College of Business: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Associate Professor of Business Administration and
Center for Professional Responsibility Fellow of Business Administration

Ph.D., Sociology, Harvard University, 1999
M.A., Sociology, Harvard University, 1996
A.M., Economics, University of Barcelona, 1992
Diploma in Business Analysis, Business, University of Lancaster, 1990

Associate Professor, College of Buisness and ILIR, University of Illinois, 2006 - Present
Law Professor (Courtesy Appointment), UIUC Law School, 2006 - Present
Associate Professor of Sociology (Courtesy Appointment), University of Illinois, 2006 - Present
Assistant Professor, University of Illinois, 1999-2006
Visiting Scholar, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), 2003
Fellow, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fur Sozialforschung, 1998-1999
Visiting Scholar, Juan March Institute, 1996
Visiting Researcher, Universita Luigi Bocconi, 1996

Vadera, A. , Aguilera, R., Caza, B. Forthcoming. Making sense of whistle-blowing’s antecedents: Learning from research on identity and ethics programs. Business Ethics Quarterly

Bucheli, M. , Aguilera, R. Forthcoming. Political survival, energy policies, and multinational corporations: A historical study for Standard Oil of New Jersey in Colombia, Mexico, and Venezuela in the Twentieth century. Management International Review

Aguilera, R., Vadera, A. Forthcoming. Law & capitalism: What corporate crises reveal about legal systems and economic development around the world, by C. J. Milhaupt and K. Pistor (book review). Political Science Quarterly

Aguilera, R., Cuervo-Cazurra, A. Forthcoming. Codes of Good Governance. Corporate Governance: An International Review

Rupp, D., Williams, C., Aguilera, R. Forthcoming. Increasing Corporate Social Responsibility through Stakeholder Value Internalization (and the Catalyzing Effect of New Governance): An Application of Organizational Justice, Self-Determination, and So. In M. Schminke (Ed.), Managerial Ethics: Managing the Psychology of Morality. New York: Routledge.

Williams, C., Aguilera, R. Forthcoming. The Effect of Ownership Structure on Corporate Performance. BYU Law Review

Aguilera, R., Cuervo-Cazurra, A., Kim, S. 2009. Taking Stock of Research on Codes of Good Governance. In F. Lopez (Ed.), Codes of Corporate Governance Around the World.. New York Nova Publications.

Aguilera, R., Choi, S. 2009. A Comparative Analysis of CSR in Japan and Korea from a Multiple Stakeholders' Perspectives. In Christine Mallin (Ed.), Corporate Social Responsibility: A Case Study Approach. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishers.

Aguilera, R. 2009. A Comparative Analysis of Corporate Governance Systems in Latin America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Venezuela. In R. McGee (Ed.), Corporate Governance in Developing Countries. New York: Springer Publications.

Vadera, A. , Aguilera, R. 2009. The role of IHRM in the formulation and implementation of ethics programs in multinational enterprises. In P. Sparrow (Ed.), Handbook on International Human Resource Management Research: Integrating People, Process and Context., 413-438. New York: Wiley Publishing.

Aguilera, R., Filatotchev, I., Gospel, H., Jackson, G. 2008. Contingencies, Complementarities, and Costs in Corporate Governance Models. Organization Science, 19: 475-492

Jeong, D., Aguilera, R. 2008. The Evolution of Enterprise Unionism in Japan: A Socio-Political Perspective. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 46: 98-132

Li, Y., Aguilera, R. 2008. Target Director Turnover in Acquisitions: A Conceptual Framework. Corporate Governance: An International Review, 16: 492-503

Aguilera, R., Vadera, A. 2008. The dark side of authority: Antecedents, mechanisms, and outcomes of organizational corruption. Journal of Business Ethics, 77: 431-449

Vaaler, P., Aguilera, R., Flores, R. 2007. New methods for ex post evaluation of regional grouping schemes in international business research: A simulated annealing approach. In David J. Ketchen Donald D. Bergh (Ed.), Research Methodology in Strategy and Management, 161-190. Kidlington, UK: Elsevier Science Publishers.

Vaaler, P., James, B., Aguilera, R. 2007. Risk and Capital Structure in Asian Project Finance. Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Aguilera, R., Rupp, D., Williams, C., Ganapathi, J. 2007. Putting the S Back in CSR: A Multi-level Theory of Social Change in Organizations. Academy of Management Review, 32: 836-863

Flores, R. , Aguilera, R. 2007. Globalization and Location Choice: An Analysis Of Us Multinational Firms in 1980 and 2000. Journal of International Business Studies, 38: 1187-1210

Aguilera, R. 2007. Translating Theoretical Logics across Borders: Organizational Characteristics, Structural Mechanisms and Contextual Factors in International Alliances.. Journal of International Business Studies

Aguilera, R., Flores, R. , Vaaler, P. 2007. Is It All a Matter of Grouping? Examining the Regional Effect in Global Strategy. In Stephen Tallman (Ed.), International Strategic Management: A New Generation, 209-228. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar.

Incomplete List of Teachers Rated Excellent, University of Illinois, 1999-2006
Best Paper Prize, Centre for Corporate Governance Research, University of Birmingham and Blackwell Publishing, 2005

Editorial Board, Corporate Governance: International Review, 2007-2008
Editorial Board, Academy of Management Review, 2006-2007
Faculty Advisory Committee, Center for Professional Responsibility, 2006-2007
Editorial Board, Journal of International Business Studies, 2005-2007
Editorial Board, Organization Studies, 2005-2007
Editorial Board, Journal of Asia Entrepreneurship and Sustainability, 2004-2007
Board of Directors, European Union Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002-2007
Board of Directors, Center for Human Resource Management , University of Illinois at Chicago and University of Illinois at Urbana, 2003-2006
Board Member, Revista de Empresa, 2002-2006

Research interests include Comparative Corporate Governance; Institutional Analysis; Inter-organizational Networks; Organizational Studies; Economic Sociology; Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions.

Teaching interests include International Business/Management; Global Strategy; Comparative and Cross-cultural Management; Network Analysis; Comparative Employment Systems.