Current Research Topics

Identifying the characteristics of high-performing organizations, organization design and strategy implementation, organizational climate and culture, research methodology and philosophy of science

Selected Publications

"Organizational Structure,” in Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management, Palgrave-Macmillan, 2012, forthcoming; with J.W. Slocum, “Top Management Talent, Strategic Capabilities, and Firm Performance,” Organizational Dynamics, 2012, forthcoming; "Strategic Position, Growth, and Organizational Performance" in The Search for Organic Growth, Cambridge University Press, 2006; "What Really Works: Building the 4+2 Organization," Organizational Dynamics, Spring 2005; "What Really Works: HR’s Role in Building the 4+2 Organization," Human Resource Management Journal, 44(1), Spring 2005; with N. Nohria and B. Roberson, "HR’s Role in Building the 4+2 Organization" in The Future of HR: 50 Thought Leaders Call for Change, John Wiley & Sons, 2005; with N. Nohria and B. Roberson, "What Really Works," Harvard Business Review, July 2003; "Integrating the Resource-Based and Strategic Groups Influences on Firm Performance: Extending a Meso Perspective," Research in Multi-level Issues, 2, Sage, 2003; with N. Nohria and B. Roberson, What Really Works: The 4+2 Formula for Sustained Business Success, HarperBusiness, 2003; MegaChange, Macmillan, 1999

Professional Activities

Academic positions: Tuck School of Business, 1983–present; Director, Wharton School Doctoral Program in Organization and Management, 1982–83, Assistant Professor, 1977–83, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania 

Editorial positions: Editorial Board, Organizational Dynamics