Shad Morris
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Biography
Shad holds a PhD from Cornell University and has taught at The Ohio State University, Samsung’s SKK Graduate School of Business, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was also a Fulbright Scholar and Research Fellow at Cambridge University. His research and teaching focus on people management and international business. He has co-authored five books and over 30 scholarly articles on these topics. Some of his notable publications are: An architectural framework for global talent management, which proposes a comprehensive model for designing and implementing talent management systems across different contexts and cultures. Catching falling stars, which examines how HR practices can help retain and motivate high-performing employees who suffer from information overload. Relational archetypes, organizational learning, and value creation, which develops a typology of four relational archetypes that describe how firms manage their human resources and how they affect organizational learning and performance. Six principles of effective global talent management, which identifies six key principles that can guide multinational firms in designing and implementing their global talent management strategies. He is currently working on several research projects that explore how companies with higher purpose build more inclusive cultures that drive performance.
Selected Publications
- "From Local Modification to Global Innovation: How Multinational R&D Units Solve Problems in Emerging Economies", Journal of International Business Studies, 2023
- "The HR ecosystem: Emerging trends and a future research agenda", Human Resource Management, 2023
- "Theorizing From Emerging Markets: Challenges, Opportunities, and Publishing Advice—FTE", Academy of Management Review, Edition 1, Volume 48, 2023
- "Abstract versus Concrete: How Managers’ Construal Influences Organizational Control Systems and Problem Solving", Organization Science, 2022
- "Dancing with the Stars: The Practical Value of Theory in Managing Star Employees", Academy of Management Perspectives, 2021
- "Time for Realignment: How Complex Adaptive Systems Can Help Reframe SHRM Research", Academy of Management Perspectives, 2021
- "Individual Performance and Taking on Firm-Specific Roles: The Case of Business School Associate Deans", Academy of Management Journal, 2021
- "Principles or Templates? The Antecedents and Performance Effects of Cross-Border Knowledge Transfer", Strategic Management Journal, Volume 40, 2019
- "Human Capital in Strategy 2008-2018", Strategic Management Journal, 2019
- "Reading the Stars: Determining Human Capital’s Value in the Competitive Hiring Process", Human Resource Management, Volume 57, 2018
- "Firm-Specific Human Capital Investments as a Signal of General Value: Revisiting Assumptions about Human Capital and How it is Managed", Strategic Management Journal, Volume 38, 2017
- "An architectural framework for global talent management", Volume 47, Journal of International Business Studies, 2016
- "Changing routine: reframing performance management within a multinational", Volume 52, Journal of Management Studies, 2015
- "The importance of client heterogeneity in predicting make-or-buy decisions", Volume 33, Journal of Operations Management, 2015
- "Going the distance: The pros and cons of expanding employees’ global knowledge reach", Edition 5, Volume 46, Journal of International Business Studies, 2015
- "A Microfoundations Approach to Transnational Capabilities: The Role of Knowledge Search in an Ever-Changing World", Journal of International Business Studies, 2014
- "Adaptations to Knowledge Templates in Base-of-the-Pyramid Markets: The Role of Social Interaction", Volume 8, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 2014
- "Scarce Human Capital in Managerial Labor Markets", Volume 40, Journal of Management, 2014
- "Catching falling stars: A human resource response to social capital’s detrimental effect of information overload for star employees", Academy of Management Review, Volume 37, 2012
- "Six Principles of Effective Global Talent Management", MIT Sloan Management Review, Volume 53, 2012
- "Intellectual Capital Configurations and Organizational Capability: An Empirical Examination of Human Resource Subunits in the Multinational Enterprise", Journal of International Business Studies, Volume 42, 2011
- "Context-bound configurations of corporate HR functions in multinational corporations around the globe", Human Resource Management, Volume 49, 2010
- "Dynamic HR: Global Applications from IBM", Human Resource Management, Volume 48, 2009
- "Global Challenges to Replicating HR: The Role of People, Processes, and Systems", Human Resource Management, Volume 48, 2009
- "To Boost Knowledge Transfer, Tell Me a Story", Harvard Business Review, Volume 87, 2009
- "Relational archetypes, organizational learning, and value creation: Extending the human resource architecture", Volume 32, Academy of Management Review, 2007
Languages
- Bulgarian
Professional Citizenship
- Academy of Management Review, Editor, Associate Editor, July 2020–July 2023