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photo of Maureen Scully

Maureen A. Scully, PhD

  • Associate Dean for Graduate Programs Associate Professor of Management
  • Telephone: 617.287.7864
  • Office Location: M-5-253

Areas of Expertise

Organizational Change Efforts, Grassroots Employee Initiatives, Beliefs about Inequality and Meritocracy, Dimensions of Diversity at Work, Labor and Management Joint Efforts

Degrees

PhD, Stanford University
MA, Stanford University
BA, Harvard-Radcliffe Colleges

Professional Publications & Contributions

  • Levy, D. and Scully, M. (2007) “The institutional entrepreneur as Modern Prince: The strategic face of power in contested fields.” Organization Studies, 28(7):971-991.
  • Lautsch, B. and Scully, M. (2007) “Restructuring time: Implications of work-hours reductions for the working class.” Human Relations, 60(5):719-743.

Additional Information

Background

Faculty member at MIT Sloan School of Management, Research Faculty at the Center for Gender in Organizations at the Simmons School of Management, Faculty Research Consultant for the Aspen Institute Business and Society Program

Courses Taught

Organizational Processes, Business and Society, Human Resource Management, Diversity, Organization Theory

Research Interests

How Americans make sense of inequality in the workplace, New discourses to address and remedy inequality, Forms of voice at work

Professional Activities

Editorial board,Organization Science

Honors
  • Zuckerberg Fellow, UMass Boston, 2006-07
  • Betty Diener Teaching Award, Graduate program, UMass Boston, 2006
  • “Breaking the Frame” article award, Journal of Management Inquiry, 2000