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Linda Smircich

Professor Emeritus Management
Office: Isenberg 324
Tel: 413.545.5693
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Academic Background

Education
PhD Organization and Management, Syracuse University School of Management, 1978
MBA Organization and Management, Syracuse University School of Management, 1975
BA Social Science, State University of New York, Oswego, 1969
Academic Appointments
Professor of Organization Studies, Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1993-Present
Chair, Management Dept, Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1998-2001
Visiting Professor, Dept. of Business Administration, Gotenburg University, Sweden, March 2012
Visiting Research Professor, Department of Business Administration, Abo Akademi University, Turku, Finland, 2-6/1993

Research Interests

  • Gender and organization
  • Alternative organizations and worker ownership
  • Inequality and organizations
  • Organizational change
  • Entrepreneuring
  • Cultural studies

Teaching Interests

Undergraduate
  • Organization Design & Change
  • Administrative Theory
  • Women & Men in Organizations
  • Power & Conflict in Organizations
Masters
  • Organizational Behavior & Theory
  • Organizational Change
PhD
  • Interpretive and Critical Approaches to Organizational Analysis
  • Qualitative Research

Recent Honors & Awards

Dean's Research Excellence Award, Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2010
Martin J. Whitman Distinguished PhD Alumni Award in recognition of outstanding professional contributions, Syracuse University, 2008
Sage Award for Distinguished Scholarly Contribution, for academic leadership and impact of scholarship in the area of gender and diversity. Presented by the Gender, Diversity & Organizations Division of the Academy of Management, August 2006

Selected Publications

Calas, M.B. and Smircich, L. (2014 forthcoming). "Engendering the Organizational: Organization Studies and Feminist Theorizing." In P. Adler, P. du Gay, G. Morgan & M. Reed (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Sociology, Social Theory and Organization Studies: Contemporary Currents. London: Oxford University Press.

Calas, M.B., Smircich, L., and Holvino, E. (2014 forthcoming). "Theorizing Gender- and Organization: Changing Times. ...Changing Theories?" In S. Kumra, R. Simpson & R. Burke (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Gender in Organizations. London: Oxford University Press.

Calas, M. B., Ou, H., and Smircich, L. (forthcoming 2013) " 'Woman' on the Move: Mobile Subjectivities after Intersectionality," Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal.

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