Faculty Directory

Professor of Management

Michael G. Foster Endowed Fellow

Education

PhD Pennsylvania State University (2015)

PGDM International Management Institute, New Delhi (2010)

BCom Aligarh Muslim University (2008)

Academic Expertise

Current Research

Political ideology of corporations and elites, inter-organizational diffusion, social activism

Positions Held

At the University of Washington since 2015

Selected Publications

1. “Corporate Directors as Heterogeneous Network Pipes: How Director Political Ideology Affects the Interorganizational Diffusion of Governance Practices“

   Journal Article:Gupta, A., Wowak, A., and Boeker, W., (forthcoming). Strategic Management Journal,
2. “Upper Echelons and Intra-Organizational Learning: How Executive Narcissism Affects Knowledge Transfer among Business Units“

   Journal Article:Liu, X., Zhang, L., Gupta, A., Zheng, X., and Wu, C., (forthcoming). Strategic Management Journal,
3. “The Distinct Effects of Wealth- and CSR-oriented Shareholder Unrest on CEO Career Outcomes: A New Lens on Settling Up and Executive Job Demands“

   Journal Article:Lee, M. K., Gupta, A., and Hambrick, D. C., (2022). Academy of Management Journal,
4. “Rewarding Morality: How Corporate Social Responsibility Shapes Top Management Team Compensation Votes“

   Journal Article:Fehr, R., Gupta, A., Guarana, C., (2021). Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes,
5. “Out of Character: CEO Political Ideology, Peer Influence, and Adoption of CSR Executive Position by Fortune 500 firms“

   Journal Article:Gupta, A., Fung, A., and Murphy, C., (2021). Strategic Management Journal,
6. “Business Disruption From the Inside Out: A playbook for Employee Activists and advice for Corporate Leaders“

   Journal Article:Briscoe, F., and Gupta, A., (2021). Stanford Social Innovation Review,
7. “Organizational Political Ideology and Corporate Openness to Social Activism“

   Journal Article:Gupta, A., and Briscoe, F., (2020). Administrative Science Quarterly,
8. “Placing Their Bets: The Influence of Strategic Investment on CEO Pay-for-Performance“

   Journal Article:Shi, W., Connelly, B. L., Mackey, J. D., and Gupta, A., (2019). Strategic Management Journal,
9. “Dispositional Sources of Managerial Discretion: CEO Ideology, CEO Personality, and Firm Strategies“

   Journal Article:Gupta, A., Nadkarni, S., and Mariam, M., (2019). Administrative Science Quarterly,
10. “Follow the Leader (or not): The influence of Peer CEOs’ Characteristics on interorganizational imitation“

    Journal Article:Gupta, A., and Misangyi, V., (2018). Strategic Management Journal,
11. “Evenhandedness in Resource Allocation: Its Relationship with CEO Ideology, Organizational Discretion, and Firm Performance“

    Journal Article:Gupta, A., Briscoe, F., and Hambrick, D. C., (2018). Academy of Management Journal,
12. “The Elephant (or Donkey) in the Boardroom: How Board Political Ideology Affects CEO Pay“

    Journal Article:Gupta, A., Wowak, A., (2017). Administrative Science Quarterly,
13. “Red, Blue and Purple Firms: Organizational Political Ideology and Corporate Social Responsibility“

    Journal Article:Gupta, A., Briscoe, F., and Hambrick, D. C., (2017). Strategic Management Journal,
14. “Social Activism In and Around Organizations“

    Journal Article:Briscoe, F., and Gupta, A., (2016). Academy of Management Annals,
15. “Structural Interdependence within Top Management Teams: A key moderator of Upper Echelon Predictions“

    Journal Article:Hambrick, D. C., Humphrey, S. and Gupta, A., (2015). Strategic Management Journal,
16. “Social Activism and Practice Diffusion: How Activist Tactics Affect Non-targeted Organizations“

    Journal Article:Briscoe, F., Gupta, A., and Anner, M., (2015). Administrative Science Quarterly,

PhD Student Collaborators

Sanjana Prabhu

Honors and Awards

- Ascendant Scholar Award, 2019 Western Academy of Management

- Dean’s Excellence Award for Faculty Research, Foster School of Business

- Dean’s Excellence Award for Undergraduate Teaching, Foster School of Business

- Winner of the best symposium award by the OMT division, 2020 Academy of Management Meeting

- Winner of the best paper award on social and environmental impact by OMT division, 2017 Academy of Management

- Winner of the best symposium award by the OMT division, 2016 Academy of Management Meeting

- Finalist for the 2014 Organization Science/INFORMS Dissertation Proposal Competition, San Francisco, CA

- Best student paper award in 2013 EGOS theme on Pluralism in Institutional Trajectories

- Jeanne and Charles Rider Fellowship, the Pennsylvania State University

- Frank J. Smeal Doctoral Scholarship, the Pennsylvania State University

- James B. & Michele J. Thomas Doctoral Scholarship, the Pennsylvania State University

Academic Service

Senior Editor, Organization Science

Editorial Board Member, Strategic Management Journal

Reviewer, Administrative Science Quarterly

Reviewer, Academy of Management Journal

Reviewer, American Sociological Review

Reviewer, Academy of Management Review

Member of OMT and BPS Divisions of the Academy of Management

Member of the Strategic Management Society