David Deephouse, PhD, MScMgt, BA

/David Deephouse/

Professor, Alberta School of Business - Department of Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Management

Pronouns: they/he

Contact

Professor, Alberta School of Business - Department of Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Management
Email
davidd@ualberta.ca
Phone
(780) 492-5419
Address
3-20F Business Building
11203 Saskatchewan Drive NW
Edmonton AB
T6G 2R6

Overview

Area of Study / Keywords

Indigenization Legitimacy Reputation Strategic Balance Theory


About

I am descended from European settlers who arrived on this continent between 1630 and 1902. Early settlers came from England and France seeking a place to practice their version of Protestant Christianity in the lands where spiritual practices were already being practiced by the Massa-adchu-es-et, Pawtucket, Podunk, Poquonook, Quinnipiac, Wampanoag, Wangunks, Wappinger, and other Indigenous peoples in what is now commonly called Southern New England (https://native-land.ca/); I started life here. Later settlers came to Milwaukee and northwestern Indiana probably for economic opportunity. Having licence plates from eight jurisdictions across Turtle Island, I deeply appreciate the lands, skies, and waters with whom Indigenous peoples have stewarded for millennia. 

I recognize that I have benefited from past colonial practices, including physical, epistemic, spiritual, and cultural genocides. Therefore, I take actions to support Indigenous students, colleagues, and organizations and include Indigenous perspectives in my teaching, research, and service.  

Here are some Reconcili-Actions I have taken:

Created courses called “Introduction to Indigenous Business” and “Advanced Topics in Indigenous Business” in the Alberta School of Business in 2021.

Organized "A Colloquium to Help Canadian Business Schools Become More Hospitable to Indigenous Research and Researchers," supported by SSHRC and KIAS grants. This a full day immersive experience will be held on May 31, 2024, in Longueuil and Kahnawake as a pre-conference event for the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada annual conference.

Organized Five Annual Refereed Professional Development Workshops at Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, all promoted to Conference-wide. 

  • Deephouse, D. L. 2024. Indigenizing and decolonizing business schools 2024: Indigenizing and Localizing Business Curricula (7 panelists). June 1.
  • Deephouse, D. L. 2023. Indigenizing and decolonizing business schools 2023: How pathfinders from provosts to professors at three universities are finding ways to indigenize and decolonize their business schools (10 panelists). June 3.
  • Deephouse, D. L. 2022. Indigenizing and decolonizing business schools, 2022: Growing the Indigenous business research community (9 panelists). June 4.
  • Deephouse, D. L. 2021. Indigenizing and decolonizing business schools, 2021: Three Stories and Five Sharing Circles (7 panelists). June 15.
  • Deephouse, D. L. & Doucette, M. 2020. Indigenizing and decolonizing business schools, 2020: Administrative leadership, curricular development, and research opportunities (8 panelists). June 14.

Participated in the development of the strategy for Luminary: Advancing Indigenous Innovation for Economic Transformation, Employment and Wellbeing and volunteered to serve on the governance councils for three of the eight strategic themes. 

Member of Luminary Working Group for The Business School Reconciliation Leadership Journey: Getting Started with an Indigenous Inventory and Profile of Canadian Business Schools

More generally, I am the father of three and an educator; in these roles, I encourage future generations to live more harmoniously with all on Mother Earth.

"Achieving reconciliation is like climbing a mountain — we must proceed a step at a time. It will not always be easy. There will be storms, there will be obstacles, but we cannot allow ourselves to be daunted by the task because our goal is Just and and it also necessary. 

"Remember, reconciliation is yours to achieve. We owe it to each other to build a Canada based on our shared future, a future of healing and trust."

Justice Murray Sinclair, from the ceremony releasing the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, 2015-12-15. 

“Let us find a way to belong to this time and place together. Our future, and the well-being of all our children rests with the kind of relationships we build today.” 

Chief Dr. Robert Joseph, OC, OBC. Accessed 2022-11-21 from https://reconciliationcanada.ca/about/team/chief-dr-robert-joseph/


Research

Research Interests

My research focuses on social evaluations of organizations, especially legitimacy and reputation, the causes and consequences of each, and indigenization and decolonization in businesses, universities, and business schools. My theoretical interests include agenda-setting, institutional (in both organizational sociology and international business), media effects, stakeholder, strategic balance, and strategic choice theories.  

“Science, like all creative activity, is exploration, gambling, and adventure. It does not lend itself very well to neat blueprints, detailed road maps, and central planning. Perhaps that’s why it’s fun.”

- Simon, H. A. 1964. Approaching the theory of management. In H. Koontz (Ed.), Toward a unified theory of management: 73-85. New York: McGraw-Hill.


Teaching

New Course Development

SMO 488/686 Introduction to Indigenous Business 

In winter term, 2021, I offered Introduction to Indigenous Business (SMO 488/686 Special Topics) for the first time at the University of Alberta. This course sprouted from the fertile soil of Indigenizing and Decolonizing Your Course led by Jennifer Ward of the Centre for Teaching and Learning. We focused on the challenges and opportunities faced by indigenous businesses using the case study method in a primarily synchronous discussion format on Zoom. The main learning materials were the text Indigenous Business in Canada, available as an eBook in the UofA library, and nine case studies set between the lands of the Mi’kmaq and Heiltsuk peoples. Additional readings included excerpts from Indigenous Wellbeing and Enterprise, Indigenous Writes, and The Reconciliation Manifesto. Grades were mainly based on written work, including a team-based term project.

Link to CBC story and Interview with Adrienne Pan on CBC Edmonton Radio Active, January 28 and 22, 2021

Link to Interview with Danielle Smith, CHED 690, Global News Edmonton, February 2, 2021

Link to UAlberta Business story by Brea Elford, June 21, 2021.

Link to "Business schools launch ‘overdue’ efforts to Indigenize curricula: With an imperative for the corporate sector to work with First Peoples globally, MBAs are finally revamping programs, by Jennifer Lewington, Corporate Knights, November 19, 2021

SEM 686 Advanced Topics in Indigenous Business

In Fall term, 2021, I offered an Independent Study to an Indigenous MBA student focusing on Indigenous-Corporate relations in the natural resource sector.

Teaching Experience

  • SMO 435: Managing International Business. Undergraduate elective.
  • SEM/SMO 441: Strategy & Innovation; formerly Business Strategy. Undergraduate class; capstone for some majors.
  • SMO 488/686 Introduction to Indigenous Business (Course Creator in 2021).
  • ORGA 501: Organization Strategy. First-year MBA class.
  • SEM/SMO/ORGA 635: Managing International Enterprises. MBA Elective.
  • SMO/ORGA 641: Business Strategy. Capstone MBA class.
  • ORGA 703: Seminar in Strategic Management. Core doctoral seminar surveying strategy research.
  • ORGA 705: Seminar in Current Issues. I redesigned this course completely to focus on developing a research proposal and provide a holistic view of the life of a management professor.
  • SMO 686: Selected Topics (Independent Study) -- Sustainability
  • SEM 686: Selected Topics (Independent Study) -- Advanced Topics in Indigenous Business
  • Integrative Capstone. Management Essentials Program Module 16, Alberta School of Business Centre for Executive Education.

Announcements

I have exciting news for those interested in Organizational Legitimacy! On 25 November 2024, Oxford Bibliographies published a major revision to the bibliography that Rongrong Zhang and I published initially in 2018. Have a look at https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/document/obo-9780199846740/obo-9780199846740-0145.xml

Courses

SEM 441 - Strategy and Innovation

This course examines top management decisions and emphasizes the development of business and corporate strategy. It integrates the management principles studied in the business core using a series of business cases. The course will have a special focus on innovation and innovative ways of competing and creating value. Guest Faculty members and executives will participate. Prerequisites: FIN 301; MARK 301; and SEM 201, 301 or 310. Open only to students in the Faculty of Business.


SEM 635 - Managing International Enterprises

International enterprises are for-profit businesses and nonprofit organizations which actively coordinate their operations sited in multiple countries. Top managers of international enterprises must ensure that their organizations simultaneously adapt to differences in external contexts around the world and increase internal coordination, efficiency, and innovation on a worldwide basis. Students will be put in the role of practicing top managers who are facing challenges, making decisions, and providing leadership in complex, multicultural contexts. Topics may include: entry decisions; aligning strategy, structure, and process; globalization; international strategic alliances; and sustainability. Prerequisites: SMO 500.


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Scholarly Activities

Research - Publications

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Thanks for visiting my research page. I hope my past efforts help you with the great work you are doing! 

Dr. David Deephouse

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Deephouse, D. L. & Zhang, R. 2024-11-25. Organizational Legitimacy - Management - Oxford Bibliographies. https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/document/obo-9780199846740/obo-9780199846740-0145.xml

Deephouse, D. L., Bundy, J., Tost, L. P., & Suchman, M. C. 2017. Organizational legitimacy: Six key questions. In R. Greenwood, C. Oliver, T. Lawrence, & R. Meyer (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Institutionalism (2nd ed.): In Press. Thousand Oaks CA: Sage. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2849636

Deephouse, D. L., Newburry, W., & Solemani, A. 2016. The effects of institutional development and national culture on cross-national differences in corporate reputation. Journal of World Business, 51(3): 463-473. doi:10.1016/j.jwb.2015.12.005. 

Finch, D., Deephouse, D. L., O'Reilly, N., Foster , W., Falkenberg, L., & Strong, M. 2016. Institutional biography and knowledge dissemination: An analysis of Canadian business school faculty. Academy of Management Learning & Education.

Finch, D.J., Deephouse, D.L., O’Reilly, N., Massie, T., & Hillenbrand, C. 2016. Follow the leaders? An analysis of convergence and innovation of faculty recruiting practices in US business schools. Higher Education, 71(5): 699-717. doi:10.1007/s10734-015-9931-5. 

Finch, D.J., Varella, P., Foster, W., Sundararajan, B., Bates, K.A., Nadeau, J. O’Reilly, N., & Deephouse, D.L. 2016. A stakeholder-view of business school legitimacy -- Examining the systematic sources of value and legitimacy judgments. Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences.

Finch, D., Deephouse, D. L., & Varella, P. 2015. Examining an individual's legitimacy judgment using the value-attitude system: The role of environmental and economic values and source credibility. Journal of Business Ethics, 127(2): 265-281. doi:10.1007/s10551-013-2031-5.

Deephouse, D.L. 2014. From the colours of the rainbow to monochromatic grey: An n=1+x analysis of Apple's corporate reputation, 1976-2013. Socio-Economic Review, 12 (1): 206-218. doi: 10.1093/ser/mwt021. http://ser.oxfordjournals.org/content/12/1/153.abstract?sid=cac54502-cb59-4ca7-ab41-e708f0f59306.

Walker, K., Schlosser, F., & Deephouse, D.L. 2014. Organizational ingenuity and the paradox of embedded agency: The case of the embryonic Ontario solar energy industry. Organization Studies, 35(4): 613-634. http://oss.sagepub.com/content/35/4/613.abstract

Deephouse, D.L. & Jaskiewicz, P. 2013. Do family firms have better reputations than non-family firms? An integration of socioemotional wealth and social identity theories. Journal of Management Studies, 50(3): 337–360. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joms.12015/abstract 

Featured Publications

Deephouse, David L.; Zhang, Rongrong

Oxford Bibliographies Online: Management. 2024 November; 10.1093/OBO/9780199846740-0145


Authors: Zhang, J. Deephouse, D. L., Van Gorp, D., & Ebbers, H.

Journal of Business Ethics. 2020 August; 176 10.1007/s10551-020-04599-x


Global aspects of reputation and strategic management

Deephouse, D. L., Gardberg, N. A., & Newburry, W. (Eds.)

Bingley, UK: Emerald Publishing.. 2019 January; Vol. 18 of Research in Global Strategic Management


Deephouse, D. L., Bundy, J., Tost, L. P., & Suchman, M. C

The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Institutionalism. R. Greenwood, C. Oliver, T. Lawrence, & R. Meyer (Eds.),. 2017 January; 2nd Edition


Deephouse, D. L., Newburry, W., & Solemani, A.

Journal of World Business. 2016 January; 51 (3):463-473


Deephouse, David L., Suchman, Mark C.

The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Institutionalism. 2008 January;


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