Mary Zellmer-BruhnAssociate Professor

Mary Zellmer-Bruhn
CSOM Strategic Mgmt & Org
3-412 CarlSMgmt
Minneapolis, MN  55455
Phone: 612/625-2342
zellm002@umn.edu


Education
BBA, 1987, Marketing, Univ. of Wisconsin
MS, 1993, Management, Univ. of Wisconsin
PhD, 1999, Organizational Behavior, Univ. of Wisconsin

Research

Expertise
Team composition and performance
The effects of context on team learning & performance
Time related effects in organizational behavior & teamwork
Cross-cultural teamwork and global teams

Current Research
Knowledge transfer and team learning
The formation and evolution of management teams in start-ups
The formation, change, and effects of perceived similarity in teams
Team task progress under ambiguous deadlines


Publications

Major Publications

  • Zellmer-Bruhn, M. E., & Gibson, C. B. (2006). "Multinational Organization Context: Implications for team learning and performance." Academy of Management Journal
  • Maloney, M. M. &, Zellmer-Bruhn, M. E. (Forthcoming). "Building bridges, windows, and cultures: Mediating mechanisms between heterogeneity and performance in global teams." Management International Review
  • Forbes, D. P., Borchert, P., Zellmer-Bruhn, M. E., & Sapienza, H.J. (2006). "Entrepreneurial team formation: An exploration of new member addition." Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
  • Villanueva, J., Forbes, D., Zellmer-Bruhn, M., & Sapienza, H. (2005). "The Entrepreneurial Intentions of Academic Scientist-Inventors" Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research
  • Zellmer-Bruhn, M. E., Waller, M. J., & Ancona, D. G. (2004). "The Effect of Temporal Entrainment on the Ability of Teams to Change Their Routines" Research on Managing Groups and Teams. Time in Groups.
  • Zellmer-Bruhn, M. E. (2003). "Interruptive events and team knowledge acquisition." Management Science.
  • Gibson, C. B. & Zellmer-Bruhn, M. E. (2001). "Metaphors and meaning: An intercultural analysis of teamwork." Administrative Science Quarterly
  • Waller, M. J., Zellmer-Bruhn, M. E. & Giambatista, R. C. (2002). "The effects of shifting deadlines on attention to time in groups." The Academy of Management Journal

Instruction

Courses

Fall, 2009
MGMT 1001 Contemporary Management Sec.  005
MGMT 1001H Honors: Contemporary Management Sec.  001


Service

Current Editorial Appointments

  • Editorial Board, Organization Science

Scholarly Service and Honors

  • National Science Foundation Grant, 2003 -2006
  • Carlson School of Management Excellence in Teaching Award, 2003-2004
  • Outstanding Honors Faculty, 2004-2005
  • McKnight Business and Economics Grant, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
  • University of Minnesota Graduate School Grant-in-Aid of Research, 2000, 2004
  • INFORMS dissertation proposal finalist, 1998
  • Outstanding Master's Student Award, Univ. of Wisconsin, School of Business, 1993