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Judith Clair

Professor

William S. McKiernan '78 Family Faculty Fellow

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Judith Clair

Contact

Fulton Hall 433

Telephone: 617-552-0451

Email: judith.clair.1@bc.edu

Education

  • BA, University of California at Los Angeles
  • Ph.D, University of Southern California

Research Interests

Gender and Diversity; Crisis Management; and the Natural Environment.

Expertise

  • Organizational Behavior and Theory
  • Work, Occupations, and Family
  • Institutions, Culture, and Identity
  • Leadership and organizational change
Curriculum Vitae

Department

Management and Organization

Profile

Judith Clair鈥檚 research focuses on demographic/social identities (e.g., race, gender, social class) and inequalities in the workplace; on development and transitions in professional identities; and on positive organizational experiences such as hope and positive growth. Her gender- and diversity-focused research includes experiences of 鈥渃ross-domain鈥� identity change in first-time pregnant professional women; how social class background shapes how women understand their advancement into top organizational positions; how benevolent sexism during pregnancy effects workplace retention of women post-pregnancy; how professional women in STEM fields define and experience benefits from others鈥� inclusive leadership practices; and how individuals with invisible stigmatized identities manage those identities in the workplace.

Professor Clair is also recognized for her contributions to research on how organizations can effectively manage crises and critical events to minimize harm and to facilitate positive growth, as well as her work on teaching pedagogy and the peer-review process. Her publications appear in the top journals in Management and Applied Psychology, including the Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Human Relations, Personnel Psychology, and Academy of Management Learning and Education. Clair has received national and university teaching awards. She has taught courses on organizational behavior, leadership, gender, and multicultural diversity, equity and inclusion in organizations. She has taught courses at the undergraduate, MBA, PhD, and executive levels.

Recent Publications

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  • (With Katina Sawyer.) Administrative Science Quarterly, 67 (2), 1-50. October, 2021.听

  • (With Danna Greenberg,听 and Jamie Ladge.) Academy of Management Perspective, 35, 400-417. April, 2019.听

  • 鈥�.鈥� (With Kristen Jones, Eden King, Beth Humberd and David Arena.) Personnel Psychology, 73 (3), 431-458. 2020.听

  • 鈥� (With Beth Humberd, Bess Rouse and Elise Jones.) Academy of Management Review, 44 (3), 592-617. July, 2019.听

  • (With Lisa Leslie and Eden King.) Academy of Management Review, 44 (1) 72-98. 2019.听

  • 鈥�(With Jamie Ladge and Rick Cotton.) Journal of Management Inquiry, 25 (3), 301-321. November, 2015.

  • Academy of Management Learning and Education, 14 (2), 159-172. June, 2015.听

  • 鈥� Academy of Management Learning and Education, 14 (1), 111-131. October, 2015.听

  • 鈥� (With Beth Humberd and Stephanie Creary.) Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion: An International Journal, 34 (5), 395-42. June, 2015.听

  • (With Jamie Ladge and Danna Greenberg.) Academy of Management Journal, 55 (6), 1449-1471. 2012.听

Selected Honors and Awards

  • William S. McKiernan Faculty Fellowship awardee, Fall 2022
  • 鈥淭eaching Stars鈥� Awardee, Carroll School of Management, 艾可直播 College, Spring 2022
  • Award for Outstanding Published Article in Positive Organizational Scholarship - 鈥淗ope Cultures in Organizations: Tackling the Grand Challenge of Commercial Sex Exploitation鈥�, published in ASQ, awarded by the Center for Positive Organizations, University of Michigan, Spring 2022
  • Scholarly Achievement Best Paper of the Year Award 鈥� 鈥淲ork-life ideologies: The contextual basis and consequences of beliefs about work and life鈥� (published in AMR) awarded from the Human Resources Division of the Academy of Management, Summer 2020
  • 鈥淭eaching Stars鈥� Awardee, Carroll School of Management, 艾可直播 College, Spring 2018
  • Scholarly Contributions to Educational Practices Advancing Women in Leadership Awardee, Academy of Management GDO Division, 2014
  • 艾可直播 College Carroll School of Management Excellence in Teaching Award 2013
  • Finalist for best symposium 鈥淪he鈥檚 Having a Baby," 2006 Academy of Management Conference
  • Finalist for Outstanding Empirical Paper at the Eastern Academy of Management Conference 2005, 鈥淎thena, Prometheus, and Asclepius: Using Greek Archetypes to Understand the Role of the Professor.鈥�
  • Finalist for 鈥淏est Paper of 1998,鈥� OMT division of the Academy of Management, 鈥淩ethinking Crisis Management鈥�

Selected Grants

  • Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Grant and 鈥淧resident鈥檚 Research Award鈥�, Co-Investigator, Fall 2020 鈥� $149,371
  • Arthur Vining Davis Foundation Grant, 2014 - Research Consultant on the $100,000 Grant
  • Klovenbach Seed Grant, PI, 2014/5 - $1,000
  • 艾可直播 College Research Incentive Grant, PI, 2013/4 鈥� $10,000

Editorial Positions

  • Editorial Review Board, Journal of Organizational Behavior, 2022-2023
  • Former Associate Editor: Group and Organization Management, 2015-2019
  • Former Editorial Board Membership: Journal of Change Management

Performed as an Ad Hoc Reviewer for Journal of Management Inquiry, Journal of Management, Journal of Applied Management Studies, Academy of Management Discoveries, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Human Relations, Academy of Management Review, Organization Science, Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, Sex Roles, Prentice Hall, Jossey-Bass, Journal of Corporate Citizenship, Journal of Management Psychology, Academy of Management Learning and Education

Professional Activities

  • DEI Junior Faculty Consortium Planning Committee, Academy of Management Conference (2022-2023)
  • Representative-at-Large, GDO Division (2021-present)
  • Member, Saroj Parasuraman Award Committee for the 2022 Academy of Management Conference, GDO Division
  • Chairperson for the HR Scholarly Achievement Award Committee, HRM Division of the 2021 Academy of Management Conference
  • Junior Faculty Consortium Coordinator for SIM Division (2000)
  • Newsletter Editor for GDO Division (2011-12)
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