College of Business: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Professor of Business Administration and
James F. Towey Faculty Fellow

Ph.D., Psychology (Organizational), University of Michigan, 1994
M.A., Psychology (Organizational), University of Michigan, 1990
B.A., Summa Cum Laude, Psychology, University of Dayton, 1988

Professor, Department of Business Administration, University of Illinois, 2007 - Present
Associate Professor of Business Administration, University of Illinois, 2001 - Present
Assistant Professor of Business Administration, University of Illinois, 1994 - Present

Fiol, C., Pratt, M., O'Connor, E. Forthcoming. Managing Intractable Identity Conflicts. Academy of Management Review

Elsbach, K., Pratt, M. 2008. The Physical Environment in Organizations. In The Academy of Management ANNALS (Volume 1), 181-224. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum & Associates.

Pratt, M. 2008. Fitting Oval Pegs into Round Holes: Tensions in Evaluating and Publishing Qualitative Research in Top-Tier North American Journals. Organizational Research Methods, 11: 481-509

Pratt, M. 2008. Is Identity in and of Organizations just a Passing Fad?. In Daved Barry and Hans Hansen (Ed.), The Sage Handbook of New and Emerging in Management & Organization Studies, 66-67. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications.

Pratt, M. 2007. Identification. In S. Clegg J. Bailey (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies, Volume 2., 627-630. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Pratt, M., Dirks, K. 2007. Rebuilding Trust and Restoring Positive Relationships: A Commitment Based View of Trust. In J. Dutton and B. Baggins (Ed.), Exploring Positive Relationships at Work: Building a Theoretical and Research Foundation, 117-136. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Gunsalus, C., Bruner, E., Burbules, N., Dash, L., Finkin, M., Goldberg, J., Greenough, W., Miller, G., Pratt, M., Iriye, M., Aronson, D. 2007. Illinois White Paper - Improving the System for Protecting Human Subjects: Counteracting IRB "Mission Creep". Qualitative Inquiry, 13: 617-649

Rockmann, K., Pratt, M., Northcraft, G. 2007. "Divided Loyalties:" Determinants of Identification in Inter-Organizational Teams. Small Group Research, 38: 727-751

Dane, E. , Pratt, M. 2007. Exploring intuition and its role in managerial decision-making. Academy of Management Review, 32: 33-54

Cooper, D., Doucet, L., Pratt, M. 2007. Understanding "appropriateness" in multinational corporations. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 28: 303-325

Corley, K., Harquail, C., Pratt, M., Glynn, M., Fiol, C., Hatch, M. 2006. Guiding Organizational Identity through Aged Adolescence. Journal of Management Inquiry, 15: 85-99

Brown, T., Dacin, P., Pratt, M., Whetten, D. 2006. Identity, intended image, construed image, and reputation: An interdisciplinary framework and suggested methodology. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 34: 95-106

Cardador, M. , Pratt, M. 2006. Identification management and its bases: Bridging management and marketing perspectives through a focus on affiliation dimensions. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 34: 174-184

Gunsalus, C., Bruner, E., Burbules, N., Dash, L., Finkin, M., Goldberg, J., Greenough, W., Miller, G., Pratt, M. 2006. Mission Creep in the IRB World (Editorial). Science, 312: 1141

Pratt, M., Rockmann, K., Kaufmann, J. 2006. Constructing professional identity: The role of work and identity learning cycles in the customization of identity among medical professionals. Academy of Management Journal, 49: 235-262

Rafaeli, A., Pratt, M. 2006. Artifacts and Organizations: Beyond Mere Symbolism. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books.

James F. Towey Fellow, College of Business, UIUC, 2006 to present
Incomplete List of Excellent Teachers, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1995-2007
“The Best Lecturer” Award, UIUC-University of Warsaw Executive MBA Program, University of Warsaw, 2006

Associate Editor, Academy of Management Journal, Present
Guest Editor, Organizational Research Methods, Present
Outgoing Divsion Chair for the Managerial and Organizational Cognition Division, Academy of Management, 2007-Present
Associate Editor, Journal of Management Inquiry, 2005-Present
Board Member, Administrative Science Quarterly, 2003-2007
Board Member, Academy of Management Journal, 1999-2007
Board Member, Organization Research Methods, 1998-2007
Board Member, Organizational Science, 1999-2005

Teaches courses in organizational behavior, human resource management, and qualitative methods.

Research focuses on organizational culture and symbolism, the management and consequences of conflicting ideologies and identities, organizational attachment, organizational sensemaking / meaning-making, and intuitive decision-making.