Michael A. Pirson

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Michael A. Pirson
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 the

Social Entrepreneurship at Fordham University,[1] while also being a Research Associate at Harvard 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 the United Nations Principles for Responsible Management Education (UNPRME).[5]

Pirson is known for his research on humanistic management, psychological and social psychological work on individual differences in

higher education in positive change-making and social innovation.[6] He has authored and co-authored multiple research articles, a book titled Humanistic Management: Protecting Dignity and Promoting Well-Being, and edited and co-edited 10 books including Humanistic ethics in the Age of Globality, Banking with Integrity: The Winners of the Financial Crisis? and Case Studies in Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainability. He has received numerous awards such as the 2014 Academy of Management Best 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 the Club of Rome[10] and Editor-in-Chief of the Humanistic Management Journal.[11]

Education and early career

Pirson earned a Bachelor of Arts in economics from the

Harvard University Extension School from 2007 to 2010 and an assistant professor at Fordham University in 2008.[1]

Career

Pirson became an associate professor at

Research Associate at Harvard University's Human Flourishing Program (HFP).[2]

Pirson has been the James A.F. Stoner Endowed 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 the OECD, Better Life Initiative. Additionally, he also worked as a Special Issue Editor for the Journal of Business Ethics, Human Systems Management and Business Ethics Quarterly,[13] along with being an Editor of the Humanism in Business Series[14] and the Humanistic Management Book Series.[15] He is a member of the Wellbeing Economy Alliance Steering Committee, a Full Member of the Club of Rome,[10] and the Editor-in-Chief of the Humanistic Management Journal.[11]

Awards and honors

  • 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

Selected books

  • 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

  • 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

  1. ^ a b c d "Michael Pirson | Fordham". www.fordham.edu.
  2. ^ a b "Michael Pirson". hfh.fas.harvard.edu.
  3. ^ "About | Humanistic Leadership Academy". humanisticleadershipacademy.org.
  4. ^ a b "Michael Pirson – International Humanistic Management Association". humanisticmanagement.international.
  5. ^ "2023". UNPRME.
  6. ^ "Michael Pirson". scholar.google.com.
  7. ^ a b Curry, Claire (April 28, 2014). "Prof. Michael Pirson receives best paper award".
  8. ^ a b "SIM Best Book Award - Social Issues Management". sim.aom.org.
  9. ^ a b "2019 Alpha Sigma Nu Book Award Winners Announced | Alpha Sigma Nu". www.alphasigmanu.org.
  10. ^ a b "Pirson, Michael". Club of Rome.
  11. ^ a b "Humanistic Management Journal". SpringerLink.
  12. ^ "Michael Pirson | Fowler Center | Case Western Reserve University". case.edu. October 13, 2022.
  13. 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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