dr. John Bechara

Bio

I’m currently an assistant professor of Organization Studies at the Tilburg University.  Before my current appointment, I was a postdoctoral research scholar at the Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis, USA.  I received my Ph.D. in business administration and MBA from the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA. I’m interested in the development and consequences of organizational social hierarchies. My work has appeared in the Journal of Organizational Behavior, Organization Science, Personnel Psychology, and Journal of Management.  

Please check my website for more information about my research interests.

Teaching

My teaching interests are broad and include organizational innovation, organizational research methods, and organizational behavior. 

Courses

• RM: Colloquia and Seminars in OS
• RM: First year Paper OS
• RM: International Traineeship in OS
• RM: Master's Thesis Organization Studies
• RM: Research Integrity and Ethics in OS
• RM: Foundations of Organization Studies
• RM: Intern Traineeship in OS I
• RM: Intern Traineeship in OS II
• RM: Intern Traineeship in OS III
• RM: Intern Traineeship in OS IV
• Organization Research Methods
• Innovation, Organ. & Entrepreneurship

Recent publications

1. The power of rotation schedules on the career selection decisions of …

   Bechara, J. P. P., Shah, P. P., & Lindor, K. (2023). The power of rotation schedules on the career selection decisions of medical students. Advances in Health Sciences Education, 28(5), 1509-1522.

2. Ways and means - How think tanks use social media to influence public…

   Jang, D., Bechara, J., & Bottom, W. (2022). Ways and means: How think tanks use social media to influence public policy. In J. K. Jameson, & M. F. Hannah (Eds.), Contemporary trends in conflict and communication: Technology and social media​ (pp. 9-28). De Gruyter.

3. Engineering interaction - Structural change, locus of identification,…

   Gray, S., Bunderson, J. S., Boumgarden, P., & Bechara, J. P. (2019). Engineering interaction: Structural change, locus of identification, and the formation and maintenance of cross-unit ties. Personnel Psychology, 72(4), 599-622.

4. How outcome agreement and power balance among parties influence proce…

   van de Ven, A. H., Bechara, J. P., & Sun, K. (2019). How outcome agreement and power balance among parties influence processes of organizational learning and nonlearning. Journal of Management, 45(3), 1252-1283.

5. Temporal elements in career selection decisions - An archival study i…

   Shah, P., Bechara, J. P., Kolars, J., Drefahl, M., LaRusso, N., Wood, D., & Spurrier, B. (2014). Temporal elements in career selection decisions: An archival study investigating career decisions in medicine. Organization Science, 25(1), 245-261.