Klaus Weber

Klaus Weber is an Professor of Management & Organizations, and serves as the deputy director of the Northwestern Buffett Institute for Global Affairs. He is also affiliated with the Department of Sociology and the Northwestern Institute for Sustainability and Energy.

His research is grounded in cultural and institutional analysis, and employs a range of methodological approaches. His substantive interests are a) the intersection between social movements, organizations and markets; b) environmental sustainability; and c) the globalization of economic policies and business practices.

Klaus' research has been widely published in journals such as Administrative Science Quarterly, American Sociological Review, Organization Science, Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal and many others. His work has won best paper awards at the American Sociological Association, Administrative Science Quarterly, and the SYNTEC Conseil en Management. He was a senior editor at Organization Science and has guest edited volumes for Organization Studies and Organization Science.

Klaus teaches MBA courses on environmental sustainability and on power in organizations; and doctoral seminars on cultural analysis, organization theory and research methods.

He received his PhD from the University of Michigan and joined the Kellogg faculty in 2003.

Education

• PhD, 2003, Organization and Management, University of Michigan
• MS, 1995, Industrial Relations, London School of Economics
• BA, 1994, European Studies and Business, ESB Reutlingen & Middlesex University

Academic Positions

• Professor, Management and Organization, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2018-present
• Associate Professor, Management and Organizations, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2010-2018
• Assistant Professor, Management and Organizations, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2003-2010

Awards

• Research Committee Service Award, OMT Division, Academy of Management, 2018
• Faculty Fellow, Yale Center for Cultural Sociology, 2014 -
• ASQ Award for Scholarly Contribution, Administrative Science Quarterly, 2014
• Faculty Award for Diversity, Northwestern Graduate School, 2014
• Best Article Award, Prix Acad, 2009
• Clifford Geertz Best Article Prize, American Sociological Association, Section on Culture, 2009
• Sidney J. Levy Teaching Award, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, 2007-2008, 2005-2006
• Renis Likert Prize for Best Paper from Dissertation in Organization Studies, University of Michigan, 2005
• Barry M. Richman Best Dissertation Award, International Management Division, Academy of Management, 2004

Editorial Positions

• Associate Editor, Organization Science, 2010-2013
• Guest Editor, Special Issue on Social Movements, Civil Society and Corporations, Organization Studies, 34(5-6), 2010-
• Guest Editor, Special Issue on The Cultural Construction of Organizational Life, Organization Science, 22(1), 2008-

Teaching Interests

• MBA: Environmental Sustainability, Power & Influence, Cross-Cultural Management. PhD: Organization Theory, Economic Sociology, Cultural Theory, Text Analysis, Research Methods.