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Jill Perry-Smith serves as Professor of Organization & Management at Emory University's Goizueta Business School and Academic Director of the Roberto C. Goizueta Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation. Her research bridges social network theory, creativity science, and work-life integration, establishing her as a leading scholar in organizational behavior with publications spanning two decades in top-tier journals including Academy of Management Journal and Journal of Applied Psychology.
Her educational foundation includes a PhD in Organizational Behavior from Georgia Institute of Technology, an MBA in Management from Pepperdine University, and a BS in Civil Engineering from Syracuse University. This technical background informs her unique perspective, having previously managed refinery expansion projects in the oil and gas industry before transitioning to academia.
Professor Perry-Smith's research reveals critical insights into how social network structures drive creativity across idea generation, elaboration, championing, and implementation phases. Her work demonstrates that weak ties optimally fuel early-stage creativity while strong ties support elaboration, though individuals often misactivate networks due to risk perception and network size. Simultaneously, her work-life research uncovers paradoxical effects where single childless employees exhibit lower work absorption despite fewer family demands, leveraging boundary theory and cognitive psychology frameworks.
Her publication trajectory shows increasing sophistication in modeling network-creativity dynamics, with recent work (2021-2022) focusing on collaboration timing throughout the innovation journey and network activation barriers. This evolution reflects growing emphasis on practical implementation challenges beyond initial idea generation.
As Academic Director of the Goizueta Center, she shapes entrepreneurship education and research initiatives while teaching core courses in groups & teams, creativity & innovation, and doctoral-level organizational behavior seminars. Her industry experience enables practical application of theoretical concepts in classroom settings, particularly regarding project management and team dynamics.
