College of Business: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Associate Professor of Business Administration

Moore, J., Kraatz, M. 2011. Governance Form and Organizational Adaptation: Lessons from the Savings and Loan Industry in the 1980s. Organization Science, 22: 850-868

Kraatz, M., Ventresca, M., Deng, L. 2010. Precarious Values and Mundane Innovations: Enrollment Management in American Liberal Arts Colleges. Academy of Management Journal, 53: 1521-1545

Love, E. , Kraatz, M. 2009. Character, Conformity, or the Bottom Line: How and Why Downsizing Affected Corporate Reputation. Academy of Management Journal, 52: 314-335

Kraatz, M., Moore, J. 2002. Executive Migration and Institutional Change. Academy of Management Journal, 45: 120-143

Kraatz, M., Zajac, E. 2001. How organizational resources affect strategic change and performance in turbulent environments: Theory and evidence. Organization Science, 12: 632-657

Zajac, E., Kraatz, M., Bresser, R. 2000. Modeling the dynamics of strategic fit: A normaitive approach to strategic change. Strategic Management Journal, 21: 429-455

Kraatz, M. 1998. Learning by Association? Interorganizational networks and adaptation to environmental change. Academy of Management Journal, 41: 621-643

Kraatz, M., Zajac, E. 1996. Exploring the limits of the new institutionalism: The causes and consequences of illegitimate organizational change. American Sociological Review, 61: 812-836

Robinson, S., Kraatz, M., Rousseau, D. 1994. Changing obligations and the psychological contract: A longitudinal study. Academy of Management Journal, 37: 137-152

Zajac, E., Kraatz, M. 1993. A diametric forces model of strategic change: Assessing the antecedents and consequences of restructuring in the higher education industry. Strategic Management Journal, 14: 83-102

Kraatz, M. Forthcoming. Leadership as Institutional Work: A Bridge to the Other Side. In Tom Lawrence, Roy Suddaby, Bernard Leca (Ed.), Institutional Work: Actors and Agency in Institutional Studies of Organization. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.

Pratt, M., Kraatz, M. 2009. E Pluribus Unum: Multiple Identities and the Organizational Self. In Jane Dutton, Laura Morgan Roberts (Ed.), Exploring Positive Identities and Organizations, 385-410. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum & Associates.

Kraatz, M., Block, E. 2008. Organizational Implications of Institutional Plurism. In R. Greenwood, C. Oliver, R. Suddaby & K. Sahlin-Andersson (Ed.), Handbook of Organizational Institutionalism, 243-275. London: Sage Publications.

Robinson, S., Kraatz, M. 1998. Constructing the reality of normative behavior: The use of neutralization strategies by deviant individuals and organizations. In Dysfunctional Behavior in Organizations, 203-220. Stamford, CT: JAI Press.

Bednar, M. , Love, E. , Kraatz, M. 2011. The Reputational Impact of Corporate Governance: The Case of Poison PillsAcademy of Management Best Paper Proceedings

Love, E. , Kraatz, M. 2005. How do firms’ actions influence corporate reputation? The case of downsizing at large U.S. firmsAcademy of Management Best Paper Proceedings

Kraatz, M., Broschak, J., Shah, N. 2002. Institutional diffusion across contested terrain: The spread of women's intercollegiate sports, 1973-1999Academy of Management Best Papers

Kraatz, M., Moore, J. 1998. Executive migration and institutional changeAcademy of Management Best Papers

Kraatz, M. 1995. The role of interorganizational networks in shaping strategic adaptation: Evidence from liberal arts collegesAcademy of Management Best Papers, 246-250

Bednar, M. , Love, E. , Kraatz, M. 2013. The reputational impact of corporate governance: The case of poison pillsBYU-Utah Strategy Conference, Salt Lake City.

Kraatz, M., Love, E. 2012. Stakeholder Expectation Violations and Corporate Reputation: Theory and EvidenceOxford Univ. Reputation Centre Annual Conference

Bednar, M. , Love, E. , Kraatz, M. 2011. The Reputational Impact of Corporate Governance: The Case of Poison PillsAcademy of Management Annual Meeting, San Antonio.

Bednar, M. , Love, E. , Kraatz, M. 2011. The reputational impact of corporate governance: The case of poison pillsMidwest Strategy Meetings (Purdue University), Lafayette.

Love, E. , Kraatz, M. 2008. Do what you say you will do: The Relationship between Performance Changes, Earnings Expectations, and Corporate ReputationAcademy of Management Annual Meeting, Anaheim.

Kraatz, M., Ventresca, M. 2003. Toward the market-driven university? The spread of the enrollment mangement structure through American higher education, 1975-1998Scancor Conference on Universities and the Production of Knowledge, Palo Alto.

Shah, N., Kraatz, M. 2003. Change in institutionalized hiring practices: The breakdown of the no-lateral hiring norm among large corporate law firms, 1976-1990European Group for Organizational Studies Colloquium, Copenhagen.

Kraatz, M., Broschak, J., Shah, N. 2002. Institutional Diffusion across Contested Terrain: The Slow and Uneven Spread of Women's Intercollegiate Sports, 1973-1998Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Denver.

Kraatz, M., Broschak, J., Shah, N. 2002. Institutional diffusion across contested terrain: The spread of women's intercollegiate sports, 1973-1999Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Denver.

Kraatz, M., Ventresca, M. 2002. Toward the market-driven university? The spread of the enrollment management structure through American higher education, 1975-1998European Group for Organizational Studies, Barcelona.

Moore, J., Kraatz, M. 2001. Shared Law Firms and the Diffusion of Competitive Practices within the Illinois Savings and Loan IndustryAcademy of Management Annual Meeting, Washington.

Kraatz, M., Shah, N., Broschak, J. 2000. Responses to Gender Equity Legislation in Division I Athletics: A 'New-New' Institutional AccountInstitutions, Conflict and Change Research Workshop: Theory, Research Strategies, Research Designs, Evanston.

Shah, N., Kraatz, M. 2000. Personnel migration and the diffusion of the 'mega-law' firmAcademy of Management Annual Meeting, Toronto.

Shah, N., Kraatz, M. 1999. Personnel migration and the diffusion of the 'mega-law' firmCCOR Conference on Interorganizational Relationships, Austin.

Ventresca, M., Kraatz, M. 1999. Institutional Change: The sources of new models and forms in U.S. Colleges and UniversitiesAcademy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago.

Kraatz, M. 1998. The role of elites in institutional change processesCCOR Conference on Strategic Adaptation, Evanston.

Kraatz, M. 1998. Empirical and conceptual issues in the study of institutional change processesAcademy of Management Annual Meeting, San Diego.

Kraatz, M. 1998. The Guts of InstitutionsMiniconference on Institutions, Conflict and Change, Evanston.

Kraatz, M., Moore, J. 1998. Executive Migration and Institutional ChangesAcademy of Management Annual Meeting, San Diego.

Kraatz, M., Zajac, E. 1997. How organizational resources affect strategic change and performance in turbulent environments: Theory and evidenceAcademy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston.

Kraatz, M., Zajac, E. 1997. How organizational resources affect strategic change and performance in turbulent environments: Theory and evidenceMini-conference honoring Ned Bowman, Philadelphia.

Zajac, E., Kraatz, M., Bresser, R. 1997. Modeling the dynamics of strategic fit29th Annual International Conference of Strategic Management Society Conference

Kraatz, M. 1996. Political interest, executive power and organizational adaptation: A dynamic analysisAcademy of Management Annual Meeting, Cincinnati.

Kraatz, M. 1995. A Contingency Model of the Succession-Adaptation Relationship29th Annual International Conference of Strategic Management Society Conference, Mexico City.

Kraatz, M. 1995. Organizational Justification for Illegitimate ChangeAcademy of Management Annual Meeting, Vancouver.

Kraatz, M. 1995. The Role of Interorganizational Networks in Shaping Strategic Adaptation: Evidence from Liberal Arts CollegesAcademy of Management Annual Meeting, Vancouver.

Zajac, E., Kraatz, M., Bresser, R. 1994. Building Normative Models of Strategic Change: Evidence from the Savings and Loan IndustryAcademy of Management Annual Meeting, Dallas.

Kraatz, M. 1993. Integrating 'S. and W.' into 'O.T.' Approaches to Strategic Change: The Role of Firm Resources in Shaping Strategic Change under Conditions of Environmental Turbulence29th Annual International Conference of Strategic Management Society Conference, Chicago.

Kraatz, M., Garet, M. 1992. Resolving the Ambiguity of Leadership in Higher Education: A Study of Presidential Succession and Organizational OutcomesAssociation for the Study of Higher Education, Minneapolis.

Kraatz, M., Zajac, E. 1992. The Open Cage of Isomorphism? Organizational Change in a Strong Institutional EnvironmentThe Institute of Management Sciences/Operations Research Society of America, Orlando.

Kraatz, M., Zajac, E. 1992. Invisible Hand or Iron Cage? Market and Institutional Influences on Organizational ChangeAcademy of Management Annual Meeting, Las Vegas.

Rousseau, D., Robinson, S., Kraatz, M. 1992. The Psychological Contracts of Organizational Newcomers: Their Development, Violation and ResolutionAnnual Meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Montreal.

Zajac, E., Kraatz, M. 1992. Antecedents and Consequences of Restructuring in the Higher Education Industry29th Annual International Conference of Strategic Management Society Conference, Philadelphia.