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Hayagreeva Rao

Hayagreeva   Rao
Professor, Organizational Behavior
Hayagreeva Rao
Atholl McBean Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resources
Professor of Sociology (by courtesy), School of Humanities and Science
Director of the Managing Talent for Strategic Advantage Executive Program
Codirector of the Customer-Focused Innovation Executive Program
Codirector of the Advanced Leadership Program for Asian American Executives
Academic Director, Stanford Innovation and Entrepreneurship Certificate
Academic Area: 
Organizational Behavior

Research Statement

Professor Rao has published widely in the fields of management and sociology and studies the social and cultural causes of organizational change. In his research, he studies the role of collective action as a motor of organizational change and innovation.

Bio

His research has been published in journals such as the Administrative Science Quarterly, American Journal of Sociology, American Sociological Review, Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science and Strategic Management Journal. He is also the author of “Market Rebels: How Activists Make or Break Radical Innovation”, Princeton University Press. 2009.

He served as the Editor of Administrative Science Quarterly, and has been a member of the editorial boards of American Journal of Sociology and Organization Science and Academy of Management Review. He has been a Member of the Organizational Innovation and Change Panel of the National Science Foundation.

He is a Fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Science, a Fellow of the Sociological Research Association and also a Fellow of the Academy of Management.

His teaching specialties include leading organizational change, building customer focused cultures, and organization design. He teaches courses on these topics to MBA and executive audiences. He has consulted with, and conducted executive workshops for, organizations such as Aon Corporation, British Petroleum, CEMEX, General Electric, Hearst Corporation, IBM, Mass Mutual, James Hardie Company, Seyfarth and Shaw. Additionally, he also worked with nonprofit organizations such as the American Cancer Society and governmental organizations such as the FBI and CIA, and the intelligence community.

Among the awards he has received are the Sidney Levy Teaching Award from the Kellogg School of Management, and the W. Richard Scott Distinguished Award for Scholarship from the American Sociological Association.

Academic Degrees

  • PhD, Case Western Reserve University, 1989
  • Post-Graduate Diploma in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations, XLRI, India, 1980
  • BA, Andhra University, India, 1978

Academic Appointments

  • At Stanford University since 2005
  • Richard L.Thomas Distinguished Professor of Leadership and Organizational Change, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2002-2005
  • Charles Howard Candler Professor of Management, Emory University Goizueta Business School, April-June 2002
  • Professor of Organization & Management, Emory University Goizueta Business School, 2000-2002
  • Associate Professor of Organization & Management, Emory University Goizueta Business School , 1995-2000;
  • Assistant Professor of Organization & Management, Emory University Goizueta Business School, 1989-1994

Awards and Honors

  • W. Richard Scott Distinguished Award for Scholarly Contributions, American Sociological Association, 2005
  • Fellow of Sociological Research Association, American Sociological Association, 2007
  • Sidney Levy Award For Teaching, Kellogg School of Management, 2004,
  • Fellow, Academy of Management, 2008,
  • Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Science, 2004,

Publications

Journal Articles

Henrich R. Greve, Hayagreeva Rao. American Journal of Sociology. 2012, Vol. 118, Issue 3, Pages 635-675.
Hayagreeva Rao, Sunasir Dutta. Administrative Science Quarterly. 2012, Vol. 57, Issue 4 , Pages 625-668.
Christophe Boone , Carolyn H. Declerck , Hayagreeva Rao, Kristin Van den Buys . Poetics. 2012, Vol. 40, Issue 1, Pages 44-66.
Giacomo Negro, Michael T. Hannan, Hayagreeva Rao. Organizational Science. 2011, Vol. 22 , Issue 6, Pages 1449-1463.
Hayagreeva Rao, Lori Qingyuan Yue, Paul Ingram. American Sociological Review. 2011, Vol. 76, Issue 3, Pages 365-385.
Giacomo Negro, Michael T. Hannan, Hayagreeva Rao. Industrial and Corporate Change. 2010, Vol. 19, Pages 1397-1425.
Henrich Greve, Jo-Ellen Pozner, Hayagreeva Rao. American Journal of Sociology. 2010, Vol. 116, Issue 2, Pages 656-662.
Klaus Weber, Hayagreeva Rao, L. G. Thomas. American Sociological Review. 2009, Vol. 74, Issue 1, Pages 106-127.
Timothy J. Rowley, Henrich R. Greve, Hayagreeva Rao, Joel A. C. Baum, Andrew V. Shipilov. Academy of Management Journal. June 1, 2005, Vol. 48, Issue 3, Pages 499-520.
Hayagreeva Rao, Philippe Monin, Rodolphe Durand. American Sociological Review. 2005, Vol. 70, Issue 6, Pages 968-991.
Paul Ingram, Hayagreeva Rao. American Journal of Sociology. 2004, Vol. 110, Issue 2, Pages 446–487.
Hayagreeva Rao, Philippe Monin, Rodolphe Durand. American Journal of Sociology. January 2003, Vol. 108, Issue 4, Pages 795-843.
Hayagreeva Rao, Robert Drazin. Academy of Management Journal. 2002, Vol. 45, Issue 3, Pages 491-507.

Books

Robert I. Sutton, Hayagreeva Rao Crown Business, 2014.
Hayagreeva Rao Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009.

Working Papers

Courses Taught

Degree Courses

2013-14

This seminar considers the leading sociological approaches to analyzing relations of organizations and environments, with a special emphasis on dynamics. Attention is given to theoretical formulations, research designs, and results of empirical...

This course considers the challenges faced by start-ups in achieving liquidity. We take the perspectives of organizational behavior, marketing, and finance, and examine forks in the road faced by firms that have already launched products....

2010-11

Many managers and organizations now recognize that a critical source of competitive advantage often comes not from having the most ingenious product design, the best marketing strategy, or the most state-of-the-art production technology, but...

Stanford Case Studies

L20 | The Rapid Equipping Force Customer Focused Innovation in the U.S. Army
Hayagreeva Rao, Robert Sutton, David Hoyt2013
HR36 | Chemrad Corporation: President and CEO Search
Hayagreeva Rao, Thomas J Friel2010
SM188B | Gruppo illy SpA (B): Università del Caffè
Glenn Carroll, Victoria Chang, Hayagreeva Rao2010
L17 | JetBlue Airways, A New Beginning
David Hoyt, Charles O'Reilly III, Hayagreeva Rao, Robert Sutton2010
HR35 | Mozilla: Scaling Through a Community of Volunteers
David Hoyt, Hayagreeva Rao, Robert Sutton2009
HR34 | Scaling: How China-Based VanceInfo Grows Big Fast
Hayagreeva Rao, Pamela Yatsko2009
HR33 | Chez Panisse Foundation: Scaling Up A Delicious Revolution
Gili Elkin, Hayagreeva Rao2008
HR31 | Employee Recognition at Intuit
David Hoyt, Hayagreeva Rao2008
HR30 | Infosys: Building a Talent Engine to Sustain Growth
David Hoyt, Hayagreeva Rao2007

Service to the Profession

  • Editor, Administrative Science Quarterly, 2008-2011
  • Member, Macro-Organizational Behavior Society, 1997-present
  • Consulting Editor, American Journal of Sociology, 2001-2003
  • Member, Organization and Innovation Panel, National Science Foundation, 2000-2002
  • Senior Editor, Organization Science, 2000-2002