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Research Expertise: Leadership in organizations, perception and management of individual and organizational images, identities and reputations, especially images of legitimacy, trustworthiness and creativity

Courses Taught: The Individual & Group Dynamics, Negotiation in Organizations, Business Policy and Strategy

Fast Facts:

• International Research Fellow, Centre for Corporate Reputation, Oxford University
• NCAA Faculty Athletics Representative and National Champion Masters Swimmer
• Past UC Davis Chancellor’s Fellow
• Globally visible expert in organizational behavior

Professor Kimberly Elsbach focuses her research on the acquisition and maintenance of organizational images, and identities and reputations, especially images of legitimacy, trustworthiness and creativity. She also teaches and studies negotiation skills in competitive business environments. Her research provides a framework for communicating with shareholders, customers and employees in the immediacy of a reputation crisis and through long-term recovery. In papers published in the Harvard Business Review and the Academy of Management Journal, Elsbach showed how Hollywood movie and television producers judge the creativity of people pitching story ideas.

Courses Taught: The Individual & Group dynamics, Managing People in High-Performance Organizations, Strategy and Structure