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Gib Akin
Ph.D., Organizational Behavior

Gib Akin is a professor at the McIntire School of Commerce, University of Virginia, and has held an appointment as a Visiting Fellow at the Salford University in England. He was educated at Shimer College and UCLA, receiving a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from UCLA's Graduate School of Management. Prior to undertaking graduate work he spent 10 years in the data processing industry, as a system engineer and account representative with IBM, and as Director of Administrative Systems for UCLA. Dr. Akin teaches courses in interpersonal and small group dynamics, and on cultural approaches to organization analysis and change. His own continuing research focuses on the meaning of work, the creation of high-performance work cultures and models of managerial learning. Most recently he has been championing new approaches to creative writing on work, management and organizations. With articles, monographs and videos on organizational culture, change and managerial learning, Dr. Akin is a popular lecturer and seminar leader. He is also Associate Editor of the Journal of Management Education and is on the editorial board of the Journal of Organizational Change Management and Management Learning. He is a member of the Academy of Management, the Organizational Behavior Teaching Society, and the American Psychological Association.

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