Trent Williams

Trenton (Trent) Williams is an Assistant Professor in the Management and Entrepreneurship Department. He earned a B.A. in

Areas of Expertise

Entrepreneurship and strategic management; resourcefulness and resilience; identity (development, loss, and recovery); hybrid and community organizing; opportunities; decision making; creativity and ideation

Academic Degrees

• PhD, Indiana University, 2014 (July)
• Master of Business, Indiana University, 2013
• MS-Strategy/OBHR—Krannert School of Management, Purdue University, 2008
• BA - English and Philosophy, Brigham Young University, 2006

Professional Experience

• Management Consultant, PwC Consulting, 2010-2011
• Management Consultant, Deloitte Consulting, 2008-2010
• Internet Marketing Consultant, 10XMarketing, 2006
• Brand Management Marketing Consultant, StoneMantel Consulting, 2005-2006

Awards, Honors & Certificates

• 2018 Kelley School of Business Eyster Teaching Award
• Responsible Research in Management 2017 Inaugural IACMR Presidential Award
• Kamprad Foundation grant (IKEA group) (Sweden)
• Handelsbanken Research Foundations grant (Sweden)
• IU Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) research grant
• IU Kelley School Center for Business of Life Sciences (CBLS) research grant
• Recipient, Panschar Teaching Award, Kelley School of Business (2013-2014)

Selected Publications

• Williams, T. A., & Shepherd, D. A. (In Press), "To the rescue!? Brokering a rapid, scaled and customized compassionate response to suffering after disaster," Journal of Management Studies, forthcoming.
• Shepherd, D. A., & Williams, T. A. (2018), “Hitting rock bottom after job loss: Bouncing back to create a new positive work identity,” Academy of Management Review, 43(1): 28-49.
• Wolfe, M., Patel, P., & Williams, T.A. (In press), “Self-employment and allostatic load.” Journal of Business Venturing, forthcoming.
• Williams, T. and Shepherd, D.A. (2017), “Mixed-Method Social Network Analysis: Combining Inductive Concept Development, Content Analysis, and Secondary Data for Quantitative Analysis,” _Organizational Research Methods,._20(2): 268-298,
  
• Williams, T.A., Gruber, D.A., Sutcliffe, K.M., Shepherd, D.A., Zhao, E.Y. (2017), "Organizational response to adversity: Fusing crisis management and resilience research streams," Academy of Management Annals, 11(2): 733-769.
• Williams, T. A., & Shepherd, D. A. (2016), “Building resilience or providing sustenance: Different paths of emergent ventures in the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake,” Academy of Management Journal, 59(6): 2069-2102_._
• Williams, T. A., & Shepherd, D. A. (2016), "Victim entrepreneurs doing well by doing good: Venture creation and well-being in the aftermath of a resource shock," Journal of Business Venturing, 31(4): 365-387.
• Shepherd, D. A., Williams, T. A., & Patzelt, H. (2015), “Thinking about entrepreneurial thinking: Review and research agenda.” Journal of Management, 41(1): 11-46.
• Shepherd, D.A. & Williams, T.A. (2014) “Local venturing as compassion organizing in the aftermath of a natural disaster: The role of localness and community in reducing suffering.” Journal of Management Studies, 51 (6): 952-994.