Bio of Dennis Gioia
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Department Chair, Professor of Organizational Behavior |
Introduction
Dennis A. Gioia is Professor of Organizational Behavior in the Department of Management and Organization. He holds a BS degree in Engineering Science, an MBA, and a doctorate in Management, all from Florida State University. He has worked as an engineer for Boeing Aerospace at Cape Kennedy during the Apollo/Saturn lunar program and for Ford Motor Company as a problem analyst and as corporate recall coordinator. Professor Gioia is a member of the MBA core faculty, as well as the Executive MBA core faculty. He also is a former faculty director of the Developing Managerial Effectiveness executive program, and has served as a faculty leader in many other executive development programs for both private and public organizations. In addition, he is currently Chair of the Department of Management and Organization. Professor Gioia is actively engaged in basic and applied research in organizations. His primary areas of theory and research focus on the study of organizational identity, image, and reputation. He also studies organizational sensemaking and sensegiving dynamics, organizational learning and knowledge, as well as organizational change processes.
Current Research
Current research deals with sensemaking and sensegiving processes during strategic change efforts, knowledge transformation processes, the role of organizational identity and image in attempting to accomplish change, and identity formation and change processes.
Expertise
Cognitive Processes in Organizations
Change Processes
Corporate Recalls
Organizational Identity, Image & Reputation
Publication List
Ashforth, B., Gioia, D.A., Robinson, S. & Trevino, L.K., "Re-viewing Organizational Corruption", Academy of Management Review, Summer 2008, 33, 670-684.
Nag, R., Corley, K.G. & Gioia, D.A., "The Intersection of Organizational Identity, Knowledge, and Practice: Attempting Strategic Change via Knowledge Grafting", Academy of Management Journal, Summer 2007, 50, 821-847.
Kevin Corley & Dennis Gioia , "Identity ambiguity and change in the wake of a corporate spin-off", Administrative Science Quarterly, Spring 2004, 49, 173-208.
Dennis Gioia, "Business Organization as Instrument of Societal Responsibility", Organization, March 2003, 10, 435-438.
Dennis Gioia, "Give It Up: Reflections on the Interpreted World", Journal of Management Inquiry, Winter 2003, 12, 285-292.
Dennis Gioia & Kevin Corley, "Being Good vs. Looking Good: Business School Rankings and the
Circean Transformation from Substance to Image.
", Academy of Management Learning and Education, Winter 2002, 1, 107-120.
Media Mention
20 That Made History,
Fortune Magazine
Editorship
Journal of Management Inquiry, Provocations and Provocateurs section editor
Academy of Management Review, Special Issue on Corruption in Organizations
Education
DBA,
Management and Organizational Behavior,
Florida State University,
1979
MBA,
Management,
Florida State University,
1972
BS,
Engineering Science,
Florida State University,
1970
Courses
BA 501, Managing People in Organizations
BA 597 G, Leadership and Change in Organizations
Mgmt 590, Doctoral Colloquium
MGMT 597C, Seminar on Cognition in Organizations