Overview
James (Jim) Emery is a Faculty Director for Fuqua’s Client Consulting Practicum and an Adjunct Professor in the Management and Organizations department at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. His leadership research focuses on loyalty, trust and inspiration in leaderfollower relationships and how educational experiences affect leadership development. Jim is part of an interdisciplinary research team funded by a grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs to explore how to improve team work in patient care processes. He has also provided executive education and leadership coaching to for-profit corporations, non-profit organizations and government agencies over the past eight years. Jim received his PhD and MBA in Business Administration from the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of the Practice of Business Administration
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2019 - Present
Fuqua School of Business
Recent Publications
Operating Room-to-ICU Patient Handovers: A Multidisciplinary Human-Centered Design Approach.
Journal Article Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf · September 2016 BACKGROUND: Patient handovers (handoffs) following surgery have often been characterized by poor teamwork, unclear procedures, unstructured processes, and distractions. A study was conducted to apply a human-centered approach to the redesign of operating r ... Full text Link to item CiteCan we make postoperative patient handovers safer? A systematic review of the literature.
Journal Article Anesth Analg · July 2012 Postoperative patient handovers are fraught with technical and communication errors and may negatively impact patient safety. We systematically reviewed the literature on handover of care from the operating room to postanesthesia or intensive care units an ... Full text Link to item CiteDeveloping leaders of consequence
Chapter · 2012 CiteEducation, Training & Certifications
Duke University ·
2006
Ph.D.