Affiliate Faculty Profile

Jon Johnson

Professor
Walton Professorship in Sustainability

Office:  WCOB475G
Phone:  (479) 575-6227
E-mail:  jonjohn@walton.uark.edu
Vita:  download

Degrees
  • BS, University of Arkansas, Zoology, 1984
  • MBA, University of Arkansas, 1990
  • Ph.D., Indiana University, Management, 1995
Teaching Areas
• Strategic Management
• Organization Theory

Research Interests
• Corporate Governance
• Social Networks within and between organizations

Jonathan Johnson is a professor in the Sam M. Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas, where he has been on the faculty since 1996. He graduated with a BS in zoology and an MBA from the University of Arkansas before earning a Ph.D. from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. His research—which has appeared in numerous journals, including the Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes and Personnel Psychology—focuses on corporate governance and social networks within and between firms, and he has served on the editorial review board of the Academy of Management Journal. Jon teaches strategy, organization theory, sustainability and ethics, and has taught at every level in the college, from freshmen to doctoral seminars. He has twice been named the “All-Around Outstanding Faculty Member” in the Walton College. Jon has led the University of Arkansas’s recent sustainability initiatives, including establishing the Applied Sustainability Center in July, 2007, which seeks practical solutions for improving the sustainability of corporate business practices.

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