Incoming Editors

Chet Miller is the C.T. Bauer Professor of Organizational Studies at the University of Houston (United States). Chet has used quantitative and qualitative empirical methods, as well as critical reviews and theory building, to investigate cognitive diversity within senior management teams, organizational control mechanisms, and seemingly impossible organizational goals. His work has appeared in a number of journals, including Academy of Management Annals, Academy of Management Executive, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Harvard Business Review, Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, Journal of Management, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Organization Science, and Strategic Management Journal. Two of his papers have earned best paper awards, one at Academy of Management Annals and the other at Academy of Management Review. His work has been cited for its frequent use in textbooks.

Chet has been coeditor-in-chief for special issues of Academy of Management Discoveries and Academy of Management Executive, associate editor for Academy of Management Discoveries and Academy of Management Journal, and review board member for Academy of Management Discoveries, Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, and Strategic Management Journal. He has worked with a number of managers and executives through management development programs, and also through working professional and executive MBA programs. He has earned teaching awards at the University of Houston, Wake Forest University (where he previously was a faculty member), and Duke University (where he has been a guest instructor).

Dirk Lindebaum is a Senior Professor at Grenoble Ecole de Management (France) and a Visiting Professor at the University of Alberta School of Business (Canada). He is curious about “values” as meta-theme in his research, particularly in relation to theory building, learning, technology, and emotions at work. His work regularly appears in journals of international distinction, such as Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Learning & Education, Journal of Management Studies, Organization Studies, and Human Relations. In addition, he is the author of the book Emancipation Through Emotion Regulation (Edward Elgar, 2017). Despite his theoretical pursuits, the practical relevance of his research is regularly recognized in news outlets, such as the Financial Times, New York Times, BBC Radio 5 Live, Wirtschaftswoche, Daily Mail, Independent, and Bloomberg Businessweek. Additionally, he has published several practitioner-focused articles in MIT Sloan Management Review, one of which has been accepted into the Honor Roll of the Responsible Research in Business and Management network (RRBM),a distinction that his research serves the greater good.

Kris Byron, Meredith M. Leapley WomenLead professor at Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business, has published in leading management and psychology journals, including Academy of Management Review, Psychological Bulletin, and Organization Science. Her research interests include social information processing, creativity & innovation, and workplace diversity. She has served as senior editor of the Journal of Management, associate editor of the Academy of Management Review, and chair of the Academy of Management’s Research Methods Division. Her research has been featured in Bloomberg Businessweek, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and many other newspapers and magazines in the United States and abroad.

Kris earned a bachelor's degree in sociology from Emory University. She has a master's degree in nonprofit management from Georgia State University’s Andrew Young School of Policy Studies and a Ph.D. in management (organizational behavior) from Georgia State University's Robinson College of Business.

Her previous work experience includes working for profit and nonprofit organizations in the areas of employee training, research, and development. She and her husband volunteer in animal rescue and have "foster-failed" twice—adopting her former fosters Moomoo (dog) and Tiki (cat).