Brittany Jones Mallory

Brittany Jones Mallory
  • Doctoral Student

Contact Information

  • office Address:

    3112 SH-DH
    3620 Locust Walk
    Philadelphia, PA 19104

Links: CV, Personal Website

Overview

My research investigates human capital in high-growth startups, with a focus on non-founder employees (“joiners”). I examine how startups assemble and manage this critical resource under conditions of uncertainty, resource constraint, and rapid organizational change. My work explores the human capital portfolio of joiners, how this profile varies across the firm lifecycle, and how startups balance internal mobility with external hiring as they grow.

More broadly, my research bridges strategy, entrepreneurship, and human capital to deepen our understanding of workforce dynamics in evolving entrepreneurial firms and inform how organizations adapt their human capital strategies during periods of transformative growth.

Prior to joining Wharton, I worked in marketing research in a variety of industries including health insurance, consumer products, and advertising. My undergraduate degree is in psychology from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

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Teaching

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  • MGMT1010 - Intro To Management

    We all spend much of our lives in organizations. Most of us are born in organizations, educated in organizations, and work in organizations. Organizations emerge because individuals can't (or don't want to) accomplish their goals alone. Management is the art and science of helping individuals achieve their goals together. Managers in an organization determine where their organization is going and how it gets there. More formally, managers formulate strategies and implement those strategies. This course provides a framework for understanding the opportunities and challenges involved in formulating and implementing strategies by taking a "system" view of organizations,which means that we examine multiple aspects of how managers address their environments, strategy, structure, culture, tasks, people, and outputs, and how managerial decisions made in these various domains interrelate. The course will help you to understand and analyze how managers can formulate and implement strategies effectively. It will be particularly valuable if you are interested in management consulting, investment analysis, or entrepreneurship - but it will help you to better understand and be a more effective contributor to any organizations you join, whether they are large, established firms or startups. This course must be taken for a grade.

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