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Investors in Leadership Distinguished Chair in Organizational Behavior CSOM Strategic Mgmt & Org, CSOM Dean Office of the 4-300 CarlSMgmt 321 19th Ave S Minneapolis, MN  55455 Phone: 612/624-7876 Fax: 612/624-6374 davi1273@umn.edu

Education
Ph.D., 1986, Organizational Behavior, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
M.O.B., 1982, Organizational Behavior, Graduate School of Management, Brigham Young University
B.S., 1979, Economics, summa cum laude with highest honors, Brigham Young University

Expertise
Executive Compensation
Offshoring/Outsourcing
Nonstandard Work/Temporary Work
Contract Work
Employee Leasing
Organization Salary and Promotion Systems

Current Research

• Recent Research Grants
• Co-Principal Investigator (with Edward Anderson and Geoffrey Parker), "Organizational Mechanisms for Supply Chain Integration During Product and Process Development," National Science Foundation, $244,835, August 15, 2003-present.
• Broschak, J. and Davis-Blake, A. Changes at the Top: Executive Mobility and the Dissolution of Market Ties (presented at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management).
• Anderson, E., Davis-Blake, A., and Parker, G. Managing Outsourced Product Design: The Effectiveness of Alternative Integration Mechanisms (presented at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management).
• Broschak, J., Davis-Blake, A., and Block, E. Nonstandard, not Substandard: The Relationship Between Work Arrangements, Work Attitudes, and Job Performance (presented at the 2004 Annual meeting of the Academy of Management).

Major Publications

• Anderson, E., Davis-Blake, A., Erzurumlu, S., Joglekar, N, and Parker, G. The Effects of Outsourcing, Offshoring, and Distributed Product Development Organization on Coordinating the NPD Process. Forthcoming, Handbook of Product Development.
• Broschak, J., and Davis-Blake A. 2006. Mixing Standard Work and Nonstandard Deals: The Consequences of Heterogeneity in Employment Arrangements. Academy of Management Journal, 49: 371-393.
• Davis-Blake, A., Broschak, J., and George, E. 2003. Happy Together? How Using Nonstandard Workers Affects Exit, Voice, and Loyalty Among Standard Employees. Academy of Management Journal, 46: 475-485.
• Davis-Blake, A., and Hui, P. 2003. Contracting Talent for Knowledge-Based Competition. In S. Jackson, M. Hitt, and A. DeNisi (Eds.), Managing Knowledge for Sustained Competitive Advantage: Designing Strategies for Effective Human Resource Management, 178-206.
• Casile, M., and Davis-Blake, A. 2002. When Accreditation Standards Change: Factors Affecting Differential Compliance of Public and Private Organizations. Academy of Management Journal, 45: 180-195.

Other Publications

• Broschak, J., Davis-Blake, A., and Block, E. Nonstandard, not Substandard: The Relationship Between Work Arrangements, Work Attitudes, and Job Performance.
• Anderson, E., Davis-Blake, A., and Parker, G. Managing Outsourced Product Design: The Effectiveness of Alternative Integration Mechanisms.
• Broschak, J. and Davis-Blake, A. Changes at the Top: Executive Mobility and the Dissolution of Market Ties.
• Davis-Blake, A., Broschak, J., Wang, L., and Chng, D. Organizing Contingent Work: The Role of Temporary Employment Agencies and Professional Employer Organizations.
• Hui, P., Davis-Blake, A., and Broschak, J. Getting Help and Letting Go: How Outsourcing Knowledge Work Affects Project Performance.

Courses

Fall, 2009

MGMT 1001H Honors: Contemporary Management Sec.  001

Current Administrative Appointments

• 2003-2006, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin
• 2002-2003, Chair, Department of Management, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin
• 1995-2001, Co-Director, Executive Master's Degree in Human Resource Development Leadership, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin

Current Editorial Appointments

• Consulting editor, Academy of Management Review, July 1, 1993-July 1, 1996.
• Editorial board member, Administrative Science Quarterly, 1988-1993.
• Academy of Management Review, 1988-1993.
• Editorial board member, Journal of Management, 2002-2003.