Emmanuel Josserand Professor, HEC, Université de Genève University of Technology, Sydney Work email: emmanuel.josserand@unige.ch Education 1993-1998 PhD, Paris-Dauphine University Dissertation on the integration of peripheral units in network organizations, highly commended, with dissertation award and proposition for publication, grant for publication given by the Ministry of Research (only 5 grants awarded each year in France for business). 1991-1992 Post-graduate research program (DEA), Paris-Dauphine University Strategy and marketing. 1988-1991 Graduate and post-graduate program (MBA equivalent) in Business and Administration (Magistère), Paris-Dauphine University. Academic positions Since 2010 Since 2007 Affiliate Professor, Ecole de Management de Normandie, Caen. Research Director, Paris-Dauphine University. Professor, HEC, University of Geneva. 2003 Visiting Professor, University of Technology, Sydney. 1998-2006 Associate Professor, Paris-Dauphine University. 2002 Visiting scholar, San Francisco State University. 1994-1998 Research and teaching assistant in Management, Paris-Dauphine University. 1993-1994 Research scholarship and teaching assistant in Management, Paris-Dauphine University. Teaching experience Since 2011 Since 2010 Since 2009 Managing People and Organization Bachelor of Business, University of Technoloy, Sydney. Methodology for Master s thesis Master of Science in Business Administration, University of Geneva. Self-leadership Multi-media coaching and training method for executives. Executive MBA, University of Geneva. Leadership, teamwork and communication Executive MBA, University of Geneva. The customer oriented organization Master of management, University of Geneva.
Since 1993 Strategic Management and Organization Post-graduate, under-graduate and MBA, Paris-Dauphine University, Rouen and other private French business schools, Dakar international telecom school, Cairo University, San Francisco State University, University of Geneva and Sierre University. 2000-2010 Knowledge management Research seminar, post-graduate, undergraduate and MBA at Paris-Dauphine University, University of Technology, Sydney and University of Geneva. 1999-2006 Strategic HR Elective on the strategic role of HR, Paris-Dauphine University. 1995-2000 Organizational theory Post-graduate, Paris XII University. Consulting experience Since 2009 Scientific Advisor, Self-leadership Lab Independent Consultant, management and strategy. 2004-2006 Academic associate, Izsak, Grapin & Associé (French consulting firm of 35 consultants). - Direct contribution to projects as a management expert. - Organization of knowledge and competence working groups within the firm. 1999-2004 Independent Consultant, management and strategy. Research activities Current research interests: Inter- and intra-organizational networks, identity and communities of practice. Editor in chief of M@n@gement, ranked by the French national research body (CNRS) as the best journal for publications in French in the field of management. Reviewer for the Journal of Management and Information Systems, Revue Française de Gestion, Management International, l'association Internationale de Management Stratégique (AIMS) and Academy of Management Meetings (BPS division). Research Advisor, Paris-Dauphine University Research grants Current - UTS BRG grant on group dynamics - BRG grant on ICT and workers voice Former - FNS (Swiss research fund) on the management of networks and social capital. - EU research program on collaboration and innovation. - Public research contract for the assessment of a network of city dentists. - Co-founder of the Dauphine-Cegos e-management observatory (private grant). - PhD publication grant. - PhD scholarship. Administrative responsibilities Since 2011 Director, CMOS (Center for Management and Organization Studies), UTS 2009-2010 Head, Steering Committee for the PhD in management, University of Geneva
2007-2010 Director, Executive MBA (French and English), University of Geneva and creation of the Executive MBA in English (2008). 2006-2010 Delegate of the rectorate for e-learning (University policy formulation), University of Geneva. 2000-2006 Founder and Director for two continuing education Masters degrees in management at Université Paris-Dauphine. Publications Publications in peer reviewed journals "The innovative power of network dynamics", with S. Clegg, A. Mehra and T. Pitsis, Special Issue, Organization Studies, accepted. Le potentiel stratégique des réseaux d anciens : une étude exploratoire, with F. Villesèche, P.J. Barlatier et M. Benedict, selected from the AIMS conference for the best paper issue of Revue Française de Gestion, accepted 2013. "Exploring identity construction from a critical management perspective: a research agenda", with T. Bardon & S. Clegg, M@n@gement, vol15 n 4, p. 350-366, 2012. "De l identification au discours identitaire vers l engagement et la résistance : un modèle intégratif", with J.F. Gagne, Management International, Vol16, n 2, p. 129-146, 2012. "Analyse des interprétations d un SIIO en post-adoption et effets sur l usage: jeux de discours et stratégies de contournement", with M.H. Charki & N. Boukef, Système d Information et Management, Vol16, n 3, p. 7-44, 2011. "A Nietzschean reading of Foucauldian thinking: constructing a project of the self within an ontology of becoming", with T. Bardon, Organization, vol18 n 4, July, p. 497-516, 2011. "Toward an ethical understanding of the controversial technology of online reverse auctions", with M.H. Charki & N. Boukef Charki, Journal of Business Ethics, January, vol 98, n 1, p.17-37, 2011. "Le piège identitaire : les difficultés de développement d une communauté de pratique", with S. Dameron, Finance, Contrôle et Stratégie, vol12, n 1, mars, p.127-154, 2009. Why do we play the games? Exploring institutional and political motivations, with T. Bardon, Education + Training, vol 51, n 5/6, pp. 460-475, 2009. "Online Reverse Auctions Use and the Dance of Trust: maintaining or deteriorating relationships", with M.H. Charki, Journal of Management Information Systems, Spring, vol 24, n 4, p. 177 199, 2008. "Le développement d une communauté de pratique : une analyse relationnelle", with S. Dameron, Selected from the AIMS conference for the best paper issue of Revue Française de Gestion, vol 33, n 174, p. 131-148, 2007. "Le pilotage des réseaux. Fondements des capacités dynamiques de l entreprise", Revue Française de Gestion, vol 33, n 170, p. 95-102, 2007. "Relations inter-organisationnelles. Conceptualisation, résultats et voies de recherche", with B. Forgues and M.Fréchet, Revue Française de Gestion, vol 32, n 164, p. 17-32, 2006. "From bureaucratic to post-bureaucratic: the difficulties of transition", with S. Teo, S. Clegg, Journal of Organizational Change Management, vol 19, n 1, p. 54-64, 2006. "Utilisez votre marque comme outil de management", avec J.B. Coumau, & J.F. Gagne, l'expansion Management Review, Mars, 2005. "Making Interorganizational Relationships Work: An introduction", avec T.S. Pitsis, S. Clegg & M. Kornberger, M@n@gement, vol 8, n 4, 2005. "Gerardo Patriotta: Organizational Knowledge in the Making: How Firms Create, Use and Institutionalize Knowledge", Book review, Organization Studies, vol 25, n 3, 2004. "Friends or Foes? Practicing Collaboration", with S. Clegg, M. Kornberger and T.S. Pitsis, M@n@gement, vol 7, n 3, 2004.
"Cooperation within bureaucracies: are communities of practice an answer?", M@n@gement, vol 7, n 3, 2004. "Du bureaucrate au stratège, la difficile transition de rôle des RH dans le secteur public", with S. Teo, Management international, vol 9, n 1, 2004. "Stratégies de maillage : comment les entreprises développent et maintiennent leur capital social local", Management International, vol 8, n 4, 2004. "Réussir son tableau de bord prospectif", L'Expansion Management Review, Mars 2003. "Logiques et enjeux des pratiques organisationnelles paradoxales", with V. Perret, Management International, vol 5, n 1, Automne 2001. "L'organisation : explosion des frontières et transversalité", with F. Blanchot, H. Isaac, M. Kalika, B. de Montmorillon and P. Romelaer, L'Expansion Management Review, Septembre, 2000. "Quand Oliver E. Williamson and Chris Argyris parlent de management", with S. Charreire, M. Ghertman and V. Perret, Revue Française de Gestion, Juillet-Août-Septembre, 1998. "Les études comme facteur de cohérence dans l'entreprise", avec P. Gomy, Décisions Marketing, n 3, septembre-décembre, 1994. Books Manager par la marque, un outil de motivation et d alignement stratégique, with Coumau, J.B. et Gagne, J.F., Editions d'organisation, Janvier 2005. The Network Organization, The Experience of Leading French Multinationals, foreword from Carlo Jarillo, Edward Elgar, June 2004. E-management : quelles transformations pour l'entreprise?, with Beyou, C., Isaac, H., Kalika, M. and Ledru, M. (Eds), Editions Liaisons, Paris, 2003. Le e-management : vers l'entreprise virtuelle?, with Bellier, S., Isaac, H., Josserand, E. an Leroy, I. (Eds), Editions Liaisons, 2002. Le paradoxe : penser et gérer autrement les organizations, With Perret, V. (Eds), Editions Ellipses, 2003. L'entreprise en réseau, Collection Vital Roux, Vuibert, 2001. Chapters in books "Communities of Practice: from Innovation in Practice to the Practice of Innovation", with F. Villesèche. In Pitsis, T. ed, The Handbook of Organizational and Managerial Innovation, London & New York: Edward Elgar, forthcoming summer, 2012. "Penser les pratiques organisationnelles comme des morales avec Michel Foucault", with T. Bardon. In Germain, O. ed, Les grands inspirateurs de la théorie des organisations, EMS Management et Société, pp. 63-78, 2012 "The roles of Peripheral Participants and Brokers: within and beyond Communities of Practices", with F. Grima, in E.B. Campos & O.R. Rivera Hernáez eds, Handbook of Research on Communities of Practice for Organizational Management and Networking: Methodologies for Competitive Advantage, IGI Global, 2011. "Orange Brand Launch in France inside=outside brand transformation", with J.B. Coumau, in H. Riesenbeck & J. Perrey, Power Brands, 2 nd Edition, Willey, 2009. "Accompagner l émergence du manager public post-bureaucratique : le cas des ressources humaines dans une entreprise publique australienne.", avec S. Teo, in Mazouz, B. eds, Le métier de gestionnaire public à l'aube de la gestion par résultats, Les Presses de l Université du Québec, Québec, 2008. "Dan Schendel, De la Business Policy au Strategic Management ", with S. Dameron, in Loillier, T. and Teillier, A eds, Grands auteurs en stratégie, Editions Management et Société, 2007. "Inter-organizational Relations & Collaboration", with T. Pitsis, in International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies, Clegg, S. and Bailey, J.R. eds, Sage, 2007. "Des outils de partage d information au management des connaissances", with M.H.Charki, in Management & TIC, Kalika, M. ed, Editions Liaisons, 2006.
"Does Trust Still Matter in Business Relationships Based on Online Reverse Auctions?" with M.H. Charki, in State of the Art and Perspectives. Best Papers of the 11th International Conference of the Association Information and Management, Feltz, F. et al, eds, GI/LNI Edition, 2006. "La mise en réseau, pièges et leviers d action", in Recherches en management et Organisation, M. Kalika, M. and Romelaer, P. ed, Economica, 2006. "Communities of practice, is it like pulling teeth?", with S. Dameron, in Only Connect: neat words, networks and identities, Gudergan, S. and Kornberger, M. ed, Liber, Copenhagen Business School Press, Oct 2006. "Les entreprises françaises et le modèle européen d'entreprise en réseau", in Management Européen, Kalika, M. ed, Editions Liaisons, 2005. "Pratique organisationnelle du paradoxe", with V. Perret, in Le paradoxe : penser et gérer autrement les organisations, Perret, V. and Josserand, E., ed, Paris, Ellipses, 2003. "La valeur heuristique du paradoxe pour les Sciences de l'organisation", with Perret,V. in Le paradoxe : penser et gérer autrement les organisations, Perret, V. and Josserand, E. ed, Paris, Ellipses, 2003. "TIC et organisation", in e-management : quelles transformations pour l'entreprise?, Beyou, C., Isaac, H., Josserand, E., Kalika, M. and Ledru, M. ed, Editions Liaisons, Paris, 2003. "TIC et organisation", in Le e-management : vers l'entreprise virtuelle?, Bellier, S., Isaac, H., Josserand, E. an Leroy, I., Editions Liaisons, 2002. "Structure et système d'information : quels rôles dans les pratiques de gestion de la connaissance?", with H. Isaac, in e-grh, évolution ou révolution?, Kalika, M. ed, Éditions Liaisons, 2002. "Social Network Analysis", with J. Angot, in Doing management research: a comprehensive guide, Thiétart, R.A. ed, Sage, 2001. "Process and content research", with C. Grenier, in Doing management research: a comprehensive guide, in Thiétart, R.A. ed, Sage, 2001. "Les logiques d'organisation : un point de passage obligatoire pour l'économie des coûts de transaction", in La théorie des coûts de transaction, Joffre P. and Germain, O. ed, Vuibert, 2001. Communications Le potentiel stratégique des réseaux d anciens, with F. Villesèche, M. Benedic & P.J. Barlatier, Conférence de l Association Internationale de Management Stratégique, Lille, 2012. "Corporate alumni networks: extending subjectivation", with F. Villesèche & T. Bardon, British Academy of Management, Cardiff, 2012. "Collective Agency to Overcome the Gender Status Quo : the Potential of Women's Business Networks", with F. Villeseche, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, 2012. "Exploring the Role of the Law in Repairing Interorganizational Trust", With M. Charki & N. Boukef, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, 2012. "Les réseaux d anciens, un potentiel stratégique à exploiter?", with F. Villesèche, M. Benedic & P.J. Barlatier, IVth Management of Social Networks AGRH-AIMS Conference, Geneva, 2012. "Exploring Individuals' Moral Agency In Practice: A Foucauldian Analysis", with T. Bardon & S. Clegg, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, San Antonio, 2011. "Employee control and resistance to internal branding: The case of a major branding initiative in the telecommunications industry", with J.F. Gagne, European group for Organization studies, Gothenburg, 2011. "Poststrucralist Discourse Analysis as a Supplementary Methodology for Organization Studies", with F. Villesèche, European Academy of Management Conference, Tallinn, 2011. "Women s Business Networks as Change Agents: perspectives and proposals", British Academy of Management Conference, Sheffield, 2010. "Understanding Unethical Behaviors in Online Environments", with M. H. Charki and N. Boukef, Academy of Management Meeting, Best Paper Proceedings, Montréal, 2010.
"A Foucauldian exploration of how individuals experience organizational asceticisms: towards a taxonomy", with T. Bardon, Critical Management Studies Organization Workshop, Montreal, 2010. "Leveraging External Social Capital to Develop Dynamic Capabilities", with F. Villesèche, Academy of Management Meeting, Montréal, 2010. "The impact of external social capital development on the asset structure of the organisation: a dynamic capabilities approach", with F. Villesèche, British Academy of Management Conference, Brighton, 2009. "Actors, Networks, Institutions: Exploring the processes of co-evolution", with T. Bardon, Academy of Management Meeting, Chicago, 2009. "From social capital to dynamic capabilities", with M.H. Charki, Academy of Management Meeting, Chicago, 2009. "Employees identification with a corporate brand: singularity and consequences of the identification process. The case of a major branding initiative in the telecom industry", with J.F. Gagne, 25th European Group for Organization Studies Colloquium, Barcelona 2009. "The Structural and relational development of a network", with S. Dameron, European Academy of Management Conference, Liverpool, 2009. Best paper award, track: Knowledge Renewal in Social Networks. "Foucauldian individual as a tragic hero: The endless quest for domination and freedom through management practices", with T. Bardon, 24th European Group for Organization Studies Colloquium, Amsterdam, 2008. "Dynamique identitaire à l'œuvre à l'occasion d'un changement stratégique: fragmentation et convergence", with J-F. Gagne, Conférence de l Association Internationale de Management Stratégique, Nice, 2008. "Official discourse, appropriation, identification and collective action: a case of rebranding", with J.F. Gagne, European Academy of Management Conference, Ljubljana, 2008. "Online Reverse Auctions Use and the Dance of Trust: Maintaining or Deteriorating Relationships", with M. H. Charki, Academy of Management meeting, Philadelphia, 2007. "Developing dynamic capacities by alignment of individual and organizational external social capital", with M. H. Charki, 23rd European Group for Organization Studies Colloquium, Vienna, 2007. "A Model for Evaluating Affective Relationships in Distributed Work", with J. Pallud, European Conference on Information Systems, Goteborg, 2006. "La confiance a-t-elle toujours un sens dans les relations interorganisationnelles basées sur les enchères électroniques inversées? " with M. H. Charki, Association Information Management, Luxembourg, 2006. "The Power of One? Learning in Mega-Project Alliances", avec T. Pitsis and S. Clegg, 22nd European Group for Organization Studies Colloquium, Bergen, 2006. "Cross boundary learning trajectories: Connecting internal and external communities of practice" with F. Grima, 22nd European Group for Organization Studies Colloquium, Bergen, 2006. "Une communauté de pratique prise au piège identitaire" with S. Dameron, Conférence de l Association Internationale de Management Stratégique, Genève-Annecy, 2006. "Opening the black box of group dynamics" with S. Dameron, Academy of Management Meeting, Atlanta, 2006. "Designing the interconnected organization", Academy of Management Meeting, Honolulu, 2005. "Close Encounters of the Virtual Kind: the structuration of online communities", with S. Gudergan & T. Pitsis, 21 th European Group for Organization Studies colloquium, Berlin, 2005. "Le processus de développement d'une communauté de pratique : une approche par la dialectique participation-réification", with S. Dameron, 14ème Conférence de l Association Internationale de Management Stratégique, Anger, 2005.
"Building a community of practice on a loose network", with S. Dameron, 64th Academy of Management Meeting, BPS division, New Orleans, 2004. "Role Identity and social capital development during HRM role change", with S. Teo, 64 th Academy of Management Meeting, PNP division, New Orleans, 2004. "Communities of practice, is it like pulling teeth? Help our dentists, they are caught in an identity trap", with S. Dameron, 20 th European Group for Organization Studies colloquium, Ljubljana, 2004. "Les difficultés pratiques des communautés de pratique", with B. St Léger, Conférence Internationale de Management Stratégique, Le Havre, 2004. Viral strategies: how organization build and maintain social capital at the business unit level, 19 th European Group for Organization Studies colloquium, Copenhagen, 2003. "Structure et système d information : quel rôle dans les pratiques de gestion de la connaissance?", with H. Isaac, Journée de recherche AGRH, Université Paris IX Dauphine, 2002,. Managing paradoxes: strategic and organizational implications, with V. Perret, 22 nd international conference, Paris, 2002. SMS annual "Network Organization and Learning: Inter-Individual Analysis of the Relational Dynamics ", with F. Grima, International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management conference, Paris, 2000. The managerial value of paradoxes in organizations, with V. Perret, Conférence Internationale de Management Stratégique, Paris, 1999. "A Network Approach of the Learning Organization: Structural and Interpersonal Implications and Limits", with F. Grima, 14 th European Group for Organizational Studies Colloquium, Maastricht, 1998. "Le réseau comme mode d organisation interne", Conférence Internationale de Management Stratégique, Louvain la Neuve, 1998. "La structuration d une entreprise en réseau", Conférence Internationale de Management Stratégique, Montréal, 1997. "Inter-individual Analysis of the Permeability of Firm Boundaries", 16ème annual meeting of the Strategic Management Society, Phoenix, 1996. "Recentrage des groupes et organisation d'une autonomie décentralisée", III ème Congrès de l'international Fédération of Scholary Associations of Management, Paris, 1996. "Institutions et modes d'organisation", Conférence Internationale de Management Stratégique, Lille, 1996. "Core Business Focus and Paradoxical Management of the Centralization-Decentralization Dilemma", 12 th European Group for Organizational Studies colloquium, Istanbul, 1995. "Relation centre-périphérie et nouvelles formes organisationnelles", Conférence Internationale de Management Stratégique, Paris, 1995.