John J. Gabarro

John J. Gabarro

UPS Foundation Professor of Human Resource Management, Emeritus

UPS Foundation Professor of Human Resource Management, Emeritus

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John J. Gabarro
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Publications Research Summary

Books
Books

Journal Articles
Journal Articles

Book Chapters
Book Chapters

  • Gabarro, John J. "When a New Manager Takes Charge." In Harvard Business Review on the Tests of a Leader. Harvard Business School Press, 2007. View Details
  • Gabarro, John J. "Prologue: Emerging Modern Law Firms." In Managing the Modern Law Firm, edited by Laura Empson. Oxford University Press, 2007. View Details
  • Gabarro, John J., and John P. Kotter. "Managing Up." In Managing Yourself. 1st ed. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Publishing, 2005. View Details
  • Gabarro, J. J. "Managing Relationships with Superiors." In Encyclopedia of Career and Work Issues, edited by L. Jones. Phoenix: Oryx Press, 1992. View Details
  • Gabarro, John J., and Anne Harlan. "Understanding and Influencing Group Process." In Managing People and Organizations, edited by J. J. Gabarro. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1992. View Details
  • Gabarro, John J. "The Development of Working Relationships." In Intellectual Teamwork: Social and Technological Bases of Collaborative Work, edited by C. Egido, J. Galesher, and R. E. Kraut. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1990. View Details
  • Gabarro, John J. "Taking Charge." In Designing and Managing Your Career. 1st ed. Edited by Harry Levinson. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1989. View Details
  • Gabarro, John J. "Executive Leadership and Succession: The Process of Taking Charge." In The Executive Effect: Concepts and Methods for Studying Top Managers, edited by Donald C. Hambrick. New York: JAI Press, 1988. View Details
  • Gabarro, John J. "The Development of Working Relationships." In The Handbook of Organizational Behavior, edited by J. W. Lorsch. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1987. View Details
  • Gabarro, John J. "Communication in One-to-One Relationships." In Managing Behavior in Organizations, edited by Leonard A. Schlesinger, Robert G. Eccles, and John J. Gabarro. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1983. View Details
  • Gabarro, John J. "The Social Motives." In Managing Behavior in Organizations, edited by Leonard A. Schlesinger, Robert G. Eccles, and John J. Gabarro. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1983. View Details
  • Schlesinger, Leonard A., and John J. Gabarro. "Some Preliminary Thoughts on Action Planning." In Managing Behavior in Organizations, edited by Leonard A. Schlesinger, Robert G. Eccles, and John J. Gabarro. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1983. View Details
  • Harlan, Anne, and John J. Gabarro. "Observing Group Process Dynamics." In Managing Behavior in Organizations, edited by Leonard A. Schlesinger, Robert G. Eccles, and John J. Gabarro. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1983. View Details
  • Gabarro, John J. "Stages in Management Succession." In Research and Course Development Profile. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1983. View Details
  • Gabarro, John J., and Cyrus F. Gibson. "Managing Communications and Conflict in Interpersonal Relationships." In Managing Organizational Behavior, edited by C.F. Gibson. Homewood, IL: Richard D. Irwin, 1980. View Details
  • Gabarro, John J. "The Development of Trust, Influence and Expectations." In Interpersonal Behavior, edited by Anthony Athos and John J. Gabarro. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1978. View Details
  • Gabarro, John J. "Organizational Adaptation to Environmental Change." In Organizational Systems: General Systems Approaches to Complex Organizations, edited by Frank Baker. Homewood, IL: Richard D. Irwin, 1974. View Details
  • Allen, Stephen, and John J. Gabarro. "Sociotechnical and Cognitive Models." In Organization Planning, edited by Jay W. Lorsch and Paul R. Lawrence. Homewood, IL: Richard D. Irwin, 1972. View Details

Cases and Teaching Materials
Cases and Teaching Materials

Other Publications and Materials
Other Publications and Materials

  • Gabarro, John J., Thomas J. DeLong, and Robert Lees. "Organizational Alignment in Professional Services." January 2009. View Details
  • Gabarro, John J., Thomas J. DeLong, and Robert Lees. "Motivational Dynamics of Professionals." January 2009. View Details
  • Ira, Kay, and John J. Gabarro. "Executive Pay in a Crises Environment." View Details
  • Gabarro, John J., Thomas J. DeLong, and Rob Lees. "The Producing Manager: A Double-Barreled Role." January 2008. View Details
  • Gabarro, John J., Thomas J. DeLong, and Robert Lees. "Professional Service Firms: A Breed Apart." January 2007. View Details
  • Gabarro, John J., Thomas J. DeLong, and Robert Lees. "Practice Segmentation in Professional Services." January 2007. View Details
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Jack Gabarro is Baker Foundation Professor in Organizational Behavior at the Harvard Business School where he has also served as UPS Foundation Professor of Human Resource Management.

Gabarro's research has focused on leadership, executive succession, professional service firms, and organizational change.  He is the author or co-author of eight books including When Professionals Have to Lead with Thomas DeLong and Robert Lees (Harvard Business School Press, 2007), Breaking Through with David Thomas, which won the 2001 George Terry Prize, given by the Academy of Management for contribution to management theory and practice and the Dynamics of Taking Charge which won the New Perspectives in Leadership Award and was named one of the best business books of the year by the Wall Street Journal.  Gabarro is also a recipient of the McKinsey Foundation Award and the Johnson Smith Knisely Foundation Award for research on executive leadership.  His current research focuses on leadership in professional service firms.

Gabarro has taught in Harvard's MBA, Executive and Doctoral Programs.  He has served as faculty chair of Harvard's International Senior Management Program, twice as head of its Organizational Behavior Unit and most recently as faculty chair of HBS Executive Education's Advanced Management Program.

Gabarro has worked with a number of firms including Credit Suisse,  Ernst & Young, Ford Motor Co., Goldman Sachs, IBM, Morgan Stanley, and General Electric, where he served as lead consultant for GE Capital's workout initiative.  He is currently a director of Towers Watson & Co., having previously served as a director of Jupiter Saturn Holding Co., Watson Wyatt & Co., the Wyatt Company, and Town and Country.

Gabarro completed his MBA, doctorate and post-doctoral work at Harvard before joining its faculty. 

(See also John Gabarro and Jack Gabarro)

Books
Journal Articles
Book Chapters
  • Gabarro, John J. "When a New Manager Takes Charge." In Harvard Business Review on the Tests of a Leader. Harvard Business School Press, 2007. View Details
  • Gabarro, John J. "Prologue: Emerging Modern Law Firms." In Managing the Modern Law Firm, edited by Laura Empson. Oxford University Press, 2007. View Details
  • Gabarro, John J., and John P. Kotter. "Managing Up." In Managing Yourself. 1st ed. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Publishing, 2005. View Details
  • Gabarro, J. J. "Managing Relationships with Superiors." In Encyclopedia of Career and Work Issues, edited by L. Jones. Phoenix: Oryx Press, 1992. View Details
  • Gabarro, John J., and Anne Harlan. "Understanding and Influencing Group Process." In Managing People and Organizations, edited by J. J. Gabarro. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1992. View Details
  • Gabarro, John J. "The Development of Working Relationships." In Intellectual Teamwork: Social and Technological Bases of Collaborative Work, edited by C. Egido, J. Galesher, and R. E. Kraut. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1990. View Details
  • Gabarro, John J. "Taking Charge." In Designing and Managing Your Career. 1st ed. Edited by Harry Levinson. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1989. View Details
  • Gabarro, John J. "Executive Leadership and Succession: The Process of Taking Charge." In The Executive Effect: Concepts and Methods for Studying Top Managers, edited by Donald C. Hambrick. New York: JAI Press, 1988. View Details
  • Gabarro, John J. "The Development of Working Relationships." In The Handbook of Organizational Behavior, edited by J. W. Lorsch. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1987. View Details
  • Gabarro, John J. "Communication in One-to-One Relationships." In Managing Behavior in Organizations, edited by Leonard A. Schlesinger, Robert G. Eccles, and John J. Gabarro. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1983. View Details
  • Gabarro, John J. "The Social Motives." In Managing Behavior in Organizations, edited by Leonard A. Schlesinger, Robert G. Eccles, and John J. Gabarro. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1983. View Details
  • Schlesinger, Leonard A., and John J. Gabarro. "Some Preliminary Thoughts on Action Planning." In Managing Behavior in Organizations, edited by Leonard A. Schlesinger, Robert G. Eccles, and John J. Gabarro. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1983. View Details
  • Harlan, Anne, and John J. Gabarro. "Observing Group Process Dynamics." In Managing Behavior in Organizations, edited by Leonard A. Schlesinger, Robert G. Eccles, and John J. Gabarro. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1983. View Details
  • Gabarro, John J. "Stages in Management Succession." In Research and Course Development Profile. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1983. View Details
  • Gabarro, John J., and Cyrus F. Gibson. "Managing Communications and Conflict in Interpersonal Relationships." In Managing Organizational Behavior, edited by C.F. Gibson. Homewood, IL: Richard D. Irwin, 1980. View Details
  • Gabarro, John J. "The Development of Trust, Influence and Expectations." In Interpersonal Behavior, edited by Anthony Athos and John J. Gabarro. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1978. View Details
  • Gabarro, John J. "Organizational Adaptation to Environmental Change." In Organizational Systems: General Systems Approaches to Complex Organizations, edited by Frank Baker. Homewood, IL: Richard D. Irwin, 1974. View Details
  • Allen, Stephen, and John J. Gabarro. "Sociotechnical and Cognitive Models." In Organization Planning, edited by Jay W. Lorsch and Paul R. Lawrence. Homewood, IL: Richard D. Irwin, 1972. View Details
Cases and Teaching Materials
Other Publications and Materials
  • Gabarro, John J., Thomas J. DeLong, and Robert Lees. "Organizational Alignment in Professional Services." January 2009. View Details
  • Gabarro, John J., Thomas J. DeLong, and Robert Lees. "Motivational Dynamics of Professionals." January 2009. View Details
  • Ira, Kay, and John J. Gabarro. "Executive Pay in a Crises Environment." View Details
  • Gabarro, John J., Thomas J. DeLong, and Rob Lees. "The Producing Manager: A Double-Barreled Role." January 2008. View Details
  • Gabarro, John J., Thomas J. DeLong, and Robert Lees. "Professional Service Firms: A Breed Apart." January 2007. View Details
  • Gabarro, John J., Thomas J. DeLong, and Robert Lees. "Practice Segmentation in Professional Services." January 2007. View Details
Research Summary
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