Hayagreeva Rao

Hayagreeva Rao
Hayagreeva Rao
Born	April 27, 1959 (age 65)
Occupation	Academic
Academic background
Alma mater	Weatherhead School of Management, XLRI - Xavier School of Management
Academic work
Discipline	Organizational Behavior, Human Resources
Institutions	Stanford Graduate School of Business
Website	https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/faculty/hayagreeva-rao

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]

Early life

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

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

Wall Street Journal Best Seller List for 2014 for Scaling Up Excellence^[2]
Best Books of 2014 Financial Times, Inc Magazine, Forbes, Washington Post, and Amazon for Scaling Up Excellence
BP Faculty Fellow in Global Management, 2018-2020^[3]
Fellow, Academy of Management, 2008
Fellow of Sociological Research Association, American Sociological Association, 2007
W. Richard Scott Distinguished Award for Scholarly Contributions, American Sociological Association, 2005
Sidney Levy Award For Teaching, Kellogg School of Management, 2004
Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Science, 2004

Editorial Review Boards

American Sociological Review, 2012-2015
Administrative Science Quarterly, 2003-2011, 1996-2002
American Journal of Sociology, 1999-2003
Organization Science, 1997-2002.
Academy of Management Review, 1998-2002
Journal of Management Inquiry, 1996-2002
Strategic Organization, 2001–present
Organizational Behavior Society, 1997–present
Organization and Innovation Panel, National Science Foundation, 2000-2002

Selected bibliography

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

^ "Hayagreeva Rao". Stanford Graduate School of Business. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
^ "Scaling Up Excellence by Robert I. Sutton, Huggy Rao: 9780385347020 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
^ "Graduate School of Business | Stanford Endowed Professorships and Directorships". professorships.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
^ 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.
^ Rao, Hayagreeva (1 December 2008). Market Rebels: How Activists Make or Break Radical Innovations. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-4008-2974-3.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.