Sameer B. Srivastava

Sameer B. Srivastava

Sameer Srivastava

(Organizational Behavior, May 2012)
Thesis Title: Social Capital Activation during Times of Organizational Change
Committee: Peter V. Marsden (Co-Chair), Toby E. Stuart (Co-Chair), Frank Dobbin, J. Richard Hackman, and Roberto M. Fernandez (MIT)
Initial Placement: Associate Professor, Management of Organizations and Harold Furst Chair in Management Philosophy and Values, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
Current Position: Professor, Ewald T. Grether Professor of Business Administration and Public Policy; Co-Director, Computational Culture Lab; Co-Director, Berkeley Center for Workplace Culture and Innovation, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley

Sameer B. Srivastava is the Ewald T. Grether Professor of Business Administration and Public Policy at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. He is also affiliated with UC Berkeley Sociology.

His research uses computational methods to: (1) unpack the complex interrelationships between group culture, individual cognition, and interpersonal networks; and (2) examine how they jointly relate to individual attainment and organizational performance. His work has been published in such journals as American Journal of SociologyAmerican Sociological ReviewAdministrative Science QuarterlyManagement Science, and Organization Science. It has been covered in such media outlets as The New York TimesFortuneThe Wall Street JournalFinancial Times, and Forbes. He currently serves as Organizations Department Editor at Management Science and was previously a Senior Editor at Organization Science. Srivastava co-directs the Berkeley Center for Workplace Culture and Innovation and the Berkeley-Stanford Computational Culture Lab. At Haas, he teaches a popular MBA elective course, Power and Politics in Organizations.

Srivastava has also served as a partner at a global management consultancy (Monitor Group; now Monitor Deloitte). He holds AB, AM, MBA, and PhD degrees from Harvard University.

Expertise and Research Interests:

  • Culture and Cognition
  • Organizational Sociology
  • Organizational Theory
  • Network Analysis
  • Economic Sociology
  • Research Design and Methods

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