Biography
Professor Mary Ann Glynn joined the Goizueta Business School faculty in 1993, after serving on the faculty of Yale University's School of Organization and Management. She serves, by courtesy, as a professor in the Department of Sociology at Emory University, and was a visiting professor in Management & Organization at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan Business School for 2002-2004. Currently, Mary Ann serves as the Doctoral Studies Coordinator for the O&M area. Mary Ann is teaching a new elective course Bus 663, Principled Leadership.

Research and Scholarship

Mary Ann's research focuses on understanding organizational change, creativity, and innovation. She examine two sets of influences: cognitive processes of organizational learning and intelligence, and cultural and institutional processes of identity formation and symbolic management. Current projects include studies of organizational naming practices, identity dynamics in cultural organizations and industries, and corporate malfeasance.

She is also the nationally elected Program Officer (5-year position), Academy of Management, Managerial and Organizational Cognition Division, an Editor for the Journal of Management Inquiry and a Board Member of Organization Science. Her research has been published in many of the leading journals, including Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, and Poetics, as well as in numerous edited books.

Publications

• Glynn, M.A. & Lounsbury, M. Forthcoming. "From the Critics' Corner: Logic Blending, Discursive Change and Authenticity in a Cultural Production System," Journal of Management Studies.
• Glynn, M.A. & Wrobel, K. Forthcoming. My family, my firm: Exploring positive relationships at work: Building a theoretical and research agenda. In Dutton, J. and Ragins, B.R. (Eds.), Positive Relationships at Work. Erlbaum.
• Glynn, M.A. & Marquis, C. Forthcoming. Tony's Bank: Legitimacy and illegitimacy in organizational naming practices. In Rafaeli, A. & Pratt, M. (Eds.), Artifacts and Organizations . Erlbaum.
• Barr, P.S. & Glynn, M.A. 2004. Cultural Variations in Strategic Issue Interpretation: Relating Cultural Uncertainty Avoidance to Controllability in Discerning Threat and Opportunity. Strategic Management Journal , 25 (1): 59-67 .
• Glynn, M.A. & Marquis, C. 2004. When good names go bad: Symbolic illegitimacy in organizations. In Johnson, C. (Ed.), Research in the Sociology of Organizations , vol. 22, pp. 147-170. NY: JAI/Elsevier Science.
• Glynn, M.A. & Abzug, R. 2002 . Institutionalizing identity: Symbolic isomorphism and organizational names. Academy of Management Journal , 45: 267-280.
• Glynn, M.A. 2002. Chord and discord: Organizational crisis, institutional shifts, and the musical canon of the symphony. Poetics: International Journal of Empirical Research on Art, Media, and Literature , 30: 63-85.
• Lounsbury, M. & Glynn, M.A. 2001. Cultural entrepreneurship: Stories, legitimacy and the acquisition of resources. Strategic Management Journal , 22: 545-564.
• Glynn, M.A. 2000. When cymbals become symbols: Conflict over organizational identity within a symphony orchestra. Organization Science , 11 (3): 285-298.

Areas of Specialization

• Cognitive processes, knowledge creation, and intelligence in organizations.
• Organizational identity and coporate name changes.
• Creativity and Innovation in organizations.

Achievements and Honors

• Elected Officer, Organization & Management Theory Division, Academy of Management
• Named MBA
• Above and Beyond the Call of Duty (ABCD) Award, Academy of Management, 1996
• Daniel Jordan Faculty Fellow, Goizueta Business School, 1996-97
• Outstanding Scholar Grant, Goizueta Business School, 1993-96

Professional Memberships and Activities

• Co-Editor, Essay Section, Journal of Management Inquiry
• Editorial boards: Academy of Management Review, Organization Science
• Co-Editor, Academy of Management Review, Special Issue on Change and Development Journeys into a Pluralistic World

Academic Background
Ph.D., Management of Organizations, Columbia University, 1988
M.B.A. (with Distinction), Management, Long Island University, 1982
M.A., Counseling Psychology, Rider College, 1978
B.A. (with Honor), Social Science, Fordham University, 1972