About Me

I am an Assistant Professor of Strategic Management and Public Policy at the George Washington University School of Business. My research interests span the domains of organizational theory, non-market strategy, paradox, occupations, and social networks. View my CV: Pamphile-CV

My research is broadly driven by a desire to understand how companies navigate the tensions and trade-offs between business and society. I earned a dual-Ph.D. in Management and Sociology from Kellogg School of Management. Prior to graduate school, I directed the education nonprofit the I Have a Dream Foundation, in Newark, NJ and was an AmeriCorps member. I received my B.A. in Sociology and American Culture from the University of Michigan. I proudly hail from Ypsilanti, MI.


Reseach

My research centers on the role of business as an actor for addressing societal issues. To advance this stream of research, I study how individuals manage and respond to business-society tensions within firms. My scholarship recognizes that win-win solutions that benefit business and society exist, yet my work also deals with the reality that many organizational actors face persistent tensions between economic and social objectives.

I advance understanding of these issues through two primary, related streams of inquiry. One stream of my research seeks to understand how individuals within organizations manage tensions between economic and social objectives. A second stream of my research seeks to add nuance to our understanding of when firm prosocial behavior yields strategic human capital outcomes. I take a multi-method and multi-level approach in my research to rigorously analyze these phenomena, using in-depth qualitative interviews, archival data sets, and experimental designs.
Vontrese Pamphile, Assistant Professor of Strategic Management

Teaching

I teach courses on business ethics, public policy, and negotiations to undergraduate and MBA students at George Washington University. I have also taught undergraduate and MBA students at the University of Michigan and Northwestern University (Kellogg).
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