Doctoral

Accomplishments

Our doctoral students and alumni are active members of our profession, presenting their work in international conferences, publishing in academic and practitioner journals, winning awards, and serving on editorial boards for important journals in the field. Our doctoral alumni hold positions as endowed professors, Deans, Associate Deans, department chairs, and of course tenured and tenure-track professors.

• 2020 Accomplishments

  • Doctoral alumni Klavdia Evans and Ashley Salaiz published this paper with Professor Dusya Vera: Evans, K., Salaiz, A., Pathak, S., & Vera, D. (2020). "Community influential directors and corporate social performance." Business & Society, forthcoming.
  • Doctoral alumni Klavdia Evans and Ashley Salaiz published this paper with Professor Dusya Vera: Salaiz, A., Evans, K., Pathak, S. & Vera, D. (2020). “The impact of corporate social responsibility and irresponsiblity on firm financial performance: New insights to an old question.” Organizational Dynamics.
  • Doctoral alum JeAnna Abbott published this paper with Professor Juan Madera: Guzzo, R. F., Abbott, J., & Madera, J. M. (2020). A micro-level view of CSR: a hospitality management systematic literature review. Cornell Hospitality Quarterly, 61(3), 332-352.
  • Doctoral alum JeAnna Abbott published this paper: Hua, N., DeFranco, A., & Abbott, J. (2020). Management fees and hotel performance in the US. Tourism Management, 79, 104093.
  • Doctoral alumni Phillip Jolly and Kyoung Yong Kim published this paper with Professor Leanne Atwater: Kim KY, Atwater L, Jolly PM, Kim M, Baik K. (2020). The Vicious Cycle of Work Life: Work Effort Versus Career Development Effort. Group & Organization Management. 45(3):351-385.
  • Doctoral alum Phillip Jolly published this paper: Michael J Tews, Ankie Hoefnagels, Phillip M Jolly, Kathryn Stafford. (2020). “Turnover among young adults in the hospitality industry: examining the impact of fun in the workplace and training climate.” Employee Relations: The International Journal
  • Doctoral alum Phillip Jolly published this paper with Professor Ksenia Krylova and James S Phillips: Phillip M Jolly, Ksenia O Krylova, James S Phillips. (2020). “Leader intention, misconduct and damaged relational follower identity: A moral decision making perspective.” The Leadership Quarterly, 101425
  • Doctoral alumni Phillip Jolly, Kyoung Yong Kim and Myungsun Kim published this paper with Professor Leanne Atwater:  Kyoung Yong Kim, Leanne Atwater, Phillip M Jolly, Myungsun Kim, Kibok Baik. (2020). “The Vicious Cycle of Work Life: Work Effort Versus Career Development Effort.” Group & Organization Management 45 (3), 351-385
  • Doctoral alum Phillip Jolly published this paper: Michael J Tews, Kathryn Stafford, Philip M Jolly. (2020). “An unintended consequence? Examining the relationship between visible tattoos and unwanted sexual attention.” Journal of Management & Organization 26 (2), 152-167
  • Doctoral alum Phillip Jolly published this paper: Phillip M Jolly, Timothy T Self, Susan E Gordon. (2020). “Attracting hospitality recruits: the benefit of benefits” Journal of Human Resources in Hospitality & Tourism 19 (1), 1-22
  • Doctoral alum Phillip Jolly published this paper: Phillip M Jolly, Timothy T Self. (2020). “Psychological Diversity Climate, Organizational Embeddedness, and Turnover Intentions: A Conservation of Resources Perspective.” Cornell Hospitality Quarterly 61 (4), 416-431
  • Doctoral student Jaewoo Kim presented this conference paper with Professor Leanne Atwater: Kim, J., Atwater, L. E., & Yoon, H. (February, 2020) “Asymmetric Effects of Upward and Downward Envy on Self-Improvement, Social Undermining, and Avoidance in a Job Search Context” [Working Paper Session] C. T. Bauer College of Business, University of Houston, Houston, TX.  
  • Doctoral alumni Kyong Yong Kim, Myungsun Kim, and Phillip Jolly published this paper with Professor Leanne Atwater: Kim, Kyoung Yong; Atwater, Leanne; Jolly, Phillip M.; Kim, Myungsun; Baik, Kibok. The vicious cycle of work life: Work effort versus career development effort. June 2020; In: Group & Organization Management. Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 351-385
  • Doctoral alum Kyong Yong Kim published this paper: Kim, Kyoung Yong; Patel, Pankaj C. Broad-based employee ownership and labour productivity during the 2008 recession: Evidence from public firms in Europe. June 2020; In: British Journal of Industrial Relations. Vol. 58, No. 2, pp. 396-423.
  • Doctoral alum Kyong Yong Kim became a board member of Journal of Organizational Behavior.
  • Doctoral alum Ksenia Krylova is a recipient of the 2019-2020 University of Houston Teaching Excellence Awards
  • Doctoral alumni Tiffany Maldonado and Codou Samba published this paper with Professor Dusya Vera: Vera, D., Samba, C., Kong, D. & Maldonado, T. (2020). “Resilience as thriving: The role of positive leadership practices.” Organizational Dynamics.
  • Doctoral alum Mengge Li published this paper: Jeff P Savage, Mengge Li, Scott F Turner, Donald E Hatfield, Laura B Cardinal. (2020). “Mapping Patent Usage in Management Research: The State of Prior Art.” Journal of Management, 0149206320916233
  • Doctoral alum Salar Mesdaghinia published this paper with Professor Robert Eisenberger: Rockstuhl, T., Eisenberger, R., Shore, L., Kurtessis, J. N., Ford, M. T., Buffardi, L. C., & Mesdaghinia, S. (in press). Perceived organizational support (POS) across 54 nations: A cross-cultural meta-analysis of POS effects. Journal of International Business Studies.
  • Doctoral alum Salar Mesdaghinia published this paper with Professor Robert Eisenberger: Rockstuhl, T., Eisenberger, R., Shore, L. M., Kurtessis, J. N., Ford, M. T., Buffardi, L. C., & Mesdaghinia, S. (2020). Perceived organizational support (POS) across 54 nations: A cross-cultural meta-analysis of POS effects. Journal of International Business Studies, 1-30.
  • Doctoral alumni Robert McKee and Rachel Sturm published this paper with Professor Leanne Atwater: Braddy, P. W., Sturm, R. E., Atwater, L. E., Taylor, S. N., & McKee, R. A. (2020). Gender bias still plagues the workplace: Looking at derailment risk and performance with self-other ratings. Group & Organization Management, 45, 315-350. 
  • Doctoral alumni Robert McKee and Rachel Sturm published this paper with Professor Leanne Atwater: Braddy PW, Sturm R, Atwater L, Taylor SN, McKee R. Gender Bias Still Plagues the Workplace: Looking at Derailment Risk and Performance With Self–Other Ratings. (2020). Group & Organization Management. 45(3):315-350.
  • Doctoral alum Robert McKee published this paper with Professor Chet Miller: Miller, C., & McKee, R. (2020). Decision Comprehensiveness and the Outcomes of Firms: Reinterpreting and Extending a Recent Meta-analysis. Strategic Organization, in press.
  • Doctoral student Eun Young Nae published this paper: Carter, D. R., Cullen-Lester, K. L., Jones, J., Gerbasi, A., Chrobot-Mason, D., & Nae, E. Y. (2020). Functional Leadership in Interteam Contexts: Understanding ‘What’ in the Context of Why? Where? When? and Who? The Leadership Quarterly, 31(1), 101378.
  • Doctoral alum Joon Hyung Park published this paper: Hak Yoon Kim, Joon Hyung Park, Hyun Jeong Kim. (2020). “South Korean humanistic leadership.” Cross Cultural & Strategic Management.
  • Doctoral student Azadeh Sabz presented this conference paper with Professor Sana Chiu: Chiu, S.C. and Sabz, A. “Predicting Corporate Social (Ir) Responsibility: An Examination of Corporate Divestiture Context.” 2020 SMS Annual Conference.
  • Doctoral alumni Codou Samba and Pooya Tabesh published this paper: C Samba, P Tabesh, IC Thanos, VM Papadakis. (2020). “Method in the madness? A meta-analysis on the strategic implications of decision comprehensiveness.” Strategic Organization.
  • Doctoral alum Ashley Salaiz published this paper with Professor Shih-chi Chiu: Salaiz, A., Chiu, S-C., & Walls, J. L. (in press) Sustainability agency at the top of the organization: Microfoundations research on corporate sustainability, in Teerikangas, S., Onkila, T., Koistinen, K., & Mäkelä, M. Research Handbook of Sustainability Agency. London: Edward Elgar.
  • Doctoral alum Rachel Sturm published this paper: Sharma, P. N., & Sturm, R. E. (2020). Becoming powerful at work. Organizational Dynamics, accepted.
  • Doctoral alum Rachel Sturm received the Journal of Management 2020 Scholarly Impact Award.
  • Doctoral alum Rachel Sturm published this paper with Professor Leanne Atwater: Atwater, L., Sturm, R., Taylor, S., &Tringale, A. (in press). What’s happening in the workplace in the wake of the #MeToo Movement?  Business Horizons.
  • Doctoral alum Kenneth Sweet published this paper: (2020). KM Sweet. “A Fit Model of Organizational Leadership.” Journal of Organizational Psychology 20 (1), 104–119
  • Doctoral alumni Pooya Tabesh and Alexander Tawse published this paper: Alex Tawse, Pooya Tabesh. (2020). “Strategy implementation: A review and an introductory framework.” European Management Journal

• 2019 Accomplishments

  • Doctoral alum Jeanna Abbott published this paper: (2019). Priyanko Guchait, Jeanna L Abbott, Choong-Ki Lee, Ki-Joon Back, Ashokkumar Manoharan. “The influence of perceived forgiveness climate on service recovery performance: The mediating effect of psychological safety and organizational fairness.” Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management 40, 94-102
  • Doctoral alum Jeanna Abbott published this paper: (2019). Robert C Ford, Renata Guzzo, JeAnna L Abbott, John T Bowen. “Development and Validation of a Measure of Ebullient Supervision: The ES Scale.” Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies 26 (2), 150-162
  • Doctoral alum Jeanna Abbott published this paper: (2019). P Guchait, R Han, X Wang, JA Abbott, Y Liu. “Examining stealing thunder as a new service recovery strategy: impact on customer loyalty.” International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management
  • Doctoral alumni Phillip Jolly and Pooya Tabesh published this paper: (2019). Pooya Tabesh, Phillip M Jolly. “Beyond the law: processes underlying religious accommodation decisions.” Management Decision
  • Doctoral alumni Phillip Jolly and Connor Lubojacky published this paper: (2019). Carla D Jones, Phillip M Jolly, Connor J Lubojacky, Geoffrey P Martin, Luis R Gomez-Mejia. “Behavioral agency and corporate entrepreneurship: CEO equity incentives & competitive behavior.” International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal 15 (3), 1017-1039
  • Doctoral alum Phillip Jolly published this paper: (2019). Marcus A Valenzuela, Guowei Jian, Phillip M Jolly. “When more is better: The relationships between perceived deep-level similarity, perceived workplace ethnic diversity, and immigrants’ quality of coworker relationships.” Employee Relations: The International Journal
  • Doctoral alum Phillip Jolly published this paper: (2019). Michael J Tews, Kathryn Stafford, Phillip M Jolly. “The dark side? Fun in the workplace and unwanted sexual attention.” Employee Relations: The International Journal 41 (6), 1162-1182
  • Doctoral alum Phillip Jolly published this paper: (2019). Dejun Tony Kong, Phillip M Jolly. “Lay Beliefs About Attention to and Awareness of the Present: Implicit Mindfulness Theory (IMT) and Its Workplace Implications.” Journal of Business and Psychology 34 (5), 685-707
  • Doctoral alum Phillip Jolly published this paper: (2019). Timothy T Self, Susan Gordon, Phillip M Jolly. “Talent management: a Delphi study of assessing and developing Gen Z hospitality leaders.” International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management
  • Doctoral alum Phillip Jolly published this paper: (2019). DT Kong, PM Jolly. “A stress model of psychological contract violation among ethnic minority employees.” Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology 25 (3), 424-438
  • Doctoral student Jaewoo Kim presented this conference paper: Kim, J., & Jackson, C. L. (October, 2019) “What is Restorative Justice? A Proposal of The Victim-Offender Parallel Process Model” Paper to be presented at Southern Management Association Annual Meeting, Norfolk, VA. 
  • Doctoral student Jaewoo Kim presented this conference paper: Kim, J., & Joo, M. (April, 2019) “The Effects of Other Candidates and Social Networks on Resume Fraud over Time” Paper to be presented at the Annual Meetings of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Washington, D.C. 
  • Doctoral alum Kyong Yong Kim published this paper: Baik, Kibok; Kim, Kyoung Yong; Patel, Pankaj C. The internal ecosystem of high performance work system and employee service-providing capability: A contingency approach for servitizing firms. November 2019; In: Journal of Business Research. Vol. 104, pp. 402-410
  • Doctoral alumni Kyong Yong Kim and Zahir Latheef published this paper with Professor Leanne Atwater: Kim, Kyoung Yong; Atwater, Leanne; Latheef, Zahir; Zheng, Dianhan. Three motives for abusive supervision: The mitigating effect of subordinates attributed motives on abusive supervision’s negative outcomes. November 2019; In: Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies. Vol. 26, No. 4, pp. 476–494
  • Doctoral alum Kyong Yong Kim received Emerging Scholar Award in Employee Participation and Ownership 12 Aug 2019.
  • Doctoral alum Kyong Yong Kim became board member of Human Resource Management.
  • Doctoral alum Mengge Li published this paper: (2019). Mengge Li, Carla D Jones. “The Effects of TMT Faultlines and CEO-TMT Power Disparity on Competitive Behavior and Firm Performance.” Group & Organization Management 44 (5), 874-914
  • Doctoral alum Mengge Li published this paper: (2019). Mengge Li, Kun Carl Liu. “Let's explore with a divided team! The effects of top management team demographic faultlines on technological exploration.” Journal of Management & Organization, 1-20
  • Doctoral alum Connor Lubojacky presented this paper with Professor Curtis Wesley: (2019). Connor Lubojacky, Curtis Wesley. ” Captain at the Helm: How CEO Narcissism Steers Firm Entrepreneurial Orientation.” Academy of Management Proceedings 2019 (1), 15858
  • Doctoral alum Connor Lubojacky presented this paper with Professor Curtis Wesley: (2019). Connor Lubojacky, Curtis Wesley. “Audacious Entrepreneurship: How CEO Overconfidence Influences Entrepreneurial Orientation.” Academy of Management Proceedings 2019 (1), 15814
  • Doctoral alum Tiffany Maldonado published this paper: (2019). Lila Carden, Tiffany Maldonado, Carol Brace, Marie Myers. “Robotics process automation at TECHSERV: An implementation case study.” Journal of Information Technology Teaching Cases 9 (2), 72-79
  • Doctoral alum Tiffany Maldonado published this paper: (2019). Tiffany Maldonado, Ray Qing Cao, Lila L Carden. (2019). “Sentiment analysis on organisational resilience.” International Journal of Data Science 4 (2), 142-161
  • Doctoral alum Tiffany Maldonado published this paper with Professor Dusya Vera: (2019) Tiffany Maldonado, Dusya Vera, Nichelle Ramos. “Sentiment analysis on organisational resilience.” International Journal of Data Science 4 (2), 142-161
  • Doctoral alum Salar Mesdaghinia received best paper award from AOM Organizational Behavior Division with Professor Robert Eisenberger: Mesdaghinia, S., Lewis B., & Eisenberger, R. (2019). Leader’s Immorality-Encouragement (LIE): Facilitation by Leader’s Upward and Downward LMX. Paper accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, MA.
  • Doctoral alum Salar Mesdaghinia published this paper with Professor Robert Eisenberger: Mesdaghinia, S., Lewis B. A., Qiu, F. & Eisenberger,R. (2019). Leader’s Immorality Encouragement. Symposium paper accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, National Harbor, MD.
  • Doctoral alum Salar Mesdaghinia published this paper: Mesdaghinia, S., Rawat, A., & Nadavulakere, S. (2019). Why Moral Followers Quit: Examining the Role of Leader Bottom-Line Mentality and Unethical Pro-Leader Behavior. Journal of Business Ethics, 159(2): 491-505.
  • Doctoral student Eun Young Nae and alum Alexander Tawse and Jia Yu published this paper with Professor Leanna Atwater: Atwater, L., Yu, J, Tawse, A., Fields, L. H., McFarren, J. A., & Nae, E. Y. (2019). Relevance of Culture in Studies of Leadership: Ignored or Dismissed? Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 1-22.
  • Doctoral student Eun Young Nae presented this conference paper: Nae, E.Y., &Choi, B.K.Career success and Subjective well-being: Moderated Mediation Model of Goal Orientation. Paper presented at The 79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of the Management, August, 2019, Boston, MA.
  • Doctoral student Cyrus Parks presented this conference paper with Professor C. Chet Miller: Parks, C.B., & Miller, C.C. (2019, October). Towards more useful conceptualizations and measures of firm performance: How strategy can effectively move forward. Paper to be presented at the 39thAnnual Conference of the Strategic Management Society, Minneapolis.
  • Doctoral student Cyrus Parks presented this conference paper: Flynn, J., Fornaciari, C., Parks, C.B., et al. (2019, June) The perpetual questions of a management faculty career: How to manage the “service” responsibilities. Symposium panel at the Conference of the Management & Organizational Behavior Teaching Society, Mahwah, NJ
  • Doctoral student Cyrus Parks presented this conference paper: Parks, C.B. & Carlin, B. (2019, April) Keeping course quality in large classes. Symposium conducted at the Innovative Teaching & Learning Symposium at the University of Houston, Houston, TX
  • Doctoral student Azadeh Sabz presented this conference paper with Professor Sana Chiu: Chiu, S.C. and Sabz, A. “Predicting Corporate Social Performance: Implications of Corporate Divestitures.” Presented proposal, 2019 SMS Annual Conference.
  • Doctoral student Azadeh Sabz presented this conference paper with Professor Sana Chiu: Chiu, S.C. and Sabz, A. “Stakeholder Value Creation through Corporate Divestiture Activity”. Accepted proposal, 2019 AOM Specialized Conference.
  • Doctoral student Azadeh Sabz presented this conference paper with Professors Sana Chiu and Curtis Wesley: Chiu, Sabz, A. and Wesley, C.L. “The Board – CEO Relationship and its Effect on Resource Provision: Agency and Stewardship Perspectives.” Presented proposal, 2019 SMS Special Conference.
  • Doctoral alum Codou Samba published this paper: Codou Samba, David W Williams, Robert M Fuller. (2019). “The forms and use of intuition in top management teams.” The Leadership Quarterly, 101349
  • Doctoral alum Rachel Sturm published this paper with Professor Leanne Atwater: Atwater, L. E., Sturm, R. E., Tringale, A. M., Taylor, S. N., & Braddy, P. W. (2019). The #MeToo Backlash. Harvard Business Review Idea Watch.
  • Doctoral alum Rachel Sturm published this paper with Professor Leanne Atwater: Atwater, L. E., Tringale, A. M., Sturm, R. E., Taylor, S. N., & Braddy, P. W. (2019). Looking ahead: How what we know about sexual harassment now informs us of the future. Organizational Dynamics, 48(4), 1-9. 
  • Doctoral alum Pooya Tabesh published this paper: (2019). Pooya Tabesh, Parnian Tabesh, Kaveh Moghaddam” Individual and contextual influences on framing effect: Evidence from the Middle East.” Journal of General Management 45 (1), 30-39
  • Doctoral alum Pooya Tabesh published this paper: (2019). Pooya Tabesh, Elham Mousavidin, Sona Hasani. “Implementing big data strategies: A managerial perspective.” Business Horizons 62 (3), 347-358
  • Doctoral alum Pooya Tabesh published this paper with Professors Robert Keller and Dusya Vera: (2019). Pooya Tabesh, Dusya Vera, Robert T Keller. “Unabsorbed slack resource deployment and exploratory and exploitative innovation: How much does CEO expertise matter?.” Journal of Business Research 94, 65-80
  • Doctoral alumni Alexander Tawse and  Jia Yu published this paper with Professor Leanne Atwater: (2019). L Atwater, J Yu, A Tawse, LH Fields, JA McFarren, EY Nae. “Relevance of culture in studies of leadership: ignored or dismissed?.” Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 1-22
  • Doctoral alum Susana Velez-Castrillon published this paper: (2019). Katlyn Bradshaw, Hannah Baldizon, Jesse Morris, Susana Velez-Castrillon. “Our Personal Landfill: Using the Campus as a Living Laboratory to Teach about Sustainable Waste Management.” Business Education Innovation Journal VOLUME 11 NUMBER 2 December 2019, 212
  • Doctoral alum Jia Yu published this paper: (2019). EA Ohu, C Spitzmueller, J Zhang, CL Thomas, A Osezua, J Yu. “When work–family conflict hits home: Parental work–family conflict and child health.” Journal of occupational health psychology 24 (5), 590.

• 2018 Accomplishments

  • Doctoral alum Jeanna Abbott published this paper: (2018). Priyanko Guchait, JéAnna Abbott. “The art of negotiation: A hospitality industry case study.” International CHRIE
  • Doctoral alumni Phillip Jolly and Min-Kyu Joo published this paper: (2018). Min-Kyu Joo, Jeong-Yeon Lee, Dejun T Kong, Phillip M Jolly. “Female middle management advantage for workforce productivity? A focus on the implementation of high performance work systems.” Leadership Excellence and Gender in Organizations 2 (5), 2
  • Doctoral alum Min Kyu Joo published this paper with Professor Leanne Atwater: Joo, M., Yu, G., Atwater, L. (2018). Formal leadership mentoring and motivation to lead in South Korea. The Journal of Vocational Behavior, 107, 310-32
  • Doctoral alum Kyong Yong Kim published this paper: Patel, Pankaj C.; Kim, Kyoung Yong; Devaraj, Srikant; Li, Mingxiang. Family ties that b(l)ind: Do family-owned franchisees have lower financial performance than nonfamily-owned franchisees?. June 2018; In: Journal of Retailing. Vol. 94, No. 2, pp. 231-245
  • Doctoral alum Kyong Yong Kim published this paper: Messersmith, Jake G.; Kim, Kyoung Yong; Patel, Pankaj C. Pulling in different directions? Exploring the relationship between vertical pay dispersion and high-performance work systems. January 2018; In: Human Resource Management. Vol. 57, No. 1, pp. 127-143
  • Doctoral alum Connor Lubojacky presented this paper with Professor Curtis Wesley: (2018). Connor Lubojacky, Kim Saxton, Todd Saxton, Curtis Wesley. “New Venture Funding Decisions Among Informal Relationships in an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem.” Academy of Management Proceedings 2018 (1), 11238
  • Doctoral alum Tiffany Maldonado published this paper with Professor Dusya Vera: (2018). Tiffany Maldonado, Dusya Vera, Nichelle Ramos. “How humble is your company culture? And, why does it matter?.” Business Horizons 61 (5), 745-753
  • Doctoral alumni Tiffany Maldonado and Ashley Salaiz published this paper with Professors Robert Keller and Dusya Vera: (2018). Tiffany Maldonado, Ashley Salaiz, Dusya Vera, Robert T Keller. “Taking Stock of the Absorptive Capacity Construct and its Dimensions in the Context of Technological Innovation: A Meta-Analytic Approach.” IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management 66 (2), 193-207
  • Doctoral alum Tiffany Maldonado published this paper: Lila L Carden, Tiffany Maldonado, Raphael O Boyd. (2018). “Organizational resilience: A look at McDonald’s in the fast food industry.” Organizational Dynamics 47 (1), 25-31
  • Doctoral alum Tiffany Maldonado published this paper: (2018). “Organizational resilience: A look at McDonald’s in the fast food industry.” Organizational Dynamics 47 (1), 25-31
  • Doctoral alumni Rob McKee and Connor Lubojacky published this paper: (2018). Rob Austin McKee, Connor Lubojacky. “Issues and Trends in Research Methods: How We Learn Affects What We Learn about Crises, Risks, and Emergency Responses.” The Routledge Companion to Risk, Crisis and Emergency Management, 127-145
  • Doctoral alum Salar Mesdaghinia published: Mousavi Madani, S-A., & Mesdaghinia, S. (2018). Spirituality and Moral Voice in Organizations. Paper presented at the 2018 annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago, IL. 
  • Doctoral alum Salar Mesdaghinia published this paper with Professor Robert Eisenberger: Neves, P., Mesdaghinia, S., Eisenberger, R. & Wickham, R. E. (2018). Timesizing Proximity and Perceived Organizational Support: Contributions to Employee Well-Being and Extra-Role Performance. Journal of Change Management, 18(1):70-90.
  • Doctoral student Eun Young Nae presented this conference paper: Campbell, K., Chrobot-Mason, D., Cullen-Lester, K. L., & Nae, E.Y. Intergroup Leadership: Reviewing Current Literature and Developing an Organizing Framework. Paper presented at The 33rd Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, April, 2018, Chicago, IL.
  • Doctoral student Cyrus Parks presented this conference paper: Li, M., Hatfield, D.E., Cardinal, L.B., and Parks, C.B. (2018, September). Horizon problem or mirage? The surprising synergy of CEO age and technological innovation. Paper presented at the 38th Annual Conference of the Strategic Management Society, Paris.
  • Doctoral student Cyrus Parks presented this conference paper: Parks, C.B., & Cardinal, L.B. (2018, August). Operationalizing corporate social performance through exploration and structuring of proxy data. Paper presented at the 78thAnnual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago.
  • Doctoral student Cyrus Parks presented this conference paper: Parks, C.B. & Carlin, B. (2018, June) Scaling Up: Maintaining course quality with increased class size. Symposium conducted at the Management & Organizational Behavior Teaching Society Conference, Conway, SC.
  • Doctoral alum Joon Hyung Park published this paper: (2018). Joon Hyung Park, Min Z Carter, Richard S DeFrank, Qianwen Deng. “Abusive supervision, psychological distress, and silence: The effects of gender dissimilarity between supervisors and subordinates.” Journal of Business Ethics 153 (3), 775-792
  • Doctoral alum Joon Hyung Park published this paper: (2018). Joon Hyung Park, Richard S DeFrank. “The role of proactive personality in the stressor–strain model.” International Journal of Stress Management 25 (1), 44
  • Doctoral alum Codou Samba published this paper with Professor Chet Miller: C Samba, D Van Knippenberg, CC Miller. (2018). “The impact of strategic dissent on organizational outcomes: A meta‐analytic integration.” Strategic Management Journal 39 (2), 379-402
  • Doctoral alum Kenneth Sweet published this paper: (2018). Kenneth M Sweet, Teresa Harrison. “Mini-Cases: Overcoming Common Challenges of Case Learning in Undergraduate HR Courses.” Journal of Human Resources Education 12 (1), 1-23
  • Doctoral alum Candace TenBrink published this paper: TenBrink, C. M.  2018. Executive Malfeasance: Surprisingly, Honesty May Not Be The Best Policy.  Society and Business Review. 
  • Doctoral alum Candace TenBrink published this paper with Professor Robert Keller: TenBrink, C., Gelb, B. & Keller R. 2018. Successful Rebounds: How Firms Overcome Their Middle-Age Crisis. Journal of Business Strategy, 39(3), 3–8.
  • Doctoral alum Susana Velez-Castrillon published this paper: (2018). Susana Velez-Castrillon, Samantha White, Ethan Brown. “Human Resources Development: A Proposal for Engagement in Sustainability.” A Journal of International Academy of Business Disciplines, Quarterly Review.
  • Doctoral alum Jia Yu published this paper: (2018). CL Thomas, E Laguda, F Olufemi-Ayoola, S Netzley, J Yu, C Spitzmueller. “Linking job work hours to women’s physical health: the role of perceived unfairness and household work hours.” Sex Roles 79 (7-8), 476-488.
  • Doctoral student Cyrus Parks presented this conference paper: Parks, C.B., Cardinal, L.B. & Chin, W.W. (2018, March). Rethinking KLD structure: An exploration of corporate social performance proxy data. Paper presented at the 7th Sustainability, Ethics and Entrepreneurship (SEE) Research Conference, Washington, DC.

• 2017 Accomplishments

  • Doctoral alum Jeanna Abbott published this paper: (2017). Priyanko Guchait, Sujata Sirsat, Jay Neal, JéAnna Abbott. “Managing food safety errors: A case study of chipotle mexican grill.” International CHRIE
  • Doctoral alumni Cory Angert and David Epstein published this paper: Epstein, D., Angert, C., & Strain, C.R., Jr. 2017. Board of director composition and ownership and their relationship to patents: An empirical study.  Journal of Marketing and Competitiveness.
  • Doctoral alumni Phillip Jolly and Ksenia Krylova published this paper with Professor James Phillips: Krylova, K.O., Jolly, P.M., Phillips, J.S., (2017), Followers' moral judgments and leaders' integrity-based transgressions: A synthesis of literatures, The Leadership Quarterly, 28 (1), 195-209
  • Doctoral alum Phillip Jolly published this paper: (2017). Phillip Michael Jolly. “Implicit Theories of Leader-Follower Relationships.”
  • Doctoral alumni Phillip Jolly and Ksenia Krylova published this paper with Professor James Phillips: (2017). Ksenia O Krylova, Phillip M Jolly, James S Phillips. “Followers' moral judgments and leaders' integrity-based transgressions: A synthesis of literatures.” The Leadership Quarterly 28 (1), 195-209
  • Doctoral alum Kyong Yong Kim published this paper with Professor Teri Elkins-Longacre and Steve Werner: Kim, Kyoung Yong; Longacre, Teri Elkins; Werner, Steve. The effects of multilevel signals on sex discrimination experiences among female employees. November 2017; In: Human Resource Management. Vol. 56, No. 6, pp. 995-1013
  • Doctoral alum Kyong Yong Kim published this paper: Kim, Kyoung Yong; Patel, Pankaj C. Employee ownership and firm performance: A variance decomposition analysis of European firms. January 2017; In: Journal of Business Research. Vol. 70, pp. 248-254
  • Doctoral alumni Hwanwoo Lee and Joon Hyung Park published this paper: (2017). Hwanwoo Lee, Joon Hyung Park, Shing-Chung Ngan, T Siva Tian. “Vertical fit of HR practices and organizational culture: a case of a large-sized Korean conglomerate.” In, Evidence-based HRM: a Global Forum for Empirical Scholarship.
  • Doctoral alum Connor Lubojacky presented this paper: (2017). Connor Lubojacky.” The Effects of CEO Tenure on Entrepreneurial Orientation and Firm Performance.” Academy of Management Proceedings 2017 (1), 14394
  • Doctoral alum Tiffany Maldonado published this paper: (2017). Tiffany Maldonado. “The Individual and Combined Effects of CEO Humility, CEO Narcissism, and CEO Competence on Firm Performance.”
  • Doctoral alum Salar Mesdaghinia received Best paper award from AOM Management, Spirituality, and Religion Interest Group and Nominated for Carolyn B. Dexter Award which is awarded to the paper that best meets the objective of internationalizing the Academy of Management: Mousavi Madani, S-A., & Mesdaghinia, S. (2017). Spirituality and Leader Forgiveness: The Role Spiritual Self-Regulation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta, GA.
  • Doctoral alum Salar Mesdaghinia received best paper award with Professor Robert Eisenberger: Eisenberger, R. Kirkland, J., Mesdaghinia, S., Kim, K. Y., & Wen, X. (2017). Affective Commitment as Employees Look to the Future: The Contribution of Anticipated Change in Organizational Support. Paper presented at the Conference on Commitment, Columbus, OH.
  • Doctoral alum Salar Mesdaghinia published this paper with Professor Robert Eisenberger: Mesdaghinia, S., Shapiro, D. L., Eisenberger, R. (2017). Prohibitive Voice as a Moral Act: The Role of Moral Identity, Coworkers, and Leaders. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Management Association, St. Pete Beach, FL.
  • Doctoral student Cyrus Parks presented this conference paper: Parks, C.B., &Cardinal, L.B. (2017, October). Family firm strategy under pressure: The case of Blue Bell Ice Cream. Paper presented at the 37th Annual Conference of the Strategic Management Society, Houston.
  • Doctoral student Cyrus Parks presented this conference paper: Parks, C.B., & Cardinal, L.B. (2017, August). Governance and stakeholder coupling for family firms: The case of Blue Bell Ice Cream. Paper presented at the 77thAnnual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta.
  • Doctoral student Cyrus Parks presented this conference paper: Parks, C.B., & Chin, W.W. (2017, June). Corporate social performance exploration using partial least squares path modeling. Paper presented at the 9thInternational Conference on PLS and Related Methods (PLS’17), Macau.
  • Doctoral student Cyrus Parks presented this conference paper with Professor Dale Rude: Rude, D., & Parks, C.B. (2017, June). Establishing the identity of the class and instructor. Symposium conducted at the Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference, Providence, RI.
  • Doctoral alum Joon Hyung Park serves on the Editorial Board of The Journal of Distribution Science: 2017-ongoing 
  • Doctoral alum Marina Sebastijanovic received the Wayne and Kathryn E. Payne Excellence in Teaching Award.
  • Doctoral alum Rachel Sturm published this paper with Professor Dusya Vera: Sturm, R. E., Vera, D., & Crossan, M. (2017). The entanglement of leader character and leader competence and its impact on performance. The Leadership Quarterly, 28, 349-366.
  • Doctoral alum Rachel Sturm published this paper: Sturm, R. E. (2017). Decreasing unethical decisions: The role of morality-based individual differences. Journal of Business Ethics, 142, 37-57.
  • Doctoral alum Rachel Sturm published this paper: Lee, H., & Sturm, R. E. (2017). A sequential choice perspective of postdecision regret and counterfactual thinking in voluntary turnover decisions. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 99, 11-23.
  • Doctoral alum Pooya Tabesh published this paper: (2017). Kaveh Moghaddam, Pooya Tabesh, Thomas Weber, Sara Azarpanah. “The effect of culture on opportunity recognition: a qualitative study of immigrant and native-born entrepreneurs.” International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business 31 (2), 309-324
  • Doctoral alum Candace TenBrink published this paper: TenBrink, C. & Gelb, B.  2017. When Firms Mature: Keeping the Ho-Hum at Bay and Embracing Change.  Journal of Business Strategy, 38(5), 12–17.
  • Doctoral alum Candace TenBrink published this paper with Professor Robert Keller: TenBrink, C., Keller, R., & Gelb, B.  2017. Turnaround Success in High Technology Growth Stage Firms. Journal of Management Policies and Practices, 18(3), 13–27.
  • Doctoral alum Susana Velez-Castrillon published this paper: (2017). Kimberly M Green, John W Upson, Susana Velez-Castrillon. “Building Students’ International Perspective Using Business Startups.” Business Education Innovation Journal VOLUME 9 NUMBER, 67
  • Doctoral alum Jia Yu published this paper: (2017). Z Wang, J Zhang, CL Thomas, J Yu, C Spitzmueller. “Explaining benefits of employee proactive personality: The role of engagement, team proactivity composition and perceived organizational support.” Journal of Vocational Behavior 101, 90-103.
  • Doctoral alum Myungsun Kim published this paper: (2017). Soojin Lee, Minyoung Cheong, Myungsun Kim, Seokhwa Yun. “Never Too Much? The Curvilinear Relationship Between Empowering Leadership and Task Performance.” Group & Organization Management.

• 2016 Accomplishments

  • Doctoral alum Jeanna Abbott published this paper: (2016). Priyanko Guchait, Chunghun Lee, Chen-Ya Wang, Jeanna L Abbott. “Impact of error management practices on service recovery performance and helping behaviors in the hospitality industry: The mediating effects of psychological safety and learning behaviors.” Journal of Human Resources in Hospitality & Tourism 15 (1), 1-28
  • Doctoral alum Cory Angert published this paper: Angert, C., & Pathak, S. 2016. Coercive isomorphism and female representation on boards of directors. Submitted to Corporate Governance: An International Review.
  • Doctoral alum Cory Angert published this paper: Nguyen, C., Ali, M. M., & Angert, C. 2016. Chinese renminbi, Mexican peso - U.S. dollar exchange rates and their competitive positions in export markets. Banks and Bank Systems, Volume 11, Issue 1.
  • Doctoral alumni Cory Angert and Susana Velez-Castrillon published this paper: Velez-Castrillon, S., & Angert, C. 2016. Engendering a SheEO: Individual and organizational antecedents to the appointment of a female CEO. Quarterly Review of Business Disciplines, Volume 3, Issue 1.
  • Doctoral alumni Cory Angert and Susana Velez-Castrillon published this paper: Velez-Castrillon, S., & Angert, C. 2016. “Women in the upper echelons: How do female CEOs influence top management teams.” International Academy of Business Disciplines (IABD) 28th Annual Conference: Las Vegas, Nevada. Winner of the 2016 Best Paper Award.
  • Doctoral alumni Cory Angert and David Epstein published this paper: Epstein, D., Angert, C., & Strain, C. R., Jr. 2016. "Board of director composition and ownership and their relationship to patents: An empirical study." Annual conference: Southwest Academy of Management (SWAM)L 
  • Doctoral alum Cory Angert received Student Government Association, University of Houston-Downtown Named the SGA Faculty Member of the Year 2016-2017
  • Doctoral alum Kyong Yong Kim published this paper with Professor Leanne Atwater: Kim, Kyoung Yong; Patel, Pankaj C.; Atwater, Leanne; Smither, James W. Multisource feedback, human capital, and the financial performance of organizations. November 2016; In: Journal of Applied Psychology. Vol. 101, No. 11, pp. 1569-1584
  • Doctoral alum Kyong Yong Kim published this paper with Professor Robert Eisenberger: Kim, Kyoung Yong; Eisenberger, Robert; Baik, Kibok. Perceived organizational support and affective organizational commitment: Moderating influence of perceived organizational competence. May 2016; In: Journal of Organizational Behavior. Vol. 37, No. 4, pp. 558-583
  • Doctoral alumni Kyong Yong Kim and Zahir Latheef published this paper with Professors Teri Elkins-Longacre, Leanne Atwater, and Alan Witt: Atwater, Leanne; Kim, Kyoung Yong; Witt, Alan; Latheef, Zahir; Callison, Kori; Elkins, Teri J.; Zheng, Dianhan. Reactions to abusive supervision: Examining the roles of emotions and gender in the USA. 2016; In: International Journal of Human Resource Management. Vol. 27, No. 16, pp. 1874-1899
  • Doctoral alum Kyong Yong Kim became board member of The Korean Academy of Leadership.
  • Doctoral alum Ksenia Krylova published this paper with Professors Teri Elkins-Longacre and James Phillips: Krylova, K.O., Longacre, T.E. & Phillips, J.S.,(2016), Applicants with a Tarnished Past: Stealing Thunder and Overcoming Prior Wrongdoing, Journal of Business Ethics, 1-10, doi:10.1007/s10551-016-3216-5.
  • Doctoral alum Ksenia Krylova published this paper with Professor Dusya Vera: Krylova, K.O., Vera, D., Crossan, M., (2016), Knowledge transfer in knowledge-intensive organizations: the crucial role of improvisation in transferring and protecting knowledge, Journal of Knowledge Management, 20 (5), 1045 - 1064.
  • Doctoral alum Ksenia Krylova is a recipient of the 2015-2016 University of Houston Teaching Excellence Awards
  • Doctoral alum Zahir Latheef published this paper with Professors Teri Elkins-Longacre and Leanne Atwater: Kim, K.Y., Atwater, L., Latheef, Z., Callison, K., Elkins Longacre, T., Zheng, D., & Witt, A. (2016). Reactions to Abusive Supervision: Emotional Reactions and Work Withdrawal. International Journal of Human Resource Management. 
  • Doctoral alum Salar Mesdaghinia published this paper with Professor Robert Eisenberger:  Mesdaghinia, S., Eisenberger, E., & Shapiro, D. L., (2016). Unethical Pro-Organizational Behavior: Incitement by the Leader. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Management Association, Charlotte, NC.
  • Doctoral alum Salar Mesdaghinia published this paper with Professor Robert Eisenberger: Eisenberger, R., Zheng, D., Zagenczyk, T. J., Mesdaghinia, S., & Shoss, M. (2016). Employee Reactions to Favorable Job Conditions: Contributions of Gratitude and Indebtedness. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Anaheim, CA.
  • Doctoral student Cyrus Parks presented this conference paper: Parks, C.B. (2016, October).A transactional cost perspective of organizational resilience. Paper presented at the Conference of the Southern Management Association, Charlotte.
  • Doctoral student Cyrus Parks presented this conference paper: Parks, C.B. (2016). The summer of withdrawal –A study in customer-based firm resilience. Paper presented at the 76thAnnual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Anaheim.
  • Doctoral alum Joon Hyung Park is the head of International Business and Management Department: 2016 (November)-2019 (January)
  • Doctoral alum Joon Hyung Park published this paper: (2016). Joon Hyung Park, Alexander Newman, Lili Zhang, Chendong Wu, Angus Hooke. “Mentoring functions and turnover intention: The mediating role of perceived organizational support.” The International Journal of Human Resource Management 27 (11), 1173-1191
  • Doctoral alum Joon Hyung Park published this paper: (2016). Joon Hyung Park, Masakatsu Ono. “Effects of workplace bullying on work engagement and health: the mediating role of job insecurity.” The International Journal of Human Resource Management.
  • Doctoral alum Rachel Sturm published this paper with Professor Leanne Atwater: Taylor, S. N., Sturm, R. E., Atwater, L., & Braddy, P. W. (2016). Underestimating one's leadership impact: Are women leaders more susceptible? Organizational Dynamics, 45, 132-138.
  • Doctoral alum Susana Velez-Castrillon published this paper with Professors Dusya Vera and Steve Werner: (2016). Dusya Vera, Louise Nemanich, Susana Vélez-Castrillón, Steve Werner. “Knowledge-based and contextual factors associated with R&D teams’ improvisation capability.” Journal of Management 42 (7), 1874-1903.