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Michael Pratt

O'Connor Family Professor

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Michael Pratt

Contact

Fulton Hall 424C

Telephone: 617-552-6992

Email: michael.pratt.1@bc.edu

ORCID

Education

  • BS, University of Dayton
  • MA, University of Michigan
  • Ph.D, University of Michigan

Research Interests

Identity and Identification; Meaningful Work; Ambivalence; Intuition/Nonconscious Processes.

Expertise

  • Decision Making & Decision Sciences
  • Institutions, Culture, and Identity
Curriculum Vitae

Department

Management and Organization

Profile

Prior to joining the Department of Management and Organization at Boston College in 2008, Pratt was a professor of organizational behavior at the University of Illinois. He currently enjoys a courtesy appointment with the Department of Psychology.聽He聽is an Academy of Management Fellow.

His research is problem-centered and consequently he tends to engage in process-oriented, cross-level research. His interests include how individuals connect with the work that they do, as well as to the organizations, professions, occupations, and other collectives in which they find themselves. Recent work has focused on polarizing identity conflicts within organizations and how they can be managed. Theoretically, his research draws heavily from theories of identity and identification, meaning, emotion, intuition, trust, and culture (e.g., artifacts). Methodologically, while he has published work that utilizes lab research and surveys, much of his work is ethnographic or otherwise qualitative in nature. Recent research projects center on meaningful work, collective ambivalence, professional identity work, and the social construction of trust among firefighters.

His work has appeared in various outlets, including the聽Academy of Management Annual Review, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Administrative Science Quarterly, Journal of Management Inquiry, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Organizational Change Management, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Vocational Behavior, Management Learning, Organizational Research Methods, Organization Science, Qualitative Inquiry, Science, Small Group Research, Studies in Cultures, Organizations and Societies, and in numerous edited books. He also has co-edited the books:聽Artifacts and Organizations: Beyond Mere Symbolism(with A. Rafaeli, 2006, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates) and聽The Handbook of Organizational Identity聽(with M. Schultz, B. Ashforth, and D. Ravasi, 2016, Oxford University Press). Dr. Pratt was a recipient of the 2007 Best Paper Award for the Academy of Management Review (with Erik Dane).

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