About Me

I'm a (tenured) Associate Professor at HEC Paris  in the Management and Human Resources department.

Contact: HEC Paris, 1 rue de la libération, Jouy-en-Josas, France | jourdan@hec.fr | @julien_jourdan | LinkedIN

I am an Associate Professor (with tenure) of Management and Human Resources at HEC Paris. I teach management and leadership in the PhD, MSc, and MBA programs.

My research focuses on reputation, legitimacy, and other social evaluations of organizations. I examine how a) stakeholders evaluate organizations in institutionally complex environments and b) how these evaluations shape organizational conduct, governance, strategy, and performance. My work is published (or forthcoming) in academic journals including American Journal of Sociology, Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, and Strategy Science.

***Check my latest papers in AMJ [preprint] and Organization Science paper [open access ]***

I was awarded the HEC Best Dissertation prize and was finalist for the Grigor McClelland Dissertation, Industry Studies Association, and AoM International Dissertation awards. My 2018 article on the consequences of scandals on organizational competition was finalist for Academy of Management Journal Best Paper.

I previously held academic positions at Imperial College London, Università Bocconi, and PSL-Paris Dauphine (CV). A former finance executive at a major film studio, I have retained a strong interest in creative industries.