Adam Cobb, University of Texas

Description
R0240, Ross School of Business, Lower Level
Abstract
Recording & Additional Notes
Adam Cobb is an Associate Professor in the Business, Government, and Society Department in
the McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin. As an organizational scholar,
he primarily studies how firms mediate labor market outcomes. In particular, his research is
motivated heavily by the fact that over the last several decades, significant changes in the
relationships between firms and workers have had direct implications for workers and for
society. He studies the causes and consequences of these and other changes in order to better
understand the various ways in which the actions of corporate decision-makers influence the
world around them. He also studies questions of corporate governance, with a focus on how
issues of governance affect other stakeholder groups. His research has been published in top
journals, including Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Review,
American Journal of Sociology, and Organization Science.