Profile
Jan Lodge is an Assistant Professor in Business-Society Management at the Rotterdam School of Management.
An organizational theorist by training, Jan uses qualitative methods to broadly explore what enables and what inhibits social change.
In this context, he is primarily interested in the topic of negative social evaluations such as stigma or disapproval, as well as their antecedents such as misconduct, scandals, or norm violations. Beyond this, he also undertakes research in the areas of social innovation and institutional theory.
Most recently, Jan has conducted research in an exciting array of empirical settings including social housing organizations, reentry organizations, capital punishment in the U.S., religious minority groups, child marriage in Indonesia.
Prior to joining academia, he was a management consultant at L.E.K. Consulting where he supported international clients across various industries in developing their organisational design, market entry, and growth strategies.
Jan holds a Ph.D. form the University of Cambridge, Judge Business School.
Publications
Article (1)
Academic (1)
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Syakhroza, M. A., & Lodge, J. (2025). Birds of a Feather are Punished Together, or Not? Examining Heterogeneity in Career Advancements of Minority Groups. Journal of Management Studies, 62(2), 879-922. https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.13077
Chapter (2)
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Howard-Grenville, J., & Lodge, J. (2021). Context, Dynamics Embeddedness and Routine. In Cambridge Handbook of Routine Dynamics (pp. 229). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108993340
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Claus, L., De Rond, M., Howard-Grenville, J., & Lodge, J. (2019). When Fieldwork Hurts: On the Lived Experience of Conducting Research in Unsettling Contexts. In Research in the Sociology of Organizations: The Production of Managerial Knowledge and Organizational Theory: New Approaches to Writing, Producing and Consuming Theory ( (Vol. 59, pp. 157-172). Emerald Group Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X20190000059009
Conference article (1)
Academic (1)
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Augustine, G., Lodge, J., & Radic, M. (2024). From paralysis to publicization: How victims confront organizational harm. Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2024(1). https://doi.org/10.5465/AMPROC.2024.315bp
Web publication/site (3)
Popular (3)
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Augustine, G., Lodge, J., & Radic, M. (2024). Mr Bates vs The Post Office depicts one of the UK’s worst miscarriages of justice: here’s why so many victims didn’t speak out. Web publication/site, The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/mr-bates-vs-the-post-office-depicts-one-of-the-uks-worst-miscarriages-of-justice-heres-why-so-many-victims-didnt-speak-out-220513
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Lodge, J. (2020). Good for business and good for society: how organisations can hire more ex-offenders. Web publication/site https://theconversation.com/good-for-business-and-good-for-society-how-organisations-can-hire-more-ex-offenders-151066
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Lodge, J. (2020). Prisoners have to deal with extreme isolation in confinement: here’s how they cope. Web publication/site https://theconversation.com/prisoners-have-to-deal-with-extreme-isolation-in-confinement-heres-how-they-cope-135877
Featured in the media
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Update - Postmasters Impacted By Horizon Who May Have Been Made Bankrupt
An update to the article co-written by RSM's Dr Jan Lodge, with details about claiming compensation following the UK TV drama about the UK Post Office that revealed major injustice, now recognised as one of the greatest…
Wednesday, 10 January 2024 -
Post Office scandal: Why so many victims didn’t speak out
Dr Jan Lodge of RSM co-authored an article that explores why a recent TV drama about the UK's Post Office Horizon IT scandal is an important vehicle for publicising a British miscarriage of justice. …
Friday, 5 January 2024
