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James Emery

Associate Professor of the Practice of Business Administration
Fuqua School of Business
Box 90120, Durham, NC 27708-0120
Fuqua School of Bus, Durham, NC 27708

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 · 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 Cite

Can 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 Cite
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Education, Training & Certifications


Duke University · 2006 Ph.D.