Stephen Jones
Associate Professor and Area Coordinator of Management and Organization (M&O)
56³Ô¹ÏÍø Bothell School of Business
sjones1@uw.edu
(425) 352-3764
56³Ô¹ÏÍø2-317
About Dr. Jones
Dr. Stephen Jones is an Associate Professor of Management. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management. He joined 56³Ô¹ÏÍø Bothell’s faculty in 2018.
His research explores the contours of trust, conflict and collaboration within and between organizations. His trust research illuminates how interpersonal trust develops, particularly within a network of social relationships. His award-winning research on conflict offers a new way to think about the origins and evolution of conflict in groups. And his research in the telecommunications sector offers insights into how firms have collaborated to create 3G, 4G and 5G technologies. His work is published in premier scientific journals, including Administrative Science Quarterly, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, and Organization Science.
Dr. Jones teaches Strategic Management to undergraduate and MBA students. Undergrads in his course engage in a quarter-long simulation running their own firms and managing all aspects of their businesses. MBA students engage in quarter-long client projects helping companies solve real strategic problems. He received the Undergraduate and MBA Faculty of the Year Teaching Awards in 2021.
Selected publications
Jones SL, Leiponen A, and Vasudeva G. 2021. . Strategic Management Journal, 42(4), 710–740.
Shah PP, Peterson RS, Jones SL, Ferguson AJ. 2021. . Administrative Science Quarterly, 66(2), 426–474.
Jones SL and Shah PP. 2021. The tangled ties of trust: A social network perspective on interpersonal trust. In Gillespie N, Fulmer A, and Lewicki R (eds.), Understanding trust in organizations: A multilevel perspective. Routledge: New York.
Maloney MM, Shah PP, Zellmer-Bruhn M, and Jones SL. 2019. . Organization Science, 30(2), 260–279.
Jones SL and Shah PP. 2016. . Journal of Applied Psychology, 101(3), 392–414.
Vasudeva G, Alexander EA, and Jones SL. 2015. . Organization Science, 26(3), 830–846.