Stephen J. Smulowitz is an Assistant Professor at the Wake Forest School of Business. Steve has published extensively in leading international academic journals including the Strategic Management Journal, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Human Relations, the Journal of Business Ethics and Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, in the areas of diversity, risk, wrongdoing, and executive compensation.

Steve has expertise in the areas of Strategy, Executive Compensation, Organizational Wrongdoing, and Stakeholder Management.

• Ph D, IESE Business School - 2017
• MS, IE Business School - 2014
• JD, University of Pennsylvania- 2004
• BA, Binghamton University- 2001

Teaching Interests

• Steve teaches in the areas of strategy, stakeholder management, and risk management to executives, board members, master's students and undergraduates in custom and degree programs.

• Smulowitz, S. (2023). Female board membership and stakeholder strategy: Consistency under complexity and uncertainty. Human Relations, 0 (0)  | more information
• Smulowitz, S. (2023). Managerial Short-Termism and Corporate Social Performance: The Moderating Role of External Monitoring. Journal of Business Ethics, 188,  759-778.  | more information
• Smulowitz, S. (2023). Wrongdoing in Publicly Listed Family and Non-Family Owned Firms: A Behavioral Perspective. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 47 (4),  1233--1264.  | more information
• Smulowitz, S. (2021). Predicting Employee Wrongdoing: The Complementary Effect of CEO Option Pay and The Pay Gap. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 162,  123-135.  | more information
• Smulowitz, S. (2020). The Behavioral Theory of the (Community-Oriented) Firm: Community Orientation and Banks' Response to Attainment Discrepancy. Strategic Management Journal, 41 (6),  1023-1053.  | more information
• Smulowitz, S. (2019). Racial Diversity and Its Symmetry Across Hierarchical Levels:Effects on Firm Financial Performance. Human Relations, 72 (10),  1671-1696.  | more information

• 2008 - Achievement Award for Distinguished Pro Bono Service , Delaware State Bar Association