Keimei Sugiyama

Education

PhD, Organizational Behavior, Case Western Reserve University
MS, Organizational Development and Knowledge Management, George Mason University
BA, Smith College

Areas of Interest

Dr. Sugiyama uses qualitative inductive methods to examine how social connections and the self-concept influence the workplace and career experiences of diverse individuals. Her research interests lie at various intersections of careers, identities, and diversity to answer a lifetime curiosity about how people’s perceptions and ways of relating to others are shaped and influenced by the interplay between their self-concept and their social context.

Professional Activities

Dr. Sugiyama’s research has been published in top management journals, including the Academy of Management Review, the Academy of Management Journal, the Journal of Organizational Behavior, and Journal of Vocational Behavior. As a doctoral student, she also received the Arnon Reichers Best Student-led Paper Award from the Careers Division of the Academy of Management. Dr. Sugiyama is an active member of the Academy of Management in the Careers and Managerial Organization and Cognition Divisions, in addition to serving as representative-at-large in the DEI division.

Selected publications include:

Sugiyama, K., Ladge, J.J., Dokko, G. (2024). Stable Anchors and Dynamic Evolution: A Paradox Theory of Career Identity Maintenance and Change. Academy of Management Review, 48(4): 1-20. (2nd and 3rd authors share equal contribution)

Sugiyama, K., Jaks, Q., Bilimoria, D & Liu, H. (2022). Double-Conscious Professional Self-Expression of Racial Minority Scientists-in-Training. Journal of Organizational Behavior. (2024) 45:397-415.

Sugiyama, K., Ladge, J.J., Bilimoria, D. (2023). Calling Oneself and Others In: Brokering Identities in Diversity Training. Academy of Management Journal, 66 (6):1-30.

Masterson, C., Sugiyama, K. & Ladge, J.J. (2021). The Value of 21st Century Work-Family Supports: Review and Cross-Level Path Forward. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 2021 (42):118-138.

Modestino, A.S., Sugiyama, K. & Ladge, J.J. (2019). Careers in Construction: An Examination of the Career Narratives of Young Professionals and Their Emerging Career Self-Concepts. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 115(December 2019), 103306.

Thomas, N., Sugiyama, K. & Rochford, K., Stephens, J.P., Kanov, J. (2018).Experiential Organizing: Pursuing Relational and Bureaucratic Goals Through Symbolically and Experientially Oriented Work. Academy of Management Review, 43(4), 749-771. (First four authors share equal contribution. Order decided using random list generator.)