Mark Wexler
Professor Emeritus, Management and Organization Studies
Segal
Room: SGL 3520
Phone: 778.782.7846
Email: wexler@sfu.ca
Curriculum Vitae: View
Credentials
B.A. (McGill), M.A. (W. Ontario), Ph.D. (York)Biography
Dr. Mark N. Wexler is a Professor Emeritus of Business Ethics and Management at the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University and the President of the Perimeter Group of Consultants. The Perimeter Group merged with Judy Oberalnder & Associates in 2022. Presently Dr. Wexler's consulting and applied work is done as a Partner and Co-Director of Judy Oberlander & Associates. Dr. Wexler remains a member of the Management and Organization Studies (MOS) and the Policy Analysis groups at the Beedie School of Business.. Mark's work appears in over 125 refereed journals and ten books. He is the recipient of 4 teaching awards, numerous grants, and research funds, has been selected as Price Waterhouse Cooper's 2004 Leader in Management Education (LIME), and sits on the editorial board of four research journals. Dr. Wexler's article. "The Who what and Why of Knowledge Mapping" has been selected as a classic (because of citation counts) in the Journal of Knowledge Management. Mark has consulted for diverse organizations in the private and public sectors. These include Abbott Laboratories, Air Alaska, Bank of Montreal, BHP Billiton, Canadian Immigration Services, Diageo, Doctor's without Borders, Lockheed Martin, Celgene, Vancouver International Airport (YVR), Microsoft, Nokia, Proctor and Gamble, Revenue Canada, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Royal Dutch Shell, Toyota Motor, United Technologies, Vancouver Hospital, and others. Mark's recent work has appeared in Business and Society Review, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Ideology, Social Science Information, Journal of Change Management, Journal of Management, Spirituality & Religion, and The International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. Please address all questions to wexler@sfu.ca.
Research Interests
Business Ethics, Management, Business and Society, Knowledge Management.Selected Publications
articles and reports
Wexler, M. N., & Oberlander, J. (2024). Prize culture: creative ecosystems in the attention economy. Creative Industries Journal. http://doi.org/10.1080/17510694.2024.2313272
Wexler, M. N., & Oberlander, J. (2023). The new normal: governance, disruption and the post-truth era. Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy, 17(4), 590-602. http://doi.org/10.1108/TG-12-2022-0166
Wexler, M. N., & Oberlander, J. (2023). Homo Athletica to Homo Digitalis: Esports as Sport. Midwest Quarterly, 65(1), 90-99.
Wexler, M. N., & Oberlander, J. (2023). Strategic pivoting: how organizations can shift attention whatever their size. Journal of Business Strategy. http://doi.org/10.1108/JBS-07-2022-0136
Wexler, M. N., & Oberlander, J. (2023). Ideology in the Attention Economy: A Portal to the Post-truth Era. Journal of Ideology, 42(1), Article 2. https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/ji/vol42/iss1/2/
Wexler, M. N., & Oberlander, J. (2021). Robo-Advice (RA): implications for the sociology of the professions. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. http://doi.org/10.1108/IJSSP-09-2021-0245
Wexler, M. N., & Oberlander, J. (2021). COVID-19 as a super crisis: implications for place management. Journal of Place Management and Development, 14(4), 481-496. http://doi.org/10.1108/JPMD-09-2020-0093
Wexler, M. N., & Oberlander, J. (2020). Public leadership and the wicked problem continuum. International Journal of Public Leadership, 16(4), 359-373. http://doi.org/10.1108/IJPL-04-2020-0025
Wexler, M. N., & Oberlander, J. (2020). Robo-advisors (RAs): the programmed self-service market for professional advice. Journal of Service Theory and Practice, 31(3), 351-365. http://doi.org/10.1108/JSTP-07-2020-0153
Wexler, M. N., & Oberlander, J. (2017). The shifting discourse on third places: Ideological implications. Journal of Ideology, 38(1). http://scholarcommons.sc.edu/ji/vol38/iss1/4
Wexler, M. N., Oberlander, J., & Shankar, A. (2017). The slow food movement: A 'Big Tent' ideology. Journal of Ideology, 37(1), 1-34. http://scholarcommons.sc.edu/ji/vol37/iss1/1
Wexler, M. N. (2016). Clubs, neo-tribal enclaves and cults: Variations on the theme of organizing members. International Journal of Cultic Studies, 7, 28-40. https://www.icsahome.com/articles/clubs--neotribal-enclaves-and-cults
Wexler, M. N. (2015). Re-thinking queue culture: The commodification of thick time. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 35(3-4), 165-181. http://doi.org/10.1108/IJSSP-06-2014-0048
Wexler, M. N. (2014). Toward the ambidextrous gown. Academic Matters, 12-14. http://www.academicmatters.ca/assets/AcademicMatters_June2014_FINAL_RLowRes.pdf
Wexler, M. N. (2013). Rachel carson's toxic discourse: Conjectures on counterpublics, stakeholders and the "occupy movement". Business and Society Review, 118(2), 171-192. http://doi.org/10.1111/basr.12007
Wexler, M. (2011). Positive deviance and performance enhancement in public agencies. Optimum: The Journal of Canadian Public Sector Management, 41(4), 28-39.
Wexler, M. N. (2011). Which fox in what henhouse and when? Conjectures on regulatory capture. Business and Society Review, 116(3), 277-302. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8594.2011.00386.x
Wexler, M. (2011). Invisible hands: Intelligent design and free markets. Journal of Ideology, 33(1), 22-38. http://www.lsus.edu/offices-and-services/community-outreach/the-journal-of-ideology/archives
Wexler, M. N. (2011). Four reactions to the prevalence of end-of-the-world logic. Midwest Quarterly, 52(3), 256-270. http://proxy.lib.sfu.ca/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=60194535&site=ehost-live
Wexler, M. N. (2011). Reconfiguring the sociology of the crowd: Exploring crowdsourcing. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 31(1-2), 6-20. http://doi.org/10.1108/01443331111104779
Wexler, M. N. (2010). Financial edgework and the persistence of rogue traders. Business and Society Review, 115(1), 1-25. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8594.2009.00355.x
Wexler, M. N. (2009). Exploring the moral dimension of wicked problems<sup>*</sup>. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 29, 531-542. http://doi.org/10.1108/01443330910986306
Wexler, M. N. (2009). Strategic ambiguity in emergent coalitions: The triple bottom line. Corporate Communications: An International Journal, 14(1), 62-77. http://doi.org/10.1108/13563280910931081
Wexler, M. (2008). Conjectures on systemic psychopathy: reframing the contemporary corporation. Society and Business Review, 3(3), 224-238. http://doi.org/10.1108/17465680810907305
Wexler, M. N. (2007, January). The moral nature of a credible scandal story. Insights, 4(3), 140-156.
Wexler, M. N. (2006). Successful resume fraud: Conjectures on the origins of amorality in the workplace. Journal of Human Values, 12(2), 137-152. http://doi.org/10.1177/097168580601200203
Wexler, M. N. (2002). Organizational memory and intellectual capital. Journal of Intellectual Capital, 3(4), 393-414. http://doi.org/10.1108/14691930210448314
Wexler, M. N. (2001). The who, what and why of knowledge mapping. Journal of Knowledge Management, 5(3), 249-264. http://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000005868
Wexler, M. N., & Sept, R. (1994). The Psycho‐Social Significance of Trivia. The Journal of Popular Culture, 28(2), 1-11. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-3840.1994.2802_1.x
Wexler, M. N. (1990). Deep ecology: Grounding a contemporary argument field. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 10(1), 47-70. http://doi.org/10.1108/eb013085
Wexler, M. N. (1987). Conjectures on the dynamics of secrecy and the secrets business. Journal of Business Ethics, 6(6), 469-480. http://doi.org/10.1007/BF00383289
Wexler, M. N. (1987). Problems in the grid-group analysis of the environmentalist movement. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 7(1), 68-82. http://doi.org/10.1108/eb013030
books chapters and monographs
Wexler, M. N. (2012). Counter-publics and the informal organization of contention in public controversies. In Singh, P., & Handley, R. (Eds.), Protest and its evolution (pp. 143-161). Whitewater Publications.
Gunns, M., & Wexler, M. N. (2010). Twenty questions directors should ask about codes of conduct, 2nd edition. 20 Questions Series. Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Wexler, M. N. (2008). Conjectures on workplace spirituality. In Todd, D. (Ed.), Cascadia: The Elusive Utopia (pp. 215-240). Ronsdale Press.
Wexler, M. N., & Oberlander, J. (2007). The four faces of planning ethics: A value profile in Canadian planning. In Grant, J. (Ed.), A Reader in Canadian Planning: Linking Theory and Practice (pp. 99-106). Nelson Thompson Learning.
Wexler, M. N. (2007). Reframing the 'gatekeeping' professions. In Tan, B. (Ed.), Relationships in the professions (pp. 211-228). Ballard Books.