Department of Management

J. Lawrence French

Associate Professor

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Office: Northern Virginia Center

Phone: 703-538-8408

Fax: 703-538-8415

Email: lfrench@vt.edu

Education

B.A., Wesleyan University, 1965
M.A., University of Maryland, 1967
M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1971
Ph.D., Cornell University, 1977

Biography

J. Lawrence French (Ph.D., Cornell University) is associate professor of management.  He joined the faculty in the Fall 1987. He previously taught at Northeastern University, the University of Texas at Arlington, and the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. He currently teaches courses in organizational behavior, international management, and business negotiations. He has presented papers at regional and national meetings and published in Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Advances in International Comparative Management, Social Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Administration and Society,  Academy of Management Review, Journal of Labor Research, and Business Ethics Quarterly. His current research focuses on child labor in global industries.