John
Almandoz

Professor of Managing People in Organizations

Juan Antonio Perez Lopez Chair

• PhD in Organizational Behavior, Harvard University
• MA in Sociology, Harvard University
• MBA, Southern Methodist University
• BA in Economics, University of Dallas

John Almandoz is a Professor in the Department of Managing People in Organizations. He is the holder of the Juan Antonio Perez Lopez Chair. His background includes experience in actuarial consulting, corporate banking, and the management of non-profit organizations. He earned a joint PhD in Organizational Behavior and a master's degree in Sociology from Harvard Business School/Harvard University and an MBA from Southern Methodist University's Cox School of Business.

He has published in prestigious journals such as the Academy of Management Journal and the Administrative Science Quarterly and participates in research in entrepreneurship, institutions, and top management teams and boards of directors. His dissertation focused on the strategic and entrepreneurial implications of community and financial missions in the founding teams of local banks.

He is a reviewer for the Academy of Management Conference and ad-hoc reviewer for the Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, Organization Studies and other journals. He has presented papers at various international conferences and seminars, including at Harvard, MIT, Oxford, and the Academy of Management. He is a member of the Academy of Management, American Sociology Association, and the European Group of Organizational Studies.

Almandoz teaches courses in the MBA, Executive MBA, and Global Executive MBA programs on leadership and organizational behavior, and self-management.

He is based at IESE's New York campus.

Areas of interest.

• Institutional logics
• Social entrepreneurship
• Corporate governance
• Meaningful work and purpose
• Leadership

 

Publications

Journal Articles (refereed)

ALMANDOZ, J. (2023). Inside-out and outside-in perspectives on corporate purpose. Strategy Science, 8 (2), 121-321. doi:https://doi.org/10.1287/stsc.2023.0180. YAN, S., ALMANDOZ, J., FERRARO, F. (2021). The Impact of logic (in)compatibility. Greeninvesting, state policy, and corporate environmental performance. Administrative Science Quarterly, 66 (4), 903-944. doi:10.1177/00018392211005756. SMULOWITZ, S. J., ALMANDOZ, J. (2021). Predicting employee wrongdoing. The complementary effect of CEO option pay and the pay gap. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 162, 123-135. doi:10.1016/j.obhdp.2020.10.018. YAN, S., FERRARO, F., ALMANDOZ, J. (2019). The Rise of Socially Responsible Investment Funds: The Paradoxical Role of the Financial Logic. Administrative Science Quarterly, 64 (2), 466 - 501. doi:10.1177/0001839218773324. ALMANDOZ, J., TILCSIK, A. (2016). When Experts Become Liabilities: Domain Experts on Boards and Organizational Failure. Academy of Management Journal, 59 (4), 1124 - 1149. doi:10.5465/amj.2013.1211. ALMANDOZ, J. (2014). Founding Teams as Carriers of Competing Logics. When Institutional Forces Predict Banks' Risk Exposure. Administrative Science Quarterly, 59 (3), 442 - 473. doi:10.1177/0001839214537810. ALMANDOZ, J. (2012). Arriving at the Starting Line: The Impact of Community and Financial Logics on New Banking Ventures. Academy of Management Journal, 55 (6), 1381 - 1406. doi:10.5465/amj.2011.0361. MARQUIS, C., GUTHRIE, D., ALMANDOZ, J. (2012). State Activism and the Hidden Incentives Behind Bank Acquisitions. Social Science Research, 41 (1), 130 - 145. doi:10.1016/j.ssresearch.2011.07.001.

Proceedings

ALMANDOZ, J., TILCSIK, A. (2015). When Experts Become Liabilities: Bankers, Boards, and Bank Failures. Academy of Management Proceedings (pp. 1 - 2).

Articles in other publications

ALMANDOZ, J., LEE, Y.-T., RIBERA, A. (2018). Unleashing the Power of Purpose. 5 Steps to Transform Your Business. IESE Insight (37), pp. 44 - 51. ALMANDOZ, J., LEE, Y.-T., RIBERA, A. (2018). Cinco pasos para motivar a tus empleados. La fuerza del propósito. IESE Insight (37), pp. 44 - 51. ALMANDOZ, J., TILCSIK, A. (2016). Experts on corporate boards: more is not always better. LSE Business Review. TILCSIK, A., ALMANDOZ, J. (2016). When Having Too Many Experts on the Board Backfires. Harvard Business Review. MARQUIS, C., ALMANDOZ, J. (2014). Can an "Ethical" Bank Support Guns and Fracking? Harvard Business Review, 92 (4), pp. 123 - 127.

Books

REY, C., ALMANDOZ, J. (2021). Sense of purpose. Reflections on meaningful work. Barcelona: DPMC Foundation.

Book Chapters

ALMANDOZ, J., LEE, Y.-T. (2022). Leadership in social enterprises. A Paradigm for purpose-led organizations. In Vaccaro, A. ; Ramus, T. (Eds.), Social innovation and social enterprises (pp. 83-108). Cham: Springer International Publishing. REY, C., ALMANDOZ, J., MONTANER, A. (2019). Nurturing Personal Purpose at Work. In Carlos Rey, Miquel Bastons, Phil Sotok (Eds.), Purpose-driven Organizations: Management Ideas for a Better World (pp. 97 - 106). Basingstoke [England]: Palgrave Macmillan. REY, C., SAN CRISTOBAL, J., ALMANDOZ, J. (2019). The New Logic of Purpose Within the Organization. In Carlos Rey, Miquel Bastons, Phil Sotok (Eds.), Purpose-driven Organizations: Management Ideas for a Better World (pp. 3 - 15). Basingstoke [England]: Palgrave Macmillan. ALMANDOZ, J., MARQUIS, C., CHEELY, M. (2017). Drivers of Community Strength: An Institutional Logics Perspective on Geographical and Affiliation Based Communities. In Royston Greenwood, Christine Oliver, Thomas B. Lawrence, Renate E. Meyer (Eds.), The Sage Handbook of Organizational Institutionalism (pp. 190 - 213). Chicago: Sage Publications. ALMANDOZ, J., LEE, M., CHEELY, M. (2017). Different Shades of Green: Environment Uncertainty and the Strategies of Hybrid Organizations. In Marc-David L. Seidel and Henrich R. Greve. (Eds.) (Ed.), Emergence (pp. 31 - 67). Bingley [etc.]: Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

Cases

ALMANDOZ, J., REICHE, S., TATGE, L. (2023). American Express: Deciding on a Hybrid Work Model After the COVID-19 Crisis (A). IESE, DPO-814-E. ALMANDOZ, J., REICHE, S., TATGE, L. (2023). American Express: decidir sobre un modelo de trabajo híbrido tras la crisis de COVID-19 (A). IESE, DPO-814. ALMANDOZ, J., REICHE, S., TATGE, L. (2023). American Express: decidir sobre un modelo de trabajo híbrido tras la crisis de COVID-19 (B). IESE, DPO-815. ALMANDOZ, J., REICHE, S., TATGE, L. (2023). American Express: Deciding on a Hybrid Work Model After the COVID-19 Crisis (B). IESE, DPO-815-E. ALMANDOZ, J., CARDONA, P., CHINCHILLA, N., REY, C. (2022). El propósito de Makonsa (C). IESE, DPO-770.

Technical Notes

PIN ARBOLEDAS, J. R., ALMANDOZ, J., CHINCHILLA, N. (2023). Motivación humana en el trabajo: un paradigma para organizaciones guiadas por un propósito. IESE, DPON-361. PIN ARBOLEDAS, J. R., ALMANDOZ, J., CHINCHILLA, N. (2023). Human Motivation at Work: A Paradigm for Purpose-led Organizations. IESE, DPON-361-E.