Faculty, Research & Staff
Michael B. Elmes
Professor
Faculty Listing
Office: Washburn Shops, 203
Phone: +1-508-831-5182
Fax: +1-508-831-5720
mbelmes@wpi.edu
Related Information
- Fulbright Scholarship: Helping to Understand Biotechnology's Social and Cultural Impact
Educational Background
- B.S., Union College, 1975
- M.S., Colgate University, 1979
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Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1989
Research & Teaching Interests
Ideologies of resistance and control in organizations; Spirituality in the Workplace; Organizations in the natural environment; Learning (in technology-intensive settings, in high-risk ventures, and in the classroom); Intergroup relations and diversity management; Narrative theory and its application to strategy and organizational behavior and change; Power and control in the implementation of technological change; Diversity in organizations; Organization Behavior and Theory; Management of Change; Group and Intergroup Dynamics; Leadership.
IQP Advising Interests
Preservation of unique genotypes; Environmental issues; Pollution Prevention; Effect of technology on social systems; Technology & organizational behaviors; Training and development in organizations; Development in Third World Countries; Assessments of college life, including WPI
Research Grants
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February 2000, Educational Development Center, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
"Developing a web-based course on virtual teams", $5,000. -
2000, Research Development Center, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
"Developing a process model of IT-driven second-order change: Three case studies of ERP implementation in a large engineering organization", with Diane Strong and Olga Volkoff, $5,860. -
April 2001, National Science Foundation, Innovation and Organizational Change Program
"The relationship of ERP implementation to organizational changes in control, task structure, and workarounds", with D. Strong and O.Volkoff, $299,987.
Recent Publications
Years of Service at WPI
- WPI Campus Hearing Board (1994-1999)
- WPI Freshman Orientation (Fall 1999)
- Management Department Tenure Review Committee (1995 - 1996; 1998 - 2001)
- WPI Teaching Portfolio Consultant (Fall 1999, Spring 2001 and 2002)
- WPI New Faculty Mentor (1999-2000; 2002-2003)
- WPI Space Committee
- Strategic Planning Committee – 2006-7
- Provost Search Committee – 2007
- WPI Committee on Appointments and Promotion (COAP) (2002 - present)
- Graduate Management Committee Member (1992-1995, 2007-present)
Professional Experience & Activities
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Editorial Review Boards
- Group and Organization Management (GOM), 2002 – present
- Organization Management Journal (OMJ), 2003 – present
- Special Issue Co-editor of Group and Organization Management, Music at Work with Craig Pritchard and Mark Korczynski, 2005-7
- Special Editor of Group and Organization Management, 2006
- Editor of "First Person" section of Organization Management Journal (OMJ) focusing on first person accounts of teaching and scholarship, 2005 – present
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Ad Hoc Journal Reviewer
- Small Group Research, 1989
- Journal of Organization Change Management, 1995
- Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 1991 - present
- Academy of Management Review, 1994 - present
- Journal of Management Education, 1995 - present
- Administrative Science Quarterly, 2000 - present
- Organization Management Journal, 2003 - present
- Journal of Management Studies, 2004 - present
- Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 2004 - present
- Visiting Scholar, Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Management at Syracuse University
Professional Societies/Memberships
- Academy of Management - OB, OCD, Critical Management Studies, Technology in Management, Conflict Management, Organizations in the Natural Environment
- Organizational Behavior Teaching Society
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