American management science scholar
Ruth V. Aguilera is a Boston -based management science scholar , known by the wider public for her research on the monitoring and transformation of global corporate governance to enhance global business performance . She is the Distinguished Darla and Frederick Brodsky Trustee Professor in Global Business at the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University , as well as a visiting professor at ESADE Business School in her hometown, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] She is an active university teacher and academic editor, and a prolific author of several hundred papers, many of which have been awarded top distinctions.[ 5]
She holds degrees in economics (BBA) and business administration (MA, 1992) from the University of Barcelona, Spain.[ 7] She obtained her master's (AM, 1996) and PhD (1999) degrees in sociology from Harvard University.[ 8] Her doctoral thesis is titled "Elites, Corporations, and the Wealth of Nations".[ 8]
After completion of her doctorate, she began academic work as a faculty fellow at the College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she remained as a tenured professor until 2014.[ 9] In 2014-15, she was a professor at the Business School, National University of Singapore .[ 10] Since 2015, she has been a distinguished professor at the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University .[ 5] Concurrently, since 2020, she has been a visiting professor at the Department of Strategy and General Management, Esade Business School , Universitat Ramon Llull , in Barcelona , Catalonia, Spain .[ 6]
She has been an active editor in many academic journals,[ 5] [ 6] [ 11] including Academy of Management Review , Academy of Management Perspectives , Administrative Science Quarterly , Business Ethics: A European Review , Corporate governance: An International Review , Global Strategy Journal , Journal of International Business Studies , Journal of Management and Governance, Management International Review , Organization Science , Organization Studies , Organization Theory , Oxford Handbooks/Oxford Research Reviews , Strategic Management Journal , and Strategy Insights.
She has successively been inducted as a Fellow of the Academy of International Business (2016),[ 11] a Fellow of the Strategic Management Society (2018),[ 12] and a Fellow of the Academy of Management (2022).[ 13]
Her most cited papers are:
Aguilera, Ruth V.; Jackson, Gregory (2003). "The Cross-National Diversity of Corporate Governance: Dimensions and Determinants". Academy of Management Review . 28 (3): 447–465. doi :10.5465/amr.2003.10196772 .[ 14] Cited 2970 times (March 2024).[ 15] Aguilera, Ruth V.; Cuervo-Cazurra, Alvaro (2004). "Codes of Good Governance Worldwide: What is the Trigger?". Organization Studies . 25 (3): 415–443. doi :10.1177/0170840604040669.[ 16] Cited 1160 times (March 2024).[ 15]
Rupp, Deborah E.; Ganapathi, Jyoti; Aguilera, Ruth V.; Williams, Cynthia A. (2006). "Employee reactions to corporate social responsibility: an organizational justice framework". Journal of Organizational Behavior . 27 (4): 537–543. doi :10.1002/job.380.[ 17] Cited 1387 times (March 2024).[ 15] Aguilera, Ruth V.; Rupp, Deborah E.; Williams, Cynthia A.; Ganapathi, Jyoti (2007). "Putting the S back in corporate social responsibility: A multilevel theory of social change in organizations". Academy of Management Review . 32 (3): 836–863. doi :10.5465/amr.2007.25275678.[ 18] Cited 4841 times (March 2024).[ 15] Federowicz, Michał; Aguilera, Ruth V., eds. (2003). Corporate Governance in a Changing Economic and Political Environment . London: Palgrave Macmillan UK. doi :10.1057/9780230286191. ISBN 978-1-349-51500-4 .[ 19] She has authored many book chapters whose title list may be reached on Researchgate.[ 20]
^ "Sack non-executive directors to force investors to do their job" . www.ft.com . Retrieved 2024-03-15 .
^ Boivie, Steven; Bednar, Michael; Andrus, Joel (2016-05-10). "Boards Aren't the Right Way to Monitor Companies" . Harvard Business Review . ISSN 0017-8012 . Retrieved 2024-03-15 .
^ Fernández, David (2017-06-01). "Consejos con palos en las ruedas" . El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582 . Retrieved 2024-03-15 .
^ "How Sovereign Wealth Funds Improve Firms' Corporate Governance" . Forbes . Retrieved 2024-03-15 .
^ a b c d "Ruth V. Aguilera" . D'Amore-McKim School of Business . Retrieved 2024-03-18 .
^ a b c "Aguilera Vaqués, Ruth" . www.esade.edu/ .
^ "Donors – Alumni FEE" . Retrieved 2024-03-18 .
^ a b "HARVARD UNIVERSITY - Department of Sociology - Doctorates in Sociology" (PDF) . harvard.edu . 2014.
^ "Ruth Aguilera | Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University" . business.rice.edu . Retrieved 2024-03-18 .
^ Sea-Jin, Chang (Feb 24, 2015). "Director's Message" (PDF) . bschool.nus.edu.sg . Retrieved 2024-03-18 .
^ a b "AIB Fellows: Ruth Aguilera" . Academy of International Business (AIB) . Retrieved 2024-03-18 .
^ "SMS Fellows" . www.strategicmanagement.net/ . Retrieved 2024-03-18 .
^ "Seventeen Inducted Into AOM Fellows for 2022" . AOM_CMS . Retrieved 2024-03-18 .
^ Aguilera, Ruth V.; Jackson, Gregory (2003-07-01). "The Cross-National Diversity of Corporate Governance: Dimensions and Determinants" . Academy of Management Review . 28 (3): 447–465. doi :10.5465/amr.2003.10196772 . ISSN 0363-7425 .
^ a b c d "Ruth V. Aguilera" . scholar.google.es . Retrieved 2024-03-16 .
^ Aguilera, Ruth V.; Cuervo-Cazurra, Alvaro (2004-03-01). "Codes of Good Governance Worldwide: What is the Trigger?" . Organization Studies . 25 (3): 415–443. doi :10.1177/0170840604040669 . ISSN 0170-8406 .
^ Rupp, Deborah E.; Ganapathi, Jyoti; Aguilera, Ruth V.; Williams, Cynthia A. (2006-06-01). "Employee reactions to corporate social responsibility: an organizational justice framework" . Journal of Organizational Behavior . 27 (4): 537–543. doi :10.1002/job.380 . ISSN 0894-3796 .
^ Aguilera, Ruth V.; Rupp, Deborah E.; Williams, Cynthia A.; Ganapathi, Jyoti (2007-07-01). "Putting the S back in corporate social responsibility: A multilevel theory of social change in organizations" . Academy of Management Review . 32 (3): 836–863. doi :10.5465/amr.2007.25275678 . hdl :2142/1768 . ISSN 0363-7425 .
^ Federowicz, Michał; Aguilera, Ruth V., eds. (2003). Corporate Governance in a Changing Economic and Political Environment . London: Palgrave Macmillan UK. doi :10.1057/9780230286191 . ISBN 978-1-349-51500-4 .
^ "Ruth V. Aguilera - Publications" . www.researchgate.net .