Judith Clair received a B.A. with honors in psychology from the University of California at Los Angeles and a Ph.D. in business management from the University of Southern California.
She joined the Department of Organization Studies at Boston College in 1993. She has consulted for organizations in the areas of crisis management, natural environmental management,
fraud detection, and performance enhancement.
Her current research interests include how individuals manage identities at work and how individuals and organizations make sense of and take action on critical organizational events,
such as, organizational crises and downsizings; management of multicultural diversity; and organizational change. Please visit her website on Invisible Identities for more information.
Dr. Clair teaches courses in organizational behavior, leadership, and management of multicultural diversity.
She teaches at the undergraduate, MBA, Ph.D. and executive levels. She is a faculty partner with Leadership for Change,
an executive education program in the Carroll School of Management.
- MB137 - Managing Diversity. Students in this course will learn about contemporary empirical and
theoretical research on the dynamics of culture, gender, race, and other differences in the workplace.
They can also increase skills in diagnosing and solving diversity-related conflicts and dilemmas, and develop a capacity to
distinguish a monolithic organization from one that treats diversity as a competitive advantage.
Sample Syllabus
- MB850 - Micro-organizational Theory. Providing the theoretical underpinnings of individual and group behavior in organizations, the seminar includes topics such as perception, emotions, motivation, socialization, commitment, group dynamics, leadership, initiative and individual agency at work. Students read the classics of organizational behavior, trace the development of thought, and evaluate current research in each of these areas.
Sample Syllabus
- Leadership for Change. Leadership for Change is a graduate level program for working professionals. Through interactive, supportive and collaborative monthly sessions, we focus on creating responsible and accountable change in work-based environments.
Leadership for Change functions as a learning community. We combine collaboration with meaningful interaction in response to current issues. From this "meaning-making" we create integrated, interactive work-based learning engagements focused on responsible and accountable leadership.
Leadership for Change faculty members represent the Boston College School of Management, the Department of Sociology and the School of Education. Business partners represent areas of organizational development, environmental education, sustainability and corporate measurement.
Visit the program website for more information.
- MB031- Organizational Behavior Honors. This course focuses on the study of individual, group, and organizational behavior.
It emphasizes a diagnostic approach and ethical problem solving in varied organizational settings. The course differs from MB 021 in including an independent field project
relating to an actual organization, as well as assignments that encourage more extensive reflection on and evaluation of contemporary organizational practice.
Sample Syllabus
Her publications have appeared in journals such as Academy of Management Review, Organizational Dynamics, Academy of
Management Executive, SAM Advanced Management Journal, Research in Corporate Social Performance and Policy (JAI Press),
Advances in Qualitative Organizational Research, and Industrial and Environmental Crisis Quarterly.
- "Out of sight but not out of mind: Managing invisible social identities in the workplace." (With Beatty, J.E. & MacLean, T.) Academy of Management Review. In press.
- "Reframing Crisis Management." (With Christine Pearson) Academy of Management Review 23(1)1998:59
- "Environmental groups and business organizations: Conflict or Cooperation?" (With John Milliman) S.A.M. Advanced Management Journal 59(2)1994:41
- "Promoting Sustainable Organizations with Sweden's Natural Step." (With Hilary Bradbury) Academy of Management Executive 13(4)1999:63
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