Hayagreeva "Huggy" Rao (born 27 April 1959) is an American academic. He is the Atholl McBean Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resources at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.[1]

Hayagreeva Rao
Born (1959-04-27) April 27, 1959 (age 64)
OccupationAcademic
Academic background
Alma materWeatherhead School of Management, XLRI - Xavier School of Management
Academic work
DisciplineOrganizational Behavior, Human Resources
InstitutionsStanford Graduate School of Business
Websitehttps://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/faculty/hayagreeva-rao

Early life edit

Rao was born in India. Rao graduated from the Andhra University in 1978 and earned Post-Graduate Diploma in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations from XLRI, Jamshedpur in 1980. He then earned a PhD in 1989 from Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University.

Career edit

Rao was an assistant professor of Organization & Management at the Emory University's Goizueta Business School from 1989 to 1994, then associate professor from 1995 to 2002 and then tenured professor from 2000 to 2002. He then moved to Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University where he was the Richard L.Thomas Distinguished Professor of Leadership and Organizational Change from 2002 to 2005. He has been with Stanford University since 2005.

At Stanford, he is also professor of sociology at School of Humanities and Sciences. He studies collective action within organizations and in markets. His research revolves around scaling up mobilization, innovation, and talent in organizations.

Honors and awards edit

Editorial Review Boards edit

Selected bibliography edit

  • Rao, Hayagreeva; Sutton, Robert I. (4 February 2014). Scaling Up Excellence: Getting to More Without Settling for Less. Crown[4]
  • Rao, Hayagreeva (1 December 2008). Market Rebels: How Activists Make or Break Radical Innovations. Princeton University Press[5]
  • Rao, Hayagreeva. "The social construction of reputation: Certification contests, legitimation, and the survival of organizations in the American automobile industry: 1895–1912." Strategic Management Journal 15.S1 (1994): 29-44.[6]
  • Bhattacharya, Chitrabhan B., Hayagreeva Rao, and Mary Ann Glynn. "Understanding the bond of identification: An investigation of its correlates among art museum members." Journal of Marketing 59.4 (1995): 46-57.[7]
  • Rao, Hayagreeva, Philippe Monin, and Rodolphe Durand. "Institutional change in Toque Ville: Nouvelle cuisine as an identity movement in French gastronomy." American Journal of Sociology 108.4 (2003): 795-843.[8]
  • Rao, Hayagreeva, Calvin Morrill, and Mayer N. Zald. "Power plays: How social movements and collective action create new organizational forms." Research in Organizational Behavior 22 (2000): 237-281.[9]
  • The Friction Project: How Smart Leaders Make the Right Things Easier and the Wrong Things Harder, with Robert Sutton, 2024, ISBN 978-1250284419

References edit

  1. ^ "Hayagreeva Rao". Stanford Graduate School of Business. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
  2. ^ "Scaling Up Excellence by Robert I. Sutton, Huggy Rao: 9780385347020 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
  3. ^ "Graduate School of Business | Stanford Endowed Professorships and Directorships". professorships.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
  4. ^ Rao, Hayagreeva; Sutton, Robert I. (4 February 2014). Scaling Up Excellence: Getting to More Without Settling for Less. Crown. ISBN 978-0-385-34703-7.
  5. ^ Rao, Hayagreeva (1 December 2008). Market Rebels: How Activists Make or Break Radical Innovations. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-4008-2974-3.
  6. ^ Rao, Hayagreeva (1994). "The Social Construction of Reputation: Certification Contests, Legitimation, and the Survival of Organizations in the American Automobile Industry: 1895–1912". Strategic Management Journal. 15 (S1): 29–44. doi:10.1002/smj.4250150904. ISSN 0143-2095.
  7. ^ Bhattacharya, C. B.; Rao, Hayagreeva; Glynn, Mary Ann (1995). "Understanding the Bond of Identification: An Investigation of its Correlates among Art Museum Members". Journal of Marketing. 59 (4): 46–57. doi:10.1177/002224299505900404. ISSN 0022-2429. S2CID 220606057.
  8. ^ Rao, Hayagreeva; Monin, Philippe; Durand, Rodolphe (2003). "Institutional Change in Toque Ville: Nouvelle Cuisine as an Identity Movement in French Gastronomy". American Journal of Sociology. 108 (4): 795–843. doi:10.1086/367917. ISSN 0002-9602. S2CID 142575342.
  9. ^ Rao, Hayagreeva; Morrill, Calvin; Zald, Mayer N. (2000). "Power Plays: How Social Movements and Collective Action Create New Organizational Forms". Research in Organizational Behavior. 22: 237–281. doi:10.1016/S0191-3085(00)22007-8. ISSN 0191-3085.