Marya Hill-Popper Besharov

Graduate Student in Organizational Behavior / Sociology

Biographical Note

Marya Besharov is a doctoral candidate in Organizational Behavior and Sociology at Harvard University. Marya received her M.B.A. from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business and her A.B. from Harvard University. Her research interests include hybrid organizational forms, mission-driven businesses, alternative forms of control in organizations, and the meaning and experience of work. Marya’s dissertation examines employee behavior in a for-profit business with a social mission. The findings have implications for understanding control systems in organizations and for the management of employees in mission-driven businesses and related settings. Prior to her graduate studies, Marya spent four years working in health care research and consulting at The Advisory Board Company in Washington, D.C.

10/25/2007

Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests

hybrid organizational forms, mission-driven organizations, control in organizations, experience and meaning of work

Previous Degrees

MA, Sociology, Harvard University 2005.
MBA, Stanford University, 2002.
BA, Harvard University, 1996.

Contact

617-495-7617 (Phone)
617-496-5794 (FAX)

Wyss House
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field
Boston, MA 02163