Yehuda Baruch, a Professor of Management at the Southampton Business School, has received the Hughes Lifetime Scholar Award from the Academy of Management.
The Hughes Award honours scholars who have made a significant contribution to careers research. The award carries the name of American sociologist, Everett Cherrington Hughes, and commemorates his influential role in establishing careers as a field of scholarly study.
Presenting the award, Professor Julia Richardson, Head of the School of Management & Marketing at Curtin University, Australia, and a former chair of the Careers Division of the Academy of Management, said:
“Professor Baruch’s work and collegiality is characterised by excellence, innovation, inclusivity, creating and maintaining connections for us and with us, inviting us to think beyond traditional theoretical and empirical positioning to embrace diversity and oftentimes bold theory and practice. He has explored and contributed to our understanding of themes such as expatriation, repatriation, career mobility, career transitions and serendipity, career sustainability, psychological contracts, and employability to name but a few.“
Professor Laura Constanzo, Head of School at the Southampton Business School said:
“I am delighted that Professor Yehuda Baruch has received the Hughes Lifetime Scholar Award, an outstanding award from the Academy of Management. This accolade is testament to the significant contribution Yehuda has made to our understanding and knowledge of careers as a field of scholarly study. We are very fortunate to have Yehuda as an outstanding world scholar and collegial colleague in the Southampton Business School.”
An interview with Professor Yehuda Baruch will appear in the next edition of Staff Matters, out on 5th September.