Wayne Baker
- Robert P. Thome Professor of Management and Organizations
- Professor of Sociology
- Professor of Organizational Studies, LSA
- Faculty Associate, Institute for Social Research
- Faculty Director, Center for Positive Organizations
- PostDoc Harvard University 1987
- PhD Northwestern University 1981
- MA Northern Illinois University 1976
- BA Northern Illinois University 1974
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Wayne Baker is Robert P. Thome Professor of Business Administration and Professor of Management & Organizations at the Ross School of Business, and Faculty Director of the Center for Positive Organizations. He is also Professor of Sociology at the University of Michigan and Faculty Associate at the Institute for Social Research. His work focuses on social networks, generosity, values, and positive organizational scholarship. His latest book is All You Have To Do Is Ask: How To Master the Most Important Skill For Success (Currency/Penguin Random House, January 2020). Prior to joining the Ross faculty, he was on the faculty at the University of Chicago School of Business. He earned his Ph.D. in sociology from Northwestern University and was a post-doctoral research fellow at Harvard Business School.
Wayne E. Baker, Ph.D. is Robert P. Thome Professor of Business Administration and Professor of Management & Organizations at the Ross School of Business. He is Faculty Director of the Center for Positive Organizations at the Ross School.
His teaching and research focuses on positive organizational scholarship, values, and social networks. His latest book is All You Have To Do Is Ask: How To Master the Most Important Skill For Success (Currency/Penguin Random House, January 2020). .
His other books include Achieving Success Through Social Capital, United America, America's Crisis of Values, and Networking Smart.
Prior to joining the Michigan faculty, he was on the faculty at the University of Chicago business school. He earned his Ph.D. in sociology from Northwestern University and was a post-doctoral research fellow at Harvard University.
