Thomas A. Turk
Thomas A. Turk currently serves as professor of management at Chapman University’s Argyros School of Business and Economics. He joined Chapman University in 1992 after serving for five years on the faculty at Texas A&M University. He earned a Ph.D. in Strategic Management from the University of California, Irvine in 1988. Professor Turk's research on corporate strategy and corporate governance regularly appears in leading academic journals, including Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Economic Inquiry, Human Relations, Journal of Management, Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management, Academy of Accounting and Financial Studies Journal, Journal of Accounting and Finance Research, and Journal of Economics and Business. His research on corporate governance, mergers and hostile takeovers has appeared in Corporate Governance and The Management of Corporate Acquisitions, both collections of articles by internationally recognized scholars. Professor Turk lectures widely in executive education programs for both public and private organizations. He frequently consults with businesses on strategic planning and strategic change issues. He also frequently serves as an expert witness on top executive compensation and business valuation issues. Professor Turk’s current research and consulting assists firms in reducing bureaucracy and increasing their capacity to take entrepreneurial initiative.