Doctoral Program in Organization and Management
Individuals with an interest in scholarly research on organizational behavior
or organization theory can join the Organization and Management Ph.D. program,
traditionally one of the strengths of the Paul Merage School of Business. The
doctoral program is one of the country's most prominent.
The program offers broad exposure to theory and research on organizational
behavior and theory. Organizational behavior includes topics such as cross-cultural
management, power and influence, negotiation process, team and interpersonal
processes, innovation, trust, organizational commitment, incentives, and leadership.
Organization theory addresses contemporary theories about organizations (i.e.,
community and population ecology, institutional theory, organizational learning
and decision making) and applies them to research problems like the determinants
of new organizational foundings, growth, adaptation, design, performance, survival,
and evolution.
Students in the Ph.D. Program design personal areas of specialization that
reflect their individual interests. Students are encouraged to take advantage
of the intellectual diversity of the Organization and Management area, the wider
school and university communities to develop specializations that integrate
ideas from a variety of academic fields.
Other unique feature of our program include:
- The diverse and exciting business climate of southern California with its
emphasis on global businesses, science-based technology firms, and a high
rate of new venture start ups.
- A rigorous intellectual environment in which Ph.D. candidates work closely
with faculty on projects of mutual interest.
- Our Seminar Series in which leading scholars visit UC Irvine and present
their research.
- An excellent record placing Ph.D. graduates including: Dartmouth, MIT, Carnegie-Mellon
University, Cornell University, University of Minnesota, Georgetown University
and the University of Southern California. This strong placement record reflects
the national and international reputation of the program as one of the premier
Organization & Management Ph.D. programs
The Ph.D. Program at the University of California, Irvine focuses on a self-paced
and independent approach to doctoral education with a great deal of student-faculty
contact. Students are expected to take an active role in developing their specific
interests within the fields of organizational behavior or organization theory
in conjunction with the faculty. In addition, students are trained for their
future teaching responsibilities through our Teaching Development Program as
well as teaching assistant assignments.
Our primary objective is to provide an intellectual environment in which talented
individuals can develop a strong understanding of interpersonal, organizational
and strategic phenomena and to enable them to make significant contributions
to their field through their research and teaching. We encourage applicants
who come from a variety of undergraduate disciplines (e.g., psychology, sociology,
economics, and business).
Organization and Management Faculty
The Organization and Management area at UC Irvine's Paul Merage School of Business
is consistently recognized as one of the most productive group of scholars.
This means that doctoral students all obtain hands-on experience working on
faculty research projects. The area faculty are members of the editorial boards
of the premier academic journals in their fields and are leaders in their professional
associations. Professor Jone Pearce and Lyman Porter are Past Presidents of
the Academy of Management. They and Professor Claudia Schoonhoven are Fellows
of this distinguished scholarly association. Our faculty are currently serving
or have recently served on the Editorial Boards of Administrative Science
Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management
Review, Journal of Applied Psychology, and Organization Science,
among many others.
Faculty profiles, courses and other area information can be found on the
Organization and Management
Academic Area page.
The area faculty also work with UC Irvine’s Center for Organizational
Research http://www.cor.web.uci.edu/ on research and educational programs focused
on organizations.
Examples of Recent Co-authored Research with Doctoral Students
*Doctoral students are bolded
Rao, A. N., Pearce, J. L., and Xin, K. (2005)
Governments, reciprocal exchange and trust among business associates. Journal
of International Business Studies, 36, 104-118.
Pearce, J. L. and Randel, A. (2004) Expectations of organizational
mobility, workplace social inclusion and employee job performance. Journal
of Organizational Behavior, 25, 81-98.
Bigley, G. A. and. Pearce, J.L. (1998) "Straining for
shared meaning in organization science: Problems of trust and distrust."
Academy of Management Review, 23, 405-421.
Pearce, J. L., I. Branyiczki, and Bigley, G. A. "Insufficient
bureaucracy: Trust and commitment in particularistic organizations." Organization
Science, forthcoming.
Pearce, J. L. and Klein, K. (2006) Organizations and the Eradication
of Global Poverty; Business as Agent of World Benefit Conference.
Frideger, M. and Pearce, J. L. (2005) Glass Ceiling Bias:
Effects of Nonstandard Accent on Management Hiring; Annual Meeting of the
Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (Division 14 of the American
Psychological Association).
Pearce, J. L., Xin, K., Xu, Q. J. and Rao, A. N. (2005) Why
the Rich get Richer: The Role of Organizations in the Wealth of Nations, Academy
of Management Annual Meeting.
Rao, A. N., Pearce, J. L., and Xin, K. (2005) Governments,
reciprocal exchange and trust among business associates. Journal of International
Business Studies, 36, 104-118.
Tsui, A.S., Pearce, J.L., Porter, L.W. and Tripoli, A. "Alternative
approaches to the employee-organization relationship: Does investment in employees
pay off?" Academy of Management Journal, 1997, 40, 1089-1121.
Gibson, C.B. and Dibble, R. (forthcoming). Culture inside
and out: Developing the collective capability to externally adjust. In Ang,
S. & Van Dyne, L. (Eds.), Advances in Cultural Intelligence.
Lewis-Tyran, K., and Gibson, C.B. (2007). Is what you see
what you get? The relationship between surface- and deep-level heterogeneity
characteristics, group efficacy and team reputation. Group and Organization
Management, forthcoming.
Gibson, C.B., and Ross, A. (2005). Turning the tides in multinational
teams. In Shapiro, D.L., Von Glinow, M.A., & Cheng, J.L.C. (Eds.) Managing
Multinational Teams: Global Perspectives. Oxford: Elsevier/JAI.
Gibson, C.B., Randel, A., & Earley, P.C. (2000). Understanding
Group-Efficacy: An empirical test of multiple assessment methods. Group
and Organization Management. 25(1): 67-97.
Lewis-Tyran, K, & Gibson, C.B. (2000). What you see is
what you get: Observing and modeling the relationship between readily identifiable
and non-identifiable heterogeneity characteristics, group efficacy, and team
outcomes. Paper presented at the Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology
Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Lewis, K., & Gibson, C.B. (1999). The more we are alike,
the more confident we become: The Mediating Effect of Groups Efficacy on Tenure
and Collectivism Heterogeneity in Teams. Paper presented at the Academy
of Management Meeting, Chicago.
Schoonhoven, C.B. and Woolley, J.L. (2006). Top Management
Teams in an International Context: An Assessment and Review. Advances in
International Management, L. Cheng and M. Hitt, editors, Volume 18: 249-280.
Schoonhoven, C.B. and Woolley, J.L. (2005). Contextualizing
New Venture Survival Models: Entrepreneurship in the Chinese Context. Refereed
presentation, session on “Learning and growth of high technology ventures
in China,” Conference on China-US Relations: Trade, Diplomacy, and
Research, Peking University, Beijing, China, Nov. 14-15, 2005.
Schoonhoven, C.B. and Woolley, J.L. (2005). Regional perspectives
on entrepreneurship & innovation: identities, networks, and Chinese technology
development zones. Refereed symposium co-organized and co-chaired, Academy
of Management, Honolulu, HI. August, 2005.
Schoonhoven, C.B. and Woolley, J.L, “Multi-national
Top Management Teams: An Assessment and Review 1996 – 2004”, University
of Maryland, May, 2004.
* This paper was selected as the best paper in the Academy of Management Journal
for 1997.