Dr.Wendy K. Smith
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Assistant Professor of Management
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Education:
- Ph.D. Organizational Behavior; Harvard University/Harvard Business School, 2006
- MA Psychology; Harvard University, 2004
- BA Psychology & Political Science; Yale University, 1996
Research Interests:
- Managing Strategic Paradoxes
- Leadership and Leading Change
- Exploring and Exploiting
- Social Enterprises; Managing Social and Financial Performance
Teaching Interests:
- Leadership and Organizational Behavior
- Teams and Decision Making
- Social Responsibility
Research Awards and Grants:
- Best Paper - European Group for Organization Science Conference, 2008.
- Center for International Studies Research Grant, University of Delaware, 2009-2010
- Center for Integrative Leadership Research Grant, University of Minnesota, 2009-2010
- Institute for Social Science Research Grant, Cornell University, 2009-2010
- General University Research Grant, University of Delaware Summer 2008.
- Best Reviewer Award. OMT Division, AOM, 2007
- Best Paper Proceedings. Academy of Management, August 2006.
Teaching Awards:
- Best MBA Professor Nomination. University of Delaware, MBA. 2007, 2008,2009
- Best Professor Nomination. University of Delaware, University Award. 2007, 2008
- Bok Center Award for Teaching Fellow Excellence. Harvard University. 2005.
Key Publications:
- Smith, W. K. 2009. A Dynamic Approach to Managing Contradictions. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 2: 338-343.
- Smith, W. K., and M. Tushman. 2005. Senior Teams and Managing Contradictions: On the Team Dynamics of Managing Exploitation and Exploration. Organization Science. 16(5).
- Tushman, M., and W. K. Smith. 2002. Organizational Technology. J. Baum (Ed.), Companion to Organizations. Malden, MA, Blackwell. 386-414.
- Gatignon, H., M. Tushman, W. Smith, and P. Anderson. 2002. A Structural Approach to Assessing Innovation: Construct Development of Innovation Locus, Type, and Characteristics. Management Science, 48(9) 1103-1122.
