Sean Buchanan

Sean Buchanan is the Associates Fellow of Business Administration at the Asper School of Business. His research focuses on how organizations, industries, and fields engage with contentious social issues amidst rising political polarization. His research has been published in Academy of Management Review, Organization Science, Journal of Management Studies, Organization Studies, Human Relations, Journal of World Business, and Organization. He teaches Business and Society (GMGT 1010) and Seminar in Management and Capitalism (GMGT 4210) at Asper. He earned his PhD from the Schulich School of Business at York University.

• Social and environmental issues in business
• Political polarization
• Qualitative methods

Buchanan, S., Shourkaei, M. M., & Dyck, B. (2024). ‘Vote the Assholes Out’: How Value Congruence Work Aligns Stakeholders for Corporate Activism. Journal of Management Studies. Forthcoming.

Buchanan, S., Zietsma, C., & Matten, D. (2023). Settlement constellations and the dynamics of fields formed around social and environmental issues. Organization Science, 34(2), 700-721.

Buchanan, S., & Barnett, M. L. (2022). Inside the velvet glove: Sustaining private regulatory institutions through hollowing and fortifying. Organization Science, 33(6), 2159-2186.

Ruebottom, T., Buchanan, S., Voronov, M., & Toubiana, M. (2022). Commercializing the practice of voyeurism: How businesses leverage authenticity and transgression to create value. Academy of Management Review, 47(3), 466-488.

Phung, K., Buchanan, S., Toubiana, M., Ruebottom, T., & Turchick-Hakak, L. (2021). When stigma doesn’t stick: Stigma deflection and occupational stratification in the sharing economy. Journal of Management Studies, 58(4), 1107-1139.