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Abhinav Gupta
- Professor of Management Michael G. Foster Endowed Fellow
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Education
- PhD Pennsylvania State University (2015)
- PGDM International Management Institute, New Delhi (2010)
- BCom Aligarh Muslim University (2008)
Academic Expertise
- business and politics
- corporate governance
- corporate social responsibility
- social activism
- strategic leadership
Current Research
- Political ideology of corporations and elites, inter-organizational diffusion, social activism
Positions Held
- At the University of Washington since 2015
Selected Publications
“How Ideologically Opposed Stakeholders Influence Organizational Practice Adoption: Theory and Evidence from the Diffusion of Domestic Partner Benefits in Higher Education“
Abhinav Gupta , Chad Murphy , Forrest Briscoe, (forthcoming). Organization Science.
“Presumed patriarchy: How a CEO’s masculine appearance affects perceptions of sexual harassment in organizations“
Gish, J., Barnes, C., Gupta, A., and Nair, K., (2025). Journal of Management.
“Upper Echelons and Intra-Organizational Learning: How Executive Narcissism Affects Knowledge Transfer among Business Units“
Liu, X., Zhang, L., Gupta, A., Zheng, X., and Wu, C., (2022). Strategic Management Journal.
“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.
“Corporate Directors as Heterogeneous Network Pipes: How Director Political Ideology Affects the Interorganizational Diffusion of Governance Practices“
Gupta, A., Wowak, A., and Boeker, W., (2022). Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 43(8), pp. 1469-1498.
“Business Disruption from the Inside Out”
Gupta, A., Briscoe, F., (2021). Stanford Social Innovation Review.
“Out of Character: CEO Political Ideology, Peer Influence, and Adoption of CSR Executive Position by Fortune 500 firms“
Gupta, A., Fung, A., and Murphy, C., (2021). Strategic Management Journal.
“Rewarding Moral Executives: Corporate Social Responsibility, and Shareholder Say-On-Pay Voting“
Fehr, R., Gupta, A., and Guarano, C., (2021). Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
“Organizational Political Ideology and Corporate Openness to Social Activism“
Gupta, A., and Briscoe, F., (2020). Administrative Science Quarterly.
“Placing Their Bets: The Influence of Strategic Investment on CEO Pay-for-Performance“
Shi, W., Connelly, B. L., Mackey, J. D., and Gupta, A., (2019). Strategic Management Journal.
“Dispositional Sources of Managerial Discretion: CEO Ideology, CEO Personality, and Firm Strategies“
Gupta, A., Nadkarni, S., and Mariam, M., (2019). Administrative Science Quarterly.
“Follow the Leader (or not): The influence of Peer CEOs’ Characteristics on interorganizational imitation“
Gupta, A., and Misangyi, V., (2018). Strategic Management Journal
“Evenhandedness in Resource Allocation: Its Relationship with CEO Ideology, Organizational Discretion, and Firm Performance“
Gupta, A., Briscoe, F., and Hambrick, D. C., (2018). Academy of Management Journal.
“The Elephant (or Donkey) in the Boardroom: How Board Political Ideology Affects CEO Pay“
Gupta, A., Wowak, A., (2017). Administrative Science Quarterly.
“Red, Blue and Purple Firms: Organizational Political Ideology and Corporate Social Responsibility“
Gupta, A., Briscoe, F., and Hambrick, D. C., (2017). Strategic Management Journal
“Social Activism In and Around Organizations“
Briscoe, F., and Gupta, A., (2016). Academy of Management Annals.
“Structural Interdependence within Top Management Teams: A key moderator of Upper Echelon Predictions“
Hambrick, D. C., Humphrey, S. and Gupta, A., (2015). Strategic Management Journal.
“Social Activism and Practice Diffusion: How Activist Tactics Affect Non-targeted Organizations“
Briscoe, F., Gupta, A., and Anner, M., (2015). Administrative Science Quarterly.
PhD Student Collaborators
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