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Jennifer Franczak, PhD Assistant Professor of Organization Theory & Management

Jennifer Franczak, PhD

Associate Professor of Organization Theory and Management
Graziadio Business School

Biography

Dr. Jennifer Franczak, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Organization Theory and Management at Pepperdine University. Jennifer received her Ph.D. in management from Southern Illinois University. Her research interests include organization theory and institutions, multi-level analysis, organizational culture, and building equitable hybrid workplaces. Jennifer’s work has been published in outlets such as the Academy of Management Annals, Harvard Business Review, Journal of Organization Behavior, Human Relations, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Managerial Psychology, MIT Sloan Review, Organizational Dynamics, and the Journal of Business Research.

Education

  • PhD, Southern Illinois U-Carbondale, 2013
    Business Administration-Organization Studies

  • MBA, Bradley University, 2009
    Management

  • MS, Bradley University, 2006
    Business Administration-Management and Psychology

 

Referred Publications

Franczak, J., Pidduck, R., Lanivich, S., Tang, J. (2023) Immersed in Coleman’s Bathtub: Multilevel Dynamics Driving New Venture Survival in Emerging Markets, Management Decision, 61(7), 1857-1887.

McCartney, J., Franczak, J., Gonzalez, K., Hall, A., Hochwarter, W., Jordan, S., Wickham, W., Khan, A., Babalola, M.  (2023) Supervisor off-work boundary infringements: Perspective-taking as a resource for after-hours intrusions, Work and Stress, DOI: 10.1080/02678373.2023.2176945

Franczak, J., Lanivich S., Adomako, S. (2023) Filling institutional voids: Combinative effects of institutional shortcomings and gender on the alertness – opportunity recognition relationship. Journal of Business Research, 155, 113444. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.113444

Kanitz, R., Gonzalez, K., Berger, S., Reinwald, M., Huettermann, H., Franczak, J. (2023) Am I the only one? The consequences of championing asymmetry on group- and individual-level outcomes, Journal of Organization Behavior, https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2683

Gibson, C. B., Thomason, B., Margolis, J., Groves, K., Gibson, S., & Franczak, J. (2022).  Dignity Inherent and Earned: The Experience of Dignity at Work.  Academy of Management Annals [Accepted, Forthcoming] https://doi.org/10.5465/annals.2021.0059

Franczak, J., Gyensare, M. A., Lanivich, S. E., Adomako, S., Chu, I. (2022). Founder polychronicity, entrepreneurial orientation, and new venture performance. [Accepted conference presentation]. Southern Management Association, Annual Meeting Little Rock, Arkansas.

Franczak, J., & Margolis, J. (2022). Women and great places to work: gender diversity in leadership and how to get there. Organizational Dynamics, 51(4), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgdyn.2022.100913

Franczak, J., Weinzimmer, L. (2022) How SMEs leverage adaptability, risk-taking, and action into positive performance— a moderated mediation model.  Journal of Small Business Strategy, 32(4). https://doi.org/10.53703/001c.40318

Franczak, J., & Shanahan, D (2022) Shifting Foci of Ethical Concerns: A New Generation Enters the Corporate World. Ethics and Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1080/10508422.2022.2124160

Thomason, B. & Franczak, J. (2022). 3 tensions leaders need to manage in the hybrid workplace. 
Harvard Business Review (digital). 
https://hbr.org/2022/02/3-tensions-leaders-need-to-manage-in-the-hybridworkplace

Hochwarter, W., Jordan, S., Fontes-Comber, A., De La Haye, D., Khan, A., Babalola, M., Franczak, J. (2022). Losing the benefits of work passion? The implications of low ego-resilience for passionate workers. Career Development International, 27(5), 526-546. https://doi.org/10.1108/CDI-05-2022-0132

Odom, C., Franczak, J., McAllister, C. (2022). Equity in the hybrid office. MIT Sloan Management Review 
(digital). https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/equity-in-the-hybrid-office/ 

Hochwarter, W., Jordan, S., Kiewitz, C., Liborius, P., Lampaki, A., Franczak, J., Deng, Y., Babalola, M. T., & Khan, A. K. (2022). Losing compassion for patients? the implications of covid-19 on compassion fatigue and event-related post-traumatic stress disorder in nurses. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 37(3), 206–223. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMP-01-2021-0037

Kapoutsis, I., Jordan, S., Hochwarter, W., Franczak, J., Li, Y., Babalola, M., & Khan, A. (2022). Sometimes enough is enough: Nurses' nonlinear levels of passion and the influence of politics. Human Relations https://doi.org/10.1177/00187267221088535

Franczak, J., Mote, J. (2018). Operationalizing organizational routines for science and technology management: an exploratory study. International Journal of Technology Policy and Management: 18(3). https://doi.org/10.1504/ijtpm.2018.093853 

Hall, A., Franczak, J., Herrera, D., & Hochwarter, W. (2016). Driving away the bad guys: the 
interactive effects of politics perceptions and work drive across two studies. Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies; 24(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/1548051816657982

Weinzimmer, L., Franczak, J., Michel, E. (2013). Strategic orientation and SME performance:  
conceptual, operational and relational issues. Journal of Business and Entrepreneurship, 24(2). 

Drover, W., Franczak, J., Beltramini, R., (2012) A 30 year historical examination of ethical concerns 
regarding business ethics: who’s concerned? Journal of Business Ethics, (111) 431-438.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/23324811 

Weinzimmer, L., Michel, E., & Franczak, J. (2011). Creativity and firm-level performance: the 
mediating effects of action orientation Journal of Managerial Issues, 23(1): 62-82. 
https://www.jstor.org/stable/25822538 

Weinzimmer, L., Franczak, J., & Michel, E. (2008). Culture-performance Research: Challenges and future directions. Journal of Academy of Business and Economics, 8(4): 152-162.