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John Kenneth MAWDSLEY

Associate Professor

Strategy and Business Policy

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Biography

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 demand-side strategy, the drivers and impacts of relational market ties, strategic human capital, and employee mobility.  His Ph.D. dissertation was a finalist for the AOM Wiley Blackwell 2016 Outstanding Dissertation Award (BPS division), and his research has been published in Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management, and Advances in Strategic Management.  John has also contributed to an edited book on the management of professional service firms. His research has been shortlisted for several best conference paper awards. He currently serves a Representative at Large for the SMS Cooperative Strategies Interest Group and is a member of the Teaching Committee for the STR Division of the Academy of Management. 

 

John teaches, and coordinates, the Strategic Management core course in the Grande Ecole programme, and the Corporate Strategy PhD course.

 

 

Scientific articles

A Rivalry-Based Theory of Gender Diversity

Strategic Management Journal, Forthcoming, (in coll. with L. PAOLELLA, R. DURAND)

Client-Related Factors and Collaboration Between Human Assets

Organization Science, March-April 2022, vol. 33, n° 2, pp 518-540, (in coll. with Philipp Meyer-Doyle, O. CHATAIN)

Relational Embeddedness, Breadth of Added Value Opportunities, and Business Growth

Organization Science, July-August 2021, vol. 32, n° 4, pp 1009-1032, (in coll. with D. SOMAYA)

Demand-Side Strategy, Relational Advantage, and Partner-Driven Corporate Scope: The Case for Client-Led Diversification

Strategic Management Journal, July 2018, vol. 39, n° 7, pp 1834-1859, (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

Firm-specific Human Capital at the Crossroads: A Conversation on Current Issues and Future Directions

Employee Inter- And Intra-Firm Mobility, Tzabbar, D. & Cirillo, B., Advances in Strategic Management, 41, 55-73

Strategy & Strategic Alignment in Professional Service Firms

The Oxford Handbook Of Professional Service Firms,, Empson, L., Muzio, D, Broschak, J., & Hinings, B., Oxford University Press

Proceedings

Betting on Strategic Initiatives!? Human Capital and Insider Trading

2022 AOM conference , 2022 , 2022 , 1 (N. ASGHAR, R. Coff, P. Meyer-Doyle)

Supplier Switching, Buyer-Specific Behavioral Uncertainty, and Value Appropriation

2022 AOM Conference , 2022 , 2022 , 1

Market-Based Drivers of Gender Diversity: The Role of Indirect Client Ties

Relational Ties, Demand-Side Strategy, and the Performance of Knowledge-Based Service Firms

Working papers

Scientific articles

Client-Related Factors and Collaboration Between Human Assets

Organization Science, March-April 2022, vol. 33, n° 2, pp 518-540, (in coll. with Philipp Meyer-Doyle, O. CHATAIN)

Relational Embeddedness, Breadth of Added Value Opportunities, and Business Growth

Organization Science, July-August 2021, vol. 32, n° 4, pp 1009-1032, (in coll. with D. SOMAYA)

Demand-Side Strategy, Relational Advantage, and Partner-Driven Corporate Scope: The Case for Client-Led Diversification

Strategic Management Journal, July 2018, vol. 39, n° 7, pp 1834-1859, (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

Firm-specific Human Capital at the Crossroads: A Conversation on Current Issues and Future Directions

Employee Inter- And Intra-Firm Mobility, Tzabbar, D. & Cirillo, B., Advances in Strategic Management, 41, 55-73

Strategy & Strategic Alignment in Professional Service Firms

The Oxford Handbook Of Professional Service Firms,, Empson, L., Muzio, D, Broschak, J., & Hinings, B., Oxford University Press

Proceedings

Betting on Strategic Initiatives!? Human Capital and Insider Trading

2022 AOM conference , 2022 , 2022 , 1 (N. ASGHAR, R. Coff, P. Meyer-Doyle)

Supplier Switching, Buyer-Specific Behavioral Uncertainty, and Value Appropriation

2022 AOM Conference , 2022 , 2022 , 1

Market-Based Drivers of Gender Diversity: The Role of Indirect Client Ties

Relational Ties, Demand-Side Strategy, and the Performance of Knowledge-Based Service Firms

Working papers

Education

  • Ph.D., in Business Administration, Strategy and Management, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - USA
  • Bachelor of Arts, Other, Other, University of Liverpool - United Kingdom

Academic appointments

Academic Responsibilities at HEC

  • 2023- Department Head, Strategy and Business Policy HEC Paris
  • 2022- Associate Professor, Strategy and Business Policy HEC Paris
  • 2015-2022 Assistant Professor, Strategy and Business Policy HEC Paris
  • 2016- Member of GREGHEC, the joint research laboratory CNRS-HEC Paris HEC Paris

Scientific Activities

Membership in Academic or Professional Organisation

  • Knowledge Architect Chair, Strategic Human Capital Interest Group, Strategic Management Society
  • Representative at Large for the Strategic Management Society - Strategic Human Capital Interest Group

Awards & honors

  • 2019 Nomination: Best Conference Paper, Strategic Management Society Meeting for the paper Boomerangs and Multiple Movers in Knowledge-Intensive Contexts: A Comparison of Post-Hiring Productivity.
  • 2018 Finalist for Best Interdisciplinary Paper and Best Conference Paper, Strategic Human Capital Interest Group, SMS Conference 2018
  • 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