Adelaide Wilcox King

Senior Associate Dean
Associate Professor of Commerce

Office phone: 434-924-4048
e-mail: adelaide@virginia.edu

Education:

Ph.D., Strategic Management, Kenan-Flagler Business School,
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
M.B.A., General Management and Marketing, Darden School,
University of Virginia
B.A., Economics, Davidson College

Areas of Expertise:

Professor King specializes in strategic management, with a particular interest in cognition in organizations. Her research focuses on measuring organizational knowledge, creating value through organizational knowledge (creation, transfer, protection), and managing under ambiguity. She teaches courses in both the graduate and undergraduate programs, emphasizing topics in strategic management, organizations, and technology.

Professional Activities:

Professor King recently has published in Strategic Management Journal; The Academy of Management Review; The Academy of Management Executive; Journal of Engineering and Technology Management; and Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings. She has presented several papers on knowledge and competencies at national meetings of the Academy of Management; the Strategic Management Society; and the Organization Science Subconference on Knowledge, Knowing, and Organizations.

Selected Publications:

"Disentangling Inter- and Intra-Firm Causal Ambiguity, A Conceptual Model of Causal Ambiguity and Competitive Advantage." Academy of Management Review, 2007.

"Measuring Organizational Knowledge: A Conceptual and Methodological Framework," Strategic Management Journal, 2003 (with C. Zeithaml).

"Managing Organizational Competencies for Competitive Advantage: The Middle-Management Edge," Academy of Management Executive, 2001 (with S. Fowler and C. Zeithaml). 

"Capturing Knowledge and Knowing Through Improvisation: What Managers Can Learn from the Thoracic Surgery Board Certification Process," Journal of Management, 2001 (with A. Ranft).

"Competencies and Firm Performance: Examining the Causal Ambiguity Paradox," Strategic Management Journal, 2001 (with C. Zeithaml).

"Beyond Products: New Strategic Imperatives for Developing Competencies," Special issue of Journal of Engineering and Technology Management on technological learning, the management of knowledge, and firm growth and performance (M. Hitt and D. Ireland, eds.), 2000 (with S. Fowler, S. Marsh, and B. Victor). 

"Leading Organizational Change through Knowledge Transfer: An Analysis of General Electric from 1981-1998," 20th Annual International Strategic Management Society Conference. Vancouver, BC, October 2000 (with I. Palmer).