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Biography

Dr. Pamala J. Dillon is an Assistant Professor of Management at the Palumbo-Donahue School of Business. She has taught Organizational Behavior, Human Resources Management, Strategic Management and Introduction to Management, as well as Managing Public Affairs.

Through her 15 years of experience in non-profit management, as well as her involvement in the specialty coffee industry, she became interested in understanding how organizational members and leaders make sense of social responsibility.

Dr. Dillon's research focuses on the intersection of social responsibility, leadership, and organizational identity.

Organizational identity provides an orienting lens to explore the social psychological processes happening in organizational contexts, especially as organizational members and leaders engage in and make sense of socially responsible practices.

Education

  • Ph.D., Organization Studies, University of Massachusetts
  • M.B.A., University of South Florida
  • M.A., International Affairs, American University
  • B.A., Political Science, Eckerd College  

Profile Information

  • Summer Research Grant, Palumbo-Donahue School of Business, 2021
  • Beard Research Fellow in Ethics, Duquesne University, 2018-2019

Articles in Journals

Pearce, C. L., Houghton, J. D., Manz, C. C., Dillon, P. J., Fugate, M., & Wassenaar, C. L. (2023). Time for a Group Hug? Toward a Theory of Shared Emotional Leadership in and of Family Business. Journal of Family Business Strategy, 14(2).

Matheson, A., Dillon, P. J., Guillen, M., & Warner, C. (2021). People Mattering at Work: A Humanistic Management Perspective. Humanistic Management Journal, 6(3), 405-428.

Dillon, P. J. (2021). Virtuous Social Responsiveness: Flourishing with Dignity. Humanistic Management Journal, 6(2), 169-185.

Wassenaar, C.L., Dillon, P. J. & Manz, C. (2015). Authentic Irresponsibility: Quo vadis? Organizational Dynamics, 44 (2).

Dillon, P. J., Back, R., & Manz, C. (2014).  Authentic Corporate Social Responsibility Based on Authentic Empowerment: An Exemplary Business Leadership Case. Journal of Values Based Leadership, 7 (1), 59-70.

Dillon, P. J., Manz, K., Manz, C., & Marx, R. (2013).  Buy High Sell Low: Redefining Bean Counting in the Coffee Industry for a Sustainable Future. Journal of Values-Based Leadership, 6(2), 10-23.

Book Chapters

Dillon, P. J. & Manz, C. (2016). A multilevel model of managing emotions in transformational organizational identity change. Research on Emotion in Organizations (pp. 249-276). Springer Publications. 

Manz, K., Marx, R., Manz, C., & Dillon, P. J. (2015). A Case Study of a Virtuous Organization. In A.J.G. Sison (Ed.), Handbook of Virtue Ethics in Business and Management (pp. 1-12). Springer Publications.