Academy of Management Perspectives

Helena Barnard is a full professor at the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) at the University of Pretoria, and responsible for the GIBS doctoral program. Her research interests are in how knowledge (and with it technology, organizational practices, and innovation) moves between more and less developed countries. She researches both organizational mechanisms (notably emerging multinationals and internet-enabled businesses) and individual mechanisms such as scientific collaborations, doctoral training, and the diaspora. Her research examines how these processes play out in the often-turbulent emerging market and especially African context. Prof Barnard has published in the Journal of Management, Journal of International Business Studies, Research Policy, Journal of World Business and others. She was on the organizing committee for the Academy of Management Africa conference at GIBS in 2013, was the Academy of International Business (AIB) Vice President for Administration for 2017 to 2020 and serves as the founding chair of the AIB Shared Interest Group in Emerging Markets. She was the 2018-2019 Dunning Fellow at the John H Dunning Centre for International Business at Reading University.

Babita Bhatt is a senior lecturer at the Research School of Management, Australian National University (Australia). Her research examines the role of social enterprises and place-based community organizing in addressing societal challenges. Particularly, she has explored how social change initiatives navigate power asymmetries and ethical complexity in resource constraints and marginalized social contexts. Her research has been published in leading outlets, including the Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Management Studies, Organization Studies, and Organization Science. Babita is currently serving as a co-guest editor at the Information System Journal and Business & Society on special issues related to polarization and the sharing economy at the base of the pyramid.

Oana Branzei is Paul MacPherson Chair in Strategic Leadership and Professor of Strategy and Sustainability at the Ivey Business School, cross-appointed with Western University’s Centre for Climate Change, Sustainable Livelihoods and Health. Oana is the founder, convener and host of PhD Sustainability Academy, an annual event of the Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability. As head of her global Regeneration lab, established with her 2010 Early Researcher Award, Oana leads rapid-response research teams collaborating on prosocial, circular, place-based, regenerative, and restorative organizing on five continents. Oana’s current research interests develop research and practice on regenerative economies, grand challenge innovation, and inclusive organizing. Professor Branzei has guest co-edited special issues for Organization and Environment, the Journal of Business Ethics and the Journal of Supply Chain Management. She holds editorial appointments for Academy of Management Perspectives, Business and Society, and the Journal of Business Venturing. Her research has been published in Academy of Management Discoveries, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Management Studies, Organization Science, Strategic Organization, and Strategic Management Journal, among others.

Born and raised in Brazil, Sandro Cabral is a Professor of Strategy and Public Management at Insper, a leading private nonprofit institution in São Paulo, Brazil. He is also affiliated with the Federal University of Bahia. Sandro’s research explores how strategic management lenses can be utilized to address the primary issues affecting societies and to benefit disenfranchised populations while simultaneously enhancing organizational performance. Additionally, he is interested in understanding the successful drivers of cross-sector collaborations and public service performance. Sandro has contributed extensively to academia, with his works being published in leading management and public administration journals such as Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Strategy Science, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, and Public Administration Review, among others. He also serves as a board member for the Strategic Management Journal and Journal of Management Scientific Reports. His professional involvement includes serving as treasurer of the Academy of Management (AOM) public and nonprofit division (PNP) from 2018 to 2021, and subsequently as the global representative of the strategy division (STR) from 2021 to 2024. Sandro's dedication in research, reviewing, and teaching have earned him several prestigious awards, including the Distinguished Paper Award of the STR Division (2022), the Charles H. Levine Award for Best Conference Paper of the PNP Division (2016 and 2019). For additional information, see: https://sandroufba.wordpress.com/.

Dr. Bonnie Hayden Cheng is an Associate Professor of Management and MBA Program Director at HKU Business School. She obtained her PhD in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management from the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. Her research is in the area of corporate wellness, leadership, and proactive workplace behaviors. She has published in journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, and Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Her research has been featured in leading media sources such as The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and Harvard Business Review. She is a Subject Matter Expert of the Academy of Management and on the Editorial Board of the Academy of Management Journal.

Stacey Fitzsimmons is an Associate Professor of International Management at the Peter B. Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria, Canada. She is also a Research Associate at the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), South Africa. She earned her PhD from the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University (SFU). Her current research examines how globally mobile employees—such as migrants, immigrants, refugees, and other diverse groups—contribute to their teams and organizations. Dr. Fitzsimmons’s research has been published in Academy of Management Review, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of World Business, Human Resource Management Review, Organization Studies, and Organizational Dynamics, among others. She also commonly publishes practitioner translations through Harvard Business Review’s website and The Conversation. She serves on the editorial review boards of Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of International Business Policy, Academy of Management Review, and Journal of Business Research. Dr. Fitzsimmons is currently in her second term on the board of the Women of the Academy of International Business (WAIB). Dr. Fitzsimmons has received several accolades for her contributions to the field, including an Emerging Scholar Award, the International Human Resources Scholarly Research Award from the AOM’s HR Division, and a Best Reviewer Award. During her last sabbatical she held visiting positions at the University of Auckland, University of Sydney, and the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS).

Pursey Heugens (PhD 2001, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University) is a Professor of Organization Theory at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. He is interested in the strategy and governance of organizational forms like state-owned enterprises, family firms, professional partnerships, business groups, and social entrepreneurial ventures. He enjoys quantitative work and meta-analyses, but is also deeply committed to qualitative methods and interpretative epistemologies. His work has appeared in top-tier management outlets like Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, and the Journal of International Business Studies. He previously served as Associate Editor of the Academy of Management Journal and is currently serving as Associate Editor of the Journal of Management. He strongly believes in the generative and motivating force of passion in research, and is therefore exceptionally glad to have been able to turn his long-term interests in craft beer, malt whisky, and country music into research projects. In a similar vein, he would love to try his luck studying the history and diffusion of gourmet home cooking and the rekindling and reinvention of regional barbecue traditions.

Thomas P. Lyon holds the Dow Chair of Sustainable Science, Technology and Commerce at the University of Michigan, with appointments in both the Ross School of Business and the School for Environment and Sustainability. He has written path-breaking papers on self-regulation, regulatory preemption, voluntary environmental programs, greenwashing, astroturfing, and corporate political responsibility. He coined the term ‘Corporate Political Responsibility’ in the 2018 article “CSR Needs CPR: Corporate Sustainability and Politics,” chosen as the Best Paper in California Management Review that year. 

Lyon was a founder of the Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability (ARCS), hosted its first conference, and served as its President. He has twice served as Faculty Director of the Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan. He received the World Sustainability Award in 2023 and the 2022 Distinguished Scholar Award, Organizations and the Natural Environment division, Academy of Management. He has testified before Congress, and given keynote addresses at academic and practitioner conferences around the world. He has been a visiting scholar at Stanford University, the University of Chicago, the University of Paris, the University of Pisa, Georgetown University, and Resources for the Future. He earned his BSE from Princeton University, and MS and PhD degrees from Stanford University.

Tazeeb S. Rajwani is Professor of International Business and Strategy at University of Surrey. His research focuses mainly on corporate political activity, nonmarket strategy, sustainability and CSR. He has published articles in leading journals such as Organization Science, Journal of International Business Studies, Academy of Management Perspectives, Journal of Management Studies, Global Strategy Journal, Journal of World Business, Strategic Organization, Groups & Organizations Management, British Journal of Management, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of International Management, International Business Review, among others. His research has been reported in the press, including the BBC, The Times, Irish Times, Forbes and Financial Times. His research has also informed the UK government on their Net Zero policy for 2050. He has published a highly acclaimed book contracted by Oxford University Press on “Aligning for Advantage: Competitive Strategies for the Political and Social Arenas” and a companion on “Nonmarket strategy” with Routledge press. He serves as Editor-in-Chief for Multinational Business Review and Associate Editor for Journal of International Management, editorial board member of the Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management Studies, British Journal of Management, Long Range Planning and Journal of World Business. He has a PhD from Imperial College London and has previously worked for KPMG in Corporate Finance.

Denise M. Rousseau is the H.J. Heinz II University Professor of Organizational Behavior and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon. She is Academic Board President, Center for Evidence-Based Management, and Co-Chair, Campbell Collaboration, Management and Business Coordinating Group (MBCG). Rousseau's research focuses upon the impact workers have on the employment relationship and the firms that employ them. Her publications include over a dozen books and over 230 articles and monographs in management and psychology journals. Rousseau is a two-time winner of the Academy of Management's Terry Award for best management book for I-Deals: Idiosyncratic Deals Workers Bargain for Themselves in 2006 and Psychological Contracts in Organizations: Understanding Written and Unwritten Agreement in 1995. She has served as President of the Academy of Management and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Organizational Behavior. Rousseau received her A.B., M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. Rousseau founded the Evidence-Based Management Collaborative, a network of scholars, consultants, and practicing managers to promote evidence-informed organizational practices and decision making. Her book Evidence-based Management: How to Use Evidence to Make Better Organizational Decisions with Eric Barends (Kogan Page) is also available for teachers and students in an on-line course at www.cmu.edu/oli.