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John Kenneth MAWDSLEY
Assistant Professor
Strategy and Business Policy
Member of CNRS-GREGHEC Research Group
- Email: mawdsleySPAMFILTER@hec.fr
John Mawdsley received his Ph.D. in Strategic Management from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His primary research interests seek to understand the drivers and impacts of strategy and performance in human capital intensive firms relating to those firms' professional workforce and client relationships. More generally, John is interested in topics related to strategic human capital, demand-side strategy, and the drivers and impacts of relational market ties. His Ph.D. dissertation was a finalist for the AOM Wiley Blackwell 2016 Outstanding Dissertation Award (BPS division), and his work has been published or is forthcoming in the Strategic Management Journal and Journal of Management. John's research has also been shortlisted for best conference paper awards. John is currently a Representative at Large for the Strategic Management Society's Strategic Human Capital Interest Group.
Scientific Articles
"Demand-Side Strategy, Relational Advantage, and Partner-Driven Corporate Scope: The Case for Client-Led Diversification", Forthcoming, Strategic Management Journal, (in coll. with D. SOMAYA).
"Employee Mobility and Organizational Outcomes: An Integrative Conceptual Framework and Research Agenda", Journal of Management, January 2016, vol. 42, n° 1, pp. 85-113 (in coll. with D. SOMAYA).
Chapters in Edited Books
"Strategy & Strategic Alignment in Professional Service Firms", in The Oxford Handbook of Professional Service Firms,, Empson, L., Muzio, D, Broschak, J., & Hinings, B., Oxford University Press, 2015 (in coll. with D. SOMAYA).
Working papers
"Demand-Side Strategy, Relational Advantage and Partner-Driven Corporate Scope: The Case for Client-Led Diversification", Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC, 2018 (in coll. with Deepak SOMAYA).
"Hiring Expert Talent in a Recession: Targeted Labor Pool Sourcing and Firm Performance", Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC, 2017 (in coll. with A. J. CHAURADIA, R. A. BRYMER).
"Resource Reconfiguration in Human-Capital-Intensive Firms", Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC, 2017 (in coll. with P. MEYER-DOYLE, O. CHATAIN).
Employment Date: 2015
Education
2015 Ph.D., in Business Administration, Strategy and Management, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.
2000 Bachelor of Arts, Other, Other, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Languages
English
Academic Appointments
Academic responsibilities at HEC
2016- Member of GREGHEC (CNRS).
2015- Assistant Professor, Strategy and Business Policy.
Scientific activities
Membership in Academic or Professional Organisation
Representative at Large for the Strategic Management Society - Strategic Human Capital Interest Group.
Awards & Honors
2016 Shortlisted for 2014 SMS Best Conference Paper for "Relational Advantage and Partner-Driven Corporate Scope: The Case for Client-Led Diversification".
2016 Nominee for the 2016 SMS Best Conference Paper for "Enduring Market Ties and the Survival of Professional Service Firms".
2016 Finalist for the 2016 Outstanding Dissertation Award, BPS Division, Academy of Management.
Strategic Human Capital
Demand-Side Strategy
Professional Service Firms
Employee Mobility
Corporate strategy
Cooperative strategy
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