Dr. Paola Ometto
Research Interests
- Social enterprise
- Business sustainability
- Corporate social responsibility
- Entrepreneurial ecosystems
- Communities and Markets
- Emerging markets
Summary
Paola Ometto is an Assistant Professor of Management in the College of Business Administration
at California State University San Marcos. She is passionate about how businesses
navigate global environments and the current demand for being more environmental sustainable
and socially just. She also researches how communities and institutional factors impact
entrepreneurship and corporations. Prior to joining CSUSM, she received her Ph.D.
in Strategic Management and Organization at Alberta Business School (University at
Alberta) and a Ph.D. in Public Administration from FGV-EAESP (Sao Paulo - Brazil).
She has presented her work at the Academy of Management Conference and European Group
of Organization Studies.
Peer review publications
- Ometto, M. P., Gegenhuber, T., Winter, J., & Greenwood, R. (2018) “From Balancing
Missions to Mission Drift: the Role of the Institutional Context, Spaces, and Compartmentalization
in the Scaling of Social Enterprises.†Business & Society.
- Ometto, M. P., Bulgacov, S., & Gomel, M. (2015) “Os Praticantes da Responsabilidade
Social Empresarial: um Estudo a Partir da Certificação FSC.†[The Practitioners
of Social Responsibility: a Study of the Forest Stewardship Council]. Organização
e Sociedade (Brazil), v. 22, n. 74.
- Bulgacov, S., Ometto, M.P., & Gomel, M. (2015) “Differences in Sustainability Practices
and Stakeholders Involvement.†Journal of Social Responsibility, v.1, n. 11, 149-160.
Other publications
- Glynn, M. A., Lawrence, T. B., Meyer, R., Ocasio, W., Ometto, M. P., & Soublière,
J. F. (2016). “How Do Institutionalists Matter? Dialogue and Directions from the Closing
Plenary.†How Institutions Matter! Research in Sociology of Organization (pp. 393-
406). Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
- Alves, M.A., Guimarães, P.C.V., & Ometto, M.P. (2019).“Blame and Litigation as Corporate
Strategies in the Context of Environmental Disaster: Shell in Brazil." Routledge Companion to
Risk, Crisis and Emergency Management.
Conference proceedings
- Zafar, A., & Ometto, M.P. “Emancipating the Woman: How Gender-mix in Entrepreneurial
Teams Leads to Women's Emancipation.†Academy of Management Conference, Anaheim.
- Ometto, M.P., & Zafar, A. (2016) “External Infrastructure, Community-based Enterprises
and Entrepreneurial Emancipation.†Academy of Management Conference, Anaheim.
- Ometto, M. P., Gegenhuber, T., & Winter, J. (2015) “Losing the Activist Spirit: Institutional Complexity,
Mission Drift, and Institutional Logics Vulnerability.†Academy of Management Conference,
Vancouver, Canada.
- Ometto, M. P., & Alves, M. A. (2015) “Sedimentation in the Field: the Role of Previous Organizations
as Resource for Social Mobility.†Academy of Management Conference, Vancouver, Canada.
- Ometto, M. P., & Alves, M. A. (2014) “Corporate Political Activities Through Civil
Society Meta-organizations.†Academy of Management Conference, Philadelphia.