Priyanka Dwivedi

Sam F. Segnar Associate Professor of Management, Department of Management
Contact Areas of Expertise Organizational Behavior/Human Resource Management

Biography

Dr. Priyanka Dwivedi is an Associate Professor of Management at Texas A&M University’s Mays Business School, where she teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in strategic management. She earned her Ph.D. in management and organization from Pennsylvania State University in 2017. Her research examines strategic leadership, top management teams (TMTs), and corporate governance, with particular emphasis on understanding the social, psychological, and organizational factors shaping strategic leader behavior and outcomes—especially among women CEOs and executives.

Her scholarship has been recognized with the Strategic Management Society’s 2021 Sucheta Nadkarni Award for Outstanding Publication on Women Executive Leadership and the Academy of Management Journal Impact Award (2025). She has published in leading outlets including the Academy of Management Journal, the Journal of Applied Psychology, the Journal of Management, and Research Policy. Her research has also earned the Best Conference Paper Award at the Strategic Management Society Conference (India, 2018) and a nomination for the same at the Strategic Management Society Conference (Paris, 2018).

Dr. Dwivedi currently serves as Associate Editor of the Journal of Management and sits on the editorial review board of the Academy of Management Journal. She also reviews extensively for other leading journals in management and strategy. She holds an MBA from the Smeal College of Business at Pennsylvania State University and a Master’s in Psychology from the University of Delhi, India.

Courses Taught:
MGMT 466 – Strategic Management (Undergraduate)
MGMT 680 – Strategic Management (Executive MBA, Full-time MBA, Engineering MBA)

Education

  • Ph.D., Management and Organization, Pennsylvania State University
  • MBA, Smeal College of Business at Pennsylvania State University
  • MA, Psychology, University of Delhi, India

Awards

  • Academy of Management Journal (AMJ) Impact Award, 2025
  • Sucheta Nadkarni Award for Outstanding Publication on Women Executive Leadership, Strategic Management Society (SMS), 2021

Publications

Who Benefits from Board Quotas? Intersectional Disparities and the Moderating Role of Experience for Women Directors in India
Dwivedi, P., Basuthakur, Y.*, Devers, C. & Karri, R.* Who Benefits from Board Quotas? Intersectional Disparities and the Moderating Role of Experience for Women Directors in India. Accepted. Journal of Applied Psychology (Special Issue on Social Impact).
The Competence Shield: Fostering Competence Perceptions Weakens the Dominance Penalty for Women in Leadership
Zhiyu, F., Ma, A., Dwivedi, P., & Liu, F. The Competence Shield: Fostering Competence Perceptions Weakens the Dominance Penalty for Women in Leadership. Journal of Applied Psychology. 2025.
Divided We Stand: Top Management Ideological Separation as an Impediment to Strategic Change in Turnaround Situations
Georgakakis, D., Ma, Y.*, Dwivedi, P., & Cannella, A. Divided We Stand: Top Management Ideological Separation as an Impediment to Strategic Change in Turnaround Situations. British Journal of Management. 2025.
A Stakeholder Perspective on Diversity Within Organizations
Dwivedi, P., Basuthakur, Y.*, Polineni, S.*, Paruchuri, S., & Joshi, A. A Stakeholder Perspective on Diversity Within Organizations. Review. Journal of Management. 2025.
How Media Portrayal of CEO Overconfidence Impacts Radical Innovation
Howard, M., Dwivedi, P., D’Oria, L., Lyles, M., & Nahm, P*. How Media Portrayal of CEO Overconfidence Impacts Radical Innovation. Research Policy (Special Issue on Strategic Leadership and New Pathways for Radical Innovation). 2024.
Examining the Cross-level Effects of Women’s Representation in Senior Management
Dwivedi, P. & Paolella, L. Examining the Cross-level Effects of Women’s Representation in Senior Management. Academy of Management Journal. 2024.
No Reason to Leave: The Effects of CEO Diversity-valuing Behavior on Psychological Safety and Turnover for Female Executives
Dwivedi, P., Gee, I.H.*, Withers, M., & Boivie, S. No Reason to Leave: The Effects of CEO Diversity-valuing Behavior on Psychological Safety and Turnover for Female Executives. Journal of Applied Psychology. 2022.
Burnt by the Spotlight: Examining How Leadership Endorsements in The Succession Announcement Impacts Women CEOs’ Tenure
Dwivedi, P., Misangyi, V., & Joshi, A. Burnt by the Spotlight: Examining How Leadership Endorsements in The Succession Announcement Impacts Women CEOs’ Tenure. Journal of Applied Psychology. 2021.
How (Mostly Male) Predecessors Influence the Success of Female CEOs
Dwivedi, P., Joshi, A., & Misangyi, V. How (Mostly Male) Predecessors Influence the Success of Female CEOs. Academy of Management Journal. 2018. *(student authors at the time of publication)

Research Interests

Strategic Leadership

Women CEOs

Executives and Leaders

CEO Successions

Corporate Governance