Ph.D. Management, IESE Business School (2017)
M.Sc. Management Research, IESE Business School (2014)
B.S., Business Administration, University of Buenos Aires (2006)
Sustainability
Organizations & Communities
Organizational Learning
Ethics
Impression Management
Behavioral Strategy
Dr. Horacio E. Rousseau is the Mary Tilly Bessemer Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Department of Management at Florida State University’s Herbert Wertheim College of Business. His main research focuses on sustainable development, looking to understand how organizations can effectively promote change regarding social and environmental issues by studying various organizational and community-level factors. A secondary related area of research revolves around the issue of organizational ethics and deviance. Within this stream, Rousseau studies what drives organizations to become more transparent when dealing with publicly sensitive matters, as well as the opposite behavior, namely misconduct and the use of impression management tactics, such as hiding sensitive information from the public.
Rousseau received his bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Buenos Aires. He received his master’s degree in management research and his doctoral degree in management from IESE Business School.
Maslach, D., Rousseau, H. & Lamont, B. 2026. Pioneer Learning From Failure: How Competitor Entry and Consumer Reports Improve Learning From Failure Repositories. Journal of Management.
Smulowitz, S., Rousseau, H. & Audia, P. 2026. Institutional Logics as a Resource and Risk: Logic Deviance and Categorical Penalties in US Community Banks. Journal of Management Studies.
García-Dastugue, S. & Rousseau, H. 2024 (authors contributed equally). Supply Chain Awareness: Theoretical Development and Empirical Test in the Nonprofit Context. The International Journal of Logistics Management.
Berrone, P., Rousseau, H., Ricart, J., Brito, E. & Giuliodori, A. 2023. How Can Research Contribute to the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals? An Interpretive Review of SDG Literature in Management. International Journal of Management Reviews.
Audia, P., Rousseau, H. & Stimmler, M. 2023 (first two authors contributed equally). Public Opinion and Impression Management in the Communication of Performance During the Second Iraq War. Organization Science.
Audia, P., Rousseau, H., Brion, S. 2020 (In Press). CEO Power and Nonconforming Reference Group Selection. Organization Science.
Smulowitz, S. S., Rousseau, H., Bromiley, P. The Behavioral Theory of the (Community-oriented) Firm: The Differing Response of Community Oriented Firms to Performance Feedback. 2020. Strategic Management Journal.
Rousseau, H., Berrone, P. & Gelabert, L. 2019. Localizing Sustainable Development Goals: Nonprofit Density and City Sustainability. Academy of Management Discoveries.
Rousseau, H. 2017. Corporate Sustainability: Toward a Theoretical Integration of Catholic Social Teaching and the Natural-Resource-Based View of the Firm". Journal of Business Ethics.
Berrone, P., Gelabert, L., Massa-Saluzzo, F. & Rousseau, H. 2016 (authors contributed equally and are listed alphabetically). Understanding Community Dynamics in the Study of Grand Challenges: How Nonprofits, Institutional Actors, and the Community Fabric Interact to Influence Income Inequality. Academy of Management Journal.
Named Mary Tilly Bessemer Associate Professor of Business Administration (2025).
AOM 2023 "The Hidden Value of Exposure in Crowdsourcing Contests: How Solver Participation Leads to Post-Contest Retributions." Included in the 2023 AOM Best Papers Proceedings.
Nominated for the Charles Hardwick Outstanding Graduate Teacher Award, Herbert Wertheim College of Business (2022).
Nominated for the OSCM Division Chan Hahn Best Paper Award, Academy of Management Conference (August 2022).
2021 Award for Responsible Research in Management, for "Localizing Sustainable Development Goals: Nonprofit Density and City Sustainability."
Academy of Management Discoveries 2020 Best Paper Award for “Localizing Sustainable Development Goals: Nonprofit Density and City Sustainability.”
AOM 2020 “A Behavioral View of Problemistic Search in Nonprofits: How Multiple Goals and Governance Drive Fundraising Efforts.” Included in the 2020 AOM Best Papers Proceedings.
Southern Management Association (SMA) 2018 Best Strategy Track Paper Award, for “Profiting from Lack of Cohesion: Bank Profitability in Fractured Communities.”
SMA 2017 Best Doctoral Paper Award, for “The Behavioral Theory of the (Community-oriented) Firm: Community Orientation and Banks’ Responses to Attainment Discrepancies.”
AOM 2017 Nomination for ONE Division Best Paper Award, for “The Role of Nonprofit Organizations in Improving Community Environmental Performance.”
AOM 2017 “Creating Value for Others. The Role of Nonprofit Organizations in Improving Community Environmental Performance.” Included in the 2017 AOM Best Papers Proceedings.
AOM 2014 ONE Division Best Paper Award, for “Let's Talk: Studying Dialogue among Firms and Outside Actors on Social and Environmental Issues.”
