charles Galunic
AVIVA Chaired Professor of Leadership and Professor of Organizational Behavior
INSEAD
Topic Areas
Change Management, International Management, Leadership, Management Education, Management Theory, Organizational Behavior, Strategic Management
Trending Topics
Aging Workforce, COVID, Future of Work
Biography
Charles Galunic works at the intersection of Organizational Theory and Strategy. His research mostly concerns the micro-foundations of strategic advantage (e.g., networks and culture) within organizations, and the role of leaders in shaping the environment within organizations.
Charles has published in top academic and practitioner oriented journals, including the Journal of Managerial and Decision Economics, Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, Harvard Business Review, and Research in Organizational Behaviour. He has served on the editorial board of Strategic Organization and the Strategic Management Journal, as well as a former associate editor of the Academy of Management Annals and departmental editor for the Journal of International Business Studies. He has won best case awards and was amongst the top 40 best-selling case authors in the 40 year history of the European Case Clearing House. He has received multiple teaching awards at INSEAD, including the 2004/05 and 2016/17 INSEAD Excellence Award in Executive Education at INSEAD, and most recently the class of 2021 best core class Professor in the EMBA.
Charles has been a pioneer of several courses at INSEAD, including the core MBA course in Managing Organizations and the core EMBA course in Leading People and Organizations. He also served as the Dean of the EMBA program from 2006-2009, launching the program in the Chinese market (TIEMBA), which has become one of the highest FT-ranked Global EMBA’s in the world. He also teaches in a variety of INSEAD executive programs, both in Fontainebleau, Middle East, and Asia, and is a program director for one of INSEAD's flagship programs, the Transition to General Management.
AOM Research
- Relational Changes During Role Transitions: The Interplay of Efficiency and Cohesion, Academy of Management Journal
- The Spread of False Ideas through Social Media, Academy of Management Proceedings
- Networking throughout the career cycle: The role of agency and imprinting, Academy of Management Proceedings
- Losing Touch: Balancing Cohesion & Efficiency During Management Transitions, Academy of Management Proceedings
SME Subject Areas
Careers, Entrepreneurship, Environment and Sustainability, Ethics, Gender and Diversity, Health Care, Human Resources, International Management, Leadership, Management Consulting, Management Education, Management History, Management Theory, Operations and Supply Chain Management, Organizational Behavior, Public and Nonprofit, Religion and Spirituality, Research Methods, Social Issues, Strategic Management, Technology and Innovation