PROFILE

I am an Assistant Professor in the Strategic Management and Organization Department at the University of Alberta. I study the question, How do organizations strategically change practices and culture? Most of my research revolves around four inter-related concepts naturally associated with organizational efforts to change practices and/or culture: language, tools and technology, professional expertise, and organizational consciousness.

Theoretical topics of interest include:

Strategic Management
Organization Theory
Family Business
Entrepreneurship
Routines and Capabilities
Strategy-as-Practice
Decision Making
Framing and Analogies
Strategic Change
Institutional Theory
Rationality
Culture and Social Cognition

I primarily use qualitative research methods. Recently, I have spent field time in the online display advertising and predictive analytics industries. I have also been conducting a longitudinal study of an entrepreneurial organization that is attempting to commercialize a new business model in the security industry.