Garry L. Adams (Ph.D., Florida State University) is an associate professor in Strategic Management at Auburn. Adams' research interests include corporate governance, power and politics in organizations, organizational learning and resource management, and merger and acquisition integration processes. His work has been published or is in press in outlets such as the Academy of Management Review, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, Leadership Quarterly, Business Horizons, Journal of Knowledge Management, Journal of Business and Psychology, Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, Journal of Managerial Issues and the initial volume of The Many Faces of Multi-Level Issues, among others. Adams currently serves on the editorial boards of Group and Organization Management and the African Journal of Management. He has served as a reviewer for the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Management, Journal of Business Research, Knowledge Management Research and Practice and Journal of Applied Social Psychology. He is currently serving as a program director for the Harbert College of Business study abroad programs, leading study abroad, consulting projects, MBA cultural and business trips and student internship programs in South Africa, Morocco, France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Czech Republic, Italy and Spain. Adams has served as the director of Placement Services for the Academy of Management, in the officer rotation (was SMA president in the 2018-19 academic year) and on the Board of the Southern Management Association, as well as the Board of Directors for the Auburn-Opelika Habitat for Humanity and Haddie’s Home. Adams also has prior work experience in the oil refining industry.
