Profile
Jan Lodge is an Associate Professor in the Business-Society Management department at the Rotterdam School of Management.
An organizational theorist by training, Jan uses qualitative methods to primarily explore the topics of scandals, misconduct, and wrongdoing.
In this context, he is interested in how and why organizations contribute to social, environmental, and economic problems as well as, on the flipside, how organizations can be held accountable for the harm they cause. In addition, he has a keen interest in the associated topics of negative social evaluations and social and institutional change.
Most recently, Jan has conducted research across diverse settings including multi-national corporations, public sector organizations, social housing providers, the alternative protein industry, and prison reentry organizations.
His work has been published in the Academy of Management Journal, the Journal of Management, and the Journal of Management Studies, among other outlets, and he holds a Ph.D. form the University of Cambridge, Judge Business School.
Prior to joining academia, he worked as a management consultant at L.E.K. Consulting where he advised international clients across industries on organizational design, market entry, and growth strategies.
Publications
Article (3)
Academic (3)
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Lodge, J., Augustine, G., & Radic, M. (2026). From paralysis to publicization: How Victims of the Uk Post Office Horizon It Scandal Experienced and Confronted Organizational Harm. Academy of Management Journal, 69(2), 406-437. https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2024.1166
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Lodge, J., Helms, W., Roulet, T. J., & Tracey, P. (2026). Organizations as Stages: A Dramaturgical Theory of the Societal Integration of Stigmatized Groups. Journal of Management. https://doi.org/10.1177/01492063261421506
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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 (3)
Academic (3)
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Hein, P. H., Helms, W., Lodge, J., & Woods, K. (2024). Disability Stigma at Work. In O. Branzei, & A. Zeyen (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Disability and Work (1 ed., pp. 125-133). Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003350781-12
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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
Conference proceeding (1)
Academic (1)
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Amaral Lauriano, L., Etter, M., & Lodge, J. (2024). Stigmatized Employees’ (Dis) Engagement with Organizational Destigmatization Initiatives. In Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings https://journals.aom.org/doi/abs/10.5465/AMPROC.2024.20932abstract
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
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