Matthew A. Cronin
Professor of Management
George Mason University
Topic Areas
Conflict Management, Creativity
Trending Topics
Interdisciplinary Teams, Workforce Productivity
Biography
Matthew A. Cronin is a Professor of Management at George Mason University. His research examines the inter- and intra- personal processes that make collaboration more creative and effective. He is also interested in system dynamics, and the nature of knowledge creation in management research.
His work has appeared in top-tier management publications such as The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Annals, Management Science, and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. This work has appeared in The Boston Globe, Fortune, and was presented at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
He was the 2016 Conflict Management Division Chair. He is the Coeditor in Chief of Organizational Psychology Review (2019-2022) and the Academy of Management Annals (2023-2026), and serves on the editorial review board of Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Discoveries, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, and Journal of Management Scientific Reports. He coauthored two books: The Influential Negotiator (Sage Publishing, 2020) and The Craft of Creativity (Stanford University Press, 2018), which was a finalist for AOM’s 2019 George R. Terry book award.
AOM Research
- Group learning, Academy of Management Review
- Realizing the Upside of Venting: The Role of the “Challenger Listener”, Academy of Management Discoveries
- Dynamics in Groups: Are We There Yet?, Academy of Management Annals
- Conflict Management through the Lens of System Dynamics, Academy of Management Annals
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