Wayne Baker Biography

Professor of sociology, organizational behavior, and human resource management at the University of Michigan, Wayne Baker also serves as the center's director. After eight years of teaching at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, he joined the faculty in 1995. Dr. Baker works in the fields of social capital, networks, organization design, economic sociology, and culture. She also teaches and consults in these fields. Working with Humax Corporation, an evaluation, and training company that specializes in personal and organizational development, Dr. Wayne Baker puts his expertise into practice. Humax is a leader in assisting individuals, organizations, and businesses in achieving quantifiable commercial results by investing in social capital. Achieving Success Through Social Capital: Tapping the Hidden Resources in Your Personal and Professional Networks by Dr. Wayne Baker (Jossey-Bass 2000). The bestselling rankings for business now include it. Networking Smart: How to Build Relationships for Personal and Organizational Success, Wayne Baker's first book on social capital, was a best-seller in the corporate world (McGraw-Hill). This book was named "one of the 30 finest business books of 1994" by Soundview Executive Book Summaries. America's Crisis of Values, Dr. Baker's most recent book, will be released by Princeton University Press in 2004. In addition to the Emory Williams Award for Excellence in Teaching from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, Professor Baker received the Max Weber Award for Distinguished Scholarship from the American Sociological Association.

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