{"id":9923,"date":"2024-08-06T16:37:39","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T20:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/karen-golden-biddle\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T15:41:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T19:41:17","slug":"karen-golden-biddle","status":"publish","type":"profiles","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/karen-golden-biddle\/","title":{"rendered":"Karen Golden-Biddle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull profile__standard-wrapper has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns profile__columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column profile__left-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-3bd72ab2 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><figure class=\"profile__image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Karen Golden-Biddle\" style=\"object-fit:contain\" class=\"wp-post-image\" src=\"http:\/\/questromapps.bu.edu\/images\/facstaff\/Golden-BiddleKaren.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<aside class=\"profile__contact profile__contact--api wp-block-amp-profile-contact\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n  <h5>Contact<\/h5>\n  <div class=\"profile__contact-row\">\n              <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--email\">\n        <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px;\">\n        Email\n      <\/h6>\n      <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\">\n        <a href=\"mailto:kgbiddle@bu.edu\" itemprop=\"email\">\n          kgbiddle@bu.edu        <\/a>\n      <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"profile__contact-buttons\">\n              <div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-primary-button\">\n          <a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/questromapps.bu.edu\/faculty\/uploadFiles\/cvUploadsProfile\/MO_Golden-Biddle_Karen_CV.pdf\">\n            Download CV\n          <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-primary-button\">\n          <a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/karengoldenbiddle\/\" itemprop=\"url\">\n            Visit Website\n          <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"profile__contact-row\">\n\n                    <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--bu\">\n          <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px\">\n            Boston University <br \/>\n            Questrom School of Business\n          <\/h6>\n                        <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\" itemprop=\"address\">\n                Rafik B. Hariri Building <br \/>\n                595 Commonwealth Avenue <br \/>\n                Boston, MA 02215\n              <\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/aside><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column profile__right-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-3bd72ab2 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__header-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7db9d80f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__header-content has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Karen Golden-Biddle<\/h2>\n<div class=\"alignfull wp-block-amp-profile-position\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-transform-uppercase has-p-2-font-size\" style=\"text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: 600\">\n\t\t\tProfessor Emerita, Management &amp; Organizations\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-amp-profile-bio\">\n\t<p>Karen Golden-Biddle is Professor of Management and Organizations, emerita at the Questrom School of Business at Boston University. She received her BA degree from Denison University and MBA and PhD degrees from Case Western Reserve University. <\/p>\n<p>Professionally she is active in the Academy of Management, where she has been inducted as a Fellow. <\/p>\n<p>Karen conducts research and teaches executive seminars in the areas of discovery and cultural change. She also conducts workshops for researchers in theorizing and writing up projects using qualitative methodology. She has published four books and authored more than sixty articles and book chapters in management journals such as the Academy of Management Journal and Organization Science.  <\/p>\n<p>Karen&#8217;s recently published book, The Untapped Power of Discovery (2024, Routledge\/Taylor &amp; Francis) helps leaders at all levels cultivate a practice of discovery, so essential for navigating change in this uncertain time.<\/p>\n<p>Recognition for Karen&#8217;s scholarship includes the 2022 Award (Organizational Research Methods) for her paper on coding practices and iterativity, the 2013 Douglas McGregor Award (Journal of Applied Behavioral Science) for her paper on cultural change and organizational identity in mergers, and the Academy of Management\u2019s Robert McDonald Award for the Advancement of Organizational Research Methodology for her study of constructing contribution in analyzing and writing qualitative research. <\/p>\n<p>Her co-authored book, Composing Qualitative Research, has been used in doctoral programs in top business schools across the world, including Stanford, University of Michigan, Northwestern, Cambridge, INSEAD, and Columbia.  Her current work focuses  on: The critical role of the discovery process in creating successful cultural change; How seasoned insiders create and sustain cultural change that makes a positive difference within and beyond their organization.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-amp-profile-data profile-data\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-section has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained wp-block-amp-profile-education\">\n\t<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-weight: 500\">\n\tEducation\t<\/h5>\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-row has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">PhD, Case Western Reserve University, 1988<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">BA, Denison University, 1976<\/p>\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"bu_is_from_api":true,"buID":"U13055006","lastName":"Golden-Biddle","firstName":"Karen","middleName":"","suffixName":"","phone":"","email":"kgbiddle@bu.edu","pronouns":"","cv":"http:\/\/questromapps.bu.edu\/faculty\/uploadFiles\/cvUploadsProfile\/MO_Golden-Biddle_Karen_CV.pdf","website":"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/karengoldenbiddle\/","office":"","address":"595 Commonwealth Ave","bio":"Karen Golden-Biddle is Professor of Management and Organizations, emerita at the Questrom School of Business at Boston University. 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