Managerial Studies

Shelley Brickson
Associate Professor of Managerial Studies

PhD Organizational Behavior, Harvard University, 2002
MA Psychology, Harvard University, 2000
BA Psychology, Carleton College, 1994

Phone: (312) 996-9861                      Office:2230 University Hall
Email: brickson@uic.edu                   601 S Morgan Street, MC 243
                                                                 Chicago, IL 60607
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Teaching Interests
Leading for Impact, Negotiations, Identity processes

Research Interests
Organizational identity, Individual identity, Organizational identification, Stakeholder relationships, Diversity management, Employment relationship, Interorganizational relationships, Networks, and Nonprofit organizations

Awards and Honors
Recipient of Favorite MBA Professor Award, 2011
Recipient of UIC Faculty Scholarship, 2009
Recipient of London Business School's Research and Materials Development Fund Award, 2003-2007
Fellowship at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Harvard University, 2001-2002
Harvard Business School's George S. Dively Award for distinguished research, 2001

Experience
Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago, Aug 2006 - Present
Assistant Professor, London Business School, July 2002 - July 2006

Recent Publications
Brickson, S. L. Athletes, best friends, and social activists: Accounting for the role of identity in organizational identification. (Forthcoming). Organization Science.

Harquail, C.V. & Brickson, S. L. (Forthcoming). The defining role of organizational identity for facilitating stakeholder flourishing: A map for future research. In K.S. Cameron and G.M. Spreitzer (Eds.),Oxford handbook of positive organizational scholarship. Oxford University Press. London.

Brickson, S.L. (2011). Confessions of a job crafter: How we can increase the passion within and the impact of our profession. Journal of Management Inquiry, 20(2), 197-201.

Brickson, S. L. & Lemmon, G. (UIC doctoral student) (2009). Organizational identity as a stakeholder resource. J. E. Dutton and L. M. Roberts (Eds.), Exploring positive identities and organizations: Building a theoretical and research foundation. Psychology Press, New York, (pp. 411-434).

Brickson, S. L. (2008). Reassessing the standard: The positive expansive potential of a relational identity in diverse organizations. Journal of Positive Psychology. 3(1), 40-54.

Brickson, S. L. (2007). Organizational identity orientation: The genesis of the role of the firm and distinct forms of social value. Academy of Management Review. 32, 864-888

Brickson, S. L. (2005). Organizational identity orientation: Forging a link between organizational identity and organizations' relations with stakeholders. Administrative Science Quarterly, 50, 576-609.

Brickson, S. L. & Brewer, M. B. (2001). Identity orientation and intergroup relations in organizations. In M.A. Hogg and D.J. Terry (Eds.), Social identity processes in organizational contexts: Psychology Press.

Brickson, S. L. (2000a). The impact of identity orientation on individual and organizational outcomes in demographically diverse settings. Academy of Management Review, 25(1), 82-101

Brickson, S. L. (2000b). Exploring identity: Where are we now? Academy of Management Review, 25(1), 147-148.