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Jeffrey Pfeffer

American academic · United States · On the map · Academics · Born 1946 · age 80

Jeffrey Pfeffer is an American business theorist and the Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

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2016Herbert Simon AwardAward2015“Every piece of data suggests that workplaces are in dire shape and there is low levels of trust in leaders.”In their words15 September 2015Forbes.comRead the whole statement

1997“In New Directions for Organization Theory, Jeffrey Pfeffer offers a comprehensive analysis and overview of the field of organization theory and its research literature.”In their wordsBook abstract.Read the whole statement

1982“The domain of organization theory is coming to resemble more of a weed patch than a well-tended garden.”In their wordsOrganizations and organization theory, 1982Read the whole statement

“According to the resource dependence perspective, firms do not merely respond to external constraint and control through compliance to environmental demands.”In their wordsp. 197Read the whole statement

1978“The criticality of a resource can be measured as the ability of an organization to function in the absence of the resource or in the absence of the market for the output.”In their wordsp. 46Read the whole statement

1946Born23 July 1946

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