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Jesper B. Sørensen received his AB from Harvard College and his PhD in Sociology from Stanford University. He is currently the Robert A. and Elizabeth R. Jeffe Professor and Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and Professor in the Department of Sociology (by courtesy). Prior to working at Stanford, Professor Sørensen was at the University of Notre Dame (1995-1996), the University of Chicago (1996-2000), and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2000-2006). Professor Sørensen is a sociologist who specializes in studying the dynamics of both organizations and careers, with work that covers a wide range of topics ranging from firm performance to social inequality. For example, his work has touched on: a) how firm characteristics (e.g., organizational age, corporate culture, incentive systems) influence organizational learning and performance; b) the impact of career experiences on turnover rates and workplace diversity, as well as firm outcomes; c) the influence of local corporate demography on promotion chances and income inequality; d) the micro-structure of social class in the United States; and e) the influence of the work environment on individual rates of entrepreneurship. Currently teaching
GSBGEN 697: Research Fellows Practicum
(Autumn, Winter, Spring, Summer)
OB 691: PhD Directed Reading (Autumn, Winter, Spring, Summer) OB 698: Doctoral Practicum in Teaching (Autumn, Winter, Spring, Summer) OB 692: PhD Dissertation Research (Autumn, Winter, Spring, Summer) OB 699: Doctoral Practicum in Research (Autumn, Winter, Spring, Summer) GSBGEN 390: Individual Research (Autumn, Winter, Spring) |