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Rich DeJordy


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Assistant Professor of of Management and Organizational Development


Rich DeJordy 
112 Hayden Hall
Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts 02115-5000

617-373-4830
r.dejordy@neu.edu

   

Education

Ph.D., Boston College 2010
MS, Boston College 2006
MBA, Northeastern University, 1996
BA, Boston College, 1993

Research and Teaching Interests

Dr. DeJordy's research and teaching interests include social conformity, institutions, identity, and social networks.

Awards and Honors

Nominee, Faculty of the Year (2013).

Won competitive dissertation completion grant from Boston College

Inaugural Winston Center Doctoral Fellow

Selected Publications

Rubstova, A., DeJordy, R., Glynn, M. A., Zald, M. (2010). The social construction of causality: The effects of institutional myths on financial regulation (vol. 30, pp. 201-244). Research in the Sociology of Organizations.

Glynn, M. A., DeJordy, R. (2010). Leadership through an Organizational Behavior Lens: A Look at the Last Half Century of Research (pp. 119-158). Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice. 

Creed, W.E. Douglas, DeJordy, R., Lok, J. (2010). Becoming the self of the stories we tell: Resolving institutional contradictions through identity work and role use. Academy of Management Journal, 53(6), 13336-1364.

DeJordy, R.  2008.  Just passing through:  Stigma and identity decoupling in the work place.Group and Organization Management, 33: 504.

DeJordy, R., Borgatti, S., Roussin, C., & Halgin, D.  2007.  Visualizing proximity data.  Field Methods, 19: 239.

Expertise

Rich DeJordy's expertise includes social network analysis, and institutions and identity.

Selected Presentations

DeJordy, R. (Presenter Only), Creed, D. (Presenter Only), Lok, J. (Presenter Only), Cebon, P. (Presenter Only), Hudon, B. (Presenter Only), Academy of Management, "Bringing Emotions (Back) Into Institutional Theory,” OMT, MOC, CMS, Montreal. (August 7, 2010).

Labianca, J. (Presenter Only), Halgin, D. (Presenter Only), DeJordy, R. (Presenter Only), Stich, M. (Presenter Only), Academy of Management, "Introduction to Social Network Analysis,” OMT, Montreal. (August 6, 2010).

DeJordy, R. (Presenter Only), Halgin, D. (Presenter Only), SunBelt XLIII, "Introduction to Network Analysis with UCINET and NetDraw,” International Network of Social Network Analysts, Riva del Garda, Italy. (July 1, 2010).

DeJordy, R., Fighting for the status quo: Agency and institutional guardianship. Presented at the 25th EGOS Colloquium, Barcelona. (2009).

Creed, W.E.D., DeJordy, R., & Lok, J., Institutional entrepreneurship of the self: Resolving contradiction through identity work, and role use. To be presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. (2009).

DeJordy, R., The questions we don’t ask: Lessons and limitations from institutional theory. Organizer and Chair for the All Academy Symposium at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA. (2008).

DeJordy, R., Don’t go changing: Decoupling entrepreneurship from agency in institutions. Second Annual McGill/Cornell Conference on Institutions and Entrepreneurship, Montreal, QC. (2008).

DeJordy, R., Institutional leadership: Paradox or prequisite. Organizer and Presenter of the Symposium for the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. (2007).

Almond, B. & DeJordy, R., Institutional coupling and creative industries: A case study of traditional Irish music. Presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. (2007).

DeJordy, R., Institutional Leadership: Agency and sense-giving at the institutional level. Cornell-McGill Conference on Institutions and Entrepreneurship, Ithaca, NY. (2007).

DeJordy, R. & Jones, C., Institutional guardianship: Preserving and protecting the institutional order in the face of change. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA. (2006).

Industry and Academic Experience

Director, Information Services, Boston Globe, 1997 - 2001

Professional Services

Ad hoc reviewer, AMJ, 2005 – Present

Ad hoc reviewer, Field Methods, 2008 - Present

AoM New Doctoral Student Consortium PDW Chair, 2007

Mailing Address

Rich DeJordy 
112 Hayden Hall
Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts 02115-5000