James Westphal

Jim conducts research in the areas of strategic management and organizational theory, with a focus on social and psychological processes in corporate governance and strategic decision making. He previously served as Division Chair of the Strategic Management Division of the Academy of Management and as Representative-at-Large of the Organization and Management Theory (OMT) Division of the Academy. Jim has received the Best Paper Award from the OMT Division of the Academy on five occasions (1994, 1996, 2006, 2011, and 2013), and he received the Saroj Parasuraman Outstanding Publication Award from the Gender and Diversity in Organizations Division of the Academy in 2014. He received the Researcher of the Year Award in 2007 and 2014 and the University of Texas College of Business Administration Award for Research Excellence in 2000-2001 and 2006-2007. He was elected to the Macro-Organizational Behavior Society in 2004, the Fellows of the Academy of Management in 2011, and the Fellows of the Strategic Management Society in 2019. In 2005-2006 he was a Harrington Faculty Fellow. Jim's research has been referenced in Business Week, CNBC, The Economist, The Financial Times, Fortune, Harpers, National Public Radio, The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post, among other publications. He has taught courses in strategic management and organizational behavior at the undergraduate, M.B.A., and Ph.D. levels.