Thomas Altura
Associate Professor
School of Management
Lucas College and Graduate School of Business
San Jos茅 State University
One Washington Square
San Jose, California 95192-0070
Preferred: thomas.altura@sjsu.edu
Telephone
Preferred: 408-924-7884
Office Hours
Please check with School of Management.
Office Location
BT 665
Education
Ph.D. in Management, UCLA, 2015
M.B.A., UCLA, 2010
B.A. in Anthropology, UCLA, 2005
Bio
Thomas Altura is an associate professor in the School of Management at San Jos茅 State University. He received his Ph.D. and M.B.A. from the UCLA Anderson School of Management, and holds a B.A. in Anthropology, also from UCLA. Tom鈥檚 research focuses on organization theory and institutional change and has been published in leading academic journals, including Business & Society, Social Science Japan Journal, Management Decision, and Journal of Career Development. His research is highly multidisciplinary and employs both quantitative and qualitative methods. Tom teaches in the Lucas College and Graduate School of Business鈥檚 undergraduate and M.B.A. programs; the College of Education's Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership (Ed.D.); and the College of Engineering鈥檚 M.S. Engineering, Specialization in Business Leadership program. His courses include Organization Theory; Organizational Behavior and Change in Education; Developing and Managing People; Fundamentals of Management and Organizational Behavior; and Managing Organizational Change. The recipient of numerous awards, Tom was recognized with the prestigious Distinguished Teaching Award, the College of Business鈥檚 highest teaching honor.