Andrew Schnackenberg, PhD
Research Areas
Corporate disclosure, trust, transparency, AI
Industry Impact
- Researches how organizations build trust and credibility through transparency, stakeholder communication and strategic disclosure practices.
- Helps firms design corporate disclosure and ESG reporting strategies that balance regulatory expectations, investor demands and competitive considerations.
Biography at a Glance
Andrew Schnackenberg teaches strategic management at Daniels. He earned his PhD from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University. Prior to joining Daniels, Schnackenberg was a faculty member at the Kogod School of Business at American University in Washington, D.C.
Schnackenberg adopts a behavioral approach to strategic management research, focusing on the construct of transparency and how it is construed and conveyed in organizations. His research draws on a variety of theoretical perspectives—including stakeholder theory, institutional theory and stewardship theory—to examine how transparency supports constructive stakeholder relationships and social change. He uses content analysis, set-theoretic methods, and other qualitative and quantitative approaches to study these topics.
Schnackenberg has published in leading management journals, including the Journal of Management, Academy of Management Annals and Journal of Organizational Behavior. He is a current editorial review board member of the Academy of Management Review.