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Julien Jourdan

Prof. Julien Jourdan
Professor - Management and Human Resources

Julien Jourdan is a Professor of Management and Human Resources at HEC Paris. He teaches management and leadership in the PhD, MSc, and MBA programs.

His research focuses on reputation, legitimacy, and other social evaluations of organizations. He examines how a) stakeholders evaluate organizations in institutionally complex environments and b) how these evaluations shape organizational conduct, strategy, and performance. His work is published in academic journals including American Journal of Sociology, Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, and Strategy Science.

He was awarded the HEC Best Dissertation prize and was finalist for the Grigor McClelland Dissertation, Industry Studies Association and AoM International Dissertation awards. His article on the consequences of scandals on organizational competition was finalist for Academy of Management Journal Best Paper.

He is also a Research Associate at Imperial College London. He previously held academic positions at Bocconi University and PSL-Paris Dauphine. A former finance executive at a major film studio, he has retained a strong interest in creative industries.

Last Articles

JOURDAN Policy Paper

AI Automates Routine Management and Raises the Value of Leadership

Artificial intelligence is unlikely to eliminate executive roles, but it is changing the tasks that make those roles valuable. This policy paper identifies a consistent asymmetry between AI management and leadership.

9 min
Julien Jourdan, Emmanuel Coblence, Catherine Tanneau
Tribune de Julien Jourdan sur l'avenir du cinéma et du modèle culturel français à l'heure du streaming, dans Les Echos - 12.2025 c HEC Paris

Cinema in the Streaming Era: “The Seventh Art Has Largely Escaped the Movie Theater”

Film consumption has never been higher, but the collective movie-theater experience is losing ground to streaming, explains Julien Jourdan in Les Echos.

Julien Jourdan

How Community Structure and Social Connections Catalyze Corporate Scandals

Scandals rarely emerge in a vacuum. research by Julien Jourdan reveals that their exposure depends on community structure, social connections, and the local ties of the organizations involved.

Julien Jourdan

Why Legitimacy Is a Business Imperative

Julien Jourdan’s research explores how geopolitical disruptions and moral scrutiny expose firms to legitimacy risk, forcing strategic realignment.

Julien Jourdan
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