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Charles A. O'Reilly

Charles A. O'Reilly
Professor, Organizational Behavior
CharlesA.O'ReillyIII
Frank E. Buck Professor of Management
Director of the Leading Change and Organizational Renewal Executive Program
Academic Area: 
Organizational Behavior

Research Statement

Professor O'Reilly's research spans studies of leadership, organizational demography and diversity, culture, executive compensation and organizational innovation and change.

Teaching Statement

Professor O'Reilly has taught courses for MBAs and executives in organizational innovation and change, strategy and leadership, organizational culture, and human resources.

Bio

B.S. (Chemistry), University of Texas at El Paso; M.B.A. (Information Systems), Ph.D. (Organizational Behavior) University of California at Berkeley. He has taught at U.C. Berkeley, UCLA, Columbia, and the Harvard Business School. He has published over 100 papers and three books. Several of his papers have won awards (e.g, The Administrative Science Quarterly Scholarly Contribution Award in 1995 and 1998; The California Management Review Accenture Award in 1996 and 2009).

He has been given the Distinguished Scholar Award by the Academy of Management (2010) and the Organizational Behavior Division Lifetime Achievement Award (2010). In 2001 he was given the Distinguished Teaching Award for MBA teaching at the Graduate School of Business.

He has consulted for a variety of public and private firms in the U.S., Europe, Africa, and Asia. He also has developed, directed, and taught in executive programs for senior managers in innovation, technology, leadership, change, and human resources.

Academic Degrees

  • PhD in Organizational Behavior, University of California, Berkeley, 1975
  • MBA, University of California, Berkeley, 1971
  • BS, University of Texas El Paso, 1965

Academic Appointments

  • At Stanford University since 1993
  • Professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1980-1992
  • Assistant Professor, University of California, Los Angeles, 1976-1980

Awards and Honors

  • ASQ Scholarly Contribution Award 1995, 1998
  • Accenture Award for Best Paper published in the California Management Review, 1996, 2009
  • Academy of Management Distinguished Scholar Award, 2010
  • Organizational Behavior Division Lifetime Achievement Award, 2010
  • Journal of Organizational Behavior Best Paper Award, 2011

Publications

Journal Articles

Charles A. O'Reilly. Leadership Quarterly. 2014, Vol. 25, Pages 218-231.
Charles A. O'Reilly. Academy of Management Perspectives. 2013, Vol. 27, Issue 4, Pages 324-338.
Olivia A. O’Neill, Charles A. O'Reilly. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology. 2011, Vol. 84, Issue 4, Pages 825-832.
Olivia A. O'Neill, Charles A. O'Reilly. Journal of Organizational Behavior. 2010, Vol. 31, Issue 6, Pages 856–876.
Charles A. O'Reilly, Brian G. M. Main. Industrial and Corporate Change. 2010, Vol. 19, Issue 3, Pages 675-712.
Charles A. O'Reilly, David F. Caldwell, Jennifer A. Chatman, Margaret Lapiz, William Self. Leadership Quarterly. 2010, Vol. 21, Issue 1, Pages 104-113.
Michael Tushman, Wendy K. Smith, Robert Chapman Wood, George Westerman, Charles A. O'Reilly. Industrial and Corporate Change. 2010, Vol. 19, Issue 5, Pages 1331-1366.
Charles A. O'Reilly, J. Bruce Harreld, Michael L. Tushman. California Management Review. 2009, Vol. 51, Issue 4, Pages 75-99.
Charles A. O'Reilly, Michael L. Tushman . Research in Organizational Behavior. 2008, Vol. 28, Pages 185-206.
Michael L. Tushman, Charles A. O'Reilly, Amy Fenollosa, Adam M. Kleinbaum, Dan McGrath. Academy of Management Learning and Education. September 2007, Vol. 6, Issue 3, Pages 345-362.
J. Bruce Harreld, Charles A. O'Reilly, Michael L. Tushman. California Management Review. 2007, Vol. 49, Issue 4, Pages 21-43.
Christine M. Beckman, M. Diane Burton, Charles A. O'Reilly. Journal of Business Venturing. 2007, Vol. 22, Issue 2, Pages 147-173.
Hillary Anger Elfenbein, Charles A. O'Reilly. Group & Organization Management. 2007, Vol. 32, Issue 1, Pages 109-142.
James B. Wade, Charles A. O'Reilly, Timothy G. Pollock. Organization Science. 2006, Vol. 17, Issue 5, Pages 527-544.
Charles A. O'Reilly, David F. Caldwell, William P. Barnett. Administrative Science Quarterly . 1989, Vol. 34, Issue 1, Pages 21-37.

Working Papers

Women in the Boardroom: Symbols or Substance? | PDF
Charles A. O'Reilly, Brian G.M. Main2012
Organizational Ambidexterity: IBM and Emerging Business Opportunities | PDF
Charles A. O'Reilly, Michael Tushman, Bruce Harreld2009
How Leadership Matters: The Effects of Leadership Alignment on Strategic Execution | PDF
Charles A. O'Reilly, David F. Caldwell, Jennifer A. Chatman2005
Setting the CEO's Pay: Economic and Psychological Perspectives | PDF
Charles A. O'Reilly, Brian G.M. Main2005
The Impact of Relational Demography on Teamwork: When Majorities Are in the Minority | PDF
Katherine Y. Williams, Charles A. O'Reilly, Sigal Barsade1999
Demography and Group Performance: Does Diversity Help? | PDF
Charles A. O'Reilly, Katherine Y. Williams, Sigal Barsade1997
Overpaid CEOs and Underpaid Managers: Equity and Executive Compensation | PDF
Tim Pollock, James Wade, Charles A. O'Reilly1996

Courses Taught

Degree Courses

2013-14

This course is based on 60 interviews with MBA grads who have been out of the GSB for 4-10 years. These interviews identified a set of common early career challenges that young MBAs faced--and the lessons they learned from these. This 10-session...

What does it mean to be a principled leader? What role do values play in an organization, and how do successful leaders apply their values in their daily business lives? This course examines the concept of principled leadership and the various...

2012-13

This course is based on 60 interviews with MBA grads who have been out of the GSB for 4-10 years. These interviews identified a set of common early career challenges that young MBAs faced--and the lessons they learned from these. This 10-session...

What does it mean to be a principled leader? What role do values play in an organization, and how do successful leaders apply their values in their daily business lives? This course examines the concept of principled leadership and the various...

2011-12

This course is based on 60 interviews with MBA grads who have been out of the GSB for 4-10 years. These interviews identified a set of common early career challenges that young MBAs faced--and the lessons they learned from these. This 10-session...

What does it mean to be a principled leader? What role do values play in an organization, and how do successful leaders apply their values in their daily business lives? This course examines the concept of principled leadership and the various...

2010-11

What does it mean to be a principled leader? What role do values play in an organization, and how do successful leaders apply their values in their daily business lives? This course examines the concept of principled leadership and the various...

Stanford Case Studies

OB84 | Cypress Semiconductor: A Federation of Entrepreneurs
Charles O'Reilly III, David Caldwell2012
OB83(B) | Takeda Pharmaceutical Company (B), The Millennium Acquisition
Chris Beaumont, Asaka Itoh, Hiromichi Kimura, Robert Kneller, Charles O'Reilly III2012
OB83(C) | Takeda Pharmaceutical Company (C), The Future of Takeda
Chris Beaumont, Asaka Itoh, Hiromichi Kimura, Robert Kneller, Charles O'Reilly III2012
OB83(A) | Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, Becoming a Global Company (A)
Chris Beaumont, Asaka Itoh, Hiromichi Kimura, Robert Kneller, Charles O'Reilly III2012
L17 | JetBlue Airways, A New Beginning
David Hoyt, Charles O'Reilly III, Hayagreeva Rao, Robert Sutton2010
HR25B | Internal Branding at Yahoo!, Crafting the Employee Value Proposition
Aneesha Capur, Charles O'Reilly III, Tim Perlstein2006
OB43 Condensed | Liberty Medical Group (Condensed)
David Caldwell, Davina Drabkin, Charles O'Reilly III, Robert Pearl2004
HR26A | Wells Fargo and Norwest, "Merger of Equals" (A)
Victoria Chang, Charles O'Reilly III, Jeffrey Pfeffer2004
HR26B | Wells Fargo and Norwest, "Merger of Equals" (B)
Victoria Chang, Charles O'Reilly III, Jeffrey Pfeffer2004
HR25A | Yahoo! - A New HR Challenge (A)
Charles Catalano, Charles O'Reilly III2004
OB43(A) | The Liberty Medical Group (A)
David Caldwell, Charles O'Reilly III, Robert Pearl2003
OB43(B) | The Liberty Medical Group (B): Crossing the Great Divide
David Caldwell, Charles O'Reilly III, Robert Pearl2003
SM112 | Universal Music Group in 2003
Robert Burgelman, Lewis Fanger, Cecilia O'Reilly2003
HR20 | Building the Culture at Agilent Technologies: Back to the Future
Charles O'Reilly III, Grace Yokoi2001
HR18 | Homestead Technologies: A Start-up Built to Last
Charles O'Reilly III2001
HR14 | Siebel Systems, Culture as a Pillar of Success
Victoria Chang, Charles O'Reilly III2001
HR12 | PSS World Medical, The Challenges of Growth and the Financial Markets
Charles O'Reilly III, Jeffrey Pfeffer1999
HR8A | Cypress Semiconductor, Vision, Values, and Killer Software (A)
David Caldwell, Charles O'Reilly III1998
HR8B | Cypress Semiconductors, Vision, Values, and Killer Software (B)
David Caldwell, Charles O'Reilly III1998
HR11 | New United Motors Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI)
Charles O'Reilly III1998
HR1A | Southwest Airlines (A)
Charles O'Reilly III, Jeffrey Pfeffer1995

Teaching Materials

Stanford University Affiliations

Stanford GSB

Service to the Profession

Fellow

  • American Psychological Society
  • American Psychological Association

Member

  • Academy of Management

In the Media

O'Reilly Debunks the Impending War for Talent
Washington Post , January 2005
The Street, November 7, 2003
Chicago Tribune, November 27, 2002
Emotion and Values Move to the Fore
Financial Times, June 23, 2002
HP Has Challenging Road Ahead
San Jose Mercury News, June 4, 2002
Business 2.0, April 1, 2002
The Wrong Kind of Ownership
Reuters News, January 2002
Washington Post, 12 2, 2001
Washington Post, November 31, 2001
Strategy+Business Magazine, November 1, 2001
Ordinary Employees, Extraordinary Results
San Francisco Chronicle, January 2001
Hidden Value
European Alumni Conference audio , January 2000
Playing the Board Game
Washington Post, January 1998
Wall Street Journal, May 13, 1994