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Michael A. Pirson
Born1973 (age 50–51)
Germany
NationalityGerman
Occupation(s)Humanistic management scholar and author
Academic background
EducationBA.,Economics
MPA
MBA
PhD.,Organizational Behavior
Alma materUniversity of Erlangen–Nuernberg
Institut d'études politiques de Strasbourg
Indiana University
University of St. Gallen (HSG)
Harvard University
Academic work
InstitutionsHarvard University
Fordham University
Websitehttps://michaelpirson.com/

Michael A. Pirson(born 1973) is a German humanistic management scholar and author. He is a professor and theJames A.F. StonerEndowed Chair in GlobalSustainabilityand a professor of Global Sustainability andSocial EntrepreneurshipatFordham University,[1]while also being a Research Associate atHarvard University's Human Flourishing Program (HFP).[2]He is the co-founder of the organizations Humanistic Management Network and the Humanistic Leadership Academy (HLA),[3]Founder and President of the International Humanistic Management Association (IHMA),[4]and leads the Humanistic Management working group at theUnited NationsPrinciples for Responsible Management Education (UNPRME).[5]

Pirson is known for his research on humanistic management, psychological and social psychological work on individual differences inmindfulness,trust, and well-being, organizational analysis ofcorporate governance,stakeholder trust,andsocial innovation,and conceptual and philosophical study onfreedom,dignity,andwell-being,as he investigates the role ofhigher educationin positive change-making and social innovation.[6]He has authored and co-authored multiple research articles, a book titledHumanistic Management: Protecting Dignity and Promoting Well-Being,and edited and co-edited 10 books includingHumanistic ethics in the Age of Globality,Banking with Integrity: The Winners of the Financial Crisis?andCase Studies in Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainability.He has received numerous awards such as the 2014Academy of ManagementBest Paper Award,[7]the 2018 Academy of Management Best Book Award,[8]and the 2019 Association of Jesuit Universities Book Award.[9]

Pirson is a full member of theClub of Rome[10]and Editor-in-Chief of theHumanistic Management Journal.[11]

Education and early career

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Pirson earned a Bachelor of Arts in economics from theUniversity of Erlangen–Nuernbergin 1996, and later obtained a Master ofPublic Administration(Diplome de Sciences Po) from theInstitute of Political Sciences,Strasbourg,Francein 1997 and a Master ofBusiness Administrationfrom the University of Erlangen-Nuernberg andIndiana Universityin 1999. In 2005, he founded Humanet, a humanistic management research network, and is the Founder and President of the International Humanistic Management Association (IHMA).[4]He received a Ph.D. inOrganizational Behaviorin 2007 from theUniversity of St. Gallen,Switzerland, and in 2009, completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Organizational Behavior atHarvard University.Concurrently, he began his academic career as a lecturer atHarvard University Extension Schoolfrom 2007 to 2010 and an assistant professor atFordham Universityin 2008.[1]

Career

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Pirson became an associate professor atFordham Universityin 2013, and has been the full Professor for Global Sustainability and Social Entrepreneurship since 2020.[1]He was appointed Distinguished Fellow atCase Western Universityfrom 2016 to 2018,[12]and aResearch FellowatHarvard University Psychology Departmentfrom 2008 to 2018, where he serves as aResearch Associateat Harvard University's Human Flourishing Program (HFP).[2]

Pirson has been theJames A.F. StonerEndowed Chair in Global Sustainability at Fordham University since 2023.[1]

Pirson was an Advisor to 3 NGO start-ups including CorpRate, Ibility, and Live it Adventure. In 2008, he was appointed Advisor to the 4th Sector Network to prepare proposals for policy change, and later to theOECD, Better Life Initiative.Additionally, he also worked as a Special Issue Editor for theJournal of Business Ethics,Human Systems ManagementandBusiness Ethics Quarterly,[13]along with being an Editor of theHumanism in BusinessSeries[14]and theHumanistic ManagementBook Series.[15]He is a member of the Wellbeing Economy Alliance Steering Committee, a Full Member of theClub of Rome,[10]and the Editor-in-Chief of theHumanistic Management Journal.[11]

Awards and honors

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  • 2014 – Best Paper Award, Academy of Management[7]
  • 2018 – Best Book Award, Academy of Management[8]
  • 2019 – Book Award, Association of Jesuit Universities[9]

Bibliography

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Selected books

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  • Case Studies in Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainability: The oikos collection Vol. 2(2011) ISBN 9781906093471
  • Humanistic Ethics in the Age of Globality(2011) ISBN 9780230273276
  • Banking with Integrity: The Winners of the Financial Crisis?(2012) ISBN 9780230289956
  • Humanistic Management: Protecting Dignity and Promoting Well-Being(2017) ISBN 9781316613719
  • Dignity and the Organization (Humanism in Business Series)(2017) ISBN 9781137555618
  • Love and Organization: Lessons of Love for Human Dignity, Leadership and Motivation(2022) ISBN 9781032183190

Selected articles

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  • Dierksmeier, C., & Pirson, M. (2009). Oikonomia versus chrematistike: Learning from Aristotle about the future orientation of business management. Journal of Business Ethics, 88, 417–430.
  • Pirson, M. A., & Lawrence, P. R. (2010). Humanism in business–towards a paradigm shift?. Journal of business ethics, 93, 553–565.
  • Pirson, M., & Malhotra, D. (2011). Foundations of organizational trust: What matters to different stakeholders?. Organization science, 22(4), 1087–1104.
  • Pirson, M., & Turnbull, S. (2011). Corporate governance, risk management, and the financial crisis: An information processing view. Corporate Governance: An International Review, 19(5), 459–470.
  • Pirson, M., Langer, E. J., Bodner, T., & Zilcha-Mano, S. (2012). The development and validation of the Langer mindfulness scale-enabling a socio-cognitive perspective of mindfulness in organizational contexts. Fordham University Schools of Business Research Paper.
  • Pirson, M., Piedmont, R. L., Nagy, N., & Hicks, D. (2023). Establishing a Dignity Scale-Measuring Intrinsic Value within Social Contexts. Humanistic Management Journal, 1–16.

References

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  1. ^abcd"Michael Pirson | Fordham".www.fordham.edu.
  2. ^ab"Michael Pirson".hfh.fas.harvard.edu.
  3. ^"About | Humanistic Leadership Academy".humanisticleadershipacademy.org.
  4. ^ab"Michael Pirson – International Humanistic Management Association".humanisticmanagement.international.
  5. ^"2023".UNPRME.
  6. ^"Michael Pirson".scholar.google.com.
  7. ^abCurry, Claire (April 28, 2014)."Prof. Michael Pirson receives best paper award".
  8. ^ab"SIM Best Book Award - Social Issues Management".sim.aom.org.
  9. ^ab"2019 Alpha Sigma Nu Book Award Winners Announced | Alpha Sigma Nu".www.alphasigmanu.org.
  10. ^ab"Pirson, Michael".Club of Rome.
  11. ^ab"Humanistic Management Journal".SpringerLink.
  12. ^"Michael Pirson | Fowler Center | Case Western Reserve University".case.edu.October 13, 2022.
  13. ^Pirson, Michael; Dierksmeier, Claus; Goodpaster, Kenneth (April 9, 2014)."Human Dignity and Business".Business Ethics Quarterly.24(2): 307–309.doi:10.1017/S1052150X00006102– via Cambridge University Press.
  14. ^"Humanism in Business Series | Book titles in this series".SpringerLink.
  15. ^"Humanistic Management - Book Series - Routledge & CRC Press".www.routledge.com.
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