Jill Purdy, Ph.D.
Dr. Purdy is a founding faculty member of the Milgard School of Business. Her expertise is in management and organizational sociology. She served as director of the MBA program from 2000-2005, as Academic Director of the Center for Leadership and Social Responsibility from 2006-2012, and as Interim Dean from 2015-2016.
Her current research includes the study of social entrepreneurs, Institutional influences on business social practices, and cross-sector collaboration and conflict resolution.
- MBA Faculty of the Year, 2015 and 2016
- Most Inspirational Faculty, Milgard School of Business, 2014
- Recipient of UW Tacoma Community Engagement Award, 2014
- Fulbright Scholar, 2005
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 Curriculum Vita of Jill Purdy | 200.31 KB |
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| 2017 |
Skilton, P. & Purdy, J. M. (forthcoming 2017). Authenticity, power and pluralism: A framework for understanding stakeholder evaluations of corporate social responsibility activities. Business Ethics Quarterly. |
| 2016 |
Purdy, J. M. (2016). The role of power in collaborative governance. In R. Margerum & C. Robinson (Eds.), The Challenges of Collaboration in Environmental Governance. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. |
| 2015 |
Gray, B., Purdy, J. M. & Ansari, S. S. (2015). From interactions to institutions: Microporcesses of framing and mechanisms for the structuring of institutional fields. Academy of Management Review, 40(1): 115-143.
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| 2012 |
Purdy, J. M. (2012). A framework for assessing power in collaborative governance processes. Public Administration Review. 72(3): 409-417. |
| 2009 |
PURDY, J. M. and Gray, B. (2009). Conflicting logics, mechanisms of diffusion, and multilevel dynamics in emerging institutional fields. Academy of Management Journal, 52(2): 355-380. |