Donald Lange joined the W. P. Carey School of Business in 2006 after receiving his Ph.D. in Management from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin. He is a Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship and the Lincoln Professor of Management Ethics.
Professor Lange’s research interests include bad behavior within organizations, corporate social (ir)responsibility, organizational reputation, and stakeholder strategy. His published work appears in top academic management journals including Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, and Personnel Psychology. Professor Lange is a past associate editor at Academy of Management Review. His most recent article (with E. Park and C. Jeon), titled “How shareholder litigation risk influences firm orientation toward stakeholders” is forthcoming in Strategic Management Journal.
Professor Lange teaches managerial ethics in the MBA program and organization theory in the Ph.D. program. Prior to joining academia, he was in top management in the not-for-profit sector.
Education
Ph.D. Management, University of Texas-Austin 2006
Reputation, Legitimacy, and Prestige in Organizational and Industry Settings
Organizational Corruption and Managerial Ethics
Publications
Schinoff, B.S., Ashforth, B.E., Rogers, K.M., Lange, D. (2023) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Role-based identity foils in organizational life. Organization Science, 35 (1): 232-258.
Paik, E., Pollock, T., Boivie, S., Lange, D., Lee, P. (2023) "A star is born: The relationship between performance and achieving status through certification contests in the context of equity analysts" Organization Science, 34 (1): 75-99.
Lange, D., Bundy, J., Park, E. 2022. "The social nature of stakeholder utility" Academy of Management Review, 47 (1): 9-30.
Chae, H., Song, H., Lange, D. 2021. "Basking in reflected glory: Reverse status transfer from foreign to home markets" Strategic Management Journal, 42 (4): 802-832.
Röth, T., Spieth, Lange, D. 2019. "Managerial political behavior in innovation portfolio management: A sensegiving and sensebreaking process" Journal of Product Innovation Management, 36 (5): 534-559.
Lange, D., Pfarrer, M. D. 2017. "Editors' comments--Sense and structure: The core building blocks of an AMR article" Academy of Management Review, 42 (3): 407-416.
Busenbark, J. R., Lange, D., Certo, S. T. 2017. "Foreshadowing as impression management: Illuminating the path for security analysts" Strategic Management Journal, 38 (12): 2486-2507.
Galvin, B. M., Lange, D., Ashforth, B. 2015. "Narcisstic organizational identification: Seeing oneself as central to the organization's identity" Academy of Management Review, 40 (2): 163-181.
Lange, D., Boivie, S., Westphal, J. 2015. "Predicting organizational identification at the CEO level" Strategic Management Journal, 35 (8): 1224-1244.
Peterson, S. J., Galvin, B. M., Lange, D., 2012. "CEO servant leadership: Exploring executive characteristics and firm performance" Personnel Psychology, 65 (3): 565-596.
Lange, D., Washburn, N.. 2012. "Understanding attributions of corporate social irresponsibility." Academy of Management Review, 37 (2):300-326.
Boivie, S., Lange, D., McDonald, M., Westphal, J. 2011. "Me or We: The effects of CEO organizational identification on agency costs." Academy of Management Journal, 54 (3): 551-576.
Lange, D., Lee, P., Dai, Y. 2011. "Organizational reputation: A review." Journal of Management, 37 (1): 153-184.
Lange, D., Boivie, S., Henderson, A. 2009. "The parenting paradox: How multibusiness diversifiers endorse disruptive technologies while their corporate children struggle." Academy of Management Journal, 52 (1): 179-198.
Lange, D. 2008. "A multidimensional conceptualization of organizational corruption control." Academy of Management Review. 33 (3): 710-729.
Lewis, K., Lange, D., & Gillis, L. 2005. "Transactive memory systems, learning, and learning transfer."Organization Science, 16 (6): 581-598.