Frederic Godart

Frédéric Godart is an Assistant Professor of Organisational Behavior at INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France. His research examines the factors leading to the emergence of creativity in organisations and the global dynamics of creative industries. In particular, he explores the impact of formal and informal social networks on the emergence of novel and useful ideas, and the role played by stylistic and cultural dynamics in the formation of firms' identities. Hi research focuses on fashion and luxury sectors (e.g. design, modelling, watchmaking, footwear).

Frédéric holds a PhD in Sociology from Columbia University, New York City; an MPhil in Social and Political Sciences from the University of Cambridge (Trinity College), United Kingdom; and an MSc in Management from Sciences Po, Paris. He is a former fellow of the École Normale Supérieure de Cachan, France. He has recently obtained accreditation to supervise research in management at Dauphine University, Paris. Prior to becoming a full-time tenure-track faculty at INSEAD, he held a post-doctoral research and teaching fellow position at the school for a period of two years. He has received several prestigious awards such as the Academy of Management Organisational Behaviour Division’s 2012 Best Paper Award.

At INSEAD, Frédéric teaches Organisational Behavior II: Leading Organisations (OB2), Power and Politics (P&P), and Value Creation in Luxury and Fashion (VCL&F) courses in the MBA programme. The goal of the OB2 course is to help the participants understand and leverage the social dynamics that occur in organisations. The P&P course aims to assist participants in developing a conceptual framework to understand power and gain defensive and offensive political skills. The VCL&F course offers a broad overview of luxury and fashion to help participants pursue successful careers in these sectors. Frédéric also teaches the Organisational Sociology and Advanced Topics in Organisational Behaviour/Organisational Theory courses in the PhD programme. He has written various case studies on luxury and fashion industries (LVMH, Raf Simons at Dior, WGSN...).

He has published his research in a wide range of leading academic peer-reviewed journals such as the Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, Organization Studies, the Annual Review of Sociology, and Social Forces, practitioner-oriented journals (notably Harvard Business Review), as well as several edited books. Frédéric wrote a book on the structure and culture of the fashion industry, Sociologie de la mode (A Sociology of Fashion), which has been translated into Portuguese(Brazil) and Spanish (Argentina) languages. An extended English translation (at Palgrave-MacMillan) is available under the title Unveiling Fashion. He also wrote a book on the intellectual history of fashion, Penser la Mode (Thinking about Fashion). His work and expertise has been extensively featured in international media such as The New York Times, El País, Financial Times and Women's Wear Daily, and in French national media such as Le Monde, Les Échos, and Le Figaro.

Prior to completing his PhD, Frédéric worked three years for McKinsey & Company, Belgium, where he developed his practical business knowledge in several functional areas, in particular, competitive intelligence and social network analysis. He was involved in multiple strategic studies for a wide range of clients from various industrial sectors.

PUBLICATIONS

• JOURNAL ARTICLES - Task Complexity and Shared Value Orientation: Exploring the Moderators of a Social Dilemma in Team Social Networks - Industrial and Corporate Change
• JOURNAL ARTICLES - Fashion with a Foreign Flair: Professional Experiences Abroad Facilitate the Creative Innovations of Organizations - Academy of Management Journal
• JOURNAL ARTICLES - Making the Most of the Revolving Door: The Impact of Outward Personnel Mobility Networks on Organizational Creativity - Organization Science
• BOOK CHAPTERS - Turning Points and the Space of Possibles: A Relational Perspective on the Different Forms of Uncertainty - Palgrave
• JOURNAL ARTICLES - Sociology of Fashion: Order and Change - Annual Review of Sociology
• JOURNAL ARTICLES - Empires, Federated Arrangements, and Kingdoms: Using Political Models of Governance to Understand Firms’ Creative Performance - Organization Studies
• BOOKS - Unveiling Fashion: Business, Culture, and Identity in the Most Glamorous Industry - Palgrave Macmillan
• BOOKS - Penser la mode: Textes choisis et présentés par Frédéric Godart - IMF Edition
• JOURNAL ARTICLES - Switchings under Uncertainty: The Coming and Becoming of Meanings - Poetics
• BOOKS - Sociologie de la mode - La Découverte
• JOURNAL ARTICLES - Network-Domains in Combat and Fashion Organizations - Organization
• JOURNAL ARTICLES - How Do Cultural Producers Make Creative Decisions? Lessons from the Catwalk - Social Forces
• BOOK CHAPTERS - Märkte als soziale Formationen
• JOURNAL ARTICLES - Mobilizing Identities: Uncertainty and Control in Strategy - Theory, Culture & Society
• JOURNAL ARTICLES - Sector-specific Regulation in European Electronic Communications - Meant to Disappear? - Info - The Journal of Policy, Regulation and Strategy for Telecommunications

RESEARCH AREAS

Creativity, Economic Sociology, Fashion, Luxury, Market Dynamics, Mobility, Social Networks, Status, Style, Uncertainty, Watchmaking TEACHING AREAS

Power & Politics, Organisational Sociology, Social Networking Strategies

INDUSTRY SECTORS

Household Goods & Textiles, Leisure, Entertainment & Hotels, Retailing