Kurt Sandholtz

Education

• PhD, Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University, 2013
• Master of Organizational Behavior, Brigham Young University, 1988
• Bachelor of Arts, English, Brigham Young University, 1983

Companies

• Associate Professor, Romney Institute of Public Service & Ethics Brigham Young University Marriott School of Business (2020)
• Director, Management Communication Brigham Young University Marriott School of Business (2012)
• Assistant Professor, Organizational Behavior and Human Resources Brigham Young University Marriott School of Management (2013 — 2020)
• Consultant The RBL Group (2006 — 2007)
• Senior Consultant Zenger Folkman (2003 — 2007)
• Visiting Instructor Marriott School of Management (BYU) (2005 — 2006)
• Vice President, Product Development BT.Novations (1997 — 2002)
• Consultant and Partner Novations Group Inc (1990 — 2002)
• Senior Editor, National Business Employment Weekly Dow Jones (1986 — 1990)

Group Affiliations

• European Group for Organizational Studies — 2016
• American Sociological Association — 2010
• Academy of Management — 2008

Selected Publications

• "Management Communication", Kurt Sandholtz, 2017
• "Compliance Police or Business Partner? Institutional Complexity and Occupational Tensions in Human Resource Management", Research in the Sociology of Organizations: The Structuring of Work in Organizations, Volume 47, Pages 161-191, Emerald Group, Bingley, Lisa E. Cohen, M. Diane Burton, Michael Lounsbury, 2016
• "Standardizing Knowledge Work: How "Homegrown" Standards Overcome Resistance among Professional Employees", Effective Standardization Management in Corporate Settings, Pages 162-183, IGI Global, Hershey, PA, Kai Jakobs, 2016
• "Chance, Necessite, et Naivete: Ingredients to Create a New Organizational Form", The Emergence of Organizations and Markets, Pages 379 - 433, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, John F. Padgett and Walter W. Powell, 2012
• "Amphibious Entrepreneurs and the Emergence of Organizational Forms", Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Edition 2, Volume 6, Pages 94-115, Strategic Management Society, Chicago, IL, 2012
• "Making Standards Stick: A Theory of Coupled vs. Decoupled Compliance", Organization Studies, Edition 5-6, Volume 33, Pages 655-679, Sage, Thousand Oaks, CA, 2012
• "The Double-Edged Sword of Jurisdictional Entrenchment: Explaining HR professionals’ failed strategic repositioning", Organization Science, INFORMS, Catonsville, MD, Gautam Ahuja

Awards

• 2020 Best Paper Award - Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Strategic Management Society (SMS), 2020