JAMES P. WALSH  Professor of Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management, and Corporate Strategy Department Chair, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND 

• Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1985
• M.A., University of Chicago, 1980
• M.A., Columbia University, 1977
• B.A., State University of New York at Albany, 1975

APPOINTMENTS 

• University of Michigan
• Professor, 1996-present
• Associate Professor, 1991-96
• Dartmouth College
• Associate Professor, 1989-91
• Assistant Professor, 1984-89

SCHOLARLY HONORS AND AWARDS 

• State Farm Companies Doctoral Dissertation Award, 1983
• Irwin Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Award, 1983

SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION APPOINTMENTS AND ASSIGNMENTS 

• Senior Editor: Organization Science, 1996-present
• Co-Editor, LEA Scholarly Book Series in Organization and Management, 1996-present
• Editorial Board: Strategic Management Journal, 1990-present
• Consulting Editor: Academy of Management Review, 1993-96
• Editorial Board: Academy of Management Journal, 1989-93
• Editorial Board: Journal of Management, 1986
• Editorial Board: Human Resource Planning Journal, 1989-93
• Executive Officer: Organization and Management Theory Division, Academy of Management, 1992-97
• Executive Officer: Managerial and Organizational Cognition Interest Group, Academy of Management, 1990-93
• Executive Officer: College on Organization, INFORMS, 1993-97

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS 

• "The Purposes and Accountability of the Firm in Contemporary Society: Corporate Governance at a Crossroads" (with M. Bradley, C. Schipani and A. K. Sundaram). Law and Contemporary Problems, in press.
• "Rearranging Residual Claims: A Case for Target Stock" (with D. E. Logue and J. K. Seward). Financial Management 25, 1, 1996: 43-61.
• "The Governance and Control of Voluntary Corporate Spinoffs" (with J. K. Seward). Strategic Management Journal 17, 1, 1996: 25-39.
•  "The Acquisition of Restructured Firms: An Illustration of Market Discipline?" (with J. K. Seward). Journal of Economics and Management Strategy 3, 4, 1994: 585-603.
• "Corporate Raiders and their Disciplinary Role in the Market for Corporate Control" (with R. Kosnik). Academy of Management Journal 36, 4, 1993.
• "Mergers, Acquisitions, and the Pruning of Managerial Deadwood" (with J. W. Ellwood). Strategic Management Journal 12, 3, 1991.
• "On the Efficiency of Internal and External Corporate Control Mechanisms" (with J. K. Seward). Academy of Management Review 15, 3, 1990.
• "Managerial and Organizational Cognition: Notes from a Trip Down Memory Lane." Organization Science 6, 3, 1995: 280-321.  

CURRENT RESEARCH ACTIVITY 

• The purposes and accountability of the firm 
• The relationships between internal corporate control practices and equity reorganizations
• Corporate governance in transitional economies