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Christine Pearson
Professor of Management
Areas of ExpertiseOrganizational Crisis Management Language(s)French (literate) |
EDUCATION
Ph.D., University of Southern California
M.S., California State University
B.A., City University of New York
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Pearson, C.M., Roux-Dufort, C., and Clair, J. (2007) The International Handbook of Organizational Crisis Management, Sage Publications.
Porath, C.L., Overbeck, J. & Pearson, C.M. (2007) Picking Up the Gauntlet: How Individuals Respond to Status Challenges, Journal of Applied Social Psychology.
Sommer, A. & Pearson, C.M. (2007) Decisions under Duress: Creativity in Organizational Crisis Management Teams, Technological Forecasting and Social Change.
Javidan, M. et al. (2007) Global Mindset Defined: Expat Success Startegy ERC Mobility.
Pearson, C.M. (2006) Research on Workplace Incivility and its Connection to Practice In
J. Greenberg (Ed.) Insidious workplace behavior. NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associate, Inc.
Pearson, C.M. (2006) Leading through Crises: 21st Century, Global Challenges, Cutting Edge Practices in Crisis Leadership, The Darden School, UVA and Batten Institute(based on keynote speech).
Pearson, C.M. & Porath, C.L. (2005) On the Nature, Consequences and Remedies of
Workplace Incivility: No Time for Nice? Think Again, Academy of Management Executive, 19: 1-12.
* This paper was also published in consolidated form in Harvard Business Review,
June 2005.
* This paper was also summarized in Stanford Social Innovation Review, Feb 2006.
* This paper was also a finalist for Best Paper of the Year at Acad of Mgmt Exec.
Pearson, C.M., Andersson, L.A. and Porath, C.L., Workplace Incivility (2005) In P. Spector
& S. Fox (Eds.) Counterproductive Workplace Behavior: Investigations of Actors
and Targets, Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 256-309.
Pearson, C.M. & Porath, C.L. (2005) On the Nature, Consequences and Remedies of Workplace Incivility: No Time for Nice? Think Again, Academy of Management Executive, 19: 1-12.
This paper was published in consolidated form in Harvard Business Review, June 2005 and summarized in Stanford Social Innovation Review.
Pearson, C.M., Andersson, L.A. and Porath, C.L., Workplace Incivility (2004) In P. Spector
& S. Fox (Eds.) Counterproductive Workplace Behavior: Investigations of Actors and Targets, Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 256-309.
Roche, E., Fox, J., Kaufer, S., Pearson, C. and Porath, C. (2004) Do something, hes about to snap in When good people behave badly, Harvard Business School Press, 121-146.
Pearson, C. and Porath, C. (2004) On Incivility, Its Impact and Directions for Future
Research In R. Griffin & A. OLeary-Kelly. The Dark Side of Organizational Behavior, San Francisco, Jossey-Bass, 403-425.
Pearson, C. (2004) Clarity and Alignment: An Experiential Reflection on Values and Work
In Stablein, R.E. & Frost, P.J. Renewing Research Practice, Palo Alto: Stanford Business Books.
Pearson, Andersson & Porath (2004) Workplace Incivility. In P. Spector & S. Fox (Eds.) Counterproductive Workplace Behavior: Investigations of Actors and Targets, Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Do something, hes about to snap, Harvard Business Review, July 2003 (commentary with C. Porath).
Pearson & Porath, On Incivility, Its Impact and Directions for Future Research (2004) In R. Griffin & A. OLeary-Kelly. The Dark Side of Organizational Behavior, San Francisco,Jossey-Bass.
Clarity and Alignment An Experiential Reflection on Values and Work, (forthcoming)In R. Stablein & P. Frost (Eds.) Renewing Research Practice, Newbury Park:Sage Publications.
Managing the dark side: Latin American implications for implementing organizational crisis management,(2001) In M. Kotabe & R. Leal (Eds.) Market Revolution in Latin America. Elsevier Science, 2001, 315-338.
Pearson, C., Andersson, L. and Wegner, J. (2001) When Workers Flout Convention: A Preliminary Study of Workplace Incivility, Human Relations, 54: 1387-1419.
*Awarded: Best Article of the Year, as selected by International & Editorial Boards.
Clair, J. and Pearson, C. (2001) The Management of Employee Fraud: Implications for Detection, Investigation, Containment, and Prevention, Advances in Qualitative Organizational Research, 3: 155-188.
Pearson, C., Andersson, L. and Porath, C. (2000) Assessing and Attacking Workplace Incivility, Organizational Dynamics, Fall, 123-137.
Sigler, T. and Pearson, C. (2000) Creating and Empowering Culture: Examining the
Relationship Between Organizational Culture and Perceptions of Empowerment, Journal of Quality Management, 5: 27-52.
Andersson, L. and Pearson, C. (1999) Tit-for-Tat? The Spiraling Effect of Incivility in theWorkplace, Academy of Management Review, 24 (3): 452-471.
*[also selected for Academy of Management Executive Research Brief (2000) 14(4):43-44]
Pearson, C. and Clair, J. (1998) Reframing Crisis Management, Academy of Management Review, 23 (1): 59-76.
(1998) Organizations as Targets and Triggers of Aggression and Violence, Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 15: 197-223.
Pearson, C. M. and Rondinelli, D. A. (1998) Crisis Management in Central European Firms, Business Horizons, May-June: 50-59.
(Additional articles and chapters published before 1998 focus on crisis management and organization change).
Three books on crisis management that have been translated into Arabic, Korean, Polish and Spanish.
About a dozen cases and case notes regarding crisis management in Hungary, China and Canada.
RESEARCH
Consulting and applied research with organizations such as: Pepsico, BellSouth, Occidental Petroleum, Transamerica Life, Mobil, L.A.P.D., Clorox, Dow Chemical, Kraft General Foods, Pfizer.
"It Pays to Be Civil" (forthcoming)
Academic and practitioner articles currently under review regarding topics of:
- crisis management teams
- workplace incivility
Current research projects:
- incivility, respect and "face"
- best organizational practices in global crisis management
AWARDS & HONORS
"Outstanding Professor," GMBA - OD/Distance Learning, 2007.
Deans' and Departmental recognition for Outstanding Teaching: all years at UNC,Ivey and Thunderbird.
BusinessWeek recognition as outstanding professor among top 20 business schools while at UNC.
Research grants through UNC, Ivey, CIBER, Cato Foundation, Thunderbird. Additionally, various research fellowships.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Associate Professor, Ivey Business School, Univ. of Western Ontario
Research Professor, Kenan-Flagler Business School, Univ. of North Carolina
Visiting Professor, EDHEC, Lille, France
Visiting Professor, Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Visiting Professor, Chung Yu Tung, Hong Kong
Associate Director, Center for Crisis Management, Univ of Southern California
FILES
Curriculum Vita (academic resume)