Areas of Expertise

Competitive Strategy, Behavioral Strategy, Human Capital, Incentive Theory, Organization Design, Social Comparison, Inequity and Inequality in Organizations

Awards, Honors & Certificates

• 2023 – current, Senior Editor: Organization Science
• 2020– current, Contributing Editor: Strategy Science
• ANR T-ERC Grant (€ 150,000). 2017
• Poets & Quants: 2017 Best 40 Under 40 Professors
• HEC BNP Paribas Pierre Vernimmen 2015 Teaching Award: Best professor at HEC Paris across all programs (E.MBA., Executive Education, MBA., Ph.D., M.Sc.)
• HEC Foundation Research Grant (€ 15,000). 2014
• Wiley Blackwell Outstanding Dissertation Award, 2012. Winner
• AOM HR Division’s Scholarly Achievement Award, 2012. Finalist
• INFORMS/Organization Science Dissertation Proposal Competition, 2010. Finalist

Selected Publications

• Obloj, T., and Zenger, T. (2022). The influence of pay transparency on (gender) inequity, inequality and the performance basis of pay. Nature Human Behaviour, 6, 646-655.
• Battilana, J., Obloj, T., Pache, A. C., and Sengul, M. (2022). Beyond Shareholder Value Maximization: Accounting for Financial/Social Trade-Offs in Dual-Purpose Companies. Academy of Management Review, 47(2), 237-258.
• Gutierrez, C., Obloj, T., and Frank, D. (2021). Better to have led and lost than never to have led at all? Lost leadership and effort provision in dynamic tournaments. Strategic Management Journal, 42(4), 774-801.
• Obloj, T., and Sengul, M. (2020). What do Multiple Objectives Really Mean for Performance? Empirical Evidence from the French Manufacturing Sector. Strategic Management Journal, 41(13), 2518-2547.
• Gutierrez, C., Astebro, T., and Obloj, T. (2020). The Impact of Overconfidence and Ambiguity Attitude on Market Entry. Organization Science, 31(2), 308-329.
• Korniychuk, A., Obloj, T., and Uhlmann, E. L. (2018). Initial Prejudices Create Cross-generational Intergroup Mistrust. PLoS ONE, 13(4), e0194871.
• Obloj, T., and Zenger, T. (2017). Organization Design, Proximity, and Productivity Responses to Upward Social Comparison. Organization Science, 28(1), 1-18.
• Sengul, M., and Obloj, T. (2017). Better Safe than Sorry: Subsidiary Performance Feedback and Internal Governance in Multiunit Firms. Journal of Management, 43(8), 2526-2554. Special Issue: Resource Allocation and Strategy.
• Obloj, T., and Zemsky, P. (2015). Value Creation and Value Capture under Moral Hazard: Exploring the Micro-Foundations of Buyer-Supplier Relationships. Strategic Management Journal, 36(8), 1146-1163.
• Frank, D., and Obloj, T. (2014). Firm-Specific Human Capital, Adverse Learning, and Agency Costs: Evidence from Retail Banking. Strategic Management Journal, 35(9), 1279-1301.
• Obloj, T., and Sengul, M. (2012). Incentive Life-cycles: Learning and the Division of Value in Firms. Administrative Science Quarterly, 57(2), 305-347.
• Obloj, T., and Capron, L. (2011). Role of Resource Gap and Value Appropriation: Effect of Reputation Gap on Price Premium in Online Auctions. Strategic Management Journal, 32(4), 447-456.

Edited on August 4, 2025