Carroll School of Management

Judith Gordon, PhD

professor and chairperson - management and organization department

Judith Gordon

Judith Gordon received an A.B. in psychology Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Brandeis University, an M.Ed. in educational research and measurement from Boston University, and a Ph.D. in management from the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has been a faculty member in the Department of Management and Organization at Boston College since 1977 and currently serves as chairperson of the department.

Dr. Gordon's research and publication interests are in the areas of the career development of professional women, the interface between work and family, older women in the workplace, and managerial effectiveness. She is the author of Organizational Behavior: A Diagnostic Approach (Prentice Hall, 2002, 1999, 1996; Allyn and Bacon, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1993), Information Systems: A Management Approach (Dryden, 1999, 1996), Management and Organizational Behavior (Allyn & Bacon, 1990), and Human Resource Management: A Practical Approach (Allyn & Bacon, 1986). She has also written articles about the mid-life transition of professional women, work-family conflict of older women, the delivery of information systems services, the role of the individual in the change process, and the adoption of distributed database management systems.  These articles have appeared in journals such as Information Management Systems, Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, Journal of Family Issues, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, Organization Development Journal, and Women in Management Review, among others. 

Dr. Gordon has taught courses in the doctoral, masters, and undergraduate programs in organizational behavior, human resource management, micro organizational behavior, organizational structure and design, career development, and teaching effectiveness.  She has extensive training and consulting experience in the areas of organizational behavior, human resources management, and career development. She served as Chairperson of the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges from 2006-2008. 


Carroll School of Management
Fulton Hall 430A
140 Commonwealth Ave.
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
judith.gordon.1@bc.edu
617-552-0454
web site: www2.bc.edu/~gordonj