STUDENT PROFILES
PHD IN ORGANIZATION STUDIES
NAME: LEE WATKISS
Year of Expected Graduation: 2014
Hometown: London, UK
Academic Experience:
Undergraduate Degree:
Loughborough University
BSc. Commercial Management
& Quantity Surveying, 1997
Graduate Degree:
Emory University
MBA, 2005
Research Interests:
Cognition & Culture:
My research interests focus on the relationship between meaning and action at various levels of
analysis. More specifically, my work lies at the intersection of cognitive and cultural processes
particularly in how actors use cultural resources to cultivate meaning drawing from theories in
cultural sociology as well as those that center around sensemaking, sensegiving, symbolization,
and categorization.
Publications
Glynn, Mary Ann and Lee Watkiss. 2013. “Social Cognition.” In David Teece and Mie Augier
(Eds.) Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management. Palgrave Macmillan.
Glynn, Mary Ann and Lee Watkiss. 2012. “Embedding Organizational Identity in Societal Culture:
Examining Cultural Mechanisms of Identity Construction.” In Ann Langley & Haridimos Tsoukas
(Eds.) Constructing Identity in and around Organizations. Perspectives on Process Organization
Studies (P-PROS) Series, Volume 2. Oxford University Press.
Glynn, Mary Ann and Lee Watkiss. 2011. “The Generative Potency of Symbols.” In Kim Cameron
and Gretchen Spreitzer (Eds.) Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship. Oxford
University Press.
Teaching:
Boston College, Carroll School of Management
Instructor, Organizational Behavior (BBA: Required Course) – Spring 2012.
Teaching Assistant, Organizational Behavior (BBA: Required Course) for Professor Simona
Giorgi – Spring 2011.
Teaching Assistant, Leadership (BBA: Elective Course) for Professor Michael Pratt – Fall 2010.
Emory University, Goizueta Business School
Teaching Assistant, Social Psychology of Organizing (BBA: Elective Course) for Professor
Monica Worline – Spring 2005.
Teaching Assistant, Change Management (BBA: Elective Course) for Professor Monica Worline –
Spring 2004.
Professional Experience:
Vice President, Vervago – 2004-2009
Tax Manager, Arthur Andersen/Deloitte & Touche – 1998-2003
Quantity Surveyor, Bucknall Austin – 1997-1998
Additional Information:
See personal web site (https://sites.google.com/site/leewatkiss/)