Jo Ellen Pozner

Dr. Jo-Ellen Pozner joined Santa Clara University's Leavey School of Business in the fall of 2016. Before that, she was on faculty at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley. She graduated with a PhD in Management and Organizations from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. She also holds an MBA from the Stern School of Business, New York University; a Masters in Economics from the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University; and a BSFS in International Economics from the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University.

Dr. Pozner’s research focuses on questions of organizational ethics, corporate governance, social movements, and institutional change. She has a particular interest in organizational misconduct, specifically the ways in which misconduct at the organizational level impacts top management and boards of directors at the companies involved. She is also interested in impression management, organizational and individual reputation and legitimacy, and study ways in which people and organizations attempt to appear to conform to established institutional norms. Dr. Pozner has also done work on social movements, including research on movements that promoted acceptance of organic food, and those that led to the creation of a low-power FM radio service in the United States.

Her teaching focuses on Leadership and Organizational Behavior at the graduate and executive levels, and she regularly teaches the Leading People class for MBAs and executives. Other teaching focuses on Corporate Governance, Ethics, and PhD-level Organizational Theory. Particular areas of teaching and speaking interest include:

• Organizational behavior and leadership
• Organizational culture Organizational ethics
• Leadership style
• Leading for innovation
• Corporate governance
• Crisis management
• Leading high-impact teams
• Leading change
• Corporate social responsibility

Her work has been published in journals including the American Journal of Sociology, the Annals of the Academy of Management, Administrative Science Quarterly, Organization Studies, Best Paper Proceedings, and the Journal of Business Ethics.

Jo-Ellen Pozner served as the Faculty Director for the Berkeley Exec Ed Custom Program 'Cisco Women's Leadership Program'.

Academic Appointments

2016 - present Assistant Professor, Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University Faculty Scholar, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics

2007 - 2016 Assistant Professor, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley (On leave: July – December 2010; January – August 2013)

Education

Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois PhD in Management and Organizations, Kellogg School of Management, 2007 Advisors: Edward J. Zajac, Hayagreeva Rao

New York University, New York, New York MBA in Management and Finance, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, 2001

Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C. MA in Eastern European Studies and International Economics, Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, 1997

Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. BSFS in International Economics, 1994

Honors And Awards

• Best Paper Award, Sustainability, Ethics and Entrepreneurship Conference, 2018
• Leavey Teaching Award, 2018
• Leavey Research Award, 2017
• Best Reviewer Award, Organization Science, 2015-17
• Finalist, Best Paper Prize, OMT Division, Academy of Management, 2012.
• Nominee, Best Conference Paper for Practice Implications, Strategic Management Society, 2008.
• Best Symposium Award, OMT Division, Academy of Management, 2007.
• Finalist, Excellence in Ethics: Dissertation Proposal Competition, Institute for Ethical Business Worldwide, University of Notre Dame, 2006.
• Booz Allen Hamilton/SMS PhD Fellow, Strategic Management Society, 2005.
• Best reviewer, OMT Division, Academy of Management, 2003.
• Joseph Kolodny Prize for Excellence in Management Studies, New York University, 2001.
• Alumnae Club Key Pin Award, New York University, 2001.
• Texaco/New York University Stern MBA Program Scholarship, 2000-2001.
• New York University President’s Service Award, 2001.
• Stern School of Business Service Award, 2001.
• Member, Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society.
• Michael Krupensky Award for Russian Studies, Georgetown University, 1994.