Prof. Dr. Gregory Jackson

Short Biography

Professor Jackson’s research examines how corporate governance is influenced by diverse organizational and institutional contexts. His research utilizes cross-national comparison to better understand the regulatory and other societal influences on the corporation, particularly using the cases of Germany, Japan, the UK and USA. His research aims to link disparate fields of scholarship, including institutional theory, organizational analysis, economic sociology, and comparative political economy. Particular empirical interests have been the relationship of corporate governance and human resource management, and issues around corporate social responsibility and labor standards. His current projects seek to apply methods of fuzzy set and qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) to understanding.

Gregory Jackson’s research has been published widely in leading business journals. A number of his projects on public policy have been sponsored by the Department of Trade and Industry (UK), the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (Japan), the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales, and the Hans-Boeckler Foundation. His research also is cited by The Economist, Financial Times, and BBC radio. He is an editor of British Journal of Industrial Relations and will serve as Chief Editor of Socio-Economic Review from 2012.

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Recent Publications

• Jackson, G. / Ni, N. (2013): Understanding Complementarities as Organizational Configurations: Using Set Theoretical Methods. In: Fiss, P. C. / Cambré, B. / Marx, A.  (Eds): Configurational Theory and Methods in Organizational Research (Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 38): 129-158. (Click here for article)

• Deeg, R. / Jackson, G. (2012): The long-term trajectories of institutional change in European capitalism. Journal of European Public Policy, 19 (8): 1109-1125. (Click here for article)
  Digital Object Identifier (DOI):10.1080/13501763.2012.709001

• Jackson, G. / Sorge, A. (2012): The trajectory of institutional change in Germany, 1979-2009. Journal of European Public Policy, 19 (8): 1146-1167. (Click here for article)
  Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1080/13501763.2012.709009

• Filatotchev, I. / Jackson, G. / Nakajima, C. (2012): Corporate governance and national institutions: A review and emerging research agenda. Asia Pacific Journal of Management. (Click here for article)
  Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1007/s10490-012-9293-9

• Jackson, G. / Müllenborn, T. (2012): Understanding the Role of Institutions in Industrial Relations: Perspectives from Classical Sociological Theory. Industrial Relations (Click here for article).

• Brammer, S. / Jackson, G. / Matten, D. (2012): Corporate Social Responsibility and institutional theory: new perspectives on private governance. Socio-Economic Review, 10: 3-28.(Click here for article)

• Jackson, G. / Petraki, A. (2011): How Does Corporate Governance Lead to Short-Termism? In: Vitols, S./Kluge, N. (Eds): The Sustainable Company: A New Approach to Corporate Governance, Brussels, European Trade Union Institute, 199-226.

• Jackson, G. / Petraki, A. (2011): Understanding Short-termism: the Role of Corporate Governance. Stockholm: Glasshouse Forum. (Click here for article)

• Jackson, G. (2010): Understanding Corporate Governance in the United States: An Historical and Theoretical Reassessment, Arbeitspapier Nr. 223, 2010, Hans-Böckler-Stiftung: Düsseldorf. (Click here for article)

• Jackson, G. (2010): Actors and Institutions. In: Morgan, G./Campbell, J./Crouch, C./Pedersen, O. K./Whitley, R. (Eds): The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Institutional Analysis, 63-86. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

• Aguilera, R. V./Jackson, G. (2010): Comparative and International Corporate Governance. The Academy of Management Annals, 4 (1): 485-556. (Click here for article)
  Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1080/19416520.2010.495525

• Jackson, G./Apostolakou, A. (2010): Corporate Social Responsibility in Western Europe: CSR as an Institutional Mirror or a Substitute? Journal of Business Ethics, 94 (3): 371-394. (Click here for article)
  Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1007/s10551-009-0269-8
  

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Education

2002		Ph.D., Sociology, Columbia University. Dissertation: Organizing the Firm: Corporate Governance in Germany and Japan, 1870-2000.
1996		M.A., Sociology, Columbia University.
1992		B.A., Sociology (with Certificate in Analysis and Research) and German Literature, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

 

Academic Positions

since 2010		Professor of Human Resource Management and Labor Politics (Professor für Betriebswirtschaftslehre, insbesondere Personalpolitik), Freie Universität Berlin.
2008 - 2010		Professor of Business and Society, School of Management University of Bath.
2004 - 2008		Reader of Comparative Management and Strategy, Department of Management, King’s College London. (Senior Lecturer 2004-2007).
2002 - 2004		Fellow, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), Tokyo, Japan.
1996 - 2002		Research Scientist, Max-Planck-Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne, Germany.
1992 - 1993		Research Scientist, London School of Economics, Centre for Economic Performance. Project director Ronald Dore.

 

Visiting Academic Positions

since 2010		International Research Fellow, The Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation.
since 2010		Adjunct Researcher (International Visiting Fellow), Research Institute of Contemporary Japanese Systems, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.
August 2009		Visiting Professor of Strategic Management, Department of Management and Marketing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
2004 - 2006		Visiting Fellow, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), Tokyo, Japan.
2001 - 2002		Visiting Lecturer, Universität Duisburg.
1999 - 2000		Visiting Researcher, Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan.
1992		Visiting Researcher, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin.

 

Editorial and Related Activities

• Editor

Socio-Economic Review, Chief Editor, from 2012-

British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2010-2012.

• Editor of journal special issues

Co-Editor, Special Issue on “Corporate Social Responsibility and Institutional Theory” with Steve Brammer and Dirk Matten, Socio-Economic Review, Vol 1 of 2012.

Co-Editor, Special Issue on “Institutional Change and Capitalist Diversity” with Richard Deeg, Journal of European Public Policy, forthcoming 2012.

Co-Editor, Special Issue on “Germany and Japan” with Andreas Moerke, Corporate Governance: An International Review, Vol.3, Issue 3, July, 2005.

• Editorial Boards

International Advisory Panel, European Journal of Industrial Relations, 2010-2012.
International Advisory Board, British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2007-2010.
Editorial Review Board, Journal of International Business Studies(JIBS), 2009-2011.
Editorial Review Board, Corporate Governance: An International Review(CGIR), 2011-2013.