Brayden King
Max McGraw Chair in Management and the Environment
Professor of Management & Organizations
Senior Associate Dean, Strategy and Academics
Brayden King is the Max McGraw Chair of Management and the Environment and a professor of Management and Organizations. He is also affiliated with the Department of Sociology. Professor King's research focuses on how social movement activists influence corporate social responsibility, organizational change, and legislative policymaking. Professor King is an expert on the impact of boycotts and the consequences of employee and shareholder activism. Recent studies examine the change processes leading to improved corporate environmental and social sustainability. Professor King is an international research fellow at the Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation.
Professor King has published research in the American Journal of Sociology, Administrative Science Quarterly, American Sociological Review, Organization Science, and numerous other scholarly journals. From 2012 until 2022, he was a senior editor at Organization Science. He has been a guest editor at Organization Studies and Research in the Sociology of Organizations.
Professor King received his PhD in 2005 from the University of Arizona in sociology.
- social movements and corporate policymaking
- economic sociology
- corporate reputation and identity
- sustainability
- Power and politics in organizationsLeadership in organizationsOrganizational theory
-
-
-
PhD, 2005, Sociology, University of Arizona
MS, 2001, Sociology, Brigham Young University
BA, 1999, Sociology, Brigham Young University -
Full Professor, Management and Organizations, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2015-present
Associate Professor (with tenure), Management and Organizations, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2012-2015
Assistant Professor, Management and Organizations, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2008-2012
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Brigham Young University, 2005-2008
Lecturer and Research Associate, Department of Sociology, University of Arizona, 2001-2005
Research Associate, Department of Sociology, Brigham Young University, 1999-2001 -
Elected member of Sociological Research Association
Affiliate Research Scholar, Rutgers Institute for Corporate Social Innovation
Kellogg Research Mentorship Award
Best Annual Paper Award, Centre for Corporate Reputation at Oxford University, 2014-15
International Research Fellow, Centre for Corporate Reputation at Oxford University, 2010-present -
Editorial Board, Contemporary Sociology, 2016-2019
Consulting Editor, American Journal of Sociology, 2014-2016
Department Editor, Organization Science, 2012-2023
Editorial Board, American Sociological Review, 2023-2026
Associate Editor, Management Science, 2012-2014
Editorial Board Member, Strategic Organization, 2010-2013
Editorial Board, Administrative Science Quarterly, 2009-2017
Consulting Editor, Sociological Science, 2014-Present
Editorial Board Member, Academy of Management Journal, 2012-2013
Editorial Board Member, Social Forces, 2011-2013
Associate Editor, Management Science, 2009
Behavior in Organizational Systems (MORS-525-1)
Theory construction, with effort at verification, drawing on empirical studies. Macro-level analysis of internal organizational system problems such as goals, structure, roles, power, authority, communications, and controls.
Special Topics in Management and Organizations: Macro (MORS-521-2)
The course covers classic and recent research topics in macro-oriented areas of Management and Organizations. Topics are drawn from sociology, organizational theory, and macro-organizational research methods.
Constructive Collaboration
The experts show you the conditions and competencies that foster highly productive collaboration in the workplace, and how to ignite a culture of collaboration at all levels in your company and its people.
;Leadership in Organizations (MORS-430-0)
This course provides students with the social science tools needed to solve organizational problems and influence the actions of individuals, groups and organizations. It prepares managers to understand how to best organize and motivate the human capital of the firm, manage social networks and alliances, and execute strategic change. This is accomplished through knowledge of competitive decision making, reward system design, team building, strategic negotiation, political dynamics, corporate culture and strategic organizational design.
Leadership in Organizations (BUS_INST-303-0)
Social science tools for solving organizational problems and influencing individuals, groups, and organizations. Competitive decision making, reward system design, team building, strategic negotiation, political dynamics, corporate culture, and strategic organizational design. Prerequisites: ECON 201-0 and ECON 202-0.
