Leon Prieto
Professor of Management
Assistant Dean of Strategic Initiatives and Community Engagement
Clayton State University
Topic Areas
Entrepreneurship, Environment and Sustainability, Ethics, Gender and Diversity, Leadership, Management Education, Management History, Organizational Behavior, Social Issues
Trending Topics
Corporate Social Responsibility; Future of Work; Race, Equality, and Ethics
Biography
Leon C. Prieto serves as Assistant Dean of Strategic Initiatives and Community Engagement and Professor of Management in the College of Business at Clayton State University. He also serves as a Research Fellow at Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation, University of Cambridge, Judge Business School.
Leon has published articles in respected academic and practitioner journals such as Academy of Management Learning & Education, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Management History, Harvard Business Review, and MIT Sloan Review. His first book (coauthored with Simone Phipps) is entitled African American Management History: Insights on Gaining a Cooperative Advantage. His scholarship has received awards and recognition from Thinkers50, the Academy of Management, the Thinklist, and the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Leon has a PhD in Human Resource and Leadership Development (focus area in Social Entrepreneurship) from Louisiana State University, an ALM in Extension Studies, History with Graduate Certificates in 1) Social Justice and 2) Corporate Sustainability and Innovation from Harvard University, an Executive Certificate in Leading Sustainable Corporations from Oxford University, an MBA from Georgia Southern University, and a BSc. in Management from Claflin University.
AOM Research
- Teaching (Cooperative) Business: The “Bluefield Experiment” and the Future of Black Business Schools, Academy of Management Learning & Education
- Aiding Entrepreneurial Success via Critical Pedagogy and Insights from Black Management History, 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