John Kenneth MAWDSLEY

John Mawdsley is Associate Professor, Academic Director of the Master in Strategic Management, and co-chair of the Strategy and Business Policy department at HEC Paris.

He 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, and his research has been published in Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, Strategy Science, Journal of Management, and Advances in Strategic Management.  John has also contributed to an edited book on the management of professional service firms. He has served in various elected roles for the Strategic Management Society and Academy of Management.